Deep into the night at Mosgla Manor.
At this moment, a number of members from the Snow Eagle family were gathered in the main hall.
Their expressions were grave, their eyes dark and heavy, all focusing unanimously on the coffin in the center of the hall.
Inside the coffin, dressed by the Funeral Master, Eunice, who had been impaled through the chest by Lynn’s spear, looked no different from a normal person, except for her tightly closed eyes and the terror and despair that still lingered on her face.
She lay silently in the middle of the coffin, the gaps around her filled with clusters of ornate flowers.
Before long, a middle-aged noblewoman with a black veil over her face could no longer hold back, and burst into sobs with her handkerchief covering her face.
"Father, my two children... my two children were both killed by that bastard of the Bartleion family, you must avenge them..."
"Dalion... Eunice... wuwuwu, my dear children..."
The veiled noblewoman collapsed to the ground, until the servants by her side helped her up.
Hearing this, Marquis Mosgla, who led the gathering, replied with a somber tone, "Avenge?"
"The first time, he shot Dalion in front of Duke Tierus, yet the Imperial Capital did nothing to punish him."
"The second time, he committed the crime right in front of His Majesty, yet he still received the Emperor’s pardon, above the law and free from retribution."
"Tell me, how should we seek revenge?"
Inside the hall, there was a silence as dense as rooks.
"I’m afraid after this, those bastards think our Mosgla family is completely weakened, and enemies from the past will also come to trample over us... Damn it, what on earth is the Emperor thinking? Does he intend to elevate that failure to power?"
A high-ranking family member among the crowd spoke out indignantly.
Upon hearing this, the piercing gaze of the Mosgla family shot toward him.
Feeling the glare of the Family Head, the man stammered, "Being... deprived of the Divine-given factor, it should mean he has no chance of becoming a Transcendent, doesn’t that make him..."
"Both at Second Rank, Eunice, who was fervently nurtured by the family, had strength that ranked among the best," Marquis Mosgla said through gritted teeth, looking at the man, "Yet even so, she was still no match for that youngster."
"Bear in mind, it’s been just over a year since he was stripped of the Divine-given factor."
"A failure? Say that one more time; I’d like to hear it."
For a moment, the atmosphere turned somewhat eerie.
In the crowd, several young Transcendents who perceived themselves to be strong suddenly wore expressions of disdain.
In their view, Lynn’s ability to commit the crime on the spot must have relied on that monster-like Third Imperial Princess.
On his own, he probably couldn’t beat any one of them.
Looking at those oblivious fools, Marquis Mosgla was almost blinded by rage.
The family had expanded too quickly in the Imperial Capital over the years, resulting in these pampered fools, not a single one capable of greatness.
At such a juncture, they were still deceiving themselves with excuses like "luck" or "if I were there, I could’ve done it too."
It was truly... hopelessly stupid!
Marquis Mosgla’s chest was heaving rapidly, his expression ice-cold as he swept his gaze over everyone present.
Just as he was about to speak, someone else suddenly interrupted him.
"My lord Family Head, in my view, what’s most important right now is not revenge, but to contact Miss Irina as quickly as possible. No matter what happens to the family, as long as the young lady stands firm, we always have a chance to turn things around."
Hearing this, Marquis Mosgla’s expression eased slightly.
It seemed not all in the family were mindless failures.
"We’ve just received news," the Marquis took out an opened letter and casually handed it to a family member, "Just last night, Irina alone left her military stronghold and launched a beheading operation against the Demon Clan’s Fifth Legion."
"Although she didn’t fully succeed, she still managed to sever the arm of the Fifth Legion’s Commander ’Ekas’ and escaped unscathed."
"That’s a Legendary Great Demon almost on the verge of advancing to Sixth Rank, known as ’The Slaughterer,’ ranking tenth on the Empire’s wanted list, far more formidable than Xiya Asolan."
"Irina said in the letter, regarding the unjust treatments the family has suffered, she will settle all scores when she returns to the Imperial Capital."
"But until then, everyone must remain silent, no matter what happens."
With Irina’s promise, everyone became visibly energized.
Seeing this, Marquis Mosgla’s expression softened, "Since everyone understands, then go and do it."
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"As for Eunice... keep the funeral low-key, inform only a few families close to us, the rest need not be notified."
Marquis Mosgla instructed one by one.
Yet upon hearing his words, a fleeting bitterness flashed across the veiled noblewoman’s face, drenched in tears.
She was Eunice and Dalion’s biological mother, but not Irina’s.
As the elder daughter of the Mosgla family, Irina had been born before the veiled noblewoman married into the family.
And she got on poorly with her stepmother.
Seeing her stepdaughter growing more exceptional by the day, a certain jealousy had also slowly taken root in the heart of the veiled noblewoman.
The current events had triggered all the negative emotions that had been accumulating in her heart.
Her granddaughter was killed in plain sight, but the family, in the end, not only lacked any thoughts of vengeance but even had to be under the control of a junior, shrinking and behaving cautiously as per her arrangement?