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50.37% The Eminence of a True Monarch of the Shadows / Chapter 133: Chapter 132

Chapter 133: Chapter 132

[Third Person's PoV]

The next day…

Due to the unexpected monster attack, school was canceled for the day, so Cid took the chance to spend time with his daughter.

Cid tickled Celeste's stomach, causing her to burst into laughter. He chuckled each time he heard her infectious giggles.

As he kissed her forehead, Beru and Bellion suddenly appeared before him, kneeling down.

"My Lord, please allow me to put this insolent creature in his place. He doesn't seem to show respect to his betters," Bellion pleaded.

Beru's mandibles snapped. "It is you who should know his place. You appeared out of nowhere and claim to be his general. That spot belongs to me, and no one shall have it. My liege, I beseech you, let me put this newcomer in his proper position."

"Seriously, you two?" Cid sighed, glancing at his daughter before tickling her stomach again. "What do you think, princess? Should I let them duke it out?"

Celeste responded with more giggles and excitement in her eyes. Cid sensed her thoughts.

'Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!' Celeste chanted eagerly, curious to see how beings from her new world fought.

Cid smiled at her enthusiasm and turned towards Bellion and Beru. "Make sure to put on a good show. Celeste is very excited to see you two fight."

Bellion and Beru nodded in acceptance before disappearing into their shadows.

Cid picked up Celeste and sank into his own shadow. Celeste closed her eyes tightly.

When she reopened them, they appeared outside the castle in the training area where Delta and Zeta were engaged in combat, their eyes wild with determination.

The fighting ceased as they spotted their lord/husband and rushed over.

"Bossu!" Delta exclaimed excitedly. "And Puppy!" she added upon seeing Celeste.

Though others couldn't see it, Cid noticed Celeste looking at Delta oddly, which made him smile.

"How are you two doing?" Cid asked.

Cid observed Zeta's longing gaze towards Celeste, prompting him to roll his eyes. "If you want to hold her, just say so. She's your daughter too, you know."

Zeta's eyes sparkled as she gently took Celeste from Cid's arms.

"What brings you here, Bossu?"

"Beru and Bellion are going to fight, and Celeste wants to come watch," Cid explained, conjuring them all seats as Beru and Bellion faced off, with Bellion towering over Beru. However, Beru showed no fear, staring challengingly at Bellion.

Hearing that Celeste wanted to watch, Zeta seated her on her lap and leaned her head towards her stomach to give her a better view.

Beru then pointed towards Celeste, "My victory shall be for you, young Monarch."

Bellion, with a hand resting on his sword, looked towards Beru with distaste. "Do not make promises to her highness about something you have no hope of accomplishing."

Beru's mana surged, accompanied by his killing intent and bloodlust.

*SCREEEEEEEECH!*

A giant gust of wind expelled from Beru due to his screech, blowing away the surrounding dust. Two wings emerged from Beru's back as the ground caved where he stood. A sonic boom was heard as Beru broke the sound barrier, flying towards Bellion at blinding speed.

As Beru threw a punch, Bellion caught it, sending a great gale force behind him but standing firm.

'SOOOO COOOOL!!' Celeste screamed in her mind, her eyes practically shining like the stars.

Bellion grabbed Beru's arms and threw him towards the ground with great force, creating a crater. Enraged and embarrassed, Beru quickly recovered.

He attacked aggressively with his claws, becoming more ferocious by the second. Bellion dodged and blocked with a calm expression.

Putting up an arm to block Beru's attack created sparks. "You've lost yourself to anger. Someone who does that could never hope to lead our Lord's Shadow Army."

Bellion punched Beru in the stomach, cracking his shell and sending him flying back with great force, scoping up and destroying part of the ground.

Stopping, Beru took a running position before breaking the sound barrier once more, taking flight. As he flew, he kicked the air multiple times, increasing his speed and turning invisible due to the velocity.

Cid raised a brow, 'He learned the Marine's 6th Power…'

Bellion, impressed by Beru's swiftness, raised a brow. Beru performed a turn in the air, creating a crescent of cutting force with his feet, which was sent flying towards Bellion.

The crescent moved along, cutting the ground due to its power, not slowing down in the slightest. Bellion was surprised and swiftly pulled out his sword.

He took a defensive position and attempted to block it, but due to Beru's speed, the force was much stronger than Bellion expected. He slid back slightly before redirecting the crescent to the side, continuing to destroy the ground in its wake.

Beru's shell gained a green glow as he attacked once again, slashing with his claws and creating wind slashes. Bellion blocked all of them.

Bellion's sword then extended, creating a sword-whip. Instead of remaining defensive, Bellion grew more serious. "You've impressed me, bug, but you've had your fun. Now it's my turn."

The ground beneath Bellion cracked and crumbled due to his strength, sending rocks and chunks flying as he disappeared from his spot.

