Karun ate his delayed lunch with restraint, thinking about the image of the Allen family and the possible treatment he may receive after coming to the Allen family. He had made many assumptions before coming, but what he saw was beyond his expectations.

When Karun put down his fork and wiped his mouth with a napkin, Mr. Anderson immediately instructed Unis to take Karun to the bedroom to rest. If Karun was interested, he could first take him to see his study.

"Okay, Grandpa."

Unis stood up, walked to Karun's side, and Karun also stood up, nodded to everyone present, and then followed Unis out of the dining room and up the stairs.

At the entrance of the third floor, Unis pointed to the door of the study in front of them.

"Karun, this is your study."

"My study?"

The door of the study was large, and the decorations on both sides were antique and restrained. When Unis opened the door, Karun immediately realized that this was not just any study that had been cleaned up. It must have had an owner before.

Because you can clearly feel whether a room has been idle or has been used.

There were many paintings on the walls of the study.

Karun was instantly attracted to three paintings.

The first painting was of a middle-aged man wearing island clothes and an eye patch, holding a woman in luxurious clothing with a crown.

Unis followed Karun's gaze and introduced, "This is our ancestor, Count Rekall. He was the pride of our family's history and was once the leader of the Longqin Sea Pirate Legion."

"And the woman in his arms?"

"She was his lover, Gloria III, the queen of the Wien Empire at that time."

The Wien Empire was originally an island country that gradually formed the current empire through maritime hegemony. In the early days, facing pressure from the outside world, the royal family and the government issued documents to encourage pirate organizations to serve the empire. The most powerful pirate leader at that time actually made the Wien queen his lover.

No wonder the Allen family has maintained a good relationship with the Wien royal family to this day, and the female members of the family often go to the palace to have afternoon tea with the queen's relatives. It turns out that there is such a history between the two ancestors, but I don't know if there has been any blood mixing.

Karun looked at another painting, which depicted a huge sea monster with the Allen family emblem flag inserted on its forehead, followed by a group of pirate ships.

"You've seen him before, Aserlos, but it's probably not the one who brought us back."

Karun nodded and looked at the last painting.

That painting was of... a black cat.

The black cat wore a pink hat and a string of pearls around its neck, sitting on a golden chair with a serious and majestic expression.

Karun's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

This... is Puerh?

It's really hard to overlap the Puerh in this painting with the black cat that always likes to sunbathe on the third-floor windowsill when she was at home, even though they are both cats.

It's like you can't connect a king with a beggar, even though they are both human."This is the most famous genius in our family history. She brought the family's belief system to a new level. I don't know many specific examples because my family doesn't want me to rush into the family system, and I'm not very enthusiastic about it either.

But I remember when I was a child, I asked my grandfather why the portraits of our ancestors in the study were so heroic, while this ancestor was a cat?

Grandfather told me that this was the temperament of a genius. Many years ago, when the family invited a court painter to paint her portrait, she deliberately turned herself into a cat.

She said that there were too many portraits in the family, and she didn't want to be one of them. She wanted future generations to see her at first glance every time they looked at these portraits. That's interesting."

Karun nodded.

Yes, very interesting.

But at that time, you probably didn't know that you would become a cat for a hundred years.

"This ancestor is very important in our family history, no less than Count Lecar. However, she made achievements in another field. Karun, you should know that."

"Yes, I know. What happened later?"

"I'm not sure. This ancestor seemed to have some problems with the family. In the end, there is no record of her in the family's records, as if she disappeared."

But our family doesn't allow cats because of her.

Karun remembered that Puerh had said that the Allen family had obtained a mysterious object, and Puerh thought that this object would bring great disaster to the family, so she took it out of the family and tore apart with the family.

Therefore, the Allen family is not allowed to keep cats. Karun felt that it was not because of Pall, but because the family patriarch of that generation hated Pall.

But because Pall was a glorious point in the family's history, and even in that period, Pall's name could still deter enemies, so the contradiction could not be made public, and the anger had to be vented on the "cat".

