"Herbert? The First Bloodkin?"
Chief Yuan was clearly racking her brain, and in the end, she didn't disappoint. Her eyes lit up.
"As expected of the Night Watchers' chief. You even remember an old story like that."
Fu Qian sighed. His One-Eyed gaze turned toward the ceiling, and he struck a solemn pose, as if reminiscing about the past.
Before Yuan Shan could say anything, he was still at it. He felt around his eye socket, then slowly pried it open with two fingers.
"Ancient Recollection," freed from its restraint, rolled onto the table.
"Thank you for looking after me all this time, Chief Yuan... and for your cooperation."
After performing that unnerving act, Fu Qian raised his head. His dark, blood-red eye socket faced Yuan Shan as he thanked her with utter sincerity.
"Cooperation..."
Yuan Shan's face had gone completely cold as she tried to rein in her racing thoughts.
"You've been guiding the Gullard Family from behind the scenes all along..."
It didn't take long for her to reach a chilling conclusion. Through gritted teeth, she said,
"My relationship with the Red Moon is close."
Fu Qian honestly didn't answer her directly.
"So Embo was led astray... and you once suggested cutting off the problem at its root by killing Embo..."
Sure enough, Chief Yuan's vivid imagination was quickly piecing the clues together.
"Even that miraculous blessing vanished before Embo died, for some inexplicable reason."
In an instant, all sorts of doubts seemed to have answers.
"I exchanged a few words with the Red Moon back then."
Fu Qian nodded.
"But you don't seem to have wanted to wipe them all out, either. Taylor and Selena, for instance."
Chief Yuan wasn't so easily fooled. She quickly picked out what didn't add up.
"Don't make me out to be