Chapter 34: Xia Family is in Danger!
"WHY? WHY OLD MAN, WHY!" For the first time, Xia Wushan lost control in front of his old man and he shot a glaring face. He also didn't realize that he call his old man as old man. Maybe Xia Wushan realized it, but he didn't care about it.
"Why! Why did you want to expel Yueyue only because of such insignificant things!" Xia Wushan wanted to shout out loud, he wanted to strangle his old man, but he forcefully calmed himself. His Dad, Xia Longyu, was not an irresponsible person like that.
Lan Bingyue was keeping her silent all the time, but her gaze to Xia Longyu was cold enough to petrify a normal person.
"… Do you think that I was expelling her?" Xia Longyu knitted his eyebrow. The people in the room could hear the sorrow in his voice.
"Xia family wouldn't be able to hold on any longer."
Xia Wushan and Lan Bingyue were surprised by Xia Longyi's sentences.
[Xia family wouldn't be able to hold on any longer?]
[Didn't the foundation of Xia family was deep?]
[And also, who would be daring enough to destroy one of the four big families in the Fire Kingdom?]
Xia Longyu only closed his eyes, and then he sighed. "A tiger father will not beget a dog son. But, the current ruler of this kingdom was exactly this kind of dog son. That piece of rotten dog"
Who would dare enough to swear on the king's name? Of course, he, Xia Longyu, had served the Fire Kingdom for three generations.
He had already a General when the previous King of the late-King was still reigning in the Fire Kingdom. Xia Longyu was known as a loyal person, loyal to the citizen of the Fire Kingdom, and loyal to the Fire Kingdom. Thanks to his achievement, Xia Longyu could befriend the young late King.
When the late King, the current King's father took the throne, Xia Longyu was made into the Fire Kingdom's Right Protector and the current King's Mentor.
He had always protected Royal Family for many years.
He had so many relationships with the late king and the previous late king.
But he didn't hesitate to let go all of his glory and achievement.
He turned his back on the current King.
What made him so angered toward the current ruler?
"He had no capabilities, but his greed was too big."
"He devoured all talented warriors from the army and incorporated them into his personal King's Guard. Your cousin was one of them, Yueyue."
"Sigh. . . He was a short-sighted person, he would rather gain a short gain and destabilize the kingdom." Xia Longyu opened his eyes. There was a pain in his words, but there was more hopeless melancholy around Xia Longyu.
He was disappointed by the current ruler. He wanted to leave this place. But he couldn't afford to leave the citizen alone, without anybody to protect them.
It was his pride, the pride as the Right Protector, as the protector of the Fire Kingdom, protector of the citizen.
After taking a short silence, Xia Longyu continued, "The King wanted to establish the nobility system."
"What? Seriously?" Xia Wushan couldn't hide his surprised expression.
Lan Bingyue also had an odd expression.
Seeing puzzled expression on Mingyue's face, he smiled gently and explained it to her, " The nobility system, it is kind of similar with four big families, but a little different. Let's make a simple comparison. In the Fire Kingdom, there is only four domain that was given to four families. Thus, those four families gradually called by four big families."
"In Xia family's domain, this place is our root, our family's root. Our ancestral place. It was kind of similar to a home, but a little bigger. We care about this place and we are taking care of this domain's citizen. In exchange for free reign of this domain, we will pay tribute to Royal Family every year."
"But in the nobility system, the Royal Family would regard everything in the Fire Kingdom was theirs. Every free land would be given to some certain family along with the nobility title. They could swap Xia family's domain with other domain. No, it should be called as Xia family's land."
"They would apply the tax to the citizen in the Fire Kingdom. Royal Family could give a bountiful land to their supporter, and leave the leftover land for other families."
"Each family was allowed to have their own army. Yes, army. And that domain could go into a civil war, fighting for the resource, which would weaken this kingdom's strength. We from big families wouldn't experience a big change, but the citizen would."
Xia Longyu shook his head, " And the king's plan ultimately was not only the nobility system. Increased tax, each person in this kingdom would have to pay tax to Royal City."
"For what? For another budget to invade the Earth Kingdom." Xia Longyu's eyes were narrowed.
"That good-for-nothing's appetite was too big. The Fire Kingdom never took the initiative was not because of our weakness, but because of the founder's decree. 'Never fight with other kingdoms. Our opponent was never them'. "
Xia Wushan was very surprised by this information.
