Chapter 291 - A Sneak Attack (1/2)
”STOP screaming,” Tilly said to Elaine Moonchester (also known as Stella) when Winter's illusion finally lost its effect. Yes, she didn't really burn the true princess. She and her youngest son just played a cruel trick on Elain Moonchester to peel her away from Kiho. ”You can't even tell illusion from reality and yet, you have the audacity to touch my man?”
Elaine Moonchester finally calmed down when the effect of Winter's illusion finally ended. She immediately looked at her arms, then she touched her face. She let out a relieved sigh when she realized that she wasn't burnt. After realizing that she was played on, she glared at her. ”Just what did I do wrong for you to attack me like that? I mean no harm to my brother!”
”Didn't you hear what I said earlier?” she asked in a cold voice. ”You're not close enough to Kiho for you to hug him so affectionately.”
The true princess smirked at her. ”What? Don't tell me you're jealous of me, ”sister-in-law?””
”Don't be too arrogant. You're not relevant to Kiho for me to get jealous of you,” she said with a soft laugh that obviously offended the other woman. ”I just don't trust anyone with Moonchester blood in them.”
The true princess looked like she suddenly wanted to cry.
She rolled her eyes. Is she a crybaby or something?
”What are you doing here, Elaine Moonchester?” Kiho asked in his usual indifferent voice. ”Did Aku Moonchester send you after me?”
”I'm not working with Brother Aku,” Elaine Moonchester said while shaking her head firmly. ”Brother Kiho, I just really want to meet you.”
When she turned to her husband, she saw that his face softened up a bit.
She didn't like Elaine Moonchester because she could never trust a Moonchester. But come to think of it, she didn't do anything wrong to them in their previous life. In fact, they never even met her since Auro Moonchester killed Elaine Moonchester in the past.
But still, I can't let my guard down.
”Truth be told, I don't know what to do now that you're standing in front of me,” Kiho said, his voice more gentle now. ”But let me apologize to you first, Elaine. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to protect you in our previous lives.”
The true princess became teary-eyed. ”Brother, does it mean you're going to protect me this time?”
”No,” Kiho said bluntly. ”Not unless you prove to me that you're not an enemy.”
Tilly suddenly felt bad for Elaine Moonchester when she saw how shocked and devastated the true princess was by Kiho's bluntness.
Gosh, my husband can really be savage most of the time.
”Brother, I already told you that I'm no harm to you…”
”I heard that,” Kiho said. ”But I didn't hear you say that you're not a threat to my family.”
Elaine Moonchester suddenly fell silent.
”I won't protect people who intend to hurt my family,” Kiho said coldly. ”It doesn't matter to me even if we were related in our past lives. After all, my wife and I decided that we will live in the present and not in the past.”
Amented while shaking her head. ”You have a nasty temper.”
Nia just rolled her eyes.
”Mom, I don't think you should be saying that,” Winter ”scolded” her lightly. ”You're the one with the worst temper here.”
Kiho stifled laughter at their son's playful remark.
Once again, just like a while ago, their family bonding was interrupted because of a strange happening.
When Elaine Moonchester sobbed loudly, she was suddenly engulfed with a blinding light.
Great. What now?
***
AKU coughed blood.
His Mana was almost depleted and yet, he still wasn't able to break free from the Bangle's control. That made him wonder about one thing.
”Did you only create the Bangle to control me?” Aku, who knelt on the floor while clutching his stomach, snarled at Kyro who still dwelled inside Elis Ripperton's body. Elaine Moonchester already left so only the two of them were in the shrine. ”Is controlling me more important than controlling the Supreme and the Ancient Beasts?!”
”No, but I had no choice,” Kyro said, then he squatted down to meet his eye level. ”The ”Black Flame” that you brought me disappeared as soon as I opened the vial.”
His brows furrowed in confusion. ”Nia was the one who gave me the vial where the flame was kept. And I also confirmed that it was indeed the Black Flame. Are you trying to turn me into a liar?”
”The Black Flame is alive, Aku Moonchester,” the Moon God reminded him. ”It doesn't have a proper master, but it's quite fond of the Supreme. Didn't you notice it? Even if the Black Flame was ”stolen” by the Supreme's spirit guardian, that lowly woman wasn't able to use the flame properly. Instead, that wench was the one who was controlled by the Black Flame all this time.”
”Are you saying that the Black Flame just disappeared because it knew that you're going to use it against the Supreme?”
”I wouldn't go that far,” the god said. ”Let's just say that now that the Supreme has gotten back the Black Flame, she will absorb back every piece of it wherever it goes. That's how well her soul resonates with the Black Flame. Didn't you know that, Aku Moonchester?”
He didn't pay attention to the Black Flame before because when he made an enemy out of the Supreme, she was already using Lord Wixx's red flame and not her own.