"It's no one's fault," Amelda raised her voice and turned her gaze towards the guard standing in the doorway.
"Kim, take the day off" the guards left the dining hall after bowing in her direction.
The joyous laughter vanished away as silence occupied the hall.
"Is it true young master Noah that young master Ghost is a friend of House Kane? I heard from our spies that he has seen with Elder Walter at the auction house"
Samuel changed the topic to make the hall lively again. A few sounds of gasps could be heard in the hall. Most of the family members knew how hard it is to establish a connection with any of the Noble families in Royal land let alone becoming a friend of House Kane, one of the most powerful families in Royal land.
"Then he made an enemy out of House Fisher and probably House Oswen too" Alicia snickered. Every pair of eyes landed on her expecting an explanation for her statement. Diana's heart skipped a beat hearing her son has made an enemy out of two powerful families. If Noah pissed off any of the noble families, he had his family and Guardians to protect him but her other son had to face them alone. This made her motherly feelings to protect her son erupt in her heart. Two decades ago, she utterly failed as a mother, she wanted to redeem herself yet she wouldn't be able with Skyhall in her way. Until Skyhall exists, her son would always be in danger unless she never reveals the fact that Ghost is her own son.
Neither her family nor Ghost was strong enough to take on the Skyhall, she knew this and this was the only thing keeping her from reuniting with her son.
"I heard he and the daughter of the second Oswen brother have some bad blood between them. Hence, he made an enemy out of House Oswen"
"What's her name?" Andrews asked,
"Celina, Celina Oswen.Since he has reached the Core Formation stage, he would either fight Celina or her fiance, Alex, Alex Fisher. By allying with House Kane, the rival family of House Fisher, he is already on the bad side of House Fisher. Unless he loses to either of them, he would be in trouble with those families" Alicia explained.
"Do you think either of them can defeat him in the championship tournament?" Natalia asked. Although Alicia didn't want to believe it, she thought either Celina or Alex would be able to defeat Ghost. In her mind, only Noah could defeat him among the same generation as Ghost.
"No. I saw each of them fight. They can't defeat him" said Noah, recalling the time when he fought with Ghost against the Core Formation beats inside the Nether Realm.
"If it wasn't for the stupid rule that guilds cannot compete in the championship tournaments, brother Noah would have defeated him," Maisy said as many of the family members nodded in agreement.
Rowena saw the uncertainty in Noah's eyes for the first time. Rowena trained with her little brother and she could tell that even though Noah was at the Body Strengthening stage level 10, he could beat anyone below Core Formation level 5 yet he seemed uncertain about defeating a Core Formation level 3 cultivator.
Diana heaved a sigh of relief thanking the rules preventing the guardian guild from competing in the tournaments. The last thing she wanted was her two sons fighting each other. If they were to face Skyhall in the future, her children must stand together rather than against each other.
"Noah, do you think you can defeat him if you fought him in the tournament?" Rowena calmly asked.
"I'm not sure. I have a feeling that he hasn't shown the full extent of his power to the world yet. The tournament will be a good place to study him"
"If that's the case, I'm sure the Guardian guild is already putting up a file on him. Places like the Guardian guild dont like to deal with the unknown"
"What about Skyhall?" Sabrina asked while Rowena took a sip from her wine glass.
"Unless one reaches the Fusion stage, Skyhall wouldn't care. We have bigger fish to fry" her face showed no expression, neither arrogance nor pride could be seen in her eyes. If Alicia was cold, Rowena was colder.
However, she loved her family the most. If she had to choose between Skyhall and her family, she would choose the latter in a heartbeat. When came to know about the assassination attempt on her sister and mother, she personally hunted down all the known associates of Giles and Jacobs without showing them a shred of mercy.
"I don't want any of you to fight with Ghost," Diana said. It didn't sound like a request but rather like an order. Noah saw her looking at him when she talked. He frowned because, in his mother's eyes, he saw something that's more than gratefulness of Ghost saving her and Sabrina.
"Allying with Ghost, a 5-star Alchemist and a prodigy is good for Winston Family" Diana quickly said before her children started to doubt her.
"I agree with Aunt. If it was up to me, I would have given him the banner of the Winston family as a token for showing our gratitude" some of the elders nodded in approval.
Yet Noah seemed to disagree with Andrew.
"Noah?" Andrews noticed Noah's silence and called out his name to hear his opinion.
"I think the Winston family and Ghost has some conflict of interests" Noah took a sip of wine before continuing,
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