Chapter 2202

Though the elders harbored their own thoughts, they weren't about to oppose a human, especially not when Adam was connected to both Louise and Shannon, who'd manifested her tenth tail. Rook watched the elders silently disperse with an unreadable expression. After a long time, he stood up and reappeared beneath the Soul Tree with a faint flicker of his form. The moment he arrived, he heard a frail, almost broken voice call out from behind the tree. "Grandpa… Is that you?" Rook frowned. He hesitated before slowly making his way around to the back of the Soul Tree, where Caelan was tied. But when he caught sight of Caelan's current state, he couldn't help the sudden jolt in his chest. "W-What happened to your supernatural powers?" … Elsewhere in Wynthorpe Manor, this was the courtyard Thalia had once lived in as a child. It wasn't large, but everything had been preserved exactly as she remembered it. There were fox figurines lining the shelves and the bed frame where Adam lay. His