Misunderstanding Cleared

"Oh, what a coincidence, Mrs. Greengrass..." Xiwen greeted her awkwardly.

Mrs. Greengrass didn't look in Xiwen's direction, but instead coldly stared at Elshiona, saying indifferently, "Elciona, who gave you permission to leave the intensive care unit? And who gave you permission to open the door for Rozier?"

"Mom, you have no right to restrict my freedom!" Elshiona retorted indignantly. "Besides, I have the right to see whomever I want, and you can't interfere!"

"El, you must remember, the Blood Curse within you is a constant threat to your body. If you don't persist in following the methods passed down in our family for relief and treatment, your life could be in danger at any moment!" Mrs. Greengrass said sternly.

"I don't want this kind of treatment that restricts my personal freedom!" Elshiona said defiantly.

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to Xiwen, a slight smile appearing on her face again. "Rather than believing that some kind of imprisoning-like treatment can heal my Blood Curse, I'd rather believe that Xiwen can heal me. Don't you agree, Xiwen?"

She nudged Xiwen's arm with her elbow.

"Uh... I do have some ideas," Xiwen hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Seeing her daughter's behavior, Mrs. Greengrass's face showed anger, and she could no longer maintain her aristocratic dignity, even raising her voice several decibels.

"You believe he can cure your Blood Curse? This is the same scumbag who rejected the marriage proposal because he disliked our family's hereditary Blood Curse, and who, despite being the first wizard to publish a paper on curing Blood Curse, has never come to heal you?!" she shouted at Elshiona.

"That's not what you're saying! Xiwen has been corresponding with me, and it's thanks to his advice that I've recovered quite a bit," Elshiona retorted loudly. "If I had relied on the family's so-called allergic treatment, I probably wouldn't have had the strength to get out of bed."

Xiwen watched the two arguing and gritted his teeth slightly.

"I think... there might be some misunderstanding, which I can explain," he said softly, interrupting the argument between the mother and daughter.

"I don't know what's there to explain?" Mrs. Greengrass waved her hand dismissively, leading Xiwen into the Greengrass family villa. "Fine, come with me. I want to see what kind of explanation you're going to come up with!"

Upon entering the villa, Mrs. Greengrass ignored all the luxurious woven straw chairs and instead pointed to a small wooden stool by the door.

"Sit!"

Mrs. Greengrass sat in the elegant straw-mat chair and gestured for Xiwen to sit on the small wooden stool. However, when she saw that Elshiona had also brought over a small stool to sit with him, Mrs. Greengrass's expression darkened further.

"Tell me, what excuse have you come up with?" she said coldly.

"Speaking of the engagement, back then I just felt that El and I were both too young, and that we shouldn't have our life partners decided just because of our families' arrangement, without any room for reversal. It was too unfair to Elshiona and me," Xiwen said.

"You may have heard that I am not very satisfied with many of the old customs of the Pure-blood families, and I have been working to change these outdated customs. So it is impossible for me to say that I am changing old customs while actually following such unreasonable agreements myself. How can I convince the people if I do that?"

"..."

Hearing this, Lady Greengrass's expression softened slightly, but her tone remained icy as she said, "I'll consider this a pass. But how do you explain why, as the first wizard to break the Blood Curse, you've never come to El's aid, perhaps even offering her some advice?"

"In fact, the Blood Curse I was afflicted with was the Maledictus Blood Curse, which is not the same as the 'Death's Curse' that has been passed down for thousands of years in the Greengrass family. Its reference value may not be as great as you might think," Xiwen explained. "In addition, I have also been looking for a solution to the Greengrass family Blood Curse and have often sent treatment suggestions to El."

"Yes, yes, I can vouch for that!" Elshiona nodded vigorously and said, "I think Xiwen's treatment is much more effective than the family's methods of relief, otherwise I wouldn't have the strength to sneak outside and open the door for Xiwen."

"That's right. Actually, my purpose in coming to the Greengrass family this time is not only to integrate the Pure-blood forces of England, but also to help El heal the Blood Curse!" Xiwen said with a smile.

Mrs. Greengrass's expression softened somewhat again.

"El, please lead Mr. Rozier to the sofa so that the other families won't say we've neglected our guest," she said, taking a sip of her coffee.

Elshiona stood up with a smile and led Xiwen to the pretty little armchair.

"In that case, there's no need to discuss the foolish betrothal we made in our childhood. Whether the Greengrass family is willing to be integrated into your new power depends entirely on whether you can heal Elshiona's Blood Curse," Lady Greengrass said. "If you can truly restore Elshiona to her original state, then what does it matter if the entire Greengrass family is at your beck and call?"

"Mom..." Elshiona bit her lip.

"Even without your words, I would still have done my best," Xiwen said with a smile.

Led by Mrs. Greengrass, Xiwen arrived at the Greengrass family's basement library.

He first needed to fully understand what unique magic this so-called "Death's Curse" possessed that had rendered generations of Bloodline Magic researchers helpless for thousands of years.

Moreover, the name "Death's Curse," Blood Curse bestowed upon him by various experts in Bloodline Magic, always made Xiwen feel uneasy. After all, he now knew that Death was real and was currently eyeing Earth from a sealed space, constantly looking to invade.

It's unclear whether the powerful Blood Curse of the Elshiona family is truly related to that Death; if it is, it could be troublesome.

In the Greengrass family's library, Xiwen saw bookshelves densely packed with books of all kinds, most of which looked very old and worn, even more antique than the books in the Hogwarts Restricted Section.

Xiwen stroked the neat rows of book spines, searching for books related to the origin of the Blood Curse.

Suddenly, he paused at the position of one of the books.

The title of this book is entirely in the style of Ancient Runes.

Books with titles written entirely in Ancient Runes are rare, as this would easily make the titles incomprehensible to readers and thus unlikely to attract the attention of wizards.