As soon as Selena Kensington said this, Hope Norwood imdiately replied, "Madam, please allow to accompany you."
Lea Dutton also chid in from the side, "Yes, sister, there are many undeveloped areas on Mount Nimbus, and we don’t even know exactly where the Sutton family lives. What if..."
The people of Stonefall only know that there is a Mountain Guardian on Mount Nimbus, but they have never located the exact residence of the Sutton family.
anwhile, The Celestial Division, to provide enough privilege and protection, has not personally sought out the precise location of the Sutton family.
Selena Kensington shook her head slightly, "I want to be alone."
She paused and saw the worry in their eyes.
Finally, slightly compromising, she said, "Alright then, if I’m not back by tomorrow, you can co up to Mount Nimbus to find ."
With Selena saying this, the two exchanged a glance.
Ultimately, Hope Norwood and Lea Dutton could only nod and compromise.
If it weren’t for their insistence, Selena might not have compromised.
After saying goodbye to Hope and Lea, Selena headed to Mount Nimbus.
Entering Mount Nimbus requires a ticket, and when Selena arrived, today’s entry numbers had not yet reached five thousand.
She bought a ticket and went inside.
Following the cobblestone path developed and built, Selena ignored the surrounding attractions and tourists and walked straight ahead.
She indeed didn’t know the exact location of the Sutton family, but she had a vague feeling telling her to keep going forward.
Selena looked up at the towering mountain and the lush green trees.
Mount Nimbus...
Why is it that as soon as she sets foot in this place, her inner turmoil and chaos quiet down?
All that’s left is peace and tranquility.
It’s as if she were bathing in a gentle and warm haven.
Selena continued to move forward.
Even after she had walked off the cobblestone path, she kept moving ahead.
Unknowingly, Selena reached the place where Sarah Sutton had been before.
She looked at the words on the sign beside her.
’Undeveloped area, entry forbidden.’
Selena looked inside.
Trees, shrubs, and thick overgrowth.
Blocking the path and obscuring the view.
To go in, she would have to push aside the shrubs and weeds.
Selena slightly pursed her lips and chose to trust her intuition.
Then, Selena parted the obstructing trees and went in.
The path was overgrown with shrubs; although Selena carefully avoided them, she still got a few scratches from being unfamiliar with the route.
She didn’t care about these minor injuries and kept moving forward.
Her intuition was indeed correct.
Although the way in was quite narrow and needed to be carved out by herself,
the further she walked, the broader the path beca.
After walking for a long ti, Selena heard the faint sound of flowing water ahead.
She felt a surge of joy and quickened her pace.
When she erged from the forest, her view beca expansive.
Waterfall, wooden house, poultry, vegetable field...
This is where the Sutton family resides.
Just as Selena stepped out of the forest, she saw Sarah Sutton walking out from the wooden house.
Sarah Sutton clearly also saw Selena at the forest exit.
"...you’ve co."
Sarah Sutton hadn’t expected Selena to really find their location.
"You said if I wanted to know the answer, I should co to Mount Nimbus."
"So I’ve co."
Selena spoke as she walked forward.
"Co in, soone is waiting for you."
Sarah Sutton sighed softly, opened the picket gate, and let Selena enter.
Selena, slightly confused, followed Sarah Sutton into the wooden house.
Inside the wooden house, an elder and a young man sat by a table with his back to her.
Looking at the young man’s back, Selena’s feet seed fixed in place.
She halted abruptly.
In disbelief, she looked at the young man.
"Timothy!?"
She tentatively called out.
There was a slight tremble in her voice.
Upon hearing Selena’s words, the young man with his back slowly turned around.
"Selie."
Timothy Jennings called out.
Selena rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
"Where have you been all this ti?!!!"
Selena questioned him.
But her voice was a bit choked up.
Originally, Selena thought that once Timothy Jennings appeared in Aethelgard, the Jennings family would gradually co back into her life.
But they didn’t.
Timothy Jennings had completely disappeared again after that, as if his previous appearance was nothing more than a fleeting dream.
This was sothing Selena found hard to accept for a while.
Timothy Jennings patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"I’m sorry."
"It won’t happen this ti."
His voice was sowhat heavy.
After the siblings had an emotional reunion, Selena stepped back from Timothy Jennings’ embrace.
She looked at the elder and Sarah Sutton in the room, blinking slightly.
"Timothy, who are they?"
Timothy Jennings led Selena to sit down on a bench.
Sarah Sutton picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for Selena.
"Thank you."
Selena said.
The elder sitting in front of Selena spoke to her, "You must be Selena Kensington? I am Dean Sutton, the four hundred and thirty-second generation descendant of the Sutton family."
Four hundred and thirty-second generation descendant...
A look of astonishnt flashed in Selena’s eyes.
The Sutton family has been passed down for so many generations?
Timothy Jennings continued to explain to her, "The Sutton family has been the guardians of Mount Nimbus since ancient tis, and where you are now, Mount Nimbus, was known in ancient tis by another na — The Celestial Sanctum."
"After I left Aethelgard, I went seeking solutions and eventually ca to Mount Nimbus."
"I’m very sorry to have vanished for so long."
Upon hearing Timothy Jennings’ explanation, Selena felt both anxious and excited, "So, can you tell the truth now?"
Timothy Jennings pursed his lips slightly, nodding.
Previously, he didn’t dare tell her, fearing that revealing the truth to Selena would disrupt the cause and effect, leading to so uncontrollable forces.
But now, even the turns of fate guide Selena to Mount Nimbus.
Timothy Jennings had no reason to keep this matter hidden any longer.
Selena breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a mix of eagerness to know the truth and a bit of fear about what the truth might hold.
At this mont, the elder posed a question to Selena.
"Young lady, if you learn the truth, would you be willing to be the lock or the key?"
Selena was confused.
What lock? What key?
The elder, however, wasn’t in a hurry for Selena’s answer, stroking his beard with an enigmatic deanor, he said, "No rush, answer after you return."
Selena looked at Timothy Jennings once more.
Timothy Jennings stood up, "Co with ."
Filled with questions, Selena also stood up.
The two of them walked out of the wooden house together.
After Selena and Timothy Jennings left, Sarah Sutton looked at Dean Sutton.
"Grandfather, did you see it?"
"Can this woman truly erase the ancient sins?"
Dean Sutton didn’t imdiately answer Sarah Sutton, watching as the two disappeared into the distance.
Not until Selena and Timothy Jennings vanished from Dean Sutton’s sight did he reply to Sarah Sutton’s earlier question.
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