Anderson sat down and sighed. " Ch'ang O, let me ask you. Are you going to betray Mister Sasuke just to gain favor from your 3rd uncle or Are you going stand with mister Sasuke and oppose the main family? Both choices have negative affects. You must choose which one is more important to you."
Ch'ang O sat opposite to Anderson and replied without any hesitation.
" Grandpa you already know the answer. If I remain in the Markey family, they will definitely use me for political marriage. In the end I would become a puppet. Years of my hard work will be wasted, into nothing."
" Yes. Ch'ang O choosing 2nd choice means that you would be going against your father's wishes. I don't know whether you are father will agree to go against the Markey family. Your father spends most of his time in researching so I am afraid he might not understand." Anderson sighed.
" That's something I would never do." Ch'ang O and Anderson turned to look back. They saw a blue short haired middle age man wearing a white coat.
Yes, this was Karen, Ch'ang O's father.
Karen sat next to Ch'ang O and held her hands. Anderson and Ch'ang O was confused.
" My daughter let me tell you story. Long ago, your grandfather married my mother so that he can get my Mother's family assets for himself and use my mother's family connections to expand his business. Even though my mother knew this she always chose to help father."
Anderson and Ch'ang O looked at each other in confusion.
" But after few years a crisis hit the Markey family. So my father just to pay the large amount of debt he mercilessly slaughtered everyone from my mother's family. In the your grandmother was killed in front of own eyes. I hid myself under the bed. If I was caught I am sure I would have been killed by that bastard as well. I was not even allowed to cry. I pretended to not know anything."
" My father rightfully acquired all the assets of my mother family. Then he married another rich woman. She began to keep her eyes on me. She feared as the first born, I would inherite the Markey family. In the end, to survive I had to play stupid. I began to shift my attention towards magic and research. Which relieved my stepmother, that bitch even happily supported me. She was afraid that I might fight with her children for the succession of the family."
" It was suffocating to live with those monsters who can kill anyone just for the sake of profit. In the end, I choose to came here to Casa city. Here I met your mother and then your were born. After your mother died, you are the only reason that kept me alive. I would have committed suicide if I had lost you."
Ch'ang O and Karen eyes wet from tears.
" Ch'ang O, over the years I also have made many connections. I was thinking of leaving the family a long time ago but your passion for business kept me. Although I am not businessman nor a politician, I can still understand few matters."
"The Markey family doesn't have strong grip in Purcell territory. That why I came here with you. Now that you have become a ally of Purcell clan, the Makrey family won't able to touch you inside Casa city. With Mister Sasuke's support, you are even more powerful than the Purcell clan."
Ch'ang O and Anderson both was very shocked. They never thought Karen a man who spent his days inside laboratory would think this far.
" My daughter do whatever you feel right, Dad will always support you. If you are going against the Markey family then do it, I don't have any feelings for those monsters. Instead I also hope to get revenge for your grandmother."
Karen patted Ch'ang O's head with his right hand and smiled gently.
" Over the years I have built lot of connections with powerful and influential people. As long as I am alive I won't let the Markey family get their hands on you. So don't be afraid."
Ch'ang O's eyes became wet from tears. She was very touched. She never expected that her grandmother was murdered by her own grandfather.
Anderson was too shocked at this moment. He have been working for Karen since he was a child but he never heard this story from Karen before.
' Looks like Master Karen have been suppressing his pain for all this years.'
Ch'ang O wiped the tears and said to Anderson.
" Grandpa I am going to meet with Mister Sasuke." Anderson nodded in understanding. Before 3rd uncle butler came here, Ch'ang O needs to let Sasuke know everything.
...
Ash had no idea what was happening in the outside world. The whole Purple Star empire was searching for a group of people known as Akatsuki. Markey family's 3rd young master was looking for Ash.
Ash was happily counting the number of shadows he has now. Ash now had more than 1 million shadows, Twenty 9th rank shadows. Now Ash power was more than enough to crush any great empire.
" Young master, why are we still keeping our existence a secret from the outside world? I mean with our power which force can stand in front of us." Isabella asked Ash.
" Every great nation will be definitely interested in knowing how we conquered one of the forbidden places in the Atlanta Continent. Many great nations would definitely work together to put us down and claim Carrion Swamp and blackwaste for themselves."
" We have to wait for the flower to bloom and claim it. Before we reveal Anderson clan existence to the whole world I want to develop the blackwaste into self sustainable city." Isabella nodded in understanding.
" Isabella Tell grandma and grandpa that Very have reached the core area of Carrion Swamp. This is the last mystery barrier of the Carrion Swamp." Ash had sent Beru to the core area of Carrion Swamp. Since there was no 9th rank spirit beast left in the Carrion Swamp, Beru's speed was much faster than usual.