Chapter 93: Chapter 91: So, It’s Really Not for ?
Everyone assented.
And with that, they were gone.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant stared in disbelief at the young man before them. ’So this is the legendary Archfiend, the one rumored to kill without batting an eye? He actually looks like... this.’
’He’s so handso.’
’Annie gets his looks from his father.’
"Daddy."
Seeing his son reaching out with a chubby little hand, a flicker of warmth crossed Javier Sinclair’s cold face. He reached out and patted the boy’s head.
Then he scooped him up into his arms.
Holding his son, he looked up at the man and woman before him. Their features did bear so resemblance to that woman.
’So these are her parents.’
"Father-in-law, Mother-in-law."
The mont he spoke, Celeste Grant, who was walking over from not far away, stumbled and froze on the spot.
Celeste Grant was stunned. ’What did Javier Sinclair just call my parents? Father-in-law and Mother-in-law?’
Looking at the man standing there, a smile blood on Celeste Grant’s face.
She was very satisfied with his behavior.
For soone as proud and standoffish as him to give her parents adequate respect, it showed that he respected her, too.
Mrs. Grant was the first to react. Seeing her husband still standing there dumbly, she gave him a nudge.
When Mr. Grant finally ca to his senses, his hand trembled.
’What did the Archfiend just call ?’
’Father-in-law?’
He glanced at his wife, who nodded in confirmation.
At that mont, both Mr. and Mrs. Grant felt imnse pressure.
’This son-in-law of ours seems quite decent, actually.’
"We’re glad you’re here."
"Celeste has told us about you."
That greeting of "Father-in-law, Mother-in-law" had thrown them for a complete loop.
’So, she *has* ntioned
to them.’
Javier Sinclair looked up at Celeste Grant in the distance. He’d noticed her the mont she arrived, but now he felt a trace of awkwardness.
’I just called her parents Father-in-law and Mother-in-law. She must have heard .’
He walked over to her, still holding their son.
Seeing his stiff and awkward expression, Celeste Grant leaned in with a faint smile. "Exalted One, ’Father-in-law’ and ’Mother-in-law’ seed to roll right off your tongue."
’He must have been screaming internally when he forced himself to say that.’
Javier Sinclair shot her a dark look.
"Shut up."
"Don’t get the wrong idea. I only did it for our son."
"So, it really wasn’t for my sake?"
He remained stubborn.
"No."
Celeste Grant chuckled softly.
「That evening.」
Celeste Grant personally cooked a feast, and the family sat down to eat together. After drinking the Spiritual Wine Javier Sinclair had brought, Mr. and Mrs. Grant went off to practice dual cultivation and increase their Cultivation.
Nerida and Elder Lawson took her son out to play.
「On the rooftop.」
Celeste Grant sat beside Javier Sinclair.
Seeing him sitting there in silence, Celeste Grant leaned closer. "What are you thinking about, Exalted One?"
"This place is too small and lacks even a single Defensive Array. When we return, we’ll take your parents back with us."
’I can’t believe he’d say sothing like that.’
At that mont, Celeste Grant rested her arm on her knee and stared at him for a long ti. ’It’s true what they say. You know if soone really cares about you not by their words, but by their actions.’
’He actually thought to bring my parents along with us.’
Celeste Grant froze.
Then, she suddenly smiled.
She reached out, turned his face to hers, and gently stroked his chin with her fingers.
"What do you think you’re doing now?"
"You’re blushing."
"Nonsense."
Celeste Grant just smiled faintly.
She leaned in and kissed him.
"I’m not trying to do anything. I just think you look really handso right now and wanted to give you a kiss."
"How superficial."
’This woman is only interested in my looks.’
Blushing, he averted his gaze.
But his eyes subconsciously drifted back to her.
When he saw she was no longer paying him any mind, instead propping her chin in her hand to gaze at the sky, he felt a pang of displeasure.
He snaked an arm around her waist, pulled her onto his lap, cupped the back of her neck, and lowered his head to capture her lips in a kiss...
’Why does this woman always manage to fluster ?’
Celeste Grant wrapped her arms around his neck.
The two kissed deeply.
It was a sha the heavens didn’t see fit to cooperate.
It began to rain.
Celeste Grant held out her hand, feeling the raindrops land on her palm.
"Exalted One, it’s raining."
Javier Sinclair’s brow furrowed slightly.
He glanced up at the sky.
"Terrible timing."
He casually perford a hand seal. A barrier materialized around them, and the raindrops could no longer reach them.
Holding her in his arms, Javier Sinclair rested his head on her shoulder.
"Don’t lean so close."
"Exalted One."
"Hn."
"You can let go of
now."
"Celeste Grant, you kissed
first. Do you think I’m soone you can just kiss and then toss aside whenever you please?"
Celeste Grant smiled. "What’s the rush? I never said I was going to toss you aside. Besides, I couldn’t possibly throw away soone so handso, could I?"
Javier Sinclair’s heart skipped a beat.
’Damn it.’
’Why do her words sound so sweet to ?’
"Save those sweet words for the kid. Do you take
for a three-year-old?"
Despite his words, he was already pressing his cheek against hers.
Celeste Grant gave a faint smile.
’The Archfiend is surprisingly clingy!’
’Well, I suppose having a husband like this could be acceptable.’
「That night.」
Their relationship progressed a little.
They stayed for the next two days.
「On the third day.」
A group from the Grant Family arrived, claiming they were there to pay respects to Javier Sinclair. However, Nerida tossed them out before they could even step through the door.
The only reason Nerida didn’t kill them was that they were relatives of her lady’s family. Otherwise, just for mistreating the lady and driving her family to live in such a wretched place, she would have gladly cut them all down.
When they heard that Celeste Grant’s paternal uncle and his entourage had been thrown out, Mr. and Mrs. Grant said nothing in their defense.
They were deeply disappointed in Mr. Grant’s older brother. When Celeste had been sick and needed a certain Spiritual dicine, they had begged him for a long ti, only to be refused.
From that day forward, they had never accepted a single resource from the family.
「Later that day.」
Celeste Grant told her parents she wanted to take them with her.
"Dad, Mom, I’ve earned a lot of Spirit Stones. The main reason I ca back was to ask you to leave with . I wanted to see what you thought."
Hearing this, the two of them shook their heads in refusal.
"Silly child, your father and I are perfectly fine living here. If you miss us, you can always co back for a visit."
Celeste Grant said, "No, that won’t do, Dad, Mom. The distance is too great. If sothing were to happen to you, I wouldn’t even know. More importantly, I’m worried Jocelyn Grant will co after you."
They looked troubled.
"But..."
Of course, they didn’t want to be separated from their daughter; they just didn’t want to beco a burden to her.
Celeste Grant cut them off.
"No buts. Dad, Mom, have you heard about those new ’mobile phones’?"
They both nodded.
"Yes, I was thinking about asking soone to buy one for us."
"You don’t have to. I’m the one who led the team that developed and crafted them."
As she spoke, she reached into her Storage Ring and took out two devices, one for each of them. She then helped them activate the phones and added herself as a contact.
The ’mobile phones’ she developed don’t require a network. You just have to insert a Spirit Card and activate the internal Array to use them. Here in the Cultivation World, these phones are essentially a type of Magic Treasure, completely different from ordinary ones.
"So this Magic Treasure, the ’mobile phone’... you’re the one who created it?"
’Our daughter is brilliant! To think she could create sothing like this.’
Celeste Grant nodded.
"So please, Dad, Mom, co with . Co live in Bloodfiend City. It’s the territory of the Demonic Sects, so no one will dare bully you. And I’ll be able to see you often, which will put my mind at ease."
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