The False Summoner - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Breakthrough of the Internal Force (2)
Translator: Pan Junqian
Proofread by Peter Gong

“Sir, why…” Greg asks laboriously.

“Greg, you should know the reason exactly. I’ve known your relationship with Millie for a long time, and you must have incited all that Millie has done. Because your plan didn’t work, then you just killed her and tried to frame Rowen. You thought that would drive Rowen away, didnt you?” Patriarch Philip snorts angrily. “Ridiculous! Do you think I’m a dotard?”

He takes a sudden step forward with a swift slap on Greg’s head, Greg gives out a miserable shriek and falls down silently.

“Tell everyone in the family that if anyone dares to do the same thing in the future, he or she will end up in the way as Greg!” Patriarch Philip’s voice is extremely cold.

For a moment all people are in silence, and Rowen is stunned to see Patriarch Philip in a rage for the first time.

“You all go away, do all you should do!” Cries Patriarch Philip.

All leave there at once and no one dares to say anything at that moment. A while later, only Rowen, Agatha and Patriarch Philip are left.

“Rowen, you have had a hard night too, go back to your room and have a rest, forget everything about it.” Patriarch Philip’s voice becomes soft.

“Yes, Sir,” Rowen says.

“Agatha, you go with Rowen, and leave the casting field alone these days, spend more time with Rowen so as not to make things worse.” Philip keeps saying.

“I know, grandpa.” Agatha listens to her grandpa this time. She grabs Rowen’s arm and pulls him into the room, saying to Philip, “We go first then!”

The incident is quickly resolved by the Patriarch Philip’s decisive action, but Rowen also realizes that what Patriarch Brain has says before he left is true, someone in the Ryan Family is hostile to him.

“Hey, you are not allowed to speak to Clare again!” Says Agatha angrily to Rowen as she returns to the room.

“Is she your enemy?” Rowen looks at Agatha strangely.

“No!” Agatha denies, “She’s not good enough to be my enemy!”

“Oh!” Rowen replies but he doesn’t agree with what she says, and then he changes the topic, “What about Greg? What’s going on with Greg?”

“Greg is not so important, don’t worry about him,” Agatha says in a careless way as if she doesn’t want to mention it. “Anyway, leave it alone. My grandpapa will take care of it. I have something to discuss with you.”

“What is that?” Rowen asks.

“Shall we go to the Imperial City tomorrow?” Agatha approaches Rowen, looking a little excited.

“Is that too early?” Rowen stared.

“We can hang out when we are on our journey. Besides, you don’t really want to stay here, do you?” Says Agatha quickly.

“But would your grandfather agree if we leave now?” Rowen asks after thinking for a while. Indeed, he doesn’t really want to be here, especially after what happened last night. He wants to leave because this place makes him uncomfortable.

“We just leave ten days in advance, grandpa won’t disagree!” says Agatha confidently.

“Well, you go and tell your grandfather.” If so, Rowen is eager to leave early.

“Come on, let’s go together!” Agatha grabs Rowen and walks away.

The next morning, a very ordinary carriage without obvious family logo on it goes out of the Ryan Villa. It is driven by an ordinary-looking, middle-aged man. In a word, everything from the carriage to the driver is ordinary and nothing is obvious enough to catch people’s attention.

The only thing unusual is the man and the lady in the carriage.

“Didn’t you say we should keep a low profile?” Says Rowen looking at Agatha. “If you’re dressed like this, even if it is the plainest carriage, and even if it doesn’t have the Ryan Family’s logo on it, you can still get noticed when you step out of the carriage. I’m sure that no one else on the whole Cang Yun Continent would dress like you.”

“Although I want to be low-keyed, I also want to wear what I like.” Agatha says with sufficient reason, “Besides, I’m doing it for your own good. If I don’t dress like this, my beautiful face will bring you lots of troubles.”

“So you mean all the pretty girls like you can’t show their faces?” Rowen doesn’t think so. That’s right, Agatha is pretty, but she isn’t the only beautiful lady in the world.

“Well, how can anyone be as pretty as I am?” Agatha is a little unhappy. “I’m the most beautiful!”

“Only you believe that.” Says Rowen indifferently.

“Why, have you ever seen one prettier than me?” Snorts Agatha. “I don’t believe it!”

