Those present included heirs to wealthy families and noble houses, as well as some of their elders. They had all come specifically in the hope of meeting Red Dragon.
Now, nearly a dozen young men had swollen bellies, and the stomachs of twenty or so older men had bulged as well.
They looked nine months pregnant, with something writhing inside their bellies, pushing their skin into uneven lumps.
"Chen Feng, you?!" Anderson looked at a friend of his, the son of a wealthy family in Night Spirit City whose business was real estate.
They had often shared drinks in the past. He had never imagined that now...
A bitter, terrified smile appeared on Chen Feng's handsome face. Drenched in sweat, he stared at his swelling belly as it grew from three months pregnant to nine months before his very eyes.
"Anderson, I'm sorry. Your mother seduced me. I couldn't do anything. She even threatened me... You know we can't defy a noble."
"Save me!"
"Hurry, save me! You're an Awakened. You must have a way!"
Anderson's mouth fell open.
I treated you like a brother, and you wanted to be my dad?!
He looked around in horror and saw plenty of other people with swollen bellies. He felt utterly lost. He had never imagined his mother had become like this.
Then he abruptly turned toward An Lu, his father in name, only to find nothing unusual about him at all.
He fell silent.
Many others who witnessed the scene fell silent too.
It was so dramatic that some even forgot about the Aberrant. Their minds raced as they prepared the gossip they would spread.
This was undoubtedly the greatest scandal among the nobles in the past decade.
Once exposed, its impact would be explosive. It might well make the nobles