Azrael then waved his hand and snatched the storage ring of Edward. He looked at it and destroyed Edward's seal.
He then retrieved a compass that was made of color silver material and was sturdy enough to withstand an attack from a 9th Qi Core Realm Cultivator.
He pocketed the compass and his figure vanished.
***
The next morning.
The Rose main household was in the front of Azrael's quarter including Tihana and Riana. Strangely enough, Bianca is nowhere to be seen.
The door opened. Contrary to their expectations, instead of Azrael, it was Bianca who opened the door.
"I didn't think that you would be this early in ambushing Azrael."
"We just wanted to confirm and ask for some information regarding yesterday's night incident. " Dillon awkwardly said.
Maxwell could only smile weakly, seeing that his sister was inside Azrael's quarter, though he did not dwell deeper into it.
Meanwhile, the three young misses stared at Bianca. Lian was still thinking about the words her auntie had spoken to her.
"Don't worry Father, Azrael will get up later. And I will inform him about your concerns. For now, let him rest, after all, he is tired after 'our' intense battle yesterday night."
"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Dillon coughed intensely, he almost died from being choked by nothing.
Maxwell, on the other hand, couldn't help but look at his sister dumbfoundedly, he didn't expect his sister would be this bold.
He could only sigh, [People do change.]
What he didn't know was that what he was seeing was his real sister.
Lian felt a hand hold her shoulder. She looked at whose hand was that, and it was her mother's. Her eyes met the gentle and comforting eyes of Reona as if trying to comfort her.
Lian smiled sweetly, she knew what her mother was thinking. However, she wasn't that affected by the fact that her aunt slept at Azrael's quarter because of what her aunt said to her.
"I'm okay." Lian said quietly to her mother.
She then returned her gaze towards Bianca.
***
In the dining room.
The Rose main household was having breakfast, while quietly waiting for Azrael's reply to their inquiry.
Azrael chose to eat breakfast with them, and he was sitting on the Master's seat this time. Strangely enough, even the Family Leader and Old Master of the house never complained. In fact, no one in this room found it inappropriate. On his left was Bianca, acting as his faithful wife.
"Yes, like what you guys have expected, Edward the owner of the Jade Garden was the culprit behind the attempted kidnapping. However, he was not the real mastermind."
"W-what do you mean that he was the culprit however not the real mastermind?" Maxwell asked with confusion.
"Simply means that he was only acting based on order of someone. If you think of kidnapping 'Lian', yes, he was the culprit and that's his discretion. But if you think only about 'kidnapping', that's a different matter."
"Wait, this became more confusing."
Azrael then looked at Lian. "Then let me rephrase it. He was ordered to kidnap someone with special characteristics. And in their search for this someone, they arrived here six months ago and they opened a restaurant here in this city. To Edward's surprise, using a certain item he was able to detect that Lian has the special characteristics that they were looking for." At this point, Azrael put a silver compass on the table.
The silver compass' hand violently shook and moved before it stopped, pointing at Lian.
"As you can see, this compass is currently pointing at Lian. This is how Edward was able to find what they were looking for."
"That's why he gave me VIP treatment all those times."
"Correct." Azrael looked at her eyes.
Lian, who had realized she blurted out what was on her mind, felt her face hotter, and meekly lowered her head, avoiding Azrael's gaze.
"Then if he found out about Lian months ago, why didn't he try to kidnap Lian that time?" Dillon asked.
"Simply because they don't want to catch the attention of others at that time." Azrael paused. "This city is one of the free cities, which means it is not under any great power. Not because it is powerful enough to push those great powers but because it holds no merit to make it one of their territories. Some even felt that taking weak cities as their territory was an insult to the name of their sect. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that those with great power would not pay attention to it. Six months ago, the nearest sect here, the Three Mountain Peak Sect, dispatched a batch of their disciples to the nearby cities. They will pretend as mortals without cultivation. It is a great way to train the mentality of their disciples and at the same time, they can survey the nearby cities. Edward got this information and feared that there might have been some Three Mountain Peak Sect's disciples here. If he rushed his actions it might've caught the attention of the Three Peak Mountain Sect. Thus, he waited for the moment the disciples returned to their sect before he acted. Of course, he also got the information about the training's duration beforehand."
"I am curious about the special characteristics that you are referring to?" Dillon asked nervously.
Maxwell also waited for Azrael's reply while feeling anxious inside because there was a chance that it would invite more troubles.
"She has a Pure Yin Physique. It is also the reason why she is well versed on Ice based technique."
"Pure Yin Physique?" Both Dillon and Maxwell asked simultaneously.
"Simply put. She has a special body."
"B-but why did having a physique like this cause me to almost be kidnapped?" Lian couldn't help but ask, after all, it was related to her well-being.
"Aside from being proficient in Ice based attacks, her physique is a great help to others. Especially to those who cultivate Yang Fire."
"H-how?"
"By becoming their cauldron."
SLAM!
Both Maxwell and Dillon slammed the table, resulting in it being broken and the food being wasted.
"Cauldron?" Lian asked confusingly, seeing her father's and grandfather's reaction, she could already tell that being cauldron was not a good thing.
"Simply a sex slave."
Upon hearing this, Lian's face pale. She almost became someone's plaything if not because of Azrael.
Reona stood up and hugged her daughter, trying to calm her down and deep down she loathed and cursed those behind Edward's action, hoping that they would die tragically.
"Although your physique might bring trouble, it could grant you the ability, and it could help you become more powerful," Azrael explained.
"And if you are willing, I could train you on becoming strong so you could protect yourself against someone that might have an ulterior motive."
With Azrael's assurance, the former pale face of Lian started to return to normal.