Ch 485: Oh, If You’d Told Me She Was Your Granddaughter Earlier, I Wouldn’t Have Been So Guarded

Today is the day Councilman Sheffield visits, and Bal has no idea why he’s coming.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were coming, we didn’t prepare anything for guests.”

“Hahaha, it’s fine, I just suddenly decided to come over. Anloka, come and greet Uncle Buck.”

Sheffield brought Anloka with him, and when Bal saw this duo, he understood something.

“Is this your grandson?”

“No, no, no, she’s my granddaughter.”

“Ah?”

Bal looked at Anloka in surprise. She dressed in a gender-neutral style and had rather neutral facial features. Due to preconceived notions and Philia’s descriptions, he found it difficult not to see Anloka as a boy.

“Hello, Uncle, I’m Anloka. I heard you’re Philia’s father. Is Philia home?”

“Yes, just a moment.”

Bal quickly ran upstairs to Philia’s room.

“Philia, your classmate is here.”

“Huh? Who?”

“Anloka.”

“Ah, she’s here!”

Philia carried Xiao Jiu downstairs. When Xiao Jiu saw Anloka, she initially prepared to hiss, but considering Philia’s feelings, she held back. Anloka walked to Philia’s side, and she kept exclaiming at the sight of Xiao Jiu.

“Wow, is this the Great Gryphon’s cub? So cute!”

Philia held Xiao Jiu up to Anloka. After smelling Anloka’s scent, Xiao Jiu’s expression first turned surprised, then doubtful. Finally, it seemed like her CPU overheated, and she froze in place, allowing Anloka to pet her.

“Oh! So soft, so warm.”

“Anloka, let’s go play in the backyard.”

“Okay!”

Before they went to play, Philia went to Bal. Bal knew what Philia wanted to say, so he nodded and introduced Sheffield to Philia.

“Philia, this is Sheffield, Anloka’s grandfather.”

“Hello, Grandpa!”

“Good, good. Go play, but don’t get too wild.”

“Okay!”

Philia, holding Anloka’s hand and carrying Xiao Jiu, went to the backyard. After hearing the door close, Bal sat opposite Sheffield.

“Your granddaughter has a rather… gender-neutral style.”

Sheffield smiled, took a sip of the tea Bal poured, and said,

“Yes, she looks like a boy, and her parents are quite worried about it. But she doesn’t mind it herself. I heard she made a friend, so I wanted to visit. I didn’t expect it to be your daughter. Speaking of which, where’s your son?”

“Fei’er took Hiel to buy things. Hiel is very clingy to Fei’er.”

“That’s normal. It’s normal for a newborn child to be clingy to their parents.”

Just then, Phia returned home with Hiel. Both were surprised to see Sheffield.

“Councilman Sheffield, why are you here? I’ll go bake some tea and snacks. Buck, help me watch Hiel; he’s already full.”

“Ah, okay.”

Bal held Hiel in his arms, walked back to the sofa, and sat down. Hiel faced Sheffield, reached out his hand, and called out.

“Grandpa!”

“Wow! The little darling is so smart, he can already talk at such a young age?”

“He could say ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ when he was two months old.”

“It seems he’ll be an amazing child. The people in your family are amazing.”

“It’s alright.”

Bal and Sheffield chatted about Hiel for a long time. Phia brought out two sets of tea and snacks from the kitchen, placing one on the coffee table and taking the other to the backyard for Anloka and Philia. After delivering the snacks, Phia returned to Bal’s side and whispered,

“Why did Anloka come to our house?”

“She’s Sheffield’s granddaughter.”

“Huh?!”

Sheffield tasted a biscuit and nodded in satisfaction.

“Fei’er is not only powerful, but also a great cook. I envy you, Buck.”

“Hahaha, it’s alright.”

“Speaking of which, you met Colt yesterday, right?”

As soon as Sheffield said this, Bal and Phia broke into a cold sweat. They had not only met him, but they had also fought.

“Judging by your expressions, you must have met him. So I’ll be blunt.”

Bal and Phia were very nervous. They guessed that the Black-clothed Men Colt brought yesterday were bodyguards hired by Sheffield to protect Anloka.

“I’m very sorry, my son caused you trouble.”

“Huh?”

This unconventional apology made them both stunned. Sheffield continued to explain.

“My son spoils Anloka very much, because she is his only child. So when he heard that Anloka was going out to play with her classmate yesterday, he was afraid that others would bully her, so he hired some adventurers to protect her. I didn’t expect you to stop them.”

Sheffield

“No, no, no, we should apologize. Actually, yesterday we misunderstood. Yesterday we thought that the one going out to play with Philia was a boy, so we followed Philia, and we even injured your hired bodyguards. We are truly sorry.”

This time, it was Sheffield’s turn to be stunned. After thinking about the relationship chain for a while, he burst out laughing.

“Oh? It seems everyone is the same. Hahahahaha, I understand, understand, parents all over the world are the same, all worried about their children being taken away by bad people.”

“Hahahaha, it’s all good then.”

Grey returned from outside, with Nia following him. As soon as Nia entered, she began to scold Bal.

“Wow, you stinky older brother! Yesterday, I was fighting so fiercely, and I was taken away by the Self-Defense Force, and you didn’t come to get me! Did you forget about me? Tell me!”

Nia scolded Bal in front of him, then turned her head and saw Sheffield looking embarrassed.

“Ah, I’m very sorry, Councilman Sheffield, for making you laugh!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Young people are full of energy, that’s a good thing.”

Nia sat beside Bal. Bal recounted his conversation with Sheffield. Nia and Grey were stunned after hearing this.

“So, it means that we were two groups of bodyguards fighting each other?”

“That’s right.”

“Then how did you deal with those bodyguards later? You wouldn’t have killed them, right?”

“What are you kidding? Some of them were people I knew. I wouldn’t casually kill anyone! I just sent them all to the Self-Defense Force prison.”

“Oh, I thought someone else was sent to the prison while I was serving my sentence, so it was you.”

Finally, after communication between Sheffield and Bal, the issue was resolved. The two shook hands, and the matter was settled.

“Whoa! There’s a Wyvern!”

A sudden shout from Anloka came from the backyard. Bal felt uneasy, because Hamlet was already annoyed that Bal hadn’t taken him on an action, and now seeing Anloka and Philia playing in the backyard, he was bound to cause trouble.

Bal rushed to the backyard, leaped up, grabbed Hamlet, and took him into the living room. After explaining to Hamlet, Hamlet also seemed to have his CPU overheat.

After a while, Sheffield left Bal’s House with his granddaughter, Anloka. The misunderstanding was finally cleared up.