Chapter 1169: Chapter 93 Divine Artifact Use_2
Xuan Yue stepped over Ah Dai’s body and sat down on his single bed, looking at Ah Dai lying on the floor and suddenly felt how lonely he was, a sour feeling arising in her heart.
Ah Dai turned his head towards Xuan Yue and smiled, "Brother, what’s the matter with you, lie down. Rest well today so you can guide me tomorrow!" With that, he casually extinguished the only magic lamp in the room, plunging the room into complete darkness.
Xuan Yue pulled back the quilt and slid into the soft cotton duvet without taking off her outer clothing. The duvet carried a refreshing scent, and the warmth brought a surge of heat to her heart. So this was what Ah Dai usually covered himself with! And now it was over her. Her cheeks flushed with heat, a faint sweetness blossomed in the depths of Xuan Yue’s heart.
"Brother Xuan Re, did you learn your magic from the Pope? Otherwise, how could you achieve so much at such a young age? All the Magi I’ve ever seen are old, like Priest Xuan Ye, and you’re the only other young high-level Mage I’ve ever seen. But you and Yue Yue are siblings, you must be under twenty, right? Your magical prowess is already so advanced, your future is truly boundless!"
"Ah? Oh." Xuan Yue snapped out of her sweetness, "Yes! My grandfather taught me." Unconsciously, she had already revealed one of the secrets of the Church.
Ah Dai was startled and sat up from the floor, "Grandfather? The Pope is your grandfather?"
Xuan Yue then realized what she said and murmured, "Given your relationship with Yue Yue, it doesn’t matter if I tell you. The Pope is indeed my biological grandfather, this is only known to the high-ranking leaders within the Church. You mustn’t tell anyone else."
A chill ran through Ah Dai’s heart; already feeling so inferior, learning that the Pope was Xuan Yue’s grandfather made him feel an even deeper abyss between them. The granddaughter of the Pope, what a noble identity! And himself? He was just an ordinary civilian, a mere peasant with a thief’s background.
"Brother Ah Dai, why are you silent? Weren’t you going to ask about Yue Yue?" Xuan Yue inquired.
Ah Dai sighed lightly and said, "I really didn’t expect your identities as siblings to be so noble, Brother Xuan Re, associating with you truly seems like overreaching on my part."
"Big brother, don’t say that. What does our interaction have to do with status? We’re all your friends!"
How could it not matter? It’s exactly because of status that I can’t be with Yue Yue! Ah Dai took a deep breath and lay back down on the floor, gazing up at the pitch-black ceiling, and said lightly, "Is Yue Yue doing well in the Church? She loves to have fun so much, she must be unhappy if she’s being restrained."
The heat under the quilt gradually rose, and Xuan Yue felt a warmth spreading over her body, "She’s coping alright. Right now, she’s seriously learning magic from grandfather. She knows her strength isn’t enough and would only cause you trouble if she accompanied you around the continent, which is why she’s working hard to learn. I have just finished my training, so she sent me to replace her first. She said, once she has learned enough, she will come to find you."
Knowing that Xuan Yue was the Pope’s granddaughter dampened Ah Dai’s spirits, and he found himself unable to voice the questions he had before, "Brother, it’s late, let’s sleep."
Feeling the change in Ah Dai, Xuan Yue was startled and remembered her own doubts. She asked, "Brother Ah Dai, I heard from Yue Yue that you promised the Elf Queen three years to help them find their kinsfolk kidnapped by the Thief’s Guild. Now, after three years apart, have those Elves been found?"
Ah Dai closed his eyes, reminiscing about everything that happened in the Empire of Sunset City, and said with resentment, "What good does it do to find them? Those bastards in the Empire of Sunset City insulted their souls. Out of sixteen Elves, only two are still alive. The other fourteen chose suicide after we rescued them."
"What? Suicide? Why?"
"Because they endured too much humiliation. The Dark Forces of the Empire of Sunset City are so abominable... If I could, I would really like to wipe them all out..." Ah Dai was stirred into recollections by Xuan Yue’s words. He recounted his and Yan Shi’s encounters in the Empire of Sunset City without mentioning the segment with Bing, nor did he bring up the thief girl who often came to assassinate him, who resembled Bing. Bing represented pain in his memories, and he subconsciously avoided it.
Listening to Ah Dai’s account of the Empire of Sunset City’s darkness and the tragic fates of the Elves, Xuan Yue’s pretty face was covered with crystal tears.
"Later on, we broke out of Sunset City with Elf Princess Xing’er, but were intercepted by your Church’s Judgment Chief. I thought he meant us harm, so I used my full strength to unleash the Heavenly Thunder Clash passed down by my master, the Sword Saint of Tian Gang, which left me seriously injured. If it weren’t for your grandfather, the Pope, healing me with Holy Magic, maybe you wouldn’t be able to see me now. The power of the Heavenly Thunder Clash is indeed impressive, but it’s a pity I haven’t fully understood it yet. It requires certain timing and opportunities to use, and on that day facing the assassins, I was seriously injured. Otherwise, if I had used the Power of Heavenly Thunder, those despicable assassins might not have had the upper hand. Look, my hair used to be past my shoulders, but under the power of that day’s thunder, it turned to ash. It’s only started to grow back after a year."
