novelraw Chapter 79: Little Yuna’s Parents
Chapter 79: Little Yuna’s Parents
Under the rule of the Late Emperor, the Celestial Destiny Empire had fallen to the end of its reign.
But a dying camel is still bigger than a horse, let alone the Celestial Destiny Empire, which is still as big as an Ultraman.
The former Emperor of Celestial Destiny is dead, leaving behind a horribly broken corpse. Now, the Celestial Destiny Imperial Vein has chosen a new master, selecting Helena as the new empress from among the available choices.
From this day forward, the Celestial Destiny Empire welcomes an era of rule by the Empress.
As remnants of the old era, Her Majesty the Empress gave special permission for three confidants of the Late Emperor and the false emperor to be buried with him, allowing them to continue following the Late Emperor despite his soul having dissipated.
As for the rest in the Imperial Palace, those imperial consorts or palace beauties without offspring were pardoned by Helena, allowing them to leave the palace and return to their hometowns.
Women with offspring were put into a piece of the Forbidden Palace for maintenance, never to leave for the rest of their lives.
As for Helena’s emperor brothers and emperor sisters, as a sister or elder sister, Helena treated them equally, sending them all to the Snowy Mountains, where they would train for two hundred years facing the Demon Race, including the underage princes.
Within the entire Celestial Destiny royal family, only Helena’s two princesses, ages six and just a month old, retained their noble royal status. However, they were to be raised by people appointed by Helena, having no further connection with other royal relatives.
Lynn knew nothing of the rest, for when Helena opened the gates of the Imperial City to summon all the noble officials of the Imperial Capital for deliberations, he had already left the Imperial Palace to return home.
It wasn’t that Lynn didn’t want to keep her company for a while or support her; it was because, after Helena received the blessing of the Celestial Destiny Imperial Vein, although her strength hadn’t specifically soared, she could easily suppress anyone below level 200 within the empire’s territory.
That is to say, with Helena’s own Saint Tier strength, the only one who could pose a threat to her in the entire Celestial Destiny City was Lynn.
This was all thanks to the Late Emperor, who had expelled all those above level 700 from Celestial Destiny City, thus rendering the newly enthroned Helena unbeatable.
Lynn was never interested in politics. How Helena governed as empress depended on her; he couldn’t offer much help beyond martial force.
When he left in the morning, everyone was yet to wake, and even now it’s not yet noon.
The ordeal from storming the Imperial City to assassinating the emperor in the Golden Hall took less than two and a half hours, or one K’un hour. Lynn even had time to pack some pastries for his two young ones on his return.
However, after the previous slaughter in the Imperial Palace, although Lynn’s clothes remained unstained thanks to his fashion attire, its heavy scent of blood could not be masked.
Little Yuna’s keen nose was exceptionally sharp, so to avoid her detecting anything, Lynn specifically found a hotel to take a thorough bath, even going as far as to spray some feminine perfume.
He changed both his inner gear and fashion attire, only returning home with small gifts after making sure there were no traces of slaughter left on him.
Despite rushing as fast as he could, just before entering his home, he heard intense arguing from next door, causing Lynn to frown.
The voice was a strange woman’s, saying very unpleasant things, seemingly arguing with Catherine. Catherine, who had been a mentor for over ten years, was quite eloquent. Although she didn’t use as much foul language as the woman, her sarcastic tone was just as piercing.
"My own daughter, what I do with her is none of your concern!"
"Don’t think that just because you’re backed by Miss Xiya, you can commit crimes and act above the law. Who doesn’t know that the Elf Race never does evil? Would she back you up to snatch someone else’s daughter?"
At this moment, came another voice, a man’s and a woman’s, sounding like they knew something of Xiya’s background but were unafraid due to the Elk Race’s good name.
"Nana is my good friend, you can’t give her away!"
The always good-natured Little Youli shouted along, sounding very unusually angry.
"My own daughter, can’t I find her a good family? The eldest young master of the Soros Duke’s house is the future duke; he’s a noble among nobility. If Yuna is with him, she will enjoy endless wealth and prosperity. Why do you outsiders meddle?"
That same woman spoke with a loud voice, seemingly reasonable, yet Lynn knew the Soros Duke. He had even fought with his daughter Mary before. With daughters like that, how good could his sons be?
As expected, someone more familiar with the Soros Clan provided an answer shortly after.
"Bullshit nobility! And with all this talk of Little Yuna being with him, who in Celestial Destiny City doesn’t know that the Soros heir is a pedophile? How can sending Little Yuna to him be well-intentioned? Do you really consider Little Yuna your daughter, doing such a malicious thing, I spit on you!"
Catherine’s voice was incredibly clear as she tore into their words, making it impossible for Lynn, who had previously considered intervening in Little Yuna’s future, to sit back any longer.
With a loud crash, Lynn burst through the door, startling everyone inside.
"Daddy’s back! They’re trying to take Nana away, and give her to someone else. Daddy, do something!"
Little Youli was the first to react, gaining confidence as the head of the household returned.
"Our family affairs, not even the noble lords have a say! Who does your father think he is..."
"Thud."
"Thud."
Inside their own home and trying to take away their daughter, the couple felt confident, for their neighbors were neither nobles nor with strong backgrounds. Even if they considered them formidable, bonding with the Soros Clan would make them unafraid.
But then the man of their house returned, and the little girl who resembled Yuna called out happily. Yuna’s parents were still preparing to lord over them, but upon seeing the man who barged in, Yuna’s mother was kicked down on her knees by her husband before she could finish her sentence.
He followed immediately, kneeling smoothly, while begging in fear.
"I’m sorry! We didn’t know an adult like you had eyes on Yuna; we will leave at once! Yuna is yours! Please forgive us for Yuna’s sake!"
Little Yuna’s father held his wife down while kowtowing to Lynn without a flinch of disrespect.
My heavens, he was the one who crippled their previous master Young Master Lajian, and not only that, he also beat up Duke Wilson! If it was just that, he wouldn’t be so terrified. The most crucial part is that after Young Master Lajian was crippled and Duke Wilson beaten, it was Duke Wilson’s Mansion that faced repercussions...
As a sycophant of the Duke’s son, he obviously understood the stakes.
This adult was absolutely untouchable. Otherwise, even if Duke Wilson’s Mansion cast him out, and even if he managed to latch onto the Soros Duke’s Mansion, no one would save him, not even Soros Duke himself could help!