[No wonder he wanted me to withdraw from military department. No wonder he wanted us to withdraw our service for this Kingdom. From the first place, this kingdom's ruler never gave us any care. His appetite was too big. Appetite?] Xia Wushan muttered and suddenly he stopped.
Mingyue, who only had been listening to all this time, suddenly opened her mouth, "Why our family would be destroyed?"
Xia Longyu was surprised by how sharp this little girl was. Then he smiled and said weakly, "… Our ancestor . . Was this kingdom's founder."
There was a bitter smile on Xia Longyu's face. Their ancestor was this kingdom's founder. He didn't care about his own personal glory, but the people's well-being. He even made a decree that allowed only the most capable person in the kingdom would be allowed to sit in his position, the ruler. And the next king, the second ruler of the Fire Kingdom immediately abolished that decree and created Royal Family. He made his descendant to be a pure Royal Family and tried very hard to hide the fact about the kingdom's founder, about his decree, about his wish.
Since then, this kingdom ruler's position was limited to the second king's descendant.
What an irony. . .
The expression of all people in the room was vastly different. Xia Wushan's expression was like being chocked by an egg.
Lan Bingyue's expression was more like 'A dog father will beget a dog son. No wonder their descendant also had been carving for more and more authority' with a disgusting face.
Mingyue's expression was calmer than the other because it was not related to her and her question hadn't been answered yet. So, she stared at Xia Longyu.
"Of course, to establish their authority. Not only our ancestor was this kingdom's founder, our family for many generations had been protecting this kingdom from any kind of danger. Unconsciously, many commoners regarded us as this kingdom's protector even though they didn't know the truth about our ancestor." Xia Longyu smiled wryly.
"Who could imagine that by being regarded as the protector of this kingdom, we became Royal Family's main target of extermination. Maybe it will not reach the state of extermination, but our family will definitely be crippled. Sigh. . ."
Lan Bingyue sighed and asked Xia Longyu, " Our family is on a hot chair, but what is the relationship that Yueyue should leave this place in less than a year? Shouldn't we just relocate together?"
Lan Bingyue didn't want to leave Mingyue alone and would rather suggest another idea.
Xia longyu shook his head. "No, we must not alert the Royal Family. The truth is most of the dominant families and three of four big families support that dog-king. From my calculation, we originally should have a few more years until we move our people slowly. But since our little girl was targeted by that assassin, there is a possibility that they would make a move earlier. Her word that the Academy would let her become the bait also very feasible."
"Longyi planned to travel with his mentor. Useless son, tell him to make sure he won't return in five years. And also let that lass Lanyue to join Mercenary Guild. Make sure to let her travel around as long as possible."
"Little Yue, later I will arrange you to bring little Shi to go to our merchant house in Water Association. But in order to bring out Longshi from the Academy as soon as possible, we would need a decisive factor." Xia Longyu looked at Lan Bingyue.
"And what's left is you, little girl." Xia Longyu moved his gaze into Mingyue.
Mingyue nodded to Xia Longyu. "I just have to run away in the middle of school's term, right?"
Xia Longyu smiled at Mingyue's sharp intuition. "Since their main observation is your grandpa and your dad, they couldn't afford to care about a little girl's disappearance. With your necklace, you should be able to avoid their detection. Bingyue, after you receive her disappearance's news, bring Longshi back from the Academy. Use the pretext that the Academy was untrustworthy."
"Yueyue, I highly believe trust your opinion about the Academy. They are only a bunch of self-righteous people. We must not depend on them." Xia Longyu closed his eyes again. In order to ensure the safety of his family, he had to split them apart for their safety.
[What I feared the most is that bunch of blockhead that still unwilling to withdraw from military department. But since they have made their choice, just let them be. It was unlikely for that good-for-nothing to kill a capable person under his control.] Xia Longyu's wrinkles became thicker and thicker after remembering his other sons and grandsons.
"Remember, little girl. Less than a year, if possible less than two months, run away. No need to send a message or anything, just go. Use all these free time to recuperate and make your preparation. Your Mom will help you with your destination. Make sure to go out of the Fire Kingdom and don't return in less than five years." Xia Longyu turned his body and walked away from Mingyue's room. He looked like a tired old man, that was wishing for a good rest.
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