Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Christina’s eyes flashed with shock.

She didn’t know when it started, but she had become increasingly unable to see through the true identity of the young man in front of her.

However, without waiting for Christina to think any further…

On the other side, Bruce let out another explosive shout once again.

“Alright, Christina! You conspired with outsiders to plot against the Nolan family. The crime of disobedience and betraying our family is now your sin to bear.”

After saying that, Bruce could not help but laugh coldly as he continued.

“Fortunately, I came to your door in advance and discovered your ugly plan! Christina, do you really think that we can’t do anything to you just because you’ve hooked up with a fourth-tier mage? Do you think that the Nolan family’s grand ancestor isn’t around anymore? I’m not surprised if you do. He’s been in closed-door cultivation for many years. A person like you who has forgotten your roots would naturally not know of his existence. Come, let’s go!”

With a cold shout, Bruce wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Following that, he did not forget to tell Austin that even if he killed all the third-tier mages here, the combined magical strength of so many core members of the Nolan family disappearing would definitely attract the grand ancestor’s attention.

After saying those harsh words, Bruce left with the other elders.

Before they left, they looked cool and confident.

However, Austin felt them quickly speed up and flee the courtyard as quickly as they could as soon as they were out of plain sight.

Austin couldn’t help but smile in his heart when he saw this scene.

They were really a group of old dogs who still wanted to save their own face while watching danger head-on.

It just so happened that he wanted to see what kind of person this grand ancestor of the Nolan family could be when he saw the group of elders bragging about them.

At this moment, Austin noticed the pale-faced Christina who was standing by the side.

At this moment, the little girl’s eyes were already sparkling with tears.

“Why are you crying?”Austin casually asked.

From the beginning, the emotions that she had been holding back finally couldn’t be kept in any longer.

Christina looked in the direction where Bruce and the others had left and bluntly said, “Everything was fine before this. If you had only hit just Elena, it would have simply been a problem between me and my generation. But since you attacked Bruce, this matter has now involved the upper echelons of my family. Moreover, I have been assigned a groundless crime by Bruce.

“When the grand ancestor takes action, the matter will only become more serious. I’ve heard of his name and although I’ve never seen him since I was young, I have a vague recollection of his voice.”

At this point, Chris took a deep breath and slowly explained.

“Our grand ancestor has been cultivating in seclusion. He’s always been the Nolan family’s secret guardian. Unless the family is in a life-or-death situation, he will never take action! Therefore, even my father, Lance, has to bow his head in the presence of our grand ancestor.

“A large part of the reason why the other two great families in Seth Kingdom’s Human Imperial City don’t dare to make a move when the Nolan family’s weakness was revealed was because of his existence. And now, after Bruce reports our matter to the higher-ups, it’ll only be a matter of time before the grand ancestor makes his move. It’s not hard to imagine what our fate will be like then.

After saying this, Christina seemed to have accepted her fate. Her eyes were red. After that, she looked at Austin and said apologetically, “I’m sorry. Because of me, you were implicated in this matter.”

Hearing this, Austin paused. After thinking for a moment, he did not continue on with the topic.

Instead, he casually glanced at Chris and asked, “Tell me, when your family treated you this way, did you really never think of rebelling?”

“Hmm?” Chris was slightly stunned by this question.

This sentence was perhaps the most painful thing that existed in Christina’s heart.

After that, Christina could not hold back any longer.

Finally, she cried in front of Austin and said, “Of course I’ve thought about becoming stronger! I’ve also thought about how to resist these people and this fate that treats me unfairly! But there’s no other way. You don’t know about the fact that my body has been unable to sense magic elements ever since I was born.

“Over the years, I’ve tried all kinds of methods, whether it’s reading all kinds of books, trying to cultivate, or even drinking bitter medicinal soup every day. I’ve done it all for the chance that one day, I might be able to sense magic elements and work hard to cultivate those powers to prove myself! I want to be able to ruthlessly defeat all those people who looked down on me before!

“But in the end, none of it has worked out. Originally, I placed all my hopes on those pills. The only alchemist in my family, Bruce, wanted nothing more than to kill me immediately. As for the other alchemists, there hasn’t even been another one amongst ten thousand people within the entire Landry continent. How in the world does one find an alchemist that might be able to help me?”

Saying this, Christina fell silent once again.

It was very obvious.

Along with the final animosity between the two of them and Bruce, her last bit of hope was also extinguished.

After listening to all of this, Austin had already known in advance about this part of Christina’s background. However, he had not listened to the finer details. 

After listening to all of this, Austin just glanced at Christina and said indifferently, “So after all you’ve said, is what you want in the end to become an alchemist?”