Davis entered the residence and closed the door with his soul force. The walls behind him were over fifty meters tall, hence, the people outside were generally unable to see what was happening inside the entire residence.
Of course, if they flew above, they would be able to see but Davis had already taken this into account and set up an Illusion Formation that did nothing other than to display some other scene when viewed from the outside.
Hence, from the outside, the residence will generally appear to be empty.
Originally, he had thought of using a Concealment Formation but it directly interfered with the Peak-Level King Grade Formation, Regal Unbending Eyes Formation, so he had to resort to another method to conceal outsiders eyes.
Only Seventh Stage Cultivators and people of status were allowed to fly in the second level of Ethren City, so the illusion formation he had bought was also at King Grade; Mid-Level King Grade.
He didn’t spend much because to see through Illusion Formations were difficult and if someone powerful tried to see through it by penetrating with their senses, he would know of it. Then, he would completely activate the Regal Unbending Eyes Formation.
This worked against all cultivators other than Eighth Stage Experts which he had no choice but to use Fallen Heaven against them.
’Zlatan Family? How am I supposed to know what it is?’ Davis thought as he shook his head.
"You two! Stay in the Ethren City from now on and report to me if anyone one of these bastards in this city makes a move on the Conferred Queen! Our Alstreim Family will not stand by the side and idly watch!"
Suddenly, a voice heavily echoed which he recognized to belong to Havle Alstreim.
’Well, who would have thought my maternal grandfather’s new father-in-law is a domineering and opportunistic fellow...’ Davis wryly smiled as he realized the underlying meaning before he grinned.
In front of him were Logan, Claire, Daniuis, and Princess Isabella, who were all more or less looking at him with disbelief and even awe in their eyes. The others who had low cultivation were obviously staying at home for obvious reasons.
Davis suddenly felt the urge to posture but suppressed. He suddenly turned into a ray of light, shooting towards them before rushing past them.
The others all turned astonished and turned back to see where he was going to, only to suddenly notice that Evelynn and Davis were standing behind them, perhaps all this time.
The ray of light entered Davis’s Soul Sea. His calm attitude another gasp from some of them as they realized that Davis was here the whole time and the one which went out was his avatar; soul body for some.
They weren’t even able to discern that his soul body from his fleshly body! They abruptly stood in awe of his prowess in Soul Forging Cultivation, capable of completely materializing his soul body, making it look not much different than a fleshly body.
Looking at their expressions, Davis felt that he didn’t even need to posture.
But he could understand their sentiments.
He had just hoodwinked the mighty Alstreim Family!
Not only did he hoodwink them but as a result, they inadvertently gained a temporary backer! At least, judging by the words that echoed, it would be the truth as no one would claim themselves to be the local hegemon.
Princess Isabella’s expression was blank.
She felt that if she is had went out, she would’ve found it difficult to even maintain her fake persona in front of the Alstreim Family experts!
She, who knew nothing of the fifty-two territories, would have definitely slipped up in front of them! But Davis, who just spoke with them for a little over five minutes, had the Alstreim Family echoing that they would protect her! At least, in a sense that they would not allow any other powers to interfere in her life.
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat when she completely realized it. The feeling of being protected invaded her heart, invoking the feminine feelings that she had suppressed for more than half a year.
Something that she had paid no heed to, something that she didn’t bother about for over fifty years in her life, painfully became obvious when she noticed his blatant gaze and realized her feelings.
Her pupils that were looking at Davis suddenly moved, avoiding his gaze as a hint of a blush crept up her cheeks.
Davis beamed at Princess Isabella before moving his gaze towards his mother who looked immensely proud. Her eyes were on fire as her undulations slightly went out of control.
’Well, perhaps Mother is the most ecstatic one. After all, she...’
"Davis!" Claire echoed as she walked towards him.
"You did it!"
She stood before him and cupped his face, "We won! We have our first victory against the Alstreim Family!"
Davis felt the warmth in her palms for a moment as he closed her eyes before he opened and moved her hands away, "Mother, you don’t even know what I did yet..."
"You don’t need to say! I know what exactly you did. You defeated them with just words!" Claire exclaimed with wide eyes, "I feel extremely content..."
She bit her lips and proudly looked at him.
"Hehe..." Davis chuckled, feeling a little proud of himself once it was mentioned to him.
After all, he did not use Fallen Heaven to manipulate or its power of Misdirection to influence the thoughts of those Alstreim Family members.
"Was it your grandfather?"
Davis shook his head, "Your father is in Alstreim Family it seems... For now, it seems that your father did not leak information about us but it also seems that he failed to come to this residence. Mother, I can’t do anything about this..."
Claire instantly calmed down her emotions, "... I understand..."
"Then is it that envoy of the Alstreim Family who barged into Emperor Ethren’s birthday celebration..."
"Yes, his name is Havle Alstreim and from what I’ve seen, he seems to be the opportunistic fellow... My ’soul body’ gave no undulations of Essence Gathering Cultivation and Body Tempering Cultivation, so they mistook me for an ultimate expert."
"He seemed to be after Princess Isabella, most likely realizing the false fact that she could be someone with a big background. So like all bigshots in the Ethren Empire, he seemed to also want to meet Princess Isabella."
"Initially, I gave some excuse to threaten and when I said that the Conferred Queen Isabella had the bloodline of a dragon, that fellow seemed to have easily believed me..."
"He even asked if the Conferred Queen is from the Zlatan Family... I don’t know what that even is but I laughed and made it seem like it might be or it might be not..."
Claire took in the information and nodded her head.
’So that’s how Davis managed to make them back the Alstreim Family off, even managing to make them our backer in the process...’ This thought ran on almost everyone’s head.
But how can the Alstreim Family be easily fooled? They thought that Davis did something grander and skillfully made them believe that Princess Isabella had a mighty background.
"Mother, do you know what kind of existence the Zlatan Family is? Where do they reside?" Davis asked.
He had rather made a big claim but had no knowledge to support that fact. He felt that he needed to at least know about the Zlatan Family if he couldn’t know about the big families or powers in the fifty-two territories.
Claire blinked and shook her head. She didn’t know anything past the Alstreim Family Territory other than a few things about the hegemons of the four large territories.
"Zlatan Family? If I remember correctly, it’s a power that is located in the Golden Dragon Valley Territory."
Daniuis Alstreim suddenly spoke, garnering everyone’s attention.