Modern World Warlock-Chapter 85: Camille’s Father

After the group guided the teenagers out of the canal, Zac carried the unconscious boy on his back until they got to a street, where an SUV sent by Camille was waiting to pick them up.

Before boarding, Lina and Jake bowed in front of the trio, thanking them from the bottom of their hearts for saving them.

It wasn’t customary for people in Novaria to bow when saying "please" or "thanks," as they only did that when they felt an extreme amount of gratitude toward others.

Dante and his companions felt a bit embarrassed about the gesture, but they were still glad that the three of them managed to get away safely.

Camille was aware of the teenagers’ ordeal and wanted to speak to them personally. However, it was already too late at night for a group of high-school kids to be wandering around, so she decided to call them while they were in the car.

When the teenagers hopped in the car with their unconscious friend, they waved goodbye at the trio while it drove away.

"Th-thank you for picking us up!" Lina said aloud for the driver to hear.

The silent driver didn’t reply back. Instead, he just gave the girl a thumbs-up while keeping his gaze on the road.

Suddenly, a phone rang inside the car, and when the driver picked up, the teenagers were able to hear Camille’s voice on the speakers.

Dante and his group stayed on the street for a few more minutes after the kids left, waiting for a second SUV to pick them up when the warlock felt a set of eyes staring him down.

"Hmm?" Dante hummed, turning his gaze to the top of a skyscraper.

"What’s up?" Zac asked his friend, getting surprised when he saw him casting a spell.

"Wings of the Fallen…" Dante muttered, producing a set of black, feathered wings to come out of his back.

"Y-You can fly!?" Zac exclaimed with widened eyes, as this was the first time he had witnessed that spell.

Megan, on the other hand, saw it once when the warlock captured the harpion twins, so the woman wasn’t as surprised.

When Dante took to the skies, he quickly made his way to the top of the skyscraper, where he felt the ominous presence. Nevertheless, it disappeared before he arrived.

The warlock used his microphone to ask Camille if the twins were home, and the handler confirmed it, so Dante knew that someone else had been watching them.

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Later that night, the trio returned to Camille’s office to discuss the events, and the warlock instantly noticed the woman’s foul mood from the umbra flowing out of her body.

"Great job, guys. You even managed to save those kids… I’m glad," the handler said.

"Everything alright?" Megan asked after listening to her somber tone.

*Sigh* "We got the rest of the information from Joseph’s PC…" Camille replied, asking the trio to take a seat.

"Megan already knows this story, but it’s time that you guys listened to it since it might be relevant later…" the handler continued.

"Do you guys know why the Jade Dragons lost against the Blood Dragons?" she asked, her question directed to Dante and Zac, prompting the men to shake their heads in denial.

"All I know is that they suddenly attacked all of their bases at the same time…" Zac said.

Camille explained that the Winter family had been allied with the Jade Dragons for four generations, and her father, Ethan Winter, used to be good friends with Ganon Dunlap and Leonardo Ragucci, Megan and Sophia’s dads.

Their friendly relationship kept both families afloat for a long time, and their presence in Novis genuinely improved the citizens’ quality of life.

By the time Camille was 20 years old, she had learned everything she needed to become the next handler of the family and started helping her father as his right-hand woman.

When working with her father, she realized that Ethan was slowly changing his attitude towards everyone around him.

Ethan, who used to be friendly and soft-spoken, had suddenly become a rude and violent man, cutting businesses from the Jade Dragons without an explanation.

Wanting to protect her little sister from her father’s violent snaps, Camille sent her to study abroad in secret—something that Ethan didn’t even notice.

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"I didn’t know you had a sister…" Dante commented, attentively listening to the woman.

"I do, but I want to keep her as far away as possible from all of this," Cami replied.

One day, Camille was suspicious of her father’s next move and decided to spy on him while he was on a phone call, where she heard the man divulging all the information that had to do with the Jade Dragons.

Camille didn’t know what was happening to her dad, but she couldn’t keep waiting and allowing him to keep destroying their family.

Without her father’s knowing, she talked to the employees and servants she knew would stay on her side if she had to separate from her father, laying out a plan for them to follow.

On the day of the attack, Camille entered her father’s office like nothing, raising zero suspicions towards her.

Ethan was chuckling to himself on his desk, which made Camille feel a bit repulsive at her father’s attitude.

"Camille, we’ll be even more powerful after today!" Ethan exclaimed, receiving no answer from the woman.

"I see…" she replied, stacking a few papers to make it seem like she was diligently working.

"Once the Blood Dragons take over, our businesses will only keep growing..." *click…* the man continued, stopping when he heard a gun unlock behind him.

"What’s this?" Ethan asked, not turning his face around to look at his daughter.

Camille pressed the cold steel barrel against the back of his head, her expression showing anger as tears poured out of her eyes.

"Why are you doing this, Dad!?" she asked with frustration.

"For pow-... powe…-" Ethan tried speaking, but his voice wasn’t finishing the sentence.

"I… Don’t… know," the man said as he struggled to get the words out of his mouth.

Camille widened her eyes, confused, angry, and sad, not knowing what was happening in her father’s mind.

As she momentarily hesitated, Ethan turned around and grabbed the pistol’s muzzle, pointing it at his forehead.

His hands were trembling, with one half of him wanting to fight off his daughter while the other hand maintained the pistol aimed at himself.

"Dear… shoot," Ethan whispered, still struggling to get a few words out.

Camille closed her eyes after gazing at her father’s face one last time, her tears trailing down her cheeks like a waterfall, pulling the trigger and ending the man’s reign for the time being.