Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 1031 - 260: A Jealousy Stemming from a Father’s Love_3

Chapter 1031: Chapter 260: A Jealousy Stemming from a Father’s Love_3

This conversation Liu was shocked to hear every word in his ears, his heart was tumultuous. Indeed, the saying that the opponent is the best teacher proves to be true. Knowing the shortcomings of Feilengcui Warriors from others was like a wake-up call for Liu, especially since the claim of zero deaths was just a widespread rumor; Liu saw it as a great humiliation. After all, the Komodo War Behemoth and Tide Lord Gerein had died gloriously in front of him, and the loss was actually significant.

"I still feel that you all underestimate Feilengcui. I want to reserve my opinion," Cui Beixi couldn’t argue with her two relatives and fell silent, looking sulky.

"Let’s not argue anymore; let me think about this matter a bit more," Liu sighed. At this moment, he had begun to somewhat merge into the role of Mourinho, not just acting, but merging.

Starting to think from Mourinho’s perspective, Liu began to understand Mourinho’s predicaments. In fact, Mourinho was quite restrained with internal instigations, and also had reasons to act, but he had never acted recklessly; Liu used to feel a bit aggrieved himself, but now calculating for Mourinho, he realized that the old swan was no less frustrated—watching his lover cry daily, worrying about his son, and having enough military power, yet frustratingly unable to take action.

Thinking this way, Liu actually felt he might have been a bit hard on the old swan, a realization that left him laughing uproariously inside.

"Now, all this mess is actually my fault..." Cui Beixi sighed deeply, painfully telling Liu, "If... ah... why did I ever tell you about Richard plucking Nini’s feathers! And this silly Nini foolishly admitting she had fallen for Richard! If it hadn’t been like this, you wouldn’t have intentionally made things difficult for Richard. If there hadn’t been initial bias and suppression, you two would definitely have become the most attuned mentor and apprentice. But now, everything has changed..."

"Nico, how can you be blamed for this!" Elder Horielle said displeasedly, "A love affair between different races is simply absurd! You are a victim. The biggest mistake was to hide this from the king! Do you want Gortani to go through your pain again? This little rogue is shameless! Doesn’t he know that plucking feathers is a way of proposing to a swan maiden!"

"Nini, you’ve never wanted to say it, but tonight can you tell your uncle once, how did you actually fall for that Richard? What about him caught your eye?" Lord Treizegar sighed helplessly, worried about seeing his niece so heartbroken over such a rogue, an ugly freak, "I’m afraid what your mother would think if she knew, whether she could bear it!"

Gortani didn’t speak, only the rustling sound of her wings was heard.

"It’s probably because of Richard cutting off his arm, I remember Nini fainted three times that day; I knew then something was wrong," Cui Beixi sighed deeply.

Liu was completely stunned.

He never imagined that Mourinho’s harsh treatment and relentless suppression wasn’t merely out of jealousy and defiance, as he had once admitted!

Thinking back, Liu had indeed unintentionally plucked feathers from Gortani while trying to create the War Song Scroll, although he never knew how Cui Beixi found out. He truly wasn’t aware of the courting implication of feather plucking until now!

Actually, during that time, Liu and Gortani maintained an awkward distance because of the misunderstanding, though some fondness had subtly developed later, but the relationship was unclear. In fact, even now, Liu couldn’t be sure whether this demure swan maiden actually liked him, but evidently, the answer had been revealed tonight—Gortani had already confessed her feelings for him during Mourinho’s first inspection of Feilengcui, prompted by her father’s questioning.

Liu vividly remembered, the high priest’s first inspection of Feilengcui coincided with his return from the sea, dragging a severed arm and bringing the beleaguered Beamon of the Bug Clan. If the snake mentor had told the high priest about the feather plucking, coupled with Gortani’s confession of her feelings for him, it was understandable why the high priest had treated him so harshly—Mourinho, having suffered the bitterness of a love affair with another species, how could he willingly let his beloved daughter endure the same pain again? If not for his daughter’s sake, as a mentor and apprentice from the same lineage, how could such a smart and outstanding legendary priest like Mourinho have alienated him in that manner?

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Highly recommended "The Snake with Fangs"