Quick-wear flirting system: being spoiled by gods in the plane

Chapter 138 The Cold Knight of the Western Noble Family (33)

Anvina, whose real name is Nadeshiko Heiri.

His father, Zhenhe Pingli, was a small but wealthy merchant in the Du Kingdom, with no notable reputation and who did not live under the emperor's nose.

The Pingli family consisted of more than a dozen members, plus servants, and the entire mansion housed about a hundred households. They lived a life of wealth and comfort in that small town.

Until the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Du Kingdom joined forces against Teren, Shinwa Heiri, who had always respected and loved his country's emperor and had already received the necessary summons to the army, bid farewell to his family with a heart full of patriotism and loyalty to his emperor, and left his homeland to go to the battlefield.

Over the years, Zhenhe rose through the ranks to become a general thanks to his numerous military achievements, and the Pingli clan also received preferential treatment from the emperor of Du Kingdom.

Until Terren's army pressed in, and several countries faced national collapse, city destruction, defeat, and capture, human nature and selfishness were exposed. The emperor shifted the blame to the civil officials, who in turn shifted it to the military generals—a back-and-forth exchange.

Ultimately, the blame fell on the weakest country, Du.

The emperor of Du Kingdom was unwilling to bear the consequences of defeat, so he shifted all the blame to the newly promoted general Zhenhe Pingli, accusing him of killing too many people and that his sins were too heavy and he should atone for them.

The emperor of a nation threatened the lives of hundreds of his subjects with the threat of surrendering to the Jinhe people, thus expressing their sincerity in surrendering and making peace.

However, after Zhenhe committed suicide by drawing his sword, the Emperor of Du Kingdom did not let the Pingli clan off the hook.

He feared that the people would criticize him later, and he was even more afraid of the threats and resentment from Pingli's clansmen, so he simply slaughtered all of Pingli's hundreds of people, accusing them of robbery and murder, and sentencing Pingli to death to cover up the accusations.

The emperors of other countries mostly tacitly accepted this solution.

"That year, I was ten years old."

Anvina, no, Nadeshiko, narrated softly, “My mother, the servants, everyone was protecting me as I escaped, but they themselves died forever under the executioner’s blade.”

"In that war, it was Ryukyu that shook hands and made peace, and Teren returned victorious. Even the emperors and vassals of other countries got a share of the spoils, but my father alone!!"

His voice was high-pitched and trembling, “Only my Pingli clan was slaughtered overnight.”

"why?"

The handsome, gentle man's eyes were bloodshot. He looked down at the girl in front of him, his voice trembling as he smiled, "Why?"

"Why was it my father who died?"

"Why are my family members the ones who died?"

"Why are those bastards who started this war still clinking glasses and celebrating victory and rebirth?!"

His long, slender hand lunged fiercely and swiftly at the girl's clothes, but she easily dodged it with a nonchalant air, causing the darkness in the man's eyes to deepen.

“I can sense the Gu poison within you, but you really aren’t the same vase-like spy you used to be…”

The two were standing very close.

Nadeshiko, his eyes red, stared at his own mad reflection in those pale eyes, and then, as he looked, he smiled.

"I hate, I hate so many people."

With a sigh, he turned back to the group of coffins, his fingertips lightly touching the coffins, which were once again icy cold.

He slowly said, "I hate the incompetent and cowardly emperor of the Du Kingdom, I hate the culprit king of the Liu Kingdom, I hate the other countries and their rulers who stood idly by, I hate Emperor Teren! I hate Havel! I hate Lancelot! I hate war!! I hate all those in power in the world!!!"

"I hate myself too... I've gone mad."

Finally, his tone shifted from indignation to a soft murmur, "I hate myself too..."

"They hate me for being bullied and humiliated like a dog; they hate me for taking so long to climb up."

“I hate that it took me so long to kill the emperor of Du! To kill the emperor of Liu!! To kill countless snobbish civil and military officials!!!! And to kill those nobles and relatives who stood by and did nothing back then!!! Ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, one after another, until a few years ago, when I finally killed them…”

Nadeshiko smiled in a soft, feminine tone, "Harvard."

