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Chapter 29 Becoming One of Us

In Azura's heart, Aozai was indeed her most beloved father, and she tried her best to grow in the direction Aozai expected, striving to become the kind of person Aozai wanted her to be.

Even Ao Zai's likes and dislikes became hers; Ao Zai wanted to conquer the world, so she wanted to conquer the world too; Ao Zai hated Zu Kou, so she hated Zu Kou too.

But the only difference between her and Ao Zai is their attitude towards Er Shu.

As Ershu's biological daughter, no matter how Aozai disciplined her, he could not completely eliminate a little girl's longing for maternal love, even though her longing was not so obvious, and she herself was not even aware of it.

Until the moment Ershu disappeared.

It was also at that time that Ao-jae first gave her a perfunctory response, successfully leaving an indelible crack in her belief in his inner conviction amidst her unstable emotions.

After that, a heart-to-heart talk with Kahn successfully brought him into her heart, not only filling the rift in her soul, but also making him compete with Aozai for her place.

Perhaps one day, Kahn will completely replace Aojae in her heart and become the most important person in her heart.

Of course, all of this happened subtly. Neither Aozora, nor Kahn were aware of it. Aozora and Kahn were even more unaware that their conflict had already begun from there.

Although everything happened in silence, when Azura heard Aozara mention Cain, she still frowned almost imperceptibly, but immediately returned to normal.

Why bring up Kahn all of a sudden?

Azura pondered in her heart, but outwardly acted as 'innocent' in front of Aozai as usual.

She said nonchalantly, "So what? He can't beat me anyway."

"Of course! Now and in the future, you will always be the best, my proudest daughter!"

Then, he paused, and continued:

"I just heard that you and Zuko have been getting quite close to him lately, so I was just asking. By the way, what do you think of him?"

"How is it? Hmm."

Azura didn't know what Aozai wanted to ask, so she tapped her chin and answered casually but cautiously:

"I think he's much more interesting than my great-grandfather, at least he's not as timid and cowardly as my great-grandfather."

"Oh?"

Hearing this evaluation, Ao Zai was somewhat surprised.

Someone even Azura found interesting—that's quite intriguing. Finally, he revealed his true intentions and asked:

"So, do you think he's on the same side as Airo and the others, or is it that he'd get along better with us?"

What does it mean to get along well? It naturally means whether you can be of use to him.

Although he disdained Airo's actions, believing that Airo's act of personally taking care of a commoner orphan was an insult to the royal family, if that orphan was a genius with extraordinary talent in fire manipulation, then it would be a different story.

In other words, he recognized Kahn's talent.

A genius who can be valued by Elo, even if he is not as good as Azura, will still be a top-notch combatant in the future. Naturally, the more such talents the better.

And if possible, wouldn't it be quite interesting to let Aiolos watch the people he values ​​leave his side and come to my aid?

Ao Zai smiled, but the malice in his heart quietly blossomed.

Azura then realized Aozora's intention: he wanted to bring Kahn under his command.

At the same time, she felt somewhat unhappy. Kahn was her man, so why didn't Aozai ask for her opinion before making such a decision? And why did he make such a decision?

At this moment, the scales in Azura's heart quietly tipped.

In reality, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said in a feignedly innocent tone:

"From what I can see so far, he seems to get along better with me."

"I see."

Hearing Azura's words, Aozai's smile widened: "That's great, I'm so glad he's not a coward."

"However, he's been hanging out with Airo and the others a lot lately, and I'm a little worried that he might be negatively influenced by it."

Azura understood immediately and gave a smile exactly like Aozai's.

"Leave it to me, Father. I will ensure he is unaffected and stands on our side."

To be precise, they're on my side.

"very good."

Ao Zai nodded in satisfaction.

"It's a bit of a shame, he's come to our house so many times, but I haven't even said more than a few words to him. It's really impolite. But I don't have much time right now. Oh well."

After thinking it over for a moment, Ao Zai finally decided that there was no need to spend any time on this. He was just a commoner, and although he had some talent, there was no need for him to personally take action and lose his status.

Entrusting this task to Azura is actually a good opportunity for her to hone her skills.

Therefore, Ao Zai decided:

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, my dear daughter. Don't let me down."

Azura lowered her head: "Of course."

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"That's all there is to it."

Azura lay on the sofa eating grapes, spitting the grape skins precisely into the trash can in the distance, as if casually mentioning a "trivial matter".

But Kahn couldn't be as relaxed as she was. How did he suddenly become the emperor's target?

After finishing the last grape, Azura wiped her hands and said:

"Isn't that great? Even your father has acknowledged your talent."

Kahn said with a dark expression, "I'd rather not have that kind of assurance."

The thought of being targeted by an extremely ambitious and cunning emperor who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, who plotted to usurp the throne, killed his father, drove away his wife, and abused his son is chilling.

Will I be followed and monitored wherever I go from now on? Or will I suddenly be found dead in the street one day?

Looks like I'll have to be a bit more timid from now on.

Kahn let out a desperate cry.

Then he sighed again.

Although he had only met Aozai once, he had connections with Aozai's daughter Azura, son Zuko, brother Airo, and wife Ershu, and had close relationships with the first three. It was only natural that Aozai would notice him.

That's what it means to have gains and losses.

"However, where do you think Father Emperor obtained your information?"

Azura suddenly asked.

"Um"

Kahn considered it for a moment and quickly came up with an answer:

"They must be teachers at the Fire Control Academy. Aside from in front of you, that's the only place I've ever used Fire Control."

"Furthermore, in order to save me from having to go to the Fire Control School in the future, Airo also informed them that he would personally teach me, so it must have been him who revealed the information."

Azura's question also served as a reminder to him that, apart from Elo and the others, he might not be able to trust anyone these days. It seemed he would have to be more careful with his words and actions when traveling in the future.

"Could it be one of us?"

Azura suddenly sneered:

"Don't forget, there are two outsiders playing with us too, May and Terry."

"Can't you trust your friends a little more?"

Kahn rolled his eyes at her, telling her to stop her conspiracy theories, and retorted:

"If that's the case, then you should be the most suspicious person, right?"

"What did you say?!"

Azura was instantly enraged and unleashed a full combo of Fire Control on Kahn.

"Hey! Why are you taking this so far? It was just a joke!"

The two started fighting.

(End of this chapter)