Urging for more updates, then turning into a magical girl.

Chapter 90 Daughter of the Azure Scepter

"You mean... Suwei... Liu Xiali is your daughter?!"

Inside the royal court's reception room, the Azure Scepter had already laid its cards on the table with the Crescent Moon.

Naturally, this made his relationship with Liu Xiali clear.

"You mean... Suwei... Liu Xiali is your daughter?!" Hu Yue exclaimed in shock.

"That's right." The Azure Scepter replied calmly. "Surprised?"

Arc Moon waved her hands repeatedly, "Of course it's surprising! Because I feel... Lord Scepter, your child shouldn't be living in the material world at all..."

"Hmph, you think I don't like that child and just abandoned her in the material world, is that it?" The Azure Scepter sneered, its tone unfriendly.

"No, no, no... I was just curious..." Arc Moon felt cold sweat pouring down her back from the pressure of the other party's aura.

Shocked, Hu Yue recalled a casual conversation she had with Liu Xiali, during which Liu Xiali mentioned that her mother was a very strange woman... For example, she would stay at home for half a month without going out, and then mysteriously disappear for the next half month, saying she was going on a business trip, but never specifying what kind of work it was.

Therefore, in Liu Xiali's opinion, going on business trips every month was still too strange.

Doesn't this mean that the Azure Scepter spent half a month taking care of the child in the material world and the other half a month working in the magical kingdom?! Come to think of it, I had seen "Liu Xia Li's mother" before, and I didn't realize at all that it was the Azure Scepter!

"Actually, I let her live in the material world for her safety reasons."

Seeing the crescent moon's panicked expression, the azure scepter continued slowly, "In this world, becoming a magical girl... is still an extremely dangerous thing."

"...Are you worried about your daughter's safety?" Looking at the other person's expression, Hu Yue couldn't help but ask softly.

"Yes... after all, that child's 'other mother'... died in the 'war between the two worlds' two years ago."

"..."

She seemed to have heard something about this when she used to freeload at the Minzhi Hospital.

Legend has it that the Azure Scepter has a devoted magical girl companion. Using the life-giving technology of their kingdom, they have a child together.

However, it seems that the magical girl's partner later developed an irreconcilable conflict with the Azure Scepter. In a fit of anger, she took her offspring and left the magical kingdom, choosing to live in seclusion in the material world...

Arc Moon initially thought this gossip was probably just made-up rumors, but unexpectedly... this seemingly outrageous rumor was actually true?!

"I had some conflicts with her back then, so in a fit of anger, she took her daughter and went to the material world."

The Azure Scepter paid no heed to the shock in Arc Moon's heart, and instead began to recount that long-forgotten past.

"However, at the most critical moment of the war between the two worlds, the front lines were in dire straits. As a magical girl from the kingdom, she returned to her kingdom to participate in the war after receiving the summons."

"...So, you must have run into her, right? Have you made up?" Arc Moon asked cautiously.

No.

The Azure Scepter gave a wry smile.

That smile was full of bitterness and self-mockery.

"Actually, I personally drafted the conscription list back then. I used the power of the Demon Affairs Institute to forcibly summon her back. I thought that as long as she was forced to return to the kingdom and to my side, we could have a proper talk and clear up the misunderstandings of the past..."

"But I didn't expect her to be so stubborn. She would rather go to the front lines than see me. In the end, she sacrificed her life there."

The room fell silent immediately.

As Arc Moon listened to this story, she began to feel uneasy. "...I'm sorry, Lord Scepter, I shouldn't have asked about such a painful matter."

"Don't worry about it, I deserve it all."

The Azure Scepter waved its hand. "After she died, in order not to make my daughter sad, I used magic to disguise myself as she looked like when she was alive and went to Round Garden City in the material world to take care of my daughter."

"However, in Xia Li's eyes, I, as her 'mother,' seem rather strange, as I spend half of each month on business trips. But there's no way around it; after all, I still hold the identity of the Supreme Scepter, and there are still government affairs in the kingdom that I need to handle. So I can only take time to stay in the material world for fifteen days, and then I must rush back to the kingdom to work for the remaining fifteen days."

"You must have worked so hard," Arc Moon exclaimed sincerely.

To atone for his mistakes, he constantly shuttles between two worlds, and even has to pretend to be a deceased partner... This kind of psychological torment is something that no ordinary person can endure.

"I brought this all on myself, and I don't want to blame anyone else." The Azure Scepter's gaze returned to the Crescent Moon.

"Then why don't you... just bring Liu Xiali to the kingdom and reunite her with her mother?" Hu Yue asked, voicing her doubts. "Living in the kingdom would be much better than this arduous journey back and forth, wouldn't it?"

"I don't know how to tell her the truth."

The Azure Scepter closed its eyes, its voice tinged with helplessness, "Her 'other mother'... died on the battlefield because of my forced summons. If it weren't for my selfishness... she might still be living a good life in the material world."

"No... I don't think that's what you meant at the time—"

"No matter what, I am the one who caused all of this." The Azure Scepter opened its eyes, its gaze sharp, staring intently at the Crescent Moon. "And there's one more thing... that is, I don't want her to become a magical girl."

Arc Moon, oblivious to the shift in atmosphere, remained utterly bewildered. "Why? Bringing her to the kingdom, with your supreme scepter protecting her, even if she becomes a magical girl... Xia Li will definitely be safe, right?"

Upon hearing the question posed by the crescent moon, the Azure Scepter's expression turned cold.

"...Because of that child's 'other mother,' the reason I had a huge argument back then was that she wanted her daughter to grow up like a normal person. She knew very well what magical girls carried, and had witnessed a lot of life and death separations. Back then... she also learned about some of the darkness of the magical kingdom, so she didn't want our daughter to become a magical girl who had to face danger..."

He gripped the azure scepter tightly in both hands.

"And I... didn't agree with her at the time. But until she died in battle, I was never able to prove to her that I was right. She sent me a letter one last time, hoping that our daughter could live an ordinary life. Now that she's gone, I feel... I must fulfill her last wish and not let Xia Li be tainted by the fate of a magical girl."

At this point, the Azure Scepter's tone became increasingly resentful: "I painstakingly kept it from her, hid her, and raised her as an ordinary person..."

"I always thought some silly fairy had given her the Seed of Heart... I never imagined it was you who tricked Xia Li into becoming a magical girl—!!!"

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Grass!

Arc Moon never imagined that simply asking someone to help her patrol would lead to such a mess...