Chapter 636: Chapter 636: A Series of Misfortunes
"Senior."
Wyatt Barnes looked at Mrs. Adams and curiously queried, "I was just asking a few of the Roro Clan guards at the entrance of the Roro mansion... They seed to have no knowledge of ’Winnie’."
This baffled Wyatt even now.
Winnie Roro was Taoi Roro’s, the patriarch of the Roro Clan, daughter.
Logically, every mber of the Roro Clan should be aware of her.
However, those Roro guards behaved as though they had never heard of such a person in the Roro Clan.
"That’s not strange."
Mrs. Adams shook her head, slowly saying, "The lady’s existence, to so extent, is not acknowledged by our Roro Clan... In the Roro Clan, only the patriarch, those around the lady, and so top officials of the Roro Clan, are aware of the lady’s existence."
"The Roro Clan’s higher-ups have always deliberately concealed the existence of the lady... hence within the Roro Clan, not to ntion guards and servants, even so of the younger direct descendants are unaware of the existence of the lady."
By the end of her speech, Mrs. Adams let out a sigh.
"Why do the higher-ups of the Roro Clan do this?"
Wyatt Barnes frowned.
"Because of the face of the Roro Clan."
Mrs. Adams slowly explained.
"Face?"
Wyatt was a bit puzzled.
Could Winnie’s existence possibly affect the face of the Roro Clan?
What kind of logic was that?
"If young Master Wyatt has the ti, this old woman would like to bother you a little... to provide you so understanding about the reason behind this matter."
Mrs. Adams had at so point sat down next to Wyatt.
"I have ti."
Wyatt Barnes nodded, his curiosity about the background of this matter was piqued.
At that mont, Mrs. Adams began to speak slowly:
"Several decades ago, under the Imperial Family in the Great Turdo Dynasty, the two most revered clans were our ’Roro Clan’ and the ’Dragonsmith Clan’."
"Our Roro Clan and the Dragonsmith Clan were always at odds with one another. Eventually, they severed all pretenses and stirred a bloody storm... a never-before-seen struggle erupted amongst the two clans."
"The fierce battles between the two clans were beyond the comprehension of the ordinary. The higher-ups of the two clans vowed to annihilate each other and completely extinguish the opponent’s bloodline!"
"Thirty years ago, several ’Cave Void Realm’ powerhouses of the Dragonsmith Clan were slain by a strategy laid by our Roro Clan. The Dragonsmith Clan was subsequently suppressed by our Roro Clan and almost completely exterminated!"
"During those tis, no one expected... Our Clan’s Chief’s son, the elder young master of the Roro Clan, saved the third daughter of the Dragonsmith Clan and fell deeply in love with her."
"When the Clan’s Chief found out about this years later... our elder young master and the Dragonsmith’s third daughter already had a daughter. That’s when the old Clan Chief died of rage."
"Heartbroken and guilt-ridden, the third daughter from the Dragonsmith Clan committed suicide... At that ti, there remained just one bloodline of the Dragonsmith Clan..."
When Mrs. Adams reached this point, she couldn’t help but let out a sigh of woe.
"It’s ’Winnie’, isn’t it?"
Wyatt Barnes asked.
"Yes."
Mrs. Adams nodded her head.
"I see."
Wyatt Barnes’s look was complicated.
While Mrs. Adams was narrating this story, he guessed that the elder young master of the Roro Clan in the story was ’Taoi Roro’.
And the third daughter of the Dragonsmith Clan would be Winnie’s mother.
Winnie, possessing the bloodline of both the Roro Clan and the Dragonsmith Clan...
"What happened later? Was it the City Lord Roro that protected Winnie?"
Wyatt Barnes asked.
Having been in this world for a while now, he had a certain understanding of its rules.
Great clans like the Roro Clan place great importance on their reputation.
That old Clan Chief of the Roro Clan died of anger because he felt that his son had shad the Roro Clan, and that his poor parenting was to bla.
Wyatt Barnes could imagine – after Winnie’s mother committed suicide, the higher-ups of the Roro Clan, to uphold the vow they once made, must have certainly intended to sever the last remaining bloodline of the Dragonsmith Clan: Winnie.
"No."
Mrs. Adams sighed and shook her head, "The current patriarch, although possessed a strength that was unrivalled among his peers, was no match for those old fellows... At that ti, it was the Head Priest and Elder Kane who interfered and saved the lady’s life."
"However, since then, the top brass of the Roro Clan reached an agreent... They would not let outsiders know anything about this. And the lady was hidden away, since then living quietly alongside the forr ’elder young master’ that is today’s ’patriarch’."
"And that’s why few individuals within the Roro Clan know of the lady’s existence."
Mrs. Adams concluded in one breath.
Wyatt Barnes let out a long sigh, "I really didn’t expect Winnie to have such a complicated past...Does Winnie know about this?"
"She does not know."
Mrs. Adams shook her head, her expression gradually becoming solemn, "Young Master Wyatt, under no circumstance should you ever ntion this matter to the lady... otherwise, I’m afraid she will struggle with accepting it."
