Chapter 2432

“Still… I never expected you to know Phoebe's secret!” added Marcel in a curious tone. Whatever the case was, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh in relief. After all, Marcel’s response was a clear sign that Phoebe really was a descendant of the ancient witches. That meant that her son was an heir of the witches as well. He remembered Zeman telling him that all witch descendants required the Divine fruit in order to awaken the power in their blood. Even if awakening their power wasn’t their goal, they still needed the fruit. After all, due to their ancestors tampering so much with medicines, the sequelae in their bodies were passed down to their descendants. With that in mind, failing to get access to the Divine fruit—before their sixteenth birthday—would often result in the descendants’ deaths. It was probably why Phoebe was searching for the Divine Fruit tree so desperately. That aside, Gerald couldn’t help but spot a new issue. Since the ancient witches had mostly died out, Phoebe s