Volume 6, Chapter 2 – The Oppressive Atmosphere at the Lingyuan Household, and a Weary Luo Fei

In the northern territory of the Westivian Covenant, within the Lingyuan family domain.

Having finished military training, Luo Fei dragged his weary body as he slowly walked through the main residence’s entrance.

“Lord Luo Fei, welcome home.”

Naro, the old butler, spoke respectfully.

Within his respectful words, there was also faintly a trace of exhaustion.

Yes, ever since Lady Lianna’s true identity was exposed earlier and Miss Ailiya had gone missing in the Divine Kingdom, the entire atmosphere of the Lingyuan household had become extremely oppressive.

Everyone’s mood had become particularly heavy.

“Mm… dinner as usual, please have it sent to my study.”

While speaking, Luo Fei removed his military coat and handed it to Naro.

At the same time, Luo Fei also noticed two other petite figures in the entrance hall’s living room.

They were his two young daughters at home—Miya and Weiya.

The two little lolis were as affectionate as always, holding hands and playing in the hall.

After noticing Luo Fei entering the house, the two little lolis exchanged glances, then respectfully spoke up.

“Welcome home, Father.”

Their voices were adorably cute, but contained a trace of distance.

Luo Fei was accustomed to this. After all, although he was their father, he hadn’t raised them, and they had only been living together for about half a year.

And within this half year, he often went to the front lines and military camps, supporting multiple battlefields. Due to concerns about being affected by the Celestial Blight’s emotions, Luo Fei rarely expressed feelings.

As a result, the time he spent with them was precious little.

The twins weren’t close to him? That was understandable.

Although he understood this, Luo Fei still felt somewhat disappointed deep down.

Of course, as the head of the Lingyuan family, he still concealed his emotions.

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“Miya, Weiya, were you good today and listened to your teacher properly in class?”

Luo Fei spoke in as gentle a tone as possible.

“Mm-hm.”

The twins nodded in unison.

“We listened in class properly! Miya got a hundred on the quiz! The teacher even praised me!”

“Weiya too…”

“Is that so? My daughters are truly amazing.” Luo Fei nodded with particular gratification.

“Hehe.”

Miya smiled proudly.

Meanwhile, Weiya beside her, seeing her sister seemed about to approach Luo Fei seeking more praise, directly exerted force with her small hand and pulled Miya back to her side.

“Father, we just finished exercising this afternoon and we’re a bit dirty, so we’re not very comfortable. We’re going to take a bath first~ See you tonight~”

“Oh… alright.”

“Hehe.”

After a mischievous smile, Weiya pulled Miya along as they cheerfully left the hall.

Watching the two little lolis quickly departing figures, a trace of confusion flashed in Luo Fei’s eyes.

Recently, Weiya, who had always been quiet, seemed much more lively? She was also talking more.

His daughter’s personality becoming more cheerful and less introverted was obviously a good thing.

But Luo Fei always felt something was off.

Also, these two girls seemed closer than before?

“Hmm…”

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After raising his hand to his chin and staying silent for a few seconds, Luo Fei slightly turned his gaze toward the small pink shadow that was peeking its head out from beside the armrest.

“Octopus Sister, don’t you think those two girls have been… a bit strange lately?”

Hearing this, Octopus Sister’s body trembled, and she poked her head out as if wanting to say something.

But soon, Octopus Sister’s eyes contracted.

“Ying ying ying ying!”

While making strange noises, she used her tentacle to write a large character on her drawing board.

—”No problems at all! Everything’s very normal!”—

After answering, Octopus Sister’s tentacles transformed into wheels, and the little octopus rolled away just like that.

“Hmm…”

Luo Fei showed a trace of suspicion, but he didn’t dwell on it too much and slowly headed to his study.

——”I’m probably… overthinking things, right?”——

A few minutes later, in the Lingyuan family head’s study.

Once the door was closed, Luo Fei immediately sat wearily on the sofa.

“Sigh…”

As a being at Peak Divine Departure Realm, Luo Fei naturally had abundant stamina.

He was just mentally exhausted.

After Blockhead Bai disappeared and Ailiya was taken by the Abyssal Lord and teleported to another world, Luo Fei could be said to be facing a massive pile of problems.

The huge shock brought by Lianna’s identity exposure…

The aftermath work after the Divine Kingdom was attacked by evil gods…

The increasingly rampaging Vassals of Sky and Sea recently…

And so on…

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Luo Fei felt like his head was about to explode.

He had thought that coming home would allow him to relax somewhat.

But now his old man had also disappeared somewhere, and his two young daughters maintained distance from him. This made Luo Fei feel slightly uncomfortable even staying at home.

And just as Luo Fei was sighing helplessly, his phone in his pocket vibrated again.

“Hm? A message? From who…”

Taking out his phone, as the information on the screen came into view, Luo Fei’s eyes slightly furrowed.

The person who sent him the message was Alice, one of the First Celestial Augur Knights.

And its contents immediately made Luo Fei’s expression complex.

“What… is this about? There’s news about the old man?”

His father from this life, Xi Xuan.

When he had previously led Covenant forces to support the Kingdom of Qingyun, he had disappeared for unknown reasons. Luo Fei and the entire Lingyuan family had expended great effort searching for him, but ultimately found nothing.

In Luo Fei’s heart, he had prepared for the worst.

Now, after getting information about Xi Xuan, Luo Fei should have felt happy.

But… he actually felt a sense of strangeness.

Because the old man had appeared near the graves of several other First Celestial Augur Knights… and after the old man disappeared, the graves were robbed… the remains or ashes of the First Celestial Augur Knights had all gone missing…

“This doesn’t feel right…”

The old man was extremely respectful toward his original comrades, visiting to pay respects every year.

Grave robbing? It couldn’t possibly be the old man doing it…

Then what was with those videos that were captured? There were no signs of artificial synthesis… and that spiritual power wavelength was also the old man’s?

Strange…

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“I have a bad feeling about this.”

Raising his hand to his forehead, Luo Fei’s expression became increasingly troubled.

Already entangled by multiple affairs, after learning this news, his heart became even more weary.

“Damn Blockhead Bai… all these problems were caused by you, and now where the hell did you run off to? Don’t tell me you really died… if you’re going to die, at least finish dealing with things first! Damn it…”

After bursting out with a curse, Luo Fei sprawled lazily back onto the sofa without regard for his image.

“Ah… I really want a cola…”

While staring at the ceiling, Luo Fei muttered to himself.

Back when he was on Earth, whenever he encountered troubling matters or felt heavy-hearted, he liked to have a drink.

Unfortunately, there was no such beverage on Yao Xing. Although there were similar sodas, the taste never felt quite right…

However, just as Luo Fei was wearily murmuring, a tall glass filled with ice and black fizzy liquid was handed to him.

——”Would you like a drink?”——

“Hm? Oh, sure.”

Taking the glass naturally, Luo Fei drained it in one gulp.

The icy sensation instantly filled his mouth, causing him to show a particularly pleased expression.

“Ah~, refreshing~, this is exactly the feel… hm?!! Wait!!!”

After being immersed for just a few seconds, Luo Fei suddenly opened his eyes wide, his pupils contracting as shock inevitably overflowed.

“This, this is cola?!!!”

Realizing something was wrong, Luo Fei hurriedly turned to look beside him.

In the next moment, an elf girl dressed in casual clothes with jade and silver-white gradient hair came into Luo Fei’s view.

“Block, Blockhead?? Blockhead Bai??”