Ailin listened to her mother's words and decided to stay back. She could tell whatever it was, it was serious. Her mother's tone was heavy and cold.
Edea soon left Ailin's vision as she turned back and made sure no one got in, nor went out.
...
On the other hand, Edea walked for a few more minutes until she reached a room that had a giant sign above the door that read 'King's Chambers.'
Edea tried to calm her heart before she opened the room.
Creak~
The door creaked open, Edea was immediately assaulted by aphrodisiac smells, it was everywhere. In the air, they were coming from a few incense sticks on the furniture that was in the room.
The aphrodisiac did not make her get hot as her energy immediately got rid of the little aphrodisiac that went in her body. Edea looked around before her eyes turned colder than any ice could.
'Disgusting...' Edea thought to herself as she saw in the dead king's room were many women who seemed to have been beaten, they were covered in a white sticky liquid.
They were all panting and seemed to be turned on from the aphrodisiacs. They touched themselves as they wiggled in the room.
Edea felt bad for them, she could see they had been beaten and abused. She could see some tears in their eyes and that their private spots were filled with marks of abuse. Clearly, the king had not been kind.
Fwsh!
Edea released her fiery energy as it burned all the aphrodisiac gases in the air, Edea went forward to give a few pills to the women who were still under its effects to cure them.
It took her a few minutes to feed a cleaning pill to every woman within the room. A few minutes more for the pills to take effect. But once they did, Edea had to listen to their cries of pain and distress.
They all cried as they hugged themselves, some had no more light in their eyes once they realized what had happened. Some tried to take their own lives. Others just gave up and cried as they felt they had lost it all.
For women, their purity is something they want to give only to their life partner. But to lose it to someone who took it by force made them feel disgusted, fury, and sad.
Edea who watched all of this happen couldn't help but make a bittersweet smile, 'That is the fate of us women, if I wasn't strong enough I'd be just like them... I was just lucky... Being able to live freely without worries...'
Edea shook lightly as she recalled the hateful man. But as soon as they returned the faces of Rhys and Ailin made her calm down. The truth was hidden by her, the people only knew she killed the father of her children.
Edea calmed down before she spoke.
"I know you are hurt, so I want to give you two choices. I can kill you, getting rid of the pain and shame you went through. Or you can return home, if you have one." Her voice contained a lot of sympathy for them.
The many women who had been abused turned to look at her, her beauty and kind smile made them think she was an angel sent by the heavens to help them.
"Please kill me..."
"Me too..."
"Yes."
Many women asked for the first option, they had lost their purity, the shame and disgust they felt with themselves made them want to die. Even if they returned they would be looked down upon for losing their purity, even more so for being raped. That is how people think, even if they could not fight back, they would still be looked down upon for allowing themselves to be raped.
They would not care for them, men would not want to be with women who are not pure, only a few wicked men would take them in. Even then, they would suffer the same, if not worst fate than here.
"Live... I want to..."
"Home."
"Mother..."
The other women spoke and wanted to return home. They had a place to go and knew they would still be cherished by their family, so they wanted to return.
But there was a group of ten women who did not speak. Mostly because they did not listen, a few just did not want to die, but they had no place to return.
Most of these women had been sold by their own families to the king. So even if they returned they would only feel hate for their family. Therefore they remained quiet and chose to not speak.
Edea listened to their pleas and used her cultivation to suppress the women who chose to go home and did not speak, only leaving the women who chose death awake.
"I promise you a painless and fast death. Thank you, for enduring these things, now rest in peace. May your next life be better." Edea spoke with a kind smile as the women who remained awake smiled as tears flushed down their faces.
Slash!
Edea's fiery energy spread and took the life of the women who choose death, ending their misery and pain. She did not hesitate to take their lives because even she was once like them, powerless. It was only now that she was strong that no one dared to do anything or offend her.
In the end, it was great for her since her unborn child turned out to be two children. When she realized they were born without any similarities to that hateful man she was elated. From then on she cherished and made sure to drill into their heads how to behave, especially Rhys, being a boy, Edea knew what he could turn out like.
This is why she was happy, her two treasures grew to be spectacular, they were her light.
Edea turned to look at the women who were knocked unconscious, 'I guess I have to get them home safely... I wonder how the ones that didn't speak will fare? I can bring them with me but they will be burdens... there are also more women who were not chosen today for the king's little 'funtime.''
She couldn't bring them into the clan since they had no blood nor were they married to clan members. The Zuldroan clan is very strict with their own rules, so unless they carried the blood or married into the family they could forget even being looked upon.
