Adrian's determination

"Alright, time to go in"

David began to open the Hilbert family gate and began to enter into it, there Mia and Adrian could see the same elite housing as they had seen before but what made them wonder why there was elite housing in the Hilbert family?

"David"

"Yes."

"Are we really at the Hilbert family home but why is there so much other elite housing here? "

"Oh... I forgot to tell you, that we have indeed arrived at the Hilbert family home. They're all my family" David said which made Mia and Adrian shocked.

"What?!!! They're all Hilbert's family, I didn't know you had so much family."

"Hahaha...my family isn't much, they're all just branch families of the Hilbert family"

"Branch family?!, what does that mean? "

"The Hilbert family is divided into two families, the branch family and the nuclear family. The nuclear family usually has a special bloodline from a previous ancestor that makes them more domineering and has talents that exceed the average of other families, while the branch family is usually mixed blood and does not have any special bloodline from a previous ancestor and the branch family must also obey the orders of the nuclear family"

"Ohh... I see"

"Hmm... well instead of calling it a family, I prefer to call it a clan anyway"

"Then we'd better speed up our journey to go to the nuclear family's house as soon as possible"

They continued their journey until finally David, Mia, and Adrian arrived at a very large and luxurious mansion that amazed Mia and Adrian. As they were about to enter the mansion, a servant suddenly came up to David and said.

"Young master, wait..."

"Hmm... what is it?"

"Mr. Lewis is calling for the young master to come to his room right now," the servant said.

David could only nod and invite Mia and Adrian to come with him, so that David could introduce them to his father, even so he admitted that Lewis Hilbert's detection skills were great. he was sure that his father must have felt his presence even when David was still in front of the Hilbert family gate.

During the journey to his father's room, David could see that Mia and Adrian looked very nervous. He thought they must be nervous because they were about to meet one of the most influential people in the Malvyn Empire. Of course, David didn't like this kind of atmosphere and decided to break the ice.

"Hey... why, are you guys nervous," David said.

"Hmm... we just didn't expect to meet a high-class noble like Mr. Lewis Hilbert," Adrian said.

"Yeah, I... I'm a little nervous too" Mia said as she put her two index fingers together.

"Hahaha... don't worry my dad's not a bad guy"

"Yeah, I know."

A few minutes later they finally reached Lewis Hilbert's room and David knocked on the door before they entered the room. Lewis let them in.

David started to open the door and entered Lewis' room followed by Mia and Adrian. Meanwhile, Lewis was waiting at his desk and right next to him was someone dressed in all black who was standing right next to Lewis.

"You're finally home David, you haven't been home for a whole day. Next time you want to leave the mansion you should ask permission first. " Lewis said.

"It's not that I like asking Father for permission, I told you that I wanted to find my shadow guard."

"Yes, I know but did you forget to tell your mother about this matter, just so you know your mother always comes to my room every 3 minutes just to ask how you are doing. She's very worried about you"

"Ah... I'm sorry Dad, I forgot about that so how is Mom now"

"Hmm... she's calmed down after I explained to her but when you get out of here don't forget to see your mom"

"Alright Dad"

After Lewis said what he wanted, he was suddenly distracted by Adrian and Mia who were beside David. Adrian and Mia who were stared at like that by Lewis became very nervous. David who knew that his father was staring at Adrian and Mia immediately spoke up.

"Their father is the one I'm talking about, he's Adrian and the one beside him is his younger sister Mia"

"Hmm... so he's your shadow guard candidate," Lewis said as he looked at Adrian.

"Yes, father."

"I don't see anything special about this boy, what made you choose him over the Gerren family who have been specially trained as shadow guards"

"Dad I chose him because Adrian has a unique skill that no one else has," David said.

"What?! Unique skill you say, then show me what skill he has so I can confirm whether he is worthy of being a shadow guard"

"Alright Dad, Adrian show my dad what you can do as I told you last night"

Flashback_

When they were still at the inn David went to Adrian's room right next to him, David went there to ask for an explanation of what happened during Samuel's house at that time. Adrian began to tell him everything, both about his father and about the unique skill he had just awakened.

