Chapter 1192: An old photograph

Translator: Legge 

Melgor, otherwise known as Mel, barely had any great talents to speak of. His family’s status was in decline, and he was an ostracized sorcerer who had been sent to the border to herd sheep for two years by a top sorcerer clan. Meanwhile, his childhood sweetheart had been snatched away to become someone else’s fiancée.

Such a life could only be described as pathetic.

Honestly speaking, one of the most important reasons why Ren Xiaosu chose Mel to lead the Prosperous Northwest’s branch office was that he sympathized with him a little.

But at this moment, Ren Xiaosu was really shocked. He had previously thought his relationship with Yang Xiaojin was the purest in the world. But now, it seemed that Mel and Summer’s relationship was also very legendary.

Seeing that Summer was about to be forced to marry someone else, she actually entrusted someone to quietly send money to her ex-boyfriend? What a touching love story!

However, Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled. “Why did y’all act so sneakily when you’re only delivering some money? You could’ve just sent it over openly.”

Chen Jingshu stayed silent for a couple seconds before saying, “We still had to help Summer get some items back, of course.”

Ren Xiaosu probed, “Love letters?”

Chen An’an’s expression changed. “How did you know?”

“I was just testing y’all.” Ren Xiaosu sighed.

When Chen An’an explained she had wanted to steal a book from the Sorcerer’s Tower, Ren Xiaosu thought about it for a long time. What kind of book would a junior sorcerer like Melgor have that was worth stealing? Even if they were after the Introduction to Sorcery, it was still a book that had been edited countless times. If there were really any secrets in it, they would have already been lost in history.

Therefore, the only book more notable was that fucking scrapbook of love letters.

Back then, when Melgor foolishly took out those love letters, it seemed he had somehow gotten it right by chance.

Ren Xiaosu looked at Chen Jingshu. “Since she’s Russell’s descendant, why didn’t she live in the underground with y’all and instead lived on the dangerous surface?”

Based on what Melgor had said, Summer had always been living on the surface. In other words, Russell’s descendants had always been hidden right under the noses of the House of Tudor.

This was way too dangerous.

“If there’s treacherous servants, there’s naturally loyal ones as well.” This time, the man who led them here pulled back his hood and answered, “Back then, in order to help Russell’s descendant hide his whereabouts, all 17 of his remaining servants made a sacrifice by escaping from Ghent City with the child. But at that time, the Kingdom of Sorcerers had just been established. As Ghent City was the only city in the entire kingdom, those without any survival experience would find it tough living in the wilderness. Furthermore, they had to avoid being tracked down by the Knights of Tudor.”

The man who led them here was in his middle age. He had a long scar on his face that extended from his browline to his chin.

When Ren Xiaosu saw it, he immediately knew the scar was caused by someone wielding a saber. He could even imagine how the battle played out at that time.

Someone had slashed down with a saber in his face, but this man survived the attack by turning his face upwards and dodging it.

“In the end, the servants took a risk to send Russell’s descendant back to Ghent City and placed him in the care of a family.” The man continued, “That was the family of Russell’s servant during his early years. That servant’s family was expelled from Russell’s residence due to a case of theft and left to their own devices. But when real danger came, they stepped forward again and made the greatest sacrifice for Russell’s child.”

Ren Xiaosu thought that Russell was truly charismatic. As expected of a legendary figure of his generation. The servant actually repaid his expulsion with kindness to his former master.

But he wondered, “What do you mean by the greatest sacrifice? What did they sacrifice?”

The man looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, “At that time, martial law was implemented in Ghent City, and the Tudor family offered a large reward for clues to the whereabouts of Russell’s descendant. Whistleblowing was prevalent in the city, and citizens would report the slightest commotion in any household. If another child suddenly appeared in the servant’s home, his neighbors would definitely find out about it. So the servant killed and buried his own child in the backyard. After that, he took in and brought up Russell’s child as his own. Fortunately, Russell’s child was around the same age as the servant’s son, so he was able to keep everything under wraps.”

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Ren Xiaosu was stunned. “That’s too great a sacrifice.”

In this world, there was a saying that “even a vicious tiger will not eat its own cubs.” Children were one’s own flesh and blood. However, this servant sacrificed his own son in order to protect the bloodline of his former master.

“For the next hundred years or so, Russell’s descendants changed their names and stayed hidden. They continued living under the identity of that servant’s family, passing down their history through the generations as they waited for an opportunity to take revenge.” The man said, “It wasn’t until a few decades ago that we found clues as to their whereabouts.”

“So y’all started planning your revenge?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“That’s right, the Tudor family will repay everything they owe to the Sanctuary and the Russell family,” the man said.

“Then how did that naïve Melgor get dragged into this? Are you planning to make use of him?” Ren Xiaosu could not understand.

“Of course not. Melgor is someone Ms. Summer really likes. The two of them grew up together, but when Ms. Summer learned about her family’s blood feud, she changed her mind.” The man said, “She appeared before everyone as a genius sorcerer and hatched a plan to make the Tudor family’s eldest grandchild of the main household fall for her so she could enter the inner circle of the Tudor family. Sorcerer Melgor was a beautiful accident in her life, but to avenge her family, she could only choose to give up her love. In order not to implicate Melgor, she entrusted us to retrieve all the love letters and inform Sorcerer Melgor to give up on her.”

Chen Jingshu added, “If you hadn’t appeared, everything would have proceeded according to our plan.”

“What happens after y’all take revenge?” Ren Xiaosu asked, “What’s the plan?”

“After that, Ms. Summer will continue to lead the revolutionary reforms.” The man said, “Ms. Summer is a very independent thinker. Just like her ancestor, she has the air of a natural leader.”

Ren Xiaosu wondered if the goal of this woman, who was destined to become the new leader of the revolution, retrieving the letters was so that others wouldn’t know she had gone frog catching with a boy when she was young?

The man suddenly changed the subject and said, “Ms. Summer has also joined the Sanctuary, so her becoming the new leader is not a betrayal of her beliefs. But now, it seems that a more suitable candidate has appeared.”

Ren Xiaosu chuckled and said, “Is it Melgor?”

The man paused for a moment before saying, “I was referring to you.”

“Are you sure I’m related to your organization?” Ren Xiaosu asked, “Just because I mentioned the Riders and Ren He?”

“That’s not it.” The man shook his head. “The Sanctuary has always kept a photo of the founder. After Zhang Haoyun met you in Winston City, he relayed back the news that you look almost identical to that person in the photo. Of course, we can still tell there’s some differences. Our founder has a much superior air of leadership than you.”

Ren Xiaosu realized what was supposed to come was only a matter of time. Everything he should know would be revealed soon enough.