Chapter 40

“Father, Calvin requests an audience!”

There was no light in the dark room.

A loud voice echoed in the empty room.

Hu hu ~

Immediately after, bright flames lit up on the walls, illuminating the entire space.

Only the darkness at the end of the room was impenetrable by the firelight.

Calvin Romeo was standing in front of the hall with his head lowered, looking extremely respectful.

“What is it?”

An ancient voice sounded from the darkness.

Calvin didn’t look up and said in a reverent voice, “A Dragon Knight has come to our family.”

There was no immediate reply from the darkness.

After a moment of silence, an emotionless shout sounded.

“Nonsense!”

Calvin was sweating from the invisible pressure.

However, his expression remained respectful. “I saw it with my own eyes. That person’s mutated beast was the Dark Demon Dragon. It’s 90% similar to the ancient records.”

There was another minute of silence.

During this time, Calvin did not dare to speak.

After a few minutes, a voice came from the darkness.

“Ancestor’s prophecy has really come true… Us descendants have waited too long for this day…”

This time, there was some excitement in that aged voice.

Calvin was confused, but he felt that his father must know something, and it was a very important secret!

A while later, the voice sounded again.

“What’s that person’s name?”

Calvin immediately answered, “His name is Matthew.”

“Hmm…!”

The person in the darkness seemed to be thinking about something.

“He’s not our enemy. You should know what to do.”

“I understand!” Calvin replied respectfully.

He remained where he was after replying.

The person in the darkness saw Calvin staying behind and asked, “Is there anything else?”

Calvin said, “He also has another mutated beast. It looks like a D-rank beast, but its combat ability is very strong. It can defeat a C-rank beast without the Beast Tamer’s help.”

Through his subordinate’s recounting, he had learned the details of Matthew’s battle at the city gate.

“Yeah?”

That person felt very puzzled and asked, “What race is it?”

“I… can’t tell.” Calvin looked embarrassed.

“Hmph!”

The man snorted to express his dissatisfaction, or his dissatisfaction with Calvin’s incompetence.

Calvin was so nervous that the sweat on his forehead fell like rain.

“You may leave first. Come back when I summon you.”

There was a hint of coldness in his aged voice.

“Yes!”

Calvin didn’t dare to stop for a moment longer and quickly left the hall.

At the same time, the candles in the hall were extinguished one by one.

After Calvin left, the room returned to darkness.

…

Edith and Brenda led Matthew to a large lake.

“Matthew, this is our family’s Lake of Melting Annoyance. If you throw a gold coin into it, it will take away your troubles.”

Brenda used a gentle voice to introduce Matthew to all the attractions they passed by.

“Every time I’m unhappy, I come here to relax.”

Edith looked at the huge lake and thought back to her unhappy times.

But when Edith turned to Matthew, there was an immediate smile on her face. It was as if being with him was the happiest time of her life, and she could forget all her troubles.

When an open-minded girl was happy, she wouldn’t have so many thoughts.

When Matthew had first met Edith, she had been very calculating.

Fortunately, Matthew was smart and cunning. Otherwise, he would definitely be at a disadvantage in her hands.

“Matthew, what’s wrong?”

At that moment, Edith saw that Matthew was distracted and called out to him.

“Yeah?”

Matthew didn’t listen to them the whole time.

It was getting late, and they were in the Romeo family’s territory.

This made Matthew think that there would be no more prompts from the system today.

But he heard the system notification again!

[Ding! Detected a drop of dragon heart blood essence 100 meters in front of the host.]

Dragon heart blood essence!?

What was that?

Matthew froze on the spot.

Therefore, he had not heard what Brenda and Edith were saying.

It wasn’t until Edith called his name that he came back to his senses.

“What is it?” Matthew asked.

“You were distracted just now.”

Edith seemed slightly annoyed that Matthew had ignored her words.

Matthew immediately apologized, “I’m sorry, I was just thinking about something.”

When he thought of the dragon heart blood essence, his brows furrowed again.

The system did not indicate what tier treasure it was.

But as soon as he heard the name, he felt that the dragon heart blood essence was definitely related to dragons.

The Romeo family actually had such a treasure.

Could it be a predestined event?

Matthew increasingly felt that the Romeo family was not that simple.

Yunras City couldn’t be considered a high-level city. The families that lived here shouldn’t have too many secrets.

However, Matthew had experienced the Grimoire House, and the system notification he received now made him feel that the Romeo family was very mysterious.

Putting aside the dragon heart blood essence that Matthew didn’t know what kind of treasure it was.

The Grimoire House recorded the entire history of the Darkin Race and the Dragon Race.

After the Darkin Race was sealed, all relevant information was destroyed, but the Romeo family still had records of them.

From this, he could tell that this family was not simple.

And then there was”Dragon Race History”. The records inside were of eons ago.

It was of such times that Matthew could not imagine it. Even the first dragon of the Dragon Race had been recorded.

That period was at least a thousand eras ago, or 100 billions years ago at a minimum!

This was because some eras were extremely long, reaching a billion years.

More importantly, at that time, humanity had not yet been born into this world, but”Dragon Race History”had such detailed records.

It was obvious the Romeo family had many secrets.

“Is something bothering you?”

At that moment, Edith saw Matthew frown, and the anger that had just risen was gone. She spoke with gentle concern.

“No,” Matthew replied casually.

He was thinking about how to find the treasure properly.

Edith clearly didn’t believe him. Matthew must have something on his mind to be so distracted.

She revealed a sweet smile and said, “Aiya, why don’t you throw a gold coin at Lake of Melting Annoyance? It will take away all your troubles.”

“That’s right, it’s very efficient.” Brenda also felt that Matthew had something on his mind, so she immediately chimed in.

“I don’t have any money,” Matthew replied flatly.

He was still thinking about that issue.

No money… And he said it so flatly… the two sisters were instantly moved.

As far as they knew, it was almost impossible to live in this world without money. Few people could act so calm when they were penniless, which meant that they were always worrying about their next meal.

But they didn’t see this in Matthew. It was as if money was like dung to him.