Chapter 52 - NOT EDITED YET

As expected, Keon's venomous words were more than enough to send the Empress into a state of extreme anger 

Just like an arrow that was pulled and let go from the string, the Empress shot his body at his own child

His hands found their way on Keon's hair and he pulled it without the slightest bit of mercy

Strands and strands of the moon's silky and beautiful purple hair was pulled out as a result by the Empress's assault

He was not even satisfied with just pulling the moon's hair, the Empress even grab Keon by the hair and raises his face before giving him a slap

Pak! Pak! Pak!

Several consecutive rounds of slaps rang inside the Empress's chamber. At first, Keon's cheeks only have a handprint in it but the more that the Empress slaps him, the more swollen and bruised his enchanting face had

Even a single touch on Keon's swollen cheeks would have made normal people cry out in pain already

However, Keon was completely different. He did not utter even a single cry of pain and he just let the Empress continue abusing his body

"Bastard! Bastard! Who do you think is the reason why I can't give the Emperor an Heir? It was all because of you! If you were not born, I could still give my husband more children! Your existence is not welcome in this world!"

One hateful word after another was uttered by the Empress. Those words were enough to make a person break down

After all, just how painful was it to hear that from your own mother? That your existence is not welcome in the world and that you should have not been born at all?

Those words are too heart breaking. It would tear one's heart into millions of tiny pieces 

However, as long as a person do not expect even the slightest bit of goodness towards another person, it would not be hard to not be affected by such hurtful words

As such, Keon's face was still as impassive as before

"Is this all you got? I must say that this bastard child of yours is disappointed" Keon said with a sneer

The anger that the Empress has that just lowered a bit after raising his hand at Keon flared up again

"Shut up, bitch!" The Empress shouted hysterically. This time, he did not just slap Keon in the cheeks. He even kicked him in the stomach continuously to the point that Keon puke out blood that stained his clothes

The Empress vent his endless rage into his own child's body and when Keon thought that it was already enough, he block another vicious kick of his own mother and threw him off balance

As if he cannot feel the pain his body was experiencing, Keon stood up from the ground 

"Good job, mother. I will return tomorrow" Keon said, his eyes darkening by a few degrees

His mother was still about to continue hurting him yet Keon merely clicked his fingers together

A magic circle formed in front of his fingers and purply butterflies came out from it

The butterflies were reflected into the Empress's eyes and that put him in daze

When Keon opened the chamber's door and went out, the butterflies also vanishes as if they never appeared in the first place

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Ybra Manor

When Keon returns, Cain was already waiting for him. When he saw how badly beaten Keon was, the Young Duke's heart aches

Didn't Keon just visit his mother, why did he return looking like that?

"You... Keon, what happened to you?" Cain inquired out of genuine worry but the moon seems to not appreciate that in the bit

"Cain, we and I already lived together for more than a year. The result of me showing my face to my own mother, are you still going to act dumb about it? Remove that loving family tinted glass of yours. Not everyone has the same family situation as you are" Keon replied before walking away

His body was filled with bruise yet his footsteps were still as stead as before. It's like he was numb to the pain that his body is experiencing 

Cain do not know what got into him but he cannot let Keon continue hurting like that yet not even showing it

As a result, Cain lightly grab the moon in the wrist. "Your wounds, let me clean snd treat them" he offered yet Keon just yanked his arm back

"I'm used to pain already. You do not have to do that" Keon answered without giving the sun a glance and he continued walking back to his bedroom again

"Just because you are already used to pain does not mean that it does not hurt anymore" Cain reasoned and Keon stops on his tracks 

The Young Duke's words hits bullseye. Indeed, even if a person were to experience a thousand years of torture and was already uses to the pain it brought does not mean that they cannot register pain anymore

However, in the end, Keon's emotion was still unstable and he refuses to accept the Young Duke's help in any form

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The news of the 1st Imperial Moon visitong the Empress and going home while cutting a sorry figure spreads in the capital

Keon's fame reaches far and wide already. Anything that has to do with him would be spread and will be a topic of conversation of many people

As Keon now has capabilities and fame, not to mention, his reputation was quite good, many people sympathizes with him

As such, the masses was disappointed and critizes the Empress

At first, Keon did a very good job in the Investigation Department and made the Empire more peaceful than before

After thag, the Viscount tried to bring him down yet in the end, it was actually the Count of Syrr that was behind the scenes 

And now, the Empress is even clearly hurting his own child

Keon is a competent person yet have many people targeting him right to left. How can this not make the people dissatisfied?

Unfortunately, the Emperor's bottomline would always be deposing the Empress. As such, no matter how unfavorable it is for him to have Navi as his Empress, Navi is the only one that could be his Empress

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The next day, Keon just like what he had said visited the Empress again and the same thing happened

Keon was physically abused yet again although his wounds were still as fresh as before

When he went back to the Ybra Manor, his body was even more pitiful than a day ago and Cain can't help but talk to him again

"Keon! What are you even doing?! You know what will happen if you meet your mother but you did it again! Are you trying to make him forgive you to gain the Ronchelot Duchy?!" Cain askes angrily

The more he looks at Keon's wounds, the angrier he was. He do not wish to see this moon in such a state as it is making his heart ache terribly 

"Do you think that I am the same a you? A pitiful person that would sacrifice everything for family! I'm sorry but in this world, I have no one I think of as family!" Keon replied venomously and just like before, he starts to walk away, leaving Cain alone again

"No one? Have I treated you that bad and harshly? How about my parents? Aren't they always doting on you? Treating you even better than their own child? Are they, are we not your family?" Cain questioned and a suffocating sensation builds up in his chest all because of Keon's words

He did not expect that one day, he would be this affected just by a few sentences that Keon has said

"Family? I don't need that! You fool, I was just acting!" Keon replied without giving the sun a glance and he returned to his room again

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The third day arrives and things are still the same as before. Keon visited his mother again and received another beating

The wounds that were not able to heal worsen even further. As of right now, Keon's face was indistinguishable already

It was already filled with bruises and it hides how charming his face really was

Even his whole body are filled with wounds. It's like there wasn't a part of his skin that did not have any wound

More and more people has seen Keon's state and they felt bad for hin

As such, the more time that passed, the more people was disatisfied of the Empress

The Nobles that have long been dissatisfied with Navi even starts fanning the flames and voice out discontent rang in the Empire

It comes to the point that the Emperor was already always in a bad mood as his subjects want him to depose the Empress and replace him with new ones

This was especially for the Family that the Queens belonged. They are itching to have their own child be the new Empress