Chapter 35: Witch Bloodline
After that conversation, Xia Longyi who heard the condition of Mingyue immediately returned to the domain.
Fortunately, a few days had passed since that conversation, so Mingyue's condition was much better. Sometime Mingyue would get a high fever, but not as extreme as before. Her body also was not as weak as before. Mingyue could sit up on the bed, but still unable to go anywhere.
Obviously, Lan Bingyue would forbid her to do anything and forced her to go back to sleep.
But when Xia Longyi saw her condition, he fell into silence. He had no expression on his face.
It was the first time Mingyue saw his big brother's angered expression. Similar to her mother Lan Bingyue, Xia Longyi's expression was chilling cold. Anyone who saw Xia Longyi's angered face would feel a bone-piercing cold in their body.
Fortunately, Xia Longyu and Xia Wushan called Xia Longyi to the reading room, so Mingyue could avoid the awkward situation.
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[Looks like Grandpa and Dad are going to tell Big Brother.] Mingyue muttered in her mind.
[Well, Grandpa and Dan couldn't afford to waste any more time. We are short on time.]
Not long after Xia Longyi left the room, the door was opened again.
Lan Bingyue came in to check Mingyue's condition again.
Because Mingyue's condition was getting better and her body temperature was becoming more stable, Mingyue asked Lan Bingyue to rest up a little. At first, she was unwilling, but she couldn't hold on much longer. After resting a few hours, Lan Bingyue's complexion was much better.
"Hmm. . . Her body temperature was stable. . ." The first thing Lan Bingyue did when she came in was checking Mingyue's forehead. She touched Mingyue's skin very slowly. Mingyue's cracked skin was also getting better after being healed by domain hall's healer.
Mingyue's skin was cracked because the change of her body temperature was too fast and extreme. It was a vicious cycle. When Lan Bingyue saw Mingyue's condition, she immediately summoned domain hall's healer. Lan Bingyue also requested Xia Longyu to hire a large number of Mercenary Guild's healer from the various city in the Fire Kingdom.
And currently, they are waiting for the Mercenary Guild's healers to arrive at the domain.
"Are you feeling better?" Lan Bingyue began the conversation. Since Xia Longyi, Xia Wushan, and Xia Longyu were going to have a long conversation, she wanted to take this chance to talk alone with Mingyue.
Thinking of Lan Bingyue's intention to talk alone, Mingyue nodded her head.
[Maybe she was trying to make sure my destination when I am on the runaway.] Mingyue thought in her mind.
Lan Bingyue's expression became very sad. She continued the conversation while stroking Mingyue's head. ". . . Yueyue, now what I am going to talk must be kept as a secret. No one will know, except when your own daughter is in the same situation." Lan Bingyue made Elemental surround both of them.
Mingyue was clearly surprised by Lan Bingyue's exquisite control of the Elemental. It was the first time Mingyue saw someone with high control of Elemental.
"How beautiful. . . "Mingyue was amazed by this little stunt from her Mom. Around them was a layer of thin ice in a spherical shape. It looked fragile but Mingyue clearly could see the massive amount of Elemental in the thin ice. It was the first time Mingyue saw Lan Bingyue's usage of Elemental. She could say that her Mom's skill was even better even if compared to her Dad.
Realizing that this thin layer of ice was soundproof, Mingyue didn't expect this kind of serious conversation.
After contemplating a little, Mingyue nodded. "I don't think I want to marry anyone, sooner or later. But I promise to keep it a secret." Mingyue said with a straight serious face.
"Sigh. Unfortunately, with our body constitution, we could be pregnant even without marrying anyone." Lan Bingyue said with sorrowful voice.
Mingyue froze as she didn't expect her mother's word.
[What kind of people would get pregnant without marrying somebody?]
[Did you take me as a hooligan?]
[Really???] Mingyue wanted to cough blood.
Lan Bingyue chuckled a little. Mingyue's expression clearly told her what Mingyue was thinking. "It's not like what you think. What I want to say is our body usually would be blessed by the spirit. At some random time after you became a mature woman, you would be blessed by a little daughter."
