Chapter 616 A Decade At Best? Sigh...
Davis played along and inwardly relaxed as he tapped on the table for a while, observing that Edgar Alstreim refused to reveal who those people were to him. He thought that it was a test before he suddenly stopped tapping and looked at Tia Alstreim.
"Your daughter seemed to mention that I was the one... Honestly, I'm curious to know what she meant..."
Davis missed Misdirection a ton. If he was in his real body right now, then he could've used Misdirection to make these two say the truth!
"She meant that you were the handsome person in this whole city she was looking for..." Edgar Alstreim lied through his teeth without batting an eyelid, "And what is there to hide? My daughter rather has a good eye for handsome people. She even managed to pinpoint the two most handsome faces I've ever seen in this city, especially when it's hidden by a mask."
"I bet this lady between you two is gorgeous too but a pity that I can't see her face. I possess no more High-Level Spirit Stones to squander..." Edgar Alstreim shook his head as if it were a real pity.
Davis, Logan, and Claire all had black lines fill their faces.
The latter two thought Edgar Alstreim was teasing them while Davis thought how could his grandfather be so shameless as to cleanly overlay the matter with another story and even make it seem believable though it sounded nonsensical.
Davis let out a deep breath and agreed, "It's a real pity..."
Edgar Alstreim really drew the short end of the stick by not choosing to see what's behind Claire's mask. If he had chosen to do so at the start, he might've reunited with his long lost daughter.
But Davis wouldn't easily allow that to happen either as that endangered their lives. He always felt that it was best to stay hidden unless they had the power to withstand any powerful adversaries.
If Edgar Alstreim requested to see what's behind Claire's mask, then he would raise the price to Peak-Level Spirit Stones and give nonsensical reasons such as their family doesn't allow women to show their faces and other such silly reasons.
"Since she found me, the more handsome person in the city?" Davis suddenly smiled teasingly, "When are we getting married?"
Edgar Alstreim suddenly had his expression change as he looked not at all amused while Tia Alstreim became scared.
Davis smiled even more deeply when he saw his grandfather's face. How could he not give a counter to such a nonsensical statement? He was equally childish when it came to family.
But he did not let that joke last long since his grandfather seemed to almost blow his top.
"Now, now... I was just joking like how you did... " Davis then stood up, "If there's nothing else then we're leaving..."
Claire and Logan promptly stood up and followed Davis to the door.
Davis let his father and mother exit before he followed after them. Just before he left, he slowed down his pace, thinking that his grandfather would stop them from leaving.
He was almost out of the room and seeing that no voice held him back, he inwardly sighed.
He stopped and turned back, "A last word of warning..."
Davis raised his hand and held out his palm, "If you try to investigate us through various means, then the one who will experience immense loss would be none other than you."
"This isn't a threat but a genuine fact."
His body slightly shook before he exited and moved away from the door when his voice suddenly echoed to the both of them by Soul Transmission.
"If you want to see us again, then head to the Conferred Queen's residence on the second level of this city and tell my name."
"Needless to say, only the two of you can enter..."
Edgar Alstreim narrowed his eyes as he heard the warning.
'Conferred Queen?' He didn't even know who that was since he just arrived at this City.
He didn't stop them from leaving since his daughter's secret was almost found out by that man. He didn't want to take a chance, hence, he let them go for the time being.
"Tia, do you still experience those whispers? Nod if yes, shake your head if no..." Edgar Alstreim sent Tia Alstreim a Soul Transmission, wary of the Soul Forging Cultivator.
After all, he felt that the Mature Soul Stage Cultivator could possibly spy over their conversation.
Tia Alstreim shook her head, indicating that the Whisper of Fate phenomenon was no longer active.
'Is that so? Then that means that her future has already started to change or the chance to change has already been lost because of my hesitance to reveal some secrets...'
'In any case, I wouldn't know until I see what happens in the future...'
'And since the whispers had stopped, I think I have no need to make contact with them for the time being... If I dally a lot, perhaps Lia and the others would get suspicious...'
He stood and said to his daughter, "Let's return..."
Tia Alstreim nodded her head.
At this time, Edgar Alstreim didn't know that he wasted the Whispers of Fate phenomenon by not revealing her daughter's unique constitution to Davis. It didn't manage to change her tragic yet predetermined fate in the future.
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After some time, the moment Davis as his parent entered the residence.
Claire jumped on Logan and embraced him as she began to silently shed tears like a lady who had endured a lot.
Logan embraced her tightly and consoled, "You hung in there well and managed to keep your words... Good girl..."
Sounds of crying emanated the atmosphere and Davis rather possessed a solemn expression on his face.
'A decade at best, huh...'
When Davis lifted his palm and hid his eyes which were flashing red from his grandfather while giving the warning, he saw that Tia Alstreim rather had a short lifespan.
He instantly became shocked but it didn't show on his face since he didn't feel that much for strangers even though they were blood-related. Judging by her lifespan thread, he garnered that she had only a little over a decade left to live.
She didn't seem to be ill in any way.
So the only relevant connection he could make is that pupa that wrapped her entire body. He guessed that it might have something to do with her early death.
In response to that, he gave their address to his grandfather to know of anything in the future.
Davis took a deep breath as he didn't know what that pupa was, so by using his original body to ask Fallen Heaven, he thought he could find the answer.
However, contrary to his expectations, even after using a chance, Fallen Heaven claimed that it didn't know anything about the pupa and left with him with a laugh, making it seem like it knew something but wouldn't tell him unless he used a chance.
But the problem was, Davis couldn't tell which he should ask to get the correct answer. If he posed the wrong question, Fallen Heaven would just shamelessly say that it didn't know and laugh at him, so he was rather hesitant of using his hard-earned chances.
He could just ask it "Why did you laugh? What are you hiding from me currently?"
But if it gave him an answer to something else entirely and left him hanging, making him waste two or more chances like using a gacha machine, he felt that he would likely go berserk!
Hence, he promptly dropped the matter and concluded that he should pick it up after he found more clues.