chapter 2 Mother

"That's good." The beautiful woman looked at Garfield with a gentle face, as if her son was the only thing in her eyes. "Garfield, tell mother how you ended up in a duel with the young master of Marquis Welch. Did someone deliberately frame you..." Grace frowned and looked at Garfield with worry on her face. "No, it was me who wanted to fight him." Garfield lowered his head and said. His eyes were very cold. The fact was that Hunk Welch insulted him in the college as a bastard and his mother as a bitch, and he got angry and came to the stage to duel with him. Now it seems that this should be a conspiracy against him. Because, as soon as Hunk came to the stage, he acted viciously. If he told his mother the truth, given his mother's character, she would definitely fight against the Marquis Welch, but now his mother's situation was also very difficult. When Grace was young, she was known as the most beautiful woman in the Quewyn. She was the secret admirer of countless princes in the capital. The matchmaker who proposed marriage crossed the threshold with gifts. Even the current emperor heard about Grace's beauty and wanted to marry her as a concubine. But at this time, Grace suddenly ran away from home, traveled around the world, and disappeared from everyone's sight. Three years later, she came back and took the newly born Garfield back to the Quickley family. This incident caused a sensation in the entire capital. Giving birth to a child before getting married was extremely taboo and shameful in the entire Skybert Continent. It was a violation of women's ethics. In some remote barbaric places, one had to be dipped in a pig cage. At that time, the Quickley family was so angry that they almost beat Grace to death. It was Prince Caspian, Laird Quickley, Garfield's grandfather, who against all opinions, took in Grace and Garfield in the name of the family's bloodline. But the entire Prince Caspian Mansion looked at Grace and Garfield coldly, thinking that Grace was a shame to the entire family. Therefore, Grace's life in the family was very difficult. Otherwise, Garfield would not have been in a coma for three days and three nights, with no doctor coming to check on him. "Garfield, although you didn't awaken your Bloodline this time, it doesn't matter. You will still have a chance in the future. Don't fight with others on impulse. Even if you can't become a strong man, it doesn't matter. I will always protect you." Grace looked at Garfield who was weak on the bed, sighed slightly, and her nose felt sore again. Garfield had such a strong character, if he can't get rid of this knot, something would happen in the future. "I haven't awakened Bloodline?" Garfield instantly understood some of the situation by fusing the memory of this body. It turned out that the owner of this body had good martial arts talent and was admitted to Skystar College, the first academy in Quewyn, with excellent results. However, he failed to awaken his Bloodline during several Bloodline awakening ceremonies in the academy. A few days ago, the academy conducted another Bloodline awakening ceremony for the students, but Garfield still did not awaken his. In the Skybert Continent, Bloodline was respected. Without awakening the Bloodline, one cannot become a truly strong man. The previous owner of this body was deeply shocked after this. He wanted to become stronger in order to change the situation of him and his mother in the palace, but he did not expect that God would play such a joke on him. Under the blow, he was depressed, confused, and unhappy every day. That's why Grace thought that Garfield dueled with Hunk because he had not awakened his Bloodline and was in a bad mood. "Mom, don't worry, such a little setback will not break me." Garfield felt Grace's concern, his eyes softened, and he smiled slightly. He was not comforting Grace. Not awakening his Bloodline really meant nothing to him, who was an Eighth Rank Royal Blood Master in his previous life. Garfield's bright smile made Grace feel warm in her heart, and he said with relief, "If so, I will feel relieved." Grace was just about to say something else. Suddenly... Bang, bang, bang. Someone was knocking on the door, and the sound was so loud that it was almost like kicking. Grace hurriedly opened the door. A maid wearing a silver mouse fur coat walked into the room. "Miss, why does it take so long to open the door?" The maid said dissatisfiedly. Although she called her "Miss," she didn't look respectful at all. "Zoe, Garfield has just woken up and is still very weak. Please lower your voice so as not to disturb him." Grace said. After hearing this, Zoe unexpectedly glanced at Garfield on the bed, with a mocking smile appearing on the corner of her mouth. "It turns out that Young Master woke up, so congratulations." She said congratulations, but there was no smile on her face, and her eyes were cold, as if Garfield owed her money. This maid's name was Zoe, and she was one of the personal maids of Garfield's aunt, Jennifer Cooper. The Quickley family was a loyal family, and their ancestors had been military generals for several generations. They had fought on the battlefield for the Quewyn and made outstanding military exploits. By the generation of Garfield's maternal grandfather, Laird Quickley, the family influence reached its peak. He was crowned