Chapter 454 - 452: Daughter’s Birth
Thinking of this, Celeste Grant said, "Let’s not rush this matter. Wait until I’ve given birth, then I’ll go deal with her."
The Third Elder standing before her nodded slightly. He responded, "Very well. In that case, this subordinate will have people keep a close eye on her."
Celeste Grant nodded. "Mm, that’s fine."
The Third Elder couldn’t help but click his tongue, marveling. "TSK TSK... This woman, Eve Warren, is quite famous in a way. They say she attended her son’s wedding banquet not long ago, only to discover that the person he was to be joined with as a Taoist Companion was her very own biological daughter."
Hearing this, Celeste Grant’s expression lit up. She let out a soft "ooh." "Now that’s some juicy gossip. What a tragedy."
The Third Elder standing before Celeste Grant looked like someone who had just found a juicy piece of gossip and was dying to share it. He nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes! Isn’t it just a tragedy?"
"The parents’ sins are visited upon the children. It’s just as they say: what goes around comes around. The heavens spare no one."
Seeing her interest, the Third Elder told Celeste Grant everything he knew.
His face lit up with excitement as he said, "Oh, My Lady, that’s not even the end of it!"
’It’s not over?’
Celeste Grant listened with curiosity, her expression clearly saying, ’Hurry up and tell me,’ while she couldn’t stop herself from urging him, "Quick, tell me what happened."
Third Elder Silas Reed gave a sly chuckle and said in a low voice, "I heard that when the daughter found out that the man she was about to be bound to as a Taoist Companion was her own half-brother, she was so horrified and disbelieving that she coughed up blood on the spot."
Celeste Grant sighed. "Anyone would find that impossible to accept. It’s perfectly normal that her daughter couldn’t handle it. Is that all?"
The Third Elder shook his head gently. "You think that’s the end of it? No, no, the best part is yet to come. At that critical moment, someone charged in with a sword! That’s right, he was here! He came to crash the wedding! The scene spiraled out of control. It was more exciting than any of the storybooks written by those flowery scholars in the Mortal Realm. The whole thing was full of twists and turns."
Celeste Grant’s expression lit up.
’There’s even a main event.’
The Third Elder nodded and smiled. "Of course. The male cultivator who came to crash the wedding was the bride’s senior martial brother, and also one of her suitors. Now that her Taoist Companion had turned out to be her biological brother, in her anguish, she threw herself into the arms of the wedding crasher." At this point, the Third Elder paused slightly.
Then, he raised his hand for effect and said, "The bride’s words at that moment were, ’Brother Shawn, take me away!’ And with a single tear, she absolutely broke the wedding crasher’s heart. He acted decisively, pulling her into his embrace. He then said with deep affection, ’Sister Yara, as long as I’m here, no one will harm you. I absolutely will not allow anyone to hurt you or laugh at you. You and he are siblings; you can’t be together. This just proves that I’m the one who can give you happiness. Marry me! I’ll marry you, and I’ll take you away from this place of turmoil!’"
The Third Elder gave a theatrical shiver and didn’t forget to add a bit of commentary.
"So was this her destiny?"
"She cried, and then she laughed."
"Perhaps her senior martial brother was her true destiny after all."
’Third Elder, it’s a real waste you’re not a storyteller. No, I should say, it’s a waste this Third Elder isn’t writing storybooks.’
At this moment, the Third Elder, Silas Reed, who stood before her, grew more and more animated, his gossiping soul burning brightly. He chuckled softly and said, "Eve Warren’s daughter felt this was all a cruel trick of fate, that she couldn’t be with her own brother. So, she chose the male cultivator who had crashed the wedding, and the two of them embraced passionately. And it was at that very moment that the wedding crasher saw Eve Warren standing off to the side and called out, ’Mother.’ Just that one word plunged the entire scene into a deathly silence. The guests who had come for the banquet were about to leave, but upon hearing that ’Mother,’ they slowly sat back down."
Celeste Grant: "..."
’She could already picture the scene. It was truly the live taping of the family melodrama of the year.’
At this point, the Third Elder felt he had found a kindred spirit. He grabbed Celeste Grant’s hand and continued, "Next, the male cultivator pulled the bride over to his mother, his face beaming with joy. He even asked for his mother’s blessing. Then we see that woman, Eve Warren, walk forward with a pained expression. She took both of their hands and said grimly, ’You two cannot be together.’ Looking at her daughter, she said, ’Because he is also your half-brother.’"
"The wedding banquet finally ended with two of them coughing up blood and fainting, while the other screamed, ’Impossible!’ before bolting from the crowd in shame."
Celeste Grant sighed. "That is truly a tragedy."
’She was reminded of a show she had seen before, about Dylan Dalton and his sisters. He’d find a girl, then another, and another, and they would all turn out to be his sisters. At least Dylan Dalton wasn’t actually related to them by blood, though.’
Celeste Grant clicked her tongue.
’She thought of Jocelyn Grant.’
’Back in the Lower Realm, she’d had more than a few vicious fights with her.’
’According to the book’s plot, Jocelyn Grant was supposed to have a whole bunch of children with her nine Taoist Companions. This just goes to show you shouldn’t have children recklessly, or this kind of situation will happen.’
’Come to think of it, Jocelyn Grant should be thanking her. If she hadn’t prevented all those children from being born, in the future, her daughter would go out and bring home a man who was her brother, then bring home another, and he’d be her brother too.’
’Even Celeste Grant had never expected that this family melodrama, which hadn’t happened to Jocelyn Grant, was now playing out for real with her mother.’
’So many children! Celeste Grant was certain that Jocelyn Grant’s mother was another one who just gave birth to children without raising them. What a tragic fate to be reincarnated as her child.’
Thinking of Jocelyn Grant, Celeste Grant lowered her head slightly.
’She had a feeling that Jocelyn Grant might not be dead after all; her intuition was usually spot on. But even if she wasn’t dead, Celeste could make sure she died a second time.’
「The following days.」
Celeste Grant continued to rest and wait for her delivery.
「Three nights later.」
At this hour, the rain was falling steadily outside.
It was then that Celeste Grant finally felt a stirring in her belly. She had been about to lie down and rest, but as soon as she settled onto the bed, she felt a dull ache in her abdomen.
She propped herself up on a pillow with one hand, glanced at her swollen belly, and sat up with a slight frown.
’She had given birth once before, so she knew this feeling well.’
Within the first two days of her arrival in the Demonic Domain, the elders had already made thorough preparations for her delivery. They had even brought in several midwives to live in Ashkaron Palace. They had also considered every possible complication that could arise during childbirth and had prepared countermeasures for each.
With everything ready, now that the time had actually come, Celeste Grant was quite calm.
Sitting on the bed, Celeste Grant called out.
"Pip."
As her voice fell, two figures in black appeared in her chambers. Pip and Autumn were the attendants the elders had assigned to her, and they had been taking care of her daily needs during this time.
Pip was the more composed of the two. Hearing Celeste Grant call her name, she immediately stepped forward. "My Lady, are you feeling unwell?"