I couldn't stand the fakeness in the hall, and felt a little bored, so I said goodbye to everyone and left. I walked to the back garden, looking at the flowers in the yard, thinking about something absent-mindedly. It was a little windy, and Ying looked at the girl standing there in deep thought, her blue hair fluttering in the wind, and her beautiful face showing a maturity and indifference that didn't match her age.
The banquet was finally over, and I returned to my mother's place. A few days ago, my father moved my mother to this place. The environment has become better, there are more maids, life has become better, and my mother's mood has obviously improved. But this is getting more and more complicated. Why would she be nice to me? It seems necessary to let Lei and Bahamu in.
The next day, I called Lei and Bahamu and asked Bahamu to check what conspiracy Emperor Inohe had. Lei stayed by my side to help me take care of my mother and protect her. Every day I just talked with my mother and waited for news from Bahamu.
At noon, my mother and I sat in the small pavilion drinking tea. "Mom, do you still love dad? Do you resent him?" With a smile that looked like happiness, sadness, or relief, my mother said, "Love? Yes, I did. Love is just an illusion. When I was young, I envied and pursued it. Now I just want to be with someone. Resentment? No, there is no hate since there is no love anymore."
"Mom, there is something I want to ask you."
"What's the matter? Ask." said the mother gently.
"I want to ask, is the crescent jade pendant that I have been wearing since I was a child my mother's?" I looked at my mother with some anticipation.
"No, it was given to me by an old man I met before I married your father."
"What kind of old woman is this? Didn't she say anything?"
"It was one evening. I saw an old man by the river. He had gray hair and looked mentally unwell. When he saw me, he took out a jade pendant and wanted to give it to me, saying it was a gift for my daughter. I was in a daze at the time and I didn't know why I accepted it. When I came to my senses, the old man had disappeared."
After listening to my mother's words, I thought that it must be the Great Elder, but why did he give the important jade pendant to my mother? According to the Second Elder, no one knows the prophecy anymore, so is it really fate? What does fate want me to do? Reviving the elves, doesn't the current one count?
"Li'er... Li'er," my mother shook me, "What were you thinking about just now? You didn't respond when I called you."
"Oh, Mom, it's okay. I was a little distracted just now." I said to my nervous mother.
I was still thinking about what happened at noon when Baham came back. He brought me a piece of news that shocked me or made me a little angry. My father actually plotted against me together with that lustful emperor. The Holy Alliance, the Dark Church, Diao Chan? They were really calculating. It was just right. Let's settle our old accounts together and let me change the situation in Malkudia. I gathered all the forces nearby and planned for the upcoming battle.