"We're here to see Lucan," Grey said while standing at the gate that led to the Edinburgh family compound.
This was the name of the family of forgemasters, and where the genius ranked fourteenth was from.
"Do you have an appointment with him?" The guard asked respectfully.
He could tell that Grey and Sylvia weren't simple people, so he wasn't foolish enough to annoy or offend them.
"No, I'm here to challenge him," Grey stated his reason for coming.
"Okay, I'll send someone to report to the young lord, please, wait for a few minutes," The guard said, bringing them to a small garden just after entering the compound.
Grey and Sylvia followed behind him, surprised by his nature and how he treated them.
After a few minutes of waiting, a guard and a youth who looked to be a year younger than Grey could be seen walking towards them.
He wore simple clothes, with his long hair tied in a ponytail behind him. His sharp facial features were remarkable.
When they got to where Grey and Sylvia were sitting, the young man looked at the duo with curious eyes.
"I'm Lucan, I believe someone wants to challenge me. But, if I may ask, where's my opponent?" Lucan asked.
Grey was the only youth here, and given that he was still in the Origin Plane, he wasn't someone who could fight against him.
"I'm the one," Grey said, not picking any offense with Lucan's question.
"Oh, you? An Origin Plane Elementalist," Lucan asked, surprised.
It wasn't every day you get to see someone who is in the Origin Plane, confidently coming to the front of a Third stage Overlord Plane Elementalist, someone regarded as a genius for that matter to challenge them.
"Yes, I'm the one who came to challenge you," Grey nodded.
"If I may ask, are you Grey Dawson?" Lucan asked, staring at Grey.
"How did you know?" Grey asked, shocked that Lucan knew his complete name.
"Well, you've been challenging people from each region, and people predicted that you were headed towards this side from your previous battles. Besides, for a new name to pop up and start appearing in almost every region's geniuses rankings, it's bound to attract the attention of the people," Lucan explained.
Grey turned to look at Sylvia, and couldn't help but shake his head. Luckily, he wasn't being chased by anyone, so even if people knew his name and where he was headed, it was that bad.
However, if he was given the chance, he wouldn't want others to be able to guess where he was headed because of his previous actions.
"I had no idea," He said.
"Alright, since you're the one, I'll make an exception. The truth is, we have been waiting for you for a while now, but it looks like those morons below me went out to train. This is the only reason you challenged me, right?" Lucan asked.
Grey nodded, it wasn't like hiding it would change anything anyway.
"Come with me," Lucan said, walking in the direction of the mansion.
Grey and Sylvia followed behind him, with Void looking around curiously.
'Don't you dare touch any shiny thing,' Grey said to Void.
'Come on, I was only looking at it. How could you be so judgemental?' Void complained.
'I can see your eyes, it speaks of you stealing,' Grey looked at Void, with narrowed eyes.
'Sheesh! Give me a break, what do you take me for, a petty thief who steals wherever he goes?' Void rolled his eyes.
'Yes, yes I do,' Grey replied.
Of course, this was what he thought of Void. If he weren't here, Void would one hundred percent steal every single shiny thing located in this compound.
'You know what, I'm going to prove you wrong. I won't speak of obtaining any… oh shit! I have to collect that even if it means offending these people!' Void, who was just about to say he wouldn't see anything that he liked, was blown away by a silver sparkling orb that was hanging just above the door to the mansion.
'Crap!' Grey knew what was about to happen and instantly turned around to grab onto Void who was walking on the ground.
Unfortunately, he missed.
'Shit! This cat is going to get me killed!' He looked around, trying to locate Void.
Sylvia and Lucan noticed his weird behavior, and couldn't help but look at him curiously.
Lucan didn't take note of Void missing, but Sylvia did. Her expression changed to one of interest.
She moved closer to Grey before whispering, "Where's the cat?"
"Remember his obsession with shiny things?" Grey asked, a little dejected.
"Yeah, don't tell me he saw something he liked," Sylvia looked surprised.
She knew of Void's obsession, but she still didn't know to what extent he would be willing to go to get them.
"Take a look," Grey used his eyes to point in the direction of the silver orb.
Void could be seen floating a few inches away from it, staring at it with shiny eyes.
Sylvia giggled when she saw this.
They weren't the only ones who had taken note of Void, even Lucan had seen him as well.
"What's a cat doing there?" He asked one of the guards by the door of the mansion.
"Is that thing valuable?" Sylvia asked, pointing at the orb.
"Not really, just an ornament my sister brought back from an auction," Lucan replied.
"Can you please sell it to me? You see, my cat has an obsession with shiny things, and as you can see…" Grey stepped up to explain.
"Oh, it's alright, you can take it if you want," Lucan laughed when he realized what was happening.
Now he knew the reason behind Grey's sudden strange behavior. Just as he finished speaking, Void hugged the orb, which was almost three times his size, and yanked it off the wall.
Crack!
A crack appeared on the place where the chain holding the orb was previously fixed.
"I'll fix that," Grey said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Lucan's eyes twitched at the strength of the small cat, but he shrugged it off, "It's alright, no need to worry,"
When he was about to take his next step, he jolted, it was as if he suddenly recalled something.
'Oh crap!'
They are a family of forgemasters, so there are bound to be countless shiny things in the building.
"Is anything wrong?" Grey asked.
"We're forgemasters, since your cat…"
"Oh crap!" Grey didn't need him to complete his sentence before he knew where he was headed.
Sylvia on the other hand burst out laughing, finding the two youths' expressions funny.
