The sadness in Ilek’s eyes gradually turned into coldness. “Do you think that just because of Flo’s betrayal, I betrayed the faith of light? You’re wrong. If it were only that, it wouldn’t be enough to change me like this. Long Haochen, you are also a Child of Light, you should understand how firm our hearts are as the chosen ones of the Goddess of Light. But what betrayed me was not just Princess Flo, but the entire world.”

“Using a Scroll of Stealth, I escaped their siege. At that time, I only felt a chill in my heart. All the beauty in my heart seemed to disappear with Flo’s betrayal. But even so, I didn’t hate her at that time. I loved her deeply, and no matter what, I was willing to think of her in a positive light. The black-clothed man who appeared last made me guess that perhaps Flo was also coerced into doing it against her will. Although I knew she was a princess, and it was impossible for anyone to coerce her, I was still willing to think that way. I was so stupid back then.”

“Flo’s stab went straight into my left chest. But she didn’t know that I was different from ordinary people, my heart is on the right side. Therefore, although her poisonous dagger severely injured me, it was not fatal. I endured the pain and found a hollow tree to heal my wounds. I first stabilized the poison in my body with the medicinal pills I had obtained during my travels, and then gradually eliminated these toxins through my own pure light element.”

“This process was painful and long. But I knew very well that even if I wanted to find Flo to ask her what was going on, I had to wait until my body was fully recovered. I heard the process of a lot of people outside the tree hole many times, and it seemed that a large number of troops were being mobilized. But at that time, I didn’t expect that these troops were mobilized because of me.”

“It took me two whole months to heal my injuries and recover my cultivation. I quietly left the tree hole and returned to Yanjing. However, before I even entered the city gate, I felt like I had been struck by lightning.”

“Right next to the city gate, there was a very conspicuous royal notice. The notice read: ‘Duke Ilek of the Empire, coveted Princess Flo’s powerful skills, ambushed the princess, and stole the skills, causing the princess to be seriously injured. He has betrayed the country and fled. He is convicted of treason, stripped of his title, and anyone can kill him. If civilians find his whereabouts, they must report him and receive a reward of 10,000 gold coins.'”

“I never expected that they would be so despicable as to turn the tables on me. Moreover, there was not only a royal notice, but also a notice from the Radiant Church. The content was almost the same, saying that I was a heretic, and that I had been corrupted by darkness.”

“At that time, I was in a daze for half an hour before I gradually woke up. I loved Flo deeply, but I wasn’t really a fool. If I didn’t understand that I was caught in a huge conspiracy at this time, I wouldn’t be worthy of being a successor of the Child of Light. I immediately found a hidden place to disguise myself. At that time, I thought, I must find evidence, find evidence that they had deceived His Majesty and the Church, and prove my innocence. And the key to this lies in Flo. So I’m going to find her and ask her what’s going on.”

“Perhaps because several months had passed, or because they thought I was already dead from the poisonous dagger, Yanjing was not under martial law. After I disguised myself, I easily returned to Yanjing. Looking at this once familiar place, my heart ached even more. At night, I quietly sneaked into the palace. I couldn’t be more familiar with everything here. Although I am a magician, I have too many ways to sneak into places I want to go since my cultivation has reached the eighth rank. I came to Flo’s bedroom, and there, I saw another person, the Pope’s son, Perot.”

“They were talking, and in Flo’s bedroom. At that time, I had already guessed something about their relationship, but I still didn’t want to believe it. But when I heard their conversation clearly, I realized how stupid I was, and how huge this conspiracy was.”

“At that time, Flo questioned Perot why he hadn’t found me yet. Perot told her that he had already mobilized the power of the Radiant Church and cooperated with the power of the Empire to search for my whereabouts. They wanted to see me alive or dead, and they had to get the technique in my hands. From their words, I gradually heard some clues. It turned out that several years ago, when I went out to travel, Perot came to the Royal Academy of Magic. His arrival had two purposes, one was to communicate with the emperor, hoping to introduce me to the Radiant Church. The other was to pursue Flo.”

