20demayo Chapter 157: Speaking Frankly (9)
Chapter 157: Speaking Frankly (9)
Michael was not surprised by the arrival of Gu Chang and Lilia. He was used to people coming to see him.
Michael smiled slightly and looked at Gu Chang, "Your Highness Hailain, Your Highness the Princess, where are you coming from?"
"Michael, take us to the basement. Fenia should still be in the basement, right?" Gu Chang said directly.
Michael glanced at Lilia, who was frowning, and said, "Yes, Princess, are you sure you want to go to the basement?"
The existence of the basement has always been known to only a few people, and the king used the basement as a secret place so that Quillon could help him make potions.
Lilia knew about the basement because the king once let it slip.
Michael didn't have a good impression of the princess. Every time she came, she would make some sarcastic remarks to Michael.
"I'm going to see my mother." Lilia said through gritted teeth.
Gu Chang said that her mother was always in the basement, so she had to go and see if Fenia was there.
If they lied to her, she would accept it. After all, she had already lost.
The basement was brighter than before, and the naked eye could see more things. The air smelled less bloody and more humid.
Michael carried Lilia down the stairs and then put her down.
Gu Chang followed behind them, looking at the surrounding environment.
Lilia noticed the woman in the white dress lying flat on the long table. She frowned and covered her nose as she walked over. The smell in the basement was so bad that she felt like vomiting.
"Your Highness, is this okay?" Michael asked calmly. He stood beside Gu Chang and watched Lilia gradually walk towards the corpse.
Gu Chang raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, his voice a little dull, "She thinks that the people who caused her and her daughter's misfortune are me and my mother Anna, and I think it's better for her to know the truth as soon as possible, otherwise it would be a bit pitiful to keep hating the wrong person."
Lilia subconsciously ignored the conversation between the two. She walked step by step to the long table and looked at the woman's pale and purple face in the candlelight.
Lilia raised her trembling hand and placed it on Finnia's cold cheek.
This face had always been vague in her memory until now, when it took on a more specific appearance, only younger.
But she was certain that the dead woman was her mother.
"How did she die?" Lilia suppressed her sadness, put her hands on the table and asked with her head down.
Michael looked at Gu Chang, who sighed softly, "This matter is a bit complicated. If you want to know, I can tell you all the truth. But I can tell you accurately that she was killed by Quillon last night."
Last night, Quillon took control of Finnya's body and pushed him into a pool of blood.
Gu Chang had knocked her unconscious and never expected that Fennya would wake up so quickly.
When Cedric rescued him from the pool of blood, Quillon also ordered Fennia to poison Cedric.
If Quillon hadn't done this, Fennya would have had a chance to survive.
But if Cedric didn't stop Finnia, she would keep biting Cedric.
Ultimately, it was all because of Quillon and the king’s selfish desires that led to what happened today.
So Gu Chang briefly talked about the dirty things the king did behind his back.
Lilia didn't know any of these things. She only knew that Quillon was making potions in the basement to maintain the king's health.
"How can I believe that what you say is true?!" Lilia turned around, her face filled with resentment and sadness. She could not accept that her mother had been in the basement all this time. She had been to the king's bedroom countless times, but she had never expected Fennia to be so close to her.
Perhaps this was a scam orchestrated by Michael and Heinlein, who had found a young woman with a face similar to Finnja to deceive her eyes, in order to prevent her from getting in the way of Freya.
Michael walked to the bookshelf against the wall and took out a book covered with sheepskin. "This is your mother's diary. If you can still recognize her handwriting, I will show it to you."
Michael didn't sleep last night. He was busy packing up his things in the basement.
The matter of vampires cannot be made known to more people, as it will only bring bad things.
After some sorting, Michael found the diary written by Finnia.
He flipped through it briefly and realized that Fennia's mental state was not very stable, so she wrote a diary to record things about herself so that she would not forget important things.
Of course Lilia would recognize her mother's handwriting. She held out her hand to Michael and said, "Let me see."
Fennia's diary came into Lilia's hands, and she eagerly opened the diary, trying to find evidence that Gu Chang and Michael had deceived her.
"Your Highness, what is your relationship with Prince Cedric?" Michael glanced at Gu Chang.
Gu Chang raised his eyebrows slightly, "He is my fiancé."
Michael gestured for Gu Chang to follow him to the corner. After they reached the corner, Michael half-closed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Then could you please ask His Highness which vampire has my sister Neve?"
Gu Changxin understood that Michael should have seen Cedric taking him out of the basement last night.
"I'll ask for you."
The two were talking in low voices, and Lilia didn't have the extra energy to eavesdrop on what they were saying.
When she was halfway through reading, tears burst out and fell on the paper, leaving wet tear marks.
Lilia closed the diary, then turned around and threw herself on Fennia's body, sobbing.
Her mother did a lot to protect her.
Even if it meant losing her freedom, he had to ensure that she could live a stable life in the palace.
Lilia touched Fenia's cold face. She couldn't believe that her mother had been living in the basement.
She had been to the king's bedroom many times, but she missed her mother in the basement every time.
Her mother was transformed into a monster to maintain her youthful appearance and body.
She also continued to believe what Queen Silvia said, thinking that her mother died because of Anna.
"Mother, mother, can you open your eyes and look at me again? I am Lilia, your daughter." Lilia cried bitterly. She wanted Fenniya to look at her. But the person lying there would never open his eyes again.
