Chapter - 1628

Following that, Augustus quickly led Jonas into one of their cars before leaving immediately.

Seeing that the Lagers had left, Nori joyously cheered, “You did it, Gerald! You’re so strong that even Jonas wasn’t your opponent!”

As Nori continued praising Gerald, Yoshua the other Zahns could only continue staring at the youth, still surprised by the outcome of that battle.

Noticing that her family was speechless, Nori then took the chance to introduce Gerald to her father.

“Father, this is the person I was talking about earlier! His name is Gerald Crawford!”

Hearing that, Yoshua simply nodded before signaling them to return to the hall for now…

Once seated, Gerald took the initiative to greet, “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Master Zahn!”

“The pleasure is mine. You know, Nori’s been telling me how powerful you were for a while now… After witnessing the events of today, I can safely say that I agree with her!” replied Yoshua, looking at Gerald with a satisfied expression.

“You flatter me, Master Zahn. Since I’m good friends with Nori, her troubles are mine as well. Regardless, it was my impulsiveness that started all this trouble in the first place. With that said, I hope you accept my apology!” declared Gerald in an apologetic tone.

After all, had he not beaten Johnie up, the Lagers wouldn’t have come over to confront them in the first place.

“There’s no way this is your fault, Gerald! I’m clearly the one wrong here for using you as my shield!” said Nori as she took a step forward to defend him.

“Alright, that’s enough blaming yourselves. I never liked that Lager kid in the first place. It’s honestly not the first time I’ve heard of him pestering Nori either. With that said, you did a good job, Gerald! With your help, Johnie will hopefully come to realize that not everyone in the world is afraid of him! Hell, who even are the Lagers? They’re still lightyears away from being capable enough to harm our family!” declared Yoshua.

Truth be told Yoshua wasn’t afraid of the Lagers at all. However, if they really ended up becoming enemies, Yoshua knew that both families would suffer great losses. Even so, Yoshua would’ve been willing to battle it out for the sake of his daughter…

At that moment, Nori appeared to suddenly remember something. With that, she quickly turned to face her father before asking, “Father, you’re an old friend of Master Hunt, right? From the Talisman Union? I need your help with something!”

“…Hmm? Are you thinking of joining the union?” asked Yoshua rather curiously.

“Not at all! I’m just asking on Gerald’s behalf! He’s interested in learning how to make secret technique talismans!” replied Nori as she shook her head before turning to look at Gerald.

From that, Yoshua easily caught on that his daughter must have fallen for Gerald. Though she had earlier said that she had only used Gerald as a shield, Yoshua was well aware that his daughter liked Gerald.

Regardless, Gerald then smiled at Yoshua before respectfully saying, “She’s right, Master Zahn. If it isn’t too much trouble, I’d like to ask for your aid in this!”

Yoshua, for one, already had a rather good impression of Gerald. After all, not only was he already this powerful at his age, but the youth was also close friends with his daughter! With that in mind, there was no way Yoshua would refuse to help.

“Don’t worry, the most it’ll cost me is a few words. How about this? I’ll contact Master Hunt and invite him over so that both of you can meet first. If he’s willing to accept you as his disciple, I congratulate you. However, if he declines, I won’t attempt to force him either. How’s that?” asked Yoshua as he proposed the best arrangement he could think of.

“I’ll gladly accept your arrangements! Thank you for your efforts, Master Zahn!” replied Gerald without even thinking twice about it.

After all, the fact that Yoshua—whom Gerald wasn’t even well acquainted with yet—was willing to help was already a pleasant surprise to him. In the end, all this was thanks to Nori…