Ch. 1411..1420

Life After Prison Chapter 1411-Severin had been chatting away happily with Sofia while they were wallding past a crowded place. He did not have his guard up then, because they could not possibly should have offended anyone when they just arrived at the city several hours ago.

When they arrived at that deserted park, Severin care to realize that someone was following him. “We’re being tailed.” Sofia frowned and turned around to see an attractive and slightly curvier young woman following them from behind. The strange woman seemed to want to say something but was hesitant to do so.

As soon as the young woman noticed that Sofia was looking in her direction, she immediately lowered her head and averted her gaze, as if a little scared.

Sofia stayed close to Severin and walked forward slowly. After some time, she turned to Severin and asked him curiously, “Do you know her? Why is she following us?” Severin smiled wryly. “Why would 1 know her? This is my first time coming here.” Sofia teased. “But she keeps following us! Is she an old friend of yours?= Severin was speechless. All he could do was deny it. “Of course not! Wouldn’t Diane and Sheila know about the existence of this ‘old friend’?” “What if you’ve been keeping this friend a secret from them?” Sofia continued to tease. “Plenty of men have affairs without their wives‘ knowledge because they’re afraid of telling their wives about it. Maybe you’re a cheater?” Severin felt attacked. He smiled bitterly and said, “That’s ridiculous! I am a man of honesty and virtue. I’m not going to cheat on them! You should know me better than anyone! I’m a county governor and a third–grade alchemist. I could’ve easily hooked up with other women without having to go behind Diane and Sheila’s back. Besides, they both trust me, and they know that I’m not that sort of person. I tell them everything” Sofia then burst out laughing. “Look at you getting all flustered! I’m just kidding!

She then turned around and looked at the woman behind them. “I wonder why this woman has been following us for some time now. Why don’t you ask her?

She’s making me uncomfortable.” Severin nodded. “Okay. I’ll ask her,” he said as he turned around and strode toward Betty.

It was Betty’s first time doing something like that, so she was a little nervous when she saw Severin walking toward her.

“Is something the matter, miss? Why are you following us? Severin asked as soon as he approached her.

Betty looked up at him with a tender gaze and said, “Did you forget me already?

We had such an unforgettable night with each other. I want to do it with you again for just another night. Please?” Severin was speechless. He was sure that it was his first visit to Reputab, so he could not have met that woman below. Moreover, she was a level six warrior king, and he did not know any woman with that level of attainment.

“Hebe, you must’ve mistaken me for someone else. I don’t know you at all!” Severin said before turning to leave.

Severin turned around just as Sofia was coming over, so the woman grabbed Severin’s hand instantly and pressed it onto her breasts before Severin could react

Life After Prison Chapter 1412-“Hey, miss, you’re…” Severin could tell that she had placed his hand on something, soft and tender, but when he looked back to ser what it could be, he was completely bewildered by what he saw.

“You can’t be serious!” Sofia approached them just in time to be dumbfounded by the situation. ‘Didn’t Severin that he didn’t know ber? Why is he grabbing her boobs?” “I’m being molested! Help me!” Betty shouted just as Severin and Sofia were in a daze.

“Hic, hic! You pervert! How could you grab my breast when I was only asking you for directions?” Although that was Betty’s first time doing something like that, she had a natural talent for acting and her eyes turned red in an Instant.

“Hey! Don’t make false accusations!” As soon as Severin came to his senses, his face soured and he knew right away that he had been set up. He broke free from Betty’s hand and pushed her several meters back with the invisible force that came out of his hand.

“She did it on purpose, Sofia! You know the kind of person tam, don’t you?” Severin was worried about being misunderstood, but little did he know that he was unconsciously concerned about Sofia’s feelings.

Sofia was stunned for a moment, but she was feeling secretly happy deep down. Severin must care deeply about how she perceived him if he rushed to explain everything to her.

