Chapter 165: Who rose after the fall.
Sigrid recalled the content of the novel, squinting her eyes as she did not want to forget a single detail. The destruction of the Shadowmere house had not been a very big Chapter. The details had not been mentioned, it had been skimmed over and mentioned only as a topic of conversation at a tea party that Emmah had thrown.
At that tea party, after briefly mentioning the tragedy of the Shadowmere family, Emmah had introduced a new fashion; Kimono’s qipao’s and modern hanfu dresses. All the fashions were modern as a matter of a fact. With all the new fashion ideas and custom made gowns, Emmah became the darling of the noble ladies.
There was no telling how things would play out on that end now that Emmah was injured and behind closed doors.
From what Sigrid could remember, the ladies at the tea party had mentioned something about poison. In the later Chapters, when Benjamin was investigating a smuggling case, he discovered that some captains that used to sail for Shadowmere’s had been involved in smuggling and theft for years. What they stole from Eldoria, they sold in Vecentia, Nemoris, Medoris and other empires.
They also smuggled spies, fugitives and other people from those nations into Eldoria. They never cared about the identity of the other party, only the color of their money. If it was gold or silver, it bought for one room and board on the ship somewhere in the cargo.
One of the captains had accused two others of bringing down a noble family. The author had not given details, Benjamin had ordered the captains to be arrested and beheaded.
"System, can you elaborate on the death of the Shadowmere’s?"
"I cannot, this is not part of your mission on this world. You can only undertake it on your own. A small reminder, make sure that it does not distract you from your mission: The lucky halo and the Eclipsion sword."
She sighed, disappointed. The words which she had said to Roland made it to her mind. ’You are on your own kid.’