bookrandom Chapter 286 Family Nature
Chapter 286 Family Nature
"Katherine, Katherine!"
Duke William looked at Catherine who was walking faster and faster in front of him, his tone was helpless. His daughter was filled with anger, fear, and disgust. He wanted to comfort this little girl with spikes all over her body, but she was unwilling to give him the chance. In the wide corridor leading to the outside of the temple, the girl in front was walking very fast.
Catherine was forced to slow down only when she walked outside the temple and was about to go down the hundreds of long white steps.
Clouds gathered in the night sky, selfishly hiding all the stars. Catherine couldn't see her feet clearly in her ankle-length black dress, so she could only walk slowly to avoid stepping on empty air. However, she had only taken a few steps when someone pulled her hand and forced her arm around the other person's arm.
"Have pity on your aged father, little pudding. I am not young either."
William held her steady with a wry smile, and walked with her down the stairs step by step. This place was always full of people kneeling during the day, but at this moment, there were only the two of them, father and daughter, and it seemed huge and empty.
"I don't want you to see these things either. I'd rather you hide in your mother's and my arms forever..." William was used to his daughter's silence when she was angry, so he continued to talk to himself, "But this is life, Catherine. This is just one of the insignificant people and things you will face in the future."
"And you are a brave girl, aren't you?" William patted her hands. "When we were discussing the selection of the crown prince, you took the initiative to stand up. You said that you believed in yourself more than others."
"I never regret it." Catherine said firmly, but there was still anger burning quietly in her eyes, "But you always want me to believe that all these abnormal things are normal, and that this is how the adult world works."
"It's not supposed to be like this." Catherine paused.
"Doctrine is above the law, making those who honestly abide by the rules a joke. How many sets of laws do we have, father?" She turned to look at Duke William.
"The church has its own rules, the nobles have their own rules, and magicians have their own rules to follow. Not to mention the common people, they can't escape anything. Is it normal for an empire with such complicated and chaotic rules? Is this the kind of country that Queen Zora wanted to establish?"
As Catherine was talking, she saw the altar in front of her. Although it had been cleaned up now, she immediately thought of the great sage who had set himself on fire here. But strangely, her uneasy mood in the past few days was becoming more and more stable, and the lingering sense of guilt seemed to be gradually disappearing.
"I'm not wrong." Catherine said suddenly. Maybe Lilith was right. The God of Light is dead... He should have died long ago.
"Of course, maybe you are right." Duke William sighed, "But we entered the game too late, Catherine. The church is a force we cannot overcome. We can cooperate first, maybe after you ascend the throne..."
"Every generation of kings may think so." Catherine looked at her father and said, "But cooperation will only make them more closely connected, just like the one now. So, I don't want it."
Duke William opened his mouth but said nothing.
Once she had spoken of King George as he was, Catherine no longer expressed her displeasure as she had before. She let go of her father's arm and walked down the last long step alone.
At the bottom of the long stairs, there was a man who had been waiting there, sitting on the ground and dozing off.
"Canion, don't sleep here, you will get sick." Duke William chased after him and woke up his son who was dozing on the ground.
Fortunately, he was not asleep. As soon as he heard the sound, he immediately turned over and got up, and the first thing he did was to look at Catherine who was standing on the steps.
Catherine thought of the hands that pulled her out of the cellar in the tower today, and the face in front of her that looked very similar to her, grinning at her in the night, revealing her white teeth.
That smile was very precious to her at that moment. She couldn't help but feel a sore nose and warmth in her eyes. Maybe her father was right. They were the real family.
"Hahaha! You deserve it!" As soon as Kanien recognized Catherine's figure, he immediately let out the laugh that he had been waiting for for a long time.
Catherine suppressed the heat in her eyes.
"I told you to stop being such a pushover!" Kanyon didn't notice his sister's change of mood and laughed at her loudly - "What's the result? You looked like a toad trying to climb up from the ground! Hahahaha!"
