"What?" Pearce said with a dazed look on his face. But not long after, it quickly changed into an incredulous expression.
My grandfather!?
"That's right, am your grandfather" Sir Kyler replied with a wry smile on his face. When Pearce heard him confirming it, he suddenly became cold as he said...
"You can't be my grandfather"
"I know you must be mad at me for not meeting you all these years, but it isn't my fault" Sir Kyler said with a panicked look on his face
"Then whose fault is it?" Pearce asked with a cold look on his face.
"That's why I want to tell you our family's past. Please just listen to what I have to say, if you still think it is my fault after hearing our family's past then you can just ignore my existence" Sir Kyler answered miserably.
After staying quiet for a few minutes, Pearce suddenly answered with emotionlessly...
"Ok am listening"
And so, after arranging himself to sit upright, Sir Kyler began to said...
"Years ago, when I was just a five years old kid, my dad took in a stranger he found lieing motionless on the floor in the woods. Although this man seems to be in the brink of death, he had a royal and divine aura on him so we decided to help him recover himself. After this stranger which I can remember was named Anderson recovered fully, he gave us five ancient looking slabs as a token of gratitude. Although we first saw these slabs as just ordinary old looking slabs, we still took them contently"
"But suddenly, right when Anderson was about to leave us, a dark and gloomy figure suddenly descended menacingly into our house from the roof. When Anderson saw this, he quickly clashed with this person in combat. While Anderson did that, my father or rather your great grand father hurriedly told me and my mother which is your great grand mother to flee with the ancient slabs since my father had a feeling the gloomy looking person attacked our house because of the ancient slabs. And so, me and your great grand mother fled that area while your great grand father helped Anderson to battle the gloomy looking person"
"After running and hiding from that gloomy looking person for 15 years, we thought he must have died in the hands of your great grand father and Anderson. But unfortunately, we were so wrong"
"What happened?" Pearce hurriedly asked with a worried look on his face. Right now the cold face he had for Sir Kyler is totally gone, instead it was replaced with worry. When Sir Kyler heard him, his eyes suddenly reddened as he continued...
"By that time, I was already 20 years old and I was at the King Rank in the Monster Slaying Regiment. During that period, I learnt some things about the five slabs which resulted the five slabs to unexpectedly merge with my whole being. Although it gave me a slight boost to my abilities, it still felt rather uncomfortable for me but later grew used to it after some time"
"At a particular day during that period, me and my squad were coming back to our base after completing a mission. Then unexpectedly, we got ambushed by a group of Monster King Rank Monsters. Although some of us got injured by the ambush, we gradually began to stand our ground. But sadly, right when we began to counterattack the monsters, the gloomy figure reappeared in front of me again"
"We were totally overwhelmed by the opposing group after the gloomy figure appeared. And so, we began to retreat by running into the forest beside us from different directions. Although I knew this happened because of me, I couldn't tell them due to the consequences that might happen which made me bring up the idea of splitting up in retreat"
"But right when I ran into the forest, I got trapped by the gloomy figure. Although, I was right in front of him, I couldn't see his face at all as it was shrouded by a dark mist"
When Sir Kyler reached this point, his mood suddenly became depressed and frustrated as he said weakly...
"When the gloomy figure appeared before me, the first thing he said to me was {Time for you to go and join your parents}"
Boom!!
Suddenly, the mug Pearce held just recently turned into dust as his expression became exceedingly cold with intense murderous intent in his eyes.
"So how did you escape?" Pearce suddenly asked with a chilling cold voice. When Sir Kyler heard what his grandson said, he immediately came back to his senses and said...
"While I was on the brink of death, the five slabs in me suddenly activated into the being you have previously transformed into. But unfortunately, the gloomy figure was still more powerful as he tried to separate me from the slabs"
"But suddenly, right after taking out one of the slabs and was about to drag out another. A mysterious man suddenly showed up and stopped the gloomy figure" Sir Kyler said with awe in his eyes.
"Mysterious man?" Pearce suddenly asked with a questioning look on his face. But Sir Kyler didn't seem to notice the questioning look on his grandson's face as he answered...
"Yes. Although I didn't know who he is, but I could feel he was exceedingly powerful. So powerful that the gloomy figure had to retreat"
"So what happened after that?" Pearce asked with a straight face.
"After the mysterious man fought the man into retreating, the man turned his gaze towards me. As soon as he did that, he asked a rather strange question"
"And what was the question?" Pearce asked with the straight look still on his face.
"Do I want to live?" Sir Kyler said awkwardly. When Pearce heard this, his expression suddenly turned strange.
"And what was your answer?" Pearce eventually asked
"Yes of cause" Sir Kyler replied with a obvious look on his face as he thought...
'What else would I say, No?aay
"And so what happened after that?" Pearce asked again with another mug cup now in his hands.
"When he heard what I said, he gently nodded his head before he said{Then you will cut all ties with everyone close to you and come with me}. Although I didn't want to at first, but I figured I might put your grandmother in danger so I had disappear with the mysterious man" Sir Kyler said with a worried look on his face.
When Pearce heard this, he surprisenly became calm as he asked again...
"So let me guess, for the sake of not putting your family in danger, you had to disappear from all of our lives till who knows when right?"
"I know what I did wasn't right but I don't know what else I could do that will avoid you guys from falling into my predicament" Sir Kyler said with a pleading look in his eyes. But Pearce didn't seem to be fazed as he stared at Sir Kyler emotionlessly. After a few minutes, Pearce finally said...
"I need more time to think"
"Ok if you ever change your mind, you can find me at the Divine Gardens" Sir Kyler said dejectedly as he got up and began to walk out of the room. But before he walked out the room, Pearce suddenly said...
"Once you go out, tell them that I would like to be left alone"
"Ok" Sir Kyler weakly said before he walked out of the room. But as soon as he did that, Pearce eyes which was shockingly calm suddenly reddened as he held his chest in pain.
'I just can't forgive him easily' Pearce thought as he withheld the pain coming from his chest. Although Pearce knew that based on the circumstances, Sir Kyler wasn't at fault for what he did but he just couldn't forget all the hardship he has gone through when he was little and forgive him.
«Man up Kid» a voice suddenly rang out in Pearce's mind.
«Who!?» Pearce hurriedly said as he looked at the his surroundings in the room vigilantly.
«Relax kid, its me» the voice spoke again in Pearce's mind. When Pearce heard the voice clearly this time, his eyes suddenly sparkled as he exclaimed..
«You are back my replica!»
«SSh!! I don't want noise» Pearce's replica said with an irritated expression on his face.
«Oh sorry» Pearce said with a bright smile on his face. Right now he has completely pushed his family's past to the back of his mind.
«It seems you have come back to normal. That's good because I would like to talk to you about your dantian» Pearce's replica said with a solemn look now on his face.
When Pearce heard this, his expression became bewildered as he asked...
«What's a dantian?»