She nodded. “Don’t worry. I fully believe that you’re not that kind of person.” Sofia then thought to herself, This woman might be pretty, but she’s not as pretty as I am. Even Severin’s six bodyguards were prettier than her, and i haven’t even factored Rachel and the other female hall masters into the equation! If Severin had never been tempted by any of them, then why would he suddenly be attracted to a woman like that? Besides, if Severin would jump at anything that moves, then I wouldn’t have fallen for him in the first place! All 1 can say is, this woman’s acting skills are too good, and her allegations are incredibly outrageous.‘ Eulon acted as if he happened to pass by the area with Ferrol and the four elders. He then immediately flew over after hearing The cry for help, “Is something the matter?” Ferrol then exclaimed, “Betty? Is that you? What happened?” Betty immediately said aggrievedly, “Fermi! This man grabbed my breasts! I came to this park because it seemed like a nice place to take a walk, but then then… he came over and asked me for my number. When I refused, he immediately grabbed my breasts!” “Lock in the mirror, lady? Why would he want to malest someone like you? Sofia could not stand it any longer and stepped) forward to slap her on behalf of Severin.

Life After Prison Chapter 1413-“Well, well. You molested this young woman, but rather than admit your mistake, your lady friend here just went ahead and slapped her! You’re courting death!” Ferrol came forward as he glared at Severin and Sofia However, there was no denying that he was swooned by Sofia’s beauty. She was gorgeous, and her looks had completely eclipsed Betty, whom he always thought was a very beautiful woman “You’ve dug your own grave by bullying this young lady!” “Shameless! Absolutely shameless! That’s not the way to express your attraction to a girl. You’re a pervert for grabbing her tits just because she didn’t give you her number! Disgusting!” person like that deserves to die.” Eulon and the elders immediately began to condemn Severin.

Severin frowned. “You’re all in on this, aren’t you? If you wanted to attack me, you could have just come out with it and say so. Why even bother making these ridiculous excuses? It’s ridiculous for you to try and cook up some legitimate excuse to kill me.

H “A trap? So that’s what it is!” Sofia had a sudden realination and could not help but sneer. “Rather than ask both sides to lind out what truly happened, you believed her right away at our expense. I can see now that you’re all in this together!” Eulon immediately said to Sofia, “His boldness isn’t a good thing. Don’t be fooled by his appearance.” “That’s right. Do you still see your boyfriend as a good person after he blatantly grabbed another woman’s breasts?” Ferrol fanned the flames and said, “I’d break up with him right now if I were you.

Sofia was taken aback. She did not expect to have been misunderstood as Severin’s girlfriend. She was much sher than before, but she did not bother to come forward and explain herself because she enjoyed being thought of as his girlfriend.

“Your group consists of one level three warrior emperor as well as two each of level two and level one warrior emperors.” Severin looked at the five men standing in front and lamented, “Which secluded family are you from? Did you mobilize your most powerful members for this?” Severin paused briefly and continued, “I’m curious to know why you’re targeting me. This is my first time here, so I don’t recall having offended you before.” “You’re right,” Eulon immediately said with a sneer. “You didn’t. But we happened to take a stroll here after our meal and heard a young woman’s scream for help. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the woman being bullied was my niece! It doesn’t matter what you say. I will end your life today and get justice for her.” Ferrol then frowned, stepped forward, and said to Eulon, “Sir, he seems to be able to see through your attainment. I’m pretty sure he has a secret technique to achieve that. You might get your hands on other some other interesting things.” Having said that, he frowned in puzzlement and said, “Then again, he doesn’t seem afraid at all after knowing your level of attainment. Is it possible that we made the wrong judgment? Could his attainment be higher than we expected?” Eulon’s lips twitched violently. “Why are you telling me this at this sort of time?

What if this kid is just pretending to be calm? We can’t let ourselves be fooled by him!” Eulon then glanced at Betty and said, “Are you going to just let him get away with molesting your girlfriend?” malo “Don’t forget to make it quick, sir! The great elder hastily reminded. Two passers–by were already watching them from a distance, and he was afraid that the people from other secluded families might be drawn there.

“Yes!” Eulon nodded. A surge of spiritual energy immediately enveloped his clenched fist. “I don’t want to listen to your arguments. You’re as good as dead today.”

Life After Prison Chapter 1414-After speaking, Eulon instantly turned into an afterimage and charged right at Severin.

“Hehe, do you think you could kill me?” Severin sneered. Although he did not know why Eulon would want to attack him, he did not intend to hold back after Eulon attacked him without warning. Severin clenched his lists and channeled his spiritual energy around them using his mental power.

The next second, their fists collided with each other and Eulon was sent flying.

