Everyone was just appalled by Markâs playful tone and speaking to the baby. King Shen couldnât help but become happier as he watched the scene. Even Song Yue was taken aback as she didnât see him talking in the same way to Lu Shan, ever. Well, he did show his love and use his playful tone from time to time, but not to this level. The current scenario was a little bit too for even her.
Mark, meanwhile, forgot his surroundings for a moment and continued to calm her down. Once she calmed down and fell asleep due to exhaustion, he finally paid attention to the boy in the arms of Song Yue. He reached out to his hand and looked at the bruise, "Youâre hurt, son?" As Lu Shan shook his head and said, "She didnât like me?" Mark shook his head, "Itâs just the chaos energy. Your sister was just afraid."
"Chaos energy, what is it?" Lu Shan tilted his head in wonder. Mark didnât say it but gazed at Song Yue as if he was asking for an explanation.
Song Yue hurriedly changed the topic, "Nothing, you stay here with Dad. Your sister needs sleep."
She kept him down and took the baby girl from Markâs hands in a hurry, returning to the room to put her beside an exhausted Shen Ling.
Mark handed him to King Shen, who missed his opportunity to hold his only granddaughter, and before he voiced it out, he was given the baby boy and Mark followed her into the room. Thereâs blood all over the mattress and some on the floor. Her life force looked quite weak.
"Lord Lu, please wait for a while."
"Markie... why are you here? Go outside..."
"We need to talk," Mark said to her.
"We will talk later. You go," Song Yue proceeded to sit beside Shen Ling. Mark stared at her for a few seconds before the maids once again requested him to leave and he could only turn around to leave the room.@@novelbin@@
After a while, Song Yue was seen searching for Mark all over the palace while the rest were waiting in the dining hall.
In the end, she found him in Shen Lingâs room, sitting before the crib and watching the baby while Shen Ling was sleeping. The maids pretty much stood outside like guards but as silent as a robot, not even moving from their spot.
"Markie..." As she called him out, Mark put his finger on his lips, "Shhh... donât shout. Emiliaâs sleeping." He spoke in a hushed tone, going back to watching her with all smiles.
Song Yue approached him and whispered, "You are now really been acting creepy, now."
"Yes?"
"You told me that our daughter wonât have any unexpected powers like Lu Shan. She has lightning powers; her electric current burst is at least on the same level as a peak stage 3-circle. We will talk about that tomorrow. Now, both of them shoo off and let me sleep."
"Sorry" "Sorry"
Two days later, on the third day, the baby girl was formally named Shen Yi.
And one month later, in the same city of Lunaris, the grand banquet was arranged.
The Banquet was arranged by King Shen Niu, probably the most expensive banquet that ever happened in the Western Moon Kingdom, costing as much as 1,500,000 gold coins, which put quite a dent in the treasury.
And, it saw the appearances of all members of the Shang family except for the former second prince, Markâs immortal younger brother from past life and wife, all the vassal lords of the Federation, including Shi En, all super wealthy merchants from the continent, and even Lan Ju left his place as the guardian of Beast Continent and traveled halfway over the world for the banquet. However, there was just one person that was missing.
Itâs Sylvandria, who was supposedly also the godmother of Shen Yi.
All the adult guests arrived at the banquet one after another, although separated by their genders because of the kingdomâs ancient customs, which Mark had to accept because they were family. Mark couldnât find her through the space stationâs third eye either because of her divinity, although he briefly knew that she was within a 100 km range only.
But, the time was running out and she didnât arrive as Mark expected.
Instead, an uninvited person suddenly made an entrance and Mark disappeared from the Banquet, making others wonder where he was.
He was with a hooded mysterious figure in the former mansion of Markâs, sitting in front of her. "So, what did you come for, Xin Rui, and what is it so urgent that you couldnât wait until the end of this Banquet?"
The hooded figure lowered it down to reveal her face, "Two things. One is to ask for a personal favor, which I will tell you about later. And second, Iâm here to give you a warning." Turning grim-faced, she spoke, "The Behemoth is coming for you."
"Uhh... Who?"