Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) novel Chapter 2946

Reginald said, "A lifetime of regret and pain is truly unbearable. Back then, I was foolish and unaware, treating everything as ordinary. I have already done right by Holtrien during all these years overseas. So what I do next must be something I owe to myself."

He continued, "I will find the Veiled Paradise and enter it. Whether I live or die will be left to fate. I will give everything I have to confirm one last time whether Eleanor is truly alive."

Nyx's heart skipped, and she asked instinctively, "What if she is really gone? What if all your efforts over these years were for nothing?"

Reginald smiled. "Then you will help me take care of Andrew, all right?"

Tears instantly welled up in Nyx's eyes. "No… Please don't say things like that! When my parents died, they said the same thing and asked me to take care of my younger brother. But in the end, my parents were gone, my brother died too, and I was left alone in this world, barely able to live.

"If not for you taking me in, teaching me martial arts, and helping me grow, I would've been gone long ago."

By the end, Nyx broke down crying, sobbing uncontrollably. She looked nothing like her usual distant and unapproachable self.

Reginald sighed. "Silly girl. I didn't really help you that much. Everything you have today came from your own efforts. You deserve it all. Those who are reborn through pain will ultimately transform. Nyx, believe in yourself. Your future will be infinitely beautiful!"

Nyx pleaded, "Can't you stop looking for the Veiled Paradise? Don't you know how obsessed you've become, almost to the point of madness?"

About 30 thousand Inquisitors of the Church advanced straight toward the Ludendorff family headquarters. If the Ludendorff family could not provide a satisfactory explanation, war would be immediate.

Accompanying this mobilization was another explosive announcement. It was announced that Rosemary, a Pure White Angel of the Lomuia Grand Cathedral, had been killed in the Outlands and brutally violated.

This horrific crime was attributed to a Holtrien individual named Andrew Lloyd, who was once the leader of the mysterious Holtrien organization, the Iron Calvary, across the Outlands.

Mephiston made a public statement that this time, the Church's army would punish every blasphemer on this sinful land.