"Okay, this is not the place to quarrel, Canion, take your sister home first." William pinched his eyebrows. He still had to rush to the palace. Saint Freya had been controlled now, but he had to discuss with her parents about how to arrange her in the future. After all, she was also a princess of the empire.
After Duke William finished his instructions, he left in a hurry, leaving the two siblings staring at each other in front of the steps.
"Why are you there?" After a long silence, Catherine decided not to fight him today and asked in a low voice.
"I came here to find you!" Kanyon blinked and cautiously kept some distance from her. This woman was so gentle today that she didn't even hit him. He was still a little uncomfortable with it. "I heard that you returned to Highgarden, so I came here to find you as soon as possible."
"...Thank you for your help." Although she could have gotten out by herself at that time, seeing familiar people at that moment gave her panicked heart a respite and prevented her from completely collapsing.
"Hmph, if you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't have had so much trouble. I told you that the twins were connected to that monster, but you didn't believe me." Kanien felt that he was a genius strategist, and he only blamed his stupid sister for not appreciating him. "They must have fallen out over interests! Ha, what will happen if you make a deal with a monster, two idiots!"
Catherine was too lazy to talk to him and continued walking out.
"Eh? Wait for me, when are you going back to Goletia?" Kanien hurriedly followed her.
"Now, I have classes tomorrow." Catherine's voice was tired.
"Great, take me with you." Kanyon smiled flatteringly.
"Don't bother me." Catherine kept walking.
"Don't worry, I don't want to bother you. I just want you to give me a ride. I...I'm going to look for Lilith."
Catherine stopped suddenly.
"Put aside those disgusting thoughts of yours and don't set your sights on her." Catherine looked at Kanien, whose eyes were wandering, and spoke in a cold tone.
"I didn't! It was just a visit between friends! And I didn't tell anyone! Hey, we in the Bishop family are born to keep secrets. I just picked some gifts that she might like. I heard that dragons like treasures very much. I ordered a lot of gold items... Do you think she will like them?"
"I'm not in the mood to answer these boring questions, Canion." Catherine looked at the fool in front of her with eyes full of expectation, her heart filled with boredom and fatigue.
"It's just two people who died, Catherine." Canyon complained with dissatisfaction, not understanding why his sister would get emotional about two unsteady suitors and even implicate him.
Only two people died - Catherine was startled. She had just heard this sentence from Freya before. Even their tone was so imaginary.
Catherine looked at her brother with a complicated expression. Perhaps this was the nature of the Bishop family. Freya was like this, Kanien was like this, and maybe she would be like this too...
"Oh, in addition to the gold, I also ordered a sapphire, which is the same light blue as her eyes. Do you think she will like it? Dragons will also like gems, right?" Kanian was proud of his comprehensive preparations, then turned his head and saw his sister staring at him with a facial expression.
"Ahem... don't say I didn't prepare anything for you. Uh, those colors don't suit you." Kanien touched his nose guiltily, and then quickly changed the subject. "Those things are in my carriage. I'll get them and leave in your carriage later."
As he gave these instructions, he ran outside to look for his carriage.
"Gulu——"
Just as Kanien disappeared into the darkness from Catherine's sight, the sound of flapping wings was heard overhead, and a low and reassuring voice appeared in Catherine's ears.
She turned her head and looked at the big guy squatting next to her, and she finally felt a little relieved.
"Did Lilith ask you to pick me up?" She reached out and touched the big guy's forelimbs, and the other side immediately stretched out towards her. That unhesitating reaction reminded Catherine of its owner.
Her tense heartstrings finally relaxed at this moment, and tears immediately fell like silver threads. The lonely figure supported the gargoyle and sobbed softly in the deserted night.
"Gurgle." The gargoyle tilted its head, spread out its bat wings, and wrapped the fragile human in front of it, as if to comfort him.
"let's go."
She didn't want to stay here any longer.
When Kanien came back with lots of gift boxes, she saw a huge figure holding her sister, flying high in the moonlight, and flying away in the direction of Gloria.
“Hey!! Catherine!! You %￥@! ￥%￥%@——”