Sang Luo wasn't very hungry because she had eaten some bread beforehand, and after eating a palm-sized egg toast and half a portion of cold beef salad, she was so full that she burped.
Minos took the remaining half portion of beef salad and ate it slowly.
“Your Highness, Princess Anano requests an audience.”
Someone reported from outside the door.
Who is Anano?
Sang Luo didn't recognize this person, and suspiciously glanced at Minos. Having experienced so many things, she subconsciously thought it was another childhood sweetheart or old flame, but she hadn't heard of the Saint having any lovers before.
Minos put down his silver fork and said unhurriedly, "Aunt Anano has time to go out today, it seems her condition is under control. Please invite her in to chat."
“Your aunt? What illness does she have?” Sang Luo asked curiously.
Minos gave her a meaningful look, playing coy, "You'll know when she comes in a while. Maybe it has something to do with you."
Sang Luo was stunned when she saw Anano coming in, and almost suspected she had seen wrongly.
Golden wavy long curly hair, rose-pink eyes, on closer inspection she wasn't very young anymore, looking like she was in her thirties, but at first glance she gave people a very young and beautiful feeling. However, she was wearing a black slim-fitting fishtail dress, which didn't quite match her own style, and seemed too dull and solemn.
Isn't this… a middle-aged, high-end version of Sophie Asatai?!
If she didn't already know that Sophie Asatai was dead, Sang Luo would have really thought she had met her again.
Of course, Sang Luo was stunned for two seconds, and quickly realized that Sophie Asatai herself was an artificial female, a replica, created by Ugalia Alans using the genes left by the deceased Empress of the Empire before her death, so her appearance almost inherited the former Empress. Then, the identity of the female in front of her was self-evident, it was impossible for two people in the world to look so alike.
The rumored, long-dead former Empress, Anano Iyar.
She was still alive and well.
It seems there were hidden secrets back then, Ugalia Alans deceived the whole world.
“Aunt, are you feeling better these days?” Minos asked.
“Yes, much better.” Anano nodded indifferently, without much emotion in her eyes.
Anano didn't look at Minos. From the moment she entered the door, her eyes were fixed on Sang Luo, it was obvious that she was here to find her.
Anano is Doto's biological beast mother, because of this relationship, is she here to test her?
“Your Highness, Saint, may I have a few words with Her Highness, the Saint Consort alone?” Anano sat down opposite Sang Luo.
Minos looked at Sang Luo, "Aunt Anano has something to say to you, you should want to know about this too."
“...Okay, I also have something I want to ask the former Empress, should Lord Minos excuse yourself for a while?”
Minos heard her playful address, a smile flashed in his eyes, nodded, "I'll go to the study for a while, I have something to deal with, I'll come back later."
“Okay.”
Minos left.
Sang Luo looked at Anano, and followed Minos's address, "I wonder what Aunt wants to say?"
Anano's gaze fell on her, and after a long time she said, "That cub, actually looks a lot like you."
“...” Sang Luo's throat tightened, knowing she was talking about the little lion Hephaestus.
She couldn't tell that the un-transformed cub looked like anyone, but she usually thought they looked more like the beast father. So the little lion actually looked more like her?
“It seems Aunt Anano knows those things.”
“Yes.”
Another moment of silence.
Sang Luo wasn't in a hurry, and poured each of them a cup of coffee.
Anano didn't drink it, she looked down at the floor, her eyes slightly out of focus, not knowing what she was thinking, suddenly she said, "I had a very good relationship with my sister."
Huh?
Sang Luo paused, not knowing what she meant by this sentence?
Anano seemed to be immersed in a long memory, "My sister and I were the only two pure-blooded female angels of the Angel race, we were sought after by thousands of glories since we were young. Later, my sister became pregnant, and I was very happy. She gave birth to the only god angel descendant of the Angel race in tens of thousands of years. I should have been happy with her, but I didn't expect that giving birth to a child with high talent would be so dangerous, even… would cost a life!"
Sang Luo was stunned, seeing Anano's fingers clenching the edge of the cup, her expression showing fear, "I witnessed the whole process of my sister's difficult childbirth and death with my own eyes!"
She shook her head, her breath gradually becoming frantic, "I can't sleep whenever I think of that scene, those male angels who pursued me, I didn't see any of them, rejected all the love proposals, even the angel race partner who grew up with me, I gradually alienated..."
“The temple asked me to reproduce offspring for the Angel race, but I didn't want to give birth to pure-blooded angel offspring… Later, I represented the temple to crown the new monarch of the Alans Empire, and I met him, Ugalia Alans.”
“...”
“Ugalia Alans fell in love with me at first sight at the coronation ceremony, and launched a fierce pursuit of me, and he was also my second best target. Being with him, the talent of the offspring would not be too high, I don't have to be afraid of losing this life because of a child!”
Sang Luo didn't speak, listening quietly to Anano's confession, "Later, after I successfully gave birth to a child, I wanted to take the child away from the Empire and return to the Holy Land, but he seemed to have changed into a different person. In order to monopolize me forever, he imprisoned me in the palace! Never able to leave!”
“Micius came to me, wanting to save me, but I didn't expect that he was harmed by Ugalia Alans's slander and schemes. I knew from that moment how terrible and vicious this male beast was! Scheming and cunning!”
“He used to pretend so well, he impersonated my name to let Micius lower his guard and murdered Micius, killed my most beloved partner…”
“I hate him! I hate him! I even resented the child I had with him, wishing he and that child would die together!”
“The Alans family's system inherits the despicable nature, you, you shouldn't make the same mistake as I did back then, breeding blood for his family…”
“That child is not a good thing either… that little lion is not a good thing either! Not a good thing…”
“They all deserve to die!”
As Anano spoke, her voice became louder and louder, and she began to talk nonsense, accidentally knocking things off the table, almost getting scalded by the hot coffee. Sang Luo quickly stepped forward to hold her, and used her mental power to calm her down, helping her to rest on the bed.
Sang Luo didn't like to use her mental power to probe other people's memories, but this time, she whispered an apology to Anano who was sleeping on the bed, and the light purple mental power slowly invaded her sea of consciousness.
Sang Luo closed her eyes, and many doors appeared in her mind.
These are all constructed with mental power, Anano's memory doors.
Each door represents a preserved memory.
Among them, one door was particularly eye-catching, black all over, with chains wrapped around it, and sealed with a seal.
Sang Luo raised her hand to break the chains.
The door opened.
As soon as she stepped into the door, a flower pot passed through her mental body and smashed against the wall.
“Bang!”
Sang Luo's heart trembled, watching the two people arguing in the house, and looking down at the… little thing at her feet.
I had something to do today and went out, I'm late.
There is one more update being written, I will post it later~
