"Mother, you look like you have a face that says that I'm right..." Davis raised his brows before he leaned on the sofa.

"No, even if she confessed, I would have still killed her, but the reality is... that she is innocent in my quest for revenge other than the fact that she failed to keep her subordinate in check."

Davis nodded his head. It is weren't for her being innocent; he felt that there was little to no reason in keeping her alive.

"Nora and I..." Claire suddenly spoke, "Ever since the day I began my cultivation, I could only recall competing with her. No matter what competition or tempering session it may be, we competed against each other. Most of the time, she won, and sometimes, I won. However, that was only until my Soul Forging Cultivation rose above her, leaving her in the dust."

"From that time, the frequency of my victories increased, but Nora soon caught up, and each day, we... seemed to be enjoying the motivation each other gave to reach the peak of cultivation."

"Nevertheless, for my father, I felt that I should become stronger than the norm of what it is required to be a Young Mistress and decided to participate in the Forsaken Phoenix Realm's tempering trial, and that is when I met with her cruel betrayal. That fake Imagery Stone made me feel immense pain from betrayal rather than despair, so I tried to make my way out but got caught by your father."

Claire noticed Davis's strange expression and smiled, "It's not like what you are thinking... After... a few things happened, your father helped me sneak out from the eyes of the Guardian Alliance, and deliberating that I had no reasonable way to return, I came to eventually fall in love with him, giving birth to you..."

"In any case, know that Nora Alstreim is simply not a rival. We were like..."

"Sisters with a complicated relationship...?" Davis finished with a question.

Claire paused before she imperceptibly nodded her head.

"Davis, what do you think I should do?"

"Well, I have two plans..." Davis raised two fingers before he pointed at one with his other hand, "One is a detailed plan while the other plan is a simple one but is also probably the end result if you don't follow the first plan."

Davis waited for what seemed like a long while before he heard it from his mother.

"Let me hear it first, the detailed plan..."

Davis pursed his lips in hesitation before he opened his mouth, "Mother, I'd like to warn you would not like to hear this..."

"It's fine. At this point, I'm already deep inside to back out." Claire's expression became determined.

"Alright, then... The plan is to naturally overwrite Nora Alstreim's target of affection from them to someone else."

"Naturally overwrite?" Claire narrowed her blonde brows, "How is it easy to do that?"

"Didn't Ancestor Dian Alstreim say it?"

Claire became confused before she brought her hand to her mouth as her eyes widened in shock, "You want her?"

She let out a gasp of disbelief.

Davis became unamused, "I don't want her..."

"Then..." Claire's shocked expression faded as it became confused, "What are you saying? If it is Logan, then-"

Davis produced a wry smile, "Did I forget to mention that Nora Alstreim confessed her love to father?"

"What!?" Claire stood up in shock and stared at her son in disbelief.

Davis still kept his wry expression.

...He knew he should've said this sooner, but it was also better if it was left unsaid.

He explained it from the point where Logan and Nora Alstreim's battle started, before how Logan ended up saving Nora Alstreim, even going as far as to embrace her to save her like a hero. He explained how Nora Alstreim's persistent reasons to visit him for a revenge battle were nothing more than a front, and her true intent was to get to know more about him.

He explained how they met one last time as Nora Alstreim gave her word to never approach him again as long as Logan showed his face to her, which he did, but Nora Alstreim blurted out that she liked him, only to have her confession be cruelly rejected without much of an explanation other than stating that he already had someone in his heart.

Davis also mentioned to his mother that Nora Alstreim knows that they are mother and son, but suspected Logan to be his elder brother from another mother but conveniently left out the part where she tried to provoke him to bring Logan after she left.

"Therefore, what I'm getting to is have Nora Alstreim bond with father as there's a chance, and not to mention you; mother, as you both feel like you are sisters, making her confused as to what to do when both sides she loves are at odds."

"In the end, she would either fail to do anything or retaliate against us in multiple ways we wouldn't expect. Consequently, this plan of mine is also flawed, but this was the best I could think of where both mother and Nora Alstreim comes out on top."

Davis closed both his fingers, "A win-win proposition, or a lose-lose proposition."

Hearing all these words that shook her mind and soul, Claire sat back down, and her expression was still saturated with disbelief, but it was also incredibly complex as she felt that there was no need for her son to lie to her.

"Why didn't you say about them sooner?"

"Well, I thought that it was a matter that had ended for good, but it looks like you would need to visit it once again, so I reopened it."

"You don't seem angry at father?" Davis frowned.

Claire didn't instantly reply.

She shook her head as she released a breath, "Logan didn't lose his mind to temptation and didn't make the blunder of having an affair with a person whom I thought was an enemy until now. In reality, he had cruelly turned down Nora by your words, proving that he is always loyal to me, so why should I be angry at him?"

"Mother has a point..." Davis nodded his head, but inwardly, he felt like he had avoided a land mine.

No! It was like he successfully defused a live land mine from exploding!

The way she took it calmly exposed to him that his mother was used to this matter. If it was in the past, he knew that she would be raging hard right now!

There were a few seconds of silence before Claire voiced out her question again.

"What about the simple plan, and also the foreseeable end result if I don't follow this outrageous plan of yours?"

Davis paused for a while before a strange expression appeared on his face.

"KILL!!!"

Claire's heart shook as her eyes went wide!

Davis stood up and advised, "So choose wisely, mother. I don't want to leave future trouble alive so that it can devour us at our weakest times."

"You... quite easily say that..." Claire's expression twitched.

"Of course, you don't need to follow one of these plans if Mother can come up with a better one. If Mother doesn't want to kill Nora Alstreim, just don't leave future trouble where I would have to be forced to stain my hands with her blood."

"I'll take my leave then..."

Davis didn't entertain his mother anymore and left as there was a limit to how much he could influence the other party's emotions and decisions.

Claire had her mouth slightly agape as she watched him leave. A moment later, she lowered her head as her thoughts descended into contemplation while the hall became dead silent.