Chapter 261: Chapter 261: Embracing the Killer
Chapter 261: Chapter 261: Embracing the Killer
"Are you curious about who made this?" Feng Yu asked, turning slightly serious.
Eren didn't answer, but in his mind he only thought of one thing. If he wasn't serious, why would he ask about this?
"I don't think there is anyone in the sect who can do something like this," Eren said.
Only the Ancestral Elders were capable of something like that, but they hadn't come out until Feng Yu was found missing. So it couldn't be them.
He didn't think that any of the other three Overlords used a Sword either. It couldn't be one of them, and no one else would have dared to pull out a sword in Feng Yu's presence here. So who left this mark here?
For some reason, he felt that the mark was a little familiar. That was also why he was so intrigued about it. Was there someone else who was as strong as an Overlord?
"This mark isn't recent," Feng Yu said, her fingers brushing against the mark. It was impressive that someone managed to harm the walls to this extent, but she didn't hold any good memories towards it.
Instead, there was slightly anger and hatred in her eyes whenever she looked at this mark.
"This is the gift left behind by him," she said, clenching her fists. "The mark left behind by the person who killed my father, as if intentionally left here to mock me for an eternity."
Normally, even someone like an Ancestral Elder would have to use all their strength to leave such a deep mark in the wall of the Palace as it was created from special materials.
However, only Feng Yu knew that the person who left behind this mark didn't even make the slightest effort.
If anything, it was all an accident, something behind which the person didn't even place the slightest of his strength.
Still, he left a mark like that. If he had put his true strength, she was sure that he might have sliced the entire sect, instead of just leaving a mark on this wall.
"The person who killed your father?" Eren awkwardly looked at the mark, quickly recovering his expressions to not let Feng Yu notice anything strange.
Fortunately, she had her back turned to him so she didn't see the minute change in his expressions.
Eren was quite shocked. He knew who was the person that killed Feng Yu's father. It was none other than Ren Necroline. It was him!
She finally understood why he felt a sense of familiarity from this Sword Mark. It was something that was left by him in the first place. No, it was left by the person that he had possessed.
The more Feng Yu talked about the person who killed her father, the more he realized what a mess it was going to be if she found out his real identity one day.
Now only was he the one who killed her family, but now he had to make her fall in love with him to complete the path of lover? He didn't understand just why this path had appeared for him.
Then again, he knew that he couldn't blame the system either. He had received four options, and he was the one who chose the paths of Conquer and Lover.
He took a deep breath, realizing that it wasn't the time to feel guilty. He wasn't Ren Necroline! He was Eren, who had just possessed this body.
He wasn't responsible for her family's death or the other mess that Ren Necroline left behind for him to clean up. He didn't have to feel guilty for Ren Necroline's actions.
Moreover, even if he felt guilty, so what? His life was more dear for him than any righteousness.
"You said that the mark isn't new. Then why didn't I see it before?" he asked, changing the topic from Feng Yu's father to the mark.
Feng Yu turned around and walked closer to Eren. She tapped his ring that was able to control all the formations in the palace.
"I used the ring to keep it hidden. However, when I was taken away, it seems the illusion formation stopped working and everyone saw that mark," she told him.
Looking at her, Eren once again saw the shadow of the cold Overlord that had temporarily disappeared previously. Even though she was weaker during the effect of the cuffs, her presence was still just as heavy.
"Why don't you get the wall repaired, instead of using an illusion to hide it?" he asked, wondering why she was wasting so much energy over this in the past.
"I will have it repaired with his blood!" Feng Yu said, for the first time, a hint of a smirk appearing on her lips. However, that smile looked more devilish than anything else.
Hearing her words, Eren's back was drenched in cold. The woman in front of him was hoping to repair the wall with his blood? Just how far gone was this woman?
"Best of luck... I hope you can find him soon," he said while praying inwardly that she was never going to find him.
Eren prepared to step back, creating some distance from the woman who was dreaming about spilling his blood without even realizing it.
There were rumors that he was a demon who loved drinking blood but looking at her, she felt that the rumors suited her more.
Creak~
As Eren took a step back, he heard the sound of the doors opening. Stunned, he stepped forward, holding the corner of his robe.
He quickly swung his cloak, covering Feng Yu within and pulling her into his embrace to hide him, especially since they were facing the direction of the door.
They couldn't let anyone know that Feng Yu was alive, at least not yet.
Feng Yu was taken aback as she felt Eren's hands around her waist.
She was suddenly pulled into his embrace, her figure hidden by his robe as Eren wrapped both his arms around her, holding the corners of his robe at the same time.
Feng Yu couldn't even resist as her face was planted on Eren's chest, being able to hear his heartbeat clearly.