lgor, otherwise known as l, barely had any great talents to speak of. His family's status was in decline, and he was an ostracized sorcerer who had been sent to the border to herd sheep for two years by a top sorcerer clan. anwhile, his childhood sweetheart had been snatched away to beco soone else's fiancée.
Such a life could only be described as pathetic.
Honestly speaking, one of the most important reasons why Ren Xiaosu chose l to lead the Prosperous Northwest's branch office was that he sympathized with him a little.
But at this mont, Ren Xiaosu was really shocked. He had previously thought his relationship with Yang Xiaojin was the purest in the world. But now, it seed that l and Sumr's relationship was also very legendary.
Seeing that Sumr was about to be forced to marry soone else, she actually entrusted soone to quietly send money to her ex-boyfriend? What a touching love story!
However, Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled. "Why did y'all act so sneakily when you're only delivering so money? You could've just sent it over openly."
Chen Jingshu stayed silent for a couple seconds before saying, "We still had to help Sumr get so items back, of course."
Ren Xiaosu probed, "Love letters?"
Chen An'an's expression changed. "How did you know?"
"I was just testing y'all." Ren Xiaosu sighed.
When Chen An'an explained she had wanted to steal a book from the Sorcerer's Tower, Ren Xiaosu thought about it for a long ti. What kind of book would a junior sorcerer like lgor have that was worth stealing? Even if they were after the Introduction to Sorcery, it was still a book that had been edited countless tis. If there were really any secrets in it, they would have already been lost in history.
Therefore, the only book more notable was that fucking scrapbook of love letters.
Back then, when lgor foolishly took out those love letters, it seed he had sohow gotten it right by chance.
Ren Xiaosu looked at Chen Jingshu. "Since she's Russell's descendant, why didn't she live in the underground with y'all and instead lived on the dangerous surface?"
Based on what lgor had said, Sumr had always been living on the surface. In other words, Russell's descendants had always been hidden right under the noses of the House of Tudor.
This was way too dangerous.
"If there's treacherous servants, there's naturally loyal ones as well." This ti, the man who led them here pulled back his hood and answered, "Back then, in order to help Russell's descendant hide his whereabouts, all 17 of his remaining servants made a sacrifice by escaping from Ghent City with the child. But at that ti, the Kingdom of Sorcerers had just been established. As Ghent City was the only city in the entire kingdom, those without any survival experience would find it tough living in the wilderness. Furthermore, they had to avoid being tracked down by the Knights of Tudor."
The man who led them here was in his middle age. He had a long scar on his face that extended from his browline to his chin.
When Ren Xiaosu saw it, he imdiately knew the scar was caused by soone wielding a saber. He could even imagine how the battle played out at that ti.
Soone had slashed down with a saber in his face, but this man survived the attack by turning his face upwards and dodging it.
"In the end, the servants took a risk to send Russell's descendant back to Ghent City and placed him in the care of a family." The man continued, "That was the family of Russell's servant during his early years. That servant's family was expelled from Russell's residence due to a case of theft and left to their own devices. But when real danger ca, they stepped forward again and made the greatest sacrifice for Russell's child."
Ren Xiaosu thought that Russell was truly charismatic. As expected of a legendary figure of his generation. The servant actually repaid his expulsion with kindness to his forr master.
But he wondered, "What do you an by the greatest sacrifice? What did they sacrifice?"
The man looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, "At that ti, martial law was implented in Ghent City, and the Tudor family offered a large reward for clues to the whereabouts of Russell's descendant. Whistleblowing was prevalent in the city, and citizens would report the slightest commotion in any household. If another child suddenly appeared in the servant's ho, his neighbors would definitely find out about it. So the servant killed and buried his own child in the backyard. After that, he took in and brought up Russell's child as his own. Fortunately, Russell's child was around the sa age as the servant's son, so he was able to keep everything under wraps."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. "That's too great a sacrifice."
In this world, there was a saying that "even a vicious tiger will not eat its own cubs." Children were one's own flesh and blood. However, this servant sacrificed his own son in order to protect the bloodline of his forr master.
"For the next hundred years or so, Russell's descendants changed their nas and stayed hidden. They continued living under the identity of that servant's family, passing down their history through the generations as they waited for an opportunity to take revenge." The man said, "It wasn't until a few decades ago that we found clues as to their whereabouts."
"So y'all started planning your revenge?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"That's right, the Tudor family will repay everything they owe to the Sanctuary and the Russell family," the man said.
"Then how did that naïve lgor get dragged into this? Are you planning to make use of him?" Ren Xiaosu could not understand.
"Of course not. lgor is soone Ms. Sumr really likes. The two of them grew up together, but when Ms. Sumr learned about her family's blood feud, she changed her mind." The man said, "She appeared before everyone as a genius sorcerer and hatched a plan to make the Tudor family's eldest grandchild of the main household fall for her so she could enter the inner circle of the Tudor family. Sorcerer lgor was a beautiful accident in her life, but to avenge her family, she could only choose to give up her love. In order not to implicate lgor, she entrusted us to retrieve all the love letters and inform Sorcerer lgor to give up on her."
Chen Jingshu added, "If you hadn't appeared, everything would have proceeded according to our plan."
"What happens after y'all take revenge?" Ren Xiaosu asked, "What's the plan?"
"After that, Ms. Sumr will continue to lead the revolutionary reforms." The man said, "Ms. Sumr is a very independent thinker. Just like her ancestor, she has the air of a natural leader."
Ren Xiaosu wondered if the goal of this woman, who was destined to beco the new leader of the revolution, retrieving the letters was so that others wouldn't know she had gone frog catching with a boy when she was young?
The man suddenly changed the subject and said, "Ms. Sumr has also joined the Sanctuary, so her becoming the new leader is not a betrayal of her beliefs. But now, it seems that a more suitable candidate has appeared."
Ren Xiaosu chuckled and said, "Is it lgor?"
The man paused for a mont before saying, "I was referring to you."
"Are you sure I'm related to your organization?" Ren Xiaosu asked, "Just because I ntioned the Riders and Ren He?"
"That's not it." The man shook his head. "The Sanctuary has always kept a photo of the founder. After Zhang Haoyun t you in Winston City, he relayed back the news that you look almost identical to that person in the photo. Of course, we can still tell there's so differences. Our founder has a much superior air of leadership than you."
Ren Xiaosu realized what was supposed to co was only a matter of ti. Everything he should know would be revealed soon enough.
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