Goodbye, Saintess. Novel

---- Chapter 620 Anna grinned with a hint of mystery. "Rather than asking me for an answer... you should ask the old man himself." The old man? What old man? | followed her into a private room at the restaurant. An elderly man sat behind the table, waiting. He wore finely tailored clothes, and a quiet, majestic presence filled the room He looked familiar. Uncomfortably so. In fact, he looked a bit like me. "Who is this?" | asked. Anna did not answer. She turned to the old man and inclined her head with clear respect. "I've brought him here, Mr. Grimwald." "That you did.

Atta girl," the old man said with a grin. He lifted a hand and waved me closer. "My precious lan, come to your grandpa!" "W-What?!" | blurted out. | pointed at myself. "Did you mean... m- me?" Who was this man? Had | heard him right? His last name was Grimwald? ---- A strange sense of familiarity clung to me, one | could not shake. It felt as though | should be close to him, as though that closeness had been taken from me long ago. Anna stepped out of the room and quietly closed the door behind her. Julius Grimwald's eyes reddened. Joy and regret seemed to wrestle across his face.

"I'm so sorry it took me this long to reveal myself to you, my precious lan. You have to forgive me. | have done everything | could. | spared nothing in my search for you. And |... |had matters | needed to resolve before | could appear before you. | am your grandfather, Julius Grimwald." Shock coursed through me and left me numb "G-Grandfather? My... b-biological grandfather?" | stammered. He nodded. "I know what I'm about to say sounds unbelievable. It may even sound like a fantasy.

But listen to me carefully, because | am about to tell you the truth of your origin." He placed two DNA reports on the table. One showed my ---- biological connection to a man | had never met. It confirmed that | was his son. The second report showed something far more devastating. | shared no blood relation with the mother and father | had grown up with. Julius said quietly, "lan, you are not the child of an unknown blue- collar family in Beauclab. You are the heir to the elite Grimwald family of Enbarr. "Many years ago, a freak accident caused you to go missing.

Your parents were destroyed by grief, and they exhausted every resource they had searching for you "That search, however, was obstructed by politics. We had enemies within the family and beyond it. Then one day, your parents disappeared as well. The Grimwald family lost its leader, and to preserve stability, | came out of retirement and resumed my role as head of the family." Tears slid down his cheeks. "I never gave up searching for your parents or for you. | never found a single trace of your parents. But you... | finally found a lead.

One of my subordinates in Astergrad identified you." He drew a breath. "The truth is, | found you long ago, shortly after your separation from Hera Bishop. That same subordinate guided you from the shadows and helped you begin the path ---- toward realizing your true potential." His voice trembled. He paused, steadying himself, before continuing, "I wanted nothing more than to appear before you and tell you everything. But the Grimwald family stood on unstable ground. Too many enemies were watching us.

| would not have had the time to guide you as an heir, and | feared you might become a pawn or a sacrifice amid that chaos. "So | chose to test you. If you could establish yourself in Astergrad, you would prove that you possessed the strength to endure the burdens of a Grimwald. Only then would | come to bring you home and pass the torch to you. "If you had shown no talent for business, | would have allowed you to live a normal, peaceful life, far from the dangers that plague families like ours.

Even if that choice meant | would never reunite with my precious grandson." | could not put my emotions into words. Joy and sorrow twisted together until they became something unrecognizable. "Il know this all may sound harsh and calculating," Julius said softly. "But this is the reality of elite life. And lan, you cannot imagine how happy I am to see you succeed. You are capable of leading this family. "| have watched you the entire time. | have witnessed your growth, and each step filled my heart with pride.

| have no ---- regrets now." | lifted my head and asked, "How many of your subordinates knew the truth and kept it from me?"