Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1713

Chapter 1713: The origin

"Naylani Pierson, the one who raised me in the first life, and the one I tried to end along with me in this lifetime. She’s not part of the triplets, but she did alter her face under the orders of one of them."

Charles had already mentioned it before.

In this world, there were people—forces—carrying power that one couldn’t imagine. Power, wealth, and influence that even a government might know about, but not challenge. He said these forces could change a country’s fate with a word.

And Zoren vouched for that.

According to Zoren’s memories, he had stumbled upon this information during his investigation into Penny’s case. Not just the forces that weren’t known to the world, but rather, a story of what could happen if one of these forces split apart.

Just like what happened to the Zorken Family.

The Zorken Family was primarily responsible for covering the western region of the globe. They mostly operated in silence, supporting governments or neglecting them for their own reasons. Either way, they were powerful enough to manipulate every country’s economy and more.

The Zorken Family was also one of the most powerful forces among others.

Until...

Years ago, the head of the family had become obsessed with the research of life. Mainly, the creation of life. Quite blasphemous, but he had a reason for it. He and his wife couldn’t conceive a child. And with no heir, the Zorken Family would be in a difficult position.

Hence, using his wealth, connections, and power, they started research on how they could have children naturally. Initially, it was a research effort to solve their problem and have a child naturally. However, even after years of research, there were only a few options available to them.

And with the growing danger around them, the Zorken couple agreed to their last alternative.

The thing was, the head of the Zorken Family was concerned about a few things.

What if their child would be deformed?

What if this child would become a failure?

Or worse, what if this child wouldn’t live long?

With those worries in mind, they tried to "create" as many as they could. After all, the Zorken couple were still using their own weak sperm and egg. They didn’t want donors out of pride.

In the end, they managed to "grow" five, which they then placed in borrowed wombs from healthy women. These women were tended to throughout the pregnancy, taken care of, fed well, and pampered. But even with all that, two of them miscarried.

One could already imagine the fates of those two women.

But peace was an illusion in this world they walked in.

The year the head of the Zorken Family fell ill, things for the family began to spiral out of control.

Naturally, the head of the Zorken Family would choose Nathalie to take over. After all, Nathalie was his firstborn, and his favorite. He had always shown favoritism toward her over his other daughters.

And yet, the words that came out of his mouth during the critical days of his life were:

"Naylani, take care of our Zorken Family."

And those words... started a long and bloody war between the sisters.

No one knew why the dying Mr. Zorken chose Naylani as his heir in the end. After all, everyone was already expecting Nathalie to be the next head of the family. Sure, Naylani was brilliant as well, but unlike Nathalie, she would be less effective.

Many of Nathalie’s supporters disliked the decision, while those behind Naylani pledged their loyalty to her.

And when there are two leaders in a kingdom, things often don’t lead to peaceful results.

The moment Mr. Zorken took his last breath, the Zorken Family split into two factions.