All seven of the Alstreim Family members were currently entering the Banquet Hall, flying towards the seat of honor while hovering over all the dancing women and guests without any care.
When they neared the Ethren Emperor, the projection was cut and other guests were shown displaying shocked expressions on their faces that held awe. Almost the entire attention of the people present in the Banquet Hall was cast towards the Alstreim Family members.
Claire’s entire body trembled. She subconsciously took a step forward and flew into the air but just before she could...
A hand grasped her shoulder abruptly!
Claire expressed her bewilderment through her wide eyes as she turned to look behind her, only to see Davis maintain a calm expression on his face.
"Don’t be hasty, mother."
Claire blinked, and the next moment her eyes became moist, "Hasty? You’re telling me not to be hasty!?"
"Mother, I..."
"Davis! The whole reason we are in this territory is because of my father! Even if we can’t uphold justice, can’t I at least talk with him and let him know of my presence?"
"We must not!"
"Davis! You..." Claire’s voice radiated her disbelief.
Davis extended his other hand and grasped her other shoulder with grip, "Mother, we are weak!"
Claire became taken aback.
"Now is not the time!" Davis gritted his teeth, "At least, for the time being, you cannot meet him. Otherwise, if the others were to know or your father were to slip up your presence, it would truly be a cause for a tragedy."
Seeing that his mother is still sane, he explained, "Mother, imagine what would happen if the Alstreim Family were to know that you have escaped the Forsaken Phoenix Realm and returned?"
Claire became silent, unable to imagine with her current chaotic emotions hugely influencing her thoughts. She closed her eyes and invoked her will as she tried to imagine what would happen if her presence were to be discovered by the Alstreim Family.
When she opened her eyes, her expression became aghast.
"Of course, I’m including our son in the equation, otherwise, even five centuries wouldn’t be enough! Haha!"
Logan tried to lighten up the mood and it magnificently worked against Claire. She smiled behind the mask and shook her head, feeling a bit better.
Davis chuckled at the side too and his gaze moved to the projection.
’Well, this was rather unexpected. I never thought that Mother’s father, my maternal grandfather would appear in this place. This event almost put a dent in my future plans to take things at my pace. If we got caught here, it would be no different than the situation we faced with the Tripartite Alliance.’
’Them chasing us while we run for our lives...’
’In this case, if the Alstreim Family were to chase us, we’re pretty much screwed...’
Davis inwardly heaved a sigh of relief over his mother’s decision. If not, he really would have to come up with some countermeasures for scenarios that could likely happen.
For example, them being apprehended or forcefully moved by those envoys to the Alstreim Family’s location.
This was just the average case scenario.
For the worst-case scenario, if the envoys were in the know of the matter between the hostile force in the Alstreim Family and Claire who was supposed to be dead, there was no saying how the matter would take a turn for the worse.
In the projection, it seemed that the envoys finished their conversation with the Ethren Emperor and was leaving the Banquet Hall. This time, their figures were even more clear as the projection zoomed in on them.
"Edgar Alstreim... That’s your grandfather, Davis..." Claire spoke as she observed the projection.
Davis nodded his head. He already knew about this since Claire had previously shown his grandfather’s image by using her soul force.
Previously, there was the matter of him failing to recognize Daniuis as his Grand Uncle, hence, Claire learned from this mistake and used her soul force to project the image of her father to their family of four.
This made them recognize Edgar Alstreim even without Claire’s input.
"Speaking about Grand Uncle, if he hears about this, he is going..." Davis suddenly stopped halfway as he noticed something was wrong within the projection.
Even Claire became wide-eyed...
Wide-eyed as she finally noticed the small copy of herself beside her father!