Because she had once been caught in the rain, she yearned to hold an umbrella over many others…
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In the Beast Curse Realm,
Ashen City.
The vast manor of the Han Family expanded further, not into greater luxury, but into a colossal military fortress, filled with the aura of iron and blood.
Yet at the center of the manor stood a classical and luxurious study, out of place with the surrounding architecture.
Everything inside remained as it had been, and at the central position, there stood a mysterious statue of a man.
He looked down at a book, his gaze calm as if piercing through the truth of all things, with a half-spider, half-human young girl perched upon his shoulder.
Kneeling before the statue was a woman in military garb, draped in a black and red cloak, who after finishing her prayer, slowly lifted her head to reveal a beautiful face, appearing to be in her late twenties, her expression resolute.
