Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Andrew shook his head. "Don't waste your time trying to dig into my background. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."

Chantelle let out a cold laugh. "Come on, Mr. Lloyd, that's a bit much. You think I can't find out? Unless you're from one of Holtrien's top-tier noble families or one of the nation's real powerhouses the kind who sit at the top of the decision-making pyramid—I can and will dig up your history."

Andrew replied coolly, "Alright then, here's a little hint. I used to serve in Holtrien's military. If you want to investigate, be my guest."

Chantelle froze, and her eyes widened in shock. "Military? You were in the armed forces?"

Andrew corrected her without hesitation. "Not a soldier-I commanded them."

That shut her up immediately. Her stunned gaze locked onto him. She paused for a second, then asked more urgently, "Wait, seriously? You led troops? Then that must mean... your rank wasn't low, was it?"

After all, there was a massive difference between serving in the military and actually leading.

grinned. "I've already given you more than

deeply. She stared at Andrew in disbelief. "So when you said you were in the government, you meant that part... the military wing, and

Lloyd, Governor McCormick has long suspected your past wasn't ordinary. I used to think he was overthinking it. But now,

business. Tell me interested in exploring a treasure that dates all the way back to the

her head. "Not really. Sounds more like a fantasy than anything

exactly what I thought

me again if you still think it's all just a myth." Chantelle

of Andrew lay a weathered piece of parchment-a fragment from the Rhodes family. He picked up a small vial beside it

to emerge from the

in

least 100 years old.

parchment... Wait... is this

virgin's blood across the parchment. The page soaked it