Chapter 1407 - 1321: The Name of the Sunflower

Chapter 1407: Chapter 1321: The Name of the Sunflower

The report regarding the deceased vampire was swiftly compiled.

Horn received the report immediately, as this incident involved an assassination attempt on his eldest daughter, demanding urgent attention.

The assassin outwardly went by the name of Richter, a human doctor from Falan, but was actually a vampire research monk named Rakomabaz from the Brass Law Bureau.

Fragments of the real Dr. Richter were just discovered in the backyard sewer.

As for how Rakomabaz managed to infiltrate, Horn had to admit that Serafe’s methods were impressive.

Normally, the mountain retreat had standard entry permissions, with three checkpoints determining who could enter and who couldn’t.

During Jia Li’s late pregnancy days, even internal vampires were strictly prohibited from approaching.

Coincidentally, Hilov had moved into the mountain retreat, and the Brass Law Bureau needed Hilov’s arrangements and instructions, so Rakomabaz came as a visiting research monk.

However, Hilov would only meet the visiting monks in the yard beyond the first checkpoint.

He exploited the loophole where each checkpoint didn’t recheck the previous layer’s items, and after learning of Jia Li’s labor, he ambushed Dr. Richter after passing the third checkpoint.

He didn’t even know what blood magic he used to make his face resemble Dr. Richter’s closely.

After applying makeup, he was almost indistinguishable from Richter, using Richter’s identity to pass through the other two checkpoints, and attempted to attack the weakened Jia Li and her daughter.

Horn playfully teased his laughing daughter, a gentle smile unavoidably spreading across his face.

If not for this daughter’s solar beam sending the vampire instantly to heaven, mother and daughter might have truly been in trouble.

As for the daughter’s abilities, the Saint’s Grandson had already checked them.

Just as Jia Li’s mother passed on a portion of her extraordinary abilities to Jia Li, Jia Li also inherited some extraordinary abilities to her daughter.

Simply put, Horn’s eldest daughter, although unlike her mother who could directly eavesdrop on thoughts, could directly discern good intentions from malice.

Approaching with goodwill, she resembled an angel, so well-behaved and adorable.

Approaching with malice or even a killing intent, she immediately responded with a zero-frame solar beam.

This spell ability closely resembles the existing spell record’s lists of scorching rays and freezing rays, belonging to the ray category of spells.

The difference lies in Horn’s eldest daughter’s spell carrying additional properties of strong light and a special attack against vampires.

This doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be protected. In fact, every time she released it, she’d fall asleep immediately afterward, needing to eat substantially upon waking.

"Oh wah, wah—" After playing with her father’s finger for a while, the little pink bundle finally got hungry and started crying loudly.

Horn immediately handed his daughter to Jia Li, who unusually showed a tender expression, holding her daughter in her arms and beginning to nurse.

Gently stroking his daughter’s sparsely haired little head, Horn teased, "No wonder witches weren’t well-received earlier. So young, with the power to instantly kill a grown vampire."

Jia Li rolled her eyes, "My little angel only acts against bad people, right? Little angel..."

Watching Jia Li tease their daughter, Horn also started gently caressing his first daughter, Jia Li, "The elders from the Sorrido Clan will come to apologize this afternoon. Do you want to see them?"

"Tell them this is Serafe’s doing; as long as they don’t break the rules and laws, I won’t do anything to them."

The vampire’s grudge stemmed from Hilov’s ethical oversight and was incited by Serafe to target Jia Li.

But ultimately, he was still a vampire from the Sorrido Clan.

Currently, many vampires have chosen to immigrate to the Holy Alliance, specifically to the Black Snake Bay area.

They are either prisoners of war or "guilty clans" persecuted by the Royal Court.

These vampire immigrants are already sensitive, and now this incident emerges, making the Sorrido Clan, as the emblem of vampire immigration in the Holy Alliance, fearful of sparking an anti-vampire wave.

Even for the sake of their compatriots, the Sorrido Clan must publicly express their stance.

"You’d better make an appearance; otherwise, they won’t be at ease." Horn touched each daughter’s head with both hands, "Bring our little angel along."

"Are you sure? Aren’t you afraid she might accidentally shoot a vampiric elder dead?"

"...Then don’t bring her; at least show your face. Otherwise, rumors are circulating outside claiming you’re dead."

"Who says I’m dead?" Jia Li raised an eyebrow, "Spreading malicious political rumors, let Cheka investigate."

As the Purification Court’s purification head, Jia Li was very familiar with labeling issues.

"No rush for that; we have many matters to attend to, such as whether to reveal the little one’s identity?" Horn pointed to the little creature in Jia Li’s arms.

Jia Li proudly responded, "Of course, we should. It proves she’s destined by fate."

"You know my thoughts..."

"I know, letting the daughter choose her own life path. But if she chooses to become a politician and excels at it, would you stop her?"

"You mustn’t interfere with her daily life." Horn warned her, "I hope she lives according to her own will."

"Rest assured, I won’t interfere." Jia Li nonchalantly waved her hand, "It’s proven now that there’s no need for angel blood; the big deal is done; just practice a smaller one again."

Horn immediately felt a headache.

Once Jia Li bore offspring, it would certainly be a revelry for the conservatives within the Holy Alliance including Thousand River Valley fundamentalists.

If it’s a son, they consider it best; if it’s a daughter, not as good, but she’s a witch indeed. ℯ

After twenty years of transition, the witch’s identity gradually shifted from black to white, still in a gray area but better than before.

In the conservatives and Thousand River Valley fundamentalists’ eyes, a witch is akin to an honorary man, a strong man.

Clearly, Jia Li was happy to use this to accumulate initial political capital for her daughter.

If described using a previous life’s game from Horn, it would be like Jia Li possessing traits of [Ambitious] and [Hercules].

Despite Horn being above, suppressing her desire for power, it didn’t mean she wouldn’t project this desire onto her daughter.

Perhaps eventually, an eternal female emperor and female pope line will emerge.

However, that likely won’t happen; even as Horn’s daughter, as a witch, it’s extremely challenging to bear offspring.

Like Edwin and Qianqian, it’s a Platonic marriage; forget about having children, even connecting would require extremely robust defenses.

As Horn’s witch daughter, she will surely be alone without a next generation.

Horn felt both joy and sorrow over this.

"We’ll discuss this matter slowly in the future." Horn massaged his temples and planned for Jeanne to engage more with this child, to prevent her from truly being spoiled by her mother.

Moreover, since Jia Li had just recently given birth, she was particularly emotional, and Horn couldn’t be sure if Jia Li’s words were genuine.

"Alright, we’ll discuss it slowly later."

"Have you decided what name to give her?" This was Horn’s promise to Jia Li, letting her choose the name.

Horn had initially expected Jia Li to pick a queenly name like Yekaterina or Christina or something like Ruo’an or Charlotte.

But surprisingly, Jia Li looked down at her daughter and gave a gentle, watery smile.

She kissed her daughter’s nose, "Belia, I want to call her Belia, after the name of the sunflower."