"Hmm... so that's it, you said that you just awakened the skill but how did you know how to use the skill" David said.

"I don't know, everything just flowed into my head"

"Well, when we get to my house later you must show your skills to my father to convince him that you are worthy of being a shadow guard you understand"

"I'll do my best"

Flashback End_

Adrian began to use his darkness skill, and an aura of darkness began to flow there. Even Lewis' room, which was originally bright, became dark due to Adrian's skill. David who saw it immediately took out an apple from his inventory and after that immediately threw the apple into the air. Adrian who saw it immediately raised his hand and instantly an aura of darkness appeared that was shaped like a needle and immediately pierced the apple while it was still in the air.

"Dad that's Adrian's skill, his unique skill allows him to manipulate darkness as he pleases. He can even turn it into a weapon, a defense and can even be used to hide as well. Since shadow guards serve as protectors who are in the shadows isn't the skill he has suitable for that, if we train him properly then he can become a great shadow guard"

"Hmm... interesting, what do you think zee" Lewis said to Zee.

Zee Gerren is the shadow guard of Lewis Hilbert, he is also the best shadow guard, his skills as an assassin in charge of protecting as well as Lewis's right hand are great. He is very good at hiding his existence and has extraordinary fighting skills. Both his speed and strength cannot be underestimated. Zee Gerren was also the head of the Gerren family.

"I admit that Adrian's skill master has great potential," Zee said.

"Hmm... I think so too"

"Alright then we can do the absolute contract now," Lewis said.

Lewis was about to stand up from his seat but David prevented him.

"Dad, wait."

"What is it again David?"

"Before we go there's something I want to talk about, and it's very important Dad"

"Well tell me what it is," Lewis said as he sat back in his chair.

"Father, when I wanted to recruit Adrian as a shadow guard, we accidentally met one of Samuel's men."

"Samuel?"

"Yes father, Adrian's father Farel owed Samuel a lot of money and in exchange for that debt Mia was kidnapped and was about to be sold as a slave in the illegal market"

"And during my fight against Samuel, I found out that Samuel has been conducting illegal experiments on human bodies."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!... ILLEGAL EXPERIMENTS"

"Yes father, it was an experiment where he implanted a magic stone that can make the bodies of the victims who became experimental materials mutate into terrible monsters that have extraordinary regeneration. We can't let this go on any longer. Samuel has committed suicide now and we don't know how many experiments he's done so far."

"He killed himself you said"

"Yes, it seems he didn't want the information he had to be leaked, only one thing I know is that Samuel has a mysterious organization"

"I see."

David lied about him saying that Samuel had committed suicide, he did that because David thought that it was unnecessary, and what David said about Samuel never leaking information was true. He knew that because he had read the novel, in the novel Samuel would not divulge anything even though he had been tortured in various ways until finally, Adrian decided to just kill Samuel at that time. Adrian tried to find out what organization Samuel joined and planned to take revenge on them too. But all his efforts were in vain.

"Dad I have also taken one of the magic stones from one of Samuel's monsters and I have also put a barrier around Samuel's house to prevent others from entering," David said while giving the magic stone he had taken at that time.

"Good David"

Lewis received the magic stone and looked at it carefully, Lewis could feel a distorted mana in it that made anyone who used this magic stone would make the user's body mutate and would make him a mindless monster.

Lewis began to take a piece of paper and write something on it and a few minutes later he folded the paper put it in a white envelope glued it and stamped the dragon logo that was the symbol of the Malvyn Empire.

"Zee... give this to Arthur and tell him to investigate immediately."

"Yes, Mr. Lewis."

After saying that, Zee left immediately. Adrian who saw Zee's sudden disappearance was so surprised that he thought of becoming as strong as Zee someday. Adrian was also surprised to hear that Mr. Lewis called the King of the Malvyn Empire, Arthur Gelnart, by name only.

Adrian began to convince himself to become stronger and not disappoint David who had helped him a lot, he must not tarnish David Hilbert's name.

'I have to be strong' Adrian said to himself.

"Alright then we gather at the Hilbert family altar to begin the absolute contract," Lewis said.

They began to walk away from Lewis' room and towards the Hilbert family altar.