AKU was surprised to be met with silence when he entered Kyro's shrine.

Yumi's agonizing screams have finally ended.

And that was definitely because of the unconscious Stella on the floor. Kyro's physical body was nowhere to be seen in the shrine. But he could feel his divine presence in the coffin.

He must be resting now after using his power to put Yumi's spirit inside Stella.

"Lord Kyro, should I come back at another time?" Aku asked. "I'll leave and bring Stella to her room if you're already done with your job."

"Just leave the woman here," Kyro said in a commanding voice. "Yumi is still unconscious since her spirit hasn't resonated with her new host's body yet. I'm certain that my poor wife will be angry once she realized that I forcibly cut off her connection to our soon. I have to be near her to calm her down."

"Ah, I see," he said. "Do you think Stella's body can contain Yumi's spirit?"

"The body of a witch from the Colorless Coven is strong," the Moon God said. "Also, I found a gem inside her heart that has Nia Moonchester's Mana in it."

"Nia's Mana?"

"It seems like the reason why that witch is capable of conceiving a child with you," Kyro said. "Needless to say, your beloved princess is definitely involved with the White Tower. That's why I warned you before to never trust the Rosalia. The Royal Archmage hates men with power. I wouldn't be surprised if that's her only reason for choosing Nia Moonchester over you."

He clenched his fists tight.

To be honest, he had already expected that Nia was somehow involved with the White Tower. But it didn't hurt any less to know that she went this far just to avoid giving him an heir.

"Can you ask Yumi to destroy the witch's reproductive organs while she's inside her body?" he asked the Moon God. "I want Nia's hard work to go to waste."

The Moon God laughed softly. "That won't be hard," he assured him, then he changed the topic. "Have you talked to the North King?"

"I did," Aku said, and the conversation that he had with Garnet Nystrom lifted his mood a little. "Garnet will proceed with our plan to make sure that the Red Phoenix wouldn't be able to accompany the Supreme to the land that drinks blood."

"I'm worried about that plan," Kyro said bluntly. "The Supreme is no longer the soft-hearted Soleil Rosenberg that we know, Aku."

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TILLY was relieved when Kiho moved fast to take Winter, Julian, and Flint away from their "great grandson." Before she could even blink, her husband and the children were already beside her. Winter and Julian both wrapped their arms around her waist, while Flint stood beside Kiho.

On the other hand, Wong and Kelsi stood protectively in front of her after they closed the portal that they opened a while ago.

"I am your great grandson," the spirit in the form of a ball of blue flame said. "My grandfather Julian can confirm that. Am I right, Grandfather?"

Tilly turned to her oldest son. "Can you confirm his identity, Julian?"

Julian looked up at her and shook his head. "I named my grandson 'Garnet' in my past life, Mother. But I died a few days after he was born. I don't know how he looks like when he grew up. And most of all, I've already learned a great lesson from you, Mother. Now I know that I shouldn't trust what the enemies say at face value."

She smiled proudly at him. "That's my boy."

His oldest son smiled back at her shyly.

"Mother, even if he's Brother Julian's grandson, we shouldn't trust him," Winter said in a cracked voice. "He's a bad person."

She looked at Winter worriedly. "What did he do to you, son?"

Their youngest son bit his lower lip.

"Winter?" Kiho, who was now kneeling in front of Winter, put his hands on their child's shoulders. "What happened in the North?"

"I can't explain it with words, Dad," Winter said while shaking his head. "Can you use your Water Memory on me instead?"

"I agree with Winter, Father," Julian said. "You can also use that technique on me."

She felt that their children hugged her tightly as if they were scared. With just that, she could already tell that something bad happened in the North. And so, she turned to her husband who was looking at her as if he was asking for her permission. "Do it, Kiho," she said with a nod.

Kiho nodded, then he offered his hands to their children. "Boys, I will use my Water Memory technique on both of you at the same time. Do I have your permission to show your memories to everyone here?"

"Sure, Dad."

"Yes, Father."

Then, Winter grabbed Kiho's right hand while Julian held his father's left hand.

