Chapter 874: Chapter 874: She Has Her Family Behind Her

Donovan Jennings knew that the place where Scarlett was living now belonged to the Demon Clan territory.

Although he could also go directly through that uncle of his.

But knowing the subtle relationship between his mother and this uncle, he wouldn’t ask for his help unless necessary.

Dashiell, upon hearing that Donovan wanted to see someone, couldn’t help but gulp.

“They’re all at the Academy right now.”

Because of the preparations for the internal selection, Samuel Chalmers and Scarlett Jennings had returned to the Academy today.

However, the atmosphere between the two was noticeably more subtle because of last night’s events.

The subtlety was mainly from Samuel Chalmers.

Scarlett Jennings acted as if nothing had happened, continuing on as usual.

This made it difficult for Samuel Chalmers to act too obvious, so he pretended as if nothing was amiss as well.

At least on the surface, the two were still the same as before.

“The matters regarding the big internal selection were finalized today, and starting tomorrow, it will temporarily be divided into two venues, each of us responsible for one.”

Because up to now, only the two of them could differentiate the impurities, Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalmers had to keep a separate watch, ensuring to sift through all the demon students in the Academy in the shortest time possible.

Samuel Chalmers naturally had no objections, “Alright.”

Scarlett Jennings confirmed some details with him, and while they were speaking, a Demon Security Guard came over, saying that someone was looking for them at the Academy gate.

The guard, when speaking, particularly emphasized the word “someone.”

There was an actual human at the gate looking for them!

Scarlett Jennings was somewhat puzzled but still headed towards the Academy gate immediately.

Samuel Chalmers watched her leave, thought for a moment, and then followed after.

As the two approached the Academy gate, they clearly sensed three auras that were different from the usual ones.

Looking not far away, led by Dashiell, were three members of the Jennings Family. Scarlett Jennings halted abruptly, uncharacteristically stunned.

Samuel Chalmers also looked over at the three humans, naturally locking eyes with one of them.

At the moment when their eyes met, Samuel Chalmers recognized his old acquaintance.

Donovan Jennings.

Scarlett Jennings’s brother, also his friend in his past as Samuel…

But this friend, at this moment, looked at him with eyes that clearly were not the same as before, but rather more complicated.

“Brother!”

As soon as Scarlett Jennings exited the Academy gate, she quickly walked towards the three people, feeling unusually happy even if she didn’t know why they had suddenly come over.

Since arriving at the Academy of Mystique, because she had to focus on her studies and due to Demon Street’s prohibition against humans entering freely, this was the first time in over three months that she saw her family.

When Donovan Jennings heard Scarlett call him brother, his sight shifted from Samuel’s face, his gaze instantly turned gentle, a smile forming at the corners of his mouth, as always.

Seeing her approaching quickly, he stepped forward, instinctively reaching out to her.

But unexpectedly, a figure suddenly interjected from the side, rushing towards Scarlett without a second thought,

“Sister!”

Lucas Jennings, with a face full of excitement and enthusiasm, just as his outstretched arms touched his sister, was suddenly pulled back by a force.

Donovan Jennings smiled, holding him by the back of his collar like lifting a chick, pulling him away from his sister’s embrace, while still taking the time to teach,

“You’re a grown man now, don’t stick around acting so clingy like a child, it’s not dignified.”

Lucas Jennings always listened to Donovan and felt that Brother Donovan’s words made sense.

Although he still looked longingly at his sister, he didn’t intend to throw himself into her arms anymore.

Only then did Donovan Jennings release him contentedly, then he stepped forward, arms opening naturally, giving Scarlett in front of him a light hug.

Lucas Jennings: ???

Brother Donovan, did you forget what you just said?

This isn’t clingy? This is dignified?

Donovan Jennings maintained his usual calmness under Lucas’s burning gaze, lightly hugged his sister and released her quickly, then looked at his sister whom he hadn’t seen in months, his eyes soft and smiling,

“Scarlett, your brother is here.”

He didn’t say why he came, but it inexplicably gave Scarlett Jennings a feeling of reassurance.

Although Adam Jennings and Scarlett had improved their relationship over time, they weren’t on the same level as Donovan or Lucas, certainly not at the “hugging as if long-lost siblings” stage.

He just stood there obediently with a wooden box in hand, nodding to her as his way of greeting.

Scarlett Jennings nodded in response, her gaze shifting from his face to the wooden box in his hand, knowing that Benedict Beast had also come along.

From the very beginning, Samuel Chalmers stood there, watching Scarlett Jennings greet her family, and he shifted his gaze from Donovan’s movements to the box in Adam Jennings’s hand, his eyes moving slightly, clearly recognizing the familiar aura inside the box.

As if in response, the box in Adam Jennings’s hand suddenly moved.

Adam Jennings almost failed to hold it, unsure why the normally quiet Benedict Beast had such a big reaction all of a sudden, thinking perhaps he was hungry again, quickly soothing him in a low voice,

“Wait a bit longer, I’ll feed you jade when we get there.”

Before setting out, he had already placed a piece of jade inside the box; the other jade materials, of course, couldn’t be carried around and had instead been sent with the luggage to their temporary residence.

Even though Donovan Jennings and the others knew that Samuel Chalmers had returned, they were still somewhat surprised to see him in person.

The person in front of them, although appearing to be the same Samuel Chalmers, seemed somehow different.

This feeling was most evident to Donovan Jennings.

Having already been informed by Dashiell about the situation with Samuel, he didn’t pretend to know him familiarly as he used to, only speaking in a calm tone,

“I’ve brought my two brothers to visit Scarlett. If you don’t mind, we’d like to speak with Scarlett alone.”

Even though he was somewhat vexed that Samuel had put Scarlett in such a situation, this was ultimately a problem for Scarlett and him to resolve.

No matter how much he wanted to stand up for Scarlett, he would first seek her opinion.

Just like how, although he arranged for an assistant for Scarlett over here, without her permission, he wouldn’t require this assistant to report every little thing that happened to her in the Capital Metropolitan back to him.

He cared for her, but he wouldn’t make decisions for her in everything.

Samuel Chalmers clearly sensed the calmness and detachment in Donovan’s tone, not that he minded anyway.

Confirming that the visitors posed no threat to her, Samuel Chalmers had no intention of staying to be a part of her “family matters,” and immediately turned to leave upon hearing so.

He left so directly that he didn’t even offer a greeting.

This reaction inexplicably struck a nerve in Lucas Jennings.

Knowing that Samuel Chalmers had changed was one thing, but seeing the change firsthand was another.

This person looked indifferent even towards Brother Donovan, one could imagine the attitude toward his sister these days!

Recalling Dashiell’s complaints last night, Lucas Jennings found it hard to remain calm.

His sister was not alone here.

She had her family backing her!

Amnesia doesn’t justify bullying!

“Wait, you stop right there!”