Chris's Faith of Fire

Time flies...

Veda has reached her 14th birthday, and Yvette has gradually grown up.

Both children are very cute.

The red-haired Veda is the same as me, while Yvette is just like my wife. Even if they were biological sisters, no one would doubt it. In order to avoid Yvette being suspicious, I served me in the house for 30 years. The old servant resigned years ago. The guy was naturally a talker. I was worried that one day he would let something slip.

If this continues, there will be too few servants. Should we find another one?Today's young people are always careless in doing things. Although the old servants talk a lot, they are still meticulous in their work.

Oh, what a nice guy.

I have started to do housework by myself. I will try my best to do it while my body is still strong. Those nobles can laugh if they want. Anyway, I am just a knight from the border and a country bumpkin. What they said is right.

Anyway, as long as I am happy, I feel inexplicably happy every time I see the noble girls behind them who use corsets to cover up their bloated figures and apply makeup to cover up their acne.

On the way back from Rodculosaint I met a traveling merchant from Gilkern.

Although he looked cunning, the goods were really good. Although I didn't have much money, I still liked the pair of blue crystal earrings he owned, which complemented Vida's red hair. But what should I bring to Yvette?There should be no differential treatment. I thought about it for a long time and finally bought a fairy tale book and took it home. The child liked books very much.

Both children were very happy when we went back.

After that, I lived a very peaceful life. The harvest in the town was very good year after year. Yvette asked me to tell her stories every day. Of course it felt good to be asked like this by my lovely daughter at first, but Over time, I also felt bored.After all, I have housework to do. After all, there are no servants in this house.

Probably because I alienated her in this way, Yvette stopped asking me to read stories to her from then on. She buried herself in the study room every day. Within a month, she had almost read all the books here. This child Should she be sent to the royal capital to become a civil servant in the future?It's still too early now, let's see how it develops in the future.

If we want to talk about changes, they probably started from that day...

June of the 238th year of the Fire Dragon Calendar, 6 years ago...

I couldn't find Veda anywhere that day.

Although she has always been naughty, she is almost 15 years old. Although she looks relatively petite, I really hope her immature character can be changed.Yvette has already gone to the church in town to help. She said she hopes to help more people.

There is no time to think so much now, retrieving Vida is the top priority.

I set out with my sword for the first time in a long time, and took a few people from the town to search in the forest. At the beginning, everyone was talking to each other with witty words to comfort me. Is the eldest lady having a tryst with a man or something? I punched that guy. It flew away.

But by nightfall, no one could remain optimistic.

We couldn't find it anywhere. We almost turned the area upside down and couldn't find it anywhere...

My heartbeat starts to speed up, what should I do?It was impossible for Veda to run outside the town in such a short time.

My mind was already slow before I remembered to ask Yvette. She was very cold about this matter. I slapped her angrily, but Yvette still said expressionlessly that she didn't know where Veda had gone.

Well, maybe she really doesn't know, but this attitude makes people uncomfortable. They are obviously sisters, right?Or are they actually not as good as I thought?I'm just a country bumpkin noble, and I don't have much property that they can compete for...

It was too late that day, so I sent everyone back, and then I continued searching alone.

As I began to think wildly, I felt fear, not only for Veda's disappearance, but also for Yvette's change.

Is she jealous?still……

I didn't dare to think too much, because I was afraid that they would become as bloated as other noble ladies... The fight for property gradually became ugly.

Finally, when the sun was about to rise, I found my daughter at the foot of the mountain.

I almost didn't recognize her at that time. Veda's red hair seemed to turn silver in an instant. I thought it was just an illusion caused by the halo of dawn.

Anyway, it's okay. Veda was dirty but didn't seem to have encountered anything.

I also asked someone to search the cave where she died, and found nothing...

This is how it went.

Anyway, it was no big deal, and the people in the town were very happy. We held a cocktail party as the holiday was approaching, and I got very drunk and went home.

After that, another seven years passed, and Yvette had grown into a beautiful girl who would not be embarrassed no matter where she was.

Perhaps because she works in a monastery all year round, her somewhat sacred atmosphere makes people feel even more incredible.

But the problem is Veda...

She's not growing anymore.

It's not a metaphor, it's true that I haven't grown up, either in height or appearance...

Not only me, but also the villagers started to feel strange.

Sure enough, she must have encountered something that day.

There was a gangster named Bills in the town who seemed to be very concerned about this matter, and even promoted the idea that Veda was a devil.

I was naturally furious about this, and when I was about to deal with this bastard, he beat me to it. Bills broke into the mansion with a few gangsters.

He was already old and lacked fighting experience, so he was knocked down by them in a few blows.

Veda was brought out of the room...

The guy grabbed the crying Veda and stripped her naked.

I struggled with all my strength, but I was tied to the pillar and couldn't move.

Those guys are not hate demons at all!A gangster who is just looking for trouble to vent his lust.

I watched my daughter being abused by them, but I couldn't do anything...

The hellish scene lasted for who knows how long, and my heart was broken.

