Chapter 38: DO NOT READ: NOTICE!!! Do not read the next two chapters. Please, just skip them and move on to the second arc. I already labelled them as 'Do Not Read'.

NOTICE!!!

Do not read the next two chapters.

Please, just skip them and move on to the second arc. I already labelled them as 'Do Not Read'.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The story gets more interesting as it goes on, so please ignore this minor issue.

Thank you.

She smiled lovingly at me, waving me goodbye. I was too stunned to reciprocate her energy, waving only in a stunned state.

While her answer explained a lot of things, it caused even more questions. To think my own grandfather had been my tutor for so long, and I was left unaware.

"Mum calls him Alphonse... I called him that too. Other than the slight display of affection they displayed once in a while, I couldn't sense any kind of family bond..."

Still mumbling to myself, I looked at the book she had given me before I entered the carriage. Rubbing it slightly with my hand, I calmed myself. There had to be a reason for me not knowing of it.