Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

"Spring Wind and Rain Technique?"

Countess Broumell was slightly surprised and exclaimed, "The Medicine King Sect's profound skill?"

"You know about the Medicine King Sect too?" Eric was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes," Countess Broumell nodded and said, "Over a hundred and sixty years ago, my great-grandfather met the junior head of the Medicine King Sect who was traveling in Europe. The two of them became close friends. It was with the help of that senior from the Medicine King Sect that my great-grandfather was able to improve our family's combat aura, extending the lifespan of practitioners from barely thirty to almost fifty, greatly enhancing our family's strength and truly establishing the Broumell family's position in the French knight world."

"I didn't expect our two families to have such a relationship..." Eric sighed.

Countess Broumell's eyes lit up, "Are you a disciple of the Medicine King Sect?"

Eric nodded calmly, "I am Eric, the current junior head of the Medicine King Sect."

"Your surname is 'Eric'?"

Countess Broumell whispered in surprise, seeming more astonished than when she heard someone could heal her family's combat aura.

"Do you have anything to prove your identity? It's important to me!"

Seeing Countess Broumell's sincere yet somewhat anxious expression, Eric shook his head and took out the symbol prepared by Eric Yun to represent his status as the junior head—a bamboo plaque engraved with the word "Eric."

Countess Broumell hurriedly came down and, after carefully examining the bamboo plaque for a while, looked directly at Eric.

Excitedly, she said, "It's real, it's really you, you are truly the junior head of the Medicine King Sect..."

Eric took back the bamboo plaque. He felt a bit disdainful of Countess Broumell's surprise, but then he was also greatly surprised!

Because all the knights present, including the senior knight and the four guards around Countess Broumell, all knelt down and saluted him with their right fists to their chests, saying, "Greetings, young master!"

"Young... master?" Eric was stunned for a moment before he asked the smiling Countess Broumell, "Why are they calling me 'young master'?"

"Because you are my younger brother!" Countess Broumell's matter-of-fact expression made Eric feel a bit dizzy. "Don't you know?"

Eric suddenly felt as if he had made a huge mistake and nodded with some guilty conscience.

Countess Broumell frowned slightly and said, "Our ancestors from both families formed a deep bond, and because of your family's help to mine, my great-grandfather established a family rule, stating that every generation of the Eric family from the Medicine King Sect is equivalent to a direct disciple of my Broumell family! Don't you know about this?"

Eric nodded, explaining, "I only officially acknowledged my ancestry recently!"

"No wonder..." Countess Broumell suddenly realized, "I was wondering why I didn't see you, my brother, when I visited Grandfather Eric five years ago..."

Eric's eyebrows twitched. He still didn't fully believe it and said, "With our relationship, I believe my grandfather must have known about your family's combat aura, right? But why didn't he tell me when my friend came to the Medicine King Sect for treatment..."

"Wasn't there someone else present at the time?"

Countess Broumell smiled understandingly, "That's right! Grandfather Eric must have been concerned about the consequences!"

"What consequences?" Eric was puzzled.

"Brother, aren't you aware that the cultivation worlds of China and the Western Regions experienced a period of over a hundred years of ice age, which only began to recover slightly in the past twenty or thirty years?"

Countess Broumell's astonished words and expression made Eric blush slightly and said, "It's because Grandfather was afraid of revealing the relationship between our two families, so he pretended to be like that intentionally?"

"Yes. The Medicine King Sect has an aloof position in China, and every action must be cautious. Although the cultivation world in China no longer advocates for fighting against the West, there is still a strong sense of rejection. The situation is similar on our side. So, the dealings between our two families are only known to direct descendants and trusted individuals..."

Eric couldn't help but complain about his grandfather in his heart.

Even if there were outsiders present at the time, couldn't you have informed me afterwards?

Although I basically stayed with Lin Yujie after that, couldn't you spare even ten minutes?

Could it be that Grandfather forgot about this later?

"Alright. Brother, do you understand now? Come on, call me 'sister'."

Eric's eyes flickered slightly, his handsome face blushing slightly, but under Countess Broumell's earnest gaze, he finally whispered, "Sister."

