The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 569 A Gift! (Seeking monthly votes! Please continue reading!)

After ten minutes,
Lady Caitlin, dressed in a magnificent gown, hurried into the house.

She saw her husband, Earl Hall, glaring angrily at a young man with black hair and black eyes.

His soft, bulging belly was taut, his two meticulously groomed mustaches stood up high, and his azure eyes were filled with scrutiny and suspicion.

"You mean you have neither considerable wealth, nor a promising business, and not even a decent job?"

"With your qualifications, what right do you have to say you want to marry my daughter?"

Earl Hall was furious. If he hadn't been reluctant to hurt his precious daughter, he would have had this annoying pretty boy dragged out long ago.

He was hung from a tree and whipped a hundred times!

No, it's a thousand lashes! Ten thousand lashes!

Despite Count Hall's questioning, Mu Sheng maintained a calm smile.

He glanced at Audrey beside him, then at Earl Hall, who was glaring at him like an angry boar, and said with a smile:
Because of love!

“Audrey loves me, and I love her too, isn’t that enough?”

love?

I love that bastard!

Earl Hall's breathing became rapid instantly, and his face turned even more pale.

This pretty boy thinks he can have his cake and eat it too just because he has his daughter under his thumb, right?
Hmph! He really got me wrapped around his little finger!

Count Hall got angry in a fit of rage!
There was nothing she could do; ever since he came back, her precious daughter had been holding onto this pretty boy's hand without letting go.

A happy, sweet smile, one he had never seen before, graced her face.

Earl Hall simply couldn't bear to disappoint his beloved daughter, Audrey!
Even if you secretly wish you could blast this pretty boy into dust with a steam-powered high-pressure rifle, that's something for later.

At least outwardly, he couldn't and didn't want to upset his precious daughter!

"Earl, you can't be too harsh on young people!"

Lady Caitlin came to the sofa, sat down next to Earl Hall, and took his hand to comfort him.

At the same time, his eyes were also scanning Mu Sheng, who was sitting opposite him.

The beautiful and elegant countess was particularly curious about the young man who had captured her daughter's heart!
"Mom, you are finally back!"

Seeing her mother arrive, Audrey breathed a sigh of relief; she had been genuinely afraid that the two men in the room would start fighting.

Well, mainly because I'm afraid her father will get beaten up!

After all, no matter how you look at it, Earl Hall could not possibly be a match for a Sequence 3 Extraordinary.

As for whether Mu Sheng would dare to hit her father, Audrey felt there was no doubt about it!
"Let me introduce you. This is Victory, the man I want to spend my life with!"

“Victory, this is my mother, Caitlin Hall!”

Seeing the way Audrey looked at Victory with such affection as she introduced him, Mrs. Caitlin knew that her daughter had completely fallen for him.

"Mrs. Caitlin, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Mu Sheng stood up and greeted her with a smile.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Victory!"

Mrs. Caitlin said with a smile.

"I'm not happy!"

Count Hall, who was standing to the side looking as sullen as a pufferfish, couldn't help but speak up.

"Earl!"

Lady Caitlin gave him a reproachful look, then turned to Mu Sheng and said apologetically:
“Victory, please forgive a father’s concern for his daughter. Earl is just too worried about Audrey, that’s why his tone was a bit harsh.”

Unlike Earl Hall, who was hostile towards his daughter, Lady Catherine was quite friendly, as if she truly regarded Mu Sheng as her daughter's future husband.

That's at least how it appears!

"It's alright, Lady Caitlin, I understand how the Earl feels!"

Mu Sheng replied with a smile, saying that as a self-proclaimed "old yellow-haired man" (a term used to describe someone with a lot of influence), he had never seen a single father-in-law.

I've long since gone from feeling guilty to feeling at ease!

It's just his father-in-law. He's beaten them before, and some of them even became his subordinates!
At the same time, Mu Sheng was also sizing up the gentle and refined countess in front of him.

Although this lady was nearly fifty, she looked to be in her early thirties. With blonde hair and blue eyes, she was beautiful and elegant, in no way inferior to Audrey, and even more mature.

You understand.

Upon hearing Mu Sheng say he understood his feelings, Earl Hall added another label to the pretty boy in front of him: hypocritical.

How could a gigolo like him, who lives off women, possibly understand the feelings of a father whose daughter has been kidnapped by a rich young man?

