Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 82 Illegitimate Son

The newsboy looked to be about seven years old, wearing a plaid beret and clothes that were clearly made from adult woolen fabric and didn't fit him well. His little face was dirty.

Upon seeing Xia Fa beckon, he immediately jogged over, bowing respectfully with a fawning expression on his youthful face and a hint of timidity in his eyes.

"Sir, would you like a copy of the Augusta Morning Post? Today's news is absolutely fascinating!"

Xia Fa was somewhat impressed that such a young child had already developed such interpersonal skills.

"Have some."

He placed the two copper coins in his hand into the newspaper boy's palm, thought for a moment, and then took out two silver coins and placed them on top of the two copper coins.

With a soft "ding," the pleasant sound of coins colliding rang out, but a look of surprise appeared on the newsboy's face.

"Sir, what's wrong with you...?"

Xia Fa smiled:
"I need to read the newspaper for the next three days, so please leave it at my door every day. Consider the extra amount as a delivery fee."

The newsboy seemed unable to believe what he had just heard, and a great joy welled up in his heart.

He only earned one copper coin for selling newspapers for a day, but now he has earned a full one silver coin and four copper coins more!
In this way, he and his sister won't go hungry for the next few days!

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! I will deliver the newspaper to your door as soon as possible for the next three days!"

The newsboy was quite excited and bowed repeatedly.

Xia Fa took today's Augusta Morning Post, smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he should go about his business.

He immediately closed the door and, using the light streaming in through the convex window, began to browse the front page headlines of today's newspaper.

Today, the headlines in the Augusto Morning Post are less sensational, but they are even more weighty.

It reads:

Yesterday at noon, His Excellency the Glutton visited the Raelillow family in Augustus.

This morning, the Duke of Oberon proposed in the House of Lords that Raleigh Jr. be appointed Governor of Riverwind.

Xia Fa: ? ? ?
To be honest, when he first heard the newsboy's sales pitch, he thought that the Rellilo family might only improve their reputation among the nobles after he ate a meal there, perhaps attracting other nobles to visit them.

But to his surprise, a duke actually recommended that young nobleman named Little Rilliello to be the governor.
It's important to know that although Riverwind is a small city like Rum City and Brandy City, it's not far from Augustus City and has a port, so the position of governor is a very lucrative one!
Of course, the governorships of Rum City and Brandy City were also lucrative positions; otherwise, they wouldn't have needed to appoint a Major General like Ellis, who would have been more than a Colonel.

"No wonder, I was wondering why little Riley seemed a bit too excited yesterday, now I see..."

Xia Fa chuckled and casually placed the newspaper on the desk.

He didn't understand much about the affairs of the nobles, nor did he care. As long as he brought opportunities to whoever he wanted, he considered it as paying for a meal.

But then again, isn't the influence of his disguised gluttonous person a bit too great?
Is this due to the physical body, or to the glutton?
Hmm... it seems the only possible reason is because of the formidable reputation established by the physical entities...

After calming herself down and not thinking too much about it, Xia Fa prepared to wash up.

After washing up, it's time to go out.

Now that he has joined the Silver Church and become a clergyman, and since he is skilled in some clerical work, he still needs to fulfill his necessary responsibilities.

On the other hand, Xia Fa decided that he needed to start systematically learning about mysticism, as he was so lacking in related areas that he knew almost nothing.

Incidentally, I'll also investigate who was behind the Snow Demon's second loss of control incident and see if it has anything to do with that demigod named Pompeii.

Just as he turned around and entered the restroom,

However, they did not see that the pot-bellied Axel was passing by on Daniel Street with a stern-faced, thin middle-aged man.

……

"Interesting, very interesting, this new entity, Gluttony..."

At that moment, Axo was also holding a copy of the Augusta Morning News, reading it with awe and wonder, and then said:
"Kaldan, do you think that if Lord Glutton were to visit our Augustus family one day, would the patriarch and the other elders, for the first time ever, dine with him?"

The middle-aged man known as Kaldan had a gaunt face, thick, sharp eyebrows, and rather indifferent eyes, especially when walking through the slums, as if the people coming and going were not worth his attention.

Hearing Axor's words, Cardan straightened his red bow tie and said in a calm tone:

“Otherwise what? Unless our Augustus family wants to be exterminated, the other elders and the head of the family should not dare to be absent.”

Axel said with some longing:

"What would it feel like to eat with a real person? If you could perfectly finish such a banquet, you could even tell your descendants about your life experience, haha."

Cardan nodded slightly in agreement, but said nothing more.

Axel suddenly changed the subject:
"Oh, right, since you're here, there's a family dinner tomorrow. Let's all get together."

Cardan remained noncommittal, simply giving a faint "hmm".

But he immediately realized something was wrong:

"Four?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Axel's face:

"Yes."

Cardan asked curiously:

"Besides you, me, and Glenn, are there other members of our Augustus family in this small town?" Axor laughed heartily.
"This is exactly what I'm here to tell you today: I've found a long-lost member of our Augustus family!"