Prince Caspian by the King of Quewyn and founded a clan. Laird's son, Garfield's uncle Sagiv Quickley, was granted the Marquis Nichols by the King and was in charge of Prince Caspian Mansion. Therefore, Garfield's aunt became the mistress of Prince Caspian Mansion. Just that. Garfield's aunt, Jennifer, had always been extremely disgusted with Garfield and Grace. She believed that they had tarnished the reputation of Prince Caspian Mansion and tried every means to drive them out. "What are you doing here?" Garfield looked at Zoe coldly. "Master Garfield, don't be so sentimental, I'm not here for you." Zoe glanced at Garfield in surprise. Garfield didn't dare to talk to her like this before. Why did he become so courageous after getting his life back this time? "Miss, my madam guessed that you were at Master Garfield's place. It's true. You must have not forgotten the agreement you made with my madam, right?" Grace's body trembled, a trace of humiliation flashed across her eyes, and her face seemed a little pale. She glanced at Garfield, covered him with a silk quilt, stood up and said softly, "Garfield, I have to go out. Have some rest." After that, she turned around and walked out. How discerning Garfield was. He naturally saw Grace's momentary trembling, and felt a hint of misfortune in his heart as he frowned, "Mother, where are you going? I'll go with you." Grace paused, turned her head, touched Garfield's face with her warm hands, showed a smile and said, "Silly boy, I will just in this palace. Are you afraid that I will be bullied by someone in the palace? Don't worry about me, you have just woken up, you don't want to catch a cold. Take good care of yourself, I will come back very soon." Garfield frowned and said, "No, mother, tell me what you and Jennifer have agreed upon." There was hesitation on Grace's face, not knowing how to speak. Aside. Zoe said impatiently, "A half-dead person, why ask so many questions? I'll tell you directly, your mother promised our lady to meet with Prince Adam today, and now Prince Adam has already arrived in the living room, waiting for her to go over." "What, Taddeo Cooper?! Cora Cooper, you bitch, you actually forced my mother to meet this pervert!" Who didn't know, Taddeo was the Quewyn's most ridiculous one of the Prince, always hanging out in the place of the wind and moon, concubines, the House of all the singers and dancers, the whole day was obscene, was jokingly referred to as the Prince of the wind. Taddeo had always coveted his mother's beauty. He came to visit her several times but was rejected by her. Who knew that Cora would actually invite this old prostitute to home? It was simply too much of a deception. Garfield stared at Zoe fiercely, with two cold lights shooting out of his eyes, and said angrily, "And you, a cheap maid, get out of here." "What did you say?" Zoe was shaking with anger and pointed at Garfield, but was frightened by Garfield's gaze and did not dare to speak. Instead, she said angrily to Grace, "Miss, is this how you raise your child? And the matter between you and Prince Adam, it was you promised in the first place, do you want to go back on your word?" "Mother promised?" Garfield was shocked and looked at his mother. How can this be? In his memory, his mother was very disgusted with Taddeo, and was even more troubled by his pursuit. How could she possibly agree to see him? He wanted to hear a negative answer from his mother, but Grace's body trembled and she remained silent. "Garfield, you just woke up, rest first, don't hurt your body, it won't be good. I'll just see him, nothing will happen." Finally, Grace said with difficulty. Garfield looked at Grace in disbelief and said anxiously, "Mother, why? It's not like you don't know about this guy. If you go out to see him, it's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth." "Why? Master Garfield, do you still have the nerve to ask why?" Zoe looked at Garfield with a mocking look on her face, "You fought with others, unconscious, and it seemed that you couldn't survive. It is your good mother who was outside our lady's door and knelt all night and begged her to give you the Soul-back Elixir. Our lady was kind and agreed to her request. You actually have the nerve to ask why. If I were you, I would have died here long ago." "Shut up." Grace looked at Zoe suddenly and said angrily, "Jennifer promised me not to tell this matter. How dare you talk nonsense!" Garfield looked at his angry mother and felt a pain in his heart. He finally understood that his mother agreed to Cora to see Taddeo in order to ask for the Soul-back Elixir to save him! Soul-back Elixir. It was just a second-grade elixir, worth only a few thousand silver coins. But my mother gave up her dignity for this Soul-back Elixir. Garfield was shocked and tears welled up in his eyes. He climbed up from the bed, grabbed Grace who was about to leave, gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, we are staying here and we won't see anyone. Don't worry, from today on, I won't let anything bad happen to you. I won't let you meet that lecherous old bastard Taddeo!” Grace's body trembled, and she looked at Garfield with tears in her beautiful eyes. Garfield looked at Zoe with a cold expression, his eyes were like sharp knives, and said in a cold voice, "As for you, get out of here now!" ----------