Heavenly Dao Child - Chapter 323

Ryuu entered the room where his third oldest sister was resting, she was currently awake reading something as he stepped inside he was greeted with a smile from her as she spoke, “Someone finally remembered that I exist.”, as she tried to seat up Ryuu quickly moved to her side to stop her.

Ryuu spoke with a touch of worry in his voice, “Sister stop, you were injured yesterday badly you should rest.”

Shamiran grunted at that as she grumbled in annoyance, “I am resting on this bed for who knows how long and you are still telling me to rest.”

Ryuu glared at her as he spoke with a huff, “Serves you right when you confine me on bed for even the smallest scratch.”, before his glare soften as he spoke again, “How are you today big sister that woman crushed your heart and sealed your cultivation from what I have heard.”

Shamiran gave a smile as she spoke, “Something like that is not enough to kill someone of my caliber though it is painful and troublesome and I wish never to go through it again.”

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, “First big sis Antariskh and now you I hate her acting like that.”

Shamiran sighed as she looked towards the ceiling while she spoke, “You see Ryuu ‘Empress’ calmed to be your Dao Companion during one of your previous life and from what I know that the chances of a Dao Companion surviving their bonded mates death is very slim but when it happens they are driven insane and she exhibits every case of insanity.”

Ryuu ran his hand through his hair as he spoke, “So true and I hate it how she is acting like that, not to mention how scarily powerful she is.”

Shamiran acquiesced it with a nod she knew that the ‘Empress’ is someone they could not hope to defeat even with the combined might of Ayindril and it scared her what if she one day kidnaps Ryuu they will not be able to save him may be if they employ taboo art then, her current thought derailed as she recalled the image of her big brother and sister-in-law turning to ash, she took deep breaths as she cleared her thoughts, there was reason the Taboo arts are not well liked in Ayindril and the only time one was left lying around to be catalogued and to be thrown deep inside storage found itself in the hands of a certain 7 year old.

Before they could speak a raging bull of destruction whose name was Antariskh entered the room followed closely by rest of her family but her sudden appearance caused Shamiran to jump from her bed knocking Ryuu over from his chair.

Antariksh looked dumbly at the scene seeing his younger brother being flung to the ground while her youngest sister stood protectively over him, Ryuu groaned as he stood up as he spoke with anger, “Big sister there are certain decorum one should maintain inside a hospital room where a patient who had suffered a fatal attack not too long ago is resting and healing from the ordeal and barging in like a raging bull is not one of them.”

Antariksh was taken aback by the scolding tone of Ryuu, whose speech was backed by Veena who spoke with disapproval in her voice, “Ryuu is right child, you should not barge in like that specially inside the room where someone is resting and healing.”

Shamiran sat back on her bed with a tired sigh as she spoke, “So what happened that you all rushed in like this? I doubt it is to see me as I have been awake for a good few hours at the very least.”

Maheswara chuckled nervously at that, since he under the urging of his second daughter had told everything to Ryuu, everything about their betrayal leading to Pangu’s untimely death which landed him literally in the dog house.

His wives specially Nuwa looked at Ryuu with slight hint of fear and uncertainty, afraid of the fact that he might leave them, uncertain if he did not wish to leave will he trust them any longer as such when he told them what he had done, they had a emotional breakdown followed by him being literally tossed outside his bed room, he appeared to be strong but he was a mess and afraid of the aftermath.

Ryuu looked at them curiously he did not know what to think about a group of cultivators so strong that they could kill him with a thought acting skittish around him he let out a tired sigh as he spoke, “if you are thinking about yesterday’s revelation I thought long and hard about it for an entire day and came to the conclusion.”, he took a deep breath and let the tension rise he could literally feel the anxiety, fear uncertainty gnawing at each of them, trying to tear them down and he could put their mind to ease but after spending so much time with Celestia and Sylvana he had gained a strange love and satisfaction of watching writhing in pain and discomfort.

Meanwhile Shamiran felt out of space as she wondered what had happened to garner this kind of situation, to see her family looking not only like an emotional wreck but also skittish around Ryuu as such she could not help but ask out to them, “What is going on? Why are you all acting like this?”

Ryuu turned towards her looking straight in her eyes as she spoke, “Well you see second big sister made Master tell me about everything about Senior Pangu from his betrayal to death.”

Shamiran looked aghast at that as she spoke as her voice shook, “Father why? You should have said not to sister there is no need to….”

Ryuu rubbed his forehead in exasperation as she with a tired sigh, “Tell me, well that is one thing that I can concur, there was no need for you all to tell me though I am honored that you all thought me of so highly that you told me about the worst mistake you all did in your life, but at the end of the day it is a mistake that I have no say in it.”

Everyone looked at him in dumbfounded manner at that as Celestia spoke with disbelief evident in her voice, “But we hid it from you, the crime our sins against Pangu are heinous and we hid it from you.”

Ryuu nodded at that as he looked staright into her eyes as he spoke, “Yes you hid it from me and I belive it was a great thing to do, because I loathe people who betray their family are disgustingly vile sc.u.m.”, his word looked as if had slapped them on their face because of their reaction as they recoiled from it but Ryuu pressed forward, “Upon saying that a younger me would have resented and cut all ties with you.”

Those words seemed to have driven a dagger through their heart as he could see his teachers and his sisters eyes started to redden as Nuwa spoke with a quavering voice, “We would apologize child, we…”

Ryuu raised his hand to stop her from speaking as he spoke again, “Please teacher you do not apologize to me, you did nothing wrong the younger me was brash, insensitive and foolish he would not have understood the circ.u.mstances neither would he understand your pain as such please do not apologize to me, and the only people you should apologize to are Senior Pangu and yourselves.”, he stopped for a few seconds waiting for those words to sink in as he continued again, “Yes you all should learn to forgive yourselves, I do not know him personally as such me saying something on His behalf is blasphemous but from what I heard about Him are even a percent true then He would have forgiven you after all you all are repenting for your sins genuinely for such a long long time.”

Ryuu stood up from his seat as he spoke, “Teacher if I have managed to convey my understanding and desire to you but please forgive yourself, my grandfather from my previous life always said that those who show remorse and repent for their sins are the only person for whom forgiveness is meant for as such I once again implore you to please try to forgive yourself, and if you still value for my thoughts then you all have been my goal in life since the first I saw you all I wanted to be as cool , awesome and dauntless being lie you all and no matter what you all were, are and will be people I always look up to.”

Ryuu waited for their reply nervously when all of a sudden Sylvana hugged him tightly crying over his shoulder a hug which was soon joined by rest of them turned into a group hug with Ryuu at the center, truly a beautiful scene which was stopped by a sickening crack with a cry of pain from Ryuu, “My bones, my bones.”, apparently because of relief and happiness they had let loose of their strength resulting in Ryuu suffering from broken bones.