100: Talk

Talk

"Good afternoon, Sir!"

The old man had short white hair. He had a huge scar on his left eye, which seemed to have been lost. He usually wore his eyepatch, but seemed to have forgotten about it due to Kai's arrival, showing his empty eye.

He rushed their way and smirked with that scary face. "Welcome to my house, you brats. I hope you enjoy my reception."

Hearing his words, Kai instantly knew it was directed at him and raised his guards as he heard two footsteps coming toward him.

Michelle also realized what her grandfather meant and swiftly led the guests inside, ignoring her grandfather. Everyone else was unsure. Everyone else except Tasha, who also knew what the old man meant. Seeing Tasha stepping forward, they decided to follow her, glancing at Kai a few times before going inside.

Kai took out his swords, swinging toward his back and left. Ayaka could see two figures trying to kick him.

She was shocked, opening her eyes wide before glancing at Michelle. "Ehm, he…"

"Don't worry. He's my grandfather, Nathan Graham. Well, you can say that that's his greeting to Kai, and he even brought my two uncles with him." She sighed. "Anyway, if they only fight without magic, I doubt Kai will lose with his strength and hearing."

And it turned out that she was right. Kai suddenly dropped his swords before grabbing their feet and throwing them away.

"Let's go." She dragged Ayaka away, leaving Kai alone with Nathan Graham and the two uncles.

Nathan only smirked when he saw this, saying, "Heh. This brat, looks like you're still as powerful as ever. Your strength and reaction speed, at least."

"Good afternoon, uncles," Kai greeted them first before answering, "This is still not enough."

The two uncles he greeted were Michael's little brothers, the second and the third son of Nathan Graham.

"Fufu… It's good to have that desire since we don't know what will come our way in the future," the second son, Bryan, said.

"Indeed. You need to have powerful strength to protect your family. And if I'm not mistaken, big brother has another kid now?" the other uncle, Albert, asked.

"Indeed. I've been informed about the new baby. Sadly, the baby is still too small, so we couldn't discern the gender yet." Bryan nodded.

"Well, if the baby turns out to be a son, we should teach him not to have multiple wives as the family successor. Besides, Michelle will also be happy with that." Albert nodded.

"You two…" Nathan shook his head then turned to look at Kai. "Well, I certainly have not told you about our family tradition, right?"

He shook his head.

"Well, in our family, if you're the head, you can't have more than one wife, just like me, the previous head. I'm blessed with three sons and a daughter though. But if you see all my brothers, you will see that they usually have more than one wife.

"And now, after so long, I'm the only one who is still alive. They've been sucked dry by their wives, hahaha…" The old man laughed before saying, "Just kidding."

"Well, just look at these two. Albert has two while Bryan has four. If you marry Michelle, then you'll be the head of this family, but even only seeing Tasha, I doubt you can maintain the tradition. That's why even though we support your relationship, we're still urging that brat, Michael, to have another child.

"If you can't, then we will have your second or third uncle's child to be the family head… Though, this happy news came at the perfect time.

"This way, you also don't need to follow the tradition and I can entrust Michelle to you completely." Nathan sighed.

"..." Kai never heard of this from Michelle. The tradition was indeed important, but he was confused about why there was such a tradition in the first place.

Looking at his expression, Nathan explained, "I'm sure you're confused about the tradition. The original purpose of this tradition is not to let the family fall into the path of lust, especially in this kind of society.

"If the family head doesn't have this thought, no woman can try to charm him other than his wife. At the very least, he wouldn't be manipulated by others. The second reason is if you have a family head that only focuses on his wives and each of them has their own intent or ambition, it will become chaotic the moment it clashes.

"It'll be different if the one who has multiple wives is just a normal family member. No matter what they want to do, they would still need to bow down to the big family. If they try to usurp the head, they would need to follow the tradition since no one will support them.

"All in all, the rule is there to ensure the family won't fall into ruin. This is why it's very good news that brat finally got another kid. By the way, since family tradition doesn't bind you two anymore, I request a kid! As soon as possible," The old man said with a smile.

"Make it two!" Bryan nodded.

"Why are you asking for a child like you're ordering food?" Kai interjected.

"Michelle and Kai's child… call big brother's kid uncle with 'Uncle', this… is really hilarious." Albert blinked as he just thought that it was a great idea. "Well, if you don't want Michelle anymore, there are still Mia and Eva."

Kai just couldn't believe these three. He was wondering how the conversation became like this. Shaking his head, he replied, "No. No one can replace her."

"..." Hearing that, they just shrugged and smiled. The old man then walked toward him, patting his shoulder. "Anyway, let's go in."

Kai nodded before feeling a sense of danger coming from above. He instinctively received it with his sword.

Bam!

He was surprised by the weight of this attack as he took a glimpse of it.

It turned out to be the old man's hand with his glove, trying to hit his head. The two uncles also moved according to this, attacking Kai's once again.

"If you don't want to change the window today, then stop." Kai made a green magic circle as he threatened them.

Surprisingly, the threat worked as the two uncles stopped in their tracks. Bryan said, "Oh, come on. Why don't we continue a bit longer? I'm still curious about the true power of a Zodiac."

"Brother, you do know he has yet to accept that power, right…" Albert glanced.

"I know… Still, it sucks because it's been a few years since the last time we met him in United Asia." Bryan sighed.

"Indeed… talking about United Asia… to think that there was such an incident there…"

"Yeah, even though they had previously been living together in harmony for a few hundred years."

"It's normal." Nathan broke his silence. "There are a lot of patriotic people, be it in United Asia, EU base, and even here… The differences lie in their background and ambition.

"You can say that this one has a good background, time, and enough ambition. Unlike their government, our government is focusing on magical beasts. This is to prevent any revolt or the sort and create a good government system.

"Of course, it can only be achieved with a powerful government. If our government were at the same level as theirs, our family might also try to take over the country… or at least our grandfather, the most ambitious person in our family."

Hearing that, the image of one person immediately came to their minds. The conqueror of the east, Max Graham. He was known by his title because in his time, he was able to conquer the entire Eastern United States.

Because of his achievement and the power he held at that time, a desire to control the entire base crept inside his heart. Unfortunately, even though he was capable of laying waste magical beasts or the entire base, he would never be someone capable of raising and nurturing one.

After countless persuasion efforts, he finally let his desire go. He was awarded South Carolina and retirement in exchange for his effort in conquering the Eastern United States.

"I really love his tale." Bryan closed his eyes, smiling.

"That's right. Nurturing is far harder than destroying." Albert sighed.

The old man nodded. "It's already hard to take care of everyone in the family, let alone an entire base. Our Graham family doesn't really see the president seat as a throne, but a hard job.

"That's why we rather have enough power to protect our family from injustice, whether it's from the government or other families, than fighting them directly."

Kai nodded. "Yeah… though, can you put your hand away?"

Nathan's hand was still trying to pummel him.

"Haha… Are you tired already? If you're already tired from just something like this, then I'll need to prepare some medicine for you… in case you get too tired to do the deed," the old man continued with his joke, laughing. The scary face he had earlier was replaced by warm and gentle eyes. The scar still made him look scary though.

"Enough with the jokes…" Kai sighed. "Everyone is waiting."

"Fine. We'll spar again later." Nathan rolled his eyes.

They then went inside and looked for the others, who had been waiting for them in the backyard for a long time.

There were almost a hundred people there, making Kai realize how big this family was. After all, he was sure that not everyone was able to attend the party.1

After getting released by Nathan, Kai made his way toward Michelle and the others and enjoyed the small party.

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