Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"I'm a little surprised to know that Polly is your sister. What a coincidence!" Zachary said with a gentle smile. In truth, he had guessed about that earlier, so he was actually not that surprised.

"Do you and my sister know each other from the very beginning?" Pollard prompted. His interest was piqued as he detected such information from Zachary's words.

"Polly helped me a lot when I first came to the Shura College," Zachary admitted honestly.

"I see. Then I don't have to introduce her. We will be as intimate as a family since now," Pollard sighed with a note of relief as his voice sounded with burgeoning excitement.

"Well, a family? Then, I can consider her to be my sister, as well!" Zachary asked deliberately, making fun of Polly.

"Of course, you can!" Pollard chuckled. He was rather pleased with the turn of events.

"What are you talking about? Don't get me involved in all the mess," Polly replied with displeasure at once. She suddenly felt a little bit awkward.

"Polly, Harley saved my life, so you have to be kind to him," implied Pollard. He meant every word more seriously than they sounded.

"He saved you?" Polly repeated in surprise. She was even astonished to hear his words because she perceived that her brother was not joking. She had never imagined that Pollard, who was already quite powerful, would have been saved by Zachary.

"Oh, don't listen to him. He is exaggerated. I just did him a small favor," Zachary replied modestly.

At this moment, a strange feeling began to surge in Polly's heart. She suddenly realized that she had been related to him unknowingly. This time, her brother got to know him, and they even became good friends. It seemed that the relationship between her and Zachary would become more complicated. She just felt a bit confused.

"Hey, Polly, don't pull a long face all the time. You may not be able to get married! I think Harley is a good man, and I intended to introduce him to you. But now that you guys have known each other, he must know what kind of personality you have. It seems that making him my brother-in-law would be quite impossible!" Pollard continued to add fuel to the fire unintentionally. It was noticeable that he was trying to bring Zachary and Polly together.

After hearing his words, Zachary put on a meaningful smile as he trained his gaze at Polly.

Polly, who was standing next to Pollard, was a little embarrassed being stared at by Zachary, and she said hurriedly, "I'm not talking to you." Then she quickly spun on her heels and left in a hurry. Panic engulfed her, but she fought hard to remain calm. She could not let others notice her strange feelings for Zachary.

"Wow, I never knew that she could be so shy!" Pollard blurted out. Pausing for a bit, he mulled over her reaction. When he observed how Polly behaved, he cou

the Burial Abyss to cultivate in seclusion to break through to the Imperial Level. But later, he was suddenly nowhere to be found, and he disappeared for three long years. One reason I came to the Shura College was to search for him, and I even entered the Burial Abyss several times, but I had never found him. At that time, I began to suspect that something terrible might have happened to him. No matter what I did, I couldn't get in touch with him. Although he finally came back a few months ago, I also noticed that he had changed a lot. Sometimes he is totally another person, and he looks very lonely. So when I saw you two talk and laugh happily just now, I felt very strange. It is very unusual. Are you sure you didn't hide anything from me?" Polly disclosed her confusion after a short hesitation.

"Really? Then I'll talk to him more often so that he won't be lonely and you won't be so suspicious. Even if something dangerous had happened to him when he was in the Burial Abyss, it's all over. You can't change that fact. Sometimes, if you care too much about what happened in the past and try to dig something more, you may get other people hurt even though you don't mean to," Zachary seriously revealed with a solemn look after he heard her words.

Polly, observing his seriousness, began to carefully think because what he just said did make sense to some degree. Maybe, leaving the past in the past was a better idea. The most important thing was that her brother returned safe and sound. 'Zachary was right, ' she mused to herself.

"Is there anything else you want to know from me?" Zachary prompted her further.

"Nothing else. Thank you!" Polly gracefully came round after hearing what he said. She gently shook her head and was a little grateful to him.

"Then I'll leave now." Zachary spun around. And with a wave of his hand, he left, leaving Polly lost in thought.