Reappearing in front of Beru, Bellion swung his sword-whip with unbelievable force, creating a great rift in the ground. Beru's afterimage was hit as he used Shave to dodge the attack.

Before Beru could recover, Bellion continued swinging his sword-whip, destroying everything in its path to reach Beru. The sword-whip moved like a living python, consuming everything in its way, making it difficult for Beru to dodge.

Large cuts appeared on Beru as he tried to counterattack, but Bellion's relentless assault was too much for him.

After being slashed across his shell, Beru staggered back. Bellion disappeared and reappeared before Beru, delivering a powerful punch that caused the clouds in the sky to dissipate.

Beru coughed up blood as Bellion's fist struck him, causing his eyes to go blank. As Beru was sent into the air, Bellion twisted his arms and wrist, sending the sword-whip after Beru. The sword-whip wrapped around Beru's legs, bringing him crashing down with even greater force.

A mushroom cloud of dust rose as Beru's body sank into the ground. As he reached the tectonic plates, the area around them began to shake, creating a miniature earthquake.

As Bellion whipped his sword-whip, the dust cleared to reveal a large hole where Beru presumably lay.

Delta and Zeta watched in astonishment, their mouths agape. After all, Beru had trained them and was someone they never thought they could defeat. Seeing him so thoroughly defeated astounded them.

Celeste made baby noises and clapped her hands enthusiastically. 'WOOOOAHHHH THAT WAS AMAZING! HE CREATED AN EARTHQUAKE!! AGAIN! AGAIN!'

Seeing Celeste's excitement, Bellion felt a swell of pride. He was pleased to have made Celeste happy with his performance.

Meanwhile, Beru crawled out of the hole with tears streaming from his bug-like eyes. He appeared before Cid, crying out, "My liege!"

"I have shamed you. I have disappointed you!" Beru continued to cry while hugging Cid's leg.

Celeste called out to Beru, making baby noise, "Bah! Bah!" motioning for him. 'Oi bug!'

Seeing Celeste calling out to him, Beru cried even harder and approached Celeste. "Little Liege, please forgive me! I couldn't win for you like I promised."

As Beru cried, Celeste reached over and started petting his head to comfort him. This made Beru sob even more, banging his fists on the ground. "Little liege is trying to comfort me!! I have failed you, Waaaaaaaaaah~"

Everyone stared at Beru in disbelief, while Bellion let out a tired sigh, not from his fight with Beru, but mentally exhausted by Beru's antics and childishness.


Chapter 134: Chapter 133

[Third Person's PoV]

"Cid, what are you showing my daughter?" Aurora said, walking toward them and stopping with her arms crossed.

Cid turned to look at her and saw that she wasn't alone; she was accompanied by three other women: Elisabeth, her subordinate Mary, and Beatrix, who had a hand casually resting on her sword.

"Violence?" Cid replied with an awkward grin.

"Yeah, I can see that," Aurora rolled her eyes.

The women with her started to chuckle, seeing their interactions. Cid looked at them a bit confused. "What an unusual group. What are you guys doing together?"

Elisabeth replied, "Since we're all new to Shadow Garden, we decided to stick together and explore. That was until we heard the sounds of a battle and came to investigate."

Aurora let out a sigh as she picked up Celeste from Zeta's lap, disappointing Zeta a bit.

"I hope daddy isn't teaching you anything bad," Aurora said in a baby voice.

Celeste responded with baby babbles and giggles. 'Are you kidding!? It was the best!'

Beatrix looked at Bellion and Beru with a bit of apprehension before she looked at Cid. "If those beings follow your command and every word as law, just how strong are you? And how much were you holding back in our fight?"

Cid smiled at Beatrix, "Yes."

'That's weird… I know he didn't answer any of the questions I asked, but I somehow knew what he was implying and what the answers were. Truly a scary man,' Beatrix thought with a weary smile.

"So, are you ready to go?" Aurora asked with a raised brow as she softly swaddled Celeste in her arms.

"Do we have to?" Cid asked with an uncertain expression.

"Don't tell me the infamous Shadow, Ruler of Shadow Garden, the most mysterious organization in the world, is scared to introduce his daughter to his parents?" Aurora teased with a smirk.

Cid narrowed his eyes at her with a straight expression. "You're goddamn right I am."

"Joking, joking." Cid let out a sigh, while Celeste made baby noises and Aurora laughed.

"Claire is already waiting for us by the carriage," Aurora said with a smile.

Cid nodded and then picked up Celeste once more.

"Enjoy yourself," Beatrix teased, her normal blank expression showing a small smile.

"Why don't you just curse me instead?" Cid grumbled, which caused Beatrix and Elisabeth to giggle.

Beru and Bellion both sank into their shadows before clinging to Cid's. Delta and Zeta looked at each other briefly before resuming their fight with feral grins, picking up where they had left off.

Everyone else watching was still a bit shocked by Beru's and Bellion's explosive confrontation.

As Cid, Aurora, Claire, and Celeste entered the carriage, it started to move towards Cid's childhood home.

