Chapter 248 - Chapter 248: Chapter 238: 3rd Rank "Blood Dancer (1/2)
Chapter 248: Chapter 238: 3rd Rank “Blood Dancer
Inside the grand hall of Fischer Manor.
“You’ve finally returned, Darren.”
Vanessa smiled gently, nodding her head, and even Theo, who was usually stern, showed a smile.
Having finally returned to the Fischer family, Darren felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation deep within his heart, like a string that had been taut for years finally had the chance to loosen.
His important family members were all gathered around him, celebrating the safe return of a loved one, and Lilian and the others were visibly moved.
“Felix, this is your father.”
Among Darren’s three women, only Fayer was in Nasir Town, and she excitedly brought the young Felix to meet his father whom he hadn’t seen for many years.
Dressed neatly in a small tuxedo, Felix looked up at Darren’s fearsome face, and couldn’t help but feel a deep fear inside, causing him to instinctively take a step back.
But after a moment of hesitation, he still bravely stepped forward, saying respectfully:
“Father, hello, you, you’ve finally returned, we all missed you very much.”
Darren looked down thoughtfully at the boy who was trembling slightly and filled with fear but still forcing himself to maintain proper etiquette, then showed a smile more terrifying than any demon’s.
“Hahaha, Felix, you actually resemble Fayer more than you do me in terms of personality.”
Felix didn’t understand what that meant, but Fayer instead revealed a smile, gently saying:
“There’s nothing wrong with being like me, right? Or do you dislike my personality? By the way, Darren, can’t you let Lilian heal your face? You scared the child.”
Darren chuckled and reached out to gently pat the boy’s head, laughing to himself:
“Oh, this face of mine, I deliberately asked Lilian to heal it later. I wanted to experience for one last time… the gaze of others fearing me.”
“Too bad, none of you are afraid of me, haha!”
Afterwards, Darren looked towards Lilian. She nodded slightly, and the next moment she released the power of the Spirit-returning Tree to quickly begin healing Darren’s gruesome and ugly face.
Flesh regrew, skin healed, and what was once a horrifically burned scar turned back into healthy skin; Darren was reborn, his features restored as if he had undergone a metamorphosis.
“Ah?”
Felix watched in astonishment as his father, who once resembled a monster, gradually transformed into a tall, handsome man, a feeling of wonder stirring deep inside him.
“Father!”
He couldn’t help but call out excitedly.
Darren’s bright eyes gleamed with a shrewd light, and the skin that had been aching for so long was finally healed, the pain vanishing.
It was a long-missed sense of comfort that caused him to moan several times.
“So refreshing! Hahahahaha!”
Seeing his son’s reaction, Darren couldn’t help but laugh. Then, he suddenly crouched down and hugged his son tightly, saying loudly:
“Hahahaha! What’s the matter, lad? You only care about appearances? Your father has become more handsome, so now you dare to come closer?”
Felix’s face reddened with embarrassment, and his eyes looked anxious as he hastily said, “No, no, that’s not it, Father, sir! Uh…”
Christine in her wheelchair shook her head and said, “It’s good that Darren has returned.”
Karno smiled and rested an arm behind his head, squinting his eyes and jokingly said on the side: “Felix does take things seriously; he’s quite fun to tease. Oh dear, he’s likely to be teased often in the future, considering there’s more than one joker in the family.”
Everyone couldn’t help but laugh, as in truth, no one would really blame a young child.
“I’m sorry, please forgive me, I’m sorry…”
Felix bit his lip tightly and eventually couldn’t hold back any longer, beginning to cry on the spot, but even in his crying, he dared not weep loudly, merely shedding silent tears.
“Alright, alright, I’m not blaming you, Felix.”
With a smile, Darren comforted the child, knowing that this little guy had been raised by Fayer to be too serious, a simple case of what you might call a “good student.”
Hehe, actually, it wasn’t such a terrible personality trait.
At least it was much better than his own when he was a child, hahahahaha!
Afterwards, Darren asked Fayer to take the crying Felix away, then turned his head to look at Lilian and asked, “Is there still no definite news on Father and Uncle Chris?”
Lilian nodded gravely and said:
“Yes, not only have Father and Uncle Chris gone missing, but Viscount Bast, Acting Bishop Zayne, and the Romann family’s heir, the ‘Dragon Taming Lord’ Aldrich, have also disappeared… oh, and Chief Renzo as well.”
She almost forgot about Renzo; compared with the others, the chief of police in Fein City wasn’t that big of a figure.
Lilian continued:
“For more than half a year, which actually isn’t the longest breakthrough time on record, so everyone still hasn’t given up hope, thinking that perhaps the breakthrough to become a Monarch isn’t over yet… The more important reason is, neither the Lion clan nor the Romann family had the resources to search for them before the war ended.”