- 9.
This life I wasn’t killed, having more time to ponder the origin of this whole affair.
To prepare for my contract ceremony, mother spent a lot of effort selecting beast–men.
Zack was arrogant and violent, Ryan was resentful and vicious.
The ones mother selected couldn’t possibly be people like Zack or Ryan.
Upon careful investigation, I discovered that this was all a plot by the Grand Elder.
He had long coveted my mother’s position as family leader, but had no legitimate reason to seize power. That’s why he set his sights on me.
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Thinking back now, my deaths in the previous two lives must have dealt a huge blow to
mother.
After that I was reborn, not seeing the scene of the Grand Elder joining with others to seize power. But they surely wouldn’t have shown any mercy to my mother.
Proving this point was also very simple.
He had been secretly monitoring Kieran and me. I pretended to let Kieran leave, and that night Ryan came to assassinate me, with the Spirit Avoiding Pearl he normally couldn’t
obtain.
All of this was the Grand Elder’s handiwork.
Now that he saw the truth exposed, he ignited a sky full of demonic qi.
“So you found out, but so what? There aren’t many people here today, I just need to kill
them all.”
Mother patted my hand: “Aria, step back.”
Instead, I shielded her behind me, looking at a certain someone.
“Please, it’s your turn.”
Kieran smiled, the next instant directly teleporting in front of the Grand Elder.
With his hand as a claw, he sucked out a blood–red beating heart from the Grand Elder’s
chest, crushing it without blinking.
“Impossible, you are…” The Grand Elder never imagined his death would come so swiftly.
For the remaining elders, I had already agreed with Kieran that I would deal with them to
practice.
I defeated them effortlessly. The formerly immortal–like white–bearded old men were
now crawling at my feet like dogs.
After handing them over to mother for disposal, I walked towards Lily.
10:08 Sun 15 Jun
She was still alive, but her face was deathly pale, hiding in Ryan’s arms like a lost soul.
“Don’t kill me, cousin, I beg you don’t kill me…
“Although I’ve played tricks on you, I never thought about killing you! You, you can’t kill me, I’m innocent…
Ryan held her in his arms lovingly, his eyes full of vigilance as he looked at me.
Too bad his vigilance was useless.
I picked up Ryan, transformed him back to his original form, then directly cut off his fish
tail.
A stench came from my nose. Lily was so scared she lost control of her bladder.
“Are you sure you never had thoughts of killing me?” I smiled, “Even if you didn’t, there
were always people who wanted to kill me because of you.”
“How innocent am I?”
I still showed mercy one last time, letting Lily die together with Zack and Ryan.
When I saw their bodies mixed with Zack’s corpse on the execution platform, I felt no fear
at all.
The frustration and hatred spanning two lifetimes all dissipated in this moment.
I told mother about the events of the previous two lives under the guise of a dream.
She hugged me lovingly.
“Such dreams, from now on, my Aria will no longer have.”
Mother’s position as family leader became more secure, and I gained the freedom to travel outside.
Except there was still a beast–man following me.
Black hair, black robes, occasionally with vertical pupils.
