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The marriage of the Saint Heir has always been a grand affair for the Holy Hall. This ti was especially crucial, as he was the first Divine Angel with an ancestral awakening to be born in ten thousand years. The selection of his partner and the continuation of his bloodline were of the utmost importance.
These days, the Holy Hall was a flurry of intense preparations.
The great families all sent over females with excellent Fertility, scrambling over one another for a chance to place their candidate by the Saint Heir’s side.
The Holy Hall would then select one hundred females from this group to be candidates for the position of Holy Female. They would be arranged to live in the palace for half a month, after which a pictorial catalog of the females who passed inspection would be delivered to the Saint Heir, who would then choose one to be his partner.
The Archbishop walked into the hall, carrying the compiled pictorial scrolls.
"Your Highness, I implore you to choose a Holy Female who pleases you."
The Archbishop’s heart pounded with anxiety as he said this.
The Saint Heir had never shown much interest in siring children, but once his mating period, suppressed for a thousand years, arrived, it would be extrely ferocious. Without a female to ease it, the pain would be unbearable. Even a Saint Heir as aloof and desireless as him might not be able to withstand this coming season.
Moreover, the Old Saint Monarch did not have much ti left, and the Saint Heir needed an heir to succeed him.
Furthermore, the East Continent had seen the birth of three Abandoned Divine King Beast children in a re decade, instilling a sense of urgency in the Holy Hall. They had to insist that the Saint Heir choose a Holy Female during this mating period to produce an Angel descendant of the most superior bloodline for the Holy Hall.
"Mm, bring it here."
A low, clear, and elegant voice ca from above.
Seeing that the Saint Heir’s expression was not displeased and that he showed no resistance, the Archbishop let out a huge sigh of relief. He respectfully presented the scrolls. "These are the Holy Female candidates the Holy Hall has carefully selected for Your Highness. Most are females from the Angel Clan with top-tier Fertility. I wonder if Your Highness already has soone in mind?"
Minos casually selected one of the scrolls, and it floated into the air, slowly unfurling.
The Archbishop smiled and introduced her, "This is a noble female from the Frasca family, nad Christina. She is at the True King Rank, with superior Fertility!"
The scroll fluttered to one side, and he casually picked up another.
The Archbishop hurriedly spoke again. "This noble female is nad Tolene Byrne. The Byrne Family is also a prestigious and influential house, to have nurtured such an outstanding female! She is at the Peak of King Rank with super-superior Fertility. Your Highness could take a look..."
Before he could finish, that scroll also fell to the ground.p>Minos looked through several scrolls in a row—Catherine Landis, Ojia rcado... All of them were the most elite females within the Angel Clan. Though they were not Pure-blood Angels, they were all Mixed Blood Angels with precious lineages. ’Out in the world, even an Emperor Beast would have a hard ti winning one. Surely they couldn’t be so beneath His Highness’s notice!’
The Archbishop’s heart was in his throat. He could see that His Highness wasn’t entirely uninterested; he had opened and looked at every scroll, but he only gave each a cursory glance before moving on. It was less like he was choosing and more like he was searching for sothing...
A mont later, he finally saw the Saint Heir single out one scroll, take it in his hand, and study it intently for a long ti.
’Could it be that he’s taken a fancy to this one?’
’I wonder which noble female is so lucky.’
The Archbishop craned his neck to peek, and when he got a clear look at the female on the scroll, a flicker of bewildernt crossed his mind.
"Er, this noble female is..." The Archbishop didn’t know how to introduce her.
After all, she wasn’t from their clan, so he didn’t know much about her.
Minos looked at the female in the scroll, but his thoughts drifted far away. Ever since they had parted on bad terms, her appearance and the faint fragrance from her body often lingered in his mind, impossible to dispel...
There was sothing about her scent that felt inexplicably intimate and familiar, and he liked it imnsely.
In his thousand years of life...
...this was the first ti Minos had ever wanted a female, to procreate and rge with her.
"I want her."
The Archbishop was stunned. "Your Highness, you’ve decided just like that? There are still several assessnts to co, to examine the noble females’ temperants and physical conditions. I suggest Your Highness select a few more females you find pleasing..."
"Those won’t be necessary. I like her scent very much. I only want her."
When Beastn choose a partner, what they value most is not looks or figure, but scent. An adored scent indicates a higher genetic compatibility between the two, which ans a greater chance of producing outstanding offspring.
She was the one who could stir his desire to procreate.
At this, the Archbishop realized. "The Saint Heir has t this noble female before?"
"Mm."
Minos closed the scroll in his hand. "She has given birth to eleven Innate King Beast children."
The mont he said this, even the worldly Archbishop was astonished, to say nothing of the other Holy Envoys in the hall. They all suspected they had misheard.
’Such Fertility! It’s too outstanding!’
Minos closed his eyes, then opened them again, and said lightly, "Those three new Abandoned Divine King Beast children on the East Continent were all born to her, including those two Fire Phoenix cubs who were born at the Emperor Rank."
The Archbishop could no longer remain calm. Those three precious Abandoned God children that the Holy Hall coveted... were all born from her!
It was unbelievable!!!
Now he understood why the Saint Heir had chosen her at a single glance.
When the Saint Heir was born a thousand years ago, he was born at the Emperor Rank.
She could give birth to an Innate Emperor Beast. Perhaps she could truly bear an outstanding Pure-blooded Divine Angel for the Saint Heir!
Back then, the Archbishop had brought Sang Luo over simply because he thought she could give birth to Mixed Blood Angels. Her Fertility was excellent, no worse than the females of the Angel Clan, so he had brought her to make up the numbers. He never expected... she was a real treasure!
The Holy Hall might be getting another Divine Angel in the future!
Everyone was so excited they were speechless.
But Minos’s thoughts drifted elsewhere. A fog of secrets still clung to her, a fog that concealed mysteries even he could not see through.
His thoughts returning to the present, he asked the Archbishop about all of Sang Luo’s affairs in the Holy Hall, adding, "She is not a female of the Angel Clan. Logically, she shouldn’t be on the list."
The Archbishop replied respectfully, "It was this subordinate’s selfish decision. Last ti, Your Highness ntioned that Young Master Hephis’s mother was still alive. I took the liberty of using the Holy Hall’s power to bring her here. But please rest assured, Your Highness. I have had my people arrange everything for the noble female’s life in the Holy Hall."
"But I have seen her. She is not living well in the Holy Hall."
"What! I will send soone to make new arrangents at once!"
"Mm. I do not wish for the future Holy Queen to harbor resentnt toward ."
Minos’s voice was gentle and calm, yet it made the Archbishop break out in a cold sweat. "I will go arrange it personally!"
After the Archbishop hurried away, the other Holy Envoys and attending servants in the hall were all dismissed.
Minos remained alone in the dim hall. He slowly closed his eyes and leaned back against his seat, his long fingers tapping languidly on the armrest.
He saw the ti that had flowed past her.
Ti carried her past and her secrets.
He saw everything that had happened to her.
’A visitor from another ti and space... how interesting...’
No one can escape the prying gaze of ti, yet in the deepest part of her ti, a layer of white mist concealed a fascinating secret.
In a thousand years, she was the first person he could not see through.
And the very first female to stir his desire.
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