"That one is our Allen family's ancestor, Allen." Yoonis pointed to the painting behind the desk.

In the painting, a man with a bare upper body walked in the ice and snow, but flames were burning on his body.

His name was used as his surname.

Looking at this painting, Karun realized that he was the beginning of the Allen family's belief system, and he clearly bound both water and fire attributes on himself.

No wonder Mike was willing to blow up his legs to practice this. The ancestor's portrait has been hanging in the house, which is equivalent to constantly teaching future generations: I can do it!

Or it can be called "instigation" and "temptation".

Without this ancestor's portrait, the people of the Allen family in the past should have lost many legs or arms.

"Whose study is this?" Karun asked.

"It used to be my father's study. Grandfather said this will be your study in the future." Yoonis said.

"My study?" Karun smiled, "Are you kidding me?"

Yoonis shook her head, "Uncle Mike said the same thing when he heard about this arrangement. Then, on Uncle Mike's face..."

Karun noticed that there was a red crutch mark on Mike's face when he pushed his wheelchair in.

"No, Yoonis, how can I use your father's study as soon as I come here? Isn't this the patriarch's study?""But, Grandpa meant that. Besides, the room across from the study used to be my parents' master bedroom, but now it's been cleaned up and new items have been replaced. From now on, it will be your bedroom."

"But what does Grandpa Anderson want to do?" Karun looked at Eunice.

Eunice blinked and looked at Karun. "Can't you see?"

"I think this is not real."

"But this is Grandpa's arrangement. My mother didn't expect it to be like this, but my father should have discussed it with Grandpa long ago. When you rang the summoning bell and the cabinet door in the dining room opened earlier... Grandpa, who was standing in the front row, said: 'Cheer up and accept the call of the new clan leader.'"

"Grandpa Anderson wants me to be the new clan leader?"

"That's what Grandpa said."

Karun instinctively covered his head. "Is this how your family does things?"

What Karun originally wanted to ask was: Is this how your family does things so casually?

The clan leader position is given directly to an outsider who visits for the first time?

Giving it to a son-in-law is already outrageous, let alone Karun and Eunice haven't even gotten married yet, and the engagement ceremony hasn't been held in Vienna.

At this time, a maid walked over. "Miss, Master Anderson came to ask me to call you down."

"Okay, I know." Eunice said to Karun, "You sit in your study for a while. I'll go down. Grandpa should have something to tell me."

Eunice left, and then two maids came in and placed tea, snacks, cigars, and other things on the desk and side cabinet.

After they left, Karun walked to the desk helplessly and looked at the row of exquisite quill pens to ballpoint pens. Suddenly, he wanted to laugh.

"Young master?"

At this time, Alfred walked in.

"Alfred."

Karun pointed around.

Alfred immediately understood, and his blood-colored eyes swept around. Then he said, "Young master, there are many prohibitions and formations outside, but this study is very clean. Generally speaking, the study is often the cleanest place."

"Um."

Karun leaned against the desk and said to Alfred, "Cigarettes."

Alfred immediately took out a cigarette and handed it to Karun's mouth. Then he took out a lighter, made a turn, and lit it with the external flame for the young master.

Alfred had practiced this set of actions many times in private, calling it "smoking removal" and "lighting technique." However, except for the period when Karun had just awakened and needed tobacco to stabilize his anxiety, he tried to avoid touching this unhealthy thing as much as possible after the days stabilized.

But the truth is, he needs to "calm down" now. He can either smack himself hard or smoke a cigarette; since they have the same effect, he chooses the latter.

"The Allen family wants to give me the clan leader's study and bedroom."

"Young master, I can see that they want you to take over the management of this family."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"I think it's extremely ridiculous, my subordinate."

"Right, you also think..."

"The Allen family, which is as lowly as eels in the mud, dares to expect to climb up to you, the young master. It's simply a pipe dream!"

