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"Lewis!"

Elsa, fuming from the interruption amid their serious discussion, saw Sylphy flip the table which fell directly on Lewis's head and felt her heart skip a beat. After all, one of the two people who was crushed under the heavy table was the most important person in her life.

She rushed towards Lewis with all her strength, worry etched on her face. With an eye-opening display of raw strength, she single-handedly threw aside the heavy table, before frantically moving the scattered papers. Suddenly, a shirt collar peeked out from beneath the debris. With eyes full of anxiety, she grabbed the collar and pulled, expecting to see Lewis.

However, a frail old man with a pained expression emerged instead.

Seeing the source of all the trouble, though Elsa wanted to blast this old geezer, she restrained herself, remembering his status and past deeds. Instead, she merely tossed him aside like a rag doll and began searching for Lewis, whom she found a few seconds later.

"Are you alright, Lewis? Did you get hurt? Should I call a healer?" Elsa bombarded him with questions after giving him a light hug and letting out a sigh of relief.

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Initially, Lewis wanted to brush off the incident as minor, but seeing her extremely worried expression and noticing that she didn't even call him "Clan Leader" as usual, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth involuntarily. He decided to tease her a bit.

After all, it was a rare occurrence for the normally stoic Elsa to display any emotion besides seriousness in front of him in recent years, and always remain calm no matter what happened.

"Elsa, I think my head is injured," He said with a fake painful expression. "I urgently need a full body checkup; otherwise, what would I do if I became a fool like my elder sister? I can't live with an empty brain for the rest of my life..."

"Hey! Who are you calling empty-headed? Just because Elsa's here with you, doesn't mean I can't beat you up!" Sylphy, a vein throbbing on her forehead at her younger brother's insult, stormed towards him while rubbing her fist.

Lewis, who had just stood up under Elsa's bewildered gaze, chuckled and spoke in a joking tone. "Hahaha, sorry, sis, I was just teasing Elsa! Don't take everything people say to heart so easily. You know getting angry is bad for your skin; it'll make you look older than you actually are." He helped Elsa to her feet and apologized for teasing her.

He then rushed to help the old man, who was turned blind without his goggles and now searching for it on the ground with the help of the sense of his touch, though this proved challenging amidst the scattered papers. After handing the old man his goggles and apologizing to the old man for his sister's wild behaviour, Lewis, the poor soul, also had to put the table back with significant effort.

Out of his gentlemanly nature, he refused Elsa's help, assuming she was still weak due to her minor dizziness and needed rest.

He even took on the cleaning duty alone. After all, most of the papers contained sensitive and confidential clan information, which he wouldn't dare leave exposed for anyone but Elsa and a select few trusted senior members to see.

Myne could only sigh as he watched Lewis pick up papers while sweating profusely, already on the verge of panting. Then he looked at Elsa, who was assisting him despite his repeated requests for her to rest – she completely ignored him, as if suddenly become deaf. Finally, his gaze fell upon his own wife, the source of all the chaos, who was now yawning boredly on a nearby chair.

He couldn't help but shake his head in helpless resignation. Compared to the well-behaved, intelligent, and caring Elsa, Sylphy... well, forget it, there was simply no comparison, except for the last quality.

Myne lowered his head and noticed a small wet spot on the couch where Elsa had been sitting, nodding with satisfaction.

As expected of Soothing Touch, it's truly a killer skill for females. If not for the fact that Elsa has already become someone else, there's a high possibility of winning her over if I use this skill on her enough... Well, forget it; there's no shortage of talented women.

I just need to keep my eyes open and not let her slip away when I find her, Myne thought sprawled comfortably on the couch, waiting for Sylphy to finish her task before they could go back home.

After a half-hour of tireless work, Lewis and Elsa finally managed to gather all the scattered papers and arrange them neatly before returning to their seats. Lewis settled back into his exclusive Clan leader chair, while Elsa returned to Myne's side, ready to continue their previous discussion.

"Mr. Tuchikava, have you finished your examination? What are your thoughts on these unknown ores? I can say I've never seen or heard anything like them before," Lewis inquired of the old man, who was scribbling frantically in his notebook while muttering something under his breath.

Upon hearing Lewis's voice, Old man Tuchikava finally snapped back to reality. After coughing awkwardly to conceal his embarrassment. He then nodded with a serious expression.

"You're right, Clan Leader. In my entire life, I've also never encountered such strange magical minerals. Not only are they the hardest ores I've ever seen, but their ability to manipulate magical energy and even provide their own unique enhancement is beyond anything I could have imagined. I can't wait to get them into the lab and start experimenting.

If my suspicions are correct, many of our previously stalled projects could finally come to fruition." Tuchikava's excitement grew with each word, and by the time he finished speaking, he had already pocketed all four of the ores with different properties that Myne had unearthed from the hell dimension with great effort while waiting for Lewis' go-ahead to make a mad dash for the lab.

"Ahem, Mr. Tuchikava, could you please put those ores back down? They aren't our property yet, and someone might get the wrong idea," Lewis stated knowingly, his gaze glancing towards Sylphy. She was eyeing Tuchikava with clear disgust, her hand hovering over the chair arm beside her.

The moment Tuchikava dared to get up from his place with the ores, she wouldn't hesitate to smash the chair over his head. After all, her first impression of this crazy old geezer wasn't exactly favourable.

"Ah, my apologies! I was simply carried away by excitement. Please don't misunderstand me, Your Highness," Tuchikava stammered noticing Sylphy's reaction, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. He hastily retrieved all four ores from his robe pocket and placed them on the table before resuming his seat like a scolded child.

He then began scribbling in his notebook again, while eagerly awaiting Lewis to finalize the deal.

"So, Sis, before we discuss the pricing, could you tell me where you acquired them? If possible, I'd be interested in buying the mine itself. I'm willing to offer a 25% share of all the profits generated from it," Lewis, the ever-generous super big shot, didn't disappoint Myne and Sylphy.

As soon as business talk began, he immediately presented a deal so good it would be hard to refuse unless someone was wrong with the other party head.

Sylphy sighed and started playing her role according to Myne's instruction. "You're overthinking it. Do you truly believe I have the ability to unearth such peculiar minerals, something even geniuses like you are unaware of? These are remnants Myne left behind before he went missing.

He originally intended to visit you in a few days to discuss them, but you know what happened later, and it slipped my mind as well. It only recently resurfaced in my memory, so I came to you hoping to secure some funds to restart our clan's construction work. You know that place holds great importance for Aisha and me, and we had no intention of giving up on it"

With that explanation, Sylphy opened her storage bag and began extracting the remaining ores Myne had given her. There were four distinct types of orbs in total: Arcane Prismalith (13), Spectral Voidshade (2), Frostfire Frostcore (1), and Aetherium Stargleam (1).

These were all previously mined by Myne, and now they were poised to bring him a significant fortune, of course, only if Lewis could really understand their true value.

"These are all I have, and this is some of the information Myne left behind. Perhaps it can help you understand their properties." After handing over the parchment containing Myne's written appraisal of the four ore types, Sylphy fell silent, patiently waiting for Lewis' decision.

Tuchikava, practically itching to research these unknown ores, naturally couldn't remain calm at the sight of readily available information. He scurried behind Lewis and began devouring the parchment with wide eyes, fearing he might miss a word and suffer a substantial loss.