Chapter 239 The Great-Grandfather Who Fawned Over His Great-Grandson
Caesar Lannister traveled a long way to see his great-grandson, but before he could even properly spend time with him, he was caught up in the contract with the divine beast cub.
In legends, divine beasts are all noble beings who look down on all living beings. He originally thought that this contract would be very difficult. Once the divine beast cub struggled desperately, he would have to continuously offer blood sacrifices to the contract array and use enormous energy to suppress its resistance.
Unexpectedly, after Ah Chen Baby patted and hit the mythical beast cub for a while and injected some spiritual energy into it, the cub gave in.
Not only did it voluntarily jump into the contract formation, but it also cooperated fully with the completion of the formation.
Just as the formation was about to be completed, the runes he had drawn on the top of the formation with his blood were suddenly covered by another set of runes. In the end, although the contract was completed, it was not the master-servant contract he had set up, but an equal contract!
The runes in this contract are ancient and complex; even he, the head of the Ransun family, is unable to decipher them and start over.
Kaiserland looked at the fathead fish, which had completed the contract and was now lying there letting the baby drive the anklets to climb up and down its body, with a complicated expression.
He couldn't help but sigh: Divine beasts are ultimately different from ordinary mutated beasts. Even a cub without a mother's protection and guidance possesses incredible magical power, capable of easily altering the contract runes in this powerful formation.
It seems that the woman's willfulness had an unexpected effect this time. If the baby hadn't built a good relationship with the cub beforehand, the contract would have taken a lot of effort to complete.
Fathead Fish: You old geezer, if it weren't for the fact that Baby Chen possesses immense spiritual power and can help it cleanse the murky energy it draws from this wretched planet, it wouldn't have willingly entered into a contract.
Of course, the baby's fawning attitude is also very important. As a divine beast cub, if its contracted partner wants to enslave it, it will risk being devoured in order to forcibly break the contract.
Seeing that the contract had been successfully completed, Caesar's attention shifted to the baby.
"Your name is Achen, right? Come here, let your great-grandfather give you a good hug!" The old man tried his best to put on a kind smile.
I was so busy making a contract with the fathead fish that I didn't even have time to sense the presence of the two new, unfamiliar old men.
Now that he had a moment to spare, he sensed something: Good heavens! This old man's aura is even more terrifying than Linghu Yi, the second enemy he had encountered before!
However, Linghu Yi had met him a few times and had never shown him any ill will. In fact, he would bring him gifts every time he came.
But as soon as the old man arrived, he stared at him fiercely, as if he wanted to snatch him away from his mother's arms.
Moreover, he came empty-handed, without bringing any gifts, so why should he hold the baby?
Thinking of this, Achen struggled to break free from the old man's arms, his two little feet quickly propelling him with the wind-elemental anklets that Aunt Mina had given him, and he escaped into Xiaobai's arms.
It wasn't that he didn't want to seek protection from his mother, it was just that the old man was too strong, and his mother couldn't beat him at all!
Xiaobai, who was being hugged by a baby for the first time, was flattered and overwhelmed!
Caesar Lannister's face visibly darkened: "You brat, your grandfather wants to hold his great-grandson, and you're going to stop him?"
Xiao Bai, who was inexplicably scolded by his grandfather: I'm innocent!
Although he took the blame for Achen, considering how close the baby was to him, Xiaobai said to his grandfather expressionlessly:
"The bond between children and adults is built up gradually. If you expect your child to let you hold them on the first meeting, then wouldn't anyone be able to easily abduct your baby later?"
Kaiserland's anger subsided instantly: "Hmm, you're right. My great-grandson is so smart, he knows how to guard against kidnappers at such a young age."
With such a big event happening today, Zuo Shan lost the will to continue fishing. Since Mina and the others would help her haul in the nets anyway, she simply set up a metal bucket filled with burning charcoal on the ice.
I picked out some fresh clams from today's spoils, as well as another second-tier mackerel that Ah Chen Baby caught in the net, and prepared to barbecue them.
He also greeted Kang Zhenghao and the others, saying, "I'm entertaining guests today, so this fish is my spoils for today. Remember to deduct it when we distribute the spoils later."
"No, no, Zuo Shan, are you saying you don't want to give us any?" Kang Zhenghao hurriedly said.
“That’s right, Miss Zuo. Your guests are also our friends, and I’m part of the hospitality.” Master Liu added.
"Alright then." Zuo Shan was too lazy to argue with them anymore; he would repay the favors he owed them when he got back.
When Mina and Matt saw that Miss Zuo was about to cook, they couldn't help but start salivating.
Only Caesar Lann is still trying to win over Ah Chen, hoping that Ah Chen will condescend to let him hug her because of how many smiles she has given him.
Xiaobai couldn't stand his subservient behavior any longer, so she gave him a suggestion: "Baby likes toys. If you have any fun toys, take them out and give them to him. Maybe then he'll agree to let you hold him."
"Oh? I was in such a hurry that I forgot to prepare a gift for the baby!" Caesar Lannister's old face turned red.
Evan hurriedly retrieved from his own space the birthday gift he had carefully chosen for the young master when he was a child, a gift he had never been able to give him.
Those years were filled with great changes for the young master. Every year on his birthday, he would hide alone in his room and refuse to see anyone.
He knew that the young master was silently missing his mother, so he didn't dare to disturb him and could only secretly store the carefully prepared gift in his spatial storage.
Later, the young master finally emerged from the shadows, but he was also getting older. Giving away those gifts meant for children would be inappropriate, but he didn't want to pass on the sentiments he had given to the young master to someone else.
It's perfect to bring this out for Young Master Zeng to play with now, and it can also ease the embarrassment of the head of the family.
Evan presented three gifts: a set of building blocks, a telescope, and two figurines.
When Matt saw the three gifts the old butler brought out, he couldn't help but complain: "Dolls and such can barely amuse a baby, but will the baby know how to play with building blocks?"
Not to mention astronomical telescopes, I'm afraid only children over ten years old would be curious about space.
When Caesarland saw these toys, he couldn't help but frown.
Although he was very optimistic about his great-grandson's intelligence, he was still a baby who was less than six months old. Could his intelligence really be that advanced?
Xiao Bai was looking forward to this. His birthday gifts from childhood to adulthood were almost always prepared by the old butler. His grandfather had to manage the family's complicated affairs and fight against the beast tides, so he simply didn't have time to deal with such trivial matters.
He remembered that every gift the old butler gave him was to his liking and almost never disappointed him.
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