Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master
Chapter 85 - 85: Berry

Just as the group was passing through the garden, a loud shout came from inside the mansion before a tall and robust middle aged man appeared there with a wide smile on his face.

"Callom, I see you are in better health than when I left."

The two greeted each other, not in the usual formal way in the spirit master world, but in the way family members would do.

They patted each other's arm in such a way that told William both were related by blood, and close friends on top of that.

'Are they brothers perhaps? Or cousins?' William muttered while looking at the two seemingly close to each other in age and also in features.

Surprisingly enough, William found a similarity between the two and someone he knew.

"William! You are here?!!"

Just as William was thinking about her, a loud shout came from the direction of the second floor, where a head full of red hair just turned and vanished.

"She is coming," William smiled while the others around, including the two middle aged men, didn't get what was going on here.

"Is she someone you know?" Just as everyone was puzzled, Ary leant over William and asked in such a low tone, as he didn't get to properly see the face of Berry.

"I do," William recognised the voice, just like the two puzzled elders standing not far away.

As Ary said this, Berry appeared from the door, running towards William before she threw herself into his embrace.

She was taller than him, which made this scene a bit funny and weird.

"I was deadly worried over you," she said, and William could feel sincerity from her tone.

He also felt that she got a little stronger than before, making him grin in satisfaction.

"I see you are having your fun during my absence to even forget about me," the elder who led William here said in such discontent.

"U… Uncle?! And… Father….?!!!" Berry seemed to get a little scared here for a second. William couldn't help but step forward and cupped his hands, showing his fast reaction and quick wits to extricate Berry from such an awkward situation.

"Sorry for that, uncles, but I didn't see her for a week or so," Gran noticed that William changed the way he addressed him since he met him, from senior and elder to uncle. And that made him feel how sneaky William was with words.

"Stop dreaming about coating your way out of here, little kid," the one who Berry called father said. Callom's eyes kept moving up and down, assessing William for more than three times before adding:

"A weak looking kid, wearing white clothes of the academy porters, daring to act this way with my daughter in front of my eyes… Are you the one rumoured to help my daughter?"

"I'm William," William thought he was going to be let out of this unscathed, "nice to meet uncle."

"First of all, thanks for helping my daughter," Callom thanked William in a weird way. He waved his hand, touched his ring, "but before we can continue this warm talk, let me teach you a lesson first!"

The next moment a sword appeared in his hand, and got pointed towards William.

"What for?!" William didn't expect that, even took a single step back, but only one step.

"You are claiming to be my daughter's friend, and yet you dared to leave her behind in the forest. This isn't something I can let go without pinching your ears for it. You must prove your worth before taking a single step out of here. Come, take out your weapon. Let's have a proper spirit master spar."

"Father! He didn't do anything wrong! He had no option but to leave me behind like this! Besides, I got saved in the end, and didn't suffer any harm, right?" Berry instantly got scared when she heard that.

"What? Don't think you can stand and defend him," Callom said in a much harsher way than what the headmaster did to Sara in William's eyes, "he is the one who should stand for you, not run away and leave you behind."

What William didn't know was that this father was much more overprotective and attached to his beloved daughter. Even if he felt grateful for William's actions to save his daughter from her misery, he couldn't accept what William did back then in the forest.

In his eyes, William should have stayed by his daughter's side, protected her and waited till guards appeared for help. He planned to teach William a little lesson, to let him not do such a thing again. Yet when he saw Berry running in such a way towards William, throwing herself into his arms, while totally ignoring him, made him a little angry.

"B… But…" Berry turned to her uncle who helplessly lowered his head, refusing to step in and help William in such a tricky situation.

Gran knew how much Callom loved and cared for his daughter. So he let the father handle the issue of his daughter's boyfriend, while even regretting not having popcorn right now to watch the amusing show.

"It's alright," yet unlike what everyone expected, William unsheathed his sword as he added, "I'm sure senior won't bully such a weak and young spirit master like me, right?"

"Damn this silver tongue of yours! I now know how you made my girl fall for you! Come, let me see if you are that prodigy I heard songs of praise about or not."

"William!!" Berry turned and tried with her reddened eyes out of worry to dissuade him from doing this.

Of course she got all the right to feel so. Her father was a dark gold master, one that was three grades above William.

"It's going to be alright," yet William just patted her shoulder, having to stand on his toes to do that.

After all, Berry was at least ten centimetres taller than him.

"Humph! First let's spar and then you can chitchat as long as you want!"

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