Then, Lan Bingyue's tone became more sorrowful than before. "But, that little daughter would have the exact same body constitution with us."
"Did you mean this weak body constitution?" Mingyue made her conjecture. Based on what Lan Bingyue was talking, she definitely would talk about their weak body constitution.
Shaking and nodding her head, Lan Bingyue replied while touching Mingyue's left chest softly. "Our weak body constitution is one of the sign, but it was not all of them. Remember what I told you, never tell anybody except your little daughter."
Mingyue could hear Lan Bingyue's sorrow from her tone. Sadness. Powerlessness. All could be felt from her tone.
"Remember, we are called Witch, the race that could store Elemental in her body, or more exactly in her soul." Lan Bingyue was still touching Mingyue's left chest.
Mingyue was surprised by that revelation. She was able to store her Elemental in her Spirit Brand, but it was exactly the same as what her mother told her.
[Didn't I was able to hold Elemental on my soul because of my Immortal Soul or did I really a Witch like Mom said?] Mingyue was puzzled after thinking about it a little.
Lan Bingyue continued, "We are the human that was loved by the spirit. We have a great strength. But everything in this world was balanced. No matter how strong we are, our vessel is very weak. Like filling a brittle glass with the sea water. That's why our body always weak no matter how long we trained it."
"From what Mom heard from your Grandmother, our body constitution will always descend to one of our daughters. Your infant body would be blessed by the spirit. Even if you will never marry anyone, the spirit will bless you with a daughter."
Mingyue was dumbfounded.
Seeing Mingyue listening to her explanation attentively, she smiled gently. Her sorrow expression disappeared slowly. "We are strong, but we also weak. And that is the reason for our destruction. Our demise."
Mingyue gazed at Lan Bingyue and surprised. "Then why are you not feeling sorrow about that destruction?"
Lan Bingyue only chuckled a little. She was caressing Mingyue's head while continued the conversation. "That was a long time story, much older than this Fire Kingdom's history. Of course, I don't feel anything about the destruction, even though our current situation was bad because of that event. What I worried was your future because of this Witch Bloodline." Lan Bingyue's eyes closed as sorrow was emanated from her body.
"That years, because of human's greed, we were hunted. Not because we had sinned, nor because of the calamity that came close to humanity. Because of their greed, they wanted to dissect us and figuring out our secret. Later, that incident was called Witch Hunt." Lan Bingyue opened her eyes a little.
"Of course now people rarely remember that incident, but if people know that you have that bloodline. . ."
Mingyue was silent. She didn't think her body condition was very similar to those witches. Did she had many similarities with Witch, or she was a Witch itself?
"Remember this, never Over-usage of Elemental again. You little girl are lucky that I was there. While I was stabilizing your body temperature, I also had been infusing Elemental in your body. That is the reason for your fast recovery."
"Remember, make sure to always store Elemental and never use it, except in case of emergency. And never tell anyone about this."Lan Bingyue narrowed her eyes as she warned Mingyue.
Seeing Mingyue was nodding, Lan Bingyue smiled while stroking her head.
"Our capability to store the Elemental was not the only reason that we are being hunted. If we are talking about normal people, when they are controlling Elemental, they would receive some burden on their body and mind. And when the limit of those burdens was crossed, then it will become what you are experiencing now/ Over-usage of Elemental.
And now we are talking about us. Our body, our vessel was very weak. Fragile. But in exchange for our fragility, we were bestowed with the ability to store Elemental inside our body. Inside our soul. And every time we draw Elemental from our soul, our body will not feel any burden. It is amazing, right?"
[How could such an over-powered race be destroyed?] Mingyue was clearly baffled.
"Mom." Hearing Mingyue called her, Lan Bingyue looked at her. "If Witches was strong, why they were destroyed?"
Hearing her question, Lan Bingyue only smiled bitterly. "I never said that Witch is strong."
After some silence, Lan Bingyue continued, "Remember. There is the strength in number. There is no absolute strength."
Finished with their conversation, Lan Bingyue removed the layer of thin ice and the room returned to normal.
Lan Bingyue kept caressing Mingyue's hair while enjoying their time together.
Before they were split up.
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