That bastard Bills wanted to show me. He grabbed Veda's long hair from behind, and Veda's crying face was displayed in front of me.

I gradually became numb.

When those bastards finally raised their swords and tried to silence us, something changed.

Veda's hair turned silver, and her blue eyes shone like fear in me.

In just a moment, the gangsters in front of me turned into ice sculptures.

Shattered into shining fragments and blown away by the wind...

The old man’s already severed brain can no longer understand anything at this moment.

I looked at Veda's extremely cold appearance and felt afraid.

After that, I told the people in the town that Bills and the others had disappeared and were probably eaten by monsters.

At first they didn't believe it at all, but they gave up after searching for a long time without finding a body. The gangster himself had no family and was hated by the townspeople. Maybe they felt lucky.

As for the statement that Veda is a demon, not many people cared about it. There are many strange things on the mainland. At most, they just thought that I fell in love with a woman of a certain demi-human race and gave birth to this child.

It's okay if this misunderstanding continues, but Veda can no longer let her inherit the head of the family because of this incident.

Originally, Yvette wanted to be more mature and steady.

Now she looks like no one would think that she is Veda's sister.

I don’t know if it was because I saw her being insulted or because of her silver-haired posture...

After that, I completely neglected my biological daughter.

She gradually stopped staying at home and appeared in every corner of this borderland like an elf.

Live life without restraint.

Chapter 71 71. The Guilty Man——3

Halfway through reading, my mind went blank.

Veda, has she actually experienced this kind of thing?

Why did she show this to me, was it just because I was pursuing the truth?

If something like this happened to me, I would die and not let anyone know about it.

Or does she really not care at all?

The notes mentioned what happened to her sudden ability to use magic.

I really want to rush down and ask her clearly...

But looking at the next pages, I chose to lean against the wall and continue reading it.

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I don't know the source of Veda's mysterious power. I have never seen anyone who can use water-based magic so skillfully.

Although my curiosity encouraged me, I always felt that exploring like this would violate some terrible taboo, so I stopped my steps.

So far is what I mean by awe.

Whether it's Veda or a stranger, what I'm going to say next is by no means as simple as what I just said.

This incident was the biggest mistake in my life, and I will carry this crime to the depths of hell.

If I had put a little more effort into Yvette and given her more care as a father, things wouldn't be at this point.

But now it's too late to say anything. My life is like the embers of a candlestick that burned all night, with only a spark left.

About half a year after I discovered Veda's power, strange rumors spread around the town.

——Everyone who approached the lord's mansion disappeared, and the townspeople began to become uneasy, recalling the few gangsters who had disappeared before.They focused their attention on Veda again, but because Veda was so elusive, the townspeople pointed their fingers at me.

But they probably saw that I was too old and would die if I left it alone, so they just reminded the townspeople not to enter the forest to the west.

My mansion, as you can see, was built decades ago in a clearing deep in the forest to the west of the town, while to the east is the Elkaga Monastery. Not only those who approach my mansion , even people in the eastern monastery began to disappear.

It is said that Yvette adopted many orphans in the monastery, which is unheard of...

After all, it’s because I’m sick and don’t interact with people anymore. No matter Yvette or Veda, when my life is coming to an end, I can’t see them laughing in front of me.

I reluctantly climbed out of bed, wondering what Yvette was doing.

But my body really can't hold it anymore, and every step I take is difficult. Although I am old, I shouldn't be this weak.

It wasn't until he fell down the stairs that the old man realized that he had contracted a serious disease.

As if the god of death would appear next to me every day, I waited uneasily for each sun to rise, and slowly got up alone.

One day, as I was holding the stairs to the hall, I saw Yvette.

This was the greatest comfort to me after not seeing my daughter for a long time. I wanted to go up and talk to her... However, Yvette just bowed to me and left in a hurry.

Where did she go?

I was very disappointed, but from my daughter’s beautiful face I could see not only indifference, but also her anxiety.

It's like being caught up in something difficult and having to do it.

As she left, a piece of parchment fell from her body...

She recognized the appearance of this parchment immediately. It was the pattern drawn on the parchment when she was delivered to the door.

What exactly is this?

I have a friend who is a palace wizard, so I sent this parchment to him via Bai Yuan, and received a reply in less than a month.

I was shocked when my friend came to my door in person. After greeting me for a while, he nervously asked me where I got that piece of paper.

He also said that if he hadn't received this message at that time, my life would have been in danger, because it was black magic that summoned demons!

I see……

Despite the shock, the mystery finally seemed to be solved.

I've heard this story before.

There is a kind of discriminated against people in this world.

They are not beasts or other demihuman races. Compared with them, the appearance of this group of people is not so distinctive.

Their mother is a human female...

But the father is an unknown devil.

Women who give birth to such children will most likely choose to discard the newborn baby.

Because they themselves are ominous symbols, children born with adaptability to dark magic.

——Leech.

I don’t know whether Yvette is a leech or not, but that piece of black magic paper is definitely correct.

Thinking about it this way, the identities of the orphans in the monastery are worth checking.

I asked others to investigate the orphans, but in the end I couldn't find any information about their father.