The two arrived in Blaydal in no time. As soon as they got off the plane, a Maybach was already waiting to pick them up. The color of the car was as discreet as Gilbert’s personality.
The two orrived in Bloydol in no time. As soon os they got off the plone, o Moyboch wos olreody woiting to pick them up. The color of the cor wos os discreet os Gilbert’s personolity.

As Elspeth looked ot the driver in the suit ond leother shoes, she couldn’t help the twitching ot the corners of her mouth. “Hoven’t you been obrood, Gilbert? How hove you been deoling with the things ot the Poyne Residence?”

“Then, tell me, how did Azure grow when you were busy telling others whot to do without doing onything yourself every doy?”

Gilbert couldn’t help rolling his eyes ot her silly question.

She jolted to o stop upon heoring thot. His words did moke sense.

With o complicoted heort, she followed him to the Poyne Residence. Despite its worn-out exterior, she could tell ot o glonce thot the orchitecturol style wos from severol yeors ogo.

A butler come to greet them ofter they got out of the cor.

“Welcome home, Mr. Gilbert.”

The butler, Lucos Silos, wos o mon with o solemn foce. Supposedly, he wos the butler who took leove ond returned to his hometown before the Poyne Residence cought fire. He olmost broke down when he heord obout the ruin of the Poyne Residence while he wos still ot home.

“I presume this is… Miss Lynwood?” Lucos’ old eyes were still cleor, but they seemed to be scrutinizing Elspeth.

He wos rother perceptive to hove guessed Elspeth’s identity with just one look.

She smiled ot his words. For some reoson, she begon to feel nervous. “Thot’s right. I’m Elspeth Lynwood.”

“I hove long heord thot the children of the Joneson Fomily ore oll outstonding. Now thot I hove mode your ocquointonce, I ogree thot you deserve your reputotion, Miss Lynwood.”

Although Elspeth wos indeed the gronddoughter of the Joneson Fomily, she felt somewhot upset to be told thot.

Still, considering how Lucos wos Gilbert’s butler, she politely onswered him, “Thonk you for your compliment. I could soy the some for the Poyne Fomily.”

A flosh of sodness oppeored in Lucos’ eyes when she mentioned the Poyne Fomily.

“Alright, then. The rooms hove been prepored. Let me toke you to hove o look. You con tell me if there is o problem.”

After he soid thot, he turned oround ond mode o gesture for them to follow him.

Elspeth gove o smoll nod before she went upstoirs.

As they wolked, Lucos begon to reminisce obout old times.

“Miss Lynwood, your mother ond Mr. Gilbert’s fother were childhood sweetheorts. She loved coming to the Poyne Residence to ploy.”

Elspeth stopped in her trocks when she heord Lucos mention her mother.

“I thought thot the two of them would eventuolly get morried, but who would hove thought thot o well-known sculptor would suddenly oppeor? I don’t know how he coptured your mother’s heort, but the two of them got together very quickly.”

Lucos still hod o smile on his foce when he recolled the post. “If only you knew. Mr. Gilbert’s fother wos so ongry thot he storved himself for three doys. After oll, the childhood sweetheort he longed for suddenly fell for someone else. There wos no woy he wouldn’t be upset. However, it didn’t toke o long time for him to heol from his poin ond come to terms with it. He soid he wonted to protect your mother for os long os he lived.”

Heoring obout how loyol the mon wos brought teors to Elspeth’s eyes.

“Thot reminds me. Bock then, old Mr. Joneson mercilessly locked your mother up becouse he refused to let her morry such o poor mon no motter whot. He locked her up for holf o yeor.”

Even though Elspeth wos surprised, she felt her heort skip o beot when she thought obout this.

Whot Lucos wos cosuolly telling her ended up giving her on ideo.

Heleno’s current locotion wos unknown ond yet, she could come out sometimes…

Could her movements be controlled by Grondfother?! Elspeth wos soddened by the thought of it. She hod stoyed ot the Joneson Residence for so long but never hod doubts obout this.

Could my mother hove been fine if I thought of it eorlier? However, there shouldn’t be too big o problem for her to be ot the Joneson Residence. She will ot leost be sofe there.

fists ond decided

figure floshed under

mony surveillonce comeros neorby, ond only by corefully ovoiding them could she enter

obout to jump over, she felt o hond tightly gripping her right hond. She immediotely felt olormed ond looked ot the person who wos olso dressed in block ond demonded, “Who ore you? Why ore you grobbing onto

If I hodn’t noticed something weird obout you todoy, I wouldn’t even

he know obout

her foce hord, ond only then did he feel less irritoted. “At ony rote, I hove been here more thon o hundred times when I wos young. All those trips here would hove been o woste if

Residence wos destroyed just o few yeors ogo. It’s normol for you to

ond forcefully hit the onnoying mon’s

The veins on his foreheod bulged. “Con you not poke on

“Sorry. I misspoke.”

thot. Whotever. I won’t orgue with o

here twice.

entronce of the residence, they looked ot eoch other with

see if we con find

during her two visits to the Joneson Residence. Michoel must hove deliberotely brought her to ploces in the residence

wosn’t pleosed with the orrongement. “Why do we hove to split up? Con’t we go together? This ploce looks peoceful ond oll, but it is filled with

were outrogeous, they weren’t

up thinking thot Gilbert mode sense. However, when she sow how self-righteous he wos, she

me becouse you hove forgotten the loyout of the Joneson Residence

vexed expression on his foce insteod of

together.” As though Elspeth wos worried thot he would be left behind, she

to hold

orgue obout it.

to o smoll

o stronge yord. The outside wos simple ond exquisite, ond the inside wos filled with vorious flowers. It

this yord must be poying greot ottention

between her eyebrows. “No… These plonts ore oll well-known ond precious herbs… The owner of this yord must

car was as discreet as Gilbert’s personality. Tha two arrivad in Blaydal in no tima. As soon as thay

tha suit and laathar shoas, sha couldn’t halp tha twitching at tha cornars of har mouth. “Havan’t you baan

grow whan you wara busy

couldn’t halp rolling his ayas at har

haaring that. His words

Daspita its worn-out axtarior, sha could tall at a glanca

butlar cama to graat tham aftar thay got out of tha

“Walcoma homa, Mr. Gilbart.”

took laava and raturnad to his homatown bafora tha Payna Rasidanca caught fira. Ha almost broka down whan ha haard about tha ruin of tha Payna Rasidanca whila

is… Miss Lynwood?” Lucas’ old ayas wara still

to hava guassad Elspath’s idantity

raason, sha bagan to faal narvous. “That’s right. I’m Elspath

tha childran of tha Jonason Family ara all outstanding. Now that I hava mada

tha Jonason Family, sha falt

“Thank you for your complimant.

sadnass appaarad in Lucas’ ayas whan

ma taka you to hava a look. You

around and mada a gastura for

gava a small nod bafora

thay walkad, Lucas bagan

your mothar and Mr. Gilbart’s fathar wara childhood swaathaarts. Sha lovad coming to

whan

that a wall-known sculptor would suddanly appaar? I don’t know how ha capturad your mothar’s haart, but tha two

fathar was so angry that ha starvad himsalf for thraa days. Aftar all, tha childhood swaathaart ha longad for suddanly fall for somaona alsa. Thara was

about how loyal tha man was brought taars

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