Not before he apologizes!

"I prefer that," said Alex with a smile on his face as he looked at En trashing on the ground while screaming that he had given up.

"The fight is finished; Alex wins," exclaimed Adrian.

"Healers, come heal him right now," said Adrian as he pointed at En.

'What did he introduce in his body for him to scream so much?' Wondered Adrian.

After a moment, the healers got to En and started his treatment, but even after ten minutes, En still continued to scream at the top of his lungs.

"What is going on? Why isn't he healed till now?" Asked Robert with a frown from where he was sitting.

En was his son, after all, and hearing him scream in pain for such a long time was disturbing.

One of the healers got up, looked at him, then shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Lord Eswald, but we can't heal him."

"Huh ? What did you say?"

"The only wounds that Sir En seemed to carry are already healed; as for why he is still crying in pain, we don't know what is causing it," replied the healer sincerely.

The instant he heard the healer's words, Robert turned to stare at Alex, who was still gazing at En with a satisfied smile.

"What did you do to him?" Growled Robert.

"Me? I just gave him a punishment," replied Alex while holding his chin with a thoughtful expression. "I seem to carry these a lot today.

His reply confirmed the doubts that many had concerning the fact that something happened between the two of them before start of the fight.

"Tell me, little one, what did he do to you?" Asked Victoria.

"He insulted my woman," replied Alex with an angry expression.

'As I expected, it's due to En insulting one of us' thought Lilia hearing Alex's words.

"Oh, he insulted Lilia?" Asked Victoria

"No"

"No, then who else?"

Victoria and everyone were pretty surprised because everyone knew that Alex only had one woman, which was Lilia; they never heard about another.

Viviane and Violette looked at their mother with worry, thinking that she would be sad or enraged to hear that their father had another woman, but she smiled at them and whispered:

"Don't worry about me; I already know about that."

"Does it not bother you that he has another woman?" asked Violette with a somber expression.

"Not really," replied Lilia.

Hearing her, the two girls decided to let go of the subject for now.

Lilia then turned to her two other daughters and asked with squinted eyes:

"You two don't seem as surprised as Viviane and Violette; did you knew about it?"

*Flinch*

Alice and Scarlett flinched and looked towards one another, then Alice replied with a shaky smile:

"Of course no, we are just as shocked as them; we are so shocked that we are left speechless."

"What she said really came as a shock for us," supported Scarlett.

"Mm, if you say," replied Lilia with a disbelievingly.

Alice and Scarlett looked at each other, then sighed. They knew that their mother didn't buy their bullshit, but since she didn't comment further, it was better to continue playing ignorant.

"Since when did you know?" Alice whispered to Scarlett.

They may both be aware of their father cheating, but each of them thought that she was the only one in the know, so it surprised them to find out that it wasn't the case.

"Not now and definitely not here; come find me later," replied Scarlett as she turned to concentrate on the conversation between Alex and Victoria.

While they were speaking amongst themselves, Alex had already revealed that the woman he was talking about was Anna, then explained what En had said which justify his current situation.

"So, you are torturing En because of your little maid, right?" Asked Robert, his rage threatening to burst.

Alex frowned at his question; he could feel that Robert had the same perspective as En regarding commoners, but he still replied.

"Yes, I'm doing this because he was-"

"Release him," ordered Robert, not even bothering to hear the rest of Alex's sentence.

"Not before he apologizes to her," replied Alex with defiance.

"Hahaha, you want a noble to apologize to a commoner?" Asked Robert through his laughter.

Robert's action caused Alex's frown to deepen, but he remained silent.

"Boy, release him; I won't say it a third time," ordered Robert with a cold tone.

"Not-" 

Boom

Before Alex could finish his sentence, he found himself under intense pressure that caused both his knees and arms to drop to the ground.

The pressure was so great that the ground under Alex started to be crackle.

"Grandma, stop-" 

Before Viviane could finish her pleading, Ava cut her off.

"No" 

"Why ?" Asked Viviane in agitation.

"Your father is competing for the position of head of the branch; no one will take him seriously if, each time he is in a pinch, it is either his mother or grandmother that comes to his rescue," firmly said Ava.

"Moreover, he's the one who decided to 'punish' En; how would he appear if he needs help from someone to continue with his 'punishment'?"

"I'm sorry, but this time around, your father needs to find the solution to his problem all alone," said Ava.

As she mentioned, Alex had to handle this situation on his own. No one, not even his biggest fan (his grandmother), was going to assist him. Then again, he wasn't really expecting help from anyone either.

'Enhace my strength by 10 soul points!' Alex inwardly shouted the moment his knees touched the ground.

[Are you-]

'JUST FUCKING DO IT, DAMN IT!'

[Starting the process...]

As the system worked to boost his strength, Alex felt his bones rattling, struggled to breathe, and sensed his muscles almost tearing as he resisted the pressure to stand up.

'FUCK, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG!' screamed Alex as blood began to flow from his ears and nose.

He could still sense the familiar cool energy fill his muscles and enhance his strength, but in his current situation, he didn't care about the pleasurable sensation. All he wanted was for the process to end quickly!

[Enhancement finished]

Once the enhancement concluded, Alex could feel his strength more distinctly than during the processing phase.

He could feel that his strength had taken a huge leap, but he didn't care to verify by how much right now.

Struggling intensely, he arched his back, painstakingly raised both arms from the ground, lifted one knee, and then the other.

Under the astonished gaze of everyone, Alex slowly stood up while still under the pressure of a level 6!

As he stood up to his full height, he gazed at Robert with icy eyes and uttered in a cold tone:

"Not. Before. He. Fucking. Apologize!"