"Hello my son, how are you feeling?" Tred asked in a cheerful voice.

"... Uh I am fine father, did something happen again?" Robert asked, did they get some sweet deal from the Shadow Empress?

Robert also began to get excited, not to mention he also has some good news to share.

"Yes, the Shadow Empress, she asked us to do something for her and in return, our family will rise high and above, soar to the highest. And we don’t even need to do much, most work had already been done!!" Tred said excitedly.

"Really? That’s great father, such wonderful news, what do we have to do?" Robert asked, smiling ear to ear.

"Well it is something that could only be done on the Zoratian planet, I can’t interfere so you will have to see it through." Tred said, creating an air of mystery then he continued:

"As for the actual task, I will tell you but where is my good granddaughter? Bring her there, I will tell you both about this good news together!!"

"Oh I will call her here right away." Robert said hurriedly, after muting the call he looked back and frowned.

Jane was still standing near Neil, now that Caleb had accepted the proposal, he had to get rid of Neil quickly.

And make Jane somehow forget about him.

"..." he hurried towards them and noticed that they were talking but he could not hear anything.

"Jane, come here!" he spoke sternly, glaring angrily at Neil.

"I don’t want to, I still have something important to talk-" she was just speaking when Robert interrupted.

"You can talk later, it is something important, and your grandfather asked to talk to you right now. Come with me for just a minute." He said and pulled her hand.

"..." Jane felt angry at him, she hoped that this again isn’t about Neil but it was exactly about him.

Sighing helplessly she was pulled away by her father, leaving Neil and Cynthia alone there.

"And you, didn’t you understand when I told you to not get close to her, anyway you have numbered days, so it doesn’t matter." Robert said before finally walking away.

Neil was surprised, wondering how Robert knew he only had some time?

His life wouldn’t be long but that’s not something Robert should know, or maybe he made some arrangements to get him killed?

Though he didn’t say anything and just looked at Cynthia who had been silent.

"What is it?" Jane asked in annoyance, pulling her arm away, she really hated her family more and more.

"Hmph we will talk about your marriage and that Neil guy later, first, talk with your grandfather." Robert said as the call reconnected.

Then Tred’s happy voice sounded: "My good granddaughter, how are you?"

"...I am okay." Jane said, she was surprised to see this, Tred had never talked like that.

Did he get replaced or something?

"COUGH I have really great news, our family very soon will be rising high, we will surpass most!" Tred said and Jane’s eyes narrowed.

She wondered if her father had already told him about the marriage proposal with Caleb, was it why her grandfather was so happy.

"No, I won’t go along with it!" she said sternly.

"Huh? What why?" Tred was so shocked, he took a step back, asking further: "I thought you loved him."

"When did I ever say I loved him?" Jane retorted angrily, their voices were clearly reaching the nearby guests who were pretending to be talking while eavesdropping.

"..." Robert frowned, who are they talking about? Caleb? But how did his father already know about this proposal?

Wasn’t he going to tell her about that Shadow Empress?

"Father, I also have great news to share with you!" Robert spoke hurriedly, trying to break the tension between the two.

"What is it?" Tred asked, still frowning, he glanced at his granddaughter and the corner of his lips twitched.

He wanted to say something but couldn’t speak.

"Actually there are two great news!" Robert said, chuckling to himself, trying to create suspense just like his father.

"Spit it out!" Tred’s mood seemed to have been ruined, so Robert decided to say everything.

"So the first thing is, I have proposed a marriage to the werewolf race, to Prince Caleb. And he has agreed, our family will now rise even higher, Jane will marry Caleb and we will get all the benefits!" Robert said, his voice loud and booming, the surrounding people were shocked.

They knew if the Aven family married into the werewolf race, their power would definitely grow.

On the other hand, Tred was shocked, his mouth wide open as he stared at his son in bafflement.

Jane wanted to shout, but got silenced by her father, who was very pleased by his father’s reaction so he wanted to give the second great news.

"Also I have given the highest bounty to the Mad Dogs for Neil, maybe in a couple of days we will get the great news of his assassination hahaha" he laughed loudly at the end.

’Yes father aren’t both the news great? Our future enemy will be gone, and we will rise, now praise me, say you are proud of me, say you are delighted to have a son like me.’ Robert thought, waiting to bask in the waves of praise.

Jane’s eyes widened, her body shivered.

Then intense anger flooded her mind, her palms began to shine as intense killing intent rose, she felt so angry that she wanted to kill this pig right away.

Whether Neil accepts her back or not in his life, she would never let anyone harm him ever.

Even if she had to kill her own father for that.

But before she could have made her move or even shouted at him, another shout reverberated, equally angry.

"YOU DID WHAT?!! Robert you son of a bitch, you stupid bastard, did I not tell you not to do anything for now?!!" Tred’s explosive voice sounded, his eyes were bloodshot as he screamed at the top of his lungs.

It seemed he wanted to jump out of the screen and kill his son.

"You dumbass, y- you rotten piece of shit, when did I tell you to do anything? Agghhh why did you have to go ahead and show your retarded side, would it hurt you to not do anything idiotic for once? You shit eater, why WHY? You motherfucker, why did I have a son like you, I should have instead used my hand that night..." there was a flood of curses.

Robert was trembling in dread, he had never seen his father being so angry either.

Even Jane was startled, she stared at the window in shock, she forgot what her father had even said for a moment.

Robert touched his ear and almost screamed when he saw blood on his fingers, what did he even do?

His eyes were filled with tears, it was only his father that he feared and also wanted to prove himself to.

All the public around heard it all and they were just as shocked, was this all for real?

They looked at Robert and some couldn’t hold back their laughter, this sissy was even crying?

...

While this was happening, Neil and Cynthia didn’t pay them any mind.

Cynthia didn’t even bring up the topic of Jane, as she looked at the stage where Mantis had climbed and he was soon going to start the matches.

"Neil, it is time. First watch a couple of fights, then go up, it is a challenge type of competition so as long as you stand there, people will keep challenging you."

Cynthia spoke seriously.

"You will have to keep winning, maybe drag out the matches a bit. It is fine if you don’t show too much of your ability, just win, and keep winning. I will be going now to find that treasure, you stay here and win all the battles. When I give you the signal, you can come to me and we will proceed." Cynthia spoke, while inside the barrier so no one else could hear the two.

"Alright, I will do that. Be careful, and if things seem to go wrong, then you can just abandon it, we can find some other way." Neil said, he wanted to pull her into his arms.

But there were too many eyes around, so he just nodded.

Cynthia gave a faint smile, then she walked away, disappearing into the crowd.

Neil stood there as he stared at her disappearing figure, then he turned to face the stage where Mantis was standing and was about to start the friendly matches.

"Hello everyone, now we are going to enter the main part of this great event!!" Mantis announced and everyone seemed to forget about all other things and turned to face the stage cheerfully.

They were all curious to see the new talents.

Many had good intentions, some even had bad intentions, while the remaining just wanted a good show.

"Like every time, we will be holding the battles of our young generations. Only the ones who had become lords in the last three years are welcome to participate!" Mantis announced, a smile on his face.

At some point, Randy appeared beside Neil as he spoke: "My trump card, you gotta give it your all and beat those little tards to the ground, break their bones if you can, I will handle the rest."

Neil glanced to the side, where Randy spoke with a wide grin and just rolled his eyes.

Of course he doesn’t want to create more enemies, so he will just give these young lords some small beatings.

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