He was about to say something sarcastic when Lady Caitlin stopped him by pressing down on the back of his hand.

"I'm glad you understand!"

Lady Caitlin smiled gently and looked at Mu Sheng teasingly, saying, "You really are a handsome young man. No wonder Audrey likes you so much and doesn't want to be apart from you for even a moment!"

"Mom~"

Touched by her mother's words, Audrey finally let go of Mu Sheng's hand, got up and sat down next to Mrs. Caitlin, and took her arm and acted coquettishly.

"Hmph~"

Count Hall, seeing that his daughter was not sitting next to him, grumbled a few times to express his dissatisfaction.

Lady Caitlin and Audrey exchanged a smile, then got up and switched places, letting Audrey sit between them.

Earl Hall's expression softened somewhat.

Audrey, with one arm around her father, Earl Hall, and the other around her mother, Lady Catherine's arm, winked playfully at them.

It seems to be saying, are you ready to face a three-way trial from their family?

Mu Sheng returned her a confident look!

Mrs. Caitlin noticed the subtle interaction between her daughter and Mu Sheng.

It seems the two have been together for some time, yet neither she nor her husband noticed.

This made her marvel at how much her daughter had grown up, and also made her even more curious about the young man in front of her.

“Victory, I just heard Earl say that you don’t have a stable job. So how do you make a living? Can you satisfy my curiosity?”

'What else can they live on? By deceiving people's feelings!'

Earl Hall silently grumbled to himself, seriously suspecting that this 'Victory' was a smooth-talking fraudster.

Otherwise, how could his daughter, the most dazzling jewel of Backlund, have fallen for such a pretty boy!

"No~"

Mu Sheng thought carefully about how to answer Mrs. Caitlin's question.

"To put it simply, I'm a hunter who acts on impulse. When I encounter prey that interests me, I'll strike and capture it!"

"And I can always get something of value from my prey, which is enough to cover my living expenses!"

'A hunter driven by interest?'

Lady Caitlin was quite surprised by this answer. Although the young man before her was dressed in ordinary cotton clothes, he possessed a gentle and refined air about him.

It was simply impossible for her to associate him with a hunter who hunts wild animals in the deep mountains and countryside!

'Perhaps there's another meaning?' Mrs. Caitlin thought to herself, and then gave a knowing look.

'A hunter? That's right!'

Count Hall, who also heard Mu Sheng's answer, became even more certain that Mu Sheng was a fraudster.

What's so hard to understand? Her daughter Audrey was the prey that this pretty boy had his eye on, wasn't she?

'Fine! So you're not even pretending anymore?'

Earl Hall felt a surge of fighting spirit and took this as a provocation and declaration of war from Mu Sheng.

He was determined to have someone thoroughly investigate the situation of this 'Victory' in a short time and formulate a rigorous 'anti-fraud' plan.

Audrey recalled the first time she met Mu Sheng above the gray fog, when he introduced himself in the same way!
Noticing Lady Caitlin's puzzlement, and having no intention of playing the riddle-maker, Mu Sheng continued:

"My hunting targets are not ordinary wild beasts, but any person or thing that I deem valuable, or even a certain force!"

Lady Caitlin's gaze turned to surprise: "So you're actually a bounty hunter?"

"Bounty hunter? You could call me that, but I only hunt targets that are extraordinary!"

Mu Sheng made no attempt to conceal his extraordinary status.

The plot of a wealthy family's son-in-law pretending to be weak to take advantage of others is not part of his script!

"extraordinary!?"

Upon hearing this word, Count and Countess Hall's expressions simultaneously became solemn.

As a hereditary earl in the Kingdom of Loen, a member of the upper house, and a major shareholder of a bank, he is a figure with significant influence in Backlund.

Countess Hall and his wife were certainly aware of the existence of Extraordinary Beings; there were several Extraordinary Being bodyguards from the Church of the Night in this luxurious villa.

Even within the Hall family, there are extraordinary individuals.

The couple also knew that Audrey had secretly concocted potions to become an extraordinary being.

The idea was that the initial stage of an extraordinary being wasn't dangerous, and Audrey would always have to face certain things alone at times. Having additional magical abilities to assist her would make her trump cards even better.

Now it seems they really shouldn't have relaxed so soon!

The initial stage was not dangerous, but the extraordinary individuals she encountered were not necessarily safe!
And just like that, my daughter has lost her heart!
No wonder they were completely unaware of their daughter's romantic relationship; it's probably related to these amazing abilities.

