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Chapter 190
“Serenity’s position is special, Nolan chimed in thoughtfully. “She can’t travel to Vonalo Village often. But if you’re willing, Malaki, I could arrange for you to stay at Holy Cross Monastery. The abbot there is a friend, and it’s near Serenity’s herb field.”
“If that’s possible, I’d be grateful,” Malaki said eagerly.
Truth be told, he wanted to move right away. But he had things to sort through at home, so he’d need a couple of days before heading to the monastery.
In the meantime, Nolan had all the books carefully packed and transported to Saint Grace Nunnery. He also assigned two Black Flag agents to remain behind and protect Malaki.
Before leaving, he gave a quiet order: “Keep Malaki safe. If there are assassins–kill them. If anyone from the Stonor family shows up… wait. Let’s see how the old man reacts,”
“Yes, sir.”
Malaki clearly cared deeply for Eliza–but Nolan still wanted to know how he’d treat the sons of Caroline, the ones who shared her blood but bore the name Stonor.
Eliza had no idea Nolan was keeping such a close eye on things.
After returning to the nunnery, she shut her door and carefully transferred all the Padilla family books into her pocket farm. Most were in remarkably good condition, but some had suffered minor damage over time. She winced with every torn edge and smudged page as she sorted them.
Then she noticed something extraordinary–dozens of medical texts written by Kassandra herself. Some were detailed herbology manuals, others journals filled with handwritten notes.
Every line was a treasure trove of insight into medicinal planting.
Eliza read hungrily, soaking in everything. There were herbs she recognized, and others she had never even heard of before.
And then, in the third book, she froze.
One familiar name jumped off the page: Bloodshade Blossom–Trial cultivation successful.
Her eyes went wide. ‘Bloodshade Blossom?‘
The very same rare herb she had in her pocket farm? The one no one had seen outside ancient texts?
Her great–grandmother had not only attempted to grow it–she had succeeded.
The realization hit like lightning. It was almost too incredible to believe.
Eliza flipped through those pages again and again, confirming it over and over. ‘Kassandra was amazing!‘
But… why had no trace of Bloodshade Blossom ever surfaced in the outside world?
Maybe someone had taken it. Or maybe, during the massacre of the Padilla family, someone who didn’t recognize its value had destroyed it.
Eliza suspected the latter.
Otherwise, there would have been rumors–whispers in Hasen City. But there had been nothing.
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She stared at the book, her heart pounding the crud follow the men and cerfully transact the hookahe Blossom from her pocket farm into the outside world, the rhd grow mach more.
And then, she could use the rare herbs inside her farm without fear of revealing its serra.
Determined. Eliza carefully copied the pages word for word, then returned the books to her cabin, setting them wide with the reverence of sacred texts.
Looking at the towering stacks of ancient books, the realized the was going to need a few shelves.
But just as the thought crossed her mind, the ground beneath her shook.
Before she could react, Eliza was suddenly tramponed–thrown out of the cabin and into the soft graus outside. She looked
- up.
Her pocket farm had changed. The gentle brook had become a flowing river. Dozens of new herb plots stretched into the distance, organized and spacious, no longer cramped or crowded. The little cabin she had lived in was now a towering seven–story wooden pavilion, grand and awe–inspiring
She stared, stunned. “What… what just happened?”
Eliza blinked in disbelief, speechless as she looked at the sudden transformation of the pocket farm around her.
