Chapter 282: Oblivion (Bonus Chapter from Donations)
Doto lowered his head, his face ashen. "There's no result… What is that child then? You tell me, what was everything between her and me?"
He covered his head with his hands, filled with pain and unwillingness.
Minos said, "Consider it a dream, how about that?"
Doto suddenly raised his head, staring at him with bloodshot eyes. "I can't compare to His Majesty the Holy Emperor. You now possess everything, while I have nothing left."
"The precious thing she gave you before she left is enough to make all the male beasts in the world envious," Minos shook his head. "This child is the unique gift she gave you."
"…"
Doto's expression gradually subsided.
Minos handed him the sleeping little lion in his arms, his voice low and gentle. "The child is what you should cherish most in this life, and the only thing that truly belongs to you. As for the rest, Your Majesty Alans, please forget it."
Doto looked at the child, closed his eyes, and then opened them again. After a long while, he said, "How can I forget?"
Minos took out a bottle of Oblivion Water. "I offer this to Your Majesty Alans."
Doto didn't hesitate and drank it all in one gulp.
He covered his face with his right hand, and after a moment, slowly released it. He rose from the ground, his face returning to calm, and said to Minos, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Holy Emperor. I would like to return to the Holy Temple to see my mother beast."
"You're willing to see her?"
Doto was silent for a while, then nodded. "After casting aside those emotions and distractions, many things have become clear. When I was young, I didn't understand why my mother beast was so cruel, what she did to me, and why she abandoned me forever… Now, I finally understand why my parents' relationship came to an end. There are many things hidden in my heart that I've wanted to say to my mother beast for many years."
Minos nodded. "I wish Your Majesty Alans a safe journey. She should want to see you very much."
Doto was stunned for two seconds upon hearing this, then smiled wryly and shook his head. "No, she hates me so much. I'll probably be kicked out as soon as I see her."
"Is that really the case?"
"…"
After Doto left, Minos found Sang Luo on the rattan chair in the flower forest sea.
He told her everything that had just happened.
Sang Luo was surprised. "You also have Oblivion Water in your hands?"
"Oblivion Water is precious, I only have two bottles."
Ever since returning that day, Sang Luo had heard many rumors that Ana Nor was willing to undergo drug treatment, her condition gradually improved, and she never relapsed again, her life slowly getting back on track.
Minos revealed the truth. "Aunt Ana Nor doesn't resent that child, but feels guilty and afraid. Over the years, her nightmares have gradually evolved into fear. She's afraid of seeing the child whose wings she broke, she's afraid of seeing her son curse her, resent her… This is the real reason why she doesn't dare to see that child, doesn't dare to face that memory."
Sang Luo nodded. "No wonder what's buried deepest in her memory isn't Eukari Alans, but Doto."
Minos smiled. "Aunt liked this child very much back then. He was her first child, and her only offspring. She wanted to bring him to the Holy Temple to live very early on, but later Eukari Alans ruined everything."
Sang Luo said, "Oh, I didn't see this memory?"
Minos said, "This is the difference between time and memory. Emotions can distort memories, but everything that happens in time will not change."
In the time that Ana Nor truly experienced, she was apprehensive and full of anticipation for the arrival of the child. She was pregnant for a full ten years before giving birth to this precious offspring. The little son didn't cause her much trouble either, and was born smoothly and safely, a very cute little angel lion, helping her escape the Holy Temple's pursuit.
When the little lion lay softly in her arms with his eyes closed, she really loved this son to the extreme, and would hug him to sleep every night.
The little son would act spoiled with her, and would also bring her the most beautiful flower from the garden. Ana Nor would put the flower in a vase by the window and kiss her son.
Eukari Alans wanted to keep this child as the heir to the empire, but Ana Nor stubbornly wanted to take her son back to the Holy Temple, so that her son could accept the inheritance as soon as possible and help her son awaken the power of the angel race, but later Eukari Alans' actions completely shattered all of this.
Ana Nor cut off her son's wings when she was mad and sick. After she woke up, she cried bitterly, and her spirit completely collapsed to the extreme.
She couldn't bear what she had done, the harm she had brought to her most beloved son.
Her memory began to escape all of this.
She constantly deepened her resentment in her heart, transferring her hatred for Eukari Alans to her son, making her behavior justified.
She hated it, that's why she treated it like that, it was all the fault of the father and son, not her fault.
What Ana Nor was truly afraid of and unwilling to face was her son's resentment and revenge.
"That day, Aunt Ana Nor and her son talked all night and resolved their knot."
"Did Doto really forgive his mother? Just seeing the pain of the wing-cutting that year in his memory makes my heart ache," Sang Luo asked, "What did he say that day?"
Minos looked at her curious look, shook his head and smiled, and repeated, "He said that he didn't care about the bloodline of the angel race, he only regretted that his mother couldn't be by his side since he was a child."
Sang Luo was speechless, and also agreed with this sentence. This is also the reason why she must recognize the little lion. The growth lacking maternal love is ultimately incomplete, and it is easy to cause defects in personality. She doesn't want Hefes to follow Doto's old path in the future.
Minos looked at her for a while, "There is one more sentence."
"Hmm? What else did he say?"
Minos just looked at her, his blue eyes clear and calm, as if inviting.
Sang Luo understood, sat on his lap, and kissed him on the face.
Minos' slender and beautiful fingers tapped in the invisible air, and golden energy waves rippled layer by layer with his fingertips.
The surrounding scene changed.
Presenting the time of that day in front of her.
Sang Luo also heard that sentence.
Doto said that he understood what love was after a long time, but it was all too late.
Sang Luo's throat rolled, it was indeed too late.
But, it's hard to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
Her story with him has completely ended here.
As the days passed, Sang Luo learned from Elodie that the calamity beasts were becoming increasingly active.
At first, only a few royal-level or higher calamity beasts were active, but now it has quickly spread to dozens, causing a lot of impact in many relatively remote cities and tribes.
Sang Luo told Minos that she wanted to go back to the Beast World Continent to see.
Minos didn't want her to leave.
"Don't forget, you promised me not to restrict my freedom of movement."
"Wait a little longer," Minos looked at her, his Adam's apple rolled, and said in a low voice, "Wait until I finish the Holy Emperor ceremony."
Sang Luo honestly asked, "When will it be held?"
"The day after tomorrow."
"Okay, it's only a few days anyway, I'll leave after watching the ceremony."
"… Hmm."
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Thank you "| 菟, always insomnia . . ." for the reward~ Two more chapters.
Still owe one more bonus chapter, will write it tomorrow~
