Mommy Villainess

Chapter 235: Secret of the North

"LORD JULIAN is the f*cking second child, isn't he?"

"Watch your mouth, Jameson," Luna scolded the Keeper. Thank goodness she, Jameson, and Roarke were alone in the tearoom. Saint Forrester and the Golden Tiger were using their Mana to hide the village. Mikhail Denver was entertaining Winter and Julian in the next room. On the other hand, Blake, the Black Serpent Knights, and the Red Phoenix Knights/Fire Mages of the tower were patrolling the area. Ah, Flint had already returned but for some reason, he was hiding from Julian. "Lord Julian is the real son of the Supreme and the Black Serpent."

"I understand how you feel, Crawford," Roarke said. "I was hesitant to accept the second child, too. But I've seen how the Supreme and the Black Serpent love Lord Julian. If you show hostility towards the young lord, they will not like it."

Jameson groaned in complaint. "Argh. I f*cking know that. But Sinclair, you were barely a f*cking child back then so we're different from you. After all, you didn't participate when we f*cking hunted down Lord Julian and his f*cking clan in the past."

She blinked several times when she heard that.

Well, she already knew that the Red Phoenix hunted down Julian and his clan back then because Tilly told her. She was a little taken aback that the Keepers were able to hide it from the Supreme for the past five years. But come to think of it, despite their extreme love for Tilly, they were still born from Wixx's flame.

The Keepers also "inherited" the Red Phoenix's over protectiveness. That was probably the reason why they were able to keep the secret about Julian for that long.

"Why though?" Luna asked, making Roarke and Jameson turn to her. "Why did you hunt down Lord Julian and his clan back then? Tilly didn't ask because she thought your hatred for the second child came from the conflict between the Red Phoenix and the Black Serpent. But come to think of it, I don't think that alone would push Lord Wixx to hunt down his nephew."

Roarke's face lit up for some reason. "Lady Luna, as expected. You really know Lord Wixx so well."

She blushed at that. "Shut up. Just answer my question."

"Lord Wixx never f*cking specified to us why he f*cking hunted down the second child," Jameson said, then he snapped his fingers. "Although I can f*cking remember that he said something about destroying a f*cking weapon."

She was about to ask what Jameson meant by that when she heard a knock on the door.

Then, a few moments later, Lord Mikhail Denver entered the room with a mug of hot chocolate in his hand. And a bright smile on his face, if she may add.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation," Lord Denver said, then he turned to her. "I brought hot chocolate for you, Miss Luna."

"Thank you, Lord Denver," she said, then she accepted the mug. "What are the young lords doing?"

"They're playing with Damian and Whitton. The two young knights miss Duke Nystrom so much that they're asking the young lords about how the duke is doing these days. Ah, Lady Solenn also joined the boys," he explained. "I just dropped by to give you a mug of hot chocolate while it's still, well, hot."

"Where's our f*cking hot chocolate?" Jameson complained. "You know that we're also here, Denver."

Lord Denver just smiled at the Keeper. "You can get your own drink, Crawford. Why don't you go to the kitchen and have some while it's still hot?"

"He's kicking us out," Roarke said, then he turned to Jameson. "Well, it's fine with me. We need to contact Wong anyway. I think Lord Wixx has already met the Supreme. Let's contact them and inform the Supreme that we've met up as well."

"Alright. I f*cking miss the Supreme anyway," Jameson said as the two Keepers started to leave the room. "Let's f*cking go."

And so, she was alone with Mikhail Denver now.

"Do you have something to say to me, Lord Denver?" Luna asked, then she sat down on the sofa and asked the lord to join her in the lounging area.

"Am I still a "lord?"" Mikhail Denver asked when he sat on the sofa from across her. "I left the Royal Capital with my best knights and the top Fire Mages of my tower. My family insisted to stay and face the consequence of our choice. May I know what happened to them?"

"Aku Moonchester couldn't punish them for being Fire Mages since he didn't reveal about your real identity," she explained to him. "But he locked them up for your "sin." Leaving your position and "stealing" the Red Phoenix Knights were considered treason. Your family was locked up for being your accomplice. While all your wealth and properties were seized by the royal family. Your tower is nothing more than a huge decoration now."

He fell silent for a while before he spoke again. "I'm glad that my family is still alive. I will help them get out soon."

"That's the plan," she consoled him. "Tilly intends to free them as soon as she can."

He smiled and nodded. "I know that I can trust the Supreme. My whole family does. That's the reason why decided to stay. They wanted to let His Majesty know that there are still people waiting for the Supreme."

