"Rhea… she…" Selene clutched her robe, her gaze sharpening as she looked at Aria. "What about my parents? I can't believe they would let her give up her spiritual root."
"Of course, they didn't agree," Aria replied gently. "But Rhea insisted. Your sister was very stubborn, perhaps even more stubborn than your father."
Harvey and Aria took turns recounting stories from the past that Selene had never known.
After Rhea gave her spiritual root to Selene, Selene's condition gradually improved, while Rhea suffered from a lingering fever for weeks.
Dwayne and Yvonne then traveled to the Northern Region to seek help from the new ruler. They brought with them a token of friendship between the Valerian family and the Flying Sword Sect. That token was a gift from the late Grand Duke, reinforced by a blood oath binding every member of the Valerian family. None would dare disobey it.
