Chapter 645: It's Just an Illusion
Alexander smiled faintly and said casually, "Strictly speaking, we haven't gathered everyone yet. Lord Eldie Fiona and his granddaughter Hailey are both imprisoned in the dungeon, and Fiona's grandson Leo has yet to make an appearance. However, it doesn't matter, as the two condemned prisoners are not qualified to compete for the ancestral home, and Leo doesn't care about the old mansion at all. As for me, I already possess more wealth than I can spend, so why would I care about this old mansion?"
The female journalist finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then what is your purpose for coming back?"
Alexander shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Because not long ago, my grandmother Annabel gave me a set of keys to the Lewis family's ancestral home. They were causing a disturbance at home, and this old mansion is located deep in the mountains. It's not possible for me to live here, so I want to give the keys to other descendants."
"Give me the keys!" Storme reached out her hand.
"Give them to me!" Cloude held up both hands.
"Give them to me...give them to me..."
"Give them to me...please..."
Nearly 200 people reached out their hands, all clamoring to have the keys.
The female journalist threw away her recording equipment and raised both hands to demand the keys.
"With so many descendants, who should I give them to?" Alexander shook the bunch of keys in his hand.
"Alright then! In the interest of fairness, I will throw the keys into the air. Whoever can catch the keys will own this set!"
As soon as the words fell, Alexander threw the bunch of keys high into the air.
He used a bit of the Magic Pearl's magic power when he threw it, so the height it reached was unimaginable.
Everyone stared at the sky for a long time before they finally caught a glimpse of the keys' shadow.
They all reached out their hands, trying to grab this set of keys.
Even the experts who came to buy the house also stretched out their hands to snatch the keys.
Just as everyone's eyes were fixed on the keys, Ivy stretched out her hand, wearing a spatial ring, and collected both the Lewis family's ancestral home and the spirit tree inside.
"I caught it, I caught it!" Cloude happily raised the keys.
The other descendants were filled with envy and jealousy, wanting to snatch the keys from Cloude's hand. But due to face, they felt embarrassed to do it on the spot.
Storme said, "Even if you catch the keys, it doesn't mean that the old mansion is entirely yours. As the eldest son of the Lord, I declare that whoever possesses the keys to the Lewis family's ancestral home must come regularly to clean it. I will make regular inspections, and if the cleaning is found to be unsatisfactory, the keys will be confiscated!"
Cloude instantly became angry and said, "Then what's the point of me snatching the keys? I might as well not have them! Besides, who knows if these keys are genuine or fake!"
As he spoke, Cloude picked up the keys and prepared to open a door for a test.
But they couldn't find the Lewis family's ancestral home anywhere.
"Huh, where's the house?"
"Yeah, where's the house?" Everyone was extremely puzzled.
"And the tree? Where's that tree?" The experts were only concerned about the spirit tree, and they searched everywhere without finding a trace of the tree. They were almost going crazy with desperation.
Alexander pretended to suddenly understand, "So Grandma was telling the truth!"
"What truth? What did your Grandma say?" everyone asked curiously.
Suppressing a smile, Alexander said, "Grandma told me that this old mansion has actually mysteriously disappeared ever since the old man and the old lady committed suicide. What people have been seeing is just an illusion, and this illusion appears sporadically, like the legendary...mirage."
"A mirage?"
"An illusion?"
No one believed this statement to be true.
Just a moment ago, the Lewis family mansion was clearly here!
But if they didn't believe in mirages, if they didn't believe in illusions, then what could they do?
The Lewis family mansion had indeed vanished!
Ivy sighed helplessly, "Sigh, we were planning to spend the night in the old mansion tonight, but it turns out it was just an illusion! What a disappointment!"
Alexander also sighed in resignation, "Oh well, let's just go back!"
Saying that, the two of them, along with the pilot, boarded the helicopter.
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