After returning from the Spatial Kingdom with their family, Maisie, level 83, Patience, level 82, Angelica, level 81, the women from Minos' side of the family returned to Dry City after spending more than five years in the Spatial Kingdom with Rowan, Hollie, Kendrick, and Lily.
Rowan, Lily, and Hollie had grown up a lot in those years and were now very active children, very different from the small children when Minos had left the Central Continent.
They still didn't know who they were in the Spiritual World. Still, they already understood the basics of the cultivation world and that they were part of a sovereign family.
As for Kendrick, he hadn't changed much in appearance, but he had greatly improved his cultivation and reached level 61 during this period of seclusion.
When he left the Spatial Kingdom with his grandparents, Eliot, level 79, and Nicole, level 78, he had quickly distanced himself from his family and gone searching for his local "friends," eager to enjoy his freedom again.
Ruth's parents had also returned to Dry City to watch their grandchildren, along with Isabella's mother, who had stayed there all this time.
But Harold's second wife would soon return to the Flaming Empire to rejoin her husband, having seen enough of her granddaughter Lily's growth. She had made good use of her stay in the Spatial Kingdom and increased her cultivation by one level, reaching level 81.
Finally, the beasts of the imperial family had also evolved a great deal in recent years, with Starclaw achieving the best result of all, reaching level 90 months ago.
But while the Stuart family and the government of the Black Plain Empire were learning about the progress of their most important members, Gloria realized something about her daughter and was with Sarah in her office in the temple of the Spiritual Church in Dry City!
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When Gloria looked at her daughter while in the leader's chair of that office, she had a severe look on her face as she looked at her daughter, seeing some details in her daughter's body that she couldn't ignore.
Sarah looked more mature. Her bust and hip measurements were more advanced than before, but her waist was slim, indicating that she had gained measurements without gaining body fat...
Sarah had gained body and was much more feminine!
Her expression was also different and carried the maturity of someone who had experienced things...
As a woman who knew how to notice these signs, it wasn't hard for Gloria to see the obvious!
Her daughter was doing things she shouldn't be doing!
"Sarah, are you still a virgin?" Gloria asked, closing her eyes and clenching her fists, not needing to hear the answer to know the obvious.
'Who was the bastard?' She asked herself, angry that someone had stolen her daughter's purity without even introducing himself to the family and asking for a marriage commitment.
Sarah swallowed her saliva and turned pale, not expecting her mother to notice such a thing even after she was so careful.
'How does she know?' She shuddered, imagining that if her mother knew, her father would soon find out.
If that happened, her beloved George would probably lose his head!
"Mother, please don't tell my father!" She went to her mother's side and begged as she knelt and leaned on Gloria's legs. "I've done things I shouldn't have, but I'm going to marry my boyfriend..."
"Boyfriend?" Gloria asked, still with her eyes closed but pushing so hard that Sarah could see she wasn't happy about it.
"Yeah, I'm dating him. His name is George Sista. He's a prince of Sista!" Sarah decided to take a risk and tell her mother the whole truth to maybe prevent something worse from happening.
George was only level 87, so he wouldn't be a match for Minos. He might even get killed if there wasn't something else to protect him from an angry father!
Not knowing how her old man would react to this since George had been her first lover, Sarah's heart was filled with fear and anticipation.
"Sista?" Gloria opened her eyes in surprise, not expecting a prince from that state to actually be in her territory and even seduce her daughter.
"Yes, he came here to observe the state to see if we could fulfill our agreement with Queen Sista. But we fell in love, and things got complicated after that." Sarah was sincere as she didn't know how to lie, revealing everything without difficulty.
"Oh? So he probably just used you, you stupid child!" Gloria didn't like this at all, especially since her daughter was so naive. "I'll tell your father right away."
"No!" Sarah stood up, feeling tears fill her eyes. "Give me a few days, mother. I'll talk to George and ask him to meet my father. Then we can make it official."
"Huh! If we do that, that damned George will run away to avoid facing your father!" Gloria snapped at her daughter, not believing that this prince of Sista's feelings were identical to her daughter's.
"He won't! He's not a coward!" Sarah tried to hold on to her mother, even though she knew she couldn't go against her. "Please, just give me a day, mother. If you want, you can get someone to watch him. I can tell you where he is."
"Where is he?" Gloria asked as she looked into the eyes of this level 73 girl.
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While Sarah was telling her mother everything there was to tell, George was working in his shop in the center of Dry City when he suddenly felt a pang in his heart.
He stopped what he was doing, feeling as if something bad was about to happen to him as if someone had stabbed him in the back.
"Is there a problem, Your Highness?" The Demigod who accompanied him during his stay in the Black Plain Empire asked.
Several low-level Demigods are currently living around the Black Plain Empire. The war in the south of the continent had caused several such experts to seek refuge in the state of Minos.
The local forces did not take the number of these individuals into account, as they were not part of the imperial forces and did not add much power to the local forces aside from the resources they attracted to the state by living there.
However, several individuals like George Sista's guard lived in the major cities of Minos' state today, especially in Dry City.
"It's nothing. I just had a bad feeling." George said before he returned to his work.
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Meanwhile, Minos had no idea of his eldest daughter's problem and was now walking with his three youngest children next to Esmond, level 89, the strongest Sage of the family's group related to the Goddess of Life.
"Your Majesty, when can we have our revenge?" Esmond asked as he saw Minos' children running happily around them, witnessing how their father acted as the leader of an empire.
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