135 News of Eden (1/2)
Eventually, Greyson realized that he had been spacing out looking grim. Realizing that Ronan was looking at him with concern, he snapped himself out of it. Forcing a smile onto his face, he decided to pull the topic to something else.
”Anything exciting happen while I was gone?”
”Well, nothing too big.” Ronan scrunched his brows as he thought back through the passed two years. He spent most of his time painting in his secluded office space, thus not much of the daily news traveled to his ears. ”Oh wait! There was one event that had people gossiping for a while. Even I heard about it, so it was pretty big news. It's about the Argentum family.”
Hearing the familiar last name, Greyson perked up and all his distraction faded away. Noticing Greyson's particular interest, Ronan remembered that he had left with an Argentum Caravan. But the caravan already returned a year ago?
”Eh? This news came back with that same caravan that you supposedly left with. What happened?”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
”It's a long story, just tell me the news first.” Waving his hand, Greyson was not in the mood to explain everything at the moment.
”Well, okay... From what I remember, the news had to do with that part dragon girl that the family adopted. What was her name?” Ronan paused try to rack his brains for the memory.
”Eden.” Greyson's voice echoed in a heavy tone. Guilt. At the sudden recalling of this name, Greyson admitted that he had completely placed her situation to the back of his mind. After his grandparents said they sent out some subordinates of the tribe to pick up Eden, her situation stopped weighing on his heart. Other matters continued popping up until all his attention was placed elsewhere and this older sister of his had faded to the background. It was only now that he realized that it had been so long and she still did not return to the tribe by the time he had left. Although the caravan would have fallen behind him, they were not that far away. They should have arrived at the border maybe a couple days to a week behind him. What had happened in this time?
Not sensing Greyson's fluctuating emotions, Ronan eyes lit up once he heard the name.
”Yes! Eden! That was it. This Eden was controlled by the family through poison, this is story that almost everyone had heard of. Although everyone thought the Argentum family was fairly despicable for doing so, no one had the courage to actually do anything about it. So, the rumors claim that Eden needed a Calming Fruit to help further the strength and integration of her dragon bloodline, therefore she went along with the caravan. They made it to the Beast Empire and easily acquired the fruit through some trading. Once Eden ate the fruit, her dragon bloodline further integrated with her human bloodline like it was supposed to; however, it actually also began to cleanse the poison from her body. You have to know that dragons are famous for their body's sturdiness and healing capabilities. The Argentum family did not calculate correctly in this move. Without the poison controlling her, Eden went on a rampage. She even killed Claire Argentum! Only a couple of the servants managed to run away and make it back. After giving their recounts, I heard Claire's parents killed the servants in their rage.” After saying this much, Ronan had an ugly expression on his face. Those were still lives in the end and to hear they died so pointlessly was a little hard to agree with.
Greyson could not bother to notice his friend's unhappiness and only focused on asking about the situation.