Chapter 454 Vampires and Western Satan (42)
the next day.
As expected, the queen has already put forward a scapegoat. The elf assassin insisted that he was here to avenge his personal grudge against Lumina's mother and did not implicate anyone else.
The Silver Guards sent by the Elf King to search for evidence only traced the clues up to this point, and there was no further progress.
So this assassination really ended as a simple assassination.
In order to apologize to the injured Lucius, the Elf King directly dispatched more Silver Guards to protect their palace and also sent a lot of things.
As for Lumina, the Elf King didn't ask a single question from beginning to end, as if he ignored this person.
This made the queen, who had been in a state of panic because of the assassination attempt, feel a little relieved. It seemed that the Elf King didn't care about Lumina, his illegitimate daughter, at all.
Lumina was at the mercy of others throughout the whole process, which dispelled the Queen and Hogami's previous speculation that Lumina was hiding her abilities.
The Elf King did not continue to dwell on the assassination, and the Elf Palace returned to its previous tranquility.
Sheng Wu has been secretly researching ways to fuse bloodlines, Lucius has also continued to learn various knowledge, and Lumina is basically too busy to be seen. Apart from coming to get the antidote Sheng Wu gave her and providing her with blood to suck, there is an inexplicable stability and harmony between the three of them.
until.
"The Elf King wants Lumina to marry!"
Lucius was reading a book about the mermaids when he heard the news.
He frowned and looked up at the person who was talking about this matter frankly.
Lumina nodded calmly. "Well, the mermaids are in turmoil. Although the elves are stable, there are still minor frictions between the various tribes. The dragons, who are located in the territory of the elves and mermaids, have powerful and huge bodies. They can fly and spit fire. They are the kings of the sky."
"The Dragon Tribe, perhaps seeing the civil unrest among the Mermaids and the imminent dispatch of Archangel Lucifer to quell the rebellion, feared implicating them and also worried about other tribes banding together for support. So, they quickly sent representatives to the Elf Tribe, offering to establish a marriage between the two tribes to strengthen their friendship and foster friendly coexistence. When the Queen heard about this marriage, she worried about her daughter marrying out, so she immediately pushed me out. Following the advice of the Queen and a group of Elf ministers, the Elf King announced that I would marry into the Dragon Tribe."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lucius immediately understood.
The queen deliberately took the opportunity to push Lumina out, expelling her from the dragon clan forever in the interests of the elves and protecting her own daughter.
Sheng Wu, who had been silent all the time, slowly sat down on the chair and looked at Lumina who came to inform him of the news.
"So what are your plans?"
"Me?" Lumina couldn't help but smile on her delicate and exotic face when she heard her words, but the smile didn't reach her eyes, which were cold and gloomy.
"How can an unpopular princess like me possibly rebel against the entire Elf Kingdom?"
Lucius, "Have you decided on a date for your wedding?"
"Half a month later." Lumina looked indifferent, obviously knowing how much the queen wanted to send her away quickly.
Hearing this, Lucius frowned deeply. He turned to look at Sheng Wu. He knew that Sheng Wu needed to calculate Lumina's love, and she probably wouldn't want Lumina to be like this.
Although it is unknown how the dragon clan will treat Lumina, the unpopular princess, marrying into a foreign clan is bound to be a bumpy road.
Unexpectedly, Sheng Wu didn't care whether Lumina would get married or not, but said.
"Are you coming back?"
Hearing this, Lumina, who had thought that Lucius would ask her about her plans like she did, paused and stared at her emerald green pupils in shock. Then, a trace of calculation and arrogant ambition flashed across her eyes that only the two of them could understand.
"Yes, of course."
After that, Lucius and Shengwu no longer asked about Lumina's marriage. They seemed to be just bystanders.
The Elf Kingdom is also preparing for this marriage seriously. It can be said that except for Lumina, the princess of the marriage, everyone is happy about the benefits that this marriage will bring.
Even the Elf King, who had never paid attention to Lumina, began to ask about her situation.
On this day, on the eve of Lumina's wedding, the Elf King summoned her alone.
The Elf King sat at a round table. Compared to when he was in a high position in the palace, the Elf King's casual dress and aura made him look more like a father.
He asked someone to prepare a table full of dishes.
Seeing Lumina sitting stiffly with her head lowered, the Elf King Ying's green pupils were half closed, and her voice was quite steady and heavy.
"This is the first time I've sat down to eat with you like this in all these years. Lumina, I'm sorry for neglecting you all these years and for your mother's death."
Lumina lowered her head, her hands folded under the tablecloth. As she listened to his apology, she suddenly looked up at him with a surprised and touched look.
"Father..." With this glance, Lumina's clear and clean pupils were instantly filled with tears, and her emerald green pupils flickered with a faint light, showing her aggrieved and forbearing helplessness.
The Elf King raised a glass of fruit wine and took a sip, then spoke in a deep voice.
"Actually, it was your mother I loved at first. When I first became the Elf King and was touring the city, I saw your mother from afar in the crowd. She had a beautiful, pure smile, like a jasmine flower. I remembered her then. But due to God's arrangement, I still chose the Queen as my wife. We had children and protected the entire Elf Kingdom. But I could never let go of your mother until I saw her again at a banquet many years later."
After a pause, he said, "She was drunk at that time and quietly left the party, and I also went out under the pretext of sobering up. She was drunk and didn't recognize me, but just said with a blushing face that she wanted to find her family. I couldn't control the longing that had been pent up in my heart for many years, and so... I made a big mistake." At this point, the Elf King's eyes were also tainted with a bit of vicissitudes and complexity of things and people having changed.
Lumina was shocked by this and murmured, "What?"
The Elf King continued, "After that incident, I knew I felt guilty towards your mother. I originally wanted to respect her wishes and send her away, but I didn't expect her to be pregnant with you. I could only bring her back to the palace with joy but also worry. For all these years, I have never shown any affection for your mother in front of the Queen, and I couldn't even give her a status. Firstly, the elves practice monogamy, and she is the wife God originally arranged for me. Secondly, I know the Queen is jealous. If your mother were to be given a status, she would be framed and endangered, both overtly and covertly. I wouldn't even be able to explain this to God."
As he spoke, the Elf King raised a glass of wine and once again looked at Lumina with a look of deep guilt, "Lumina, I am ashamed of you and your mother."
After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it all.
"As for the marriage, I originally wanted your eldest sister. This is the second time I've let you down."
He drank the third glass of wine in one gulp.
Lumina looked at the Elf King's somewhat out-of-control appearance, her eyes deep, with some expressions and emotions that she could not suppress. She held the cloth on her knees tightly with her hands, fearing that she would reveal her emotions.
"Father, you actually know that the person who assassinated me was sent by the Queen, right?"
The Elf King, who was originally immersed in nostalgia, paused for a moment, then lowered his eyes and sighed helplessly and sadly.
"Know......"
He admitted it.
Lumina took a deep breath, looked at the man in front of her who kept saying that he was ashamed of her and her mother, and pursed her lips and kept silent.
"Father, you actually want to deal with the Queen's family as well, right? If I can come back alive, are you willing to place your bet on me?"
Haha, what's the point of just saying sorry? Dogs can also bark a few times.
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