421 Meeting Helen (1/2)

At this moment, Leon and Darlene arrived outside under Mia's lead.

However, the innermost courtyard was a tightly guarded place. Without earning the chief's trust or receiving her permission, no one could enter it. Leon was stopped by the servants guarding outside.

”I will go and call mom!” Mia said.

Leon nodded, ”Alright. Try not to cause trouble, though.”

”Mia knows! Mia is very sensible!” She said unhappily.

”Alright, alright. Big Brother was wrong, okay? Go on now.”

”Mm!”

Shortly after, the servants opened the gates for Mia to enter. In that brief moment, Leon was able to gaze inside. His eyes narrowed on the crimson tree with black leaves at the center.

From a single glance, he could tell that it was an extraordinary tree.

Nevertheless, the doors were shortly shut afterward, stopping for gazing at it further. He could only wait outside with Darlene.

”Do you know anything about that tree inside?” Leon asks Darlene, who chose to wait outside by his side.

She nodded and pulled Leon some distance away from the entrance to explain in a low voice, ”That is Chief Valencia's most prized possession, the Divine Demon Tree. It belongs to a really rare breed of mutated trees, capable of producing an endless amount of Darkness Profound Energy for cultivation.”

”Hmm… I see.”

Leon hummed softly in thought. He could tell from a glance by the way the people were meditating below it and the strong Darkness Profound Energy emitting from the area.

But was it really rare, though? Where could the rest of the Darkness Profound Energy on the Dark Continent be coming from?

”Do you know where she got this tree from?” He inquired.

”Hmm…” Darlene pondered for a moment with a frowning look before she recalled something she heard and said, ”I think it was found and brought back from the Land of Darkness by Chief Valencia's father, the previous chief.”

”The Land of Darkness, huh?” Leon softly mused.

So, the Divine Demon Tree was procured straight from the land of demons.

This means that there was a possibility that it was not all that rare after all—it was only rare in the sense that the Darkmoon Tribe had only managed to obtain one of them.

Leon did not ponder long before the doors to the courtyard were opened again. The little girl was seen trying to drag their mother Helen out.

The face was unfamiliar to Leon. It was a younger face, but the aura and shape of the person were familiar to him.

He could tell that this was his mother, Helen, who spent 12 years raising him along with his father, Brian, back in the Capital's lower district.

”You are…?” She asks hesitantly.

The appearance was mostly the same, but the tone of her son's complexion was utterly different from her memories. He was tanned.

Leon smiled at her and said, ”What, you don't recognize your own son anymore?”

”Eh, well... you used to be... well, you know--whiter.” Helen responded. after a moment, she shivered from realization and asks, ”You still recognize me as your mother?”

Leon nodded and said, ”Regardless of the reasons, you did raise me for 12 years after all.”

Helen became emotional with watery eyes. She was afraid that her son would not recognize them anymore after learning the truth, but it turns out that they still have a place in his heart.

”This isn't the place to talk. Come with me.” Helen wiped her eyes and spoke.

Leon nodded and followed his mother after picking up Mia. Darlene also followed behind them, but then Helen stopped. She glanced back at Darlene with doubt before turning to Leon.

”She is...?”

”My woman.” Leon smiled wryly.

”Another one?” Helen looked at her son, speechlessly for a moment before saying, ”You... Haiz, I don't know what to do with you. How many more women are you planning to have?”

”I don't know, really. Whatever happens, happens, I guess.” Leon rubbed his head, awkwardly. It was not like he planned for this to happen. It just happens.

At this point, if Darlene had not figured out the relationship between these two people, then she would be an idiot.

It came as a great shock to her and completely caught her off guard. However, quickly recovered and muster up her courage, and stepped forward.

”H-Hello, mother. I am Darlene.” She greeted nervously.

Helen gave Darlene a careful look before she nodded, ”Mm. You're not bad.”

It was a short comment, but it was enough for Darlene to be overjoyed, surprisingly. To be acknowledged by her hubby's mother, she could not be more relieved.

What she did not know was that Helen was only her hubby's adoptive mother. There were more surprises in store for her when she meets his parents.