She just smiled and sipped her hot chocolate carefully.

Tilly had a lot of loyal followers that would gladly give up their life for her. The Supreme was really a sunshine loved by many people.

"Miss Luna?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm thirty years old now. Do you still think I'm too young for a human?" he asked with a bright smile. "To be precise, do you still see me as a child?"

She almost choked on her drink. Too bad she wasn't dense not to know what those questions meant. God, she almost forgot about his "confession" a few years ago.

"I just want you to know that my feelings didn't waver for the past five years, Miss Luna," Mikhail Denver said with a smile. Even though he still looked as carefree as he did before, she could see the seriousness in his eyes. "To meet you again is one of the reasons why I was motivated to survive during the past years." He bowed respectfully to her. "Thank you for returning safely, Miss Luna."

Luna, as old as she was, still blushed at Mikhail Denver's sincere confession.

***

"OH, YOU'RE still alive."

Wong woke up with a headache. It didn't help that the first thing that he saw when he opened his eyes was Kelsi's face. And the woman was smirking at her. Worse, he realized that he was knocked out because he was still lying on the ground. "Where's the Black Serpent?" he asked as he got up. Then, he pinched the bridge of his nose. "That damned reptile"

"You lost, fair and square," Kelsi, who was squatting beside him, said bluntly. "All the Black Serpent had to use was a drop of his blood."

He didn't comment on that because what else could he say?

Well, he had never won against the Black Serpent in the past. This hurt his pride to admit but he was aware that Kalel Nystrom had never fought him for real before because of the Supreme. And yet, he still didn't manage to win even one fight.

He also had to say that this time, the Black Serpent used a cruel technique on him.

"The Black Serpent's illusion has gotten stronger," Wong admitted in a low voice. "I really thought that he gouged my eyes out. It was terrifying."

"And that was what you tried to do on Lord Winter before."

The reminded hurt him but there was no way to deny it. "I am ashamed that I've tried to hurt Lord Winter that way before. I mean, I've regretted that thoughtless and calloused act long before. But this was the first time that I truly felt the heaviness of what I tried to do to a child," he said. "I deserved that punishment from the Black Serpent."

"I never hated the Black Serpent, you know?" she said randomly. "I was the one created to be the Supreme's emotional support. And even though the Red Phoenix wouldn't admit it, I know that I was also created from the part of him that actually cared for the Black Serpent."

"And your point is?"

"You should stop hating the Black Serpent now, Wong," Kelsi said with a smile. "He's different from Kalel Nystrom. I believe that this time, he will choose the Supreme over anyone or anything else in this world."

Wong averted his gaze from Kelsi. "I don't know about that, Kelsi."

***

"SHOULD I beat him up?" Tilly asked while looking at Wixx who just slept on her after he dropped a "bomb." Yes, her annoying brother suddenly passed out a while ago. She got worried for a second but after she heard him snore, she realized that he was just sleeping. Although she knew that the Red Phoenix might have been exhausted from flying to get where she was, she still wanted to beat the daylights out of him. You should have told me about Julian and the Holy Scepter first, stupid brother."

She was quite confused about what Wixx implied a while ago.

Was the Holy Scepter inside Julian's body?

Or was Julian the Holy Scepter himself?

But if it was the latter, how did it happen? Julian was conceived naturally. The only unusual thing about her son was the fact that he was stolen from her, then another woman gave birth to him. She couldn't come up with a conclusion as to how Julian could have been related to the Holy Scepter.

"Madam Nystrom, we have arrived at the estate."

Her thoughts were cut-off when she heard the coachman's voice. She gave up on waking up Wixx so she just opened the door. But she was surprised when Kiho greeted him.

"Oh," she said, surprised. "You're back."

"I told you I'll be quick," Kiho said, then he helped her get off the carriage by offering a hand to her. Then, he dismissed the coachman before he turned to her and asked: "Winchell fell asleep?"

"In the middle of an important conversation," she said in frustration. Then, she closed the door of the carriage. "Let him sleep there. That's his punishment for sleeping on me."

Her husband chuckled. Then, he wiped the knot on her forehead with his finger. "Why is my honey upset?"

"Hon, my brother said something alarming about our Julian."

He instantly turned visibly concerned. "What about our oldest?"

"My brother implied that Julian is somehow related to the Holy Scepter," she said seriously. "I don't know if he meant the Holy Scepter is inside our son, or if Julian is the Holy Scepter himself."

