Chapter 274 (1/2)

”That's enough!”

A loud banging sound could be heard that echoed through a large dining room. Beatrice along with her mother looked to the cause of this noise. They saw a rather angry looking man with a mustache gritting his teeth and staring at them.

”Father, is there a p-problem?”

Beatrice stuttered a bit as she was in the middle of chatting it up with her mother. The older woman had been asking her all sorts of things. Mostly concerning her health and if she was doing well at school. It didn't seem that she cared that much about her managing to get that summoned spirit. Her father on the other hand was a lot more interested in that fact.

”Yes, we need to talk about your summoning ceremony.”

”Dear! She just returned home, gave Beatrice some time to rest.”

The older woman glared at her husband while getting between her child. She was certainly a doting parent which the fourth hidden person in the room noticed.

”Helena, we don't have time for such things. You know the importance of having a strong spirit, if it's a low grade one we will have to think about the arranged marriage.”

”Arranged marriage?”

Beatrice shot up from her seat the moment she heard what her parents were discussing. She could tell from how they were behaving that this 'arranged marriage' business was something that was previously discussed. But from her standpoint now with her summoned spirit she would be exempt from something like that.

”Don't worry dear... we just talked about it, we haven't settled on a suitor yet.”

Beatrice's mother patted her shoulder while continuing to glare at her husband that started this whole thing. Before more nonsense could be spoken another fist collided with the large dining table which caused the tableware to shake around. The two girls quieted down as the man of the house looked quite maddened by the fact that he was being ignored.

”Enough! Beatrice after you are done with eating come meet me out in the yard. We will test your summoned spirit!”

The older gentleman stood up from his seat and moved outside. The only servant that was in the room had to fix the chair that had fallen over. There were also some spilled dishes on the table where that fist landed along with a small hole in the wood.

”Don't mind your father, he is just… worried about the estate…”

”I know mother…”

After a moment of silence, Beatrice looked to her mother with another question.

”What off older brother? Has he returned?”

The mother just shook her head.

”No, he became an adventurer before we lost contact, he could be in any of the many dungeons…”

While the two women talked Zhang Dong perked up at the mention of dungeons and adventurers. This was one of the staples of the fantasy worlds from more westernised novels. He started wondering if the adventurers had ranks ranging from F to S, maybe even SSS like in those stories that he used to read.

The two continued to talk while he listened in. The supposid brother had apparently gone on to become an adventurer. From what he had gathered there wasn't anything like a leveling system in this world. There were classes and fantasy like professions like mages, summoners and magic knights. They gained their techniques and skills through hard work, there were apparently no shortcuts of killing monsters and gaining free skills and experience points.

It looked like he would soon have a chance to show himself to that noble looking father. The man looked like he had a stick up his butt and that mustache made him look even more condescending. Though as a father he knew where the man was coming from. He was someone that had the weight of his family on his shoulders.

From what it looked like the man had some degree of magical power in him. Zhang Dong could somewhat feel the danger level by how much mana they were exuding from their souls. It wasn't that much though, if Beatrice here was at the lower levels of Qi condensation than her father was maybe at the very early foundation establishment stage.

This was akin to an elder from a very small clan back in his world before he arrived there. Someone like that would have no way of starting a big family at most he could hope for an elder's position in a smaller clan.

The father was also only a Baron, which painted a picture to him. There was a steady hierarchy in this world as in the one that he came from. This was almost the lowest noble title that one could achieve, the only one below it was a knight. Which would put this man as maybe the level of an outer sect elder.

Without a potential heir to the family techniques it looked to be over. But at least it was fine for Beatrice to take over, though he wasn't sure about that as he wasn't planning to stick around for that long.

While he was thinking about the noble power dynamics Beatrice called out to him. She was now heading to the back of the estate. A large yard was back there where the guards and knights were training. With the loss of prestige some of them were transferred out by the main branch noble house. What remained were mostly inexperienced youths and old knights that were past their prime.

”Um… Holy Lightning Emperor Leigong, are you there?”

He wanted to laugh at the long winded name that he had given himself but it was better than being called Dong in this English sounding world.

”Of course, where else would I be?”

”Wait… is that the sound of the ocean?”

”Ah…uh... don't mind the small stuff, how can this Holy Lightning Emperor help you today my child?”

Zhang Dong started coughing while realising that the ambient sound from his soul dimensions was getting through when the two were talking. With a wave of his hand the waves calmed down and his soul beast also stopped flopping around in the background. He had materialised some fish for the big guy to chase around.

”Would it be okay for me to summon you again?...”