With Elder Faulkner's repeated insistence, Mr. Ashworth and the others had no choice but to believe him. They all stared at him in astonishment. 'What on earth is going on?'
"Thank you, Mr. Faulkner." Seraphina didn't stand on ceremony and thanked him directly.
'If Elder Faulkner hadn't given it to her willingly, she would have had a real headache figuring out how to persuade him to hand over the Blood Prison Pearl. After all, it was the Faulkner family's heirloom, and he was an old friend of her grandfather's. Snatching it by force wouldn't have been right. This way, she didn't have to worry anymore.'
Elder Faulkner chuckled, stroking his thick beard. "Don't mention it."
Seraphina spotted the Little Bun sitting on the sofa out of the corner of her eye. With a thoughtful look, she beckoned to him. "Theon, come over here."
Hearing Seraphina call him, Theon's face instantly lit up. "Sister!"
