Chapter 1962
Though Ye Fan''s voice was not loud when he said that, his grave words fell with such weight and
impressed upon the old woman the depths of emotion in his sonorous promation.
Ye Fan had had a difficult life with hardships guing every stage of his brief two decades on earth.
He was exiled from the Chu family as a boy. Under the threat from his own cousin, he fled across
the ocean to China.
He had sought refuge from the Chu Sect in the Ye residence by running from Jingzhou to Yunzhou.
Eventer, when the forces of the Chu Sect had been defeated and the whole world besieged, Ye
Fan ran.
I have been running my whole life. No more. It''s time to make a stand. I will take back everything
that belongs to me one way or another!
Given the tall order of the mission, Ye Fan was not delusional about his prospects, as the trip to the
cave had undoubtedly given him an iparable sense of confidence that he had never had.
I am done running from the world. It''s the world''s turn to run from me.
Without saying another word, Ye Fan turned and walked away.
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“Where are you going, sir?” Geetha asked at once.
Selva disyed a simr expression of concern. “What are you going to do, young man?”
Ye Fan merely looked back and smiled. “I''ll kill them all.”
The solitary man''s easyughter dispersed in the windin the wake of his journey. On his back, the
five divine weapons pierced the sky with as much murderous intent as their master.
Meanwhile, in the huge manor of the Vias family downtown, exotic beasts kept as pets were seen
lounging on the vast expense of fragrant grass. Countless servants bustled in their toil of
maintaining the extravagance of the most powerful noble family in India.
The sky was overcast by the gray, ominous thunderclouds that day. The air,den with moisture that
foretold an imminent storm, swept across the city from the ocean and threatened to suffocate the
inhabitants of the city.
“D*mn the weather!” someone grumbled. “It looks like Uncle''s wedding has to be postponed again.”
At that moment, a luxury car rolled to a halt outside the entrance to the manor.
A young couple helped each other out of the car while the door was being held open respectfully by
the chauffeur.
The speaker was a man in his early thirties.
“I''ve checked the weather forecast,” the woman said reassuringly. “This will pass by tonight. Don''t
worry, it''ll be sunny enough for Uncle Fen Tian''s big day tomorrow.”
The man nodded. “I hope so.”
While they were talking, the couple noticed a delicate figure sweeping the stairs at the doorway.
She was d in a tattered dress of dark gray, and her xen hair draped lifelessly over her
shoulders. Even her face was smudged with dust.
Armed with a broom, she clumsily attempted to sweep up the fallen leaves littered across the manor
grounds with clear ipetence.
Suddenly, she missed a step and fell to the ground.
The crash brought her presence to the man''s attention. With a disgusted re at her, he cursed in a
low voice before turning his head away rather than subject himself to her sight.
The woman beside him noticed the change in her husband''s mood. After coaxing the man to enter
the house by himself, she walked toward the girl dressed as a servant.
Noa sat on the steps and examined the bloody skin on her ankle with a pained expression on her
delicate features.
She looked up at the sound of approaching high heels and stood up immediately. “Beatrice,” she
blurted in a panic.
Smack!
The woman pped Noa hard across the face.
“You still have the cheek to look me in the eye?”
Beatrice spat viciously. “After lying to your family and abandoning your country? Yourfather died
because of you, and Uncle Fen Tian was injured due to your actions. If it weren''t for your brother''s
kindness, you would have been executed for treason! Remember that. You are no longer a Vias.
You are now nothing more than just a servant!”
Beatrice reveled in the descent of the once-beloved daughter of Gray Vias.
Who knew that this day woulde for you, Noa?
Noa was once the favored child of the Vias family. Her father had even proimed her his heir. As a
result, she had been treated by members of the Vias household with almost as much reverence as
the old patriarch himself.
As Norton was only a ward, he was naturally not as favored as Noa. At that time, although he and
Beatrice were Noa''s elders, they resigned themselves to grovel before her for the rest of their lives.
However, an unexpected stroke of luckpletely changed everything.
Over a month ago, word of Gray sumbing to fatal injuries reached the Vias household.
Later, the King of India, who had been simrly injured, brought Noa back to her family. It was from
Fen Tian''s mouth that the Vias family found out it was Noa who had paved the way for a foreigner to
take the life of her father and almost that of the King of India and the inhabitants of his entire
kingdom.
That grievous sin Noamitted was deemed unforgivable. Without giving her the chance to prove
her innocence, she was immediately branded as a traitor to both her family and country.
Norton, on the other hand, took the opportunity to usurp the position of heir to the Vias family with
the support of Fen Tian.
Naturally, Norton''s first decree as the new patriarch was to make life difficult for his sister.
It was only due to the persuasion of the n elders that Noa was spared. Otherwise, Norton would
have undoubtedly gotten rid of his sister.
After all, he knew deep down that he had not been rightfully appointed. As the appointed heir of the
old patriarch was still alive, Noa''s existence remained a threat to Norton''s position as the head of
the family.
Since killing her outright might produce more harm than good, Norton decided to torture the girl to
death instead.
As she had been spoiled since she was a child, Norton was confident that Noa would not be able to
endure much suffering and that it would not take long before she sought her own death instead of
necessitating his involvement.
To the surprise of Norton and his wife, the girl proved tougherthan he imagined even after being
degraded for over a month.
“What are you still standing there for?” Beatrice screeched. “Have your brother''s car washed! If
there''s even a speck of dust, you''re going to wish you were never born!”
Noa did not respond. Instead, she meekly fetched some water for her task.
If Ye Fan were here, he would definitely not believe that the domineering princess he once knew
now looks like this.
Despite being humiliated in servitude, she did not resist her circumstances. The pride and spirit that
she once had seemed to have all been worn away.
It''s not all bad, though. Setbacks are what make us grow the most. Look at me, I have already
learned to endure suffering in silence.
Noa knew that resistance was futile because the only person who was capable of protecting her
was no longer there.
Despite the Viases being a huge family, Noa had never felt more alone.
The death of her father was undoubtedly a huge blow to her. She also could not shake off the guilt
in her heart because it was indeed her who took Ye Fan to the Ind of the King of India.
If I had not led the way, the battle would never have happened, and Dad would not have died. It was
my fault that he died. Being a servant is the least of what
I deserve.
Little did Noa know that her father had not only survived on the Ind of the King of India but was
also saved by Ye Fan and the people of the Elysian Faction.
Unfortunately, Noa''s father made the mistake of having Norton pick him up from the ind.
Being one of wild ambition, Norton knew that he would never inherit anything of value if the rules of
proper session were followed.
With a cold, calcted blow, Norton killed Noa''s father en route from the ind and put all the
me on Noa. Before anybody could digest the shocking news, Norton had gainedplete
control of the entire Vias n. As for the formerly favored heiress, she was directly demoted to a
ve by her brother.
The pain of losing a father, coupled with the humiliation of being a servant, almost drove Noa mad
with grief and destion.
Despite seriously contemting paying for her transgressions with her life and joining her father,
she did not yield to the temptation in hopes of seeing Ye Fan again.
It''s all I can do just for another glimpse at him. I refuse to believe that he is dead.