Jackson reached out and picked up the ancient sword.

Serenity was taken aback by his action. This sword… had given her an ominous vibe from the beginning.

“Do you remember what I told you before? That people from my family once locked up a woman here. She eventually fell in love with one of the men in our family. Despite that, she ended up taking his life with this exact sword,” said Jackson as if he were telling a tale.

But… this was something that had actually happened! Serenity felt a shock in her heart. What he had told her before was a completely different version!

The version he had told her was that the woman had ended up fleeing with the man from this place.

She never expected that the woman had actually… taken that man’s life here using this very blade!

But for what? Was it guilt? Self-blame? Or regret?

Or perhaps she had fallen for another man? Was that why she had chosen to end his life?

As for the brown spots on the blade, were they… bloodstains? Remnants fro