Parting Sorrow, Lingering Feelings

The Great Living Buddha was right. I couldn't keep staying at the manor like this, or I might bring disaster upon the Tumba Family there.

That was right. With the destructive power of our era, it would be nothing short of a calamity to people from over a hundred years ago.

The Tumba Family had another property more than ten miles from the manor. It was vacant now, with only a few servants left to watch over it, though it was usually kept in good condition.

I decided to go there.

Yangjin asked me to leave after dinner. She would send someone to clean the place up properly.

Only Yangjin and I had dinner together. She hadn't even allowed Maru to come.

"Maru still doesn't know about this. I deliberately kept it from him. You know his temper, and the two of you are very close. If he knew you might be in danger, he would definitely panic."

I gave a bitter smile. If he really found out, he wouldn't just panic. He would definitely do something.

He was the hope of the Tumba Family, so naturally Yangjin didn't want anything to happen to him.

"When the time comes, take the Dawa sisters with you," Yangjin said.

She wanted me to bring the twin sisters along. She said they had received special training, were both highly skilled, and could handle major situations.

I narrowed my eyes. "They said their families all died at your hands, that they hate you to the bone and want revenge for their relatives. But they can't say it outright because you put something in their heads, and the moment they think of killing you, they get splitting headaches."

Yangjin smiled. "You believed that?"

I really had believed it before. She put away her smile and