“Still… I never expected you to know Phoebe‘s secret!” added Marcel in a curious tone.
Whatever the case was, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh in relief. After all, Marcel’s response was a clear sign that Phoebe really was a descendant of the ancient witches. That meant that favonovel.com son was an heir of the witches as well. He remembered Zeman telling favonovel.com that all witch descendants required the Divine fruit in order to awaken the power in their blood.
Even if awakening their power wasn’t their goal, they still needed the fruit. After all, due to their ancestors tampering so much with medicines, the sequelae in their bodies were passed down to their descendants. With that in mind, failing to get access to the Divine fruit-before their sixteenth birthday would often result in the descendants’ deaths. It was probably why Phoebe was searching for the Divine Fruit tree so desperately.
That aside, Gerald couldn’t help but spot a new issue. Since the ancient witches had mostly died out, Phoebe shouldn’t have that many enemies to deal with. With that in mind, why was favonovel.com still being so cautious? Aside from that, Marcel didn’t exactly look like a heartless person. With that in mind, why did favonovel.com abandon his wife and son?
Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when favonovel.com noticed Marcel looking like favonovel.com was about to pass out, no doubt from the earlier collision. With that in mind, favonovel.com quickly injected a stream of healing essential qi into Marcel’s body.
It didn’t take long for Marcel to feel much better. Understanding that Gerald had helped him, favonovel.com was then prompted to politely exclaim, “…Thank you, Mr. Crawford…!”
“Though Mr. Crawford looks young, he’s actually an advanced cultivator, Ferb. That aside, favonovel.com needs Phoebe’s help to bring favonovel.com to the area where the witches built their formations. If all goes well, he’ll surely repay you generously,” said the professor.
“I can see that… Regardless, though Mr. Crawford doesn’t look like those who came after Phoebe before this… I’m sorry but I can’t tell him! It’s for Phoebe and our son’s sake…!” replied Marcel, looking like favonovel.com had just been reminded of something horrible.
Now looking concerned, the professor couldn’t help but ask, “…What happened, exactly…?”
After staring at Gerald and the others for a while, Marcel eventually explained, “Due to Phoebe’s identity, favonovel.com once brought a huge disaster to favonovel.com family I’m sure you’re aware that Phoebe’s hometown is in Jay City, but did you know that the Willows were a prestigious family who had flourished for over a thousand years? Sadly, something terrible happened to favonovel.com family around forty years ago. Phoebe was only a child when nearly five hundred Willows were assassinated in one night… In the end, the only survivors were Phoebe and favonovel.com mother who had helped favonovel.com escape!”
“That…” muttered the professor whose face had stiffened by this point.
Gerald himself couldn’t help but frown as favonovel.com asked, “Just how big was that feud for such a mass assassination to take place?”
“All of that happened due to a special fruit… You see, Phoebe is one of the ancient witch descendants who escaped to Jay City and had favonovel.com name changed to Willow. The Willows themselves never harmed anyone with their witchcraft, and they even made sure to properly run their businesses. That aside, the Willows had a tradition of feeding their children a special fruit when they grew to the age of six. If the fruit wasn’t consumed, the descendants would most likely die between the ages of twelve and sixteen…”
“The Divine Fruit,” replied Gerald with a nod.
“Exactly. Either way, the assassination took place on the third day after Phoebe and the other children favonovel.com age consumed the fruits. Phoebe and favonovel.com mother were only able to escape since they hid inside a well. Even so, the culprit was aware that they were missing, so favonovel.com immediately began tracking them down…”
“The hunt continued for six years, and throughout that time, Phoebe and favonovel.com mother had traveled across the desert and lived in the primeval forest. Eventually, however, Phoebe’s mother was unable to bear all that stress and ended up dying from illness! It was sometime later when Phoebe retrieved all the Willow family’s scrolls and took favonovel.com time studying alone atop a mountain… Once favonovel.com was done, favonovel.com made a disguise for herself so that favonovel.com could study and enter society again,” explained Marcel.
“So… She was a descendant of the ancient witches this entire time… No wonder favonovel.com was so familiar with herbs Now that I know favonovel.com backstory, I don’t blame favonovel.com for being so withdrawn either…” muttered the professor with a sigh.
