397.Chapter 397


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    Lucas turned and bolted, while Nn unsheathed his de and chased after him..


    Just as Nn was about to close the distance, a pack of vicious dogs suddenly lunged at him.


    In an instant, his sword shed, and several dog heads hit the ground


    By the time Nn finished dealing with the dogs and looked up again, Lucas had already vanished.


    Of the three men left behind, two were dead, and thest oney on the ground, clutching his stomach, dying


    After the ck g soldiers had taken care of the remaining dogs, Ross stepped forward with a grim expression, grabbed the sole surviving foreigner, and yanked off the mask covering her face.


    "Prince Nn, it''s a woman, he reported.


    Though her face got badly disfigured, certain features still made her gender identifiable upon closer inspection.


    Nn''s expression turned even colder, his voice sharp and merciless. Take her back. Interrogate her thoroughly." "Got it!" Ross replied.


    One escapee didn''t matter to Nn. After all, he had eliminated most of the spies


    in Hasen City, and Lucas couldn''t stir up much trouble even if he escaped,


    Still, Nn couldn''t help but wonder if the person who came to rescue Lucas today was the mole or Fletcher himself. Nn''s eyes namowed as he said. "Let''s go. We''re heading to the Henderson family."


    Two dayster.


    The old door was slowly pushed open from the outside with a creak. Dust and cobwebs tumbled down, narrowly missing Eliza and the others.


    Mki, who had followed Eliza inside, felt his eyes sting with emotion as he looked at the once-familiar mansion. Fifteen years... It''s been fifteen long years. Finally, I''m back," he said.


    Never in his wildest dreams had Mki imagined he''d set foot here again. This ce, where he''d lived half his life, clung to his soul like an old scar that refused to fade.


    The Pad family''s estate had been sealed off ever since the tragedy that urred to the Padi family before Eliza was born. She had never had the chance to visit it until now.


    Perhaps it was the unexinable bond she felt toward her grandparents'' family she had never met, but as Eliza stepped inside, she felt no fear. Instead, she felt a strange sense of ease.


    After all, this would soon be her home in Hasen City.


    "Come on, Mki. Show us around, Eliza said, ncing back at Mk, who was still standing there and crying. Then, she stepped inside.


    "Right away, Eliza. I''ll show you everything, Mki replied.


    Quickly wiping away his tears of joy, Mki broke into a radiant smile and hurried


    to take the lead, guiding Eliza further inside. "This is the main hall of the Padi family, where your grandparents used to host guests. Over there is the rear hall your grandpa''s study, and your grandma''s garden..."


    Mki introduced each corner of the estate. Despite the passage of over a decade, his memories of the Padi family remained vivid. It seemed he could go on forever whenever he mentioned them,


    Eliza listened patiently, her mind painting vivid pictures of her grandparents'' family. Through Mki''s words, she could almost see them


    Her kind hearted great-grandfather served as the tutor to the Crown Prince, while her jovial great-grandmother was a renowned doctor Her gentle grandfather was an Academician of the Imperial College, and her equally serene grandmother was the most talenteddy in Hasen City.


    She could picture her great-grandfatherughing with friends in the main hall, her great-grandmother carefully cultivating medicinal herbs, her grandfather poring over books in the study, and her grandmother ying the instrument with her daughter in the garden.


    Through Mki''s recollections, these scenes: Sessfully unlocked! It constantly sketched out one warm scene


    after another


    However, just as they reached the foot of the library, a dark, dried bloodstain left uncleaned shattered the nostalgic


    atmosphere.


    Mki''s voice abruptly stopped, his smile freezing in ce. He


    le stared at the bloodstain in silence, unable to


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    word.


    Eliza nced at Mki''s expression and let out a soft sigh


    After the tour in the library, Mki led her to their final destination, the Padi family''s cemetery


    The moment they got there, Mki could no longer hold himself together. With a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees.


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