Ice sovereign mountain, Dawn faction meeting hall…
Before the female supreme Elder could continue with their play, Rose sighed and stood up. She bowed toward the two supreme Elders and then said,
“Supreme Elders, I know you are going to order me to allow my disciple to accompany him to the battlefield and I know I can’t refuse your order. But I, with all due respect, want to tell you that if he dares to harm my disciple in any way…”
Saying this, she put a hand on her heart and spoke in an icy voice that sent shivers down the listeners’ spine, especially Oliver’s.
“…I vow I will disregard the consequences and will utterly destroy him. If I don’t, I’ll be damned to die a horrible death.”
Silence!
Her heart oath surprised all Elders, including the male supreme Elder, while the expressions of female supreme Elder, Julius and Oliver turned ugly.
John’s eyes flashed when he witnessed all this and immediately asked,
“What do you mean, Elder Rose? Isn’t Oliver your nephew? Why would you think he will harm your precious disciple? Do you know something we don’t? Maybe nephew Oliver, despite being a genius and having a good public image, has a heart of a demon?”
Bam!
“Don’t you dare spout nonsense, John!” Julius slapped the ice table in front of him and growled at him.
John, however, didn’t flinch back and grinned, “What?! You are getting angry? Maybe what I said is true?”
“You…” Julius wanted to argue back but the male supreme Elder interrupted them.
“Stop it, you two!”
He then glanced at Rose and asked. “Child, why did you take such a vicious heart oath?”
Rose glanced at Julius and Oliver and shook her head, “To ensure Oliver doesn’t harm my disciple. He likes my disciple and has harassed her multiple times, even though she has clearly indicated she doesn’t like him. So, I was afraid he would do some unseemly things to her if she didn’t have me to protect her.”
Boom!
As soon as he said this, a chilling, oppressive aura burst out from the female supreme Elder and weighed down on her, which almost forced her to her knees.
“Do you know what you are saying, Rose? Not only are you doubting Oliver’s, my grandson’s, character, you also doubt his family, MY family teachings that raised him.” She said in a heavy voice.
Rose gritted her teeth and looked at the supreme Elder defiantly.
The male supreme mage glanced at his fellow supreme mage and sighed, “Stop it, Synthia. It’s unseemly of you to suppress an Elder like this.”
As soon as he spoke up, the pressure weighing down on Rose vanished and she heaved a small sigh of relief.
Synthia, the female supreme Elder, frowned in displeasure but didn’t say anything.
The bearded man nodded and said, “Rose, I can see this disciple of yours is very precious to you. But don’t worry, Oliver won’t harm her. If he does, I’ll help you punish him.”
“I understand, supreme Elder.” Rose nodded, but her expression was ugly.
She had hoped she could refuse to send Lilly away with Oliver after the drama she created, but the man’s words clearly indicated Lilly had to go with Oliver.
‘If I was a monarch rank mage, they wouldn’t dare force me like this…’ She thought.
Oliver smiled widely when he saw Rose relent.
—
Earth Spirit village.
Emily sighed, “Yes. She is pregnant. Ellie told me after you two had gone away.”
Hearing this, Max glanced at the crying Ellie in her mother’s embrace and then at Ella. “Why didn’t she tell you before?”
“It’s my fault.” Emily said, feeling guilty. “I forced them to make a choice. I told them that one of them had to help you if they wanted to stay with us and be protected. Ella didn’t want her daughter to make the sacrifice, so she volunteered. Ellie was about to mention that her mother was pregnant, but Ella didn’t allow her.”
After his initial surprise, Max calmed down and surprisingly, he didn’t feel guilty but instead, he felt… a rush of excitement. Yes, for some weird reason, he felt excited and had the urge to have sex with her again, to dominate her.
What surprised him more was the fact that he realized this wasn’t entirely because of the lust overlord’s bloodline.
He quickly controlled his emotions and patted Emily’s shoulder. “No, it’s not your fault. You did what you had to, to help me. Besides, you didn’t know about her pregnancy. So, there is no need for you to feel guilty.”
‘Mm?’ Emily looked at him in surprise. She hadn’t expected him to take this news so…well?
Ella caressed her daughter’s back, trying to calm her down. “Shh! It’s alright, my baby girl. Don’t cry.”
It took Ellie some time to calm down. After which she realized her mother didn’t seem to be emotionally hurt like she had expected her to. Although this surprised her, she felt relieved too because she was worried about her mother’s emotional health.
But she couldn’t help but be suspicious. ‘Is she pretending to be alright so I would not worry?’
It was as if Ella could understand what her daughter was thinking. She smiled and said, “I have good news for you.”
“Hm? Good news?” Ellie was confused. What could be good right now?
Emily also looked at the mother and daughter duo. Just like Ellie, she was also surprised to see Ella smile and got curious when she heard she had some good news.
Ella didn’t speak. Instead, she raised her hand in front of her chest and closed her eyes.
“Hm?” Ellie raised her brows, confused. Emily also frowned, thinking about what she was trying to do, when suddenly, she noticed Mana gathering above her palm.
“She has become a mage?” She cast a questioning gaze at Max.
Max smiled and nodded. “Yes. She has.”
“What did you do? How could she become a mage?” She couldn’t help but ask. After she met him two weeks ago, he had surprised her multiple times. So, she thought she had become immune to it and wouldn’t be surprised, but he proved her wrong.
Ella was already in her late thirties and didn’t have even an ounce of mana in her body. It was almost impossible for her to become a mage at this point, but here she was, showing off her magic to her daughter.
Max didn’t hide it and explained how his bloodline energy removed the curse and granted her mana affinity.
After hearing his explanation, Emily went silent for a while.
“She was cursed? Your bloodline removed it and she coincidently gained mana affinity?” She mumbled, closed her eyes for a moment, and then looked at him and asked with some hesitation.
“This bloodline? Did you inherit from aunt Hannah?”
Max thought for a moment and then shook his head. “I inherited it, but not from my mother.”
“Oh!?”
Swoosh!
Just then, a small ball of mana condensed on Ella’s palm. Upon seeing it, Ellie’s confused expression transformed into a shocked one as she exclaimed.
“Ahh!? This… this is mana?”
“Mm-hm.” Ella nodded with a smile on her face.
“H-How? How is it possible, Mom?” Ellie asked, unable to believe it.
Ella glanced at Max and said, “It’s Sir Max. He removed my curse.” After hesitating for a while, she bit her lower lip and asked, “You also want to become a mage, right?”
The 10 Bonus Chapter Mass release between 10-15 November!