But it was too late to say anything now. She tried hard to stand up and not fall.
"Helain, I want to know the whole truth..." Lilia turned around and faced Gu Chang, her tears falling and her eyes red.
"I apologize for the insults I gave you earlier. I beg you to tell me the whole truth." Lilia pursed her lips and her voice was hoarse.
She must avenge her mother.
"Do you really want to tell her?" Michael looked at Gu Chang.
Gu Chang nodded slightly, "Tell her, but let's go upstairs and tell her first. The air here is bad." Gu Chang knew that once he told Lilia all the truth, she would also know that Fennya was killed by Cedric.
The incident happened suddenly, Gu Chang was still vomiting, and it happened in an instant that Finnia bit Cedric. Before he could open his mouth, Finnia's neck was broken and she died.
Gu Chang had originally brought Lilia to the basement to let her know who was behind the scenes. Lilia wasn't a bad person, and her team, Lotus, had no way of doing anything.
It was precisely because he knew this that Gu Chang didn't want Lilia to be kept in the dark.
So the three of them left the basement and came into a study.
More than an hour passed, and Michael told Lilia everything the king and Quillon had done, as well as what happened last night.
Lilia's eyes were complicated. Although Quillon was the mastermind behind the incident, she couldn't stop the hatred in her heart when she heard that it was Cedric who killed Fennya.
Reason told her that it was because Quillon controlled Fenia that Fenia died unexpectedly.
But she still couldn't suppress the resentment in her heart. If Gu Chang had stopped Cedric at that time, her mother would not have died.
She now feels very conflicted and her thoughts are confused.
"Lilia, I admit that I was also wrong. I shouldn't have hidden from you that your mother died because of Cedric." Gu Chang said sincerely.
"Everyone has their own selfish desires. I understand you." After a long silence, Lilia finally spoke. She closed her eyes and clenched her fists. "It's just that I can't let this matter get to me. So, Helain, I won't be attending your wedding."
Gu Chang blinked, "Okay, Lilia."
The three of them chatted for a while, and then Gu Chang and Lilia left.
On the way back, Lilia grabbed the corner of Gu Chang's clothes and said, "Wait, Hailain, I have something to tell you."
Gu Chang looked at her sideways and asked, "What are you talking about?" Lilia was still able to chat even though her throat was sore from chatting in the study just now.
"To be honest, I'm actually jealous of you. I used to have great malice towards you. Why does my father only like you who is obsessed with dancing? I can obviously do better than you, but he still doesn't see me." Lilia drooped her eyelashes, her brows filled with a bit of loneliness. "I work for Lotus because my father promised me a potion that can make me young. As long as I am obedient and work for him, I can get what I want."
"As you know, my body always has various problems. I'm tired of taking medicine, but for the sake of my health, I still have to take medicine. So I started to choose not to see people because I was afraid to hear them discussing my illness." Lilia sat on the steps nearby, looking at the setting sun.
"I'm sorry, my words were a bit disjointed. I'm still feeling a bit shaky, so I just blurted out whatever came to my mind," Lilia said apologetically. "Sometimes I wonder why my father can't see us girls. Freya is more talented than me, but my father still can't see her. He only has eyes for Lotus."
"Now I understand that my father simply prefers boys, especially those like him."
"It's not your fault. He can't see your excellence because he is blind." Gu Chang also sat down on the steps. He really thought that Lao Deng was a pervert.
"I want to apologize to you again, Helain. I'm sorry for saying such bad things to you." Lilia stood up, patted the dust off her skirt, and then said to Gu Chang.
Gu Chang smiled and said, "It's good that we can talk it out. I'm also sorry about your mother's death. Besides, you're not attending my wedding, are you? This makes us even."
Lilia also laughed, "But I will give you a gift."
"May I know what it is?"
"No, we have to keep it mysterious."
"Ok."
After the two finished chatting, Gu Chang and Lilia walked in different directions.
In a small house in the north of the royal city.
Garis, wearing a simple smoky gray dress, knocked on the wooden door with her hands in lace gloves.
After a while, the door was opened.
When Galis walked in, she saw a green parrot in a golden birdcage.
"Kalisna, when did you start liking raising birds?" Galis asked curiously.
Kallisner, wearing a black dress, placed the glass bottle on the table and said, "How many times have I told you to close the door when you come in?"
"Sorry. I'll close the door right now." After turning around and closing the door, Garis came to the birdcage. "This parrot is very quiet."
"Do you want it? Here you go. I'll release it in a few days anyway." Kalisna picked up the white cloth on the table and wiped her hands, then gestured for Galis to sit on the sofa.
Garis put the handbag aside and sat on the sofa. "I don't keep animals."
"Don't you white witches love to raise animals the most?" Kalisna came to the tall cabinet, opened the door, and took out a small jar of bird food.
"Witches are originally a group. There is no need to divide them into black and white witches." Garis disagreed with what Karisna said.
Kalisna opened the small door of the birdcage, took out the food bowl, and put the bird food from the jar into it before speaking, "Isn't this all caused by those witches who like to help humans? I'm just telling the truth."
"Okay, okay, Kalisna, I will never be able to win an argument with you." Galis said helplessly.
"Your mother, your grandmother, and your great-grandmother can't convince me. This is a family inheritance, don't be too sad." Kalisa raised the corners of her lips, and after putting the food in the birdcage, she closed the door.
Galis, “…”