Qu Lingyuan suppressed her embarrassment and swallowed the meal Troy had just fed her. She lowered her head in shame and dared not look up.
Joanna wanted to say something, but before she could open her mouth, she was pulled out of the bedroom by her husband.
Outside the door, Qiao Na looked at Angus aggrievedly: "What? You won't even let me ask?"
"Why are you asking? Just start preparing for the wedding. I think it's about time." Angus smiled with relief.
The parents are very satisfied with Qu Lingyuan. They don’t care about family background or even ability. As long as their son likes her, they are satisfied.
Qiao Na looked at her husband helplessly, rolled her eyes and walked downstairs, muttering as she walked: "Okay! An old woman like me can only do behind-the-scenes work."
Angus approached her in a sly manner and said, "Who said you were an old woman? You will always be my little princess."
Qiao Na slapped him away: "Your son is about to prepare for the wedding, and you are still so frivolous."
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A few days later, Ona's body was burned at the stake.
In the eyes of the people in this world, burning at the stake is an extremely cruel punishment. Even when used on a corpse, it is extremely cruel and not even a complete and decent corpse can be left.
But for Qu Lingyuan, this was nothing at all. It was just an unprofessional cremation of Ona.
"Do you really want to go? The burning scene is quite...ugly." Troy couldn't find a good adjective, so he just used the word "ugly" in the end.
Qu Lingyuan certainly knew that the process of a corpse being burned to carbonization was not a good look, but she still wanted to witness this moment for the dead Irene.
"Didn't they say that I should go as the victim?" Qu Lingyuan said in a matter-of-fact tone, with a hint of doubt.
She didn't know where this custom came from, but it was quite suitable as an excuse.
"If you don't want to, you don't have to go..." Troy didn't think a girl would be willing to see this kind of scene.
Qu Lingyuan shook her head: "Go ahead, we can't break the rules."
Troy did not insist any longer and took her to the execution ground.
Qu Lingyuan saw with her own eyes that Ona's body was tied to the pillar of the platform with ropes. Under her was a messy pile of dry hay. The people who were preparing to execute Ona were too lazy to even put it in order.
She was taken to the highest seat opposite the platform, supposedly to use Ona's pain to make up for the harm she had suffered.
Let sinners atone for their sins to the right person, this is the tradition.
Qu Lingyuan looked uncomfortable sitting in the highest seat. Even Troy stood behind her, his tall figure standing still like a guard.
The two men stared straight ahead, watching as the grass pile at the feet of Ona's body was set on fire. The flames licked the body until it became a human-shaped piece of charcoal.
"Please decide what to do with her next?" The executioner found Qu Lingyuan.
Qu Lingyuan thought for a moment and replied, "Burn it into ashes, put it in a box and bring it to me."
The executioner nodded, took the charred body away, and continued to burn it at high temperature until it turned into ashes.
Cremation is not popular here yet, but they also know that they need to continue heating to burn the body into ashes.
When Qu Lingyuan received the small box, she was completely stunned.
It turned out to be a simple paper box. She thought it would at least be a proper urn.
"In this timeline, there is no such thing as an urn in this world..." Yi Ling explained to her silently.
Troy looked at the small box and was very confused: "What do you want these ashes for?"
Qu Lingyuan smiled without saying a word, holding the small box and walking towards the deep mountains and forests not far from Troy's home.
She found a place covered with weeds, opened the small box, and scattered the ashes out.
Qu Lingyuan casually threw the cardboard box away and said with a smile, "You haven't heard of it before, right? The best way to get revenge on someone is to scatter their ashes!"
Troy: “???”
Yi Ling: "...You are so childish."
Ona's ashes were scattered to commemorate Irene, but Qu Lingyuan did not say it.
"That's fine," Troy sighed softly as he looked at the weeds. "It's a pity you've been working so hard on your magic..."
He, the so-called mentor of Qu Lingyuan, naturally knew how hard she practiced.
It is because I know this that I feel sorry for her.
"Actually... I know more than just magic." Qu Lingyuan tilted her head and looked at him with a mysterious look on her face.
Troy obviously didn't understand. He just stood there looking at her and didn't say anything.
Qu Lingyuan thought it would be better to show him this incredible thing directly.
So Troy watched her fly into the sky with his own eyes. There was no magical fluctuation around her. She waved her sleeve lightly and easily cut down a big tree.
"You..." He was stunned.
Qu Lingyuan flew around him in the sky before landing and explaining, "I'm not from this world. This is the real reason why I don't have parents. This kind of magic is unique to my world. You didn't feel any magical fluctuations from the monster in the transfer student entrance exam because I wasn't using magic at all."
Troy was stunned and didn't say a word the whole time.
After returning home, he followed Qu Lingyuan into her bedroom.
"You are really not from this world...?" This was beyond his comprehension and difficult to accept.
Qu Lingyuan nodded, her hair hanging down from her slender white neck, looking forward to what he would say next.
Troy blinked at her neck, suddenly forgetting what he was going to say.
"Alas, after tasting you, nothing I drink tastes good now..." He looked aggrieved, staring at Qu Lingyuan eagerly, as if expecting something.
This topic jumps a bit too far. Qu Lingyuan knows what he's thinking, but pretends not to understand: "Then you might as well starve to death."
Troy was stunned for a moment, then changed his words slightly: "I missed... you."
Qu Lingyuan smiled: "Aren't I right here?"
After two euphemisms failed to work, Troy bit his lip and said directly: "It's been so long, you should calm down... I can..."
He was stared at by Qu Lingyuan and was speechless.
After a long pause, he finally managed to speak: "Can I... suck your blood? Of course! Not as your owner... I... I like you... I'm sure..."
Troy's voice trailed off and he stumbled over his words.
He had never been so embarrassed before. His earlobes turned red from anxiety. He turned his head away in embarrassment and didn't look at Qu Lingyuan.
Qu Lingyuan burst out laughing.
He has already said it so clearly. It would be inappropriate for me to pretend that I don't understand.
"Don't you want him to chase his wife to the crematorium?" Yi Ling suddenly interrupted, waking up Qu Lingyuan who was about to agree.
"That makes sense!" After hearing this, Qu Lingyuan suddenly understood.
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