CHAPTER 916: CHAPTER 916: WHOSE FAULT IS IT THIS TIME?

"How could that be? Killing someone who has already resolved to die would only feel like relief, not fear, so I would never take your life." Elias Hawthorne turned his head and instructed Dante Drake, "Dante, go drag Young Master Reed’s body over here and handle it properly."

"Yes." Dante responded and immediately strode forward.

"How dare you! How dare you touch my son!" Mrs. Reed suddenly stood up, ready to rush over and stop Dante, but as soon as she moved, Lune kicked her to the ground.

Dante then dragged a long blade over, and Lune drew out his Crescent Blade.

Mrs. Reed finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and screamed loudly, "Fine! I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Someone instructed me to harm Orion Rivers. Just a few days ago, someone came to The Reed Family, demanding that The Reeds swear allegiance and assist them in conspiring against Orion Rivers. Yet this man refused, saying that since he had joined The Celestial Alliance, he was part of it and would never harm his own Alliance Hierarch!

I know, you people hear such words from him, and you must think of him as loyal and nothing but a good subordinate. Yes, indeed, he was.

This man was good in every way, caring for The Reeds internally and being loyal to The Celestial Alliance externally. However, his loyalty and care were for others, not for me and our son! Because of his obstinacy, my son died so tragically!

My son was only twenty-five! He wasn’t married; he had a bright future ahead! And now he’s dead in such a pitiful, miserable way! Do you know how those people tortured my son these past few days? Do you know what kind of torment he went through before he died?

Do you know? My son had been begging me to kill him these days because he was in so much pain, too much pain! As a helpless and weak mother, I couldn’t bring myself to do it, only watching him endure all the suffering and finally die!

My son is dead; there’s no longer such a person in this world. So why can you all be perfectly fine? No! Absolutely not!"

"Are you mad, woman?" Lune couldn’t hold back his anger any longer and shouted, "The ones who hurt your son, who caused his tragic death, are those robed men, not Orion! On the contrary, Orion was the one who came to save you! You should thank him!"

"Thank? Thank for what?" Mrs. Reed laughed, her eyes filled with mockery, "Thank him for causing trouble outside and then implicating The Reed Family, implicating my son? If that’s the case, then I truly thank him!"

Mrs. Reed paused for a moment and continued, "Do you know why, even after my son was gone, I agreed to do this? Because they were right, this disaster was brought upon by you all. You are the ones who should atone, showing up as saviors. Don’t you find that disgusting!"

Mrs. Reed’s voice grew louder, shouting like a madwoman, until her voice broke.

Master Reed looked at his wife’s crazed state, not knowing what to say. He couldn’t help but speak, "Jenny Jarvis, you should know, this isn’t the Alliance Hierarch’s fault!"

"No! I don’t know! I don’t know!" Mrs. Reed shook her head forcefully, tears streaming down as she looked at Master Reed with eyes full of sorrow and despair, and she asked, "You keep saying it’s not Orion Rivers’ fault, then whose fault is it? Who should be responsible for my son’s death? Shouldn’t it be Orion Rivers? Shouldn’t it be him?"