Cardan immediately said:

"Has your bloodline been tested using the 'hourglass of time and blood'?"

Axel shook his head quite calmly:
"No."

Cardan asked, puzzled:

"Does he look a lot like one of our family members?"

Axel shook his head again:

"No, he doesn't even have blond hair and blue eyes."

Cardan was even more puzzled:

"Then how did you determine that—"

Axel interrupted him:
"That young man is called Xia Fa. He is an extraordinary descendant of the Baal behemoth. Moreover, the first and the second secret contracts he is about to sign are both high-level secret contracts. He has also awakened an extremely rare elemental expansion talent, the kind of elemental expansion that is recorded in the family letters and that our ancestors once witnessed!"

A strange light flashed in Kaldan's eyes:
“I understand. It’s just because this guy named Xiafa, like other commoners, used our Augustus family name without permission, and because he’s more outstanding, you want to use that family rule to recruit him, right?”

Axel laughed:
"It seems you've finally figured it out. Besides, what if he really does have the blood of our Augustus family? Such an outstanding young man."

Unexpectedly, Cardan shook his head:
"No, I don't agree."

Axel's smile froze instantly, and he said in astonishment:

"why?"

Cardan sighed:
“In the past, this wouldn’t have been my problem, but this year, as you know, there’s only one spot left, and one of my former lovers came to me, saying that she had given birth to my illegitimate child, and now that the child has grown up, she wants me to find him a good position in the family.”

After hearing this, Axel paused for two seconds, then became somewhat annoyed:
"Kaldan, you are the one who committed these romantic entanglements, shouldn't you deal with them yourself?"

Six hundred years ago, after the Selenes family replaced the Augustus family as the royal family of the Augustan kingdom, commoners and even minor nobles with the surname Augustus would occasionally appear in the Augustan kingdom.

No one knows for sure whether the Selenes family was deliberately diluting the sanctity of the Augustus family name.
However, circumstances were beyond their control. With the enactment of a law that did not prohibit commoners from freely choosing their surnames and middle names, the Augustus family had no choice but to comply.

Fortunately, just over thirty years later, the previous head of the Augustus family suddenly announced a new family rule at the family council meeting.

That is... allowing the family elders to recruit five descendants of the Augustus family who have been living abroad each year!
At first, the elders were greatly puzzled and argued their case, but later they finally understood the patriarch's deeper meaning.

Since there are so many people in the Kingdom of Augustus impersonating Augustus, why not make use of them to legitimately recruit those young extraordinary individuals with extremely high potential or exceptional talent into the family?
In any case, if he were to marry a wife or husband of pure blood from the family, the children born would also have the excellent bloodline of the Augustus family.

It was precisely because of the promulgation of this family rule that the Augustus family has remained strong and powerful for more than five hundred years, occupying the position of the second largest family in the Augustan Kingdom, second only to the Selene royal family.

However, in recent years, this family rule has been abused.

In particular, some family elders use this opportunity to recruit their own or their descendants' less-than-ideal illegitimate children into the family.

Other elders, considering that their descendants might one day have similar needs, could only turn a blind eye to this.

However, Yaxo never expected that the last spot this year would also be taken by an illegitimate child!

Unfortunately, it was Elder Cardan's own illegitimate son. If it were his son's or grandson's illegitimate son, it wouldn't be so bad, but now, things are really complicated.

Axel truly hadn't expected that Cardan, at over two hundred years old, would still have so much energy...

"Let's wait until next year. Next year, I'll be the first to support you in recruiting that young man named Xia Fa."

Cardan spoke at this moment, his tone now carrying an air of unquestionable authority:
"Besides, he only possesses the talent of elemental expansion and has signed two high-level secret contracts. He is excellent, but not that outstanding."

Just as Axor was about to say something, Cardan waved his hand to stop him, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more.

Although both were elders of the Augustus family, Axo ranked last, while he was in the middle, holding slightly more power than Axo.
"Let's leave it at that. After all, this Xia Fa didn't sign a hegemonic talent contract. If he had, you wouldn't need to recommend him. He could even recognize me as his illegitimate son. I'm willing to recommend him into our family as his godson."

Although he was joking, his words remained calm and even as he continued:

“Axo, you have to understand me. My other sons are all useless. This illegitimate son is alright. He's only thirty-five years old and he's already a whale-level superhuman.”

Axel sighed deeply:

"Alright then, but I'm afraid that during this year, Xia Fa might be recruited by another family to marry into their family..."

……

"Glug glug glug—Pfft!"

In the restroom, Xia Fa spat out the mouthwash from her throat, then splashed some cool water on her face, instantly feeling refreshed.

Immediately, he pushed open the door to the washroom and prepared to leave for the church.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he took out Benedict's training notes from his pocket.

"An afternoon and a night have passed, and I still don't know how she is doing..."

With a mix of worry and curiosity, Xia Fa opened the copper-covered notebook and turned to the third page.

But soon, he saw an adventure record that was quite unexpected.

(End of this chapter)