Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily)

What the Crawford family did not know, was that outside of their home, Alban had arrived on a plane overnight. He was looking for his own way to get to the Crawford house.

On the roof of the house, Lilly was protected by her uncles and her brothers. She was laughing recklessly until her eyes were bent like the shape of the crescent moon.

Even in the dead of night, she was gleaming so brightly, just like the north star in the sky.

Alban had been observing Lilly, dressed in pink pajamas, the entire night. He had never felt this uneasy from the depths of his chest ever in his life.

She was too powerful.

He had always thought that she relied on how rich her family was, how powerful her father and uncles were. That could only explain how she could have had so many resources, which made her stronger than he was back then.

Until he discovered that that was not the case.

After reconciling with her, she was already far ahead of him. She was much more powerful than he was.

Alban started to feel regret. If only he had tried to befriend her properly at the start, maybe he wouldn't have to search for another way to get to the other realm so hard. She had the mirror, and he might had been able to borrow it from her if he was a friend...

Lilly, her brothers and her uncles had been secretly watching the night sky on the roof of their house.

Needless to say, she had already spotted Alban spying on them from afar, right outside the periphery of the Crawford Manor.

She had been laboriously observing him the entire night, but she had not realized what he was truly up to.

What was the deal with this boy anyways? Lilly was very bothered by Alban outside of her house. Even after she went back to her room, she couldn't help herself and held up the mirror that was on her table.

“Mirror, mirror. Please tell me. Alban has been standing outside my house for the whole night. What does he want exactly?” (2-0) (0_0;) [eo] The mirror could not believe what Lilly was trying to ask from it.

It was a big magical mirror. Instead of asking about the end of the universe, nor who made the rules of the different realms, nor what the origin of life was, but what this inconspicuous, unimportant little man was trying to get at? The World Mirror gave an exasperated answer. “Alban, wanting to change his fate of dying at 18, is looking for a way to the underworld. He has taken a fancy at the elevator that you have created.” Lilly was baffled. She thought about how Alban was staring at her earlier.

Oh, so he was coveting her elevator? “Well, | do have a way to send him to the underworld...” Lilly laid down speechlessly, spreading her arms and legs wide on her bed.

The mirror agreed quietly. She not only has a way to send him to the underworld, but also directly to the Palace of the Ruler of Hell.

The mirror seemingly yawned, and fell asleep in an instant.

The next day, Lilly slept until noon. She had not been out of her room. Alban had waited outside for a whole day now, pondering to his wits’ end.

Should he walk up to her and apologize? But would he seem scheming? After all, he had only just discovered that she has such magical powers. And to come immediately just to flatter her...

No, this isn't flattery. But what if it is? If the strong wanted to become stronger, they have to go through a lot of forbearance and hardship.

Lilly ended up not coming out of her room the whole day.

Alban: “..." But what was scary and surprising was the fact that at this age, Alban was not irritable nor impatient, but was waiting even more impatiently instead. Having had to wait for a whole day has made him even calmer, and even more modest.

Tia gave her brother a call. “Alban, where on earth are you? Why haven't you come home yet?” There was a nasal tone to her voice.

Alban softened and said: “Hey now, I'm still working outside. I've already made you some food for the next two days, it's in the fridge...” “All of it is your favorite. Just remember to heat it up in the microwave when you want to eat it, okay?” Tia sounded a little aggrieved, but came around anyways. “Okay... Please be careful alright? Don’t overwork yourself.” Alban nodded. He simply told her to not to go out if there was no need to, to stay at home and watch TV but not to touch the power supply, and not to answer the door no matter who it was. Then he put down the call.

He looked at his phone screen in silence. There was a photo of him and Tia together saved as his wallpaper. Her smile was unbelievably bright.

For her, he had to continue persisting.

Lilly only left her room after three whole days, because she had to go to school.

This week she was going to participate in a national mathematics competition, and she was going to be briefed by her teachers about it today.

Right when she was leaving her home compound, she saw Alban standing by the roadside.

The car drove past him, and Lilly poked her head out the window with a strange expression on her face.

Everything outside the car was moving in reverse, Alban seemed farther and farther away as the car moved forward.

“What are you looking at, Lilly?” Josh asked his sister curiously.

The car took a turn, he didn’t manage to see Alban.

Lilly sat back in her seat, and said: “l saw Alban. | just don’t know what he’s doing, standing there by himself, not making any noise,” Wasn't he trying to take her elevator to the underworld? Lilly thought that he was going to stop her in her tracks and fight her as soon as she left the house. So, it was surprising to her that he didn’t do anything at all.

“Who?” Josh forgot who Alban was.

“What is he doing here?” Drake was annoyed.

“When | was examining the “elevator” yesterday, | went to Apex Mountain. | saw him at the cliffside.” Lilly replied.

Drake frowned even harder. “So he saw you?” Lilly nodded. “Yeah he did. And he was looking at my mirror for a long time.” Josh chimed in. “F*ck, so he’s after treasure! | told you, he was up to no good!” Zachary sneered. He was already thinking about a plan to beat up Alban.

Drake looked at Zachary and nodded his head. He knew what they had to do.

He took out his phone and called Jack, and told him to beef up the security at home.

“Make a report and get backup. And also, install an electric fence.” Josh told Jack over the phone.

“What fence? No one’s going to stop me from getting through the fence....” Hannah butted in, half awake.