Chapter 6 - Jon's Past
“Father, Leon Padt invited us to the manor to enjoy tea together,” Eton read through the letter. Doubt filled his eyes.
The old man wearing white beard was also stunned by the invitation a little, but he recovered soon and chuckled. “It looks like this family will live yet another night.”
Eton hesitated. He knew father did not intend to assault the Padt Manor for now, so he followed with a smile. “The man’s smart enough. Why the sudden change of mind though?”
The old man smiled again and pointed at the wooden box. “Because of this, perhaps.”
The color of night gradually went away, the Padt Manor did not face a bloody night. The sun rose again and covered every inch of land within the manor with its warmth, as usual.
No one in the manor knew that they just barely escaped a terrible fate.
In the early morning, Angor brought several maids to the tea garden to pick the freshest leaves. It was an unforgiving winter outside when everything would freeze solid, but the tea garden sheltered by the greenhouse which was improved by Jon was still as warm as it was in the spring.
Space collapsed, and darkness emerged. The Alien Eye emitted a terrifying aura, covering everything within the lab in an instant. The next second, before Jon could realize what was going on, he was swallowed into the darkness, with the seedling still in his hand.
Breaking past several dimensional barriers, Jon landed in this world, with the Alien Eye by his side and countless wounds upon his body.
He was then saved by old Viscount Padt.
The Alien Eye on the other hand, lost its magic and became a most ordinary object – a glazed sphere.