Jerome arrived just in time. Recently, he and Eric had been traveling through Chetvine. He had been making the rounds, visiting all his old friends in Chetvine one by one. Along the way, he had been introducing his Eric to these old acquaintances. However, Eric, being the unruly type, got bored early and left on his own.

That was how he ended up running into Brielle and the people from the Divine Alchemists on the road.

Meanwhile, Jerome was heading back when he happened to witness Eric getting into a fight with them. His composed demeanor and authoritative presence made the Divine Alchemists' enforcers instinctively pause in their tracks.

Damon narrowed his eyes and said, "Sir, are you planning to stick your nose where it doesn't belong?"

Jerome replied respectfully, "I apologize. He's my son, and I'd like to know how he had offended you so I can apologize on his behalf."

This was classic old-school diplomacy, immediately taking responsibility to shut down any excuse Damon migh