After Mercer’s arrival, the dinner had started. Miles thought they would wait for Adam, but Mercer didn’t mind the empty seat and started the feast. Maids came from all around and started to fill the plates before they left.
Of course, all foods were made by Raynold, thus all of them were heavenly. Miles didn’t hold back and eat to satisfaction. He wouldn’t act pretentious, since he liked the food he ate to his heart’s content.
No one at the table looked down on Miles because of the way he behaved. This was the Cross way. Cross wouldn’t act pompous and were straightforward. If they liked something, they would show it, and if they didn’t like it, it would be on their faces. Miles was trickier when it came to it because he had different life experiences than others, so he had to act and trick from time to time, but when he was at home, he wouldn’t hold back.
The eating session was silent, and no one spoke. It wasn’t a rule, but more like etiquette. Miles on the other hand had nothing to speak of. Since Mercer and Marcela were at the table too, anything he spoke with his parents would be heard or commented on by them too, thus Miles refrained from speaking.
After dinner, the family moved to the sitting room to eat their desserts with tea. In the sitting room, the family started to chat.
“Grandpa, do you know? I have killed a high-tier monster all by myself.” Marcela recounted how she had killed the monster with unnecessary details. The way she recounted emphasized her superpower and how cool she was, but she would target Miles from time to time.
“Monsters are just like Oafishes. Mindless, worthless, talentless… I can kill them all by myself.”
Marcela was obviously targeting Miles while calling monsters oafish. Oafish was an offensive word for those who failed to awaken their superpowers. Marcela was calling Miles a mindless, worthless, talentless monster.
Miles wouldn’t care if it was anyone else, but since it was his sweet sister, Miles wouldn’t mind slapping her back.
“Since when you are able to achieve anything on your own.”
As soon as Miles said that, everyone’s face went cold. Marcela’s superpower allowed her to combine other superpowers, on her own she was as weak as a normal human. When she was boasting and telling how she killed a monster all by herself and insulted Miles, this answer was like a slap to her self-esteem.
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Marcela looked like she was going to cry. Miles’s answer hit her sore spot, and her self-esteem couldn’t take the hit. Miles wasn’t the first one to tell her these things. Mercer looked at Miles with piercing eyes, and spoke with a soft voice,
“Don’t worry Princess. When you awaken in Form-Rank, your powers will explode. Then just by yourself, you will become one woman army!”
“You really think so, Grandpa?” Marcela looked at Mercer expectantly.
“I do know so.” Mercer nodded his head. “Form-Rank is the starting line for us humans. I already taught you the key aspects of energy. When you awaken, your powers will soar the skies.”
Then looked at Miles as cold as ever, “I heard you went into Portal World without any superpowers. Don’t die in the G-Circle to defame our family name.”
“Don’t worry Mercer. I don’t care about your family name, nor am I eager to use it.” Miles answered without any emotion on his face. The pressure on him increased after he said those words. Mercer looked at him like he wanted to punish him, but the real lord of the house intervened.
“Dad, that should be enough,” Evelyn spoke from the side. With it, pressure vanished and Miles could breathe once again.
‘How strong is that monster!’ Miles thought to himself.
The room lapsed into silence after that, until the door opened and a man with a lab coat entered. The man had raven black hair, almond green eyes, and glasses over his handsome face. He wasn’t tall nor was he short, and he had a slim body. His eyes were red from staying awake for too long. He looked around and greeted everyone.
“Uncle Adam!” Miles rose to his feet and hugged his uncle. Adam was a genius botanist researcher. He would enter the Portal World to experiment on plants there. Even before the monster invasion he was a genius when it came to anything plant, after the invasion, he had awakened the superpower, Cellular Vision, allowing him to look at things at the cellular level. With it, his mastery over botany soared to the skies.
Because of his great mind and superpower, he was required in many projects, even the things unrelated to botany needed his consultation. He was also the leader of the team that developed and improved serums with the help of Mother AI.
Adam was one of few people who had direct access to Mother AI. He, with the mother AI, improved the living standards of humans tremendously.
When Adam arrived, the previous cold room livened up once again. Adam greeted everyone and sat near Miles. “You brat! Why haven’t you called me for so long?”
“Sorry, Uncle Adam, I was trying to put my life on the track,” Miles answered.
“Hmm, that is understandable. But from now on, you have to call me regularly, alright?” He supported Miles's decision because at the time he was the one who stopped Mercer from doing any risky experiment on Miles. Even Mercer was respecting Adam, thus listening to him.
“Will do, Uncle.” Miles nodded.
Because Adam was late, he was scolded by Evelyn. Even as the older brother, he couldn’t help but sit still when Evelyn rebuked him. Then they chatted over many things and Adam asked,
“Merlin is still in outer space?”