Blood pushed out of his mouth in mid–air. The elders watched Eulon go first and were eager to know if the patriarch could kill Severin effortlessly. The scene left them completely dumbfounded, for they never expected the young man to have such formidable strength.

“We’ll attack him together!” the great elder gave orders to the other elders.

“I haven’t had a chance to test my strength yet after making a breakthrough. Let me handle two of them,” Sofia requested, rubbing her palms with glee. She was already a level four warrior emperor, and his attainment was much higher than Eulon’s. It was more than enough to deal with the elders Severin and Sofia attacked in tandem, and all five of the Marcloids‘ members were killed in a matter of minutes “No! This is impossible!” Ferrol and Betty began to retreat. The scene before them was beyond their wildest dreams. Severin and Sofia were like two grim reapers taking away Eulon and the elders‘ lives.

You had this coming when you accused me of groping you!” Severin did not bother with their nonsense. He waved his hand and sent out two beams of spiritual energy that sliced off the heads of those two frightened people.

“Aww, what a bore. Their attainment is so much lower than mine that they died before I could even have enough fun with them.” Sofia could not help but sigh helplessly after putting her strength to the test.

Severin looked at the dead bodies and smiled subtly, “These people are from a secluded family, so I bet there should be a lot of treasures on them!” Sofia was a little taken aback, but she smiled and said, “Why are we still standing here then? Let’s start looting their spatial rings! They’ve got to have some spiritual herbs that you can use for alchemy.” “Let’s hope they don’t disappoint me!” Severin smiled and walked over to take the spatial rings from the corpses.

Life After Prison Chapter 1415-Severin and Sofia left as soon as they pocketed the spatial rings. Not long after they left, more and more people gathered around after hearing the earlier commotion. Everyone rushed over to try and see what was going on there Are these the Marcloids? Their family head and their elders are all warrior emperors…but they’re dead now!

The Marcloids were a rather decently strong family, so it came as a huge shock that all their strongest men had died. Ferrol and Betty were also considered to be one of the family’s brighter talents, yet the same fate had befallen them too.

“Did they offend another powerful hidden family? This seems a little impossible, though. How could they kill so many strong people in the blink of an eye? Are they so strong that the Marcloids did not even have a chance to escape?” Some people were aghast and in awe of that frightening aftermath. If the head of the Marcloids and their four elders were all dead, then they would no longer exist as one of the dozen or so secluded families within the area.

“We need to report to our family head about Eulon Marcloid’s head.” The members of other secluded families were surprised by that scene and ran off immediately.

“What should we do now? How about we find a place to rest first?” Sofia asked Severin.

Severin thought about their next move and said, “We just killed the head of a secluded family along with his family’s elders, It’ll cause some sort of sensation.

Though I still don’t know why they attacked us, I think it’s best to leave this place and find somewhere else to rest. God knows what other trouble we will have to face if we stay here,” Sofia nodded and flew up with Severin.

As they slowly made their way out of the city, Sofia said, “There doesn’t seem to be any other cities around here.” Severin smiled. “There should be some villages around the city outskirts. Let’s find a village where we can rest for the night, and if we have to give them something in return, then so be it. What do you think?” Sofia’s eyes lit up instantly and she agreed. “Fine by me! I was preparing for the possibility that we might have to stay in a cave for the night, but your suggestion to find someone in a village is so much better.” Severin looked at Sofia and chuckled. “I’m surprised you’d be willing to spend the night in a cave. You’re a beautiful woman, and you have a noble status as the daughter of a sect master too.” Sofia shrugged indifferently. “As practitioners of attainment, we won’t be able to improve and go far if we can’t bear some form of suffering. Besides, I’m not a pampered young woman. If I was, I wouldn’t even be able to reach this sort of attainment level.” Sofia paused, and said again, “The foggy forest is huge, and it’s rife with monsters and beasts. Locating Capra Hall‘: members isn’t something that can be achieved in a couple of days. A cave is our only safest option.” Severin nodded in approval. Sofia might be the daughter of a sect leader, but she was not arrogant at all. Such an attitude was truly commendable. After all, some young women from upper–class families feel as though they are superior to ordinary people, especially if those young women were the daughters of patriarcles.

The two of them chatted with each other as they found themselves arriving at a small village not far from the city. The village was very quiet, and the pleasant sound of nature gave off a quiet and peaceful sense vibe.

