Chapter 281: No Result is the Best Result
Again, Anano casually picked up a vase and smashed it. The little lion was so frightened that it jumped up and ran out the door.
Perhaps the commotion here alarmed Eucaly Arans again, as he quickly returned. The two of them argued, and their dispute escalated once more.
The little lion shrank into the corner of the doorway, hiding itself in the darkness, silently listening to the familiar sounds coming from inside the hall.
It didn't know how long had passed, but it ended.
It slowly crawled back into the hall from the darkness, only to find that both of them were gone. The floor was covered with shattered glass and porcelain, and the few flowers it had picked were already crushed.
It circled the broken flowers several times, trying to piece them back together, but found that no matter what it did, it couldn't put them back together.
Its stomach was still throbbing with pain. The little lion suddenly sat down on the ground, covered its face, and burst into tears. Crying, it ran to the council hall to find Eucaly Arans, wanting to seek comfort from its royal father.
Eucaly Arans saw it, but became even more furious, saying, "It's all your fault for not being able to awaken the Angel bloodline, you're not even as good as the child I adopted! What use are you?"
"Don't you have Angel blood? It's been so long, and I haven't seen you awaken it."
"Your talent is too low, that's why your mother looks down on you and doesn't want you."
The little lion thought, so it turned out that it was because it hadn't been able to awaken the Angel bloodline that its mother's attitude towards it had changed so drastically.
Sang Luo, looking at the timelines of Duo Tu, realized that it had slowly awakened the Angel bloodline very early on, but later, because of the deteriorating relationship between its parents, it never dared to tell them… She also remembered the future Duo Tu, who indeed didn't have the aura of the Angel race. After carefully searching his memories, she discovered the reason.
After experiencing the pain of unfolding its wings, Duo Tu successfully awakened the Angel bloodline on its own. That night, it went to find Anano, wanting to tell its mother the good news and let her be the first to witness the surprise.
Anano was in a daze for a long time after seeing its wings.
After so many days, she re-embraced the little lion. It thought that its mother's embrace was as warm and soft as it remembered, but the harmonious scene of mother and child that it had imagined did not come. Anano took it to a small dark room, tied it up, and, regardless of its cries and pleas for mercy, used a knife to cut off its wings.
She said.
— You bastard, how are you worthy?!
Sang Luo finally understood when she saw this scene. Duo Tu had claimed to the outside world that he didn't have enough talent to awaken the Angel bloodline, but that wasn't the case. He had once had it, but it was taken away.
She then integrated the two memories and discovered that Anano hadn't hidden any memories about Eucaly Arans, but she had hidden all memories about her son, buried deep in her memory, which she didn't even want to recall.
Sang Luo casually glanced at Duo Tu's later memories, and Caesar from his childhood also appeared.
After Anano left, Duo Tu became even more eager to gain the attention of his royal father. He studied hard and trained diligently, but was always surpassed by Caesar.
He couldn't tolerate an adopted outsider being valued by his father, even receiving more attention and care than him.
And Eucaly Arans, on the surface, valued Caesar, but in reality, all male beasts valued their own biological offspring the most, especially their only biological son. However, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. He knew that Duo Tu hadn't successfully awakened the Angel bloodline, so he was very angry. Moreover, the heir he had raised with so many resources was not as good as a random child he had picked up, which made Eucaly Arans extremely disappointed in Duo Tu.
Every time Duo Tu's studies were not as good as Caesar's, he would scold and punish Duo Tu, sometimes even locking him in a room and whipping him. Gradually, Duo Tu's personality also changed. Out of a desire to escape, he transferred his resentment towards his royal father onto Caesar.
— It's all this outsider's fault. If he hadn't appeared, Father wouldn't treat me like this!
In Duo Tu's memory, Caesar was utterly repulsive to him, and he had to feign friendship with him, pretending to be friendly.
He eventually grew into another Eucaly Arans, hypocritical and selfish.
Duo Tu's murderous intentions towards Quan Jin had long been present.
When he was a child, he secretly pushed Quan Jin into the river under the pretext of going out to play.
He accidentally injured him with an arrow on the hunting grounds.
He bribed assassins to assassinate him.
Countless times.
Unfortunately, none of them succeeded.
After reading these memories, Sang Luo understood that regardless of whether she was there or not, Duo Tu would have taken action that time. Even if it happened again, he would still take action.
Later, she appeared in Duo Tu's perspective.
Sang Luo didn't continue to watch and withdrew her mental energy.
Opening her eyes, she found that Duo Tu had woken up at some point.
"Luo Luo…"
He saw that she was turning to leave, not even having time to change her clothes. Only wearing her inner garments, she hurriedly got out of bed, and his tall but slightly hunched figure tightly embraced her from behind.
"You came to see me, you still care about me, don't you?"
"…"
"Luo Luo, I didn't lie to you, I really love you…" His tears fell, wetting her shoulders, "Forgive me, okay? You stab me too, one stab, two stabs, you can stab as many times as you want to avenge Caesar. I'll just stand here and not move, you can take my life."
"I wouldn't have come today if I really wanted your life," Sang Luo sighed, "I didn't want the little lion to lose its royal father at such a young age, that's why I came to save you."
"Little lion… Right, Hephais has grown up in an environment without a mother since he was little. Fine clothes and good food can't make up for the maternal love he lacks. He misses you very much, he often dreams of you. Since he was little, he has envied other cubs who have parents, who have a mother to act spoiled with, a family eating together…"
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the child?" Sang Luo's tone turned cold, "Duo Tu, I never like to say things a second time, and I don't like to pester."
"I…" Duo Tu's voice gradually lowered, "Luo Luo, don't be annoyed with me, I just want to ask you one last time. If you reject me, I will completely leave your world, and for the rest of my life, I will never pester you again."
"Your Majesty Arans is overstepping," Minos appeared in the hall.
He looked at the two of them embracing, lightly frowning his handsome brows. His heart was not as calm as his face showed. A burst of irritability arose in his heart. His fingertips moved, and he reached out to Sang Luo, saying, "Luo Luo, the matter is finished, it's time to go back."
Sang Luo peeled Duo Tu's hands away little by little, "Then I'll also say it one last time, I don't love you anymore."
She said, "There are some things I don't want to say too clearly, and I don't want to say too much, I'll only say it this last time… Duo Tu, can you understand?"
Duo Tu's face was pale, and he slumped down, releasing his grip.
"I understand."
"I'm going outside to get some air," Sang Luo said as she walked out the door.
Duo Tu fell down on the side of the bed.
Minos walked over, "Your and Luo Luo's timelines will no longer intersect in the future."
"Sometimes, no result is the best result."
Second update ~ There will be another update tonight!
