Chapter 113 Xia Zhi’s father is a complete idiot.

Xia Zhi's father is a complete idiot.

The previous head of the Duncan family was Xia Zhi's grandmother. She was a real fighter who spent her whole life in foreign wars and pacifying civil unrest in the kingdom. Unexpectedly, when she returned home with the reward, she saw two children who had been completely spoiled.

She thought that entrusting her child to a branch of the family was a reasonable choice, but she didn't expect that those people raised their children to be humble and polite, but her youngest son bullied passing civilians in front of her.

"Choose Dale as the heir." The elder from the tribe who came with them to look for people advised. Dale was the one who helped raise the tribe's own child. Compared with the child in front of him, he was indeed the best choice.

But the grandmother said nothing, she drew her sword and chopped off her youngest son's head, then walked past the completely terrified Dale with the sword in her hand, letting the blood from the tip of the sword flow naturally onto the surface of his shoes.

After returning, the child refused to compete for the position of heir no matter what.

The grandmother successfully removed the obstacle, but she did not help her eldest son. Instead, she quickly found a girl in the capital who was smart but had an average family background. After a few hours of secret conversation, the two hit it off immediately, and in three months, they hurriedly completed a series of arrangements such as engagement and marriage - as for her eldest son? Who cares about his feelings.

A year later, Xia Zhi was born.

Grandmother immediately bypassed her father and announced Xia Zhi as the future heir of the family. She wanted to announce that Xia Zhi's mother would temporarily take over the responsibility of the head of the family, but she said that her experience in a large family in just one year was not good. After discussion, she planned to take a sum of money and leave. The responsibility of raising Xia Zhi fell on the grandmother.

However, to this day, Xia Zhi still receives letters from her mother from all over the world from time to time - even though she has never met her in person.

"It's hard to describe my father's feelings towards me in a simple word. If I have to say it, I think it should be 'jealousy'." Xia Zhi said frankly, "But my grandmother doesn't care about this. My father is just a tool for her to prove the legitimacy of my inheritance. No matter how dissatisfied she is, just ignore it."

However, after all, he is her own child, and his current fate is also related to her failure to educate him well. Although the grandmother did not give him any power or respect, she gave him a lot of gold coins.

Unexpectedly, my father relied on money to get involved with the Rodney family.

Xia Zhi lowered her head and took a sip of water, as if she was organizing her memories. "The Rodney family spent a lot of gold coins to treat the child and try to conceive a new child. After the news of replacing the illegitimate child was exposed, their reputation plummeted, and their income was not much, so they were very short of money. My father was not valued by the family and was not valued in social occasions. It was rare to meet such a person who would flatter him if he was paid, so he immediately spent a lot of money to make friends with him."

"Your father wants to use the power of the Rodney family to take back the inheritance?"

"No, I still think highly of him that way—he simply enjoys being praised."

The two had been in contact for almost a year, and Earl Rodney suddenly changed from praising to being cold, which was hard for her father to accept. After asking a few questions, she learned that the coldness was because he was concerned about the child's condition, and this disease required a child of the same grade and gender with strong magical power to serve as the base of the medicine to be cured.

The confused Mr. Duncan directly stated that he had an illegitimate child of marriageable age.

"Actually, he didn't." Xia Zhi exposed ruthlessly, "Grandmother would not allow such a thing to happen. But he still said it, and no one knows why - perhaps to get a word of gratitude from the other party?"

"He took me straight to the Rodney family."

Xia Zhi's father confidently expressed his desire to take his daughter to Rodney's house for a social gathering. Although her grandmother felt that the other family had a bad reputation, she thought it was not a big deal and agreed to it.

Xia Zhi was not familiar with his father and thought it was just a normal gathering, so he followed him quietly. Unexpectedly, his father pulled him to the corner of the manor and ran towards the man dressed as a coachman in front.

"Stand where you are." He instructed, but they were too close, and Xia Zhi had developed good hearing due to training, so even though his father tried hard to speak, his voice was still clear.

He clearly stated his purpose in front of his daughter.

Xia Zhi: “…”

After discussing everything, his father came back with a smile on his face, and took Xia Zhi to start the transformation. Xia Zhi looked at her hair getting shorter and shorter, and although she didn't think it was a pity, she still couldn't help but say, "The Rodney family wants a boy."

Father: "Shut up and put this on."

It was a robe that was long enough to cover her body shape. Combined with her newly cut short hair and Xia Zhi's sharp looks, one would think she was a boy even if one looked closely.

Xia Zhi sighed, picked a leaf from the roadside, tore a small hole in it, and blew it to her grandmother's window with a spell. After arranging the retreat, she held up the hem of her robe and got on the carriage, looking very obedient.

It was not until the carriage was about to reach Rodney's house that her father woke up from his dream and asked, "How do you know that the Rodney family wants a boy?"

Xia Zhi: “…”

I really hope he is not her father.

She simply ignored his question. Her father grumbled for a while, but finally gave in and threatened: "Speak less when the time comes, and if you must speak, lower your voice."

