Theodore glanced at Mikhail, who had just stepped outside of the arena.
It was also at this moment when he heard a clapping sound, which came from the boy's younger brother, Zion, who had asked him a question a while ago.
'This family sure knows how to make an impression,' Theodore thought.
Just like the majority of everyone in the Main Hall, he also knew of Gerald's circumstances. Kicked out of the Leventis Family, and was currently being hunted down by the Assassin Organization, Death Wish, in Solterra.
Left with no choice, he had decided to try his hand at Blacksmithing in order to earn enough to support his family.
The majority of people thought that he decided to retire as a Wanderer due to the danger that was facing him in Solterra, so no one thought much of him again.
But, now, his son just caught the attention of almost every family in the Event Hall, including the people from the Five Monarch Clans, and 10 Prestigious Families.
A few minutes later, the scoreboard was shown, showing Mikhail's name at the very top.
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Mikhail Leventis - 2,000 Points
Clark Ashford - 110 Points
Matthew Stallard - 96 Points
Noah Griffin - 95 Points
Harry Remington - 90 Points
Isaac Elrod - 90 Points
Tobias Smith - 85 Points
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Arthur's and Michael's face remained calm as they looked at the scoreboard.
Unlike the people here, they were more aware of Mikhail's, Shasha's, and Zion's abilities.
However, since Arthur couldn't openly accept them back to the Leventis Family's Fold, he just kept watch on their progress, and asked Michael to make the necessary arrangements if the opportunity arose.
"It's such a shame that such a talented child is kicked out of the family," Lawrence commented. "Such a waste. Don't you think so, Michael?"
"Mayhaps," Michael replied after he was addressed by the older man.
Lawrence wanted to tease Arthur, but he knew that the old fart would say something along the lines of "The disowned grandson of my family is still more talented than your grandson. Are you slacking off in his training?"
Since Lawrence didn't want to be put on the spot, he decided to not talk to Arthur, and simply asked Michael his question.
Clark Ashford, who thought of himself as the leader of the next generation of Wanderers, wasn't too happy seeing his name in Second Place.
He was certain that he would be at the top of the rankings with his performance by taking out the monster with the highest points. Unfortunately, someone else took the glory, making him feel very irritated.
When Mikhail sat back at the table, Elijah and Vivian looked at him proudly.
It was as if he was their son, and they were the proud parents who wanted to shout to the world "This boy is our son! Isn't he so awesome?!"
Of course, they didn't do anything like that. But, since they were practically the Godfather and Godmother of Gerald's children, their glory is their glory as well.
"How did you know about those things?" Vivian asked Mikhail with a smile. "Did your father tell you about the habitat of those Monsters?"
"Yes, Aunt," Mikhail replied. "Father teaches me a lot of things."
Gerald waved his hand, in an attempt to downplay the matter because he and Mikhail both knew the truth.
This was all part of Zion's plan, and he wanted his father to take credit for Mikhail's knowledge about Solterra.
In order to help prepare Mikhail for his First Wandering, Thirteen condensed all the information he had about Solterra and passed it over to Mikhail and Shasha.
The habitats of the Monsters, their strengths and weaknesses, maps of the world, and any other relevant information related to its Flora and Fauna were implanted inside their heads.
They were now like walking Encyclopedias of Solterra, boasting all the information that Thirteen had gathered about the world, some three hundred years ago.
Of course, he also knew that his information was outdated, but since he wanted Mikhail and Shasha to be as prepared as they could be for their Wanderings, he made sure to give them everything he knew about the world.
Fortunately, even after three hundred years had passed, the relationship between the three monsters that Mikhail had fought remained the same.
After an hour, Theodore awarded the top 100 with the prizes that he had promised.
As for the top 10, he had prepared something more special for them.
"The top 10, please come with me," Theodore said and motioned for the most outstanding children of the current generation to follow behind him.
People watched as eleven children walked behind Theodore with smiles on their faces.
However, after counting, they realized that there was one additional child who wasn't supposed to be in that lineup.
Michael fixed the glasses on his face as he watched his father almost snap the wineglass in his hands in half.
Fortunately, Arthur's control over his emotions had grown stronger over the years of interacting with his bastard grandchild, Zion.
'Just what is that fool doing?!' Arthur was really tempted to jump down from the VIP room and spank Thirteen's bum silly. 'Why can't you behave like most children your age?!'
Theodore also noticed the seven-year-old tailing his older brother, but he pretended not to see him.
Having one more child inside the Remington Treasury wouldn't make a difference anyway.
The reason why Thirteen tagged along was because he didn't know what kind of rewards Theodore was planning to give the children who scored the highest in the event that he held.
His brother Mikhail wasn't as knowledgeable as him, so he tagged along to make sure that his brother wouldn't get tricked into choosing something that he didn't need.
Also, his skin was thick enough to ask that his brother get additional rewards because he was number 1 in the Rankings.
After entering the Remington Treasury, Thirteen realized that the Monarch Clans were really different from the Prestigious Families.
Their treasury was bigger, and had more items compared to the Leventis Family.
This made Thirteen want to tell his Grandpa to do better in expanding their Family's treasury because he didn't want to be associated with Peasants!
"Now, all of you will be allowed to take one item from the Outer Treasury of our Clan," Theodore stated. "The ranks of the items here are up to the Initiate Rank. The top 10 can get one item. The top 5 can get two, and the top 1 can get three."
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(A/N: These are the Item Rankings and the Human Rankings. No one can use an item rank that is above their current Rank. It's similar to games, you can touch it, but you can't equip them in battle.)
Rookie - Bronze Grade
Adept - Silver Mid
Apostle – Silver Mid - Silver Peak
Elite - Gold - Gold Mid
Initiate - Gold Mid - Platinum
Master - Platinum
Grandmaster- Mithril
Champion - Adamantine
Throne - Mythical
Monarch - Mythical
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Theodore glanced at the faces of the children, and smiled at them all.
"Make sure to not take more than what we are offering you. If you take more than what was allocated to the rank you got from the challenge, not only will the Remington Clan look down on you, but you will no longer be invited in future events sponsored by our family."
Just as Theodore was about to say more, he noticed the seven-year-old, who wasn't even supposed to be inside the treasury, wandering off into the distance and checking the displays one by one.
The other children followed his gaze and sneered at Thirteen, who looked very much like a country bumpkin, who hadn't seen any treasures in his life.