Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race

Chapter 182: Fracture

Caleb choked on his spit before he demanded, "What?"

"Quiet," his uncle snapped.

Grace frowned, causing his uncle to shut up. Caleb was still trying to wrap his mind around how his relatives were basically selling him to a Grace copy. Why did she even want him? They had never encountered each other in this fake world. She shouldn't even know he existed. Was it because she was based on his memories? No, there was no way she would act like this.

"I see that you haven't discussed things with your nephew," Grace said.

He immediately stared at his relatives, who weren't looking in his direction. How long had they been in contact? It sounded like this wasn't their first discussion about him. Caleb tried to recall if he had seen anything suspicious, but he was drawing a blank. There had been no signs of them talking with Grace. Maybe he had just been blind to it after he had decided to screw it all.

"The truth is that our nephew isn't the easiest to speak with," his aunt said as she dabbed a