Eventually, after all the rage swelled in him, Davis released a breath, knowing what could've gone through their hearts while he wasn't there for them.
He rolled up the scroll and walked to Evelynn, making her stand up after he grabbed her shoulders and patted her robe over her knees that had gotten dirty.
"It's my fault. It's not sothing you need to beat yourself over."
He hugged Evelynn, making her quiver ever so lightly.
"You too, Isabella… Shirley…"
"…"
Isabella and Shirley smiled lightly, their eyes moist.
Davis let Evelynn go and looked at the closed scroll, his mind trying to imagine the scene they described.
It seed like Natalya was sohow able to witness her Will, which he had summoned from his own Will, helping him.
How she managed to see that across such an extre distance remains a mystery to him, shrouded in fog. He felt like it must be because she was using ink used in divinations that she accidentally had a visual premonition of her helping him, and she acknowledged it instead of staying silent, causing the heavens to strike her.
Then-
"You're not angry anymore…?" Evelynn asked.
Davis ca out of his reverie before he gazed at her, "I'm super angry, but it doesn't help Natalya in any way, and I'll just end up being sad if I so much as say so hurtful words to you. It's just, next ti sothing like this happens, you should tell it to as soon as possible."
Evelynn bit her lips, half-smiling, half-serious.
"No, it's as Natalya said, this family doesn't serve any purpose without you, so your ntal realm needs to be safeguarded from vulnerability. We knew the mont we told you this news, you might abandon everything else that might be on your mind to visit her. It is both dangerous-"
"Alright, alright. It's been a while since the first wife chastised , right?"
Davis spread his hands, causing everyone to giggle while Evelynn poutingly glared at him.
He chuckled, "But really… this family is more than or us. We have our legacies and will continue to have more."
"..."
"Besides, Natalya wasn't delusional. She really did help in my tribulation."
"…!?"
The atmosphere that just blood with his unconcerned yet caring attitude instantly went silent.
"I was really helpless- literally too lazy to move. If soone else appeared, I don't know if I could've easily co out of that technique." Davis worded it vaguely with a vague smile on his face.
He didn't even expose the Sky Word Emperor appearing in his tribulation, much less the Seraphim Ancestor.
However, Illumina knew, but even she was confused as to what happened since she didn't know what kind of battle had taken place in Davis's ntal realm.
"What do you an?" Evelynn couldn't suppress her curiosity.
"You don't need to know." Davis flicked his sleeve, "It's partly my fault, so as I said, you don't need to beat yourself over it."
"…"
Before Evelynn could retort, Davis continued, "Still, it seems like Azariel saved you by being level-headed."
"…"
Evelynn held her tongue, retreating a bit before she blushed, "He has grown into a fine man. He even told , his mother, to shut up…"
"Hahaha!"
Davis roared with laughter. If it was anyti else, he would've made an example of Azariel for disrespecting his mother, but this ti around, he wanted to place his son on a pedestal. What kind of amazing level-headedness did he need to have in order to move under the extraordinary pressure of the Desolate Heavenly Tribulation?
He even shielded his mother with his life!
Davis was jubilant to hear Azariel's achievent and felt like he should reward him, but more than anything, he was deeply satisfied that his Azariel did indeed grow into a cunning yet fine man. Davis knew Azariel's ability to throw sches wasn't subpar and could even rival his own as long as he adventured a lot, but he never expected his courage to surpass his expectations.
He nodded with satisfaction, "I was also thinking of writing our son's na into the history of our family for helping decide a wonderful spot to undergo my tribulation, so Natalya must be 'awakened' as soon as possible."
"Agreed~"
Mingzhi and the others agreed. The forr gave a thumbs up, "I wasn't there at that ti, so it was good that Azariel was able to protect her. Thankfully, Natalya's body also seed to be reconstructed by so kind of heavenly phenonon."
Davis nodded to Mingzhi's words. He heaved a sigh of relief, "For better or worse."
"Fiora, you seed to be genuinely unaware. Ellia too. Your mories are intact, right?" He then turned to look at Fiora, his eyes squinting.
"Yes," Fiora bit her lips, her emotions unwell. Why do bad things keep happening to her and her sister?
"Mhm…" Ellia pursed her lips.
While she was busy with Lydia, a heaven-shaking matter had occurred in their family.
"Indeed, they weren't there, so we had no need to seal their mories." Evelynn cleared the situation for them.
Davis heaved an imnse sigh of relief, "So it's safe to assu Lydia's mories weren't tampered with. It's good. If Tia had accidentally forced her, then she might've decided to skip into the reincarnation cycle."
"…!" So of them just realized, causing them to react with a flinch.
Fiora and Ellia were shaken. anwhile, Mingzhi smirked, "I wasn't there, but I was made aware of the incident. But before I got my mories sealed voluntarily, I warned them not to tamper with anyone else's mories, even if they were curious about the heavenly lightning bolt that struck the mansion."
"Indeed, Lydia was with us at that ti…" Fiora pointed to Ellia, "We did hear a trendous sound among the rumbling, but since there were no casualties… we thought it just struck so furniture as Mingzhi said…"
"Mingzhi… you're a genius…" Shirley praised her.
Mingzhi appeared ever more smug. Her nose appeared to grow larger as she felt like she was trusted on all levels.
It made her feel like the big sister everyone asked for advice from. However, she blinked, thinking it didn't feel right because she was working day and night, rarely having any ti to herself.
Was she being goaded into working hard?
"Hehem." Davis coughed, bringing their attention back, "We now have two issues at hand. I cannot see Natalya, which is unfair. I need to et Lydia and confirm her intent and possibly continue to treat her as our daughter if nothing is wrong, but how could nothing be wrong? Dammit, this is…"
He raised his hand as his arm shook before he took a deep breath, relaxing himself again.
"So what is this Heavenly Restriction Pact… is about?"
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