[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-475":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846449,2449,"Chapter 477: Daughter","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-475",475,"\u003Cp>Margaux Swan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inam,\" said Hendricks, as he appeared by me at the railing. Looking at the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had passed by it a few times but never dared to take a step in it. There was always an excuse, but the real reason was that I wanted to keep her away from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not let the taint touch her in which she had grown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, I am going to meet my daughter after three long years. Every day had been unbearable, but now I will finally see her, hug her, kiss her, without fear of tainting her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have become powerful enough to not let the taint ever touch her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I would never accomplish it, and I was fine with that. I just wanted her to be happy in her life, away from me and my shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, that fear is gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ella Swan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop,\" said the guard as we tried to pass through the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a reserved pier. Do you have permission?\" he asked. \"No,\" I replied nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Guard is right. This is a reserved pier for the most distinguished guests of the lord. I think your mother made a mistake, El,\" said Magda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is my roommate of three years and best friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is the only one, I had talked about my mom and what she does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the letter, and the number of the pier was written on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will wait for a few minutes before going to another pier,\" I said. She wanted to say something but didn't and instead sighed dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine,\" she agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes passed, and no ship appeared. I didn't think, my mother's ship would appear here, but I am staying, despite it might be a mistake in writing the pier's number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was thirteen when I left redfawn and now, at sixteen, I am going to see her finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I miss her dearly and in two years. I wanted to go to Greltheaven to meet her, but she forbade me from coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Step aside,\" said the guard suddenly, and moved us aside with his spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rude,\" Magda muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, a luxury carriage bearing the city's flag appeared and began to move through the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage stopped not far from us, but no person got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed, and I was about to leave with Magda when a ship appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it's not a ship, but a yacht.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more beautiful than the one Magda's father rented for her birthday last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's beautiful,\" said Magda as it reached the pier. That is when the doors of the carriages opened and people walked out of it and went toward the pier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone important must be coming for so many of them to come to welcome them,\" I said, looking at an important-looking group of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really important. See those flags on the yatch; the right one is the flag of the city of Greltheaven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The left is the flag of the velvet garden; the legacy that advanced to Grade III, a week ago while the one in the center is the flag of a noble house of silver,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, whoever is coming is pretty important. Might be a Lord Silver himself; I heard, he is quite handsome,\" he said, with a dreamy look in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magda is very social. She knows about everything, that is happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man in a black suit is Laurence Fisk; he is an adviser to the lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thin old man beside him is Rupert Madden, vice-guild master of the merchant guild,\" she introduced people like she always does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I recognize the thin man. I had seen him in a restaurant when I went to dinner with Magda and her family a few months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had introduced that time well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded absentmindedly while looking at the yacht.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mother works for the legacy. She doesn't sleep with people anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She told me; she works in the background. I asked her more about it, but she was curt, as always, when it came to the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Guards, do you know, who is coming from Greltheaven?\" Magda asked, but the guards just grunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rude,\" she said and turned to Yatch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, the Yacht docked, and soon after people came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are so far away that I can't see their face, but I don't think any of them are my mother; they all look important, and seeing top officials of the city had come to receive them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She will come out after the important people left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I wish I could see. I would have if I had added more points to my physical attributes. I didn't have skills like Magda, that give better vision or know a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think Lord Silver didn't come. It is said he has silvery grey hair. Those that came out are older people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though the women are very beautiful, and they are wearing amazing clothes. They looked better than, the collection at Charles,\" she said, with her eyes shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let her words pass through me as always. I am more focused on the people coming from the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking for my mother, but saw no sign of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of three that came out of the yacht met the ground, waiting for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, one woman walked away from them, with a man walking beside her and four guards walking behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the green-haired woman got closer, and I felt a great familiarity with her when suddenly my eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"El, what happened?\" asked Magda, worriedly turned to the woman coming toward us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, she walked through the gate and appeared in front of us, with a familiar smile appearing on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Ellie, how big you have gotten. It feels like yesterday when you were barely up to my hip and now, you have become as tall as me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though you are still thin as before,\" said the woman and before I could say anything, she hugged me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I missed you, kiddo,\" she said softly. \"I missed you too, Aunt Cathy,\" I replied. She liked Cath, but I always called her Cathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really missed her and everyone. The only person I met was Aunt Carla.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let go after a few seconds and turned to the man beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have informed you about her and yet she is waiting outside,\" she said angrily with her voice dripping with authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never seen her like this and feared for her. The man works for a city and so are guards behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deepest apologies, Miss Arga. We had sent the memo, to the port, but they said it was lost in paperwork,\" he apologized to my shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glared at the man and turned back to me, with a smile returning to her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, your mother is dying to meet you. She would come to get you personally, but she is on the job,\" she said and took my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waved at Magda, who was looking at everything with great confusion, but followed quickly and this time, the guards didn't stop us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We moved toward the pier where the ship at when I nearly stopped, seeing the woman talking with the group of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked like my mom, but didn't look like a woman I remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is very beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more beautiful than I remember. Her make-up is perfect. So is her hair, and she is wearing a dress and jewelry that cost a fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was looking at her, when she turned to me, and the smile on her face froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears started to stream down her face, while the people beside her went quiet and turned to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My child,\" she said, and a moment later, she appeared beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving so fast that I only saw the blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, I found her arms around me with her tears streaming down my dress. Tears coming out of my eyes too and they are falling on her expressive dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She may look different and feel more powerful, but she is my mom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I missed you so much, that every day had been painful without you,\" she said with a voice hiccupping. \"I missed you too, Mom,\" I said, hugging her tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She may look different and wear expensive clothes, but she is my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman who sacrificed so much for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We finally let go and he looked at me with her hand on my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have grown taller, but you should eat more, dear. You look thin,\" she said, caressing my cheek gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am eating, Mom,\" I said, with my cheeks flooding. She smiled and turned to Magda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must be Magda. Thank you for being so a good friend to my daughter,\" said Mom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magda, who liked to talk so much, went quiet for a second. \"We are friends,\" she replied nervously, in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mom smiled, seeing that before she turned back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dear, give me a few minutes and then we will leave,\" she said, I nodded, and she went to talk to the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is your mother?\" asked Magda in a whisper-scream. \"I told you already,\" I replied, and she glared at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You told me, your mother is, was a p-word. Does the woman talking with Adviser Fisk and Vice-Guildmaster Madden look a former p-word to you?\" she asked once again in a whisper-scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am as confused as you,\" I replied truthfully, looking at my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, she walked toward me, with Aunt Cath and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ellie, this is this is Chief Hendriks. He worked with your aunt Carla,\" she said, looking at the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this is Mr. Fisk, adviser to Lord of Inam and Vice-Guildmaster Madden of Inam's merchant guild,\" she introduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, I am Elanor Blank,\" I introduced myself, biting down the heavy nervousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all shook my hand, before turning to my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Swan, you should have told us. Your daughter studies in our city. We would have taken better care of her,\" said Adviser Fisk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is a shy child adviser, and I wanted her to focus on her studies,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's such a regret that you won't attend the party. Well, we will meet you at the venue,\" he said, and mother smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he left with others and Aunt Cathy. Leaving my mom with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap onto read 20 Advanced Chapters. Become a free member on Patreon for map and other stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>",1773,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.600Z",1,"novelbin.me","82bbb53cc90f536630a1bdb657f0115afbfbe6b62cdccd3a5027d26ccaeb65eb","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-476","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-118",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]