Clovis sucked a cold breath after listening to the story. He had never thought such a thing had happened in the past.
Michael had been avoiding the conversation related to his grandmother. Now that he had learned about the story, he understood why Michael didn't want to talk about it.
There was also a matter regarding the Hacfield family. Of course, as a curious person, Clovis had searched for news about his family on Skynet. But for some reason, he couldn't find much about it other than the fact that the Hacfield family was terrifying.
He had always thought that was simply because his grandfather was strong. His strategy made him look like a madman, whom no one wanted to provoke.
With this story, he even understood why Gerald and Aisha had to leave him back then. They might have realized that the enemy had been on to something.
To avoid suspicion, they had to get separated. Clovis' information had been erased as well. Whenever Clovis' identity was found, Michael would intervene personally.
After knowing about his grandfather hanging the former president's body in his country's landmark for everyone in the world to see, there was no way the president of the Essence Bank or Axolonia's president would reject his request.
At the same time, they had to hide Clovis' existence a bit longer. However, it looked like enemies were bound to cross paths.
At that time, the Melesviet family clearly didn't know anything about his true identity. Clovis defeated them earnestly.
But that battle caused his true identity to be exposed. As a result, the Spear Saint had been doing everything he could do to harm him. Meanwhile, his grandfather separated himself from him and hid, preparing an ambush if they decided to attack.
This was the biggest reason no harm had come to Clovis until now.
However, Michael must have found it frustrating. After 20 years of non-aggression between the Hacfield family and the Melesviet family, Carrick chose to start the aggression again by spreading the analysis about his power.
Meanwhile, his grandfather must have thought, "Enough is enough." He had endured everything all this time simply because of the promise he had made to his late wife.
Now that he had touched his reverse scale, Michael chose to stop respecting his late wife's wish. If the Melesviet family wanted a war, he would give them that war.
At the same time, the Melesviet family must have been terrified by Clovis' existence. After all, Clovis could strengthen his teammates. As long as he reached Tier 9, it wouldn't be weird if the people around him at least became Tier 8 or at the peak of Tier 8, whose strength could resist Tier 9.
There was also Reolf. The beast was much more loyal than a human, so at the very least, Reolf would be with him.
In addition, Clovis' connection was terrifying. He had Christina, which meant the relationship with Ezekiel, and Mara Leverstrike as his mentor.
The balance was definitely going to tip in their favor, especially if Clovis became a Tier 9 human in the future.
Even with the help of the government and the Prophet, there was no way the Spear Saint could stop the Hacfield family if they chose revenge.
Clovis finally understood it all. Everything, including why the Hacfield family was in this state.
"..." Clovis closed his eyes for a moment. "I see. Thank you for telling me everything, Grandfather. I never thought such a thing had happened in the past. It must have been a hard decision for you to tell me everything."
"No. I should be the one apologizing. If not for me, you wouldn't have suffered all this time. As a grandfather, I'm ashamed."
Clovis shook his head. His grandfather had another ambition, which was to figure out the truth of this world. He must have gained that ambition from the Prophet.
This was the only method to figure out why the Prophet had come to attack him when they had never had a clash prior.
Clovis picked up that ambition for a much purer reason, which was to figure out what the simulation world meant.
If this were indeed a simulation world, something that had been arranged, it just made the desire to know why the simulation led to the conflict between the Hacfield family and the Melesviet family rise even more.
Clovis paused for a moment before smiling. "Still, my goal remains the same. I want to know what is beyond this simulation world. Who is the person behind it? I want to know everything.
"However, it looks like the Melesviet family and the Prophet are in the way. That's why this is not about avenging Grandma. This is not you not following her wish, Grandpa. This is about me, who wants to find the truth. Those two just end up in my way, so I need to remove them. The Prophet seems to have a lot of clues, so torture him first."
Michael felt moved. He thought Clovis would scorn him for being such a horrible person. The act he had done in the past was driven by anger. It was excessive.
If not for him spending all this time hiding while removing all traces of the Hacfield family, Clovis would have suffered the reputation even more.
Nevertheless, Clovis was the first person who managed to make Michael smile for the first time after his wife passed away.
He wanted to protect Clovis, but first he had to tell him the truth. Thanks to being honest, he couldn't help but look at the sky again.
It had always been cloudy ever since that day. The color returned when Clovis was born, but the sky remained cloudy in his heart.
However, after telling him everything, it felt like the burden in his heart had been lifted up, even if it was just a small portion. As a result, it felt like there were holes in the sky where sunlight finally entered his world.
Little by little, Michael had accepted that the world was continuously moving. And it was time for his world to move as well.