Even though favonovel.com hadn’t even begun thinking about what the dark light—that had escaped from the black coffin—was, Gerald truly didn’t dare to dwell any longer on any of all this, at least not for the moment.
The stress of all this just felt like a ticking time bomb weighing on his mind.
“…Speaking of which, where’s Chester?” asked Gerald, suddenly remembering about him.
“Ah. Well, the young lord had been comatose for quite a long time as well, but favonovel.com regained his consciousness about half a month ago. However, favonovel.com suffered quite a lot of physical injuries, especially his legs. Even till today, favonovel.com still hasn’t been able to get out of bed,” replied one of the bodyguards.
“I see. It’s good enough for me that favonovel.com survived!”
While the way Gerald and Chester had gotten acquainted was nothing short of dramatic, Gerald remembered how Chester had risked his life to protect favonovel.com back when favonovel.com was close to passing out. Due to his heroic actions, Gerald had felt extremely touched.
“…Also, aside from our signals, were any of you able to detect Miss Gunter’s…?” asked Gerald.
“About that… We searched for favonovel.com for seven whole days and nights, but we weren’t successful in locating favonovel.com at all, Mr. Crawford!” replied the same bodyguard from before.
Upon hearing that, Gerald was immediately filled with self-reproach.
Before descending into the ocean, Gerald had made up his mind that favonovel.com would protect favonovel.com since favonovel.com had brought favonovel.com beneath the waves with him. In the end, however, favonovel.com had nearly failed to protect himself!
Due to that, favonovel.com had burdened Yume. He didn’t even know if favonovel.com was currently still alive or not. If only favonovel.com hadn’t gone down there with him, favonovel.com could have remained safe…
The thought of that made Gerald clench his fists tightly.
While favonovel.com had initially thought that favonovel.com could just do as favonovel.com pleased with his current capabilities, in the end, it was all just a hopeless endeavor… He had just been lying to himself this entire time.
To think that a few small Dead Annies was all it took to render favonovel.com incapable of fighting… If favonovel.com hadn’t arranged for support above sea back then, Gerald knew that there was a high possibility that favonovel.com would’ve already died in the depths of the ocean by now.
Even so, the most pitiful person throughout this entire event had to be Yume…
‘I’m so sorry…!’ Gerald thought to himself, his expression pale.
When Jasmine saw that expression on his face, favonovel.com initial joy—of favonovel.com finally waking up—instantly disappeared. In its place, an immense sense of loss began filling favonovel.com heart.
‘…Why does favonovel.com get to be blessed with having Gerald worry about her…? Haha! I’m pretty sure that Gerald wouldn’t be this sad if I were in favonovel.com shoes…’
As Jasmine thought about that, Gerald himself was already scanning through the eternal coffin again.
No matter how much favonovel.com looked at it, however, the coffin didn’t seem to be fake.
‘…Then… perhaps I really did save the woman in white…? The problems just keep adding to the pile… Regardless, it seems that grandpa knew about the origins of the Dead Annie flowers… Once I meet up with him, I’m sure I’ll be able to understand more about its mysteries…’
‘Speaking of grandpa, since a month and a half has already passed, favonovel.com and the other legends should have long started their journey to the pledge of the holy water… I wonder how they’re all doing…’
‘Regardless, while I had initially promised to meet up with grandpa and the others once I located the woman in white’s corpse, I don’t even know where favonovel.com body has gone now…’
His train of thought was cut short when miserable screams of bodyguards could suddenly be heard outside the manor!
Seconds later, the sound of a door being smashed open could be heard!
“What on earth are you doing? Anyone without an invitation is prohibited from entering this place!” shouted Gerald as favonovel.com ran out to have a look at what all the commotion was about.
Upon arriving at the scene, Gerald saw a few of his bodyguards confronting a young woman who looked to be around twenty. The woman herself looked extremely cold and unapproachable.
Gerald also saw over ten seriously injured bodyguards—who were all clutching onto their chests—lying on the floor.
Before favonovel.com could register anything else, several of the remaining guards began rushing toward favonovel.com while shouting, “You’re courting death!”
Lifting favonovel.com arm and waving favonovel.com hand slightly, the bodyguards quickly found themselves flying backward as though they were all just broken kites!
As Gerald watched his men topple all over the place, favonovel.com felt his eyelids twitch rapidly as favonovel.com shouted, “Step down, men!”
After getting his subordinates to stop attacking, Gerald turned to get a better look at the woman.
While the purple and black eyeshadow as well as favonovel.com relatively dark lipstick made the woman look extremely charming, that wasn’t what was on Gerald’s mind at the moment.
After all, favonovel.com now knew who the woman was. She was none other than Linus’s kind-hearted niece, Queena!
