Chapter 824 Villains Hiding in the Shadow
Emmeline could not take a shower because the wound on her body hadn't recovered. So, she wiped her body with a damp towel.
After putting on clean clothes, she came out of the bathroom. That time, it was already six o'clock in the morning.
During summer, the sun would usually rise early. Although it was only six o'clock in the morning, a neon-blue tint had filled the sky.
As Emmeline couldn't fall asleep, she made herself a cup of tea and pushed her wheelchair to the balcony to watch the sunrise.
However, before the sun rose, she heard the sound of a car engine coming from downstairs.
Surprised, she craned her neck to have a look.
Then, she saw a black off-road vehicle driving out of the garage and heading toward the castle gate.
Seeing that, Emmeline puckered her brows.
At a glance, she could recognize that it was Jara's car. After all, she had lived in the castle for a long time.
No matter where he went, he liked driving that car the most.
Even so, where was he going during the early hours?
At once, a doubt arose in Emmeline's heart. Despite that, she couldn't do anything because she obviously had trouble catching up with him.
At this time, on the other side.
Inside the car.
Jara was looking at the character information displayed on his laptop screen.
On the other hand, Quan was reporting to him while driving, "Mr. Holland, I have investigated them. They used to be the core figures of the Salvation Club, but after the bloodshed, they disappeared."
"People from the outside world believed that we killed them secretly, but in fact, we were also searching for them."
"But in the past few years, they seemed to have vanished in the thin air. No matter how I investigated, I couldn't find any trace of them."
"And recently, they suddenly reappear with many large-scale movements."
"According to what I found, apart from the people of the Icarus Association, this group of people also have something to do with Miss Illington's kidnap."
Upon hearing Quan's words, Jara froze.
"Don't they belong to the Icarus Association?" Jara frowned.
To that, Quan shook his head.
"Although they joined the Icarus Association after the downfall of the Salvation Club, it was just on the surface. As far as I guess, they were not close with the Icarus Association, and they didn't really devote themselves to the Association."
As Jara put down the laptop, his expression turned serious.
"What do you mean?"
"The people who kidnapped Miss Illington were ordered by the head of the Icarus Association. However, the night before the kidnap, they went to see the core figures of Salvation Club."
Jara frowned.
Then, Quan continued, "Besides, these people aren't the core members of the Icarus Association nor important members of Salvation Club. Why did they meet the Salvation Club's core figures? This is very suspicious."
Upon listening to Quan's explanation, Jara also found it suspicious.
After a long silence, he ordered, "Continue to investigate and report to me as soon as you have any news."
"Yes, Mr. Holland," Quan replied.
With that, the car drove all the way out of the city.
At the same time, Emmeline finished her breakfast under the company of Yunne.
Recently, she had been recuperating at home, and she was bored to death.
Moreover, after last night's incident, Kayla had become full of herself and would act snobbishly around the castle.
As Yunne was so pissed off by Kayla's arrogant attitude, she would come to Emmeline and complain about Kayla over and over again.
That time, Emmeline could tell that Yunne was mad that she didn't do anything to win over Kayla.
Even so, she felt that it was rather amusing. What did she have to fight over with Kayla for?
Before last night, she still had some hope for Jara.
But after last night, her last hope was shattered.
Since that was the case, why bother asking for trouble again?
To her, the most important thing at the moment was to find out the group of people who had provoked the relationship between the Salvation Club and the Lost Vanguard, which lead to a huge war.
Besides, she also wanted to find the person who was behind her accident and avenge Keira.
These were the things she should priortize.
As for love... she had given it up, and she didn't want to put much thought into it.
Thinking of this, Emmeline raised her head and asked Yunne, "Have you done the thing I asked you to do?"
Hearing that, Yunne nodded before she frowned with curiosity.
"I've done it, Miss Illington, but why did you ask me to inquire about the Festival of Lights?"
Before that, Emmeline secretly asked Yunne to do something for her outside the castle.
In fact, it was not a complex task. Yunne just needed to go out to the streets nearby and collect some information about the Festival of Lights.
Different from Ascijan, the Festival of Light was an important festival in this country. Every year, the people here would celebrate this festival on a large scale by illuminating the streets with beautiful lightings.
Moreover, there would be food carts and game stalls along the streets. So, countless people would hang out there, especially couples that craved for an extraordinary date.
Back then, there were two groups of people who wanted to capture Emmeline.
One group wanted to catch her alive, and the other wanted to kill her.
Later, she was lucky enough to escape and come back alive. Judging from their mass operation, she thought that they would come back for her again.
However, throughout a month of recuperating in the castle, she didn't spot any sign of movement from them.
As long as they did not make a move, she wouldn't be able to leave this place. After all, if she were to go out with her current ability, she might fall into their hands in a split second.
Even so, she couldn't be hiding from them forever.
Thus, it wasn't a good idea to go on like this.
In addition, Jara's obvious distrust toward her from last night had deeply pierced her heart.
This caused the memories from four years ago to resurfaced in her mind.
She didn't wish to experience the same thing again. Therefore, she had to leave his sight as soon as possible.
In this way, the two of them could stay away from each other. After that, she could heal her broken heart and let go of this bad blood.
Thinking of this, Emmeline took a deep breath.
Since the other party refused to appear, she could only take the initiative to lure them out.
Anyhow, they wanted to catch her. If they refuse to come to the castle, she would leave the castle instead.
However, if she came out just like that, they would be suspicious. With that, they wouldn't take the bait, and her meticulous efforts would be in vain.
So, she thought she should carefully pick the right timing to leave and the person who would accompany her.
Originally, Emmeline planned to pretend to make peace with Jara and go out with him during the Festival of Light.
Anyway, all the people who knew the two of them knew their previous relationship.
Besides, Emmeline had lived in the castle for quite some time, so it was reasonable to say that their love had rekindled.
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