"I understand."
Wyatt Barnes earnestly nodded.
He could imagine...
If Winnie were to find out about this, she would probably be devastated.
Her own grandfather, was angered to death by her and her parents.
And her own mother had committed suicide due to the death of her grandfather...
Most importantly, the other half of the bloodline within her belonged to the ’Dragonsmith Clan’.
And the Dragonsmith Clan was exterminated by the Roro Clan!
If Winnie learned the truth of all this, how would she cope?
Wyatt Barnes could hardly imagine.
Therefore, up until now, the best solution was to never let Winnie know this secret.
"Such a tragic girl... With such a pitiful background, and yet she carries the ’Body of the Fire Spirit’."
At this mont, Wyatt Barnes’ sympathy for Winnie Roro grew stronger.
"Young Master Wyatt, Missy will also participate in the ’Dynasty Martial Competition’... At that ti, Missy will formally appear in front of everyone!"
Mrs. Adams said this with a rare smile on her face.
"Is the senior managent of the Roro Clan willing to let Winnie appear in public?"
Wyatt Barnes asked.
"Now, they no longer have any choice."
Mrs. Adams slowly responded, her brows exuding strong confidence.
No choice for them?
Wyatt Barnes was montarily surprised, then soon realized the implication behind Mrs. Adams’ words.
"It seems that the current City Lord Roro no longer needs to consider the faces of those senior mbers of the Roro Clan... However, even if Winnie appears in public, her identity would likely be deliberately concealed."
Wyatt Barnes was certain of this point.
He believed.
As Winnie’s father, City Lord Roro would definitely not let Winnie know her past for her sake.
However, one thing was for certain.
That is, Winnie, the only daughter of the City Lord of the Roro Clan, will henceforth be known and revered by all...
"Winnie."
In response to this, Wyatt Barnes was also happy for Winnie.
Winnie no longer needed to hide.
"I hope this girl with such a tragic fate can find a solution for her ’Body of the Fire Spirit’... My real age is now close to thirty. But up to now, there’s still no sign of awakening my innate spirit body."
Wyatt Barnes sighed inwardly.
Although he was identified as the ’man’ destined for Winnie Roro.
Yet up until now, he had practically no way of helping Winnie Roro remove the potential threat of the ’Body of the Fire Spirit’.
"Perhaps that ’prophecy’ was simply wrong."
Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.
"Young Master Wyatt, why don’t you stay for a while and wait for the city lord and Missy to return?"
Mrs. Adams suggested.
"No need."
Wyatt Barnes shook his head, "I have a place to stay... Since City Lord Roro and Winnie will be back before the ’Dynasty Martial Competition’, I will have the opportunity to see them then."
Imdiately afterwards, Wyatt Barnes took his leave.
Mrs. Adams saw Wyatt Barnes all the way to the front gate of Roro Manor.
To the surprise of all the guards at the gate.
It was not until Mrs. Adams had left and the figure of Wyatt Barnes had disappeared from their sight, that they ca to their senses.
"Senior Mrs. Adams, she actually personally escorted this young master out... Who exactly is he?"
"As soone close to the city lord, Senior Mrs. Adams has always kept a low profile. Even the young masters and ladies of the clan are generally ignored by her... Yet she treated this young man so favorably, truly surprising."
...
Many of the Roro guards were whispering.
But the guard who had brought Wyatt Barnes in earlier maintained a calm expression throughout.
Having seen the old woman’s respectful attitude towards the man in the purple robe earlier, he was not in the least bit surprised about what had transpired.
"Even though I didn’t et City Lord Roro and Winnie on this trip to the Roro Clan, I did learn about Winnie’s past, so it’s not a wasted journey."
After leaving the Roro Clan, Wyatt Barnes prepared to return to the mansion purchased by the Black Stone Empire in the Capital City of the Great Turdo Dynasty.
As he was passing by a tavern, two middle-aged n walked past him.
Their conversation caught Wyatt Barnes’ attention.
"The Graham Clan is expected to make a big splash this ti... The young master of the Graham family who has returned has broken through to ’Enter Void Realm Level Eight’ at such a young age, it’s astonishing."
"I heard that the young master of the Graham family has already touched the threshold of ’Enter Void Realm Level Nine’... By the ti the ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ comnces, he could break through to ’Enter Void Realm Level Nine’!"
"It seems that the Graham Clan will definitely earn a spot in the ’Ten Dynasty Martial Competition’ this ti."
...
The young master Graham?
From the ’Graham’ clan?
Imdiately, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help rembering Brother Graham ’Brian Graham’ with whom he had a relationship.
"Brother Graham is indeed from the Graham family in the Capital of the Great Turdo Dynasty... Could the returning young master they are talking about be Brother Graham?"
Wyatt Barnes’ eyes lit up, and he imdiately stepped forward to intercept the two n who were discussing this matter.
"What are you doing?"
Seeing soone block their way, the faces of the two middle-aged n turned ugly.
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