Chapter 686: I See You as a Brother, You Want to Be My Son-in-Law

Javier Sinclair’s gaze swept over them. He spoke calmly, “Do you know the way to the Eastwood Clan?”

It was mainly because he was so far removed from this era. Returning here, he found the place rather unfamiliar.

The two figures kneeling on the ground looked up, their faces etched with surprise.

“Huh?”

Javier Sinclair glanced at them.

“You don’t know?”

He had truly just asked a simple question, but his tone made it sound like if they didn’t know, their journey would end right there. The two who had just been fighting to the death were now pale with fright.

One of them quickly raised his hand. “I-I… My lord, I know a little. The Eastwood Clan… you have to go in this direction. They live deep in the swamps of Austerfell. I only heard about it from others; I’ve never been there myself.”

They were of The Divines.

Beings they couldn’t afford to provoke.

The place was overrun with Greater Demons and filled with toxic miasma. For Lesser Demons like them, going there was a suicide mission.

That they actually knew pleased Javier Sinclair somewhat. He had only asked on a whim, not expecting to find the location of the Eastwood Clan so soon after arriving.

The sooner he found a solution, the sooner he could go back.

Javier Sinclair had no desire to linger in this place, a world without Celeste Grant and his two children. At this thought, even the two kneeling before him started to look rather pleasant.

He casually tossed two pieces of a tree root to them.

“A reward for you.”

As his voice faded, his figure vanished from the spot, leaving only the two root fragments glowing with the light of a treasure.

A single glance was enough for them to cry out in astonishment.

“This is… a root from the Seven-Colored Primordial Wood.”

“Eating just one piece can increase your Cultivation by several hundred years.”

The two on the ground each caught a root, their faces flushed with excitement.

“Thank you for the treasure, my lord.”

“Thank you for the gift, senior.”

A moment ago, they were breaking out in a cold sweat, thinking their lives were forfeit once again. They never expected such a turn of fortune. Not only were they still alive, but this great lord had even bestowed a treasure upon them. It was truly their lucky day. It seemed that danger often came hand-in-hand with immense opportunity.

The blue bird and the giant snake, who had been locked in a deathmatch, miraculously stopped fighting. They eyed each other warily before reverting to their true forms and flying away in separate directions.

Now that they possessed a treasure, continuing the fight would only lead to mutual injury, benefiting some third party. The most important thing now was to find a place to focus on their Cultivation.

「Meanwhile.」

Javier Sinclair soon arrived in Austerfell.

However, the region was vast, and he didn’t know the precise location of the Eastwood Clan. As they were part of The Divines, they were certain to possess considerable power, so finding their ancestral lands would not be easy.

And so, Javier Sinclair captured a local Greater Demon to serve as free labor, riding it as it flew in the direction of the Eastwood Clan.

Along the way, while passing over a mountain range, he happened upon a husband and wife being besieged. He was originally going to pass them by, but as his gaze swept over the pair, he changed his mind.

He raised his hand, signaling for the giant eagle to stop. The Greater Demon, mid-flight, slammed on the brakes, its wings beating slowly to hover in place.

Javier Sinclair looked down below.

A man and a woman were being attacked by three Greater Demons, one of which was a Golden Crow. Fires had already begun to spread across the mountain. The couple was struggling, and the man was already heavily injured.

The pair was exceptionally good-looking. The man was dressed in the attire of a Priest, his short hair neat and sharp. The woman, noble and extraordinary, wore a white dress. It was clear at a glance that they were no ordinary people.

The reason he’d decided not to leave was that their auras felt very familiar. It wasn’t just their auras; their faces also looked familiar. It was as if their features, combined, resembled Celeste Grant.

The woman’s eyes and brows, in particular, were seventy percent similar to his wife’s. With that level of resemblance, it was impossible for them to be completely unrelated.

Before he could even make a move, a voice drifted up from below, sounding urgent. “Hey, buddy up there, stop watching and give us a hand! My wife is badly hurt! If you save us, you can have all the treasures I’ve got, and I’ll owe you a huge favor!”

‘Wife?’

He was certain he had just heard the word “wife.”

Shock filled Javier Sinclair’s golden eyes. ‘The term “wife” exists in the Ancient Times?’ Or rather, he had only ever heard that term from Celeste Grant. And from his wife’s home world, Earth.

A guess was already forming in his mind.

‘I have to save these two today.’

Javier Sinclair called out in response.

“Coming.”

If it had been anyone else, he truly wouldn’t have interfered. But these two were not just “anyone else.”

In a flash, Javier Sinclair vanished from the giant eagle’s back. When he reappeared, he was standing in front of the couple.

The Golden Crow circling in the sky spoke in a human voice.

“So you have backup. Since you’re here, you can die with them!”

Besides the circling Golden Crow, there was also a Flood Dragon and a giant bear. These were all regional Greater Demons capable of taking human form.

The Flood Dragon roared, “Where did this brat come from? You dare meddle in our affairs? I’ll swallow you whole!”

Hearing the clamor, Javier Sinclair said only one word, “Noisy.”

As his voice faded, he gave a light wave of his hand. The next moment, the attacking Greater Demons and the Golden Crow froze in mid-air for an instant, then simply dissipated.

A gust of wind blew, and nothing remained. It was as if the earlier roars and the entire fight had never happened.

A deathly silence fell over the scene.

Seeing this, the man supporting his wife behind Javier gasped, his eyes wide. “Holy crap… What kind of powerhouse is this guy? Is he even letting other people play? He wiped out an ancient Golden Crow, The Unrivaled Bear, and that Blackrock Flood Dragon with a single wave. Th-this… Is he for real? Isn’t he using cheats? If so, those are some seriously OP cheats!”

“He’s gotta be the main character, right? That makes me a cannon fodder, at best.”

Hearing this, the woman he was supporting raised a hand and smacked him on the forehead. “Shut up.” ‘That being can slay Greater Demons with ease, and this idiot is acting like he has a death wish.’ Her husband was wonderful in every way, except that when he got excited, he would blurt out all sorts of incomprehensible nonsense.

The man snapped back to his senses and quickly turned to his wife. He fed her another Elixir Pill. Seeing some color return to her face, he spoke, his voice full of heartache.

“Honey, how are you feeling?”

The woman he was supporting shook her head slightly. “I’m all right.”

He reached out and hugged the woman, his face a mask of self-reproach. “It breaks my heart to see you like this! Darling, I’m so sorry. I failed to protect you. We’ve only been married a few days, and you run into this kind of trouble just by coming out with me… My god. If I’d known, we never would have left home today.”

A hand pulled him away.

The noble woman bowed slightly to Javier Sinclair, her face filled with gratitude.

“Thank you for saving our lives, senior.”

The man beside her quickly cupped his hands in a salute to Javier Sinclair, his expression also one of deep gratitude. “Thanks, man. If it weren’t for you, my wife and I would’ve been goners for sure.” As he spoke, he took off the Space Storage Ring on his hand. “This is everything I own. Please, you have to accept it.”

Javier Sinclair remained silent.

‘That tone of his… is so familiar!’

He looked at the man before him and asked, “Are you from Earth?”

As his words fell.