Chapter 242 Meeting Merlin Rose

After travelling for 3 hours by car, 2 hours by a super-fast private jet we reached the right edge of the Western Continent where the Rose family resided.

Yeah, we kind of crossed the continent within 5 hours and reached the destination… though it was only possible because of the guy who was driving the other car. His special ability accelerates anything he touches, allowing us to reach any place much faster than we could have ever reached.

Getting off the private jet of the Rose family, I saw the giant white coloured mansion in front of me. To be honest, I could have called it a castle, but because of how it was designed like a wide city-like area, I think calling it a 'city' would be a better idea.

It was a 'mansion' spread across 570 kilometres in area. Though the main family lived in a mountain mansion, which was used as a villa before, where we just landed. They called it the High Villa because earlier it was built as a villa, but later, after a certain battle, it was damaged and was built again as a mansion without changing its name.

Actually the battle tore down most of the buildings and most of the family had to hide here, where they rebuilt it accordingly once the battle was over, mostly because it was the only building half-intact at that time.

The white mansion was in front of me, with a magnificent garden surrounding it and a wide pavemented path to take us to that mansion.

Williamson walked out of the private jet along with the driver and then both of them moved forward, with the rest of us moving behind them. Because we were on another side of the globe, the sun was still a bit up in the air, lighting up the blue sky creating a cozy afternoon. All the more because it was a bit cold up here on the mountain.

Walking towards the mansion, I saw gardeners, workers, and a few other staff looking at us with a deep look in their eyes. I saw the grip of their hands tightening around the working tools they were holding.

A slight smile formed on my face before I kept moving, soon reaching the gate in front of which three people, two men and one woman, were standing, looking at all of us carefully.

"I brought the guests," Williamson said as he looked at the two men standing there. The expressions of the three were serious as they nodded at Williamson, who too was serious as well.

Entering the mansion, we walked for about another 20 minutes from one place to another. At the end of our long walk, we reached the place where a huge gate was present and about 12 guards were standing in front of it.

Each of these guards were at least Peak A-Rank, with at least 4 of them were peak S-Rank. I sensed one of them releasing the aura of SS-Rank as well and I chuckled inside as I thought about the number of people in and above SS-Rank increasing from the previous 12 to 13 now.

Though I doubt they are the only ones with SS-Rank hidden among their ranks. After all, it was only during these three years, when the number of SS-Rank increased a lot, especially since there were a lot of people in peak S-Rank.

'Some of them even reached SSS-Rank… Hmmm if I remember correctly there was a rumour of someone reaching SSSS-Rank or, more properly, S4 Rank before the First Cataclysm occurred. He wasn't human for sure, but I wonder who he was,' I thought as I saw the huge gate opening as the guards moved to the side.

We entered through the gate with the guards and found another dozen people inside that hall. Looking at their faces, they were the elders of the Rose Family with… a few people that I did not expect to see here.

'What are the Laurentz doing here?' I thought as I turned to William, who was equally shocked to find his younger brother and his son among the crowd of people inside.

Looking at their smirk and the way they looked down on Lucas and William, it seemed as if they knew about our arrival from before and were waiting for us… perhaps this meeting wasn't as simple as it looked.

A smile formed on my face as I observed the whole scenario and Lucas, who was observing me rather than his cousin and uncle, said,"Your grin is beaming. Keep it inside or you will scare the Rose family."

I looked at him and chuckled as I saw him not getting affected by the atmosphere at all. I think the only one who is affected here is Rheo and Linda… huh? They seem fine too?

'Did I miss something?' I thought as I observed their nonchalant faces, which should be filled with horror or something, but wasn't. Hmmm… maybe they shared their information about me? Who knows…

"You are here, young prophet," spoke Merlin as she looked at me and I finally looked at her sitting on the massive throne in front of me. The others just stopped, but I kept walking towards her one step at a time. The guards were about to attack me, but Merlin stopped them as she kept looking at me.

"Finally glad to meet you, Merlin Rose. There is a lot I have to ask of you, but first," I moved towards her, touched her white hair that glistened like snow and looked at her eyes that were transparent as clear as water.

My eyes turned red as I used my Blood Magic and spoke,"accept this."

She saw her System popping with a small notification before she pondered a little and then nodded. I sent a minuscule amount of dark energy inside her body through her hair, turning it a bit black before it turned white again.

She looked at her status again and her eyes widened a little before she observed me again and then a slightly curious expression entered her eyes and she spoke.

"Looks like you know my secret."

"Young lady. I think I know more than you about it," I spoke as I smiled before letting her hair go.