Chapter 426: Fighting for the Shirine Empire
Brothers!
Sisters!
Ever since Sean and Cecilia officially got married, their daughter Phyllis had been clamoring for a brother or even a group of siblings!
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Misfortunes never come singly!
After going through a series of hardships and setbacks, Cecilia fell into a coma, her life hanging by a thread, and there was no possibility of giving Phyllis a sibling in the near future!
And now!
Hearing suddenly that another woman was pregnant with her father’s child and was going to give her a brother or sister, how could Phyllis’ young heart bear it? How could she hold back her tears???
As soon as she finished speaking, two lines of clear tears welled up in her eyes, like a trickling stream, flowing along her nasal ridge to the corners of Phyllis’ lips, then continuing downwards, gathering on her exquisite fair little chin, and finally dripping down with a patter-patter sound onto the stone slabs at her feet!
This scene!
It really made me feel pity for her!
Even the members of the White Clothes Army around her couldn’t help being moved, and they all closed their mouths and stopped accusing Sean!
“Phyllis!”
“Do you believe in Dad?”
Sean squatted down, reached out his hand, and gently wiped away the tear stains on Phyllis’ cheeks!
“I believe!”
“I do!”
Phyllis nodded, held back her tears, and gritted her teeth and said, “No matter what Dad says, I will believe it, because I know Dad will definitely, definitely not lie to me…”
This!
Is the bond between father and daughter!
This!
Is the bond between blood relatives!
Facing the women in white clothes around him, Sean was at a loss for words. No matter how Sean explained it, their doubts would not be completely eliminated, but Phyllis was different. As long as it came out of Sean’s mouth, she would firmly and unswervingly choose to believe it!
As the saying goes!
Those who believe in you need no explanation, while those who disbelieve you, no amount of explaining will help!
“Phyllis is so good!”
Sean directly hugged Phyllis into his arms and whispered in her ear, “In Dad’s heart, there is only one woman, your mom, and only one daughter, you. Dad has never done anything to betray your mom and you before, and will absolutely not do so now or in the future!”
His voice was not loud!
But his tone was sonorous and forceful!
“Mm!”
“Mm… mmm…”
Phyllis hugged Sean’s neck tightly and nodded heavily. The tear stains on her face had not completely dried yet, but she pursed her little mouth, her eyes still misty with tears, and said to the women in white clothes around her, “Did you hear that?”
“Humph!”
“Dad is not the unfaithful man you say he is at all. Dad is very good to me and mom!”
Seeing this!
The women in white clothes looked at each other in embarrassment, extremely awkward!
Even more awkward was Tim Lewis. Cold sweat was oozing out of his forehead. He had anticipated that this matter was not suitable to be spoken out in public, but he had never imagined that it would cause such a big commotion and bring Sean such great trouble!
Alas!
Women really are troublesome, just as the old saying goes: A beautiful woman is a disaster!!!
“Mr. Mason!”
So Tim Lewis quietly swallowed his saliva and quickly added, “The news that the million troops of the North Kingdom are threatening the capital has already spread out. The capital is in great turmoil, people are panic-stricken, and all kinds of rumors are flying everywhere. I also heard it through the grapevine, it’s unverified…”
How could such a thing be verified?
Presumably!
The truth of the matter is only known to the parties involved, Sean, Luna Porter and King Roscoe!
“Go on!”
Still holding Phyllis in his arms, Sean asked Tim Lewis in a deep voice with his back to him, “What else did they say?”
“This…”
Tim Lewis said with a bitter face, “Rumors say that Luna Porter has Sean Mason’s own flesh and blood in her belly, possessing Sean Mason’s extremely powerful bloodline inheritance!”
“So!”
“King Roscoe wants to take advantage of the Soul-Devouring Formation to refine the unborn child in Luna Porter’s belly, using it as a stepping stone to assault the Bright Realm!”
Boom!!!
The moment Tim Lewis finished speaking, it once again caused a huge uproar among the crowd!
Everyone’s expression changed drastically!
“Beast!”
“Bastard!”
“Damn it!!!”
Curses rose one after another, endless!
Not to mention whether the child Luna Porter was carrying was King Roscoe’s or Sean’s, just the nearly insane act of refining an unborn baby was enough to show the ugliness of the human heart and the evil of human nature!
Simply inhuman!
Outrageous!
However!
Amidst the shock and anger, and the barrage of curses against King Roscoe all around, Sean’s body suddenly stiffened, and his heart thumped. He had a vague sense of impending doom!
If!
This kind of rumor that Tim Lewis said was true!
If!