Life After Prison Chapter 1416-The two of them flew into a courtyard and Severin called out from outside. “Is anyone in?

The living room lights lit up and soon two siblings of different genders came out.

They were still very young, with the boy being about 14–or 15–years old, and the girl about two years younger than her brother.

“Where are your parents? Aren’t they in?” Severin glanced at the two siblings and asked concernedly.

The young man smiled bitterly and said to Severin, “Do you need something from us? My name is Tara, and this is my sister, Lina. Our parents went to a dangerous area two years ago to search for spiritual herbs, but they never came back after that. Some people told us that our parents are dead, but I believe they’re still alive. Perhaps they’ll come back one day” “What’s the name of that dangerous place your parents went to?” Sofia felt a hit of sympathy when she heard what the teens sid. After all, they were both still young, and it was not easy for them to survive.

Tara then said, “They went to the foggy forest two years ago, and they’ve never returned home since then. People say to us that our parents are already dead.” Although Lina lept quiet, her eyes turned red and she bit her lip to stop herself from crying.

“What are your parents names? We happen to be going into the foggy forest soon. If we meet them, we might be able to bring them back, Sofia offered to help Tara locate them.

However, she knew that the teens‘ parents would probably be dead if they had not returned after two years. After all, no parent would be so ruthless as to abandon their children.

“You’ll help us?” Lina’s eyes lit up and she immediately told them, “My father’s name is Billie Moreno, and my mother’s name is Lulu Lev. I promise to work for you if you can bring them back, even if it means working for you as a slave.” Although Tara’s eyes lit up in joy, he knew that there was only a slim chance that their parents survived.

He smiled wryly and gestured in appreciation. ‘Thank you both for your kindness. I’m aware that the chances of our parents surviving are very small, but we won’t just sit back and accept that. If you can bring our parents back, we’re willing to do everything we can to repay you” Severin smiled and said, “The foggy forest is huge, and there is dense fog everywhere. Your parents have been there for two years, so we can’t guarantee that we will be able to help you locate them. However, since we are already going there, we will help you look for them. We might just run into them inside the forest. Perhaps they ended up getting trapped somewhere after encountering a difficult situation. There’s a chance this might be the case.” Severin then added, “Whether or not we find them, we’ll pass by here when we return and drop by to let you know. We won’t let you wait forever without bearing from us.” “Thank you so much!” Tara sald respectfully.

Life After Prison Chapter 1417-Severin did not seem like a bad person to Tara, to the teen boy asked, “We were about to go to bed when you came. Is there something we can help you with?” Severin smiled and said, “We were just passing by, and we don’t have a place to stay for the night. We planned to stay here for the night and continue on our journey tomorrow morning. Do you think it might be convenient for you to stay here for the night?” Tara looked at Severin and Sofia before saying. “You two are a couple, right? If so, then it should be fine. We only have one empty room here, which means you two need to share a room.” “Oh..” Severin was speechless for a moment, but he knew from the small size of the house that there were no extra proms there.

Sofia blushed, but when she saw Severin’s hesitation, she mustered up the courage and said, “Of course! We’ll be grateful as long as we get a place to stay.” Tara smiled and said, “Have you eaten? We have some food left over. I can get you some. It’s very simple though, so I hope you’re all right with that.” Severin waved his hands. “You don’t need to go through all that trouble. We’ve already had dinner. He looked at the two of them and took out two pills for them.

“One of you is a level eight profound master, while the other is a level nine profound master. The two of you have quite exceptional talent. Here, take these two pills. This is a token of my thanks for letting us stay at your place the night.” “A first–grade high–rank pill!” Lina’s pupils widened and she was almost drooling when she saw that Tara had a determined look too, Making a breakthrough to level one warrior king was incredibly tough, particularly due to the huge gap between a profound master and a warrior king. However, he still resisted his impulse and smiled wryly at Severin.” But you’re only staying with us for one night, and you even promised to find our parents. We can’t possibly accept such a precious gift.” Then, Tara pulled Lina bark and said, “We can’t accept something so valuable, Lina” Severin had nothing but admiration for that young men. He did not expect Tara to make such a virtuous remark at such a young age.

He smiled and said, “It’s all thanks to fate that we met you. This item might be extremely valuable to you, but I can easily make more with my eyes closed.” Sofia immediately persuaded, “Take It. Destiny led us to you and your sister, Severin here simply wishes to help you make a breakthrough to warrior king souner.” “In that case.. Thank you so much, then.” Tara finally took the pill from Severin.

