Chapter 2648: The Former Southern Hero
Chapter 2648: The Former Southern Hero
Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Southern Capital, Heatsend Royal Palace
"That’s the Emissary of Light’s soul projection," Ann exclaimed, watching the golden apparition form above the guard captain.
Hearing this, Anna quietly hurried out, planning to go rescue her young groom. Even though he wanted her to share her marital bed with two other women, she was still willing to rush to his rescue without hesitation. She loved him too much to let go over such a small disagreement between them. She believed that, given time, she could change his mind and become the only woman in his heart. Even if she couldn’t, she couldn’t stand the thought of a future without her young groom by her side.
"Where do you think you’re going, young lady? Get back here," the Southern Princess said, as the palace guards and her royal guards emerged from hiding and stepped into Anna’s path, blocking her.
"Get out of my way. I’d hate to hurt you guys," Anna warned the guards, who were like elders to her, regretting that she had already used up her long-distance card to get over here.
Now, she was stuck. Even if she made it past the guards, her mother wouldn’t allow her to use the Royal Family’s teleportation array formation. However, just as she was about to give up helplessly, she remembered hearing about her young groom setting up teleportation hubs that connected the Southern Capital and Sky Blossom City.
"Your Highness, you might be stronger than all of us combined now, but you’re not stronger than the palace’s array formations set up by your ancestors. Please don’t struggle. Make it easy on us and on yourself," the royal guard captain pleaded, having watched her grow right before their eyes.
They loved that she still retained her willful, whimsical side, but they hoped that this time she would take a step back for their sake. As they feared, even though Anna was strong, she wasn’t strong enough to face the Emissary of Light. He would convert her into one of his followers before the fight even began.
"How is that even possible?" Colleen cried in shock, causing Anna to panic and hurriedly check the live stream, only to find that her beloved had discovered a way to counter the Emissary of Light. He had used some ability to turn the brainwashed guards back to normal. All the present Heatsend women were astonished and shell-shocked.
Having seen Clown Mask’s memories, she knew that the Western and Eastern forces had once been forced to execute those who had been forcibly brainwashed by the Emissary of Light into becoming his followers, as they had been unable to figure out how to undo his control. At first, they had tried imprisoning them in hopes of finding a cure later, but then the warden and the prison guards were converted into his followers as well, and together with the prisoners, they flanked their own positions. It had been a bloodbath. In the end, they had no choice but to steel their hearts and kill them when discovered.
"That’s Wyatt for you, making the impossible happen while making it all seem so easy," Anna chimed, seeing that her beloved wasn’t in trouble against an existence even her mother was wary of, as she watched the tug-of-war between her beloved and the Emissary of Light’s soul projection
"Yes, that young man never fails to surprise us," Colleen said, before turning to her granddaughter and instructing her, "Now that you know Wyatt can hold his own against the Emissary of Light, go make preparations to enter the inheritance land and free your Great Grandaunt."
"Wait, what? Why would we do that? Wasn’t she against you and Grandpa’s marriage? Let that bitch rot in the royal crypt," Anna said in panic, trying to stop them from freeing her Great Grandaunt.
At first, she had been all for it, but with the recent developments, she no longer wished to free her Great Grandaunt until she was married to her beloved. As she feared, her Great Grandaunt would try to keep the bloodline pure by forcing her into inbreeding with other unparalleled bloodline descendants, like JJ, for example. She was strong now, but she had also heard of her Great Grandaunt’s exploits. The latter was a battle manic.
She couldn’t help but wonder how her Grandaunt Lorn and Grandpa had managed to seal her Great Grandaunt in the royal crypt within their bloodline’s inheritance land, forcing her to repent and reflect on her actions. As far as Anna knew, her Great Grandaunt was not someone who would repent and reflect on her actions and be forgiving.
"Language, Anna," Colleen warned her granddaughter with a stern gaze. No matter what that woman had done or said to her, no one was allowed to badmouth her, especially not the Southern Heir. She had once been hailed as the Southern Hero, and her contributions to the royal family and the Southern Region were undeniable.
"We need her now that the Masters plan to target us until we’re forced to hand over Wyatt to them," Colleen revealed, then couldn’t help but grudgingly add, "Also, I want to show her just how dead wrong she was to reject me marrying your grandpa."
"Are you sure about that, Grandma? Because when she gets back, the first thing she’ll do is throw Mother out of the royal palace. A betrothed princess has to live with her husband, not in the royal palace, even if divorced. Have you given this any thought? A lot of things around here will change. We can no longer live this free and will be forced to stay uptight and act stuck up in the name of elegance and proper etiquette, like those other royal and noble families—" Anna tried her best to think of reasons why they shouldn’t free her Great Grandaunt yet.
However, she was interrupted by her grandmother, who said, "Anna, this is my palace, not hers. So, it’s not for her to decide how it’s run. Whatever you’re worried about regarding her, don’t be. Once she sees the path the current Southern Region is on, she’ll do everything in her power to bring about that future."