Madame Pandora's face was solemn when she answered Darryl, but her palm was sweating. She was in a panic.

Judging by her expression, Darryl did not think she was lying. "Fine, let's drop the subject. I do have another question. What are you doing out of the capital? Why would you bring your family to a place like this?"

Madame Pandora bit her lips; one could almost see the wheels spinning in her mind. She said, "To tell you the truth, with how the current situation is going, I don't think I can stay in the capital anymore."

"Why?" Darryl asked quizzically.

Madame Pandora smiled, but her smile did not reach her eyes. "For the last two years, I have been completely under Marshall's thumb. I have had no choice but to carry out his order of using my beauty to cause the fall of other families. Now that he had fallen, I am without his protection, and those families would definitely seek their revenge upon me, so that's why my family and I have to get out of the capital as soon as possib