The Lazy Life Of Raine

Cannon Fodder (9)

Hastel watched with anger however he couldn’t let his youngest son destroy himself over a woman.  He had fallen into a fox’s scheme and could only think about the fox and his lower half.

Hastel tightened his eyes began to speak.  

“Fine.  If you want this woman to be your concubine, then she’ll be your concubine.”

“Husband!”  Celine shouted.  

“She can stay.  We won’t push her out.  As long as you’re willing to still have her by your side as a concubine, we will not interfere with your decision.”  

Nero stopped walking with Nyx and turned around to listen to his father’s words.  

“Husband, how could you!”  

“Nero is an adult now.  We can’t control his whole life.  However, Nero, the woman you chose to be by your side, cannot be your main legal wife.  Her background is unknown and she came from the pleasure district. I will not accept such a woman into my Pareem family.”  Hastel told Nero. “As for today’s incident, we can forgive and forget this happened. Lets go.”

Hastel turned around and left Nero’s courtyard immediately.  Celine looked as if she was not happy, but since Hastel had already spoken and made his decision, she could only swallow her dissatisfaction and leave as well.  

“Humphh!”  Celine said as she glared at Nyx.  “Don’t make yourself too comfortable!  Once my son is tired with you, you will be leaving the Pareeme Estate soon!  I will never acknowledge you as part of the Pareem family, even if you’re able to bare a son into this family!”  

Celine turns around and walks away while shouting for everyone to get up and leave.  The maids, servants and guards slowly help each other up and limp away as well.

Hanson and Ivy begin to leave as well, however Hanson stopped gave Nero his support.

“You’re the bravest little brother I could ever ask for.”  Hanson told Nero. “You never conformed to our parent’s wishes or demands, you always walked your own road and created your own path.  I wish the two of you happiness.”

“Thanks brother.”  Nero said.

Once the courtyard was quiet again, Nero turns to Nyx with a worried look.  His hand comes up to cup her cheeks, his eyes wavered with uncertainty.

“Do you want to stay or do you want to go?”  Nero asked Nyx.

“I can tell that your family and filial piety means a lot to you.”  Nyx said as she sighed softly. “For now, I’ll stay. We can see where things go from here on out.”

“Okay.”  Nero said as he kissed her forehead.  “Just say the word, and we can leave.”  

“Promise?”  

“Promise.”  

From that day on, no one from the main house bothered Nero or Nyx.  They spent their time together, while Nero went to the Preem College of Excellence to teach.  

Nero hired his own set of maids, servants and guards to protect and take care of Nyx while he was at work.  As for Nyx she kept to their room most of the time, cultivating her energy and being lazy.

After the confrontation, Raine found out from her Scam System, that although she did stand up to Nero’s family and did fall into their schemes, it still wasn’t a successful mission.  She hadn’t fulfilled the ‘Last Dying Wish’ of Nyx yet.

Not only that, Raine’s martial art and skills she learned does not equate to Nyx’s powers or skills.  At the moment, Nyx was only a high level 4 energy cultivator, although powerful, she was still an ant among dragons.