Miles ignored the onlooking people at the table and followed Mae to sit beside her. The room was big, as big as his apartment, but besides a giant table with many chairs, there was nothing else. Giant chandeliers were gold in color hanging in the ceiling. The room looked deluxe and simple at the same time.

He looked at the people sitting at the table. He recognized Mae’s older brother, Song Shin, looking back at him with hostility. Miles shrugged it off and looked at others sitting at the table. He recognized one of the Graders sitting next to Song Shin. It was Hassan Mus, the one with the stone body ability.

Miles wondered what their relationship was, but didn’t ponder over it. All the people sitting at the table were influential. It wasn’t strange for them to know celebrity Graders. Other than the two of them, there was also an attractive woman sitting across Hassan Mus. When Miles saw the girl holding Hassan’s hand, he was dumbstruck, but luckily he was able to hold his shock back and didn’t show it on his face. It was the girl Miles saw in Starve Cleric’s Leader’s room, Elfrun.

“Hello everyone, sorry to disturb your lunch.” Miles greeted everyone and acted as if nothing happened. He didn’t know why she was there with one of the Graders, or if Hassan was also part of them. Since he couldn’t be sure of it, he could only act ignorant, but he secretly asked Coin to hack into the girl's wristwatch, Coin’s answer shocked him more.

“She is not wearing one. The thing on her wrist is just a dead machine.”

“It is nothing, welcome.” Hassan Mus greeted warmly with a smile. The lady across from him also nodded but said nothing. But Song was hostile as ever.

“If you know you are disturbing, just leave-ouch!” But in the next second hit by Mae's kick on the shin, he swallowed what he was going to say.

“This is Miles Cross everyone, he has been my friend since kindergarten. When I saw him just now he was looking for a place to have breakfast, so I invited him. I hope it is okay. Is it brother?” Mae spoke with a smile and asked Song.

“It is!” Song answered disingenuously while cursing under his breath. Others also shrugged it off.

“Cross? Are you related to General Cru- Mercer?” Elfrun asked as casually as she could be. Miles was hesitant to answer. If he were to say he is related to Cruel Heart, the girl would approach her to do whatever she was doing. He didn't want to be around her, but he couldn’t lie either. Song would tell the truth.

“He is Miles’s grandfather,” Song said from the other side of the table, while Miles was pondering. Others probably didn’t know the girl, and had no reservation against her, thus letting her know who he was. ‘Since it happened, I can only act accordingly.’

“Oh, it must feel great to be the descendant of a hero.” The girl said with a smile. “Then you must be the little brother of Merlin and Marcela, am I right?”

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“It is indeed I,” Miles answered honestly. At this point, his family tree was as plain as day. Everybody knew Mercer Cross had one son, and that son had three children. Accepting the identity of Grandson of Mercer, also revealed his family.

“Then you should also be a famous hero of our time. But I never heard of you.” She said, she was smiling and looked like she was really interested in Miles. “What is your superpower, since your brother and sister have such strong abilities?”

“I have no ability. I am an Oafish.” Miles shrugged his shoulders and answered. Mae at the side shivered, and Hassan also reacted with shock. Song on the other hand knew it already, so kept on eating.

The girl was also visibly shocked and looked at Miles with pity, but it vanished as soon as it appeared. “Oh, that is too sad.” She said with fake sincerity, but Miles didn’t care at all. He was busy eating.

He was really starving because he was unconscious for three days. Since he found himself at the table full of food, he dug in.

“But Miles is not weak at all. He can already hunt in the Portal World.” Mae said from the side. The silly girl wanted to defend the honor Miles didn’t care about at all. Everyone at the table looked at Miles with strange eyes. Even Song didn’t know Miles had used Strengthening Serum, so he too was baffled.

“You are so young, yet you already used the first Strengthening Serum?” Hassan Mus asked, reaching the conclusion.

“Yes, I was lucky,” Miles answered. ‘Lady in front of you also used the Serum, and she is not that much older than me. Why are you surprised so much?’

“Oh, Cross is a Cross after all.” The lady praised him.

“Which stronghold are you in? I can transfer you near me and we can’t hunt together. I can always use someone with serum.” Song surprisingly offered Miles a job. This time it was Miles who looked at him with his mouth wide open. Is this guy planning to get rid of me? He can’t be offering me to work together right?

But Miles was underestimating himself. Even soldiers who grew up in the military couldn’t use the serums as young as he did. It only showed his potential. Song’s way of thinking was simple. “Doesn’t matter how many years I have to wait. When he uses the pinnacle-tier serum, he will be a walking tank.”

But what he didn’t know was, Miles wasn’t that far away from using the third serum. He could adapt to his strength in a month and could develop his body for the next serum in 3 months. Previously he waited so long to use the second serum because he couldn’t afford the next one.

Now that he could earn on his own, he could use the serums as soon as his body was strong enough. In the last month, Miles already acquired his previous strength and was working out every day to get stronger.

“Brother he is in Veteran Aomine Stronghold, not that far from my previous stronghold,” Mae answered happily. If her brother were to bring Miles to their stronghold, they could see each other more often.

“Sorry, but I already agreed to work with Quinn and her team. I cannot move to another stronghold.” Miles answered and shook his head sadly. Mae also got sad when she heard it, but there was nothing she could do.

“Oh, Quinn Anemone, fine commander!” Song praised. “She is already close to Form-Rank, when she breakthroughs, her teams will disunite, then you can let me know. I will bring you to my stronghold.”

Although it wasn’t certain for the team to disband after Quinn's ascension, it was the expected possibility. With her gone, no one could keep the team. Lucy wouldn’t take orders from anyone else, and Miles wouldn’t be too far behind Quinn anyway. So after Quinn advanced, he too would probably leave the team, but it wasn’t important. He had no intention to work for Song.

“Then, I thank you in advance.” Miles thanked him. He wasn’t going to stay in G-Circle for long, so it wouldn’t hurt to agree first, later when he moved to Form-Rank, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to reject the offer again.