Chapter 18: Huo Yun'er's Legacy Gains.
Velana, the [Vermillion Bird] of the [Crimson Realm], was a divine bird that ruled the plane with tyranny and overwhelming power. For the first time in her life, she felt speechless, and the reason was her little inheritor.
"What do you mean my Hao'er is a dragon? My son is the cutest and most adorable child in the world, and after he awakened his martial soul, he became the most handsome as well."
This woman didn't listen to reason at all. She kept arguing about her son and how cute he was for the past hour or so. Velana started to doubt if she was qualified for the legacy.
"Okay, stop. I am going to prove it so we can start the trial," Velana hissed at Yun'er. She had finally had enough of her rambling.
She changed the scene around them from the battlefield to the scene of Yuhao as he was undergoing Alarion's trial. She was there and witnessed it, after all, it is not every day a human can succeed in gaining the inheritance of the most powerful dragon in her verse.
At the end of Yuhao's trial, she asked Alarion to give her legacy to Yuhao and his mother. She was curious about the mother of such a unique human. While she heard him saying that his mother was weak, she didn't believe it. After all, powerful people give birth to powerful offspring, right?
Well, she wished she had perished with Alarion in the [Nihility] instead of hearing her ramble about her son and all that nonsense.
Yun'er watched her son get tortured by Alarion's blood essence and how he endured it all. His sole reason was to obtain power to protect them and their freedom.
All the torture that he went through, the life that he lived in Alarion's legacy space, was observed by her. But only a moment had passed in her legacy space. Velana only showed her the important bits, like the fact that their world is not the only one and how different [Prime] worlds and [Routes] exist.
Huo Yun'er remained silent.
"So, do you believe me now? Will you accept the trial and assist your son on his path? Or will you remain a weak liability for him to worry about when he faces the enemy in the divine realm?" Velana didn't hold back at all, and why would she? She is the noble [Vermillion Bird] that ruled her people by pure power. She was already tolerant enough not to burn this human to oblivion.
Huo Yun'er fell into deep thought and finally realized how stupid she was. She claimed that she would protect her son and guide him to a whole new world, but what did she actually give him? An unhealthy, obsessive mother who only thought unholy things about him and nothing more.
She needed to change. She needed to become powerful to protect herself and her son. She needed to become powerful to help him when he faces his enemies and protect his back. She needed power, and that giant bird was offering her a trial to gain it.
She turned her blank gaze to the giant crimson bird.
"Tell me about your trial," she spoke in an even tone. Finally, Huo Yun'er woke up to reality.
Velana nodded to Yun'er. Finally, this human started listening.
"In my trial, you will gain my blood essence and cultivate it into your body. I am different from Alarion; my blood wouldn't torture you, but it will reconstruct your body and physique to be that of a [Vermillion Bird], and it will not be pleasant, to say the least."
"I will train you until you reach my standards. You will be the last [Vermillion Bird], and I can't neglect your training at all," noted Velana as she awaited this little human's response.
Huo Yun'er nodded to her. She would also begin her journey on that path of power.
Velana 'smiled,' and the scenery around her changed back to the battlefield.
"Very well, Huo Yun'er. Let's start your tort—I mean, your training," Velana corrected herself hastily.
Huo Yun'er did not know why, but she shivered in her place; she had a bad feeling about this.
If only she knew.
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"You dumb woman, this is not how you fly." A furious voice could be heard throughout the legacy space.
We can see a giant bird flying in the air and a human woman with red wings behind her back struggling to keep up.
Huo Yun'er felt like crying. This unreasonable teacher of hers tortured her in the name of training. God knows how she endured all those years in the legacy space.
After the body reconstruction, she had the body and physique of a [Vermillion Bird]. The simp nanobots in her body worked overtime to enhance her body and adaptability.
The [Vermillion Bird] is known for its flames, rejuvenation, and being linked to the domain of [Summer]. But Velana was simply built different.
Her flames were so overbearing that she changed them from normal flames that burn hotter and hotter to [Destruction Flames] that erase opponents. Her rejuvenation nearly reached the border of immortality, and her domain over [Summer] became an authority over the season itself.
