Hearing this, Alliance Master Yarn turned his head. His eyes were profound as if he could see the situation on Arcadia Island that was hundreds of nautical miles away.
After a while, he asked, “I have something I don’t understand. I wonder if you can clarify my doubt.”
Court Master Landon turned his head as a glint of light flashed in his cold eyes. He said with a smile, “Please ask away. If I know, I‘ll answer.”
Alliance Master Yarn nodded, looked around, and asked, “Who tampered with the target plan of the Lovelace family’s conviction back then?”
Hearing this, Court Master Landon’s eyes turned cold as the corners of his mouth curled up. He twisted his head, his eyes gazing straight ahead. He exhaled loudly and said, “You already have the answer in your mind, so why ask?”
Alliance Master Yarn looked at Court Master Landon’s side profile before he laughed and said, “Are you afraid to answer my question?”
Court Master Landon was silent for a moment before he said, “I had my motive regarding the Lovelace family back then. Grant Lovelace refused to yield to his destiny. Before the incident happened, he used a secret of the Lovelace family to ask me to interpret a prediction. Until now, I still feel remorse over that prediction.”
“What prediction?” Alliance Master Yarn asked.
“The Four Disastrous Geomancy.”
Court Master Landon said, exhaled, and continued, “It’s a Zed geomancy prediction. There was the third water lightning diagram, the 29th water diagram, the 39th water mountain diagram, and the 47th swamp diagram. Back then, Grant brought these four diagrams for me to interpret. Do you know what the results of the Four Disastrous Geomancy were?”
Alliance Master Yarn shook his head, and his eyes were grave. He dabbled in Zed geomancy but was not proficient. A person with the Four Disastrous Geomancy would definitely face a catalyst with no chance of survival!
Court Master Landon took two steps forward, stood in the sea breeze, and said, “This geomancy of Grant alone explained the problem. The internal strife of the Lovelace family and the destruction of Grant’s lineage were the outcomes of this prediction. There was only one way out of this predicament.”
Hearing that, Alliance Master Yarn perceived something. He said, “Are you saying that in order to leave a descendant, he chose for his lineage to seek their deaths?”
Court Master Landon laughed miserably, looked up at the sky, and said, “Yes, there was only one solution to the Four Disastrous Geomancy. Grant used all the lives in his lineage in exchange for Wynn Johnston because that child’s destiny is auxiliary to the king. She also has the life of an imperial. Without her, the king’s destiny will not be complete.”
Silence…
Alliance Master Yarn looked at the sea. After a long while, he laughed and said, “As expected, what a good plan. The remaining people of the Lovelace family probably still don’t know that the person they want to bring back to study has an imperial destiny.”
“Court Master Landon, the king’s destiny you mentioned just now… Is it him?” Alliance Master Yarn asked.
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