"Uhh… how, how am I supposed to know? I was so young back then, in fact, I could barely walk, how would I know?" Sachin Joshi's heart began to beat violently. Forcing open a smile, Sachin Joshi guilty turned his gaze to the center of the hall.
"Hehe…" Looking at Sachin Joshi's reaction, a slight smile floated on Jhanvi Joshi's face. Her sight moved back to the book on her lap and as if talking to herself, she said. "Even though I know that, that person did it in goodwill, I'm a girl right? How can I let someonecarelessly touch me? If I ever find out who did it, hmph…"
Sachin Joshi's mouth began to twitch violently, keeping his sight straight, he shut his mouth tight…
In the main hall, Jagdish Joshi and the three clan elders were talking excitedly with the strange elder. The guest seemed to have something weighing on his mind, yet every time when it seemed as if he was about to broach the subject, he would swallow back the words and change the topic. Each time he did this, the delicate girl next to him would give the elder a subtle yet firm glance…
After listening on to their conversation for a while, Sachin Joshi was bored by their conversation and his head was slowly drooping…
"Brother Sachin, do you know who they are?" Right when Sachin Joshi was about to fall asleep from boredom, Jhanvi Joshi who was beside him opened her ancient book and asked Sachin Joshi.
"Do you know?" Sachin Joshi curiously looked at Jhanvi Joshi.
"Did you see the symbol of a silver sword with the clouds on the cuff of their robes?" Jhanvi Joshi said with a light smile.
"Oh?" Sachin Joshi looked towards the cuffs of the three and indeed, there he clearly saw the embroidered symbol of a sword sparkling in the clouds!
"They are from the Misty Clouds Faction?" Sachin Joshi asked in bewilderment.
Even though Sachin Joshi had never gone out into the real world, he had read from books about this faction. Sachin Joshi's clan lived in a city named Wutan City which was part of the Jiama Empire. Even though this city is listed as being one of the bigger cities within Jiama Empire, it was still dwarfed by the size of the empire, despite having the Magic Monsters Mountain Range behind it.
Within the city itself, Sachin Joshi's clan was the biggest. Besides the Joshi Clan, there were two other clans that competed with the Joshi Clan, but even after 24 years of blood and strife, they were unable to overtake the Joshi clan…
If the Joshi Clan was the strongest power in Wutan City, then the Misty Clouds Faction would be the strongest power in the entire Jiama Empire! The difference between the Joshi Clan and the Misty Clouds Faction was enormous, to the point where Sachin Joshi's father Jagdish Joshi, who normally kept a strict and harsh face, was extremely respectful in front of these guests.
"Why are they here?" Sachin Joshi whispered.
Jhanvi's slim fingers paused, "Maybe it's related to you, Brother Sachin …"
"Me? But I don't have any relationship with them!?" Hearing Jhanvi's response, Sachin Joshi paused before shaking his head and whispering back.
"Do you know the name of the girl up there?" Jhanvi glanced at the girl.
"No, do you?" Sachin Joshi furrowed his brows as he examined the face of the girl Jhanvi pointed out. He cannot recall ever having seen her before.
"She's Heera Abrol!" A curious expression floated on Jhanvi's face.
Sachin Joshi stiffened, "Heera Abrol? The granddaughter of Sunil Abrol, the Lionheart commander of Jiama Empire? She's… she's my fiancée that was set between our families, before I was born?"
"Hehe, grandfather and Sunil Abrol were like blood brothers and at that time, you and Heera Abrol were born around the same time, so the two decided that you guys would get married. But, unfortunately, three years after you were born, grandfather died in a fight with a clan enemy and as time passed, Joshi Clan's relation with the Abrol family became weaker…" Jhanvi paused and looked at Sachin Joshi who was absorbed inJhanvi's story, "Sunil Abrol is not only arrogant, he also puts extreme emphasis on promises. The marriage was decided by him so even though your name has been quite bad the past few years, he has never once thought of annulling the marriage…"
"That old man sure is quite obstinate…" Sachin Joshi smiled.
"Sunil Abrol has the final say in all matters within the family so even though he really is very fond of his granddaughter, no one in the family has stepped up to oppose the marriage…" Jhanvi's beautiful eyes lightly glanced at Sachin Joshi before continuing, "But 5 years ago, Heera Abrol became a student under the faction leader of Misty Clouds. In these 5 years, Heera Abrol demonstrated incredible talent. When a person has enough power to change the path of their life, they would try their hardest to change things that they don't like and unfortunately, she absolutely hates her promised marriage with brother Sachin!"
"You're saying… that she came to CANCEL the marriage?"
Sachin Joshi's face darkened. At this moment he was furious, not because Heera Abrol did not want him as her husband but rather, because Heera Abrol is trying to cancel the marriage with the entire clan present! If that happens then his father would lose much of his dignity and respect within the clan!
Sachin Joshi slowly breathed in, the cold air calming his raging thoughts. Within his sleeve, Sachin Joshi curled his fist, thinking, if I was a Falan Disciple, who would dare to trample over my dignity?
It was true, if Sachin Joshi was a Falan Disciple, then, even if Heera Abrol had the backing of the Misty Clouds Clan, she would not be able to do such a thing. A 15 year old Falan Disciple there were only a few that had such high accomplishments in the entire history of Falan Continent Mainland.