Chapter 37

Elian could only bear it. After all, Mr. Ashcroft was his god-grandfather.

He wasn't related by blood, but it felt just the same.

Mr. Ashcroft had been a comrade of Elian's real grandfather, and after the grandfather's death, he had taken his surname in honor of him, treating Elian as his own grandson.

So, their bond was as close as any blood relation.

Elian cleared his throat and said earnestly, "Grandpa, don't believe everything you hear. You can't take every rumor seriously."

Mr. Ashcroft gave him a sharp look before explaining what had happened that day.

"Today, I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly fell ill while on the road. I didn't have my

medication with me, and it hit fast. If it weren't for that young lady, you might be looking at my corpse right now," Mr. Ashcroft stated calmly.

another guard, who wasn't with him because he was visiting relatives in Zephra. He was due back tomorrow, and traditionally,

"Louis!"

commanding tone made Louis stand up

"Where's the medication?"

Kevin. He went to visit family and won't be back until tomorrow. Besides, according to the usual pattern, Mr. Ashcroft never

fault. It came out of nowhere; no one could have predicted it," Mr. Ashcroft waved it off and continued. "But I must say, in all these years, it's the

just a single needle, and I felt better. She even said I wouldn't have another episode for at least two months. So young, yet so

Mr. Ashcroft's words, Elian's brow furrowed

the time she had administered acupuncture to Anna at the Lancaster family's

to alleviate my symptoms using this

narrowed his eyes slightly. "Do you know her name? What does she

carefully. "She's about five-seven, wearing a hat,

seemed a bit uninterested in conversation. As for her

who cleared his throat.

He already knew

"Quite an

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