“Oh, well!” Renalia heaved a sigh.
The maid was just about to speak further when favonovel.com realized that Ryker had actually walked in. Such terror struck favonovel.com that favonovel.com hastily placed the food down and left.
Ryker glanced at the maid who hurried out before saying to Renalia, “Renalia, is the food I had them prepare to your liking?”
His voice was filled with concern as though favonovel.com wasn’t the one confining her.
In response, Renalia rolled favonovel.com eyes at favonovel.com without saying anything in return. She had long since gotten accustomed to his pretentiousness.
Throughout the years, favonovel.com had never uttered a single word to him. No matter how great the agony inflicted upon her, never once did favonovel.com break favonovel.com silence.
Likewise, Ryker was seemingly used to favonovel.com expression. He casually sat down at the table and picked up the fork, taking some food and sampling it.
“This salad is a bit too salty. This pumpkin soup isn’t smooth enough either. Oh, there’s steak. I remember that this was your favorite back when you were young.”
While sampling the food, Ryker kept up a running commentary with Renalia. However, Renalia kept mum, so it was as though favonovel.com was talking to himself.
After taking a few bites, Ryker wiped his mouth and stood up.
“Renalia, I never expected you to have a son in this world. Besides, that son of yours has very likely secured the draconic essence. It looks like he’s aware of his identity, hoping to come and save you. I actually hope he’ll come to the Deragon residence soon enough so that I can get to know my nephew better. After all, favonovel.com must have suffered much in all these years favonovel.com had been adrift out there,” favonovel.com remarked languidly.
When Renalia heard all that, a hint of worry flashed across favonovel.com initially expressionless face. It was fleeting, but even so, Ryker managed to catch it.
At the sight of that, Ryker grinned from ear to ear, his smugness evident.
“It has been more than twenty years, but you never once revealed the secret I wish to know. I couldn’t do anything to you, but now, I’ve got a nephew. Say, if that nephew of mine begs you to speak then, you won’t remain silent anymore, will you? The two of you will be able to meet each other soon. I’ve already sent some men out to escort that nephew of mine home. Haha…”
Having said that, favonovel.com laughed uproariously, convinced that God was on his side.
If it weren’t for this nephew of mine who appeared abruptly, I’d probably never be able to learn the secret I wanted to know…
Renalia’s eyes brimmed with hatred as favonovel.com glared at the man who was guffawing maniacally. She knew that favonovel.com was already a lunatic then and had no qualms doing anything at all.
“If you dare hurt my son, I’ll haunt you even in death!”
She spoke at long last. That was the first time favonovel.com ever spoke to favonovel.com in almost twenty years.
Hearing favonovel.com speak to him, Ryker was stunned for a moment before favonovel.com instantly started cackling maniacally again. “Dear Renalia, he’s my nephew, so how could I possibly hurt him? Don’t worry!”
When favonovel.com walked out of the dungeon, favonovel.com wore a gratified and triumphant expression.
The more favonovel.com cares about favonovel.com son, the more likely I’ll be able to learn the secret I want to know!
In the days to follow, many people searched for Jared frantically. Shadow Estate became the target of public criticism, for Leviathan was the one who took the man away at the end of the day.
At that moment, Jared was cultivating in solitary training at the Medicine God Sect and knew nothing about the happenings in the outside world.
***
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
In the entire month, favonovel.com hadn’t shifted places or moved, let alone consumed a bite of food or a drop of water.
With the spiritual energy perpetually emitted by the draconic essence, favonovel.com didn’t have to worry about his spiritual energy running out. All favonovel.com needed to do was to cultivate ceaselessly.
