I Am A Notorious Hidden Boss In The Alternate World

Inside the main Seymour family's residence, Eleanor and Anya arrived at the living room, where nearly every family member was present. 

Old Seymour sat in the middle of the couch with Klein Seymour and his wife, Jun Seymour, standing on the left while William Seymour's wife, Martha, and his two sons, Darien and Antoine, standing on the right—were all present. 

The only exception was William Seymour himself. 

"Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Second Aunt, you're all here!" Eleanor greeted everyone and nodded to Darien and Antoine before looking back at her father. "Why did you call me back, dad?"

"And what did you mean that we won't be participating in the Eastern Allure's auction anymore? I heard that there will be some extremely rare items brought over from the other continents." 

"Huh? We aren't going to the auction? Why?" Anya Seymour queried with surprise, having just heard about it for the first time. 

"Now, now. The both of you girls settle down." Klein Seymour waved his hands, gesturing for his daughter to stand beside him before saying, "Your Grandpa will explain shortly."

"But before that," Klein Seymour turned his attention to William's wife and inquired, "Is William not going to be attending father's summon again, Martha?" 

"No, he won't be coming again." Martha Seymour shook her head and explained, "William told me there were issues at his private company in Stillwater city that needed to be dealt with swiftly."

Klein Seymour wrinkled his brows. 

"Never mind. Since William cannot make it, someone can just inform him the details later," David Seymour waved his hand before saying, "Now, take a look at this?" 

An electronic tablet was placed on the table with an email displayed on-screen for everyone to see clearly. 

"An email? What's so important about a random email that it could be more important than the auction—" Anya mumbled with a crumpled expression, thinking it was a waste of time to be called back just for an email. 

However, she quickly froze after glancing at the name of the sender.

"The email was sent by Emperor Polemos? Is this for real? Which bored person is impersonating Emperor Polemos?" Anya muttered in shock.

"Ah!" 

Anya cried after being nudged on the head by her big sister before Eleanor pointed at one section on the tablet screen and said, "Take a look here; it includes Emperor Polemos's official Hunter World ID, a level-7 account."

"This is impossible to be a fake email," Eleanor stated confidently. 

"That's right." David Seymour nodded before he mentioned, "As you all know, the family has been conducting secret business transactions with Future Tech, the emperor's organization—but never have we interacted with the emperor himself."

"However, this time, the emperor extended a digital invitation to our family to join his Grand Welcoming Banquet on Damocles—"

"Wahh!" Anya exclaimed with excitement.

"What are we waiting for then, Grandpa? We must attend! I've always wanted to visit Damocles, but it was never open to the public!" 

"Ah!" 

Anya quickly hugged her head after another smack on the head before getting reprimanded by Eleanor, "Don't interrupt Grandpa when he is talking." 

"Sorry, father. I didn't educate Anya well enough."

"It's fine, son. We're all family, not some military. There's no need to be strict about formality and etiquette," David Seymour chuckled while stroking his long beard, "I remember Anya has always been the most mischievous among the younger generation." 

"Have you forgotten when Anya was still little, she pulled on your beard like a swing and nearly broke your back, father? That time, the whole family nearly had a heart attack," Klein Seymour reminded. 

David Seymour's lips twitched as he quickly recalled such a memory.

"Ahem, well, I suppose there should be some limits to mischievousness." David Seymour chuckled wryly.

At the same time, Anya went completely silent with her head lowered, face flushed at the mention of such an embarrassing memory.

"Grandpa, since Emperor Polemos invited us to join his welcoming banquet, doesn't that mean the Dark Emperor has returned?" Darien brought them back on topic with a frown.

"That's right. That is most likely the case. There used to be daily news about the other emperors, but they have suddenly disappeared in the past two days. Emperor Polemos's invitation is a turning point for our family. Accepting the invitation is equivalent to join Emperor Polemos's faction and being at odds with the other three emperors."

"Whether accept or not will decide whether our family will rise to new heights or fall to ruins. That's why I wanted to seek your opinions. A spacecraft will descend to pick us up and bring us to Damocles—if we do happen to accept."

"Accept! We must accept!" Anya chimed immediately.

"Shh, this concerns the fate of our family. We must consider things carefully," Eleanor furrowed her brows with a helpless expression. 

"Our family is quite prominent in Silvercove city, but we insignificant compared to behemoths like the Four Emperors. Our family would not be able to survive the battle between the emperors," Klein Seymour stated his opinion. 

"I don't think we should accept." 

Jun followed the will of her husband; his wish was also her wish. Thus, she inputted no opinion after being called. 

"What about you, Martha? What do you think?" David Seymour turned to Martha for her opinion before she also expressed no opinion on the matter. 

"I think important questions like this are best directed at William, father-in-law. It's unfortunate that he is not here," Martha said politely before David Seymour sighed, evidently not satisfied with anyone's answer. 

"Grandpa, I believe the family has no choice but to accept in this matter," Darien suddenly inserted his opinion, causing Old Seymour's eyes to light up, "Oh?" 

"Why? Can you elaborate, Darien?" He asked.

"As the saying goes; nothing ventured, nothing gained. I don't believe the invitation was extended to only our family. It should have been sent to all of Future Tech's partners," Darien began speaking.

"According to what I know, the Xiao family also have business cooperations with Future Tech. If they accept while we refuse, they will rise while we decline. Not to mention, Emperor Polemos has the Dark Emperor now."

"The power balance is not equal at all. I don't believe Emperor Thanatos, Emperor Kasin, and Empress Una can make a comeback," Darien stated. 

"Hmm…" 

Old Seymour stroked his beard thoughtfully.