In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"Sometimes I feel that time is really unforgiving."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked the family members beside him to leave, and he walked over with a little girl who was familiar to Maria.

"We haven't seen each other for fifty years."

"Salvatore Ray, on behalf of the Texas family, sends you greetings."

"Ms. Maria..."

Chapter 218: Family Plan and Celinina

Salvatore Rey...

When the old man in front of her said this name, Maria was silent for a few seconds.

She remembered the name.

But... she didn't recognize the person in front of her.

In her memory, the man called Salvatore was a young boy with a very childish face. When he attended family dances, he would wear a plain suit and bravely rush towards the trap dinner set for him with his few family members.

But what was in front of her at this moment?

He is a gray-haired old man.

Although his back is still straight, although his eyes still burn with fire, and although his soul has not changed, he is indeed old.

His body inevitably became stiff when he moved, and his eyes occasionally flashed with nostalgia when he looked around, and his thinking began to become dull.

Salvadore, the young man who was favored and recognized by Lady Sicily, is now an old man.

"Have you forgotten me?"

Seeing Maria remain silent, Salvatore's eyes inevitably flashed with a bit of loneliness, but he skillfully hid his emotions and smiled.

"That's right. After all, I haven't seen you for fifty years."

"...No, I haven't forgotten you...I also remember that I owe you a favor."

Maria shook her head, expressing her attitude.

She still remembered the massacre. It was Salvatore who gave her some information about the personnel and location of the Syracuse family. She was able to wipe out the Syracuse family in just a few days. It was also because of the information provided by the other party that Maria omitted the time-consuming and laborious search for the target.

That's why she said she owed him a favor.

"I just..." Maria started to explain, but after a moment's hesitation, she shook her head.

"You've aged a lot."

"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, Salvatore was not angry or anything, he just laughed and shook his head.

"There's nothing I can do. Everyone gets old, but I just get old faster."

After meeting again after a long separation, Salvatore was obviously in a much better mood.

The originally silent mood also eased a lot at this time.

After looking at several family members around him, he waved his hand. These people nodded tactfully, then ran to the side and began to be alert.

And he also looked at Maria.

"Although I have many curious questions for you, right now, I think there is only one important matter."

As Salvadore spoke, the chaos in his eyes dissipated, and a sharp light burst out from the mist of age.

He looked at Maria, as if curious, but also as if testing.

"You're back at this time...is it a coincidence?"

Salvadore didn't believe that Maria's arrival at this time was just a coincidence.

You know, it’s been fifty years since Maria left last time.

A man who hadn't been seen for fifty years suddenly appeared at this critical moment, when the family and the Gray Hall were about to go to war.

He didn't think it was a coincidence.

"But that's the reality."

Maria shook her head.

In the eyes of the other party, it seemed that she came back this time with a purpose, but in fact Maria knew that it was just a coincidence... No, it cannot be said to be completely a coincidence.

After all, God knows what standards the system uses to allow her to simulate the past time.

But based on her own experience, her return here now was just a coincidence.

"Is that right?"

Salvadore smiled, but the tone of his voice was unreadable.

"You know... I've been to Victoria a few times over the years for business..."

"Um……"

"Where is it? I actually really want to talk to you, but... I've checked a lot of records, and you don't seem to be among them."

Salvadore lowered his eyes and explained to Maria that he had already investigated.

Maria...is not some aristocrat from Victoria at all!

"So what are you going to do next?"

"..."

Maria didn't answer, but just looked deeply at Salvatore in front of her.

This glance didn't have any meaning, but just this plain gaze made Salvatore feel a chill on his back.

After a moment, he laughed.

"Ah, when I get old, my speech becomes incoherent. Sometimes I really feel resentful that I haven't arranged everything for the family...haha..."

Although he had some friendship with Maria before, and although Maria was easy to talk to.

All this does not mean that Maria is the kind of person who can be questioned at will.

She didn't like these interrogation-like questions and she couldn't cross the line.

And obviously, his words just now made Maria unhappy.

After another pause of a few seconds, he shook his head.

"In fact, from my point of view, Ms. Maria, you should take a good rest now."

"why?"

"You are very strong...incomparably strong. I have realized this time and time again in the course of my life." Salvatore said.

His words were not a compliment, but a sincere expression of emotion.

As the Texas family grew, he struggled in various traps and whirlpools again and again, and he became more and more aware of what a terrifying existence the so-called Wolf Lord was.

But this knowledge did not make him have any irresistible mentality towards the Wolf Lord. The most important reason was because of Maria's existence.

Maria's deeds made him realize that the so-called Wolf Lord was not omnipotent.

They have their own weaknesses, and there will always be a group of people in this world who can completely wipe them out!

The more he learned about how terrifying the Wolf Lord was, the more he felt Maria's power.

Every time he built a magnificent statue of the Wolf Lord in his heart, Maria's terrifying back became two points more powerful.

This is a process of continuous padding.

But even so, he did not recommend Maria to help Lady Sicily.

"After all, you are only one person, and your abilities are limited. If you choose to help her, then those families who still remember you will use 200% of their energy to fight you... Of course, you will not fear these battles, but... can Lady Sicily do it?"

"She doesn't have your terrifying strength. She's just an ordinary person who can be killed by an explosion..."

"Just like her child..."

Salvadore lowered his head.

He knew that his words might anger Maria and that his situation might become dire, but he still said it and prepared himself mentally.

but……

"thanks for reminding."

Maria was not angry, and her tone did not even change. She just spoke calmly and explained her attitude.

She got it.

But as for what to do when the time comes, that is another matter.

"That's really strange... I thought you were going to punch me."

Salvadore was a little surprised.

But Maria looked at him deeply.

"Are you on Lady Sicily's side?"

She was a little curious.

There was no need for Salvadorei to remind himself. If he stood on the side of the family, he obviously should not have reminded himself.

But since he said it.

Does that mean he is on Lady Sicily's side?

"...No." Unexpectedly, Salvatore shook his head firmly.

"I am the patriarch of the Texas family. I will only fight for the interests of the Texas family."

"Even if this will go against Lady Sicily?" Maria looked at the other person.

"Even if this will go against Mrs. Sicily!" Salvadore's attitude was very firm.

Of course, he knew what kind of concession Lady Sicily had made when she tacitly allowed them to acquire the winery, and he was also aware of the other party's help to him, but... that was two different matters.

As Salvador Rey, even to this day, he is grateful that no force was used to directly liquidate the Texas family, which had not yet grown.

But as the patriarch of the Texas family, it is impossible for him to go against the interests of the Texas family and stand against all families just because of personal feelings.

This is a choice he must make.

I thought that after I expressed my attitude, Maria's mood would change a little.

But Maria's expression didn't change at all, she just nodded slightly.

"……is that so?"

The bland words once again thwarted Salvatore's plan to test Maria's character.

After a while, he could only smile bitterly.

"You are still as unpredictable as ever."

Maria looked at the person next to the other person.

"Where's the wolf?"

"Wolf?"

Salvadore was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"You mean, Rob?"

"Isn't he with you?"

"...He left a long time ago." Salvatore shook his head.

Rob was not killed by Maria at the beginning. Because of his cooperation, Maria spared Rob's life.

But…that doesn’t change Salvadore’s opinion of it.

That guy just used the Texas family as his pawns.

This was something he would not allow.

So after borrowing the other party's power in the initial stage, Salvatore also tried his best to squeeze it out of the family's power and tried every means to restrict it.

Finally, about twenty years ago, it left the Texas family…