Chapter 954 Confrontation
Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.
A person, a man wearing a magnificent white robe, arrived before the Purple Guest Palace.
He looked a bit exhausted, his expression looked as if he was hesitant and reluctant to enter the palace, but he still flew forwards, entering the fifteenth floor. His feet touched the ground as he started to walk. Each step he took covered a long distance, and it wasn't long before he walked out of the corridor and arrived before the first hall.
There were a man and a woman in that hall, or precisely, a mother and a son. He looked at them and noticed that they were both soul bodies. He could understand that they were taking precautions against him, so he wasn't bothered.
"Took you long enough, Ancestor..." The son, who had his hands folded, jabbed at the white-robed man.
The mother eyed her son, gesturing him to be courteous while talking with the Ancestor while the son just shrugged in response.
The people in this hall were none other than Ancestor Dian Alstreim, Davis, and Claire.
"It took me that long to take care of the problems that arose from the destruction of the Aqua Flood Dragon. Besides, I had to see it to that Daniuis Alstreim's children are safely back here." Ancestor Dian Alstreim explained.
Honestly, he was not exhausted with the workload, but he was exhausted because he had to make sure nothing went wrong. He felt that it was a long time that he was pushed around like this, and the last time he was pushed around was when he was with that woman.
Davis already knew that there Ancestor Dian Alstreim was busy, but to think that the latter would explain it to him.
'Looks like his stance is still the same...' he mused.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim looked at Claire and stared at her blonde hair, and purple eyes, along with the facial features that made her seem extremely beautiful, making him accept that she could become one of the top four beauties of the Alstreim Family. He digressed that it would become the top five beauties in the Alstreim Family if Claire were to be added.
"Ancestor..." Claire noticed. It was finally time for her to confront the Ancestor.
She clasped her hand and bowed ninety degrees in a respectful manner.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim inwardly became moved and almost had tears in his eyes as he became emotional. At least, the mother was respectful to him!
"Child, the Alstreim Family has wronged you..." He spoke with a sigh, "Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
"Ancestor has done nothing wrong for me to forgive, nor am I arrogant enough to assume that I can move heaven and earth in a bid to aid me." Claire calmly replied before she stood straight and looked at him.
"However, don't ask me to forgive what I can't forgive. I will have my revenge!"
Claire uttered with a daring attitude. Her eyes were wide, her fists were clenched, and her body was stiff. It was like she was rebelling against an elder for the first time in her life.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim sighed, 'So it has to be like this...'
He expected it but was still disappointed that it has to come down to this, but he wasn't the type to easily give up.
"Is there anything I can do to change your mind?"
Claire became taken aback.
The Ancestor was asking, no, trying to convince her? But not using force to suppress her?
She cast a glance at her son and saw that he still possessed a smile on his face as if everything was within his control.
Really, how could he be so casual in front of a Ninth Stage Powerhouse? She initially thought that her son had overexaggerated their past conversations, but now, she thought otherwise.
Was the Ancestor truly accommodating to her? After all, Davis said to Ancestor Dian Alstreim that her decision was the decisive point for him to change his mind.
Claire took a deep breath as she felt the heavy burden on her shoulders. She shook her head, "Ancestor, can you forgive a person who has schemed against you and caused the downfall of your family?"
"I'll outright kill that person even if I have to face many tribulations ahead." Ancestor Dian Alstreim coldly answered, and just before Claire could continue, his tone became amicable, "I understand what you're trying to say, but as the Ancestor of this family, I cannot let both sides kill each other. It is a great loss of talent for the family, especially now that the Calamity Light is hanging over our heads."
"Ancestor, I-"
"Honestly, I want to forcefully direct everyone with an iron fist so that I can take it easy." Ancestor Dian Alstreim forcefully interrupted.
"You know how hard it is for me to mediate between two sides when I can just force you all to listen to my words? Perhaps because I am lenient nowadays, you all are not bothering to give me face. It is the case, especially with your son."
Claire pursed her lips and blinked twice because rather than it sounding like they were admonished, it sounded like Ancestor Dian Alstreim was pouring out his worries and problems to her.
Did the Ancestor truly have it hard when he was trying his best to unify the family?
"Mother, he's trying to garner sympathy from your kindness. Don't fall for it." Davis openly warned with a chuckle.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim's cheeks twitched, but he possessed a blank expression on his face. Internally, he was lamenting how difficult it was to take control of the flow of conversation with this brat around.
Claire widened her eyes as an understanding light emerged on her pupils. She moved her lips, "Ancestor, I know that what I'm doing is bound to create chaos within the Alstreim Family, but is it wrong for me to obtain the justice I deserve?"
Ancestor Dian Alstreim shook his head, "You are not wrong, and that is why I'm lowering my head, and asking you to forgive or forget them."
"If the lowering of your head can bring back my father's health, my mother's life, sure!" Claire smiled in a daring manner as she trembled lightly. She didn't know where she got the courage to act like this but mused it was because her son was with her.
How dependable!
Ancestor Dian Alstreim furrowed his brows in displeasure at this unreasonably impossible request. People do really take a yard when he gives an inch. Just when he was about to retort, Claire spoke.
"See? Ancestor's request is as unreasonable as mine, in my perspective."
"How can I stop after suffering for so many years, keeping everything within my heart? Only letting all of it out of after I have been freed by the shackles of a soul seal!?"
"How can I stop after being treated like a disposable by them!?"
"How can I stop after coming this far!?"
"If it weren't for my husband and my son, my life would've ended long ago or be miserable right now!" Claire was no longer able to keep calm. Her eyes had become moist as she poured out her emotions.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim was taken aback as he didn't know that to say to this outburst. In front of a woman's grievance, he really found it hard to provide any reasonable kind of answer or any kind of consolation for that matter.