"..." Karun.Kevin wanted to follow Puerh upstairs, but Puerh's paws were already pressing against its ears. If Kevin dared to move, Puerh would tear its ears off.

The big golden retriever chose to protect its ears and stood at the door, while Puerh continued to sit on its back, listening carefully to the conversation of the Allen family members at the dining table with its two cat ears erect.

"Bang!"

Anderson raised his cane and slammed it hard on the table, causing the coffee table to shake. Everyone at the table was silent.

"Wood is a fool!"

Puerh nodded in agreement.

"He's a fool who only knows how to be ruthless and fight, a fool who only cares about island style. He doesn't realize that the Allen family is no longer a pirate family that once roamed the seas! We've been on land for over two hundred years now! The environment we face, the trajectory of our family's development, has completely deviated from the era of the sea. That's why I sent Wood to Corona Island, because I know that if he became the head of the family, he would definitely squander all the remaining family fortune!"

"Bang!"

Anderson raised his cane again and hit the table, causing the coffee table to bounce up again. Everyone at the table was silent.

"Mike is also a fool!"

Puerh nodded in agreement.

Mike, who was named as the fool, didn't dare to say a word.

"He had great talent in practicing our family's faith. I was hoping that he could go further and someday take over the family. After all, the foundation of our family is strength! But... he secretly tried to fuse and blew up his own legs, cutting off his possibility of continuing on this path. Now, he's a complete waste, not even as good as a gardener in the garden!"

Mike hung his head low.

"Bang!"

Anderson hit the table again, causing the coffee table to bounce up once more. Everyone at the table pretended to be solemn.

"Bed! "

Bed immediately raised his hand and said, "I'm a fool."

The good attitude of admitting guilt did not receive any leniency. Anderson swept his cane horizontally, hitting Bed's ribs.

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"Hissss..." Bed, the head of the family, endured the pain, but still managed to hold back his screams, his face contorted in pain.

"You're a complete fool!"

Puerh nodded in agreement.

"I asked you to attend the meeting with the Inmores, but you went to Sanpu for an art exhibition instead and sent your wife and daughter to represent you. The reason was that Jenny is from Roja, and it's a good opportunity to visit her family? You're the head of the family, not an artist, you fool! Do you know that our relationship with the Inmores was established by your great-great-great-grandmother? And you're just brushing them off like this? You're still the head of the family!"

Hearing this explanation, Puerh widened its cat eyes. It wanted to see Bed get hit again.

"Do you know that I'm also a fool? Because I gave birth to three foolish sons."

Puerh nodded in agreement."Under my governance, the Raphael family rose step by step and eventually started encroaching on our family's industries. It was my incompetence that couldn't salvage the family's decline, nor could I train a good successor for the family's future.

Me, your eldest brother, you, and you...

Hehe, we are all fools."

Everyone bowed their heads in silence.

"The Raphael family's patriarch died suddenly. Fortunately, the Raphael family is not a family with deep roots. The death of a patriarch is enough to make them fall into internal conflicts and disputes. Our biggest enemy in front of us has collapsed.

But, does our Allen family only have the Raphael family as an enemy?

I really don't want the family's decline to continue. Jenny, Lisa, they have to go to the palace from time to time to chat with the queen.

Hehehe, you know, the queen of the Wien royal family was the lover summoned and dismissed by our ancestors. A few days before our ancestors landed, the queen had to wait for our ancestors at the dock to have sex!

And now...

We have to rely on our relationship with the royal family to enhance our family's status. It's embarrassing!

But what's more embarrassing in the future is...

The next generation..."

The old man pointed to Yonis's cousins.

"Weakness is the original sin of our family!

But if our family continues to be weak, it will probably be suppressed and disintegrated by other families by your generation.

You, you, and you...

Will all become other families' breeding tools and become a part of their belief system!

We are not an ordinary family. The glory of our ancestors is destined to be our shackles, even a curse!

Because you don't even have the option to go to the dock to work as a worker or a beggar. You can only become a pig in someone else's pigsty waiting to be bred!"

