41 Flame Incubator (1/2)

Cray who was still in the middle of contemplating was surprised when he was called out by Ye Chen. He still needed a bit of time to let it all sink in.

This time, he was surprised when he looked at the thing that Ye Chen gave him.

”What's this?”

He slowly bent over and grabbed the box that was placed on top of the table in front of him. He was puzzled as he looked at how it's tightly shut. The texture, layout, and design of the box felt really familiar. It was as if he had seen something like this before.

At that moment he remembered the box where Note had originated. This time without hesitating he immediately bit his finger and let a small amount of blood drop towards the box.

”Identity confirmed. Cray ”Funf” Anderson, the fifth descendant of the Einder bloodline. Clearance level three unlocked.”

Just as he had thought, it was the same as the first box that he had received. Only this time, the said box was from the Great Einder instead of his father.

Ye Chen who was standing on the other side was a bit puzzled. Something wasn't right about the current situation.

This was completely different from what he had expected. Though he was stunned he quickly regained his previous calm look.

However, Anastasia couldn't be fooled. She had managed to see through Ye Chen's earlier expression.

”So... What's in the box?” Ye Chen cleared his throat as he asked Cray.

”I don't know.... What's it supposed to be?” Cray muttered when he saw Ye Chen. He then made his voice louder. ”Nothing.”

”Pardon?” Ye Chen looked as it if he had misheard something

”I said nothing.” Cray then showed him the empty box. ”there's absolutely nothing inside this box.

Ye Chen who had seen this was absolutely astonished. ”no way.....” He softly muttered.

Anastasia who had a doubting look asked Ye Chen.

”Why do you have that look on your face? Were you actually expecting something else to be inside that box?” She inserted her dominant voice, especially in her second sentence.

Ye Chen saw that he was currently in a bad situation. ”I mean, he used his own blood to open it but at the end, he received nothing.” he managed to quickly spout out nonsense instantaneously. His reaction was quick and nonetheless looked natural.

Still, Anastasia wasn't convinced. She noticed that Ye Chen was hiding something from them. Just when she was about to once again question Ye Chen, Stan who was asleep had been awoken.