"Good..."

Countess Broumell, who had originally been cold and arrogant, revealed a breathtakingly beautiful smile that could revive all things. She patted Eric on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, what do you want? Sister will buy it for you..."

Eric rolled his eyes silently and muttered, "What's with the tone? Do you really think I'm a three-year-old kid..."

Seeing Eric not speaking, Countess Broumell thought he was just being shy. She waved her hand gracefully and said, "You all may leave. The young master has his own arrangements!"

"Yes, Countess!" After bowing to Countess Broumell and Eric in turn, all the loyal knights left.

Watching the knights leave quickly and in an orderly manner, Eric raised an eyebrow and said, "Are these all your loyal followers?"

"Yes, wondering why I have so many loyal followers?"

Countess Broumell seemed to understand Eric's question and explained, "Most of the guardian knights of our Broumell family are either adopted or hereditary attendants who have learned the 'Ten Commandments of Knights' since childhood. They are extremely loyal and honor-bound to our Broumell family, regardless of their martial prowess or status differences..."

Eric understood. This was no different from the training Sakya gave to the Red Robe disciples, all the result of indoctrination from a young age...

Countess Broumell led Eric into the gorgeously decorated yet not extravagant "White Palace" and poured him a glass of red wine herself, saying, "Little brother, sister didn't know the infiltrator last time was your friend. I hope you don't mind!"

Eric smiled bitterly and shook his head. "That kid was planning to sneak in and steal something. He deserved to be injured. You don't need to apologize..."

In front of her "family," Countess Broumell no longer seemed cold and arrogant. She had a slight smile on her face and curiously asked, "Little brother, what did your friend want to steal?"

"That was actually my idea!" Eric confessed to inciting the crime and said, "It was the two bronze zodiac heads in your hands!"

Countess Broumell seemed to understand. "You mean the 'Bronze Rat Head' and 'Bronze Rabbit Head' from Hai Yan Tang in the European-style building area of Yuanmingyuan Park?"

Eric nodded wordlessly, feeling somewhat ashamed. He hadn't expected to incite someone to steal from his "sister's" house...

Countess Broumell smiled gently and said, "Since it's something you want, sister will give them to you..."

"I didn't actually want them myself!" Eric explained, "I just feel that Chinese national treasures should belong to China..."

"Sister understands!" Countess Broumell smiled and said, "Sister will give you the two bronze heads, and you can donate them to the Chinese government!"

After thinking for a moment, Eric shook his head and said, "It's better for you to donate them directly. This way, you can show your closeness to the Chinese government and further improve your relationship with the cultivation world of China! Moreover, the relationship between France and China has been getting better recently, so if you do this, no one should come out to question it..."

Countess Broumell nodded in agreement, but her expression darkened slightly. She said with a hint of displeasure, "What do you mean 'you'? Broumell is also your family, you should say 'we'!"

If it had been another woman trying to make Eric change his mind, even if she was extraordinarily beautiful, it wouldn't have affected Eric's decision. However, the woman speaking was Eric's "sister," and with Eric's fondness for family, he couldn't refuse her "suggestion"!

"Yes, 'we'..."

Countess Broumell nodded in satisfaction and said, "I know we are still very unfamiliar to each other, so it might be difficult for you to call me 'sister' all the time. And according to our European customs, there's no need for siblings to address each other like that. From now on, you can call me 'Meyer,' and I will call you 'Eric'!"

Although Eric was somewhat surprised at Meyer's unexpected understanding, he couldn't help but relax a bit and smile.

"By the way, Eric," Meyer's eyes gleamed as she asked, "Based on the skills you just displayed, you're almost at the level of a Paladin. I want to spar with you..."

"I heard you're still a Golden Knight..." Eric hesitated.

"I know my strength definitely can't match yours!" Meyer didn't mind and said with a determined expression, "But I want to personally experience and see how big the gap between me and a Paladin really is!"

Seeing the eagerness in Meyer's eyes, Eric sighed inwardly. It seemed that this new sister was also a martial enthusiast similar to Ailing. This fight was inevitable...