Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1678  We Arenʼt Kids

The Lyttelton Family Hall. ”The Gnomes are already preparing for war. From what I know, there has been chaos in their world, and some Princes who were fighting for the position of the next Emperor were killed. If we can take advantage of this, it might give us some momentum.” An old voice said.

”Since theyʼre preparing for war, it means they donʼt care about the dead Princes. Using those dead Princes against them wouldnʼt do much good.”

”Theyʼve been using our dead against us since we met them, whatʼs wrong with doing the same?”

”We canʼt control their dead like they do to us, itʼs completely different.”

The Lyttelton Family were in the midst of a conversation when the door to the Hall was knocked by the Elder. After the Elder was given an audience, he told them about Grey who was waiting outside for them. The moment they heard Greyʼs name, they all stood up, Martha particularly walking with the Elder out as they went to get Grey. Grey and Martha walked back into the Hall, and everyoneʼs gaze landed on Greyʼs body, they stared at him as if wanting to see through him. This wasnʼt the first time Grey was in a position like this, so he wasnʼt phased by their gazes, he bowed his head to greet them. Only Greyʼs grandfather was present here, his grandmother was nowhere to be seen. The Elders all looked at Grey, before giving the Family Head a questioning look, they were all waiting for the same thing; what did Grey get from the secret realm.

”What was your experience in the secret realm?” Greyʼs grandfather asked with a calm expression.

Grey was taken aback, not expecting them to ask him about his time in the secret realm. Normally, theyʼd just see if he grew in his cultivation and then not bother about him again, but in this case, they were questioning him about it.

ʼItʼs most likely because of how difficult it was for me to enter.ʼ This was the thought in Greyʼs head. He knew that his grandfather would question him, but he didnʼt expect it to come in the presence of so many Elders. ”I didnʼt get anything there even after exploring the place for days.” Grey replied honestly. He didnʼt get anything of value, Void was the one who got something nice. All he did was fight some Magical Beasts and search for treasures which he unfortunately didnʼt find. The Elders didnʼt expect Grey to reply in such a bland manner. According to what they saw, there was an anomaly with the portal into the secret realm. If something like that usually happens to someone, it means thereʼs something special waiting for them. Grey saying he didnʼt get anything was unbelievable to those present, even to his mother as well, but she didnʼt have a surprised expression on since she taught him to always keep his cards close to himself. Given the number of people present, she wouldnʼt advise him to tell them of the treasure he acquired. Unbeknownst to Martha, Grey indeed didnʼt get anything from the expedition which was also shocking to Grey himself given how difficult it was for him to enter. Originally, he thought he wouldʼve been able to get an inheritance or something due to the commotion when he wanted to enter. However, it just seems like the portal didnʼt want him to enter.

”What do you mean you didnʼt get anything?” An Elder asked with a calm tone, he raised a brow and added, ”All three portals merged when you were entering, thereʼs no way youʼll not get anything there.” Grey let out a soft ʼohʼ, surprised at the news of all three portals merging. He didnʼt see it when he was heading in, nor did he see it when he came out, so he didnʼt have any idea something like that happened.

”I didnʼt have any idea something like that happened. But in all honesty, I didnʼt get anything. Everything I saw there was of no value to me, I didnʼt even bother to take them.” He explained. Greyʼs words sounded arrogant to the ears of most of the Elders present. Even Greyʼs grandfather couldnʼt believe Grey would say something like that. From his perspective, he felt maybe Grey didnʼt want to give up the treasure or whatever inheritance he got from the secret realm, and he didnʼt really have any issues with that, of course he would like to know what it was, but he didnʼt mind Grey being the one who has it, after all, he is his grandson. The Elders exchanged glances at Greyʼs words, and given the relationship between Grey and the Lyttelton Family, a few of the Elders didnʼt have a good impression of him, so the moment those Elders heard this, one of them asked coldly as his aura spread out. This was a Ninth stage Sovereign, someone close to the very peak of the cultivation world in the Aurora Continent, other than the few people in the Half God Plane, the number of people who could defeat him in the entire Continent isnʼt up to fifteen. His aura came upon Grey as he tried to pressure him with it, ”What do you mean by that? Are you saying we donʼt know what weʼre talking about?” And in the same unperturbed manner as before, Grey replied, ”I didnʼt say that. I only said I didnʼt take anything of value from the secret realm. I saw some things, but they werenʼt useful to me. Iʼve grown past the stage where Iʼll take whatever I see.” The fact that Grey could speak in such a calm tone even when he was being pressured by someone in the Ninth stage of the Sovereign Plane shocked the entire room, with the exception of Greyʼs mother, for some reason, she believed he could achieve anything, so she wasnʼt caught off-guard by this.

ʼHeʼs actually able to stay so relaxed under his pressure?ʼ

This was the question in the heads of everyone present, the Elder who brought Grey here was beyond shocked. He has been in Greyʼs position a few times, and even with his cultivation stage, he canʼt handle it so nonchalantly. ʼCould it be that heʼs faking it?ʼ Some thought this was the case, but then when they thought about how easy it was for Grey to speak, they thought against it. ʼMaybe he didnʼt go all out.ʼ

The minds of everyone were thinking about multiple reasons as to why Grey didnʼt feel the pressure. Greyʼs grandfather spoke up when he noticed the Elder who previously unleashed his aura about to act once more, ”Kid, I accept that you might not want to show us what you got from the secret realm which is quite understandable. But you should also understand that this secret realm is quite vital to the Family, we have no intention of taking whatever you got in there from you, we just want to see it.” ”This is something that has never happened, so you see why itʼs hard for anyone to accept that you didnʼt take anything out of there?”

Hearing his grandfatherʼs words, Grey completely understood them, but the truth was that he didnʼt get anything of value. The only person who got something good was Void, and he didnʼt want these people to inspect Void. Void is a one of a kind cat, and he was also sleeping at the moment, he didnʼt want to disturb him for something these people didnʼt even have any use for. Grey sighed at his grandfatherʼs words, before replying, ”Grandfather, I understand what youʼre saying, but I didnʼt get anything from there. I stayed for so long because I too believed there mightʼve been something there for me. After searching for so long, I gave up and left.” Martha looked at Greyʼs expression, and it started to click with her that it might indeed be true that he didnʼt get anything from there. She could clearly see the slight frustration in his voice when he spoke about giving up and leaving the secret realm.

She not having any issues with Greyʼs words doesnʼt mean the others were the same. The Elder who tried to pressure Grey the first time stood up, this time visibly upset. ”Kid, everyone here are all old-timers, except for you. Do you think you can trick us?” The Elder asked coldly. Most of them didnʼt see Grey as a member of the Lyttelton Family, so they didnʼt think they needed to go easy on him. Greyʼs grandfather looked at the situation with some concern on his face. He didnʼt expect things to turn out like this.