Chapter 81

The time that followed was like a wound-up clock, passing by before anyone realized it until the day before the baby ceremony for Young Master Haidun.

During this period, Xia Mingyu lived a rather fulfilling life.

Sometimes he would learn to ride horses with Boge Chu from Knight Suolin, galloping wildly until they were thrown to the ground with bleeding palms, only for Knight Suolin to be sent to the stables to feed the horses the next day, replaced by Kalen for personal instruction.

Sometimes he would try to cook with Miss Anliya, successfully creating a plate of pitch-black food under his terrible culinary skills, though Miss Anliya ate it quite happily until Xia Mingyu tasted it himself and nearly vomited, forcing him to quickly stop the young lady's foolishness.

Sometimes he would fulfill his duties as a future godfather, basking in the sun while holding Young Master Haidun, who could already crawl all over the floor; during this, the little brat suddenly kicked his arm with a soft, tender foot, and because he had braced himself, he was fine, but Lady Danielle nearby was so frightened she nearly fainted.

Afterward, Young Master Haidun, who was only three months old, received the first mixed-doubles beating from his parents in his life.

Sometimes he and Lise would take advantage of the full moon, which helped in refining magic, to sit on top of the clock tower and meditate all night; during this, Lise fell asleep on him because she was too tired, and fearing she would catch a cold, he created a large field of flowers to keep her warm.

Consequently, when Lise woke up the next day and found herself lying on Xia Mingyu's chest, surrounded by romantic roses in every direction, her fair face turned red right to the tips of her ears, and thinking she had lost her virginity, she pitifully requested to be made a concubine.

Although it was clarified afterward, after this episode, his relationship with Lise became much closer, no longer as reserved and respectful as before.

During this time, Tamerlane, who had been busy with night patrols, finally returned!

Spark Hall.

"Your Highness, I am truly sorry for being unable to come and pay my respects for so long."

Tamerlane said apologetically, his deep blue eyes revealing exhaustion, and his previously meticulously groomed golden hair appearing somewhat disheveled.

"Is the patrol mission very tiring?" Xia Mingyu asked with concern.

"No, at first the night patrol was because I discovered a villain daring to commit crimes in the City of the Sun at night; because he did not rob property or assault women, but seemed only to enjoy torturing people, it took a long time of patrolling before I confirmed his appearance during one of his crimes."

"Afterward, the villain fled toward the wilderness, and I believed that if I let him go, it would surely cause countless tragedies, so I pursued him day and night, only personally slaying him late last night."

Tamerlane explained slowly.

"Judging by your description, that villain's strength must be very high." Xia Mingyu said thoughtfully.

To dare to commit crimes repeatedly in the holy city of the world's largest church, even among villains, he could be called insane!

"Actually, he wasn't very strong, only at the Fourth Rank, but his ability was very strange; he could enter shadows to move at extreme speeds, making it almost impossible to attack him at night, and he was a person with heterochromia, which was truly troublesome."

Tamerlane told him truthfully.

In the end, he could only swing his sword with all his might, destroying the forests, rocks, and everything else in the wilderness that blocked the moonlight, before finally forcing the villain out.

Only the Fourth Rank, Xia Mingyu's mouth twitched.

Should I say as expected of the Pope's grandson? The battles he participates in are too high-end!

How can a magician who has just stepped onto the path of the transcendent compare?

Wait, heterochromia... Xia Mingyu keenly noticed a key piece of information.

"Tamerlane, does a person with heterochromia really represent bad luck?"

Xia Mingyu asked directly; as the grandson of the current Pope of the Sun Church, the information Tamerlane knew must be far more than his own.

Hearing this, Tamerlane fell into deep thought.

"Your Highness, I am not clear on this question either, but according to the records in the Church, many heinous and inhumane villains in history were people with heterochromia; compared to the probability of extremely evil people being born among normal people, the difference is almost ten thousand times."

After pondering for a long time, Tamerlane said with a complex expression.

"I once asked my godfather—the Cardinal Inquisitor of the Sun Church, who is also the Commander of the Holy Knights, Uncle Kelai—why not stop the commoners from burning heterochromatic infants to death?"

"He told me that a heterochromatic infant who luckily grows up might cause a tragedy for ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand people; it is the commoners' sin to burn heterochromatic infants to death, but if he were to stop it, it would be his sin."

After listening to his account, Xia Mingyu's expression also became solemn.

He had originally thought the matter of heterochromia was just a feudal prejudice in this world similar to the Middle Ages, but now it seemed there was actually some scientific basis for it!

At least it applied the control variable method.

If that's the case, won't Lise also become an extremely evil person one day?

"Are you... Lord Thirteen?"

While Xia Mingyu was pondering, Tamerlane quickly noticed Hagek Kesi, who had been completely renewed and turned into a heroic man.

"My god, you look just like a Holy Knight now; if Uncle Kelai saw you, he would surely pull you into the order at all costs."

Tamerlane was first shocked and surprised, then quickly praised him sincerely.

"Lord Tamerlane, I am no longer called Thirteen; my Lord has bestowed upon me a new name—Hagek Kesi, and that I can be reborn today is thanks to my Lord's help."

Looking at the Holy Knight he hadn't seen for a long time, Hagek Kesi also revealed a trace of a smile on his originally expressionless face to show friendliness.

"My Lord? Your Highness?" Tamerlane looked stunned.

"It is like this, some time ago, I refused to kill..." At this moment, Hagek Kesi slowly recounted what had happened some time ago.

Of course, in the part where Xia Mingyu enfeoffed him as a comrade, he did a little embellishment, such as His Highness displaying god-like power, crossing boundless distances, and with incomparable kindness, blessing him to return from the dead, and also repairing the scars all over his body while his strength surged!

Rather than calling it embellishment, it was more like this was Hagek Kesi's own perception.

As Tamerlane listened, the expression on his face was gradually replaced by deep envy.

He also wished that when his life was hanging by a thread, His Highness would extend a helping hand!

And comrade, what a beautiful status of protection!

With his extraordinary comprehension, he could naturally analyze that comrade tended toward an equal status compared to the relationship between a servant and a lord, and even had a connection of friendship.

So, when Xia Mingyu finally woke up from his deep thought, he saw Tamerlane standing in front of him with an excited face, his eyes shining as he looked at him.

"Your Highness, please enfeoff me as your comrade as well!" Tamerlane knelt on one knee and said solemnly.

(End of chapter)