Tara then brought Severin and Sofia into a rourn and said to them, “This was originally our parents‘ room. Although it’s simple, I clean it very often in the hopes that our parents would return samueslag.“ Severin felt emotional when he looked at that spotless room. Once the two siblings had left, Severin walked over to close the door. The atmosphere instantly became a little awdward.

“You can go ahead and get some sleep. I’ll sit here and train,” Severin sald awkwardly to Sofia after some thought.

Life After Prison Chapter 1418-Sofia was a beautiful woman, and Severin thought well of her because they got along very well. However, the two of them had only known each other not too long ago, and it was too awkward to sleep on the same bed with each other.

Sofia bit her lips as her heartbeat quickened. Finally, she said softly, “Aren’t you tired after journeying for an entire day? We’re going to continue our journey again tomorrow. Let’s just make do with this and get some sleep. Having said that, Sofia was afraid that Severin might misunderstand her again, so she added, “Bat make sure to keep your hands to yourself when we’re sleeping on the same bed.” Severin then said awlowardly, “That… umm… that doesn’t sound like a good idea. We’re both adults, and I’ll be ruining your Repuran anyone finds our that we’ve slept on the same bed.” Sofia was lost for words. ‘Did he just refuse me even though I’ve taken the intiative to ask him?‘ Her self–esteem took a small hit.

She rolled her eyes at Severin. “Why are you sa worried when I’ve already told you that I don’t mind? I know better than anyone whether or not you’ve ruined my Reputaba. Besides, no one will know about it if you and I keep this to ourselves. Or are you telling me that you don’t want to sleep on the same bed with me because you’re tempted by my beauty?” Severin was speechless. He could fathom her incomprehensible logic. He was simply being careful to preserve her modesty, yet she became angry because of that. He waved his hand immediately and said, “No, of course not! You’re very beautiful, it’s just “If I’m not bothered by it, then you shouldn’t either.” Sofia cut him off and snorted coldly. She took off her shoes and lay down on the bed. However, she made sure to leave a large space for Severin to stay in Severin looked at her and smiled bitterly. He was worried that she might get even angrier, so he decided to just lay down beside her.

As soon as Sofia knew that Severin was lying with her on the same bed, her heartbeat quickened and she was excredingly nervous. It never occurred to her that she would get the chance to sleep with Severin. She felt nervous, a little scared, and somrahat eager for what might come next.

In the end, Sofia drifted to sleep. The sun was already up when she woke up the next morning.

“You’re awake.” Severin opened his eyes and saw a pair of big eyes staring at him. He sat up awkwardly and sat up.

Sofia did not expect Severin to notice that she had been staring at him. She felt extremely embarrassed, and she tumediately out of bed to explain herself, “L… I just woke up too! I’m going to wash my face now!” Sofia scuttled off as if to flee from him. By the time they came to the yard. Tara and Lina hul already prepared breakfast for them. Severin and Sodia dended to have breakfast with the two siblings before leaving.

“We’ll be bark within a week, at mest. We’ll bring your parents back if we happen to meet them and they happen to be alive,” Severin said to them before flying off with Sofa into the distance.

Life After Prison Chapter 1419-Severin and Sofia’s figures disappeared from Tara and Lina’s sight.

“Do you think they can bring back Mom and Dad?” Lina looked in anticipation at the sky where Severin and Sofia were headed Toward.

you that Tara smiled bitterly and said to Lina, “I can’t bring myself to lie to you, so I’m going to be honest with you and tell the chances are very slim. After all, they already mentioned that the odds of meeting Mom and Dad by chance are very small The foggy forest is very dangerous, and there’s no telling whether or not they’ll be able to come out alive. It’s very unlikely that they’ll succeed in finding Mom and Dad in a place such dense fog Besides, if Mom and Dad were alive, they would’ve been back by now?”

Tara had a dejected expression in his eyes and changed his tune a little. “But it’s a good thing that they’re heading there and agreed to help us find our parents. There’s always a chance for miracles to happen!”

“Yes!” Lina clenched her fists tightly. There was a hint of determination in her eyes.

