Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: Dragon Blood Identification

“My beloved Margaret, Aiwa will be going through the gene identification soon. If I have not guessed wrong, in a month he will be a.s.signed to a small garrison! You know, he’s our Holtzer clan’s future. Unfortunately I fear he may become like my little brother, Bagot, the type of person that shrinks from responsibility. Bagot’s already almost 35, yet he’s still an officer so I really don’t see him accomplis.h.i.+ng anything by age 40.”

“Similarly, I fear our Aiwa may suffer the same fate. He had been sent to the East Empire to study but I feel that the East Empire’s education is impractical. Although you aren’t his birth mother, you are the only one that can handle the heavy responsibility of cultivating him. You have to be like a mother and protect him. Our Holtzer clan’s future rest on his shoulders. That’s why I wish that while he’s stationed at a garrison, you will serve as his a.s.sistant.”

As the highest ranking general in Montelago City spoke while smugly rubbed his hands, a thirtyish beauty was standing in front of his desk listening.

This woman was Master Kyle’s second wife. She had a head full of curly brown hair, deep eyes, and a tall nose giving her a delicate appearance. In addition, her tall stature made the mounds on her chest particularly conspicuous. Her officer uniform also gave her beauty a heroic spirit; however, I’m afraid you cannot describe her temperament with the same words.

“Me? To be a child’s a.s.sistant?”

Margaret thought that there must have been something wrong with her ears. She never would have imagined that Master Kyle would make her, an officer, go and be her immature little stepson’s a.s.sistant. Preposterous!

“Don’t look down on our son…… Oh. I’m sorry. I forgot. He’s not your biological son. However, don’t forget that his birth mother is the empire’s famous general ranked Dragon Blood Warrior. We have the same lineage, so our son will definitely be an authentic Dragon Blood Warrior. The gene identification is just a procedure. Once the results come out, he will obtain some territory from the empire. I hope his future will be brighter than mine!”

Master Kyle confidently looked at the beauty in front of him.

Although Margaret was unwilling, her husband was her boss and she could only obey.

“You don’t think this arrangement is inappropriate right?”

Master Kyle asked, his eyes flas.h.i.+ng as he watched her.

“No… No problem!”

Margaret hesitated at first, but in less than half a second, she answered with a very resolute reply expressing her determination. However, she really wanted to tell this stubborn old man that Aiwa – her stepson would not have a future any brighter than Bagot’s, She unexpectedly found out that he had been secretly peeping at her from a slit in the door while she showered. However, now she suddenly changed her mind. She wanted to ‘cheerfully’ accept this duty, so that she could discipline this disrespectful little b.a.s.t.a.r.d and let him taste her Rou Qian martial arts!

“Very good, the fact that you can answer so quickly makes me very happy.”

Master Kyle walked by and patted her shoulders. “The empire’s future is in your hands!”

“Informing the General, Master Aiwa’s identification results have finally come out!”

A captain came in and snapped a salute. Then he bowed as he offered the identification report. Margaret took the report from the captain’s hands, taking a quick look before giving it to Master Kyle.

Master Kyle’s face was filled with an indescribable excitement. His eyes moved away from Margaret’s charming appearance, and fell on the report.

But Master Kyle’s excited face suddenly froze. Then his lips quivered: “How can this be possible?”

His hands holding the report were trembling.

“What’s wrong?”

Margaret had taken a quick glance at the report, but she didn’t see any of the specifics. She could tell from the look on Master Kyle’s face that the contents on the report must have been quite different from the old general’s expectations.

“Aiwa doesn’t have the Dragon Blood gene?”

Master Kyle’s hands trembled as he pointed to the top of the report.

“Are you sure the blood flowing in his veins are yours?”

After Margaret said those words, she immediately felt that they were inappropriate. These words had too great of an effect on the normally proud Master Kyle. Shortly after, her quick mind immediately came up with a more appropriate reason that wouldn’t aggravate the general. “I mean. During the time he was in the East Empire for training, could something have happened?”

“Impossible, this absolutely can’t be possible. This must be that old b.a.s.t.a.r.d Groote’s doing. He had already made our Holtzer clan his sworn enemy. I’m going to the hospital to ask Steven exactly what is going on!”

Master Kyle was so angry his beard was shaking. “Help me change my clothes! Prepare the carriage!”

