Arianna Woller had tremendously suffered in the past, and that completely changed her personality to be rude and unrefined, but he believed that his mother would turn a new leaf.

However, contrary to his expectations, he heard what he wasn't supposed to hear from his mother.

Arianna Woller laughed, "I've never asked you this before, but have you slept with a woman?"

"..." Alexi Ethren's lips twitched before he answered as he felt that his manliness was being asked into question, "I have, but it's with mountain bandits, forest people and city prostitutes..."

In the past that ranged around three hundred years, with him hanging with his life on the thread with every battle to become stronger, he needed an outlet for his lust; otherwise, he felt like going crazy. Besides, he wasn't aversed as sleeping with prostitutes also taught him many times about the difference between love and skinship, and even life.

Arianna Woller wasn't angry, but instead giggled on hearing his answer, "If you have, then why couldn't you recognize that this woman is pretending to be holier than thou but prepared to give you her body if it can lead her to her survival?"

"What!?" Alexi Ethren became stunned as he looked at Iona Ethren.

Iona Ethren trembled, but she averted her eyes as if she were seen through.

Indeed, it was her last resort.

"You whore..." Arianna Woller smiled in derision.

She mused that this woman was no better than her.

Iona Ethren clenched her teeth as the humiliation spread to every corner of her body. She increasingly trembled before she looked at Alexi Ethren with hopeful eyes, "Will you let me live then?"

"Such a beautiful woman... What a pity that she was married to that bastard..." Arianna Woller coldly spoke.

"Alexi, forget her plea and kill her..."

"I understand, mother..." Alexi Ethren replied as he raised his hand pointed at her.

Iona Ethren went pale as she trembled. Her head lowered as her legs became limp. She plopped to the ground in despair and raised her head to look at Alexi Ethren with pleading eyes.

Alexi Ethren looked at her pleading expression. The demeanor of an Empress was nowhere to be seen. It was as if she was just a woman who did nothing wrong while she lost her husband and son, wanting nothing more than to live right now.

It was plain to see that she didn't want to die.

Alexi Ethren became entranced with her tragic appeal, and nothing happened for a while as time passed.

"What's wrong, Alexi?" Arianna Woller slowly spoke.

Alexi Ethren possessed a complicated expression on his face.

Initially, he had wanted to humiliate her and make her know how much he had suffered in his childhood, but looking at her pleading eyes, he couldn't bring himself to kill her.

"Mother, I just wanted to humiliate and exile her as she once forced me in the past..." Alexi Ethren muttered as he clenched his fists and took back his arm.

"Is that so?" Arianna Woller possessed a blank expression on her face, "It's fine that you are upholding your justice, Alexi... but is your justice, to forgive?"

"Of course not..." Alexi Ethren reached out his hand and held Iona Ethren's wrist as he lifted her up and held her close towards his body, feeling her perky softness separated by a single piece of cloth across his chest....

He looked at this woman who belonged to his father once but is now nothing but a widow. As far as he could see, her heart did not belong to anyone nor himself.

"Make your choice, face banishment, or become my woman for a night..."

Iona Ethren's expression fiercely trembled as she stared at his calm expression and serene eyes. It was as if what he was asking was not at all immoral.

Meanwhile, Arianna Woller left the room and stood outside as she closed the door before her lips curved into a grin. From the start, she knew that this was the ending that Iona Ethren wanted to arrive at, because why else would she not escape but stay inside while being completely unarmed?

She wanted to seduce her son to secure power, and as his mother, she merely gave him the push he needed to be ruthless. Although she wanted her son to kill her, if it ruined his own determination, that would be bad for his growth.

And when she closed the door, she didn't suspect that Iona Ethren would do something such as self-destructing because, needless to say, Iona Ethren's choice was already set in stone as she had already decided to live with power in her hands or die trying!

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Davis stood in front of a building as he waited. He had already waited for over half an hour, but it seems that no one came to open the door.

Abruptly, he felt vague undulations flare a distance away, but he recognized the familiar aura.

'Oh~ Grand Uncle Daniuis finally entered the Law Sea Stage? Finally, about time...'

In the past, Grand Uncle Daniuis suffered sacrificing his blood essence to save his family and escape in dire straits, but after reaching here, he solely concentrated on healing and increasing his cultivation, not even going out to temper himself or see around the city.

'That's right... By this time, Nina should've already given birth to Lucas's child long ago. I haven't seen them yet, and I haven't seen any of them come out to roam...'

Davis creased his brows.

Thinking about children, he remembered that when he roughly treated Evelynn, she didn't take any contraceptive pill as he suddenly forced her under him. He became aware of the possibility that she could've been conceived with his child since a long time has already passed.

Davis felt complicated.

He had put babies on hold for a reason as he wanted to be a good father and not a father who would leave his children. In his past life as an orphan, he craved for familial love, so how could he act like a hypocrite and adventure out to train?

Now, it was very well likely that Evelynn had become pregnant with his child. The chances are extremely high since she almost caught up to his level in Body Tempering Cultivation.

Although they were almost equal in Body Tempering Cultivation, he didn't know that the blood essence of the Earth Dragon Immortal made it difficult for Evelynn to get pregnant.

A male dragon's virility is potent and strong, but a female dragon's ability to conceive is too low when compared to other races.

'Forget it... If Evelynn becomes pregnant, then she gets pregnant... I'm not going to say otherwise...'

Davis resolved himself to extremely take care of her and their child if she got pregnant, unaware that it was coincidentally her safe day.

He then remembered Uncle Erik, who exited the residence a few times monthly for letting out his lust in red-light districts while he didn't even see Mulia and Hadian come out regularly.

The last time he saw them was when he married Natalya in this residence, and at that time, he could tell that their cultivations increased a lot.

From this, he could tell that they were concentrating on cultivating, secluding themselves, and it did not seem that they were intent on making babies either.

While he was musing that how long it was since he properly talked with them and thought of providing at least a milliliter of nectar to each of them for their growth since he had plenty left and appreciated their cooperation and silence in the estate that enabled him to do as much as he pleased, the door in front of him opened and Princess Isabella came into his view!