Victor cursed inwardly, already a bit flustered, and pointed at old Quill with a feigned mysteriousness, saying:
"Little Sevia, you may not know, but the person beside you is known within the family as the Butcher, working for that cunning snake Yain. Who knows how much innocent blood stains his hands."
Having said this, Victor folded his arms and observed the girl's reaction. He hadn't made his words definitive. As someone like him who has long maneuvered in the vortex of power, he could immediately guess that Yain's purpose in sending old Quill to his daughter's side was to monitor Tang Xin, and later, to conveniently control this Starry Singer.
