dognovel Chapter 136 Pain and Madness
Chapter 136 Pain and Madness
“Father, didn’t you say that Mother was just going to visit relatives and friends?” Lanny Wilman stood in front of the long dining table, a broken smile on her face, looking at her father, who also had a pained expression, and asked in a very soft voice.
"What relatives or friends could she have in the capital? Why would she go to the capital?" Lanny could barely control his trembling lips. He regretted it. He shouldn't have had such unrealistic fantasies. He shouldn't have tried to reach for the moon while he was in the mud.
Looking at the empty dining table, he felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow welling up inside him.
It was his overestimation of his abilities that gave his mother unrealistic fantasies, and it was his despicable and shameful behavior that allowed his mother's restless vanity and ambition for power to swell infinitely.
“Father, so you knew about her plan from the beginning, didn’t you?” Lanny looked at his father in pain. His father understood everything, but he was used to being suppressed by his mother all his life. He could almost imagine his father trying to stop his mother and the people from the royal city from embarking on that road of no return, with those unrealistic fantasies.
How tragic! His moon had clearly spared him. Even though his base thoughts had offended and hurt her, she not only spared his life but also made proper arrangements for his family.
But what did Wilman do? Betrayal, false accusation, what difference is there between them and vipers and devils?
“Lanni…” Wilman’s father was heartbroken as he looked at his son, who was distraught and in despair. His wife had been blinded by the power and glory promised by those in power. The envoys from the capital had merely expressed their needs with disdain, yet she was already impatient, fearing she would miss this opportunity to soar to the top.
"Father, do you know?" Lanny could almost see his mother sitting at the long dining table stringing seashell beads, and he could almost see his mother laughing heartily when he ran in from outside as a child, covered in seawater and sand.
“She’ll never come back, we’ll never see her again,” Lanny whispered. From the moment she stepped into the royal city, she had no way out. She could only see the glittering allure in the distance, unaware that beneath the swirling mist lay a man-eating muddy mess.
When gods fight, these ants who get too close will only end up being crushed into mud.
"Lanny...did he get some news?" Wilman was incredulous. How could this be? Even if they failed, how could they take someone's life so easily? His wife was clearly just going to cooperate; how could there be such serious consequences? But his son's condition shattered his spirits. Impossible, impossible.
“I didn’t need any news; I could have guessed it the moment I heard about it. You shouldn’t have kept it from me. Mother was afraid I would stop her; she knew I would. Now look what’s happened. I wonder if she understood anything when she paid the price with her life.” Lanny closed his eyes, tears streaming down his face. His internal injuries, which hadn’t fully healed, were now throbbing with pain, and he could barely hold on as he leaned against the table.
Suppressing his fear, Wilman turned to leave, saying as he went, "I'm going to the capital now. I'll stop her and bring her back."
“It’s no use!” Lanny shouted. He couldn’t stop trembling all over. He leaned on the table, his eyes shining brightly. When his father turned around in confusion and fear, he actually smiled slightly.
“Father, I did receive news from the capital.” He smiled as he clutched his chest. “Lord Jiangyu has been kidnapped by pirates.”
"Hahahahahahaha." Lanny laughed until tears streamed down his face. "So many important figures were there, and she was actually kidnapped from the palace! Are they all useless? Aren't they supposed to be the pride of heaven? How could they let her suffer such a calamity!" His face was full of madness, and he couldn't hold on any longer, so he knelt down on the ground.
When Wilman saw his son fall, he didn't have time to think about anything else and rushed forward to help his son up.
Lanny looked up at his father, a trickle of blood running down his lip. "Father, guess what? Did Mother have any influence in this? Did she participate in it? In any case, I guess she's no longer alive."
"Stop talking, stop talking. You need to rest. Let me help you back to your room." Wilman was heartbroken. He knew his son was telling the truth. His son's cunning and strategy were no less than those of the nobles from the capital. If he said it, it must be true.
His wife had long been crushed to dust in this turmoil, but he couldn't give up. He still had his son, who had just been rescued from the brink of death. What would happen to his son if he fell too?
“Father, Father! Listen to me.” Lanny grabbed his father’s sleeve and said earnestly, “Father, I have a way. I can save the lord.”
Wilman looked into his son's bright but tear-streaked eyes and didn't immediately understand what he meant. But then he saw a joyful smile appear on his son's face.
"They can't save her, but I can. They can't protect her properly, so let me protect her!"
"What madness are you spouting?" Wilman was terrified. Had his son suffered a terrible blow and gone mad? The news had reached here at least two days ago. Lord Jiangyu had been kidnapped by pirates for two days. If the people of the palace and the lord's godlike husband were helpless, what could they, lowly pearl divers, possibly do?
“Father, I went to the Forbidden Sea. I’m someone who came back from the Forbidden Sea. What do you think I did to get back? Was it my extraordinary skills or just luck?” Lanny was getting happier and happier, but there was something strange about his happiness.
Wilman tried to understand his son's meaning, but the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
“I didn’t expect it to come in handy so quickly.” A glint of colorful light flashed in Lanny’s eyes. Wilman thought he was seeing things, because the light disappeared in an instant. He hugged his son in alarm.
"Lanni, don't scare me! I don't care what crazy ideas you have or what crazy things you want to do, just stop! I've already lost your mother, I can't lose you too!" he cried out in anguish, tears streaming down his face.
“Father, I saw it! You know, it’s real! Do you know how beautiful it is?” Lanny’s face showed a hint of infatuation and longing. Then he used his father’s arm to support himself as he stood up.
Lanny looked down at his weeping father, regaining his composure: "It was we, Wilman, who owed her. She repaid evil with kindness, but we have become shameless villains, messengers of evil."
"How can a mother's sacrifice be enough?"
“Father, you should be happy for me. Only I can save her in this world.”