The child Luna Porter was carrying was not Sean’s, but King Roscoe’s! Then what would be the use of King Roscoe refining his own child? How could it enable him to fulfill his wish and successfully advance to the Bright Realm?
The answer is no!
Absolutely not!
Sean’s heart throbbed violently. Back then, in the Porter family’s cold iron chamber in the provincial city, King Roscoe was not present, and Sean was in a coma and had no memory of what happened while he was unconscious!
So!
No matter who the biological father of the child was, there was no doubt that the biological mother was Luna Porter, and only Luna Porter alone knew whether the child she was carrying was whose flesh and blood!
However!
Since King Roscoe was so crazy as to want to refine that child, it just showed that King Roscoe should be very certain that it was not his child, but Sean’s!
Damn it!!!
During those few nights in the Porter family’s cold iron chamber in the provincial city, did that viper-hearted woman Luna Porter really…
Sean didn’t dare to think about it!
He really didn’t dare continue thinking about it!
Better safe than sorry!
What if?
A torrent of rage and chilly killing intent erupted from Sean’s body. With this move, Luna Porter and King Roscoe had undoubtedly pushed Sean into desperation!
In the situation where he couldn’t completely confirm whether it was his own flesh and blood, should Sean go to the capital personally to stop King Roscoe from refining that child? If he didn’t go, what if the child really was Sean’s? If he went, he would inevitably run into the decisive battle between the Shirine Empire and the North Kingdom. At that time, as a subject of the Shirine Empire, should he lead his Hall of Swords disciples to help the Shirine Empire army and jointly resist the North Kingdom’s million troops? If he helped, would it attract the attention of the Hall of Jade and attack the Hall of Swords in retaliation? Would it also affect Sean’s subsequent plan to seize the Phoenix Gallbladder?
Pull one hair and the whole body moves!
Caught in a dilemma!
“Sean!”
Just as Sean was furious yet hesitant, Sandals suddenly spoke up, “The royal family is ungrateful and values human life like grass. The sins of the father are visited upon the son, and they are still the same!”
“So!”
“Go!”
“The Shirine Empire is now facing a life-and-death crisis. The deaths of the royals are not worth pitying, but the tens of millions of citizens of the Shirine Empire are innocent. They should not be implicated and lose their lives in vain, reduced to slaves of a fallen nation!”
“You, and your friends here, brothers and comrades-in-arms, spent the last five years guarding the northern border, protecting the territory of the Shirine Empire, not the ill-gotten gains of the royals, and protecting the people of the Shirine Empire, not those scoundrels!”
“Now!”
“The Shirine Empire needs you, you should fight for the Shirine Empire!”
“As for…”
“Those scoundrels, after this battle, the new and old grudges should be thoroughly settled with them!!!”
Those words!
Sandals spoke righteously!
Obviously!
Although Sandals hated the royal family, she could see the priorities and act accordingly, could tell right from wrong clearly, just as she said, the people should not pay for the sins of the royals!
The royal family!
Must be destroyed!
That was Sandals’ personal motivation!
The people of the Shirine Empire!
Must be protected!
That was Sandals’ righteousness!
Sandals distinguished national hatred and personal grudges very clearly!!!
“Alright!”
Hearing Sandals’ words, Sean took a deep breath, then slowly stood up, his icy gaze sweeping over the wolf cubs and women in white clothes, and said in a deep voice, “Bloody Wolf Group members, listen up!”
“White Clothes Army members, listen up!”
“The North Kingdom’s troops are pressing down on the capital, the Shirine Empire is facing a crisis of survival. Although I have no loyalty to the royal family, I cannot stand by and watch the innocent people suffer.”
“We have defended the northern borders for five years, protected the land and the people. Now the people need us again. We shall fight for the Shirine Empire one more time!”
“After this battle, win or lose, I will settle the score with the royal family and the North Kingdom. But for now, let’s put our personal grudges aside and unite to resist foreign invasion!”
Sean’s voice was filled with determination. The wolf cubs and white-clothed women looked at each other and nodded.
Sean continued, “I will lead the Bloody Wolf Group and the White Clothes Army to the capital immediately. We will join the Empire’s forces and fight the invading North Kingdom troops!”
The crowd cheered and chanted “Fight for the Empire!” Morale was greatly boosted.
Sean raised his sword high and declared, “We leave at once! Order the troops, gather supplies, treat the wounded. Make haste for the capital!”
Spurred into action by Sean’s rousing speech, everyone hurried to carry out their tasks, filled with a sense of purpose. The armies were mobilized quickly and began marching rapidly towards the besieged capital, ready to defend their homeland.