Chapter 18

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Looking at the middle-aged man, Mitchell was mentally prepared to be chased away at any moment now.

To be honest, if the other party was willing to cooperate nicely, he naturally wouldn’t mind.

But if the other party looked down on him because he was a half-orc, then he would just leave.

If it came down to it, he could just look for rare beasts himself. It wasn’t as if he had to rely on the Leon Family.

Initially, he had thought that the other party would definitely speak ill of him.

But who knew something that confused Mitchell happened again.

“Quick, go and get my older sister over here!”

Mitchell froze on the spot again upon hearing those words that didn’t make any sense.

He already couldn’t remember how many times he had been confused about the situation today.

It felt as if there was something wrong with this world.

Why did this middle-aged man ask his sister to come over as soon as he saw him?

Could it be that he wanted him to be his older sister’s husband?

Surely not, right?

Just as his thoughts were running wild, a middle-aged woman who was as beautiful as any young maiden, walked out.

Surprisingly, the middle-aged woman was also stunned when she saw Mitchell.

What was even more surprising was that after a moment, she actually covered her face and started crying.

At that moment, even the young mistress couldn’t help but to take a double look at Mitchell.

Clearly, this young mistress did not understand what was happening either.

As Mitchell looked at the middle-aged man and woman in front of him, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

This feeling was hard to explain.

It seemed familiar yet also strange.

After a long while, the woman finally spoke,

“Do you recognize me?”

Mitchell was slightly taken aback. He hesitated for a moment before replying with a frown,

“Madam, this is our first time meeting each other. How would I recognize you?”

The middle-aged woman’s eyes dimmed a little when she heard Mitchell’s reply. Then, she asked indignantly,

“Don’t you find me familiar?”

Mitchell understood something when she said that.

It seemed that the Leon Family definitely knew him.

Furthermore, they most likely did not bear any ill intentions towards him.

But this charade also made Mitchell feel rather uncomfortable.

He felt as if there was something that the whole world knew and he was the only one being kept in the dark.

He frowned slightly and composed himself before saying calmly,

“If there’s anything you need, please speak your mind, Madam.”

Hearing Mitchell’s indifferent voice, the middle-aged woman teared up again as she slowly said,

“Storm City once had a family that gave birth to twin sisters. Almost everyone in Storm City knows about this pair of twin sisters. Everyone who had met them, praised them for being smart and clever. But one day, because the elder sister was playful, she sneaked out of the city with her younger sister.”

At this point, the middle-aged woman seemed to recall something sad and wiped away her tears again.

Although the middle-aged woman didn’t say things in a straightforward manner, it was still a start.

Mitchell didn’t interrupt her as he continued to listen patiently.

A moment later, after the middle-aged woman dried her tears, she continued,

“At first, the two sisters were having a lot of fun. But unknowingly, the two of them ventured into a forest. The sisters were only in their teens back then and it was also their first time leaving Storm City, so they couldn’t find their way back home. Soon, the two of them lost their way in the forest.”

At this point, the old butler suddenly trembled and then looked at Mitchell in surprise.

That sight made Mitchell frown again.

He could also see it now.

What followed next would be the crux that was related to him.

Despite his impatience, Mitchell held his temper and continued listening.

“The sky gradually darkened and the forest at night and the forest in the day seemed to be two completely different places. The two sisters got more and more frightened. Hunger and cold engulfed the two sisters and made them increasingly panicky. Right at that moment, a series of footsteps appeared in the forest. The elder sister quickly hid among the grass when she heard the footsteps. But the younger sister was so scared that her legs went soft and she fell to the ground, unable to move.”

At this point, Mitchell suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

This strange feeling shocked him.

“The older sister wanted to get up and pulled her sister in the grass too. But everything happened too quickly and the footsteps were already right in front of them. An orc arm that was thicker than the younger sister’s waist appeared and grabbed her neck. The younger sister was so frightened that she kept screaming and struggling. But, it was to no avail. The owner of the huge arm left the forest after grabbing the younger sister. As for the older sister, she tightly covered her mouth and watched as her younger sister got carried by the orcs.”

Mitchell finally realized something at this point and he stared at the middle-aged woman in speechless disbelief.

No one spoke for a long time.

At that moment, the only one who didn’t grasp the situation was the young mistress.

She seemed to be entranced by the conversation as she asked worriedly,

“And then what happened to that older sister?”

As soon as she finished speaking, the old butler quickly pulled her back and hinted to her not to ask any more questions.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged woman sighed heavily as she said regretfully,

“That elder sister was me…”

The young mistress covered her mouth in shock when she heard the last sentence.

Even she could tell by now.

It seemed like one of her aunties whom she had never met before, was kidnapped by the orcs.

However, she could not help but feel puzzled.

What did this have to do with Mitchell?

Just as she was wondering, Mitchell next to her, heaved a heavy sigh.

He finally understood.

No wonder the middle-aged man looked surprised when he saw him.

No wonder the middle-aged woman cried when she saw him.

It turned out that the younger sister in this story was, in fact, his biological mother!

And he actually had the bloodline of the Storm City’s Leon Family!

The middle-aged woman saw Mitchell’s expression and knew that he had understood her meaning by now.

She slowly walked to Mitchell and sobbed,

“I recognized you as soon as I saw you, because you simply look too much like my sister. Nephew, I let your mother down back then as I didn’t dare to save her. You may vent all your anger and frustration on me now!”

Everyone in the house was looking at Mitchell right now.

Mitchell, on the other hand, slowly closed his eyes as if he was having an internal struggle.

He only opened his eyes after a long while and then said to the middle-aged woman,

“Forget it. Let bygones be bygones. I wouldn’t have been born into this world if my mother hadn’t been taken.”

Despite his reluctance to admit the truth, Mitchell knew it very clearly.

He was the offspring of Xeno and his mother.

He wouldn’t have been born if his mother had not been taken away.

After hearing Mitchell’s words, the middle-aged man quickly walked over and asked Mitchell anxiously,

“My sister… who is also your mother, how is she doing now?”

The middle-aged woman was also looking at him anxiously when she heard that.

Even the young mistress could not help looking over as she wanted to know what happened to the younger sister in the story.

Under everyone’s gaze, Mitchell replied word by word,

“My mother died on the day that I was born.”

As soon as he said this, the middle-aged woman fainted right on the spot upon hearing the shocking news.