Chapter 156: You Can Call Me Mother In Law (1/2)

Rex left the cafe after he talks to the Reed Family, it surprisingly went well.

He already thought of how to attract the Reed Family's attention to him but who would've thought that the detective came to him himself, it makes his plan to attract the Reed Family becomes unnecessary.

From the sudden interest of the detective, Rex already has someone in mind.

'It must be the principal, he didn't even hesitate to tell the Reed Family about my possession of the spellbooks', Rex thought.

The principal knows that he has the spellbooks from the exchange before, so it makes sense for Rex to put the principal as the main suspect.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

The thing that matters is that his plan becomes faster thanks to that, he manages to make a deal with the Reed Family because of it.

He then went to Emham Forest without worry now.

There should be nothing more of importance that he should do except to tend to his family, 'I hope mom is okay there', Rex thought

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Outside of Emham Forest,

Edward is standing awkwardly in front of Emham Forest because of Mrs. Greene and Robert's gaze, they're confused as to why Edward brought them here.

This place is a training ground for Awakened, and normal people can't go inside.

Even if normal people can go inside, it's still weird for Edward to brought them to a place that is filled with mutated beasts that can easily kill them.

Both Mrs. Greene and Robert then realize something.

They step back with a frightened expression while looking at Edward, ”You're not planning to kill us are you? We did nothing but good to you”, Mrs. Greene said pleadingly.

Hearing this, Edward widened his eyes feeling speechless.

”No No No, I'm not gonna do anything of that sort”, Edward said in a hurry.

He can't believe that Rex's parents can come to that conclusion, he even felt hurt that the both of them thought of him like that.

Edward then continues, ”Umm, Rex wanted to show off to you guys about his power. That's why he brought you here yes, to show off his power”

He decided to bluff his way out to at least buy time until Rex arrive here.

'Where is he? I can't keep lying to them', Edward thought.

Mrs. Greene and Robert look at each other before a smile blooms on their faces, ”Oh my, I always wanted to see what kind of Awakened he is”

”Yes, I too am excited to see how much he has grown”, Robert added.

Seeing both of them bought his bluff, Edward then signals them to enter Emham Forest but got declined by both of them.

”No, Let's wait for Rex here”, Mrs. Greene said with a troubled expression.

Edward saw her expression and can't help but to face-palm himself, 'They really thought I'm going to kill them'

”We'll wait for Rex inside, there's a beautiful waterfall inside that you should see”, Edward said trying to persuade both of them to go inside.

He's worried that Rex's enemies might find them,

Although there are many Awakened here that are coming in and out of Emham Forest, it still doesn't guarantee their safety.

In fact, it even makes them more exposed to danger.

With so many Awakened that is around here, Edward can't look out for each one of them that might be his enemies.

Edward tried to convince Mrs. Greene and Robert to no avail.

He then finally gives up and started to scan the surrounding, he put his alert to his max.

About an hour later,

Edward is still looking at his surroundings fearing that there might be an enemy nearby, he looks to his right and was surprised when he saw a familiar look.

Amidst the crowd, Edward saw Adhara with an old man.

The old man has only one arm but despite that, Edward can see that the old man is once a soldier based on his posture.

It's easy to catch it because Edward is also from the military.

”Adhara! Over here!”, Edward called, he raises his hand before he waves it left and right trying to gain Adhara's attention.

Adhara saw Edward before she approach him with the old man.

Mrs. Greene and Robert who are tired from standing idly lit up, but they become tired again when they saw that it is not Rex.

They both look at Adhara and to their surprise, they found Adhara is so beautiful.

All of Adhara's body from top to bottom are a sight to see, even Mrs. Greene has to admit that Adhara has the beauty that any girl craves for.

”Why are you standing here? We need to get inside”, Adhara said, she looks at Edward in confusion.

They agree that they will meet at the entrance of Rex's Cluster Domain, they will have to wait for Rex there before going inside.

But now, Adhara found Edward outside of Emham Forest.

It exposes them to imminent danger from the Atkins Family and the Reed Family.

Edward scratches his head and said with an awkward smile, ”I wanted to get inside but there's a slight problem with Rex's parents”

”What do you mean?”, Adhara asks in confusion.

Edward looks back to Mrs. Greene and Robert before he whispers, ”They don't exactly trust me”

He then tells Adhara about the incident that happened between them, Adhara sighs while hearing Edward's story.

She then looks to Mrs. Greene and Robert in thought, 'So that's Rex's parents'

Looking at Adhara who is looking at them, Mrs. Greene and Robert approach her and ask, ”Edward? Who is this fine lady right here?”

”Is it you girlfriend?”, Robert added with slight awe.

Edward only smiles dryly before he then thought of something, ”On the contrary, this girl right here is Adhara and she is someone that close with Rex”

Hearing this, Mrs. Greene and Robert widened their eyes.

They look at Adhara as if she's an angel making Adhara felt embarrassed, their gaze is that of a hungry animal looking at their prey.

”Adhara! I'm Rex's mother, you can call me mother-in-law!”, Mrs. Grenee said while grabbing Adhara's hands.