"By the way, your name is Moli, don't say your name is Xia Zhi anymore."

Xia Zhi hummed.

The two got off the carriage. The driver was not allowed to enter and only stayed outside. Xia Zhi lowered her head, hid her eyes in the shadows, and slowly walked into the depths of the mansion.

So dark.

She squinted her eyes to adjust to the light, and it took a long time for her to regain her sight. The person leading them turned left and right in the complicated corridor, and when Xia Zhi looked back, she could no longer tell which way she had come in the first place.

...Shouldn't the patient live in a sunny place?

She tried to calm her heartbeat and went to the room at the end with her father. There, a boy was lying on the bed, his face was pale, his breathing was rapid, sweat wet his hair, and the servant by the window was wiping his face.

That was the first time she met Joe.

"Compared to now... I was probably crazier back then." Xia Zhi recalled, "He didn't have much strength, but the look in his eyes when he looked at me was full of murderous intent. I have no doubt that if he could have stood up at that time, he would have killed me without hesitation."

He didn't look normal either. Sometimes he was anxious, sometimes he looked frightened, just like an actor on stage.

"Who are the people present?" Edith listened carefully. "Earl Rodney, the servant, you and father, and Joe on the sickbed?"

"More than that." Xia Zhi frowned and recalled, "There is also Earl Rodney's second wife, several strong swordsmen who helped, and a wizard who was responsible for treatment."

This wife is so tolerant of her illegitimate child.

Edith was distracted for a moment, and Xia Zhi waited for her to come back to her senses before continuing her story.

At that time, she and her father walked into the depths of the room. Earl Rodney was like seeing a savior. He took Xia Zhi's father's hand and walked over. The two had an intimate conversation and quickly stepped away. Earl Rodney waved his hand, and two strong swordsmen naturally stood up, carried Xia Zhi and tied her up on the chair beside the bed.

Xia Zhi accepted all this quietly. She just used her arms and body to hold the wand tightly, trying not to let anyone see that she had something that could resist.

The anxious Mrs. Rodney couldn't sit down at all and walked around; the wizard slowly stood up, walked in front of Joe under everyone's eager eyes, chanted in a low voice and began to cast a spell.

Suddenly, a pale blue light flashed on both of them at the same time. The light was like torn cotton wool, thick in some places and very light in others. Xia Zhi suddenly felt a panic, she lowered her head and found that a magic circle had appeared under her feet.

She frowned and began to interpret it with her limited knowledge, but found that she couldn't understand a single symbol.

"Guide... transform... flow." The wizard muttered a few scattered words, and sweat poured out of his head, which was no less than Joe's. The sweat dripped down his face to the ground and he disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

The ground temperature rose at some point.

"It will be successful soon." Earl Rodney held his wife's hand tightly and whispered in her ear, "It will be successful soon--"

"——Damn it!!" The wizard suddenly screamed hysterically, and everyone present trembled. Earl Rodney, who was always concerned about the child's condition, quickly stepped forward, ignoring the scalding floor, and asked anxiously: "What happened!"

“It’s a girl!”

As soon as the voice came out, all around was quiet. Xia Zhi heard the sound of painful wailing beside her, but she was unexpectedly relieved. The hysterical person became Earl Rodney. He grabbed Xia Zhi's father's collar and asked him why he brought a girl here. Mrs. Rodney screamed and threw herself on the bed, shouting Joe's name. The wizard couldn't control his magic power, and fell to the ground wailing after forcibly cutting it off.

Seeing that everyone was busy with their own things, Xia Zhi stood up and used a few spells to knock down the swordsman who wanted to tie her up. Then, she raised her wand high and sent a signal upwards.

A minute later, my grandmother and a dozen knights broke into the house.

"I didn't participate in what happened afterwards. I was sent back home directly. I don't know how my grandmother handled it either - I'm more curious about why my father wasn't blamed too much after that, and even cooperated more closely with the Rodney family." Xia Zhi didn't know why Edith made her feel like she had something to talk about, and she talked too much without noticing: "Of course, what's even stranger is that my grandmother turned a blind eye and gave up her power, allowing my father to participate in decision-making appropriately."

Although they are all unimportant things.

Edith hesitated for a moment.

She sorted out the thoughts in her mind and chose to jump to ask what she wanted to know: "Okay... I want to know, you said Mrs. Rodney pounced - what she called out was Joe?"

Xia Zhi nodded, and the next second, as if she had anticipated Edith's question, she said, "The person lying on the bed is Roy, not the original Joe."

Edith gradually began to have some guesses in her mind.

"How much do you remember about the magic circle patterns on the floor?"

"I don't remember anything at all."

Xia Zhi said calmly. Edith was not surprised either. After all, it happened six or seven years ago. She only took a quick look at it, so it was normal that she didn't remember it.

"Then could you please tell me - which color of the picture is closer to the blue on the magic circle?"

"That." Xia Zhi answered quickly, "But I can't guarantee it based on my impression alone."

The color of the magic circle is slightly different from the one he encountered before.

Edith thought: "You were in an almost dark room, right?"