22 Quarte (1/2)

As the couple headed towards the emperor's palace, Fan Daiyu looked around and started out a map to become familiar with the city. She noticed everyone turning their way whenever they passed by but thought it was normal since her father was a mighty general but she didn't realize that she was the center of attention.

Actually even Fan Ying thought he had gained more popularity.

[I can't help it if I'm so dashing]

He began to worry of his wife jealousy but she knew what was happening. Just like them, she had previously thought her husband had gained more fame but as they walked on, she heard people talking about Daiyu and pointing her way. To say she was proud was an understatement.

It was a comical image. The mother help her head up full with pride as if she was the mother of Jesus herself, the father hid his face in a bashful way that mage one cringe away, and the cause of it all was oblivious and in a daze.

Fan Daiyu wasn't in a daze as she appeared to be, she was looking at everything as they passed. She noticed that although there was more freedom, everything was broken down into classes. The commoners and the nobility. However, people could gain titles if they had power. The stronger you were the more you were respected.

[I guess every place has its drawbacks but at least this one isn't as corrupt as the previous one. Although there is a power structure and people are still fighting to survive, it isn't as bad as my last life. People have a chance to grow here.]

Seeing such a world, she smiled. Although it was a dog eats dog world at least it wasn't hell like her valley. She never liked mentioning that world because she felt that she wasn't a part of it. Only the valley was the place that she recognized as her previous rotten home. It brought her suffering but it was still her refuge for a long time.

It was beautiful. She had never seen so much nature unless she went to the small parks that only had a few measly trees. Everything else was chaos.

Here there were small villas or cottages everywhere. People walked around everywhere selling and buying things. It was like a market.

Daiyu would have enjoyed the atmosphere if she hadn't noticed the gap between the strong and the weak.

She saw a girl being screamed at by a 40-year-old woman. The girl was young and had pretty features but she had a scar running down her face she was still young and seemed to be about ten years old. The woman seemed to be 40 but she had wrinkles everywhere and droopy eyes that made her seem at least 60. At first, she that it was that woman's granddaughter but as she heard their conversation she frowned at the injustice being committed. She was no saint but she did have a soft heart for those who had been through suffering. She liked to be nice because she understood suffering best. Although she didn't think of herself as a saint, if anybody else grew to know her they would absolutely say she was. Eventually she saw that woman try to do something which irked her so much so she opened her mouth to scream out.

-Little girl-

[I don't know why this is happening]

[Why is everything so unfair? I didn't even do anything. She was the one at fault so why am I on the receiving end.]

[I want my mommy. I want her to defend me and comfort me but she didn't want me.]

She felt her throat and eyes burning with a familiar sensation.

[I just wanted to look at that beautiful baby.]

She was seen as a rat by people but she had feelings too. It hurt whenever people would scorn and humiliate her. She was like them curious about that genius baby so why did she have to suffer so much to be like them. Ever since she saw that child, she felt like she had seen her goddess. She felt devotion. She felt a connection but she didn't understand why. All she knew is that she wanted a small glance like everyone else in town but every time she wanted something, there was always a problem.

When she had heard that the beautiful family were walking outside she ran out of her small corner and searched for them. She was stepped on and pushed by people who had the same goal as her. In the end, she fell to the ground and dragged her body out of there. She wanted to cry but she needed to be strong. She had to be strong if she wanted to survive. She stood up again and tried to walk towards the family but an old woman pushed her. As she fell, her arm grazed the old woman's robe. Since she was homeless and dirty, she cast a streak of dirt on the woman's robe and pulled it enough to reveal the woman's breast.

The woman screamed in embarrassment and covered herself up as fast as lightning. Her bright red face wrinkled up more with anger and shame but no one had seen her since everyone's attention was on a certain trio passing by. She let out a sigh in relief but still berated the child.

”Look at what you did! My robe is a mess! I'm a NOBLE! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE UP FOR THIS! I CAN'T FACE THE GENERAL AND HIS WIFE IN THIS STATE!

YOU UGLY RAT! YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ALIVE!

SL*T! I BET THAT'S WHY YOUR MOTHER ABANDONED YOU!”

Hearing such words from a mere stranger made her feel a great injustice and suffering. She wanted to cry so much but she couldn't she had promised herself so.

She glared up at the woman and closed her eyes at the slap coming her way.

The woman was furious at the rat's glare she couldn't take it. Just thinking of the humiliation she could have gone through, made her robe made burst into fury.

It was her fault but she would deny it to no end and looking at their statuses, they would rather believe her than that street rat.

She lifted her hand and revealed a cruel smile seeing the girl close her eyes. She was about to slap her when a small voice screamed out.

”STOP!”

The woman looked up in annoyance to see who had the audacity to order her around. Her body stiffened as she saw a small chubby hand pointing her way.

The girl slowly opened her eyes and they widened as she looked up at her savior.

It was the baby goddess.

-Family of three-

Fan Ying's ears almost burst at the scream his daughter let out.

[Darling, please I can hear you. Have some mercy I'm right next to you.]

Fan Ying was carrying Daiyu so he turned his head to confusion as he looked at her.

Nuwa Yenay stood next to him and asked, ”Baby what's wrong? Why do we need to stop?”

There was no response.

However soon they saw her lift her arm and point at something with an angry expression.

Her mystical eyes lit up ablaze with fury as she said, ”look!'

They turned around to see the cause of her anger.

There was a small girl trembling behind a woman that had her arm lifted up in an aggressive stance. The woman turned to look at them with a hideous expression but it quickly changed to one of surprise and delight as she hid her hand behind her back. It was as if the previous events had never occurred. Fan Ying and Nuwa Yenay immediately understood what had happened but it was normal in this kind of society. They could do nothing about it.

”Daiyu we can't do anything about it. We don't even know her.”

Fan Ying knew that he wasn't in a position to protect the girl so he could only disappoint his daughter but as her broke the news to her he saw her tearing up.

She looked up at him with a sorrowful expression. Her eyes widened and became misty and her tiny red lips slowly arched downwards. She looked so pitiful that everyone around began to criticize the woman.

”How shameless! Doing such things in public and making a small child cry!”

”I saw what had happened. It was all her fault! She was the one that pushed the girl making her fall. Now she's blaming the child for dirtying her robe! DESPICABLE!”

”And she calls herself a noble. She's shaming the rest of us here!”

Fan Ying looked at his pitiful daughter and his heart broke. He walked up to the woman and looked at her in disappointment.

The woman ran away in embarrassment and cursed the girl in her heart.

[None of this would have happened if it weren't for that rat. She'll pay for this!]

Seeing everything resolved without a problem he glanced at the pitiful child and turned to leave but a certain baby glanced daggers at his actions so he turned to her to ask, ”What's wrong?”

Fan Daiyu Ignored her father and turned to look at the small girl that had been looking up at her in gratefulness and … adoration?

She smiled and all the people around them screamed.

”OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! DID YOU SEE THAT! AHHHHH”

”I KNOW SO ADORABLE”

”I WANT TO GET PREGNANT NOW”

”You fool! Stop overestimating yourself. Do you really believe you can make such a beautiful genius!”

Fan Daiyu ignored their screeches and motioned to the ground.

Fan Ying understood and gently let her down.

She stood and walked towards the girl in her small peach robe. Her baby hairs shone silver in the light and her eyes seemed clearer than the sky.