Chapter 20: A Single Leaf Pressed Down the Ages, One Order Suppressed the Nine Provinces

"Hm?" Alessia Jubbs's delicate brows drew together as she lifted her gaze. Her pupils tightened. At the edge of the heavens, a figure in white stepped forward through the void. His hair was bound neatly, his features almost unreal in their refinement, and his presence carried a gentle, unhurried grace. Yet the moment Alessia saw him, a chill crept up her spine. It was an instinctive dread, the kind that came from something unknown and uncontrollable. "That is…" "It's the Yale family's...