“His Majesty did not agree to my joining the Radiant Church at first. So Perot stayed. He used various means to pursue Flo. And Flo, that bitch, couldn’t resist his sweet words and the temptation of various techniques and elixirs from the Radiant Church, and finally fell under his offensive. Perot proposed to her that because I possessed the physique of the Child of Light, I had threatened the future rule of the Radiant Church, so the Church must eliminate me. This is the only way for their lineage to rule the Church forever. When he becomes the Pope, Flo will be his queen. Originally, Flo still had some feelings for me, but when Perot finally proposed to His Majesty that the Radiant Church was willing to help the Pombo Empire unify the continent and defeat the other two empires, and told Flo that the technique obtained from me could be learned by her. Whether it was the Imperial Royal Family or Flo, they finally fell under this benefit. And I, became the sacrifice of this benefit.”

“Their plan was almost perfect. They took advantage of my outing with Flo to besiege us and consume my strength. On the way back, Flo took action against me while I was unprepared. This made it difficult for me to escape. At that time, as long as they killed me, and then the Empire and the Church accused me of treason, then even if I was once the pride of the Empire, I would soon be drowned by the official public opinion.”

“I hate it so much, I never expected that my country, my lover and my faith would betray me at the same time. At that time, I only felt a blank in my mind. Just when Flo and Perot were intimate, I suddenly rushed in and launched a fatal attack on them.”

“My appearance was too sudden for them. Although they were also the best of the younger generation, there was still a big gap between their strength and mine. And it was a surprise attack. I was quickly gained the upper hand. Perot was seriously injured by me. Flo was also subdued under my attack. At this time, although a large number of court experts arrived, I used Flo and Perot’s lives as hostages. They didn’t dare to act rashly.”

“I questioned Flo at the time, why did she treat me like this, where was I bad to her? She just begged me bitterly in order to survive. But I heard all their previous conversations! How could I still believe her words. At that time, I only had one thought, which was to die with them. Once I was the proud son of heaven, but at that time I had become a traitor. The huge gap made me unable to accept it at all. I had no love for life, and only wanted to die with this pair of adulterous couple.”

“But that Perot was the son of the Pope after all, and he had many life-saving methods. Just when I was about to die with them, he used a special method to attract the Pope’s attack. I was seriously injured. But I was still unwilling to attack Flo after all. In the end, I could only choose to break through and escape. When I finally broke through the siege and hid in a secret place in Yanjing, I was already covered in injuries, with nine deaths and one life.”

“Then, Yanjing began a city-wide search, looking for my whereabouts. I once saved a beggar in Yanjing, and it was with his help that I was lucky enough to escape their pursuit. But when I had just recovered from my injuries, I learned a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue. They caught my family.”

Ilek said through gritted teeth: “They knew that I was hiding in Yanjing, so they issued an announcement to execute my family for treason. I still clearly remember that day. The sky seemed to turn blood red. When His Majesty issued the order to kill in front of the people of Yanjing, when I personally watched Perot and Flo, this pair of adulterous couple, wearing armor, cut off the heads of my relatives with sharp blades. The last trace of hope and light in my heart was completely annihilated.”

“Can you imagine it? A person watched all his relatives being killed with his own eyes. Father, mother, sister, younger sister, and all the family members, even young children they didn’t let go. They exterminated my entire family.”

“I knew that they were waiting for me to appear at that time. Waiting for me to rush towards the fire. They knew my character too well. But at that time, a black token that I had obtained in a trial was triggered by my resentment. At that time, my whole body was cold, but I couldn’t move. Because of this, I just watched my family being killed one by one!”

“At that time, I was crazy, completely plunged into madness. The blood of my relatives dyed the ground of Yanjing Square red. My whole family, three hundred and sixty-seven people, none were spared. All of them died tragically under their butcher knives. When I recovered from that coldness, none of my family members were alive. I seemed to see their vengeful spirits hovering unwillingly in the sky.”

“I didn’t do anything. My family was dead, and I left there with monstrous resentment. And the fact that I didn’t appear in this massacre made them think that I had left Yanjing. The city-wide search was temporarily over. But they were searching for my whereabouts throughout the continent.”

(To be continued)