"Julian can't be the Holy Scepter himself," he said with furrowed brows. "I asked Miss Luna, the Moon Priestess back then, to steal the Holy Scepter in the past. I had a glimpse of it then. It looked like an ordinary scepter. But since it was created by the gods, we can't tell for sure if it was f*cked up or what."

She laughed because Kiho seldom used the f-word. But it sounded so hot coming from his mouth. "Kiho, we also know that Luna had the Holy Scepter in the past. But she can't remember where she hid it as if her memory of it was sealed. Do you have any idea where she might have hidden the Holy Scepter?"

He shook his head. "I'm sorry, honey. I don't know where Miss Luna hid the Holy Scepter."

"It's okay, hon," she assured him. "We can just ask my brother once he wakes up."

Kiho nodded. "It's time for our friends in the North to return," he said. "I'm also worried about our children."

"I'll give them a call," Tilly said. "As long as we have Keepers on both sides, they could easily create portal so that they could come home faster." She clenched her fists tight. "I really can't wait to see the lazy saint again."

***

FORRESTER covered his mouth with his hands when he sneezed.

On the other hand, the children (Winter, Julian, and Solenn) stepped away from him.

"I'm not sick," Forrester said in a defensive tone. "I just couldn't get used to the cold even after being stuck here in the North for five years."

When he came back in their house after hiding the village with the Golden Tiger, he went straight to where the children were resting. He asked Damian and Whitton to give them privacy because he wanted to talk to the kids without the Black Serpent Knights.

Of course, he trusted Damian and Whitton. But there were things that the knights didn't need to know.

"Anyway, you're Julian, aren't you?" he asked the second child. Well, in this lifetime, he became the oldest child of the Nystroms. "I'm Asher Forrester, the former saint."

He was pretty sure that he was already kicked out by the temple when he disappeared.

"Greetings, Lord Forrester," Julian greeted him politely. "It's an honor to meet you."

"Finally, I met a polite kid," he said, then he gave Winter and Solenn a side-eye.

Solenn beat him to a pulp during their first meeting.

On the other hand, Winter called him "lazy saint" when he whispered to Julian a while ago.

"I don't know why but I feel comfortable with you," he said to Julian. "Is it because you're the only kid who has shown me respect so far?"

Julian just smiled politely at him.

But Forrester wasn't just saying that out of nowhere. When Julian was a baby, his Mana was really hard to read even if they knew that he was a Fire Mage. But right now, he felt something warm and pure in him.

It was something akin to a divine aura.

"Hey, Lord Forrester," Winter called him, cutting-off his thoughts. God, even though the young lord called him 'lord,' his tone was still a little rude. "Why are you hiding the village? Is it necessary? I mean, I know that you should hide from the enemies that are hunting you down. But I find it excessive that you literally make the whole village disappear."

"Oh, you'll be surprised," Solenn said with a smug smile. Well, the little brat princess asked the same question a few days ago. No wonder she looked proud that she knew the answer to Winter's question. "I'm sure you'd be surprised, Winter."

Winter just glared at Solenn.

"Please don't fight," Julian said gently while literally mediating between Winter and Solenn. "Let's hear the saint's explanation quietly, shall we?"

And the two brats listened to Julian.

He's an angel.

"There's a formidable enemy that has been hunting us down for the past five years," he started to explain. "He's called the North King, and his army had already taken several lives from our side since we arrived here."

Winter looked shocked by that. "But you are strong, Lord Forrester. And you have the Golden Tiger. Not to mention that the Black Serpent and the Red Phoenix Knights are capable fighters. You also have Fire Mages by your side."

"The North King's strength is equivalent to a Beast God's," he said seriously. "His army is far stronger than the ones we have built."

"I don't think it's just strength alone, Lord Forrester, If it's just about strength, I'm sure you'd be able to fight them equally," Julian said. Ah, his experience from his past life must have helped him notice the issue right away. "May we know what they have as a weapon that's making it almost impossible for you to annihilate them?"

"They don't die," Forrester said, revealing the secret of the North that they discovered a few years ago. "Our enemies are undead they are walking corpses that get revive by the North King no matter how many times we kill them." Winter and Julian looked shocked, by he wasn't even done yet. "Apparently, the North King and the undead are descendants of Kalel" He looked straight in Julian's eye. To be honest, he didn't know if he should say this without the Supreme and the Black Serpent. But he figured that Julian was old enough inside to hear the truth first before his parents. "Julian, the North King claims that he is your grandson in the past."

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