Margaret quickly helped Master Kyle put on his military coat, then quickly ran downstairs and ordered for a carriage to be prepared.

Very soon, a luxurious carriage carrying the general drove out of the mansion racing toward Montelago’s military hospital.

Seeing the General’s carriage arrive, the two soldiers responsible for guarding the iron gate hurriedly pulled it open. Because the heavy iron gate couldn’t handle the strain, it made a deafening noise as it was being pulled open. As the carriage charged through the gates, the coachman cracked his whip, bursting into the Montelago hospital.

“General!”

When a captain of the guards saw General Kyle’s carriage come charging in, he rushed forward to stop it.  But Master Kyle grabbed the horse whip and mercilessly whipped it. A red bloodstain immediately appeared on the captain’s chin. The captain immediately clutched his chin and stood to the side respectfully looking straight as the carriage rushed towards the hospital building. If Kyle hadn’t shown mercy, the whip would have been sufficient enough to cut off his head.

Master Kyle was rarely active, but at this time he displayed his physical fitness. It’s almost hard to imagine how fast he was as he jumped from the carriage, his large military coat unb.u.t.toned. Walking like the wind his heavy coat fluttered behind him.

Kyle kicked open the door of the headquarter office. Inside several people immediately stood up.

“General Kyle?”

The person with the highest military rank in the hospital belonged to Steven. He was also the head of Montelago City’s gene identification committee so naturally Aiwa’s gene identification was under his management. This was why Kyle came to see him.

General Kyle did not speak. He grabbed Steven by the collar, and lifted his body up high: “I’ll ask you once. How did you identify my son’s genes? Isn’t this report in your handwriting?”

Kyle glared at him. He had tarnished his reputation and now the Holtzer clan’s reputation was ripped to shreds!

“We did not make a false report. We fully followed normal procedure while identifying your son’s Dragon Blood.”

Steven whose feet were in the air replied in a firm tone.

“You dare say you didn’t do anything to my son’s report?”

Master Kyle growled as if here were crazy, his eyeb.a.l.l.s almost popping out. The one thing he hated the most were cheap tricks behind his back.

“I swear in the name of our supreme queen Sophia, that we were absolutely fair!”

Steven’s collar was being clutched tightly by Kyle, so he was having some difficulty breathing. At the most crucial moment he used the empire’s famous queen’s name to save his little life.

“I want a duel with you!”

Kyle roared like a lion, his roar echoed through the large office building.

The air froze for nearly a minute.

“General Kyle. Please don’t forget your rank. Since you’re a general, you are not allowed to challenge lower ranking officers.

A beautiful and elegant female doctor walked out. Her dark blue pupils pierced the furious old general.

If you can hear her voice, you will think that she is an impeccable woman where even a hot tempered lion will stop roaring in front of her.

“Bang!”

Kyle threw Steven forwards causing him to fly through the air like a bullet, falling heavily on the elegant couch he was originally lying on. Everyone present at the scene did not dare to make a sound.

“General Kyle. We fully understand your feelings at this time. However, the identification wasn’t done by just one person. Because it was your son, all of the members of the committee partic.i.p.ated in the identification. If you still have any doubts about the results of the identification, you can file a lawsuit in the Montelago court. We are willing to accept any investigation and the judgement of the court.”

The woman spoke in a calm manner. In front of the furious general she showed no fear. Her eyes surprisingly bright, looked determined at Kyle.

“General Kyle. Are my words not enough to convince you but also Miss Ruth’s? She’s one of our empire’s rare imperial Gene Identification committee members!”

After Steven was thrown onto the couch he didn’t dare sit up but he still couldn’t help but vent his frustration.

Miss Ruth only shot Steven a glance. She didn’t express any grat.i.tude for his compliment. She didn’t need him to confirm her rank. While she was standing in front of Kyle she had already revealed her qi showing her strength to General Kyle. An attack domain ability of no less than rank 5 or 6. What surprised the general though was that her attack domain clearly wasn’t her specialty.

“Then, my son’s lineage is obviously Dragon Blood n.o.bility. Why is there such a result?”

Kyle’s fury subsided a little but he was still angry. He slammed the identification results into the conference table. When he raised his hands the identification report was deeply embedded inside the tabletop by one centimeter.