Rowen doesn’t speak, but he could not help but think of Joy. For him, he has difficulty in deciding who is the most beautiful of these two girls, but Joy has a more special temperament, which seems to be a stronger attraction to him.

“Little wolf, what are you thinking about?” Agatha grumbles.

“Nothing.” Rowen concentrates again and responds casually.

“Hum, I guess you’re thinking of other girls!” Says Agatha angrily. “You are so lustful at such a young age!”

Rowen doesn’t answer her. Though he has only known Agatha for two days, he has understood that this lady of the Ryan Family is not so reasonable and there is no need for him to argue with her.

Patriarch Philip immediately agrees with their request for an early visit to the Imperial Capital. And then, in accordance with Agatha’s request of keeping low profile, he only sends one man to protect them. That man is the driver Laidlaw.

Before he knows it, Rowen’s attention has been drifted to the Imperial Capital where he has been longing to go since he was six years old. So he is longing and desiring for that place.

“What are you thinking?” Agatha pulls Rowen’s arm, “It’s boring to sit like this, talk to me!”

Rowen isn’t that interested in chatting, but Agatha keeps asking him from time to time, and he can’t refuse to answer her, so they start chatting at random.

Rowen also finds that although Agatha is regarded as a girl of genius, her previous life is also very monotonous. She either makes swords or practices in the Villa, and seldom leaves there even if the Red Cloud City near the Ryan Villa is not very familiar to her.

They are similar in this respect except that he has two goof friends named Carl and Nina in his family. While Agatha, the gifted girl, seems to have no friends, even her maid Millie doesn’t have an intimate relationship with her.

Agatha, of course, has asked Rowen about his childhood, and Rowen has told her something about it, but he doesn’t say anything about his relationship with Caroline.

They are getting familiar and closer with each other without their notice after chatting. It is naturally easier for the young man and lady who have been destined to be a couple to narrow their distance.

“Rowen, what exactly is your summoning beast?” At last Agatha begins to ask what she is most interested in.

“I don’t know exactly.” Says Rowen, shaking his head. “It’s a mysterious summoning beast, I’ve named it iron armored beast.”

“A mysterious summoning beast?” Agatha wonders, “I’ve heard that mysterious summoning beasts are pet beasts, but your mysterious summoning beast seems pretty good.”

“Yes, it is, but I am not yet able to exert its maximum potentials, and I do not fully understand what it can do.” Rowen nods, feeling a little proud of his iron armored beast. He is confident that with its help he would soon become the strongest summoner on the Cang Yun Continent.

“Do you need my help then?” Agatha volunteers to say that.

“Help me for what?” Rowen doesn’t understand her.

“Don’t you say you don’t know all your beast’ abilities? Let’s figure them out together. I know a lot about metal because I have a special talent and a strong sense of metal. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been the best caster,” says Agatha quickly. “With my help, I’m sure you’ll find out all your beast’ abilities faster!”

“I think you just want to get some metal from my beast for your own study.” Rowen knows at once what she really wants.

“Well, I made a little hole in your beast last time, is that little hole still there?” Says Agatha with a smile on her face.

“Yes.” Rowen is also very concerned about that hole because he does not know whether the hole would have any effect on his beast, or whether it would heal naturally.

“That’s right. You see, that little hole has been there for several days, but it hasn’t healed yet. This means that your beast doesn’t have self-healing ability.” Agatha looks obviously pleased. “I’m sure I am the only one who can cure it!”

Rowen becomes silent. It is indeed a trouble, if the iron armored beast really has no self-healing ability, then it must need repairing if it is broken. But the metal body is not so easy to repair. There is no doubt that if that is what Agatha says, Agatha will be the best person to fix it.

“Let’s wait until it’s really hurt.” Rowen doesn’t say Yes immediately because he thinks that if the iron armored beast has really been hurt and needs to be fixed, it would have told him. For example, the beast told him first when he ran out of energy last time.

If it is really hurt, then he might know whether he needs Agatha’s help or not.

Agatha doesn’t say anything more. Apparently, she knows that Rowen would not immediately agree to give her the iron armored beast for her study. Well, she is in no hurry. Anyway, they stay together every day, and there is always a chance.