Chapter 873: Chapter 447: Kinda Want to Restart Life—Is This the Real Marketplace?! (2)
Beatrice nodded.
After a moment of hesitation, she whispered:
"If my child is born, will you come back to see them?"
Diana wanted to refuse, but seeing her daughter’s hopeful eyes, she remained silent for a long time and finally said:
"If I’m still conscious by then."
She didn’t want to interfere with Beatrice and her family’s lives.
After all, what remained of her here was just a reflection.
But that was what Beatrice thought.
After giving an answer after a long hesitation, the girl’s bright smile made Diana feel a bit dazed.
But in the end, she didn’t say the words of refusal.
Fine, whatever.
She can do whatever she wants, just promise her.
When such a thought arose in her heart, she seemed to faintly hear the emperor’s laughter.
...
After leaving the Gate of the Abyss, Beatrice fell into slumber once again.
This time, however, her sleep was brief.
After just a few days, she awoke.
And soon after, the maid responsible for delivering babies was called to the Imperial Palace to be on standby.
Some time later, the sound of a baby crying came from the palace chamber.
Beatrice’s bedside was filled with people.
Louis, who was waiting outside, felt like he couldn’t breathe.
As soon as the door opened, he rushed to Beatrice’s window.
"Bea~"
He tightly held her slightly pale face and said softly:
"Are you alright?"
"What’s there to worry about, I’m still somewhat a Demigod."
She was weak and feeble, but still maintained her empress dignity.
Yet when she saw Louis’ anxious expression, an inexplicable happiness welled up within her.
"Louis, the child, our child..."
"Here they are."
Ais carefully cradled a baby girl and brought her to the bedside.
Beside her was Olivia, eager to hold the child but afraid of dropping her.
Once she held the baby, Beatrice was finally able to see the child’s appearance with her own eyes.
Wrinkled and not looking pretty at all.
She hesitated for a moment, then turned to the old maid next to her and said:
"Are all children like this when they’re first born?"
The old maid smiled gently and chuckled:
"Don’t worry, Your Majesty, she will grow beautiful in time, I’ve never seen such a cute girl~ huh?!"
The old maid’s eyes widened.
In her arms, the baby girl seemed to sense others’ displeasure with her, and a deep abyss-like aura began to rise from her body.
Just as it was about to escalate further, a stronger and more enveloping aura protected her.
Louis awakened the Soldier Realm, placing some restrictions on his daughter who didn’t yet understand her powers.
But it was too late.
That surge of power spread across the sky above Tino City.
Everywhere in the world, powerful beings raised their heads in surprise.
"Such an unfamiliar aura, it’s a Demigod at their peak that I’ve never felt before."
"Has the Ascension Path already opened? But why does this aura feel so... audacious."
"Quack! Such strong power, I want to fight such a powerful being to the death! Wait~ that’s in the direction of the Ense Empire? Maybe not then."
"Which old guy from Ense improved further? But why isn’t there any familiar aura?"
"Wait, did I sense wrong? How come I feel a hint of the Blood Race’s thirteen clans?"
"No, why would a peak Demigod of the thirteen clans appear in the Ense Empire? Has that great one finally decided to turn all the women of the thirteen clans into the power of stardust?"
...
Demigods everywhere silently sensed the fleeting power.
But soon they could feel nothing.
Because Louis had already sealed the aura his daughter released.
He looked up, speechless, at the sky over Ense.
It was nighttime.
In that instant, his daughter’s power had turned the entire sky a shade of blood red.
The incomprehensible, terrifying bloodline power simmered from her body; in this moment, she seemed to become the embodiment of the Blood Moon.
The once wrinkled little face relaxed under the influence of the Blood Moon.
It was as if time was fast-forwarding on her.
A pair of tiny wings unfurled; she quickly outgrew the most fragile stage of infancy, sprouting soft hair.
She drowsily gazed around her world, then noticed the stunned crowd.
Louis looked with a complex expression at the old maid beside him and softly said:
"How long did you say it would take for babies to grow?"
The old maid, unflinching, gestured the number "1" with her fingers.
"One minute, of course just one minute."
Good heavens.
Indeed, when you live long enough, you see all sorts of strange things.
If she hadn’t personally delivered the baby, she wouldn’t be able to understand how the royal Eldest Princess grew up so quickly.
As an experienced exemplary old maid, she genuinely had never seen such a sight.
This was indeed eye-opening.
Louis was slightly curious.
He had previously thought about using a succubus bloodline as the core, merging the thirteen clans’ bloodlines together.
But he didn’t have a good idea of how to do it.
Yet now a real example appeared in front of him.
That was his daughter.
She innately understood how to merge the bloodline powers of the thirteen clans together.
Moreover, even some traits of a succubus were blurred.
No longer having a succubus tail, instead, she had grown a pair of slender wings.
As she curiously observed him and Beatrice, Louis couldn’t shake off a sense of déjà vu.
It felt like he had seen this image of his daughter somewhere before.
He reached out, pinched his daughter’s cheek, and saw that she already had grown teeth.
Especially those little canines, which seemed sharper than usual.
Louis pondered a bit.
Louis’ expression was subtle.
Louis clapped and laughed.
This... why does she seem a bit like the Blood Race?
If their daughter just went on the Ascension Path like this, might she not become a dominant force by manipulating bloodline powers?
Wouldn’t there be people shouting "Great Master of the Red Moon, origin of the Blood Race, grant me the power of eternal life" or something like that?
Thinking about that scene, it was hard for him to keep a straight face.
Perhaps the short-term growth of her life form brought fatigue to the girl, as she lazily crawled back into Louis’ arms, yawned, and fell asleep again.
The women looked at each other, bewildered.
Even if they hadn’t actually witnessed other births, they knew something was very unusual about Beatrice’s child.
"Did we give birth to a little demon king?"
Beatrice smiled awkwardly.
With her current power, the child could easily cause destruction.
"So, our child will be named Kaelin?"
Louis pondered for a moment.
The name sounded quite nice.
Yet he couldn’t shake a sense of déjà vu for some reason.
But on reflection, he believed it was just an illusion.
Poor as the name sounded quite nice.
He even wanted to emulate an "Arthas-style" proclamation while holding his daughter.
But upon careful thought, it seemed too inauspicious.
Quickly.
The news of Princess Ense’s successful birth swept through Tino City like a storm, then spread to various factions at lightning speed.
While factions sent their blessings, they also wondered.
Why was this timing so coincidental?
Why did it coincide so closely with when they sensed someone stepping onto the Ascension Path to the Divine Realm?
However, Ense gave them no time to doubt and scrutinize the details.
Soon, the news of the Ascender spread far and wide.
When the various factions received the information, they initially thought the intelligence staff had drunk too much Water of Life that night and were confused.
"Did you guys properly check the intel, are you joking, baby, ascender, can these two words even be linked?"
On this day, many intelligence personnel were scolded harshly.
When they repeatedly explained the situation, the factions had no choice but to accept one thing.
The intelligence was true.
"I kind of want to start my life over again, am I living in a marketplace?!"
Jumped.
That day, a legend directly found a cliff and jumped off.
