"Maybe you should consider it," Billy said, looking thoughtful. "For you, it's an opportunity. And besides, the east region can't continue like this!"
"Boss, let me ask you something," Casey said after a moment of thought. "Would you take over the War Department in the capital city?"
"If that's your plan, I'll take on this task. Otherwise, I'll stay in the Western Territory." He added.
Everyone present could hear what Casey was implying. If Billy were to take over the War Department in the capital, he would need people to support him from below. Just having people from the western region wouldn't be enough. Even though there weren't any objection in the northern region, those in the central and southern areas clearly didn't see eye-to-eye with Billy. If they couldn't even hold onto the eastern region, it would certainly not bode well for Billy's future work.
"I haven't decided yet," Billy shook his head.
For him personally, he had no interest in coming to the capital; he had no desire to deal with all those boring things that came along with it. If there was a choice, he would rather spend his whole life staying in the western region.
However, that old man had high expectations for him and achieving the old man's goals was far beyond what Billy could accomplish in the current situation.
It was a very realistic problem; just look at this trip to the capital - even though they knew several major clans were problematic, they couldn't do anything about them due to their positions being limited. It wasn't because their fighting power wasn't strong enough - with 100 thousand SHADOW warriors plus tens of thousands of Army of Bloodshadow soldiers, Billy could easily wipe out several clans. But things were not so simple as many people and matters were beyond their reach.
"That's fine. Let me know when you've made up your mind, and I'll decide whether or not to take on this task." Casey responded again.
"Okay." Billy nodded.
...
"Dad, Mom, you two lazybones, it's time to wake up!"
The next morning at 9 AM, Billy and Harleen felt like they had just fallen asleep when they heard their daughter shouting. They had almost stayed up all night again last night. The redness on Harleen's face still hadn't completely faded away.
"Oh! Billy, get up quickly! It's already nine o'clock!" After being awakened by Tasha's voice, Harleen looked at the clock on the wall and pushed Billy beside her in a hurry.
"Honey, sleep a little longer. It's Saturday today anyway. You don't have to go to work. Let Tasha play by herself." Billy opened his eyes and smiled.
"No way! Get up quickly! We look like this now, if Tasha rushes in here it will be so embarrassing." While speaking she picked up clothes scattered all over the floor as she got out of bed.
"Don't worry about it, Mom won't let her come in. Mom is a reasonable person." Billy said and laughed again.
"No way no way! So embarrassing!" Harleen blushed with embarrassment as she put on clothes while talking,
"Billy, get up quickly! The weather is nice today, after breakfast we can take Tasha out for some fun."
"Okay then!" Billy rolled over and got out of bed
An hour later, the family of five was getting ready to leave for the park when the doorbell outside rang.
"May I ask who you are?" Sharon opened the door and asked Stout who was holding a handbag.
"Hello, Mrs Knight, I'm Damian Chandler, but you can call me Stout. Billy is my brother." As he spoke he handed Sharon his handbag
"Mrs Knight, this is the 500-year-old wild ginseng that I brought specifically for you and Mr Knight. Please accept it!"
Sharon's eyes were fixed on Stout as if she was watching a circus act. Stout's appearance was no different from that of a street fortune teller.
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