PFC Chapter 313 Partial Parents
Chapter 313 Partial Parents
"Catherine..."
Duke William sighed, "I know you've been in a bad mood recently. I heard that one of your classmates mistakenly entered Ozler and ran into a small wave of beasts that broke through the defense line... I feel sorry for this."
Catherine pursed her lips and said nothing.
"——But we work so hard so that more people don't have to suffer the same misfortune as your classmates." William said earnestly, "Besides, you will be the master of this land in the future. If you want to become a qualified emperor, you should learn not to let these emotions dominate your calm mind."
"Haha, father, how could she understand what you said? I heard that she was secretly crying because of that dead classmate!" Canion loved to see Catherine being scolded, so he interrupted with a smile.
"Bam—!"
Kanyon felt as if a huge hand suddenly pressed down on his head from behind, smashing his face into the bean soup in front of him, and then kicked him hard from the front.
Claire, who was busy stuffing food into his mouth, felt a chill on his ears, and his brother flew out with a bunch of pots and pans, clanging and slamming, hitting the wall behind him. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately he ate quickly.
"Catherine!" Cynthia looked over disapprovingly, her tone rarely blaming her. "Golaitia should have taught you not to use your power on ordinary people who have no power to resist."
"I'm sorry, Mom. I just awakened, and these wind elements are very excited. You know, I can't fully control them yet." Catherine looked ahead calmly, and there was no sincerity in her apology.
"And, I'm sorry, Dad." Catherine looked at Duke William across from her, "I may not be able to grow into the kind of monarch you want."
Claire chewed the bread with a look of surprise on her face, wondering if her sister was really still a child. Did she lose the will to become king because of the accidental death of her classmate?
Even William showed a surprised expression. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Catherine continue to say -
"If I really am as decisive and focused as you want me to be, what I have to do now is to go to High Garden and hang all those who stand in my way. That is the fastest way, isn't it?"
"Catherine!" William stood up suddenly! How could she have such a dangerous idea? !
"Hehe——" A light laugh came from the side. Cynthia actually raised her glass, clinked it with Catherine's glass, and drank it herself.
William's expression became even more embarrassed, and he put his hands on the table to support his dizzy body. "That's my brother, Catherine. If you have to sacrifice the life of your loved one in order to achieve your goal, what will you choose?"
Hearing this, Catherine subconsciously glanced at Kanien who was standing by the wall. Kanien's subconscious reaction made him widen his eyes in disbelief - what did she mean? !
"What's more, his life is like a candle in the wind, which will be extinguished at any time. Why bother with a dying person..." William's eyes were red.
"If he's really dying, you won't be able to show up on the East Coast this year," Cynthia said slowly, ignoring the fact that her words only made the fire at the dinner table burn even more fiercely.
"Cynthia..." William called his wife's name in annoyance, but she ignored him and just looked at her daughter. "You don't have to worry about being branded as a parricide. In the history of your Bishop family, this is not a big deal. What's more, I can do it for you."
William’s face became even uglier, “Cynthia, you shouldn’t instill these things into her!”
"You are the one who took over the responsibility of teaching Catherine." Cynthia was unmoved. "She has grown into a smart girl as you hoped. Now she has discovered the problem and wants to solve it. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"He doesn't have many years left to live. We just have to wait a little longer..." William's face showed heartache when he mentioned his brother's health.
Catherine had already pulled out her chair and stood up. These conversations were like a wall of ghosts. They had to happen again every once in a while. She was gradually getting tired of it. In the past few days, she always thought of those confused and frightened classmates, and the look Lilith gave her...
"I'm full." She bowed to her parents, walked past the disheveled Kanien and left the restaurant.
There were few servants in this house where their family rested, and no one was there to serve at meals. Canion was knocked to the ground by Catherine, and no one came to help him. He looked at Catherine who had ruined the dinner atmosphere and then walked away, and he was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he didn't dare to open his mouth.
"Mom." Claire smiled at her mother ingratiatingly, hoping to stop this war without gunpowder.
"...I'll go see Catherine." Cynthia received the gaze of her eldest son, and finally decided to compromise for the sake of the child. She dropped her napkin, got up and left.
The three men were left staring at each other in the restaurant.
Claire also left her seat and walked towards Canion, who was sitting in a pile of soup. She handed him the napkin and said helplessly, "Why did you mess with her..."
"It's all your fault!" Kanian grabbed the napkin and wiped his face roughly. All the suffering he had endured in his life was caused by these so-called family members!
"She was the one who hurt me! She abused magic! Humph! If she were a commoner, she would have been arrested long ago! She enjoys the convenience and privileges of being a royal family, and she is dissatisfied with everyone all the time. It's really disgusting!" Canyon shouted in a very loud voice, hoping that Catherine and Cynthia who had left the table could hear him.
"She hurt me! And mother went to comfort her? Your partiality is ridiculous to me!" Kanien was so angry that he vented his anger indiscriminately and refused to take the hand of his elder brother who wanted to pull him up.
"Canion——"
Duke William, the only one left at the table, had to speak up to defend his wife in the face of such accusations.
"I know you have complaints against your mother. I had no choice but to send you away. Cynthia felt deeply indebted, so she treated Catherine with extra care afterwards—"
"You can't fool me after I turn fifteen!" His father responded, and Canyon's momentum became even stronger, but what he said made Claire laugh. It turned out that this poor guy only developed a brain when he was a teenager.
"--Why should she make up for what she owes me? I'm not dead yet!" Another bean slipped through his hair, making Kanien even more furious. If it weren't for the mess around him, he would even want to roll on the ground and cry to his father and brother about the injustice he felt.
"Ahem..." Duke William was speechless. No matter how he reflected on himself, his parents' partiality was something he couldn't control rationally. He took a sip of wine to cover up the truth. "I'll go to the research institute to see if they have any new discoveries."
After saying that, he left quickly.