"..." Michael froze after seeing that figure.
anwhile, Clovis was walking slowly but surely approaching the elderly woman. He didn’t know what kind of face he should show.
There might not be a need to show it on his face. His gaze might be enough. The tender and gentle gaze reflected the longing.
"Are you... my great-grandma?" Clovis asked in a soft voice.
Silvia smiled. "Yes. Your gaze looks like Lily’s, even though your appearance resembles your grandfather’s."
"..." Clovis didn’t know what he should say. For the past few days, he had been wondering what he should say to her. Now that he was standing before her, all those questions disappeared.
"You don’t have to say anything, darling." Silvia smiled. "Your grandfather simply hid you from the whole ti. It took so long to finally find you. It’ll be better if we talk inside."
"Mhmm..." Clovis nodded.
Silvia nodded gracefully before looking at Michael, as if telling him, "You too."
Kanaria and the others were confused. Even though the woman was supposed to be soone who could scare the great Michael Hacfield, she didn’t look any different.
In fact, she didn’t give any sense of threat. Sure, compared to them, her strength was similar, but they felt calm when looking at her.
When they entered the mansion, they were led to the dinner room. Silvia could finally take a look at every single one of them.
"So, you only have three?" Silvia asked.
"Three?" Clovis tilted his head in confusion.
Silvia pointed at Kanaria, Christina, and Luci in succession. "Love interest." Then, she continued to Aileen and Erwin before saying the sa thing. "Love interest."
He then shifted it to Rin and lody. "Deep admiration. Respect." Last but not least, Jay and Ragna were considered ’Deep Respect.’
In just a mont, even without saying anything to them, Silvia actually saw through all their relationships. It was truly unexpected.
"Have you investigated my team?" Clovis asked.
"I have checked your team, but I don’t have to investigate your team to figure out your relationship. Once you beco wise enough, you will be able to see it." Silvia smiled.
"Well, there is one more person, who is still busy in another country..."
"I know that girl, Hana Skylark." Silvia nodded casually.
"Yes."
Silvia then turned to Kanaria and the others. "Thank you for taking care of my great-grandson this whole ti. Please continue to take care of him from now on."
"He’s the one taking care of us." Jay was the one responding instead of Kanaria.
She smiled before shifting her gaze to Michael, who was leaning on the wall while crossing his arms.
"Still, you have finally done a great job of hiding him from , haven’t you, Mickey?"
"Mic-key?" Clovis and the others were dumbfounded.
"Oi, old hag. Don’t you call by that na. I have an image to maintain."
"Really?" Silvia chuckled as if she knew it wasn’t true. "Well, I guess I should call you Michael now as a sign of respect. After all, you, who used to only be able to hide sothing at most for a day, sohow hid your grandson’s existence for over 17 years from . I should say I’m impressed."
Michael paused for a mont before saying, "You should know our circumstances."
"I know," confird Silvia. She turned her head to Clovis. "Don’t bla your grandfather for hiding my existence. The Hacfield family na alone will cause you huge trouble. If you are sowhere near , I don’t know if you can ever beco this big."
"Why is that? From what I have heard, you are the one controlling information, great-grandma?" Clovis asked. He indirectly told her that he knew Steven, but he didn’t go deeper than that.
Silvia smiled. "Because officially, I’m already dead."
"..." Clovis frowned.
"You don’t believe it, do you? I ’died’ during a transport and disappeared from this world to create the intelligence network of the Hacfield family.
"But thanks to it, no one knows that I’m still operating right now. If you bear that na but are not strong enough to protect yourself, people will co after you. And if they find out that I’m still alive, they will co after us together.
"That’s why your grandfather hid your existence this whole ti, and I didn’t bla him for doing it."
Clovis scratched the back of his head. This was the first ti he knew the reason his grandfather had erased his family na.
It was to protect himself. He also asked the Dark Moon rcenary to protect him in secret. Although they had never appeared, it was enough to ensure that the forr enemies of the Hacfield family would never intervene.
Clovis wanted to say sothing, but his grandfather suddenly turned his head to the side as if he sensed sothing.
"Old... I an, Mother. You look like you have a guest. Are you so busy that you are inviting a guest when your great-grandson pays you a visit?" Michael asked.
Not long after, Maya entered the room and whispered sothing.
Silvia whispered back the arrangent. Once Maya left, Silvia said, "Looks like I have a guest, but it might concern you as well."
’’What are you talking about?"
"The one who is visiting us is the local mayor. His family has been the mayors for the last three generations. His connection is quite vast, but..."
"But?" Michael frowned.
"It looks like they have an improper thought without knowing their ability."
Michael’s voice beca cold. "Do you need to deal with them?"
"You should know I don’t need your help, but if you still want to help. How about going to the archive room and grabbing a file marked as AD-002? You know the room."
"Fine." Michael nodded and exited the room.
"Do we need to leave?" Clovis asked, wondering what was going on. "If we disturb you, we can always leave."
"No, darling." Silvia smiled. "You just have to watch the show. I will forgive them if they don’t bring anything important here, but we will see."
Maya soon opened the door as she guided three people inside. The first one was an old man in his sixties. He gave off the sa level of threat as the Tier 8 beast they previously fought.
The second one was a dignified middle-aged man. He seed to be the current mayor that Silvia ntioned.
The last one was a young lady. She had a graceful aura and a beautiful face, but for so reason, Silvia’s eyes were cold for a split second.
Those three didn’t notice it because she didn’t turn her face around, but Clovis, who was in front of her, caught a glimpse of that coldness.
It looked like there was sothing going on with them.
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