"S-Sect l-leader?" The elder stammered.
"He is right, according to what I have seen so far, his casting speed, accuracy, and control over the fire element are too frightening. I may be able to hold him for a long time but if I fight him, I don't think I can defeat him" Sect leader answered.
*Gasps*
"If he wants to harm the sect, he has no reason to play tricks" the Sect leader continued while his eyes never left Ace.
"Mr. Ace… with your talent, you can join any sect you want, why chose ours?" the sect leader questioned, this was the thing that was troubling him the most.
"I don't want troubles, I just want to live in peace with my daughter and my wife, if I wanted to join stronger sects, I wouldn't have left the place from where I came from" Ace answered honestly.
"…I understand. Please give us some time to think about it" The sect leader answered.
The crowd saw everything happening and were surprised, but soon, they calmed down as they realized Ace was too strong to become a disciple, it was normal for a mage like him to become an elder.
Ace nodded and returned to his seat.
…
"Mister Ace, the sect master wants to see you, please follow me" Elder Stolz came to Ace and spoke respectfully. Now that he has seen his power, there was no way he would ever come to his bad side.
Ace nodded and stood up, Maeve followed him with Gracie. Stolz gave Maeve a second glance as the sect master only ordered him to bring Ace and not his wife, but he didn't dare point that out.
Soon, they entered the cabinet where the sect master and the other elders were present.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Ace, I am the sect leader of Inferno Sword Sect, Abraham Kalm, mages here call me sect leader Kalm" Kalm greeted while signaling Ace and Maeve to take seats.
"I am Ace Vorste, this is my wife, Maeve Vorste and she is my daughter, Gracie Vorste" Ace introduced with a smile.
Sect Leader Kalm had a calm look on his old-wrinkled face but even though he looked old, his body wasn't looking weak at all. His hairs were a mixture of black and white and just like others, he had a long beard of the same color, the robes he wore were different in color, as everyone wore white colored robes, he wore black, giving him a unique presence.
"I have to admit, your wife is indeed a beauty, and I have never seen a child this cute before" Sect Leader Kalm complimented and Ace smiled.
Sect Leader Kalm wasn't like others; he just gave Maeve a normal look before turning his gaze back to Ace, due to this, he managed to get into Ace's good books.
"We have thought it through and have decided to make you an elder into our sect" Kalm informed.
"But there are certain conditions which you have to follow" He added.
"What are the conditions?" Ace questioned calmly.
"We can't allow you to refer sect's techniques as we still don't know anything about you"
"Understandable… are there any more conditions?" Ace questioned.
"No, nothing more" Kalm shook his head.
"I also have one condition" Ace added and the other elders furrowed their brows but Kalm kept his calm.
"What is the condition?" Kalm questioned.
"I won't refer anyone as an elder and even you, I won't call you sect master" Ace answered. The other elders furrowed their brows and this time; even Kalm had a little surprised expression so Ace explained.
"The world respects the strong, if anyone wants to earn someone's respect, he has to show them that they are strong and if I am being honest, I don't think any single one of you is strong enough for me to give you proper respect.
Adding 'mister' is the most I can do" Ace questioned. He was an emperor; giving respect to anyone weaker than him wasn't easy for him. It was already a great sacrifice on his part that he was willing to add 'Mister'.
"I understand. Welcome to the sect, Elder Ace" Kalm nodded and extended his hands.
Ace shook the hands and everyone stood up.
At the same time when they were talking, the selection ended.
"Elder Stolz, you take care of the new disciples, while I will show Elder Ace around" Kalm ordered and Stolz nodded.
"Elder Ace, please follow me" Kalm spoke in a polite tone.
Ace, Maeve, Gracie, and Kalm left the room as Kalm showed them around.
The Inferno Sword Sect was like a mini-city itself. They had everything, shops, restaurants, parks, and many other things.
Ace was shown some important buildings before Kalm proposed.
