Chapter 562 - Meeting Ellis' Father
"What? Why are you all staring at me like that?" Ellis asked after being stared at for almost a minute.
It was an uncomfortable feeling.
"You're the one who brought the bandit leader back, since the ring isn't on him, where is it?" Claude questioned.
"I don't know. I barely managed to survive fighting against so many people, do you think I would be worried about a damn ring?" Ellis asked, raising his voice slightly towards the end of his question.
"It did take you a single day to deal with the bandits, I presume you must've gone through a lot," Claude said.
"Oh, how did you defeat the bandits anyway?" The old man with dark hair asked.The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.
"I fought," Ellis' reply was simple, but everyone knew it had a lot in it.
"I must commend your effort, but you see what we're searching for, we'll obtain it no matter what. If the storage ring is with you, I'd advise you to give it back now," The old man with dark hair said.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't see any storage rings. There were a lot of bandits, and some of them escaped when they realized they couldn't beat me," Ellis explained.
"Alright. We should get going," The old man with dark hair turned to the others from the Vaergahl family.
The O'Brien family weren't people they could oppress with their strength, so staying here any further wouldn't change anything. Since Ellis said he didn't have it they had to leave.
Leaving didn't mean they would let the matter rest though. The Dragon's blood they acquired took them through hell, they were not going to let it go that easily.
One of the reasons why the old man let Ellis go was that he had secretly made a hand seal that would identify if Ellis had been in contact with the blood, and the answer was no.
The only thing was that Ellis could pass the blood to someone else without being aware of what it was, he may not even touch it. All in all, Ellis was the only person they could think of who had the bandit leader's storage ring.
....
The Vaergahl family left soon after not being able to get anything from Ellis or Claude.
Unfortunately, he didn't get a reply.
"Damn it! Come on, Grey, answer me,"
....
Ellis' Father's room.
After Grey closed the door, he placed his back on the door as he stared around.
The room was huge, with a large bed on the end of the room. He could sense an eerie aura across the room, an aura that made him feel uncomfortable.
"Looks like he's bedridden," He muttered to himself before slowly approaching the bed.
He could see a figure on the bed, one he assumed was Ellis' father, an obvious assumption.
"Who are you, and why are you sneaking about in my room?" A raspy voice asked softly.
Grey knew the source of the voice, hearing how weak it was, he was almost certain that Ellis' father wouldn't be able to live for long if this persisted.
"Hello Sir, I'm a friend of your son," He bowed.
Even though Ellis' father was still lying on the bed, he still had to show some respect. After all, this was once the powerful family head of the O'Brien family.
"Ellis' friend?" Thoma asked, his voice still raspy.
"Yes, he told me of your situation and I came to see if I can help," Grey explained.
"Haha, foolish boy, even the Elders and the best physicians in the Continent can't help me," Thoma laughed out lightly but coughed soon after.
Grey knew he was referring to Ellis when he was speaking.
"Thank you for willing to assist that foolish son of mine, but I don't think there's anything you can do. Also, how is he?" Thoma continued speaking after his cough subsided.
"Honestly, not good, he's the same as you, only still walking," Grey said.
"*Sigh* I knew it would come to this, this is why I told him to leave the family if anything happens to me," Thoma sighed, he understood perfectly what Grey meant by his words.