“Oh my. That’s a great idea, Your Majesty.”
The ladies narrowed their eyes and laughed.
Their eyes, sparkling like snakes, were filled with malice.
Staring at Canaria as if they would devour her, they bared their fangs, and Canaria had no choice but to shrink in front of them.
There was no ally for Canaria here.
“I only open the door; creating the path is Her Majesty’s duty.”
Turiel’s words echoed heavily in her ears.
“Here is…”
Kien’s lips moved slowly.
Luna walked day and night without rest.
Kien walked with determination that he couldn’t lose, and just as his entire foot was covered in blisters, he arrived at his destination.
Luna said it was a place where neither horses nor carriages could go, and Kien seemed to understand why.
The path, which had been perfectly fine after rolling around for days on the battlefield, was so rugged that his entire foot was covered in blisters.
No, it wasn’t a path but a place he could reach by walking and walking.
Kien picked up a branch above his head.
The Palleus Mountain, deep and rugged, almost untouched by people.
A village of the bipedals was located in the middle of the mountain.
Luna spoke bluntly.
“Yeah, right here. Do you have to make such a fuss just for walking all the way here?”
Kien remained silent, gazing at the village.
“There! You! Jenita!”
“Can’t you catch this one either?”
The laughter of children burst out brightly.
The smell of cooking, the smell of laundry, or the smell of farming.
Traces of life were filled everywhere.
Kien’s eyelids trembled.
It was a feeling of a throbbing heart.
An indescribable nostalgia rushed in, and his eyes turned red.
It felt like reclaiming the lost homeland.
The bipedals were living here.
“Come in. I’ll guide you to the elder.”
Luna, who didn’t seem to tire, led Kien into the village.
Kien followed behind absentmindedly.
His eyes were restless, taking in the village surroundings.
“Snap out of it.”
Luna poked Kien’s side.
Only then did Kien come to his senses and nodded his head.
“Were you here all along?”
“I’ve traveled to many places. Many who were sold as gladiators escaped and settled mostly here. The same goes for those who became slaves. They joined the survivors and came here. It’s been about three years since we established ourselves here.”
Luna sighed as she spoke of the peace she had barely found.
“Of course, we can’t solve everything here, so young people like me go back and forth to the empire. But, that’s a secret about here.”
Although Luna spoke calmly, the hardships and suffering they had experienced to get here seemed visible.
Kien’s throat trembled.
“Here it is. Go inside; the elder will be waiting.”
“Aren’t you going in?”
“Why would I?”
Luna shook her head.
“The elder probably knows everything already. He looks ahead.”
“…Thank you.”
Kien sincerely thanked her and entered the door indicated by Luna.
The door creaked open, filled with warmth.
It was a place where the warmth of people could be felt.
“I knew you would come someday.”
It was a languid and gentle voice.
The warmth was enough to dispel any anxiety.
“Sent by Cassius?”
Kien, with a surprised expression, searched for the owner of the voice.
The middle-aged woman standing behind the door revealed herself to him.
“Sh-Sh-Shamir?”
Kien’s voice trembled weakly.
Her facial features were deeply lined, but she could be clearly recognized.
She was Shamir, also known as the queen of the bipedals.
She was the last Shamir, once known as Yennika.
Cassius’s mother!
Kien knelt on the floor.
“If I had known you were alive…!”
“Hisham faced death and barely escaped with his life.”
Shamir gently touched his face.
“I heard about Cassius. But I couldn’t approach him recklessly. After all, I joined the Hientre Order of Knights.”
It felt like everything was falling back into place.
Kien’s shoulders trembled.
People he believed to be dead were alive.
Now that Shamir had returned, Hisham too…!
Hope rose among the bipeds that they could reclaim the sunshine of the past.
“Did Cassius ask us to come?”
Yennika, with the ability to see the near future from birth, could ask such a question.
Kien nodded.
“Yes. Cassius has established a foothold in Hiloshaen and is waiting there. He has been running for us bipeds all this time. About the delay…”
“There’s no way that could happen.”
Yennika turned her head to gaze at the sky outside the window.
She already knew that Kien would come today.
That Cassius would call them, and the path he would take.
The foundations of Hientre would be shaken.
Those who bear the name of Hientre will crumble, and a new wind will blow in that place.
A wind with a dazzling golden light.
“The bipeds are already prepared. Let’s follow Cassius’s will.”
It was inevitable that they couldn’t linger in obscurity forever.
The bipeds also had to make a choice.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