"Elder Ace, now that you are an elder here, you would have to stay inside the sect, we have 3 courtyards that you can choose from, would you like to see them?"
"Mhm," Ace nodded politely.
They walked towards a courtyard that had 3 stories, white-colored house, with a small garden in front of it, the house was not as grand as Ace was used to, but he didn't complain. He was rather impressed by it. It was better than what he thought.
"This one will do, Mr. Kalm. I don't think I should waste any more of your precious time, I like this courtyard, I think you should go and tend to your things. You just received new disciples, it would be great if you could deliver some words of wisdom to them" Ace spoke as politely as he could.
"Mhm, I will send few servants that will take care of the house for you, you can order them as you see fit" Kalm nodded.
"No need! We don't want to bother you, I will handle the household work as I am used to it" Maeve answered in a sweet voice, even Sect Leader Kalm was taken back but he quickly calmed down while Ace's eyes went wide due to another reason.
She was used to it?
When was the time she cooked again?
Why didn't she want servants?
Ace was surprised but Ace respected her decision and nodded. Kalm nodded and left.
"Um… so… why did you reject him?" Ace questioned.
"We are in a new world, I would like to live like a normal person, I will take care of the cooking and stuff while you do elder's job" Maeve smiled to which Ace smiled wryly.
"What? You don't want to eat food cooked by me?" Maeve questioned.
"Are you kidding me? No way will I ever chose the other dish if the other one is made by you! You are like the best cook I have ever seen in my life!" Ace replied hurriedly.
He wasn't joking, Maeve was a great cook, what he smiled wryrly about was her living like a normal person.
She was the strongest person in this world after him and the most beautiful woman in the world, how will she ever live like normal people?
Even though they are in the lower world, troubles are bound to happen, but these troubles, Ace and Maeve could deal with them easily. Ensuring easy and pleasant life for Gracie, who was giggling at the sight of her new house.
"So, I think it is time to turn this house into something my nightingale can live into!" Ace exclaimed and Maeve smiled while Gracie giggled.
*Creak*
Ace and Maeve walked towards the door and it opened with a creak,
*Cough* *Cough*
And Ace and Maeve immediately coughed due to dust. Maeve reacted quickly as she covered Gracie's nose and rushed out.
"I think there's a lot more work to do than we expected" Ace sighed as he looked into the house and discovered that everything was covered in dust and spider webs were all around the places.
"Mhm," Maeve nodded as she saw the situation.
"So, you are the one doing it, right?" Maeve questioned with a smile.
"It will cost you 3 kisses and a 1-hour long hug" Ace replied.
"5 kisses and 2 hours long hug" Maeve proposed.
"Deal" Ace replied and Maeve walked out with Gracie in her arms.
*Sigh*
"Let's start" Ace muttered to himself with a sigh.
*Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh*
Soon, a few little wind gust formed and moved throughout the house, cleaning everything.
*Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh*
The little tornadoes moved at every corner without fail and within 10 seconds, the room shined.
Ace moved forward and entered another room, repeating the same thing, then he moved towards the next, then to the upper floor, and then the last floor.
Within a minute, the whole house was cleaned. (How I wished I had something like that)
But Ace didn't stop there, he took out red-colored, soft carpets and they spread all over automatically, not leaving any part of the floor uncovered.
Then Ace rushed towards the roof and placed a detection inscription all around the courtyard. Then he placed a protective inscription all over the house then an anti-teleportation inscription and a Defending inscription.
Then he entered a specific room that was undoubtedly the most spacious looking room in the whole house and placed 15 protective inscriptions, and a Qi gathering inscription. Then he entered a relatively smaller room and placed a Qi gathering inscription in it.
After 30 minutes of work, Ace exhaled as he glanced at the product and nodded to himself.
"Now this will be my Nightingale's Nest!" He exclaimed and walked down with a smile. He looked at Maeve and Gracie who were playing with each other in the garden and his smile widened.