Chapter 296 Is This a Dream

The scene turns to the Lloyds‘ place.

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Upon ending the call, Hansel exhaled deeply, his nerves manifest as he cast a glance at the figure seated

beside him.

The man, whose long silver hair fell gracefully over his shoulders, appeared unperturbed by the conversation that had just transpired. Instead, his attention was entirely devoted to the small serpent coiled in his hand, which persistently emitted its tongue,

“You consumed nightshade? You very well could have killed yourself.

Hiss, hiss, his3—

“And just because it is by her feet, you think she is the one who fed you? Who taught you that?”

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

No, she remains insensible. You shall not visit her.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The man and the serpent shared a profound understanding, their communication seemingly effortless and intimate.

Hansel, meanwhile, could not suppress the shiver that traced his spine. Despite having observed the serpent’s growth, its status as the most venomous creature in existence filled him with a sense of foreboding.

“Cursemaster. I have conveyed the message to the Burnetts, as you instructed…”

Santiago nodded, his focus unwavering from the serpent.

his concern, “Cursemaster, the connection between the Lloyds and the Burnetts is tenuous at best. If all we require is this girl to mend the Saintess’s garments, is it truly necessary for you to offer your own blood for her

Cursemaster’s blood was priceless,

even if she lay unconscious, teetering on the brink of death. There remained a possibility she could recover without

bemused light, his already striking features now exuding an ethereal chill that momentarily stunned

was…

few drops of blood, and that is

of Bobby and nodded

curved into a faint smirk, choosing neither to argue nor to

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Is

interminable dream, filled with odd and fragmented images. Each time she

road stretched before her, seemingly endless, each

a chorus of voices, each insisting it had been a long time since they had

hurting my

opened her eyes to find herself gazing into a pair of bloodshot,

her memory, Xavier had always been distant and proud, his manner aloof, detached, and filled with a persistent hostility towards her. Yet now, there was

is a

to his feet with uncharacteristic excitement. “Doctor, nurse, Jordan, Milly is awake! She’s awake!” he shouted, knocking over chairs in his haste and rushing to the

Milly was silent.

must be a dream. How else could Xavier, usually so composed,

if she closed her eyes again, she could escape this bizarre scenario.

her eyelids fluttered shut, the sound of hurried footsteps surrounded her, Opening her eyes once more, she found herself encircled by doctors in white coats, their faces serious as they conducted various tests. The cold instruments made her skin prickle. Amidst

with her! Show some

you finished the examination, or did you get your licences from a cereal box? Can’t

not, I’ll have a

“You guys…

his incessant complaining, the more her

he knocked his head too hard. He should be taking

memory of him mercilessly breaking her fingers in the

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