Chapter 730

Descending the top of the tower, Owen stared at Ophelia, who was over a hundred years old but still one year younger than him. He asked, "Lia, are you afraid of Cyrus?" "Owen, I'm afraid of the young lord, not Cyrus. He's just a nobody. The pills he makes are mediocre at best," Ophelia said disdainfully. "Good. We'll deal with the young lord. You'll just have to get rid of Cyrus when you go to the island this time. No matter the outcome, I'll make sure that your plaque will be placed in the Sykes family's ancestral hall so that you can be with our ancestors and relish the family's glory," Owen said. Women of the Sykes family were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. Even Owen's eldest daughter, Evelyn, who never married and whose son was also a Sykes, wasn't recorded in the ancestral hall after her death. "Thank you, Owen. I've spent my entire life serving the Sykes family; I deserve a place in the ancestral hall," Ophelia replied. "Indeed. Over the years, while I've bee