"I can just tell you what happened," Garnet offered. "Do we really have to do this?"

"Shut up if you don't want me to make you disappear," she warned her "descendant" coldly. "I will never trust a word from an enemy like you, even if you claim that you're a Nystrom."

Fortunately, he kept his mouth shut.

She tore her gaze away from the enemy because she knew that he couldn't attack them anyway. Plus, Wong and Kelsi were there to keep their eyes on him. And so, she turned to Kiho who had his eyes closed at the moment.

A few seconds later, a water sphere floated about her husband's head. And then, it was split into two. After that, the memories of his sons started to play inside each sphere. The sphere on the right showed Winter's memories, while Julian's memories played on the left sphere.

Tilly's anger rose up when she realized what her children saw that made them scared– scared of her reaction and not of the enemies.

Her bloodlust took the form of "heat wave." It was the kind of technique that was natural to her. She could make any enclosed space feel like a giant oven. But even though they were in an open space right now, her heat wave didn't weaken.

It was still hot enough to vaporize Kiho's water spheres.

"How dare you?" Tilly asked in a low, angry tone. She knew even without seeing her reflection that her purple eyes were now glowing menacingly. "How dare you turn my father into an undead puppet? And you even made my father attack his grandchildren!"

There was also one person who was angry as her.

When Kiho stood up and faced their "descendant," he didn't utter a word. He just raised his hand and when he closed his fingers, the ball of blue flame had already turned into an ice sphere. "I can and I will break you into pieces so you better not do anything funny," he warned coldly. "Are you the one who killed Father a few years ago?"

"It was my son," Garnet admitted. "I take full responsibility for my son's actions. And that's why I kept Lord Maverick Prescott alive when I found out that he was the Supreme's father in this lifetime."

"Kept him alive?" she snarled angrily. "You disrespected my father's dead body when you turned him into a plaything!"

"Calm down, Supreme," the North King said. "I came here to negotiate with you. In exchange of Lord Prescott's body, I would like you to surrender Lord Wixx, the Red Phoenix, to the people of the North."

"And why would we do that?"

"Lord Wixx is responsible to the death of our clan," Garnet Nystrom snarled at her. "I understand if my grandfather Julian Nystrom can't prove my identity. But I'm certain that he can't and won't deny that the Red Phoenix hunted us down in the past. It continued even after you were dead, Grandfather Julian."

"It's true that Lord Wixx hunted us down in the past," Julian said in a calm but clear voice. "But Garnet Nystrom, does it give you the right to kill other people?"

The King was rendered speechless.

"You killed my grandfather, Lord Denver, and their people," Julian continued and this time, his voice started to crack. He was obviously mad, but he was trying to hold it back. Ah, it would take so much maturity to keep one's poise despite the anger building up in their chest. "They weren't the one who hunted down our clan. But you still killed them. Does that make you any different from the Red Phoenix?"

Tilly's anger was washed over by Julian's finesse.

It was amazing to see how calm he handled the situation. To be honest, she felt ashamed of how she almost lost herself to anger a while ago. She should take notes from her oldest.

"And one more thing," Julian continued, still calm and composed. "During the past five years that I stayed with Father while his memories were still sealed, I heard from Lady Lucina Morganna that His Mjaesty has travelled to the North quite a few times. So tell me, my dear grandson…" His Mana started to turn into bloodlust. "Are you working for Aku Moonchester now?"

"Answer my son," Kiho snarled at Garnet when he didn't answer right away. "Are you working for Aku Moonchester? Is he the one who asked you to kill Lord Prescott and Lord Denver a few years ago?"

"I did it for the glory of the Nystrom clan!" Garnet insisted in an angry tone. "Supreme, Black Serpent, you are the founder of the Nystroms. We are a part of your clan!" The ice that Kiho entrapped the ball of blue flame started to melt. "Are you going to kill off your own descendants?"

"Yes," Tilly said without missing a beat. "We brought you into this world, so we can also eradicate every single one of you here." She summoned a ball of Black Flame in her hand. "Garnet Nystrom, King of the North, this is war between us now."

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