Reincarnated as an Energy with a System Chapter 1179: 30 Years ago

"Let's talk about the important stuff," Clara said. "What I sent you here to do."

Ning laid back on the seat and looked at her with a curious look on his face. "Can I ask, how old are you exactly?" he inquired.

Clara raised an eyebrow. She thought for a bit and said. "Sothing like 43 years," she said.

"Did you leave this place when you were 17 then?" Ning asked.

Clara's eyes narrowed in surprise. "So you found sothing?" she asked.

"You're part of the Grazer family, aren't you?" Ning asked. "The one that used to be the ruler of the Whiteowl region, but was instead wiped out in a fire that appeared out of nowhere and killed everyone?"

Clara glared at Ning for a while before sighing. "Yes, I am from that very sa family. The one and only mber of the Grazer family that still remains," she said.

"I see," Ning said. "I assud that after I learned about the family and what had happened in the past."

"Forget the past and talk about what's happening right now," she said. "I've already moved on from my identity as a Grazer."

"Oh," Ning was a little surprised. "Alright, so here's what I found out."

He told Clara everything he had found out. He told her about the Foremans, about the 30-year agreent they had with the Black Royal family of the Blackhawk Dominion, and how there was a rumor that a son of the Grazer family was still alive.

"I see," Clara said with a thoughtful look after hearing everything. "So they don't want to make a return and beco the ruler of the Whiteowl Region, huh?"

"That's what I heard," Ning said. "Do you think you want to? I hear that they have an agreent with the Black Royal family, so if you were to go back, you could beco the ruler."

Clara quickly shook her head. "That's not even a possibility," she said. "The mont I get on the throne, they will kill . Just like they did my father and my family."

A deep sense of pain and anger flowed in Clara's voice that Ning could very distinctly capture. She was rembering her past and the traumatic mories flooded her mind.

Ning heard what she said and looked at her closely. "So it wasn't an accident?" he asked. "What happened 25 years ago was actually an attack on your family?"

Clara nodded. "Yes, we were attacked in the middle of the night. The people that attacked us were so strong that we couldn't even find the ti to fight back."

"Before I knew it, my father had already died, and later my mother died while trying to send and my twin brother away," she said, tears slowly filling her eyes. "My brother was caught in the fire when the building collapsed on him. I tried to help but… the fire was too strong. With soone's essence amplifying the heat, my brother died burning alive."

"I rged into the shadows and ran away in the middle of the night. Running forever and ever to get away from them," she said. "I didn't want them to find ever, so I disappeared to the north."

"Did you never think about coming back here for revenge?" Ning asked.

"I did," she said. "But no matter how much I hated my enemies, I always knew one thing. I was never strong enough to defeat them. So, I never tried."

Ning thought for a mont. "I get that you were never strong enough to defeat them, but you could have at least tried to go find help. I don't think the royal family would hold back if you let them know what had happened," he said. "The Foreman would definitely get punished, wouldn't they?"

Clara scoffed a bit. "The Foreman? Why would they get punished?" she asked.

Ning paused for a mont. "Are… are they not the ones that attacked your family?" he asked.

"Don't you think I would have found allies to co to my cause if that was the case?" Clara asked.

"Then… the enemy is soone so strong that you can't look for help?" Ning asked before slowly dismissing the possibilities until he landed on one.

"The Black Royal family?" he asked. "Are they the ones that attacked your family?"

"Yes," Clara said. "I'm surprised you got it so quickly."

"Wh-why would the Royal family attack you?" Ning asked.

"Two reasons from what I understood over the years," Clara said. "First, the Whiteowl region is the best region other than the Blackhawk region when it cos to natural geographical defenses thanks to the mountain range to the east.

"And second, the Black Family were getting scared that we were getting very strong very fast, and soon enough we would beco stronger than them and beco the true ruler of the Blackhawk Dominion."

Ning's eyes got serious. "Why would they think that?" he asked. "Were you guys powerful?"

"They were mostly scared because after a terrible earthquake more than half a decade ago, one by one, people with Shadow Essence started showing up in the family," she said. "We started trading with the other continent and bought a lot of shadow skills, which we trained in."

"It was very soon understood that Shadow Essence was quite strong for many things, and that scared the Black family."

"Their fear truly beca existential when they realized that we had unearthed an Essence Crystal cave in our family ground where the Essence was over 95% shadow," she said. "The discovery was mostly kept a secret, but soone must have told the Black family sotis after that."

"3 months after, our family was attacked and everyone was dead, but ," she said. "I alone ran away with this ring full of the Shadow Essence crystal. Ever since then, I've been doing my best to try and survive. I had even forgotten about revenge as it never seed possible."

"And yet, sohow the past doesn't seem to want to move on," she said. "Fine, if they want to drag back, I'll co back, and I'll bring back everything I have tossed away with ."