"Why are you coming along?" Cid asked Claire with a raised brow.

"Are you kidding? And miss Mother's and Baldy's reaction? In your dreams," Claire teased.

"It's always nice to know I have your love and support," Cid said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Aurora chuckled at their interactions before picking Celeste from Cid's arms to breastfeed her.

"Lucky," Cid muttered.

Aurora and Claire looked at him weirdly, and Celeste wasn't any different.

"Anyways…" Claire quickly changed the topic, "I'm also coming along since it's been a while since I've seen our mother. I've already sent a letter formally informing her that you and I would be coming, and I mentioned we were bringing guests."

Cid nodded in understanding.

A few minutes later…

Cid and the others arrived at their destination and saw their mother and balding father waiting.

Seeing the carriage stop in front of their estate, their smiles grew, especially when Cid and Claire exited. But their smiles froze as they stared at Aurora and Celeste coming out as well, noticing the way Cid help her coming out of the carriage.

"Mother… father…" Cid called out to them.

"Umm… Cid, honey… what am I looking at?" his mother asked, looking behind Cid.

"A carriage? You see, that's a mode of transportation—"

"Young man, you know what I'm talking about," his mother said, glaring at Cid.

"Ah, you must be talking about my future wife and our child together," Cid plainly said.

Silence ensued among them, lasting only a brief moment.

"WHAAAAAAAT!" they both yelled loudly, their yells echoing all the way to the estate.

Even the knights guarding the front gates stared, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

The father's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he proceeded to faint on the spot. The mother quickly moved and caught him before he hit the ground.

She turned and glared at Cid. "Help me with your father. Afterwards, you and I are going to have a serious discussion."

Cid inwardly groaned as he picked his father up with one hand and carried him like a sack of potatoes on his shoulders.

'Uh oh, looks like Daddy's in trouble. I better help him,' Celeste thought before looking at Cid's mother.

She stretched out her arms and made cute baby noises while smiling. 'Nothing beats an adorable baby!' Celeste inwardly cheered.

(A/N: went to wiki saw something about her name being Okan, don't care enough to double check, so autobots, rollout)

Okan felt like an arrow with hearts had pierced her chest. "Sooooo cute! Can I hold her?" she asked Aurora.

Aurora smiled and nodded, handing her Celeste.

"Hey, baby~," she said. Celeste started making more baby noises, which completely smittened Okan.

As they made their way towards the mansion, Okan kept examining Celeste with a smile.

...

Okan was carrying Celeste while the baldy was thrown on the couch next to her. On the opposite side, Cid, Aurora, and Claire sat together.

Okan let out a sigh. "Cid... she's really your daughter, isn't she? I can see it. Her little fingers resemble yours when you were little."

"I don't know if I should be angry with you or happy that you've given me a beautiful granddaughter."

Hearing this, Celeste made baby noises again. "Of course I'm happy," Okan said in a baby voice to Celeste before her emotions switched to a cold one.

Even with her eyes closed, Cid could still feel her cold look before she softly sighed. "I guess I can't really fault you... you are an adult after all now."

"But wait... you weren't gone that long, so how is it possible that she's your daughter..." Okan pondered with a confused expression.

Cid quietly blocked Celeste's ears with his magic. "I have magical sperm that makes the woman I impregnate give birth faster," he said shamelessly.

'That's weird... I didn't hear what he said. Am I... am I going deaf?' Celeste thought to herself worriedly.

"Cid!" All three reprimanded him.

Their loud shouting managed to wake up the baldy. "Honey, I just had the weirdest dream. Cid and Claire came back to visit... and Cid brought a baby home."

Okan released a sigh. "It wasn't a dream," she plainly said, causing the baldy to faint again at the sight of the baby in Okan's arms.

She, along with Cid, Claire, and Celeste, all sighed in disappointment at him.

"Now be serious," Okan said, looking back at Cid.

"He's actually serious..." Aurora said, looking down embarrassed while slightly raising a hand.

"I... Why... How... Tell me, how the hell do I respond to that?!" Okan asked, exasperated.

Okan then looked towards Aurora. "I'm sorry, dear, I didn't get your name."

"My name is Aurora, Mother-in-law."

Okan let out another sigh upon hearing that. "I don't mean for this to sound rude, but how old are you? No offense, but you're obviously older than my son. So how did 'THIS'..." she said, motioning to Celeste, "...happen?"

"Well, you see... when you love someone really hard and that person loves you just as hard—"

"Cid?" she interrupted with her eyes closed and a lovely smile.

"Yeah?"

"Enough of your witty responses, got it?" she said as a black aura rose from behind her.

"Yes, ma'am," Cid said.

"Ah… umm… I… Your son beat me up and had his way with me, which is why Celeste was born" Aurora said with a smile

Okan, Cid, and Claire slowly turned to look at her with widened eyes, unable to believe what they just heard.


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