It was a haunting night for the three young Magi. They kept learning one secret after another, each more shocking than the last.
Never in their wildest imagination had they thought that someone from the Howlett Family would find an inheritance left behind by the most vile villain in the history of this town, Morven the Malevolent.
It took a long time for the kids to calm their astonishment. Art's lips opened and closed several times, struggling to find the words to speak.
Ultimately, he asked, "So the Howlett Family patriarch found the secret inheritance just like that? What happened afterward?"
Mayor Hobbs heaved a deep sigh and began, "The Patriarch of the Howlett Family was the strongest amongst us… He was someone on the verge of advancing to the Mana Liquefaction Rank—"
"Wait a minute!" Aiden interrupted the mayor. "So the members of the Howlett Family were local residents? Then why were they alienated and made to stay in the Weeping Woods?"