Help The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama (by Lotus Seeds) novel Chapter 203

Chapter 203: Chapter 197: Jia Lan’s Father

Shen Tang also noticed, "That male just now, he’s not your biological father, is he?"

Jia Lan respectfully referred to him as father in word, but his tone was completely cold and distant. A biological father wouldn’t talk to his son in such a way, even cursing the son as a bastard.

Jia Lan shook his head, "No, he is a consort of my mother, Sivall."

"Consort?"

"Yes, my mother has never established an official Empress; the status of a consort is the same as that of the main husband. Sivall manages the affairs of the harem, and the princes must all respectfully call him father."

"Then... where is your father? I haven’t seen him since I returned." Shen Tang came this time not only to meet the Mermaid Empress but also to see this father-in-law she had never met.

She even prepared a gift for the meeting, but unfortunately, she never saw the man, and Jia Lan never mentioned his father either.

Given the rumors of Jialouluo’s favoritism towards Jia Lan, his father, even if not the Empress, would certainly be a prominent consort, yet it seems no one speaks of his existence.

Jia Lan frowned and said flatly, "I don’t know."

"Hmm?"

Jia Lan spoke casually, "I’ve never seen my father beast from a young age, and I don’t know who he is. Perhaps he died a long time ago."

Seeing Shen Tang’s confused look, he pursed his lips and explained, "According to the old servants in the palace, I was brought back by my mother from the outside twenty years ago..."

Back then, Jialouluo went out and returned with a pregnant belly, and no one knows who this child’s biological father is.

The Empress said the child was conceived with a beautiful male from a tribe she met outside, but unfortunately, she didn’t have time to bring him back to give him a title, as he died unexpectedly on the way.

Privately, many beastmen did not believe it, and rumors circulated that this was just Jialouluo’s excuse to silence the public.

Some even speculated secretly, saying that Jialouluo, Your Majesty, had mated with a wild mermaid from outside, and perhaps was forcefully taken by a wild mermaid, which is why she came back with a bastard.

Otherwise, how could they not trace the identity of the father beast of the descendant?

Even Jia Lin and others would secretly call Jia Lan a baseborn, bastard, hybrid, an illegitimate child without a father.

Eventually, these insults gradually made it to the open.

Jia Lan had been used to it from a young age.

He said he didn’t mind, but to some extent, he did care a little bit.

Shen Tang’s eyes flashed, and she gently comforted, "Don’t mind what those people say secretly; they are just envious of the Empress’s favor towards you. No matter who your biological father is, you are the Empress’s own child, and moreover, a legitimate prince of the Sea Country. Who in the world does not know that you are the Empress’s most favored prince? No matter what they say, it can’t change this fact!"

Seeing her comforting smile, a trace of warmth rose in Jia Lan’s heart, "Mm."

He took her hand and walked forward, "Let’s not think about those annoyances. I’ll take you around the place nearby."

Vast and colorful, the Coral Forest stretched to the horizon, with carpets of seaweeds rising and falling with the dark tides, where all kinds of colorful fish and various floating creatures swam, many of which Shen Tang had never seen or couldn’t name.

Some coral trees were over ten meters tall, taller than many trees on land.

Jia Lan transformed into a mermaid form and swam gracefully through the Coral Forest with Shen Tang.

The two were like a pair of fish in pursuit, frolicking joyously.

Free, uninhibited, relaxed, joyful...

But suddenly, the urgent alert sound of the system broke the atmosphere.

[Warning! Warning! Danger is approaching, please dodge immediately, host!]

Shen Tang’s expression froze, and she quickly opened the system map, discovering dozens of red dots rapidly approaching.

Sea beasts? Or beastmen?

The visitors came with ill intent!

"Not good, danger is coming, hurry and run!" Shen Tang pulled Jia Lan, turned around, and ran.

Jia Lan hadn’t had time to react when he suddenly heard a commotion from the Coral Forest behind him, and immediately after, an ice blade flew past his cheek, slicing out a bloodstain.

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