Chapter 64: The Ancient Martial Arts Moreau Family

Quillan wasn’t particularly afraid of having his identity exposed. What he worried about was that if Gyosuke Harada truly knew members of the Moreau Family, it would be extremely tricky to handle the situation where he was pretending to be Norika Harada’s boyfriend.

Gyosuke Harada had no idea that Quillan was merely Norika Harada’s fake boyfriend, and this truth could not be revealed to him under any circumstances.

However, right now, it seemed impossible for Quillan to deny his identity.

Gyosuke Harada was no fool. Although the question he just asked wasn’t in a tone of absolute certainty, the fact that he brought up Quillan’s family background so abruptly meant he was extremely confident in his guess!

As fellow martial artists, some things were simply too difficult to hide—such as martial arts techniques and styles. Quillan’s style of using cleverness to overpower strength and borrowing the opponent’s momentum to redirect force could be recognized at a single glance by anyone familiar with it as coming directly from the Moreau Family!

Having no choice, Quillan nodded and said, "Uncle, I indeed come from the Moreau Family of European ancient martial arts."

"Is it really the Moreau Family?" Gyosuke Harada suddenly grew excited, eagerly taking Quillan’s hand and asking, "Then, may I ask if Master Bernard Moreau is..."

"That is my grandfather!"

Quillan felt a wave of numbness on his scalp. He hadn’t expected Gyosuke Harada to actually know someone from the Moreau Family, let alone that person being his own grandfather!

Now, Quillan could only comfort himself: fortunately, his grandfather had passed away nearly ten years ago. If Gyosuke Harada only knew his grandfather, it shouldn’t pose too much of a problem!

"Master Bernard had three sons, and I know all of them..." Gyosuke Harada added eagerly, a remark that almost made Quillan cough up blood.

Gyosuke Harada actually said he knew all of them, which meant whether it was Quillan’s father or his two uncles, Gyosuke was close with every single one of them?

Quillan grumbled internally: Good grief, isn’t this putting the kid in a bind... Wait, no, isn’t this my own father screwing over his own son? Dad and my two uncles always claimed to dislike Japan, so how on earth do they have acquaintances here?

Sitting back on the sofa, Gyosuke Harada began to reminisce, while Quillan, Norika Harada, and her mother became his attentive audience. Gyosuke’s face was no longer stern; instead, it was replaced with an expression of profound respect as he spoke: "About thirty years ago, I had the honor of representing Japan, along with five others, to travel to America for a martial arts exchange. Heh... Back then, I was young and arrogant, just like Takeo was earlier, completely oblivious to how vast the world truly was... During that exchange in America, we didn’t realize how modest the European people were, so having gone undefeated for a long time, we gradually grew proud. Later on... we encountered Quillan’s grandfather, Master Bernard!"

When mentioning Quillan’s grandfather, the expression on Gyosuke Harada’s face turned exceptionally reverent, and he even straightened his back involuntarily.

He continued, "Back then, Yowei Kobayashi... ah, that is Takeo’s father—lost his manners due to arrogance and spoke disrespectfully in front of Master Bernard. Master Bernard was already a sixty-year-old man at the time, yet he took on all six of us single-handedly. In the end... heh!"

At this point, Gyosuke Harada pulled open his kimono, revealing a faint palm print on his chest, and said, "Look, this was the lesson Master Bernard gave us foolish kids back then! Looking back now, it feels as if it happened just yesterday. It was precisely because of that incident that I realized the true meaning of ’there are always higher heavens and greater people,’ and decided to train under Master Bernard. Unfortunately, Master Bernard was no longer accepting disciples. However, seeing my sincerity, he still allowed me to stay at the Moreau Family residence for a period of time!"

That phrase, "there are always higher heavens and greater people," was actually spoken by Gyosuke Harada.

Quillan was practically moved to tears of despair. Gyosuke Harada had even lived at the Moreau Family residence for a while?

Wasn’t this completely backfiring?

Next, Gyosuke Harada asked where Quillan’s father ranked among the brothers, leaving Quillan with no choice but to bite the bullet and answer truthfully. Gyosuke Harada laughed heartily: "So... that means you, Quillan, are the son of Master Bernard’s eldest son, Fischer Moreau?"

Gyosuke Harada actually remembered Quillan’s father’s name so clearly!

"Yes!" Quillan mustered a very strained smile.

However, Norika Harada didn’t think too deeply about it. Seeing that her father could speak a few phrases of English, the busty, brainless woman smiled so wide her eyes narrowed into slits. She leaned in close to Gyosuke Harada and asked, "Father, you... you actually know how to speak English? That’s amazing! Could you please teach me?"

"Oh?" Gyosuke Harada paused briefly, then beamed with delight: "Haha, it seems our Norika really likes Quillan! What, is my little girl already eager to learn in Western so she can prepare to be Quillan’s wife?"

Knowing that his daughter’s boyfriend was actually the descendant of an old acquaintance, Gyosuke Harada was clearly thrilled. As for whether to accept Quillan as his future son-in-law, it was hardly a question anymore—the answer was a resounding yes. The fact that Gyosuke Harada was now teasing Norika about it was the best proof!

"W-What are you saying!" Norika Harada blushed crimson. She had only gone over to flatter Gyosuke Harada because she saw he was in high spirits; little did she expect her flattery to backfire and hit her right back!

And her blushing reaction was naturally interpreted by both Gyosuke Harada and Kaori Harada as her being shy!

She’s already in her mid-twenties, and you’re calling her a little girl?

Quillan’s expression grew increasingly grim as a very bad foreboding filled his mind!

Right now, Quillan just wanted to find an excuse to leave the house.

After dinner, Quillan was finally able to head home, having promised to visit the Harada family regularly. Before they parted ways, Norika Harada blushed, thanked him, and ran off like a young girl—an expression he had never seen on her before.