Chapter 556


    Soon, they got to the end of the line.


    Rue said, “Let’s head inside.”


    Samantha and the others nodded and were about to go into the church when Adrian suddenly said,


    “I’m going to pass on the prayer session, Mother. I’ll be outside.”


    “Why?” Rue asked in confusion.


    At that moment, Juno smiled and said, “There’s a rule at Wyvern Peak where its soldiers are forbidden


    to kneel before anyone except for their parents and benefactors.”


    It was then Rue understood why Adrian was skipping the session.


    “All right then. You go ahead and wait for us outside. Don’t go off without us, okay?”


    After Adrian acknowledged her instructions, Rue brought Samantha and the others in while Adrian


    waited outside. He was watching the stage when he suddenly heard the voices of children saying


    “I want a doll.”


    “Me too.


    “Me three!”


    Adrian instantly looked toward the source of the voices.


    At a spot not too far from the church, a group of children were surrounding a very old–looking man. The


    man had a block of wood in his hands, carving them into wooden dolls. Some children were happily


    tottering away, wooden dolls in hand.


    After a brief moment of surprise, Adrian walked over to where the children were. As he quietly looked at


    the man making his dolls, memories from more than a decade ago flooded his mind as though Adrian


    was browsing through his old memories for


    confirmation.


    “It’s him! It’s Carver!‘


    Adrian was able to recognize the old man as the doll maker from all those years ago. Carver’s legs had


    been amputated for reasons unknown, which was already so when Adrian first met him. However, the


    man looked a lot older now.


    “Calm down, calm down. You’ll all get one each so please line properly,” Carver said to the children


    with a smile on his face as


    he made his dolls.


    Hearing this, the children lined up obediently and waited. Shortly after, all of the children got a doll of


    their own and left happily. Even though everyone had left, Adrian was still looking at Carver quietly.


    Sensing that someone was still nearby, Carver continued to make his dolls without even looking up as


    he asked, “What kind of wooden doll would you like, kid? A tiger? Allon? How about an elephant? I can


    make you whatever you want. Just tell me what


    it is!”


    Carver’s expression was filled with kindness as he spoke.


    At that moment, Adrian said, “I’d like to have a doll in the shape of Wyvern Peak’s next legate. Could


    you make that for me?”


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    Carver was stunned for a brief moment when he heard this and looked up. When he saw that it was


    Adrian, he said, “You’re here,d.”


    “You know who I am?”


    Carver smiled. “I met you once sixteen years ago, but I seem to recall you being around ten at the time.


    You were here with your parents, I believe.”


    “Did you know I’d be here today?”


    Still smiling, Carver replied, “I predicted you’d be back here today sixteen years ago, and it looks like


    my prediction was correct.”


    That was the first time Adrian felt that Carver was a rather extraordinary man.