Yu Ci's fingertips trembled, and she looked up at him. "It seems you're not surprised," Fu Zi smiled gently, tilting her head in confusion. "When did you guess?"

"Never mind, it's not important."

Nadeshiko's smile was somewhat eerie, her eyes bloodshot, as if a thin film concealed her pain.

He said, "The year the war ended, the Emperor of Ryukyu sent Ruien and another spy to infiltrate the Duke of Haver's mansion. I was only... twelve years old when I learned about this."

“Back then, I was powerless and helpless, like a dog, having to do everything myself.” Fuko smiled and said slowly, “When I was fifteen, I went to Teren and found the contact person responsible for distributing the antidote and the mission to Rean and the other two.”

Looking at the girl's calm demeanor, Nadeshiko murmured to herself, her laughter sickening, "Yes, just as you think, haha, I switched their tasks."

"I changed their mission from waiting for instructions to assassinating the Duke and Duchess."

A gentle yet chilling laugh echoed in the ice cellar. Yu Ci, who had remained silent from the beginning, quietly watched the somewhat deranged man.

After a long silence, she said, "Where's Louis?"

Nadeshiko was taken aback, then narrowed her eyes: "What?"

Yu Ci looked at him and said, "The Liu Kingdom led a small country to provoke Teren, and it was Emperor Louis of Teren who ordered the Teren army to launch the attack. As a general, Haver was just following orders, just like your father obeyed the orders of the Emperor of Du Kingdom!"

"But you'd rather leave that idiot Louis alone and kill Haver first, do you think that's normal?"

“That’s not normal,” Nadeshiko replied crisply with a smile.

He smiled, his sickly expression revealing his true nature: "But why don't I kill Louis? Ha... Of course, I'll leave that honor to your Duke Lancelot."

Approaching step by step, he laughed, "When I was ten, my family was destroyed, and I wanted to kill the Havers, but Lancelot was only five, too young..."

He shook his head and commented, "I can't remember anything."

"I was ten years old when my parents died unjustly. Similarly, he should have experienced something when he was ten..."

Nadeshiko laughed and spread her hands: "I schemed and plotted and went to great lengths to make Lancelot's parents die unjustly when he was ten years old. Ah... haha, he's finally old enough to remember things."

"Watching my parents die before my eyes, seeing my once beloved monarch become selfish and indifferent! Seeing my formerly friendly noble relatives now avoiding me like the plague while still coveting my wealth! Hahaha! Hahahaha! Each and every one of these things fills me with hatred!! It's etched into my very bones!!—"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, staring at the girl like a vengeful ghost. He tilted his head and chuckled, "Ten years old, and he still remembers it all. He's learned his lesson. He knows he's helpless and isolated, he knows to climb the social ladder like crazy, he knows revenge! Haha!... Guess, is this all a coincidence, or did I do it on purpose?"

Yu Ci looked at him and shook her head: "You're crazy."

"I'm insane!"

Nadeshiko had already come up to her, bending down slightly to look her in the eye. "I made Lancelot go through something similar to what I went through. This year, I'm twenty-five and he's twenty. Our styles of doing things, our ruthless methods, our obsessions and madness... are quite similar in some ways."

"I just don't want him to have an easy time."

He paused, then laughed, "Strictly speaking, I'm his teacher. I've trained a fine apprentice! Haha, hahahaha..."

He suddenly stopped smiling, his face contorted with rage. "I, Nadeshiko, am a heartless, loveless, and monstrous madwoman, I admit it! But what kind of good thing is your Lancelot?! He's nothing but a slap in my face!"

With a crisp sound, the man turned his face to the side.

“Lancelot would not embarrass me in front of everyone at the ball, leaving me isolated and helpless; he would not sell me to an enemy country's rivals without a name or status, forcing me to use my looks to win their favor; and he would certainly not send assassins to ambush me on the way to the banquet, each move a deadly provocation.”

"You are no match for Lancelot at all. Your obsession, your madness, your love... are all cheap as hell."

Yu Ci took a step back and casually shook the hand that had hurt from slapping herself.

"This suddenly reminded me of a question I've never asked."

This time, Yu Ci took the initiative to look him in the eye and said calmly, "What are the side effects of the Gu in Tanasa's body?"