The old man sat down, and Jenny handed him tea.

After taking a sip, the old man continued, "So, this is the reason why I made this arrangement.

I vaguely felt that Dis was an extraordinary person, and the Inmorales family was not as ordinary as it seemed. Even though the Inmorales family gradually declined and lost the glory of the three judges, I still think that Dis and his family are not simple.

Otherwise, our ancestor would not have specially established a relationship with the Inmorales family for our family.

The fact proves that Dis is really extraordinary!

When Jenny told me that Dis gave her a purple bookmark, I wanted to cane Bede, the rebellious son, after hanging up the phone!"

Bede, the patriarch, sat obediently.

"You should be grateful, and we should all be grateful. It's fortunate that Yonis also went to Roja City with her mother. Otherwise, if Dis was really angry about it, it would be a simple matter for him to come over and push our family away due to neglect.

It's also fortunate that Yonis went to Roja City.

Although it's embarrassing to say it so bluntly, compared to the next generation or the generation after that becoming pigs waiting to be bred, Yonis completing this marriage alliance is the best choice for the family.

Of course..."

Anderson looked at Yonis, who had just sat down after returning.

"The men of the Inmorales family are all very handsome, hehe."Younis lowered her head. She really didn't know how to respond to her grandfather's words.

"I even suspect that when our ancestor went to the Inmores family to establish a relationship, he was also attracted by the handsome men of the Inmores family."

The big golden retriever grinned and even wagged its tail excitedly.

Puerh: "..."

"Yes, Dis is asleep. But he was also passive for decades. I even persuaded him in the study of the Inmores family in Mingke Street, Roja City."

He said he felt bored.

I believed it at the time.

Well, this is what he meant by being bored!

If the Inmores family thinks it's boring, then our Allen family can build a pigsty in advance. This way, when we breed pigs in the future, they will have better living conditions.

Did he really give up when he said he was passive?

Did he really fall asleep when he said he did?

Can't he wake up?

If the Inmores family offends the Order of the Gods, the Dis and the Order of the Gods will break off. Then, has the Inmores family been annihilated?

Are they still living well in Roja City? Is Dis still sleeping in his bed at home?

If the Order of the Gods can bear it, what qualifications does our Allen family have to step on them?

The blood sacrifice ceremony turned the Inmores family into ordinary people for generations to come and made them unable to join the church.

Haha...

The old man suddenly laughed:

"Then why did he send Karun to our family!"

The whole room fell silent, really silent.

"If Karun is willing to live as an ordinary person for the rest of his life, why didn't he stay at home? It's because Dis believes that his grandson cannot be an ordinary person, is not suitable to be an ordinary person, and cannot be an ordinary person. That's why he arranged for him to be sent out! Even for this grandson, he gave our family a purple bookmark. This is something that only the elders of the Order of the Gods can give! Although our Allen family wrote Raphael's name on it, it's like using a pirate ship's cannon to kill a mosquito. But think about it, Dis was willing to do it, and he kept his promise! This shows that Dis has high hopes for his grandson, infinite hopes! This shows that Dis regards Karun as the hope of the Inmores family's resurgence! So, please tell me, tell me, should our Allen family hitch a ride on this train from Roja City! Most importantly, if we're going to hitch a ride, we can't be ashamed and ask for face. That's what real stupidity looks like! Our Allen family is betting! If we continue like this, we'll end up in a pigsty! We bet that Karun can lead the Inmores family and our Allen family to rise together!"

Finally, the old man pointed to the ancestor portraits around the dining room and said with a smile:

"I've been incompetent and stupid all my life, but I have a feeling that maybe because of my decision today, my portrait will have the qualifications to hang in the center here."

In the corner, Puerh nodded and said, "Believe me, you can do it.""At the very least, we can push aside the painting of that black cat. There's already a cat in the ancestral painting of our family, and I've been disapproving of it for a long time."

"..." Puerh remained silent.