Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2201

As soon as Reuben finished speaking, Thalia was about to snap back when he casually lifted his hand.

From the shadows, two foxes bustled in and wobbled under the weight of a massive clay jar. The jar was ancient with a faint, earthy, mossy scent still clinging to its surface.

Louise's eyes flickered as she caught sight of the jar.

Thalia hadn't processed what it was yet, but Reuben had popped the seal with a flick of his finger. A mellow, intoxicating fragrance spilled out immediately, and just a whiff was enough to make their heads swim.

With a sniff, Thalia belatedly recognized the scent of the wine, only to hear Louise say, "He brewed this himself and buried it. A jar of daughter's brew is quite fitting for today."

It was a jar of wine meant to be opened when Thalia married, and it'd finally been unearthed after four centuries.

Reuben added from the side, "I'll pass on the food, but I'll drink the wine."

The video Thalia had used to blackmail Louise had been edited by Adam, so both he and Thalia knew what this was—Edmund's daughter's brew meant for Thalia.

Four centuries later, Thalia wasn't just reading through the handwritten storybooks Edmund had left behind, but she was also standing before a sealed jar of wine lovingly crafted for her.

Now, it felt as if his part of her memory, which had been missing for centuries, was being restored a bit. His absence of four centuries seemed to have been replaced by the appearance of the jar of wine.

The scent stung Thalia's nose until Adam quietly took her hand in his.

Thalia pushed back the rising ache in her chest and turned her attention to Reuben, who was now pouring the wine. Then, she asked, "This has been sitting for 400 years… Is it even drinkable?"

She wasn't worried about Reuben or Louise; they were thousand-year-old fox demons, and expired wine probably wouldn't do much.

But Adam was human. Things would go south if he got food poisoning or dropped dead from the wine.

Word spread fast. Everyone in the fox clan soon heard that Louise's human son-in-law had entered Wynthorpe Manor. Not only had he met her, but he was also allowed to stay.

Reactions among the clan elders were mixed. The head of the elders, Rook Wynthorpe, said, "He may be human, but he has fathered a child with the Ten-Tailed Elythune's ancestral bloodline. Let him stay."

Another elder, Kael Wynthorpe, was far less welcoming. "The ancestral blood runs through the Wynthorpe family. Any human could have done the same."

He paused and added with a cold snort, "Louise and that half-demon brat of hers have always been biased toward humans, but she still won't admit what happened back then."

Everyone knew what he meant by "back then", but no one answered. Memories of the incident buried 400 years surfaced and threw them deep in thought.

One of the elders lowered his gaze. Something dark flickered in his eyes but soon vanished.