The Bead of Doom

Although everyone had already been relieved, quite a few people in the guards still cast reproachful glances at Alice.

Alice gently pushed Rose aside and rubbed her head, saying, "Let's go back."

"Yes, miss." Rose stared at Alice with teary eyes.

The head guard, Heinrich, saw Alice wearing a large, wide black robe in a men's style and his heart tightened. Could it be that the miss had been... What he could notice, others also did. Rose was among them.

Rose was teary-eyed and looked full of guilt, which gave Alice a headache.

Alice explained, "I'm fine. My clothes were torn by a magical beast, and a noble person lent me this. Besides, how could the owner of this black robe take a fancy to me?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the black robe she was wearing. The embroidery and fabric of the robe were of top quality and couldn't be found in the market at all.

Could it really be as the miss said? Even if not, it had to be!

Rose said, "Miss, Rose believes you."

The other guards also nodded one after another to show their belief.

Alice looked at these people and couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart. Grandfather had taught them well, and they hadn't gone astray.

The Alva family was truly a warm place.

"Do you have any clothes?" Alice asked Rose.

Rose shook her head blankly.

The guard captain Heinrich took out a cloak from his storage bag and handed it to Alice. "Miss, if you don't mind, use this cloak of mine to cover up."

Alice was slightly stunned. After taking the cloak, she thanked him. She put on the cloak and covered most of the wide black robe, creating the illusion that she was wearing a women's black robe inside. In this world, female chastity had always been highly valued. Although she hadn't lost her chastity, she was actually wearing a man's black robe. If she went out like this, she would surely cause trouble. If it was just the cloak of her own guard, it was barely acceptable.

Alice led a group of people back to the Alva family. On the way back, many people pointed at her.

Alice heard words like "worthless", "bitch", "all looks and no substance", "broken engagement", "vicious", "better off dead long ago".

Alice didn't care about it.

She looked up at the three magnificent words of the Alva family, slightly curved her lips, and was about to step over the threshold. But at the next moment -

"Alice!" A full-bodied roar came.

Alice had already stepped in with one foot, and the other was stuck outside the door. For a moment, she was in a dilemma.

Rose, who was beside her, saw this and secretly covered her mouth and chuckled.

"You naughty girl, where have you been these days?"

The voice came before the person was seen.

Alice had intended not to run away and was about to step in when she was tightly hugged by a figure whose face couldn't be seen clearly. She was almost choked!

"Grandfather?"

The old duke Alva's voice trembled slightly. "Do you still remember that I'm your grandfather? You disappeared for two days and didn't even say a word before leaving!"

He quickly let go of Alice and then pulled her hurriedly into the Alva family.

He walked with big strides, and Alice could hardly keep up.

Only then did Alice have the chance to see him clearly. The old duke Alva had half-white hair, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes like a spider web, and a white beard. He was exactly the same as in the original owner's memory, except that Alva now looked a bit haggard, with puffy eye bags, as if he hadn't had a good rest.

"Grandfather, where are you taking me?" Alice asked.

Alva, hearing this, seemed to hunch over a little, and his voice became much weaker. "To see your aunt for the last time."

Alice's pupils slightly contracted. "What's wrong with aunt?"

Alva sighed deeply, and his eyebrows were filled with layers of sorrow and pain.

"See for yourself."

In the memory, aunt Evelynn was paralyzed and in a coma, but there was no sign of approaching death...

Coming to aunt's courtyard, Alice pushed open the door and was almost choked by the strong smell of medicine. The room was dim and dark. The woman on the bed was pale and thin, and her breath was so weak that it could hardly be felt.

Alice's expression slightly changed.

Aunt was surrounded by an aura of doom, which aggravated her illness and made her on the verge of death.

"Grandfather, close the door."

She said to Alva and then immediately walked to Evelynn's bedside.

She lightly cut her fingertip with spiritual energy. Instantly, a drop of blood oozed from her fingertip. Then she used her fingertip to draw a rune in the air smoothly like flowing clouds and flowing water.

After Alice finished drawing, she waved her slender hand and sent the rune pattern towards Evelynn's chest.

The rune quickly disappeared into Evelynn's body.

Alva, who had just closed the door, saw this and opened his eyes wide in shock, asking, "Alice, what are you doing?"

Alice said, "Grandfather, I can't explain it to you clearly for a while, but I will never harm aunt."

Alva nodded half - believingly.

With Alva's consent, Alice looked at Evelynn. Her pair of pitch - black eyes instantly turned into a strange crimson. In her eyes, the qi and fortune of the internal meridians in Evelynn's body were clearly presented.

There was a black bead in aunt's abdomen, which was the source of the aura of doom.

Alice's expression became solemn. The strange crimson light flickered. She lifted aunt's quilt and placed her palm on her abdomen, secretly gathering spiritual power to suck out the black bead...

However, with her seventh - level mage spiritual power, it was far from enough to suck out the bead.

Alva, who was beside her, saw that Alice's eyes had turned into a strange crimson and there was a fluctuation of spiritual power on her body. He was greatly shocked and then his face became solemn.

Has she broken the seal?

Seeing Alice with cold sweat on her forehead and a pale face, this girl was simply being reckless!

Alva could no longer stand by. He stretched out his hands to gather spiritual power and injected it into her body.

Feeling the continuous inflow of external spiritual power, Alice's face instantly regained some rosiness. She slightly curved her lips and then quickly suppressed it.

Concentrate with all her might!

The black bead seemed to sense the danger and tried to escape in all directions.

How could Alice let it escape? The crimson strange pupils flashed with light. Invisibly, a thin red line thinner than a hair directly locked onto the black bead!

The black bead immediately became as motionless as a turtle.

Now!

Alice raised her slender hand and tightly grasped the black bead in her hand.

"Grandfather, do you recognize this thing?"

Alva saw the black bead, frowned tightly, and something flashed through his mind. His face instantly became gloomy and solemn.

"Of course I recognize it. It's the bead of doom of the Willie family's patriarch. It's a bead of doom specially used to deal with enemies!"

The Willie family? The bead of doom?

"That old bastard Willie・aike is so shameless! I'm going to chop him down right now!" Alva was furious and started to walk towards the door.

Alice quickly grabbed him and comforted, "Grandfather, be calm!"

"How can I be calm? The Willie family has humiliated and bullied our Alva family. If it weren't for Evelynn being poisoned and falling into a coma seven years ago while saving Willie・sirui, what kind of genius would the Willie family have? Such an ungrateful bastard should be killed." Alva was so angry that his beard stood on end.