Son of Light 13
The words revealed a clear sense of superiority. Luli was specifically asked to attend the wedding in the name of the Son of the Temple of Light, and was even asked to prepare a generous gift.
Luli put down the letter expressionlessly. He knew without a doubt that this letter must have been written by his brainless stepmother. After so many years, the pain and sadness of his youth had long been cleared away by Luli, so now he looked at the Sadliya family as if they were clowns, no different.
There were countless ways to punish them, but Luli was just too lazy to do it.
However, if they came so blatantly and dared to slander the Temple of Light, then he was fully qualified to clean up the mess on behalf of the temple. What's more, Mrs. Daisy, the head maid who helped him back then, was still working at the mansion, and he also wanted to repay her kindness and ask her how his mother died.
There is definitely a huge conspiracy behind this.
"How about it? Do you want to go, kid?" Lucius put down the tea in his hand and said softly.
Luli suddenly came back to his senses. He looked at the distant Azeroth Mountains and said firmly, "I will go, Lord Lucius."
"Please allow me to represent the temple as the Son of God."
Luli listened to the cold and hard voice slowly coming out of his throat, and his body tensed up involuntarily again.
Seven days later
The sedan chair carrying the Holy Son of the Temple of Light set out from the Central Temple, crossed the Mountains of Azeroth, and slowly drove into the Dukedom of Sadria.
"The Holy Son is coming to my wedding?" Aiden put down the sword in surprise, wiped the sweat from his forehead due to training and asked.
The maid lowered her head with a flushed face, not daring to look up at the heir who was becoming more mature and charming, and just nodded repeatedly.
Aiden touched his stubbled chin, thought for a moment, threw away the sword in his hand, and strode towards the study, leaving behind only the maid who was still regretting not staying with him a little longer.
"Father! Why did you tell me only now that the Son of Light would be attending my wedding?" Aiden pushed open the door of the study and shouted at the aging Duke Zeth.
"What's all the fussing about?" Zes stopped his son's reckless and rude behavior, and raised his hand to signal the butler to close the door and leave. After the study door creaked shut, he rubbed his forehead with a headache and said:
"Luli Sadria is your brother. It's only natural for him to attend your wedding."
"But the Holy Son has had no relationship with our family for a long time. What's more, in the past few years, we have made a lot of money in business by relying on the fact that our family is a blood relative of the Holy Son. This was done secretly when the Holy Son was fighting in the abyss. If the Holy Son himself knew about it..." Aiden stood up in disbelief and shouted in a low voice in a questioning tone.
"Shut up, Aiden. Even if he knows, so what? Do you dare to openly provoke disputes? The Temple of Light is not capable enough to capture people in the Empire. Don't forget that we are the century-old famous Sadria family! Moreover, the child left by that woman is too disgusting. If I don't try my best to squeeze out the last bit of value from him, I will be so sad that I won't even be able to lie in the coffin after I die!" Zes slammed the table and said angrily.
"...You're becoming increasingly hopeless, father. Ever since you asked me to marry that cousin Sera, I should have known that you were a cold-blooded, heartless person obsessed with profit! I won't obey your orders anymore. I want to take Mother and leave here."
Aiden slumped his shoulders and turned away with an extremely disappointed expression.
"Stop right there! Are you going to disobey the royal decree? Do you want the entire duchy to perish because of your willful behavior? I truly regret that after all these years of teaching me, I've raised a son as foolish, cowardly, and ignorant as you. You don't even consider the consequences before doing anything, and you just dare to shout at me! If you dare walk out this door today, you won't have to come back!"
Zes's chest was heaving with anger, and he was so pissed off. He had planned so much for this son, but this idiot not only didn't appreciate him but also dared to talk back at him. What a rebellious son!
"...Your Excellency the Duke, for all these years I still can't understand why you hate Brother Luli so much, and even Mother... Huh..." Aiden whispered with his back to Zeth.
He blinked his sore eyes, and uncontrollably thought of Luli's face that looked like it was carved from ice and snow.
"You and Mother have never told me the reason. Whenever I want to delve into this history, you or Mother always sternly interrupt me. But I'm already an adult, even if I'm still very young and immature. But am I really that bad? So bad that you won't even tell me the truth?"
Before Zeth could explain anything, Aiden continued to vent:
"Since you wished him dead, why didn't you just erase all traces of him from the beginning? You hated him so much you were trembling all over, yet you let him live. You prayed for his death every night, yet you didn't dare to do anything. What on earth are you afraid of?"
Zeth sat back dejectedly in the large chair, holding his face with both hands trembling all over. He couldn't help but think of the woman's face, the half-elf with silver hair and green eyes, the dirty blood born by the previous emperor of the Frey Empire and an elf!
Seventy years ago
When Zeth first succeeded as Duke of Sadria, he had to go to the capital to receive an audience and receive an award from the emperor. Before leaving, he told Denise, who was then the eldest daughter of a country baron, that he would marry her as his duchess when he returned.
So, with the handkerchief given by his sweetheart, he set out on the journey to the capital with full fighting spirit.
But in a corner of the palace, he met Princess Hill, Hill Melody Orsis King Frey, who was the sixth princess of the empire at the time. Her mother was the third princess Melody and she had no right of inheritance.
The third imperial concubine, Melodi, was a pure-blooded elf. Her beauty once attracted all the attention of the emperor, but she disappeared after giving birth to Hill and has not been found to this day. The emperor was furious and ordered a full-scale search across the country, but to no avail. The woman with blonde hair and green eyes eventually vanished without a trace.
Princess Hill was hailed as the most dazzling jewel in the empire. She was a vase princess without any political value, but she was beautiful enough. Based on the idea of loving the emperor, she easily made a place in the emperor's heart. However, Zes was not interested in the useless embroidered pillow, so he prepared to leave after a quick greeting.
But Hill called him and asked him to stay and arrange flowers with her.
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