The Nolan family’s meeting hall occupied more than 500 square meters. Two rows of thick stone pillars divided the entire hall into three areas.
The empty areas on both sides were where the family’s young disciples family and some young women stood.
In the middle of the hall, there were many mahogany chairs that only the elders could sit on.
At this moment, the chairs were filled with people. The one sitting on the chief seat was August.
He closed his eyes and rested, not saying a word. This made the elders beside him a little nervous.
When it was almost time, August opened his eyes, glanced at Lance and Bruce as he said, “Who can tell me the true situation of this matter?”
“Grand ancestor, everything I said is true. The daughter of my first wife, Christina, took advantage of outside help to bully the younger generation of our family. She even wanted to kill Elena and Myc—”
As the family’s deacon, Bruce was also an alchemist. He was used to being arrogant and domineering. At the moment, he was the first to speak.
“Hmph, you still want to lie to me!” The grand ancestor’s aura suddenly rose from him like it was its own solid presence. It was like a huge mountain that weighed down against Bruce, crushing him.
Bruce was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, as if he had used all his strength to resist the grand ancestor’s aura.
“Lance, speak.” The grand ancestor turned to look at the head of the house, Lance.
Lance had the grand ancestor’s attention at this moment, so he could not just sit still and keep quiet. Now that he saw Bruce’s fate, he knew that he could only tell the truth in the end.
Furthermore, he let Elena, who was standing on the right with a frightened look on her face, tell him the whole story.
August also knew the reason.
The younger generation of the family relied on their talent in magic to do arrogant things to Christina.
In the end, they even had their servants attack that terrifying young man.
“If that’s the case, then there’s no need to waste the family’s resources on Mycroft.” August quickly made up his mind.
“Grand ancestor, you can’t do this,” Lancer said, aggrieved.
“What, do you have a problem with my decision?” August’s eyes flashed coldly as he continued, “I’ll tell you the truth now. Do you know what kind of trouble Mycroft ended up causing us? That young man named Austin is a much more formidable force compared to me. I’m not even his match. If he wanted to, he could easily destroy our family.”
Hearing the grand ancestor’s words, all the elders present were speechless.
Grand ancestor August was the foundation of the family. Since he said that he was no match for Austin, then it must be true.
August continued, “The two of you should have been sentenced to death for provoking such a person. However, seeing that you’re still young, I will only deprive you of your rights and resources. Kill all the servants who tried to fight back against him. If you want to regain your rights back, you’ll have to beg Christina for forgiveness. I don’t need to teach you how to do that, right?”
Elena and Mycroft stood beside them like wooden blocks. Their minds were now mush and they did not know what to do.
As for their fathers, Lance and Bruce, they immediately thought about it and made up their minds after hearing the grand ancestor’s words.
Although they were unwilling to admit it, the grand ancestor’s attitude on the situation was very clear.
The Nolan family wanted to curry favor with Austin who had suddenly appeared.
And the best way was to use Christina as a ladder to climb up to Austin.
Therefore, they had to use all methods to make sure Christina stayed with them.
“We understand what to do,” Lance said immediately as he lowered his head.
The grand ancestor did not explicitly punish the two of them for lying about the cause of the incident because the two of them were still very important to the family.
One was the head of the household, and the other was an alchemist. Both were indispensable.
“It’s good that you understand. Also, from today onward, I will personally take charge of the family,” August informed them.
No one present objected to the decision.
After all, with such a powerful expert in the town, the grand ancestor was more or less unable to sleep and eat in peace.
He was afraid that he would accidentally anger Austin and lead to the family’s destruction.
August thought about it for a moment before he added, “Also, from now on, the resources within the family will be used to fully support Christina so that she can catch up with the progress of the other younger mages in her generation as soon as possible.”
“Yes!”
At this time, no one dared to object.
After all, there was a terrifying master behind Christina.
It was not hard to believe that from now on, Christina would soar to the sky and become everyone’s favorite.
Many thoughts flashed through everyone’s mind.
Some of the people who had once bullied Chris now thought of countless ways to make up for their relationship.
There were also some who had been kind to Christina and wanted to get closer to her.
Among them, the one with the most complicated feelings in his heart was Christina’s father, Lance.
From being spoiled when she was young to being abandoned in the end, he was now trying to get on Christina’s good side again. He did not know whether he should be happy or sad.
However, he was the head of the household. His skin was thick enough after being ‘polished’ for many years.
When everything was over, he pulled his son, Mycroft, to the courtyard where Christina stayed.
“Kneel down!” Lance said to Mycroft.
Mycroft did not dare to say anything. He could only hate the heavens for being blind to help Elena when Christina would finally show her own magical talents.
The will of the family made it impossible for him to resist. For the sake of his future, he could only kneel at the entrance of the courtyard, feeling wronged.
Along with him was Elena, who had bullied Christina before. The two of them knelt at the entrance.
Lance’s skin was thick enough. It was as if he had become a completely different person. It was as if he was not the person who had said he wanted to kill Christina earlier.
He had a loving expression on his face as he said softly toward the courtyard, “My dear daughter Christina, your father has come to see you. I’ve brought you your favorite blueberries.”