Monster Integration

"Your mother hadn't come?" father said as he put down his coffee; "She is fine, see," I pointed at the delicate bronze lamp, which was burning in white light.

It is a soul lamp, a very expensive artifact, and hard to get, all of which have been hoarded by the supremes to keep a watch on the state of their powerhouses. I was able to get one, and this one notes the state of my mother and currently, she is like.

"I know she is alive, but it had been more than one and half months, and she had not returned," he said worriedly, "Rose had been asking about her a lot," he added, and I couldn't help but nod at that; she had been asking about mom to me too, and now, I am also going to leave, and she will be alone with father.

"She should be returning soon," is all I could say.

This time she had not gone to the official mission but the personal one; she had sensed something familiar from the ruin, where she had gone to the mission and asked permission from the pyramid to go and investigate it, and till now, she had not returned.

My father is not the only one who is worried; I also worry about her, but there is nothing I can do about that other than have faith in my mother's abilities.

As for her missing the greatest opportunity, it is not for her or those with grand arts; these are the only people who barely get any advantages from that place when it comes to the art, they might advance in levels in that place, but it is hard for advance in the art.

This is why not many hosts of grand art enter that thing, as the levels are not important as the advancements in their arts, which would automatically help them in advancing their levels.

My mother is still a Master but has the power of High-Grandmaster; she could easily level up to Grandmaster class and High-Grandmaster, but she did not, despite the obvious advantages the levels offer, but she did not, she wants to take her art to the Grand Lord before leveling up further.

It is a daunting task that might take her years or even decades to achieve, or she might not be able to achieve, as even for those with a heart, reaching the power of the Grand Lord is not easy.

I did not say anything about it to my mother, but I really hoped she would level up, at least to the Grandmaster class, because one needs backup.

If she spent up the art, she would have the power of Grandmaster to run away, not to mention a higher level that provides the quick recovery of the energy.

"You take care of yourself, Micheal; I have heard that place is extremly dangerous," he said, and I could see how much he was worried about my safety. "I will be careful," I said; like he had said, that place was dangerous, and even with all the abilities I have, I could not guarantee my safety.

I spent up few more minutes talking with my father before I walked out of the kitchen; I would be leaving in the evening, and since it might be a month or more before I came out, I wanted to spend this whole day with my family and marina.

Rose went to school and will be returning by afternoon, and at that time, I will be going to Mariana's; it is such a regret that I will not have alone time with her with those two present.

Buzz!

The formation buzzed and appeared in Mariana's house, and I heard the familiar laughter.

As I stepped into the living room, I saw three women sitting on the couches, talking and laughing. "Teacher, professor," I greeted and sat beside Elina, who had red cheeks and glared angrily at the professor, and even turned at me with a glare that had a hint of warning.

Which confused me, and I looked at her with a look of hurt; I did not do anything, not even a word, and got a glare from her.

"What are you all talking about?" I asked, and the smile on the professor's face brightened as she looked at me while feeling a threatening aura beside me; I did not have to look to know that Elina was casting another threatening glance at me.

"We are talking about Elli's boyfriend, whom she is not telling us anything about," she said and cast a hurtful glance at her niece, "Because its none of your business, aunty; you all will meet him when is a time," she said, glaring at her aunt.

"Oh, this is just hurtful; I just want to meet the first serious boyfriend of my niece," she said, acting hurtful, and turned to me, "Am I wrong in that, Micheal?" she asked as she turned to me, and I nearly opened my mouth to answer, but stopped myself, seeing how unwise would that be.

"Since I am not getting an answer from my niece, I will ask you, Micheal." "Do you know this mysterious boyfriend of Ellis?" she asked, and immediately, I felt a feeling of immense threat and glare that came with it; I would be dead if I dared to answer it.

I have never said Elina or her boyfriend, I have known about them explicitly, but I have hinted enough times that they know I know about them.

"I can't say anything about it, professor," I replied, and sad expressions clouded the professors, "You too, Micheal; I had not expected this from you," she said while using her potent powers, that nearly made me believe that she is really sad and I should tell her everything she wanted to know.

Thankfully, my mind is guarded, and I could resist her power of compulsion, which many of my levels wouldn't be able to do.

"At least tell me, how powerful he is? Is he stronger than me? I don't want Ellie to date, anyone who can't even fight against me equally," she asked while blaring her full power of compulsion at me, which quite frankly is something very hard to resist.

"Josie enough, Ellie will tell her about her boyfriend when she feels it is time," Marina interrupted, and the professor smoothly turned toward her sister, "Like you will tell?" the professor asked and got an even bigger glare from her sister than her niece.

"Fine, fine, I will not ask about the relationships your mother and daughter have," she said as she raised her hands up in surrender.

"God, when it did become a crime to ask about others' relationships," she muttered grumpily, and I couldn't help but smile at that.

I really wanted to tell her about marina and me and see what kind of reaction this niece and aunt would have, but Marina is not ready, and I would wait till she is, even if it is a decade or even a century.

"So, have you guys made the preparations?" I asked, and immediately expressions of the three of them became somber. Marina is not coming, but the professor and Elina are.