"So, you're also an extraordinary one?"

Earl Hall stared at Mu Sheng with a furrowed brow.

According to him, the path of the extraordinary becomes increasingly dangerous as one progresses.

If Mu Sheng had only just embarked on this path, that would be fine; otherwise, he wouldn't want such a potential danger by his daughter's side.

"Wait, Dad, what do you mean by 'also'?"

Audrey suddenly interjected, her keen observation as an 'audience' allowing her to discern something from her father's reaction.

Earl Hall turned to look at Audrey, his eyes full of affection.

"Could it be."

Audrey looked at her mother again, who also had a smile on her face, as if to say, "That's exactly what you think."

"You know that I've become an Extraordinary?"

Seeing Audrey's surprised expression, Lady Caitlin covered her mouth and laughed, "You took so many magical materials from the treasury, do you still think you can hide it from me and your father?"

"You have access to extraordinary people, do you think your father and I wouldn't know?"

Audrey suddenly realized that she had long known that the Loen royal family had its own extraordinary individuals, and that there were many extraordinary individuals among the nobles.

How could I have thought before that my parents, as counts and countesses, wouldn't know about the existence of extraordinary beings?
Perhaps it's because they're family that we subconsciously overlook it!

After answering her daughter's question, Lady Caitlin looked at Mu Sheng again and said:

"As far as I know, the initial stage for extraordinary individuals is quite safe, but it becomes very dangerous later on. You'd better not go too far down this path."

"Audrey, you too!"

"Your father and I originally planned to talk to you about these things in a year or two, but since we're bringing it up today, we'll give you a few words of advice in advance."

Faced with her mother's reminder, Audrey didn't know what to say.

"Mom, are you done talking?"

'I've already become a Sequence 7 psychiatrist. Once I make some progress at the Psychological Alchemy Society, I might even be able to quickly advance to Sequence 6 or Sequence 5.'

'Victory has just been promoted to Sequence 3 demigod!'

'But if there's any danger, it's someone else who's in danger!'

Audrey wasn't worried about the dangers that extraordinary individuals might face later in life, as mentioned by Mrs. Caitlin.

She was different from ordinary extraordinary beings, and her 'sequence runes' were different from the extraordinary traits formed after taking potions.

Since this power originates from Mu Sheng, as long as Mu Sheng doesn't have any problems, she won't have any problems either.

'Is this pretty boy some kind of extraordinary being?'

Count Hall felt he had to overturn his plans and start all over again.

A conman with magical abilities seems to have to seek help from the Church of the Night's 'Night Watchers'!

At this time, Mu Sheng was unaware that Old Deng was plotting to kill him. He smiled and thanked Mrs. Caitlin for her warning, then offered a few more explanations:
"Besides combat casualties, the greatest danger for extraordinary individuals is losing control of themselves!"

"This loss of control stems from the influence of extraordinary characteristics; the higher the sequence, the more dangerous the influence and loss of control become!"

"However, this applies to ordinary extraordinary individuals."

Mu Sheng then changed the subject, pointing to himself and saying, "But I am not an ordinary person; I am an extraordinary hunter!"

"Losing control and going crazy will never happen to me!"

Mu Sheng's confident and arrogant remarks immediately earned him Audrey's admiration, Lady Caitlin's appreciation, and Earl Hall's disgust.

“Young man, confidence is fine, but don’t be too arrogant! So many high-ranking extraordinary beings in the Church and the Royal Family treat this danger with utmost seriousness, why are you different?”

"Don't mislead Audrey!"

Earl Hall looked at Mu Sheng coldly, finding his face increasingly repulsive.
"Dad~"

Upon seeing this, Audrey immediately shook Earl Hall's arm and acted coquettishly.

The latter looked helpless, but could only suppress his hostility and mutter in dissatisfaction:

"This kid didn't even bring a gift on his first visit. Can't I say a few words to him?"

"Who said we didn't bring any gifts? It's because you interrogated Victory like a criminal from the very beginning, Dad, that we didn't have time to take them out!"

Audrey quickly defended herself and gave Mu Sheng a wink.

Although this meeting with the parents was a last-minute decision, she believed that with Mu Sheng's abilities, it would be easy for him to conjure up a few gifts.

Mu Sheng understood and reached behind his back to pull out two pure white jade bracelets.

(End of this chapter)