Yun'er felt like dying. The mad bird would burn her alive every day to increase her [Fire resistance] and to allow her flames to grow stronger and hotter. And her reasoning was:
"How can your flames get stronger if you are not burned by them, my dumb inheritor? And this way, you train your rejuvenation as well. Two for one."
And from this moment, Huo Yun'er realized what type of person her master was.
A sadist and a masochist.
She enjoyed torturing Yun'er like this, and she herself enjoyed being tortured to increase her power. That is why she was the strongest in her clan—because she liked the pain. A true masochist.
And now she was teaching her to fly in the air. A [Vermillion Bird] that couldn't fly is a disgrace, as Velana claimed.
"Use your wings less and propel yourself with your flames. You look like a dying chicken when you swing your wings like that," Velana instructed as she smacked Yun'er with her tail.
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"Master, please stop! I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!" Yun'er snapped for the nth time at her sadistic master.
"Oho, really. Do you even want to help your son at this point? Keep that thought and watch as he is snatched by another woman and leaves you all alone," Velana simply commented and turned around and flew in the opposite direction from her dumb disciple.
"…"
Yun'er paused in her spot and thought for a moment and let her unholy imagination run wild. And her flame started changing.
[Yun'er's imagination]
"Sorry, mom. I want to spend more time with (insert waifu name here). I don't think I will be here anymore," Yuhao said as he returned to embrace another woman and left the house.
Huo Yun'er was stunned as she saw (imagined) the scene. The flames around Yun'er grew hotter and hotter until they nearly burned the space. In the real world (the world inside the legacy space), her red flames started to grow darker and darker until they reached a crimson shade.
She appeared instantly between the two of them and separated that evil woman from Yuhao's body.
'Yuhao is mine, bitch. Leave him alone.' She burned the evil woman that tried to steal her Yuhao to oblivion.
She turned around to face her son and hugged him in her deep valley.
'Listen, Hao'er, that woman is weak. Stay with mommy, okay, sweetie? Mommy will keep you safe and sound at all times,' she said to her sweet boy as she hugged him tightly and caressed his handsome face. Her unholy nature started to resurface.
'Okay, mom. I will listen to you. You are so cool.' Yuhao replied to her in a cheerful voice, hugging her back and smothering his face in her deep valley.
Huo Yun'er had a look of victory on her face as if she had just saved the world from a demon king.
[Back to the Legacy space]
"Fufufufu, don't worry, Yuhao. Mommy is the best." She smiled like a villain as the flames around her turned crimson red. She was still immersed in her unholy imagination.
Velana looked at Yun'er from a distance and 'smirked.'
'Works every time. She is so easy; mention her son and bam, she gets stronger. I can only apologize for your inheritor, Alarion. But it is not my fault she was crazy from the start,' Velana thought as she made her way back to Yun'er to snap her out of her unholy thoughts.
…
"Okay, and we are done," Velana said as she looked at the huma—no, the young [Vermillion Bird] in front of her.
Huo Yun'er's growth was monstrous during the past years. She gained the blood essence, body, and physique of a [Vermillion Bird].
Her flames had reached the crimson level and now could connect to the [Crimson Realm]. She was not the ruler of it yet, but that would happen in no time. Her control over the [Summer] domain was immaculate, and it could be upgraded to an authority if she desired.
She had grown so much. Velana felt proud that her disciple could finish her legacy trial.
As for the reason why Yun'er is not the ruler of the [Crimson Realm] yet, it is because Velana is still 'alive.' You can't be the king if the original king is still alive, can you? The same with the domain of [Summer]; Yun'er will gain the authority after Velana 'dies.'
"What do you mean 'we are done'?" Yun'er asked her masochistic master.
"I mean you finished the legacy trial. I have nothing more to teach you," Velana said as she made a crimson portal behind Yun'er.
"Well then, go through this portal and you should wake up next to your son," Velana instructed. She tried to cure her disciple's obsession with her son, but ultimately failed. She changed from a weak woman with a serious son-complex to a strong woman with an even more serious son-complex. At least she changed from a Yandere to a Goudere, and that took years.
