After discharged, Chen Sha brought Lorraine back to Big Twin Moon district 1 castle and had Su Er and Su Qi helped Lorraine did rehabilitation exercises but it didn't work.
She always sat by the window, staring at the blooming roses in the garden blankly.
Chen Sha couldn't stand it any longer. Despite Lorraine's resistance, he forced her to the training ground.
However, whatever Chen Sha did, Lorraine did not respond and finally ran away into the mountain forest.
She didn't want to go back to Chen Sha's castle, let alone meeting other people.
Suddenly, she saw a bunch of mythical flowers blooming on the steep cliff. Without knowing, she stopped her step.
The thick branches and leaves seemed to blot out the sky. Sunlight shone down through cracks in the canopy, and somehow one beam of light happened to be shining on the mythical flower, sparkling crystal clear blue petals as if they were carved out of pieces of sapphire.
Without thinking about it, she grabbed some trees on the cliff with one hand and tried to climb up.
Obviously that bunch of flowers was just a hand away, but every time she tried to reach her hand out, there was always a slight distance that she couldn't reach.
Lorraine was frustrated and angry. She gritted her teeth and pushed forward. Flowers still weren't grabbed, but the whole person fell off the cliff.
She instinctively closed her eyes.
Unexpectedly, she didn't fall to the ground. Lorraine opened her eyes immediately and saw Consul holding her in one hand and helping her picking up the mythical flower with his other hand.
They lightly twirled and swiftly landed on the ground.
He put her down politely and handed her mythical flower.
Lorraine didn't receive and turned around and walked away without saying a word.
As a position and obligation of Consul, all conduct and deeds were for benefit of Odin Federation. Even using her as a bait to lure the Dragon Blood unit out to attack, she had no objection. However, Qian Xu was unfortunately mutated change and he killed him with his own hand anyway. Lorraine had no reason to avenge Qian Xu, but there was no way to forgive him.
"Princess."
Lorraine didn't stop speeding up trying to get rid of Consul, but Consul followed her unhurriedly all the way.
"I am the fourth Consul of Odin Federation. The first Consul You Bei Chen glorious achievements were well known to all. The second Consul Li Rui carried on his accomplishments, no achievement nor wrongdoing maintaining stability. The third Consul An Rong was Chen Sha's mother, a very outstanding lady."
Lorraine said coldly: "I have no interest in your Odin Federation history!"
As if Consul hadn't heard it, he continue narrated like just a light wind blew and a mere cloud passed by: "An Rong was brimming over with talent. She understood economics and people's livelihood, and was very good at overcoming strength with softness balancing interests of all parties. Of course, everyone has weak points as well as strong points. She knew nothing about military affairs. However, her lover was a man who understood military the most in the Federation, the commander of Odin Federation at that time, Duke of the First District, Chen Yuan. Two powerful people joined hand and treated each other sincerely. That should be the most promising era in the history of Odin Federation. Unfortunately, in a single unexpected car accident, the couple died in an explosion at the same time..."
Lorraine unconsciously slowed down her footstep when she thought of the brightly touching sea of roses like a raging fire outside her window. She had always wondered why Chen Sha who was as cold as an iceberg, would allow such a gentle and charming landscape in his castle. Now she understood.
"Chen Sha who was in the car with them miraculously escaped the explosion, luckily survived. Federation suffered the loss of two talents. Certainly it was an extremely heavy loss. But for a six-year-old child, it was a loss of his whole world at once. Chen Sha suffered from aphasia and was unable to speak for a long time. Chu Mo's father took him into therapy with great care and let Chu Mo who's at the same age ate and slept with him and stayed with him day and night, but there was no effect. Later, I had guessed the actual facts of this matter and repeated the facts in front of Chen Sha one more time that able to force him started to open his mouth. Chen Sha's parents didn't die from a flying car explosion, but..."
Lorraine stopped and unconsciously touched her right arm with her left hand.
Consul stood behind her, his eyes also fell on her right arm. The ice-cold mask radiated chilly metal radiance, couldn't see the real emotions in his eyes.
"Chen Sha's father had level 3A strength, and Chen Sha's mother had level B strength. In the speeded flying car, Chen Sha's father suddenly mutated change. His mother only had time to push Chen Sha out of the flying car, but with the completely mutated change beast…. she was swallowed alive"
Lorraine's body suddenly shook. Her left hand gripped her right arm tightly.
Consul's gaze kept staring at her arm. There was not even the slightest temperature in his voice. "In order to protect Chen Sha, Chen Sha's mother activated the bomb before dying and killed the cannibal beast. Chen Sha witnessed everything with his own eyes. I am afraid that he has not yet gotten out of the shadow of that accident until now."
Lorraine suddenly turned around and said angrily: "Lord Consul, aren't you planning too much? Even if you want to explain for Chen Sha and tell me not to anger him, you shouldn't put me and Qian Xu's matter into your plan! "
Consul said undisturbed, "I'm telling the fact."
"You really make me sick! I think it's not just your body that rots, but your heart also stinks!" After Lorraine finished cursing, she turned around and left.
Before, there was fear and hope. She was cautiously smiled for fear of offending them. Now she was not afraid of death and not hoped to live. She totally did not care about the consequences. Anyway, no matter what she did, one day, when her identity was revealed, they would not be modest to her.
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The setting sun filled the sky with sunset glow.
Lorraine sat at the window, silently looking at the roses in the garden.
The former lady of this house must really like these beautiful but delicate flowers and planted them all over the castle. The lord not likely liked flowers, but very much liked the one who planted them, sweetly endured her to indulge her hobby.
What a pity, the roses symbolizing their love were still blooming year after year, but their love had withered in the most tragic way… One turned into a beast and bit the other to death. One activated the bomb and exploded the other to death.
Lorraine gently held her right arm.
Suddenly, she remembered something. She got up to the dressing table and rummaged over to find a 3D photo frame that had run out of energy. The photo frame did not take much energy consumption. Charged once and it could be used for decades. It should be at least decades that no one had seen photos in this photo frame.
Lorraine replaced it with an energy block and found that at the back of the photo frame was engraved with the badge of the first district: An unsheathed black sword entwined with red roses.
The bottom engraved with characters in two small lines:
Without guardianship of a sharp blade, the beauty of the world cannot bloom to its fullest.
Without restraint of tenderness, power was like an unsheathed sword that could hurt others and yourself.
—Chen Yuan & An Rong