Chapter 80 : Eleanor and Candace Eswald

Chapter 80 : Eleanor and Candace Eswald

'You came two days earlier because you were bored?,' wondered Ava while shaking her head.

'It seems that she is still as carefree as ever,' smiled helplessly Ava.

Grace Eswald, Alex's grandmother and the current head of their branch of the family, was someone one would call free-spirited; she always does what she wants despite what everyone says.

Even when her husband, Alex's grandfather, was alive, he didn't try to restrain her, because it was all for naught.

As Ava was looking at Anna and Grace greeting each other, she remarked something then asked Grace:

"Did you advance to mid-level 7?"

"I see that you noticed, yes, I advanced to mid-level 7 last month. That's why I seem even younger and more beautiful. Am I not amazing?" replied Grace with a proud tone.

"Yes, you definitely are," replied Ava with a look of respect.

It was to be noted that when you become a level 6, it becomes incredibly hard to progress further. So progressing from low-level 7 to mid-level 7 was something that was actually a huge task, so it was understandable that Ava thought that it was worthy of praise.

"Stop boasting; ultimately, you are still just as old as before breaking through," said a voice coming from the carriage.

A few seconds later, another woman with radiant ebony skin and pale golden eyes appeared. She carried the grace of someone in her fifties yet retained a timeless beauty. Short, shoulder-length hair complemented her appearance, and she wore a flowing black gown that harmonized with her hair, accentuating her captivating presence.

She may look like the serious type of person — which she quite frankly was — but paradoxically, her favorite person in the family was Alex, who happened to be the most lazy.

Their relationship was something that, until now, many didn't understand. Eleanor was a woman who despised the concept of lazing around. Despite being not much older than Alex, she was already at the peak of level 5 and would soon cross the bridge that separated her from level 6. In fact, if the Eswald family competition had taken place a couple of years ago, she might have participated. If that were the case, she would surely have become the next heir of the Eswald family.

People couldn't understand how such a woman could be affectionate toward a lazy bum like Alex, but those that knew her history when she was young understood perfectly why she had so many affinities with Alex.

Eleanor was what one might call a late bloomer. Like Alex, her talent was deemed to be inconsequential when she was young, making her the victim of people's mockery. It wasn't until many years of hard work that her talent truly blossomed. So when it was identified that Alex had a trash talent, she was actually the only one truly knowing how he felt at that time.

She was the one that approached him and nearly passed a year trying to cheer him up; it was actually from there that came the crush Alex had on her.

"Alex is training with Lilia," replied Amelia to Eleanor's question.

"Hmm, what did you say again? Alex is... training?" asked for confirmation Eleanor, her stoic face giving way to an expression of surprise.

She wasn't the only one surprised; even Grace and Candace were taken aback by what Amelia said.

Everyone knew that Alex never trained and even despised training, so it evidently came as a shock to hear such a person training.

"Why is he training for?" asked Eleanor after her surprise faded away. However, Amelia's next words shocked her even more than the last.

"He is training because he intends to become the head of our branch."Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com