Huo Yun'er had a complicated expression on her face. She wanted to get out of here as soon as possible and see her son, but at the same time, she didn't want to leave her master to perish.
As crazy as her master was, she was her first friend who had helped and guided her throughout Yun'er's entire life. She was like an older sister who punished her severely but always cared for her well-being.
"Master," she called with tears glistening in her beautiful eyes.
"Thank you for all your care, and I promise that I will be worthy of being a [Vermillion Bird]," Yun'er said in a serious tone.
Velana had a 'confused' expression on her face.
'Did this dumb disciple of mine think I would die or something?' Velana was speechless. She wanted to smack this stupid disciple with her tail but held herself back with sheer will.
"And why are you saying all of that to me, my dumb disciple?" Velana tried to ask in a patient tone, though she was already burning inside.
"Ah, wouldn't you die after I pass through this portal?" Yun'er asked with a confused expression on her face, and the tears that were threatening to fall at any moment instantly disappeared.
'Ah, so she is still dumb after all this time, huh?' Velana thought as she swung her tail and smacked Yun'er's forehead, causing her to yelp.
"I see you are still stupid, my disciple. How can I, an immortal [Vermillion Bird] that controlled the [Crimson Realm], die like that, huh? Stupid disciple," Velana exploded on the spot and continued smacking Yun'er with her tail, causing her to cover her face and yelp.
A couple of minutes passed, and finally the domestic abuse ended.
"I will give you my feather that has all my consciousness sleeping in it. And if you find a suitable vessel, just add my feather into it, and I will be resurrected," Velana simply said.
A crimson feather floated in front of Yun'er, and she touched it.
"Take good care of it, my stupid disciple. Find a good vessel that has a good amount of fire element stored in it, and I will simply resurrect myself. The authority of the [Crimson Realm] and [Summer] will automatically be given to you after you exit the portal," said Velana as her current body started to disintegrate into motes of light and integrate itself into the feather in Yun'er's hand.
"Take care, Yun'er. Till we meet again," Velana whispered as the realm started to shake.
Huo Yun'er glanced at the crimson feather in her hand and then made her way to the portal.
She closed her beautiful eyes as she entered the portal, and when she opened them again, she found herself in the inn with a crimson feather in her hand and Yuhao sleeping beside her.
She stored the feather in the [Crimson Realm]. She felt the connection between her and the realm grow stronger, and the connection between her and the [Summer] domain also grew stronger.
It seems like she finally gained the authority of both the [Crimson Realm] and [Summer]. She sighed as she lay down beside her son.
She hugged him in her deep valley as she stroked his golden hair.
'Hehehe, finally I am able to see Yuhao again.' She laughed like a pervert as she stroked Yuhao's hair.
'I can't wait to surprise you in the morning, Hao'er,' she thought, as she would definitely give him a big surprise when he woke up in the morning.
"Good night, Yuhao," she whispered as she kissed his forehead and closed her eyes to sleep beside her son.
The soft breathing sound of the duo was the only thing that was heard inside the room as the silver moonlight seeped through the window and illuminated the room with a gentle glow.
(Chapter 18 finished.)
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AN:
Phew, this chapter is about 2.6k words without the author's note. It took longer than expected.
Not going to lie, I laughed a bit at the interaction between Velana and Yun'er. When I imagined the scene, I felt it was quite funny.
I hope you find it funny as well. I wanted the dynamic between the two to be almost like siblings.
Before you start spamming that she is stronger than Yuhao or that she has access to two Authorities: the [Crimson Realm] and [Summer] domain, please remember that Yuhao's [White Dragon of Nihility] has its own authorities that will be revealed in the future. I am planning a surprise for his authorities.
Also, what do you think the powers that come with the authority of [Summer] should be? I wrote it on a whim because I found that an authority over a season would be OP. But I can't think of an ability that goes with it, so I will listen to your suggestions.
In this chapter, Yun'er finally finished her trial, and we will start world travel tomorrow.
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Bye.