It's another regular day inside the gardens. The heavenly Emperor said that he has another piece of intel for me to know. I have a strange feeling that it's about my family, I don't know why.

I sit on the grass, playing with the buŧŧerflies. Times like this make me think about Baozi, he really would have liked it here. Hehe, the old man too. He's always talking about peace and quiet and this would be the perfect spot for him.

A bright light flashes, and then a humongous tree appears before me. The heavenly emperor made it just in time. I was beginning to think he forgot about me.

"Child, sorry for my tardiness, had to deal with some minor complications in heaven."

"Oh, that's fine."

"Okay, let's get into it shall we. I called you here today to give you some news about Jezebeth and her um 'connection' with your father."

"Good or bad..?"

"Bad. Your father is the reason she is the way she is now. Actually I should say parents." Oh. Maybe it was a love triangle? But then I only know about the fight between the prime minister's daughter Liona Whitfield and my mom. Is there another part I'm missing?

"Jezebeth was a princess. One of the tribe kingdom's under your father's rule at the time. They were the richest of all the vassal nations. The Kingdom of Wither. The seasons there varied between winter and autumn. And the sky, instead of being blue, was a deep black, the moon their light instead of the sun." Wow, I did not see this coming. That disgusting human was a princess. She doesn't have the aura of a person of a royalty at all, though?

"But, how does that tie her so closely to my parents?" He's always beating around the bush. Just jump into the facts already.

"Your father killed her family, and your mother helped him carry out the entire scheme." I- um. I think I'm gonna be sick.

I turn my head to the side and dry heave. My stomach constricts and I can feel my ċhėst tighten. My parents, people who rule with such care and fairness, are actually responsible for the murder of an entire family. No, I refuse to believe that my mother and father are bad people. There must be a logical explanation behind this. It's just hard for me to realize that the person who I thought was the real villain, turned out to have every reason to want and try to ruin my family.

"I see my next phase of action will be helping you hide your emotions." The Jade Emperor stated aloofly.

After calming myself down, and taking in a few deep breaths, I feel more rational.

"What was the reason? I know my parents, they wouldn't kill for no reason."

"The reason was because as usual, no one can stand competition. Especially when they are trying to attempt to overthrow the crown. They had already reached their influence into several other vassal countries, but your parents caught wind of it before it was too late. And now her family is dead, she's the only one left because she was only eight years old then,so your parents decided to spare her. Little did they know their one moment of kindness would come back to bite them in the ȧss."

I knew it was too fishy. My parents would not separate a child from their own family, unless it was for a good reason. Though, I do sympathize with her now, Losing your whole family in one night is enough to turn any person crazy with vengeance. At least now she can rest in peace. However I draw the line at leaving her demon spawn any chance of redemption.

"Alright, enough of all this moping. Time to officially begin your lessons." Huh? Officially?

"I thought doing all those tasks was the beginning of my lesson?"

"In a sense yes. I was teaching you the virtue of patience. And giving you a variety of strenuous and tiring chores was just the way to do that. It helps you with controlling your frustration and even helps in strengthening your endurance, you know, all that walking back and forth."

With these kinds of training techniques he'd surely get along with my master back at the sect.

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