I’m hoping for a miracle too!” Tara smiled calmly. He then said to Lina, “Let’s train hard for the next couple of days and use the pill that we were given. We need to raise our attainment to warrior king as soon as possible, regardless of whether they’ll be able to locate Mom and Dad.”

“Since there’s no one around, we can use the flying sword now!” Severin said after flying for some time with Sofia. He took out the flying sword and made it big enough to fit the two of them. They then hopped on and soared even higher into the air they continued their journey onward.

“Those two siblings are very mature for their age. I can’t help but pity them, and I genuinely hope their parents are still alive, *Sofia said as she thought of Tara and Lina

“A lot of people are forced to go through certain hardships and tough experiences at a young age.” Severin smiled bitterly and continued, “All we can do is try our best to help find their parents. Unless their parents are trapped somewhere and are in a unique position to survive for two years, they’re likely already dead.”

“Let’s just try our luck,” Sofia said with a smile.

Time passed by in a flash, and they both arrived at the forest’s edge sometime in the afternoon. When they reached that place, Severin stopped the flying sword and put it away after the two of them hopped off.

An endless sea of fog could be seen from where they were, and any ordinary person who entered the forest would have less than a meter of visibility. By contrast, the spirit beasts inside were already accustomed to the environment there, making it easier for them to attack and kill humans.

Life After Prison Chapter 1420-Even profound masters might find it dangerous to enter the forest because they did not have strong enough mental power. However, Severin and Sofia did not have a problem entering the place. They were already warrior emperors, so their vision in the forest would not be too hampered ever without using their mental power. Expanding their mental power within a certain radius would allow them to see several miles further in the forest.

Severin remained indifferent as he looked at the foggy forest and listened to the frightening roars coming from within. However, he still reminded Sofia, “Our attainment might not be very high, but this is our first foray into such a dangerous place. We need to be extra careful when we’re inside and pay attention to our surroundings, okay?”

Sofia could not help herself from feeling happy when she heard how concerned she was for him. She thought to herself, ‘le’s so considerate of me

“I promise I’ll be careful.” Solia nodded with a smile. “Even though our mental power affords us more clarity over a wide area, we can’t be too far from each other. That way, we can still have each other’s back if things go wrong.”

To her surprise. Severin smiled indifferently. “We’ve never been to such a dangerous place before, and I don’t know what kind of spirit beasts are in there. It would be better for you to stay with me. After all, your mental power isn’t as strong, and your range isn’t that wide.”

Solla was a little taken aback. She did not know whether to be happy or sad, but she was glad that Severin wanted her to remain close to him. That way, the two of them would have more opportunities to interact with each other. From ther perspective, however, his words seemed to be a scathing criticism of her abilities. “What do you mean my mental isn’t as strong and doesn’t have a wide range? Are you saying that I’m not strong enough? she thought.

As a level four warrior emperor, Sofia felt offended when Severin implied that she was not strong enough. Unfortunately, the man in front of her had the attainment of a saint, and her protests would get her nowhere.

“Fine. I’ll malo sure to keep close to you. I probably won’t need to fight if you’re around, I might even be able to treat this as a little excursion,” Sofia said to Severin with a nod.

Severin could not help but chuckle when he heard that. “It’s good that you have that mentality. I’m sure there aren’t a lot of people in the world who could describe their time in such a dangerous place as a mere excursion”

Sofia was amused by Severin’s response. “Thats because I feel safe by your side. I heard Diane say that you’re a level two saint. That means you’re stronger than my dad. He’s only a level one saint. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to join our Stormy Moun Sect. My dad might feel ashamed if he finds out your level of attaintment.”

Severin smiled and said, “It’s not because of that. I promised my master’s junior, whom I call my uncle– master, to finish the task he assigned to me. I’m still very curious what’s the reward he’ll give to me. I’ll be happy if it’s something that will allow me to improve my attainment by several levels.”

“You’re already a third–rank alchemist,” Sofia said. “When you make a breakthrough in fourth–rank alchemist, you’ll have a much easier time getting a breakthrough in your attainment. Helying on yourself is always a better option compared to relying on other people.”

Severin smiled and said, “You can’t put it like that either. Getting a reward is also a good thing. I was only able to become an akbeenist thariks to the alchemy mamal le gave me as well as the spiritual beats he prepared for the. I wouldy’t be where I am today if it weren’t for him.”