Chapter 224
vin entered the manor alone, refusing anypany, and wandered through the decrepit
buildings and courtyards. He could almost hear the joyousughter from years past and see the
faces of loved ones. The ruins of the courtyard still bore traces of those days, but the people were
gone.
vin had braced himself for this moment, yet his heart still felt constricted. He found himself in the
courtyard where his parents once lived, now just rubble and overgrowth.
"Father, Mother, your son has returned."
vin sat on a stone, quietly observing the familiar ruins. He had returned, and the Mallister family
would never leave again. No one would take this city from him again.
“This city and its people would all silently await your return. Be it in the flesh or in spirit.”
“vin, may Ie over?” Dainis approached, her gentle beauty and dignified grace making her
seem like a nobledy from a secluded bower.
vin rubbed his face hard, grounding himself back to reality.
“Don’t be sad. The past is behind us. What matters is that you protect the Mallister family today, and
the future Stormcast.”
“Some things can be left behind, but others can’t. I will find out the truth about who caused this
tragedy over the past eight years.” Dainis moved gracefully towards vin and draped a cloak over
his shoulders, her touch tender. “Do you remember much about what happened eight years ago?
Father has been investigating, but he hasn’t found any useful leads. If you remember anything, tell
him, it might help.”
vin shook his head. “It was the loss of a magical treasure that brought disaster upon my family.”
With delicate fingers, Dainis gently caressed vin’s cheek. Her voice was full ofpassion. “Do
you know what magical treasure it was?”
vin raised his hand to push hers away, but subconsciously he looked up, locking eyes with
Dainis. In that instant, ripples stirred in the clear depths of Dainis’ eyes, and a spark of sharpness
twinkled through and pierced into vin''s gaze.
vin felt a momentary daze. His raised hand slowly fell as he gazed at her, perplexed.
"Do you know what the magical treasure is?" Dainis asked again, her eyes rippling as she stared
straight into vin''s.
"I do not."
"What do you know?"
"A few days before the incident, the Grand Elder of Cobalt Strike came to my father and spoke
privately of certain matters. Later, my father left with his personal guards and returned with a
magical treasure, which he hid among the tributes, and then took it to Cobalt Strike with my mother."
"Where did that magical treasuree from?"
"I do not know."
"In your years at Cobalt Strike, did the Grand Elder ever mention anything to you?"
"No." vin slowly shook his head.
Dainis'' expression turned cold, and gone was any hint of her prior softness and delicacy. Her eyes
rippled as she stared into vin''s, pressing further, "What fortune have youe into? Is it rted
to the secret treasure of yesteryear?"
"I took a mentor."
"Who?"
"He’s gone."
The ripples in Dainis'' eyes slowly faded away, returning to their pristine rity. She touched vin
gently, rousing him from his distraction. "Why are you daydreaming? What''s on your mind?"
"Hmm?" vin rubbed his forehead, closing his eyes briefly. "Nothing."
"It seems you''re truly weary. I''lle back to see youter."
"Oh, alright." vin sat on a stone, lost in his thoughts.
As Dainis turned the corner, she nced back with a chill in her gaze, then left the courtyard.
vin sat in a daze for a while, a cold light shing through his bright eyes. He muttered under his
breath, "Wretch! I knew you harbored ill intentions!"
Deep within the Energy Realm, the Chained Spirit warned, "Beware, it''s a soul-capturing type of
Combat Magic!"
"Thank you!" vin had almost been ensnared, if not for the Chained Spirit in the Energy Realm
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