Herman and Winter turned around and saw Alina and Ace had appeared a few ters behind him like ghosts.
Winter was the most shocked because she was quite confident in her Faceless Thief Sense, yet Ace was still unfathomable, and it seed no matter how much stronger she beca, the House Leader was always a few steps ahead of her.
On the other hand, Herman was worried about whole another matter as he looked at Alina's fairy-like overt face as her veil was gone. Furthermore, Ace and Alina's hands were intertwined with each other's, and with how Alina was literally glowing with happiness, his heart sank to rock bottom.
At this mont, Lillian also appeared after the sudden commotion, and when she saw Alina wasn't wearing her veil, her eyes went wide with shock, and she blurted, "Princess, you removed your maiden veil?!"
Her abrupt words drew the thieves' attention, especially Ace, as he looked doubtfully at Lillian and then looked at Alina, who seed to be panicking a little.
"Maiden Veil?" He questioned, with an uncertain look in his eyes.
Winter finally paid attention to Alina's unveiled face, and she clearly rembered she never took her veil off, no matter the situation, and she was extrely beautiful. So, she quickly sensed sothing fishy going on.
"I-it's nothing!" Alina quickly exclaid before throwing a fierce gaze at Lillian, 'I almost forgot about it!'
The very next mont, her veil returned to her face again. But alas, it was a little too late for that since Herman looked absolutely bereft while Lillian lowered her head with a faint blush, 'Princess really went all out!'
"It can all wait." At this mont, Winter suddenly chid in as she walked toward Ace, drawing everyone's attention.
"Do you have soone to report?" Ace's eyes narrowed as he looked at Winter.
Herman suddenly snapped out of his daze as he felt amiss for so reason.
Winter nodded as she stopped right beside Ace, just like Alina, and coldly uttered, "I have indeed an urgent matter to report."
Herman sensed Winter's jeering gaze at the mont, and his heart went cold.
Winter revealed, "You see, Leader, this old man just contacted soone and told them to reveal our location to the humans…!"
Winter directly exposed Herman's entire conversation he just had within his barrier, making Herman's expression ashen as he didn't understand how in the world Winter was able to hear it!
But it matters little since Ace's expression went icy while Alina and Lillian looked at Herman with disbelief.
"No, there must be so mistake. Is it true, Grandpa?" Alina quickly rejected it as she looked at Herman for clarification.
Herman knew he had been exposed, and from Ace's expression, it was pretty clear he trusted Winter completely.
He took a deep breath and cald his chaotic nerves, and replied, "Little Aly, you have to retune with , or the Blood Ancestor will execute the entire Silver Ice, including your father and mother. She warned before she left, and I can't let another tragedy like your grandparents befall the clan again!"
Alina's expression went pale as she was shocked, but she also understood why Herman was so adamant about taking her back. The Blood Ancestor was really capable of doing such a thing, and that's why she didn't afraid of Alina running away.
The entire Silver Ice Clan was her hostage!
However, Ace was different. He didn't have a good impression of Herman to begin with because of what he had done in the past, and that secret note Herman left for him was still vivid in his mind. He hadn't forgotten a single word.
Now, it was pretty clear that Blood Ancestor wanted Alina for so extrely nefarious purpose, yet this guy who was supposed to be her Godfather wanted to hand her over.
Even if they don't know about Blood Ancestor's true purpose, those guys were no children, for they couldn't even understand this small point. Yet, they still want to do it.
"I don't think we have properly introduced yet. I've been looking forward to this day for a very long ti." Ace spoke impassively, drawing Herman's attention, "I'm Ace, the sa brat that you thought could never et with Alina his entire life. First, I would like to give this back."
The next mont, a small folded note and a black pouch appeared in Ace's hand.
Alina was astonished when she was the small black pouch and that note, 'He still has it?'
Herman was shocked as complicated emotions raged in his eyes when he rembered what Ace ant by those words far better than anyone else.
Ace then shocked that black pouch as tallic chis of coins sounded and coldly smiled, "Rember this? The 10 Ruby Coins you left as a charity that day you took Alina away without letting her say goodbye to ? You just judge my care for her with these ten ruby coins. I guess in your eyes, my feelings for her only amount to this much.
"But trust when I say, with all the treasures and money I have collected in these past years, these ten ruby coins were the most precious to because they reminded of how much my feelings have been worth in your eyes.
"And this letter was a reminder that I won't be able to see her ever again, yet it was also a light that showed the path that led exactly towards her.
"Sigh… sotis, I don't understand how people like you have such short sight. You just had to implore that you are superior to others without even caring about their feelings.
"Well, I guess it's also because of people like you that people like exist. People like move forward to show people like you that we can also be great without anyone's help or background.
"Now, I don't need them anymore, and I will return this letter and this charity money back to you just like you did to . But with the hope that you will always regret what you'd done that day and in the future, you better rember to never look down on commoners like .
"Who knows, they might take it to heart and then hunt you down in your nightmares!"
Herman was pale as a ghost at this mont with a look of defeat and regret as he looked at that pouch and letter, which he had almost forgotten about, appearing right in front of him like so unforgettable misery!
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