“Mr. Linford, Eastshire District is currently leaderless. Considering your family’s influence, I believe now is the perfect time for you to take control of the entire district,” Jared suggested to Marvin.
Marvin remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke. “My soul has just returned to my body, so I wish to rest for a while longer.”
“Father, let me help you to your bed.” Luna supported Marvin, then turned to Jared and Flaxseed. “Mr. Chance, Mr. Flaxseed, please excuse us for now…”
“Sure, Ms. Linford,” Jared nodded in understanding. No sooner had Luna helped Marvin move two steps forward than she turned back to look at Flaxseed. “Mr. Flaxseed, the two maidservants can’t handle it anymore, so I’ve assigned two new ones for you. This time, I hope you can be a little more gentle toward them.”
Flaxseed’s face flushed, and he quickly nodded. “Yes, yes, of course!”
Luna helped Marvin into his bedroom. Meanwhile, Jared and Flaxseed also returned to their own rooms.
“Luna, what do you think of Jared?” Marvin asked Luna with a grave expression once they were inside the room.
Luna was momentarily stunned, then replied, “I think he’s great. He’s kind, handsome, and most importantly, he’s incredibly powerful. He was able to kill Drystan and someone from the Malevolent Path Hall. Lord Eastshire didn’t even last a single exchange of blows against him.”
Hearing Luna’s high praise for Jared, Marvin scrutinized her. “How did you two meet? Did you sleep with him?”
“Father, what are you saying? I’m not a promiscuous woman.” Luna’s face turned red, and she continued, “I was kidnapped by two people from the Sixth Hall, and they were trying to defile me. Fortunately, Mr. Chance and Mr. Flaxseed happened to pass by and saved me. It’s just that… It’s just that…”
“Just what?” Marvin pressed.
“It’s just that my clothes had been ripped off at the time, so Mr. Chance must have seen my naked body…” Luna confessed, blushing profusely.
“That’s nothing!” Marvin said, shaking his head slightly.
His gaze then became profound as he looked out the window. “Jared is not as nice as you think. For him to be able to kill Drystan and Stebarin while only being in the Earthly Immortal Realm, he’s definitely no ordinary man… Moreover, although my soul was harvested by the Sixth Hall, it was ultimately absorbed and refined by Jared.”
“Huh?” Luna was bewildered. “Father, how did that happen?”
Marvin could only recount everything that had happened during the preaching in detail.
Now that his soul had returned to his body, he remembered everything. The reason he hadn’t revealed it in front of Jared earlier was his knowledge of the latter’s power. He was afraid Jared would kill him as that would spell the downfall of the entire Linford family.
Even Marcus, Drystan, and Stebarin were no match for Jared, much less the Linford family.
“How could that happen?” Luna was completely stunned, and she stared at her father in disbelief.
It took her a while to recover. “I’m going to ask Mr. Chance why he lied to me.”
“Luna, don’t go…” Marvin stopped her.
Luna suddenly remembered something and asked, “Father, since Mr. Chance absorbed your soul, how was he able to release it again?”
“I’m not sure what method he used, but my soul is certainly back now. Besides, he already warned us back then, but we were all blinded and ended up having our souls harvested. In a way, we deserved it, so we can’t blame Jared,” Marvin said, worried that Luna might still go and confront Jared.
