Upon seeing Gerald being dragged off, the old man immediately stopped in his tracks. While he was pretty sure that the intruder’s savior was an old woman, her aura felt oddly familiar…

“…Was that the young mistress…?” muttered the old man to himself. Knowing how quirky the girl was, the man eventually decided to turn back, withdrawing his essential qi in the process.

His thought process was to first contact the young mistress’s family to confirm whether that was truly her. If it wasn’t, then