Chapter 358 - 350. Touch of Memory (3)
"What an honor,"
Calix received the hand of the man in front of him, who he hadn’t seen in years already. They knew each other in college instead of an esper academy, despite them both being an esper. The man had a youthful smile that never changed since their old days, but aside from that, his appearance was plain and forgettable.
And it was something he had always been carefully crafted.
"Haha, what are you talking about?" he chuckled in response as they shook hands. "I’m just a middle-aged man squandering my son’s money."
"I know," the man smirked while glancing at Radia, who was standing behind his father with a casual smile. It was rare to see this father and son pair together even in high society events, so it was rather fascinating to him. "You enjoy it so much that you rarely go home anymore, so of course it is an honor having you coming here in one of those rare moments."
"You know me really well," Calix chuckled at the deliberate attempt to make him know that this man kept a tab on him all the time.
The man rolled his eyes and turned around, telling them to follow him into the well-kept inner yard in the middle of the building. Along the way, Radia observed how the staff and other members of the House bowed their heads deeply when the man passed, despite the way he dressed like one of them.
Obviously, this man wasn’t ’one of them’.
Yuria Apsoro was the ’patriarch’, but also wasn’t. The patriarch that the public knew was his cousin, but it was this man who had decision-making authority in the clan and of course, all information the clan worked for all went through his hand. There were only a handful of people who knew about this fact, and Calix was one of them.
And that was why he accompanied his son to go here. Otherwise, Radia would have to go through the hassle of the fake patriarch. Not a desired path, when they were already pressed for time.
They arrived in a pavilion above a fish pond, and as they climbed the wooden steps, Yuria let out a sigh. "I’m a bit disappointed, though..." the man glanced back and narrowed his green-flecked hazel eyes. "You should have already left this place three days ago, but you came back, and the first thing you do is visit me," he paused for a few seconds before continuing dryly. "It’ll be nicer if you’re here to see me, you know, rather than my family’s business."