198 Father and Daughter (1/2)
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It was tough battle for those who participated.
The sudden invasion of the Black Curtain Guild took everyone by surprise. Scenes of the battle were still imprinted on people's mind. The atrocities that the Mort Family hid, their blatant collaboration with the enemy, their plans of uprooting the Royal Family, and the amount of people who were sacrificed in order for them reach their goals.
It was a rare time when the hearts of everyone in the kingdom were mostly united. They desired to get rid of this malicious tumor and attain the perpetual peace of their home. No amount of efforts were spared, warriors flocked over the Mort Family Estate on their own accord to defend their home from the invaders.
Out of all the people who participated in the great battle. An individual stood amongst the rest.
He, despite his limited cultivation, confronted the evil deeds of the Mort Family and didn't back down. He refused to turn blind eye towards the injustice and evilness that he seen. Not only he straight up confronted them, he used everything he had to stop their advances knowing full well that he might never come back for it.
Although it was unknown who was responsible or how it was possible for everyone to witness the confrontation, it didn't change the fact that he still fought valiantly and almost stopped the invasion from happening. It was due to his heroic deeds that the kingdom still stood tall in this day and the casualties of the battle were greatly minimized.
It was also due to his efforts that the captives of the Mort Family was able to reunite with their families. When all of them thought that these people were dead, they felt nothing but despair, but imagine their surprise when they saw them at their doors, telling them about their terrible experience as a slave in the Mort Family Estate.
In this heroic action of his, he made at least a large majority of the families in the kingdom, indebted to him. Out of all the captives that he freed, it was safe to say that he never thought that he will have a certain powerful individual, feel specially grateful and indebted to his deeds.
This person is none other than Morel Bluesky, a respected Golden Knight of the Kingdom. Raven might not know this but he already met Morel before.
It was precisely during his visit in the Eternal Horizon Clan before. Morel was there, only under a disguise that left a deep impression towards Raven. He was Elder Drake.
Morel, just like Leona and Old Lee, is also one the current King's most trusted men. It was only under their care that the King was able to depart in peace knowing that the Kingdom is safe under their care.
Morel, despite his overbearing strength and resplendent reputation, was actually a lonely person. He grew up alone, reached his current state using nothing but his own efforts and was able to stand tall as one of the Kingdom's Pillars. The only respite he had was when he found the love of his life and married her.
Unfortunately, she didn't make it upon giving birth since she afflicted with a disease that severely weakened her. Their child survive thankfully, the child is a girl and he named her Joanna.
She became the only one left for Morel, so he gave her everything that she wanted so long as he could. She grew up as a sensible child but one day she mysteriously disappeared. Morel nearly turned the whole kingdom upside down in search for her but wasn't able to find her anywhere. In truth however, she didn't disappear but rather taken by the Mort Family and turned into a slave.
Imagine Morel's surprise upon seeing his one and only child waiting for him in front of his house. She might've looked differently from the last time that he saw her but blood is thicker than water, how could he not tell that this is his daughter?
Joanna couldn't even looked at him in the eye, she was so afraid that her father won't recognize her but how is that possible? A father's love is like a mountain, no amount of changes in her could stop him from recognizing his own flesh and blood!