Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

'Did she come to rescue me? That wasn't what I had expected, ' Zachary thought to himself. He was surprised to see the girl in white—Vivian.

"Vivian?" Jaxon exclaimed, voicing out his astonishment at her sudden appearance.

This was because she had never shown herself in public since she fell ill. Jaxon did his best to prevent outsiders from contacting Vivian. This resulted in only a few Xiao Clan members seeing her in person. So when the others who were present saw Vivian with their own eyes, they were all confused. They had no idea who she was, but they could tell from the unique aura she emanated that she was anything but ordinary.

"Father!" Vivian greeted her father as she drew nearer to him under the public's gaze.

Every warrior of Imperial Level present was stunned with how she addressed Jaxon. None of them suspected that this graceful, veiled girl in white was Jaxon's daughter. She was said to have been sick in bed for many years but now she looked anything but bedridden. This then led them to wonder why she had been hidden from the public for so long. Was it out of Jaxon's fear that some might cast greedy, lustful eyes on his beautiful daughter?

"What are you doing here?" Jaxon asked her with a slight squint in his eyes.

"I've come for Harley," Vivian answered, blinking her gorgeous eyes as she turned and looked at Zachary.

Jaxon was taken aback by what his daughter had just said. Vivian sounded as though she already met and knew Zachary. Moreover, she announced in front of the public. He had no idea what she had in mind.

Meanwhile, all the other Imperial Level warriors present turned hostile and envious glares towards Zachary. They didn't expect Vivian to come all this way for him, so they were naturally curious as to why. They too were surprised that she specifically came for him even though he had just become a member of the Xiao Clan.

"What's going on? Why did you come for Harley?" Jaxon inquired her.

"This afternoon, I asked him to go out and pick some herbs for me. When I heard he had returned, I decided to find him and get the herbs from him," Vivian answered in a flat, calm t

's eyes fixed on him.

"Ademar, you can continue to investigate with the four elders," Jaxon ordered. Using his eyes, he gave a hint to his daughter and then turned to walk towards the Magnific Martial Hall.

Vivian followed him inside.

Upon entering the hall, Jaxon sat down and Vivian sat on the chair opposite him.

"Vivian, what's going on?" Jaxon immediately asked her, wondering where this unusual behavior of hers was coming from.

"Do you mean my request to Harley regarding the herbs, Father?" Vivian asked, trying to steer away from the main topic. But it was no use.

"You know fully well that's not what I mean. When did you first meet Harley?" Jaxon demanded of his daughter.

"I met him on the first day he arrived," she replied in a soft voice.

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Jaxon asked in bewilderment. He never would've guessed that his daughter had already met Zachary before.

"Let's not waste time on such an unnecessary topic," Vivian said, doing her best to diverge from the topic once again.

"Then when did he find out you are my daughter?" Jaxon wanted to get all the information he could.

"Just now, I guess. I haven't told him who I am yet," she answered with slight hesitation. She remembered just now how Zachary didn't seem to be shocked by the fact that she was Jaxon's daughter. It felt as if he had known all this since long ago. She decided to bring it up with him later.