Edea sighed and used her energy to evaporate all the disgusting liquids of the man before she fed them low-grade healing pills to get rid of the injuries. Covering them with robes before she picked them up with her energy and made their bodies fly with her as they moved to the other rooms.
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'It has been a few hours since mother left inside. I can't wait anymore...!' Ailin spoke as she walked in the same way her mother went a few hours back. She had gotten tired of waiting, thus she decided to look for her mother.
Alas, that choice would give her demons.
As she walked further in she saw many rooms open, there were no more remains as Edea burned any remains of the women who chose death and the disgusting liquids of the king.
So Edea only saw open rooms that had signs of fires within, but she ignored them and kept on moving forward.
It took her a few minutes with her speed to see her mother, she was in a large room with a bevy of women who were on their knees and covered with robes. They seemed hurt, as Ailin walked closer she saw her mother walk towards her.
"I told you not to come here. But you chose this, either way, come, let us see if you are ready." Edea spoke mysteriously as she grabbed her daughter's hands and dragged her towards where the women were.
Once they were in front of the many women who were on their knees, seemingly tired and shaking, Ailin looked at her mother, not understanding the situation.
She had experience with the world, but not this type of experience. As all men treated her well due to how strong her mother was. Those that tried to scheme were killed by her mother in the shadows.
Even then, the only man she was close with was her twin brother, who she cherished and love. They spent their early years together, and even as they grew they spent some time together.
So Ailin had no idea about these things. So looking at her mother was a way for her to ask without speaking what was the point of this.
Edea sighed and isolated the sound inside their little area before she moved her velvet lips, "They were all raped by the king. Forced to be his playthings. Do you understand now why I told you not to come?"
Ailin froze, she knew what those words meant, and because of that, her body started to shake as she covered her mouth with her hands. She felt immense hate for the king and sorrow imagining what these poor souls had gone through.
"Ah..." Ailin soon started to cry silently as her mother hugged her, her face buried itself in her mother's breasts. She was still a young woman, a child in the eyes of cultivators.
She had no tempering with these types of situations, after all, combat experience did not help her at all with these types of things, even getting used to killing wasn't enough to prevent her from crying.
Edea lightly embraced her daughter and caressed her silky hair as she cried. She never told her daughter, nor soon about her life. That is about her suffering before they were born.
She did not want her children to know those types of things. So she never spoke about how such things. She tried to protect them by hiding these types of things, and although she succeeded she now realized it was not a good idea.
Because of this, her children could never comfort her when she had nightmares or suffered at night. This was also the reason she slept with her daughter, sometimes even her son. To find warmth and comfort with the children she raised, loved, and nurtured.
Edea sighed as she thought of Rhys again, 'That damn brat leaving his mother all alone. I will make sure to correct that attitude of his.' Edea thought even though she was the one that let him go, even acting cold and saying he was old enough to make his own decisions.
She just couldn't bring herself to say 'no' to her child. Especially Rhys, who had always been looked down upon by the Zuldroan clan for his low talent.
It took some time for Ailin to calm down, but once she did she and her mother talked about what to do with these women, naturally they would be returned home. But a few had no home to return to. Therefore they planned to begin a group, of pure women and strengthen them through their resources.
This way they had their own way of defending each other. Naturally, that would take time, but that didn't matter.
...
After delivering the woman back to their families, which broke down and thanked them sincerely over and over, they had taken over the Castle of the king. Honestly, no one ever bothered with kingdoms, much less the so-called 'righteous' sects.
These types of conduct were normal throughout the cultivation world. A man being forceful to a woman was no news. So no one bothered, even the first-grade kingdom such as the kingdom Edea and Ailin were was not overseen by anyone. As long as they paid taxes to the Empire they were under they would be free.
Therefore such actions went unnoticed, those that did notice either were suppressed, killed, or even corrupted and did the same things.
Such was the cultivation world.
Edea and Ailin spent some time talking and giving the women a few options, to join their self-made group, or leave elsewhere. After being given some money for them to live a normal life in peace.
Naturally, many chose the former, a few leaving after choosing the latter.
Either way, Edea and Ailin now had a few women to help. Only twenty women remained as the rest left. All that was left was for their scars to heal, which Edea and Ailin would take care of by helping and talking to them to make them overcome their trauma.
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Author's Note:
Realized my stupid mistake, heh. Sorry. Will make sure it does not happen again.
Everything will be re-edited back to what it used to be...
Once more, sorry for inconsistency in my story.
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