Lady Vena explained, "You're still weak. Your cultivation has also been reduced. I don't know to what extent. But it might be so bad that you might never be able to cultivate again."
"Do you understand what I am telling you? You might have beco a cripple because of your injuries. So don't bother about revenge for now. Stay ho and recover first."
Arthur squinted his eyes and asked her, "Are you sure?"
He is doubting her because there is nothing like what she said on his system. According to his system, he is fine. Only his stamina has reduced sowhat. So he suspects that she is lying to him and she is up to sothing.
She nodded in affirmation. "I am very sure. You've lost a lot of strength and might beco a cripple. So stay ho to recuperate instead of running around making more enemies."
He thought of sothing and asked, "Mom. Did you send those n after to injure so that you could co and save and have stay at ho with you?"
Lady Vena laughed and shook her head in amusent. She laughed so much that she teared up.
She wiped the tear from her eyes and said, "You have such a wild imagination. What do you take for? Do you think I am that crazy?"
He replied with confidence, "Seeing as you haven't answered my question, I am inclined to think you had a hand in this."
She snorted. "Well, I didn't. I am not that crazy. You have just offended too many people. Trouble was bound to co."
He said, "I hope you are speaking the truth and that it didn't have anything to do with this."
Her eyes beca cold when she heard what he said. She asked in a cold voice, "Or what?"
He was silent because he didn't know what exactly he would do. He knows that he will be angry, but he doesn't know what extent he should reach for revenge.
She sneered at him and said, "Tell , Arthur. What would you do if I had sent people to attack you? Will you kill ? Will you kill your mother because of a dead dog?"
He thought about it and said, "I won't kill you. But I will injure you and imprison you so that you will experience what it feels like to lose your freedom. Then I will take sothing that you love so you will understand what it feels like to lose Ruff."
She cocked an eyebrow and said, "Would you look at that? My boy Arthur thinks he is all grown up now."
"But you still have a lot of growing up to do and more things to learn. Your plan is good, but you don't have the strength to execute it. Even if you did, you still can't hurt by taking away sothing I love because I don't love anything."
"When you're free and unfettered like , the loss of soone won't matter much to you. That's a lesson that you need to learn."
He humd and said, "If that is so, then you shouldn't mind it if I take Brooks away."
Lady Vena chuckled. "Good one. You got there. I will miss Brooks if you take him. It will be very difficult for to live on without his food."
He chuckled too. "I don't know if you're exaggerating or if you truly care about Brooks only because of his cooking."
She snorted. "What does it matter to you? What matters is that I still have a weakness that you can use to hurt . You should be proud of yourself for identifying it."
He shook his head and said, "I just hope I never have to use it."
He looked at her straight in the eye and said seriously, "I truly hope that you had nothing to do with those people."
She ignored his threat and said, "Let's say for a mont that I did send those people to injure you so much that you were nearly crippled and killed your dog. Is it really a good idea for you to threaten like this?" Enjoy new tales from My Virtual Library Empire
He nodded. "It is not a bad idea because you did it to keep under your thumb. So you still want alive."
She scoffed. "You think too highly of yourself. I don't care if you live or die, so I didn't send those n to you, and if I did, I wouldn't have spent so much money to save your life."
"If there is a mistake I made here, it is spending a thousand gold coins to save your life. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have to listen to you ungrateful brat accuse of almost killing you."
"You're worse than ungrateful. At least an ungrateful person has the decency to be content with not thanking . But you're so full of yourself and pompous that you dared to accuse of the attempted murder of my son."
He thought about it and said, "Thank you for saving . I'm sorry for doubting your sincerity."
She shook her head. "What you did was half right and mostly wrong. You were right to doubt . I could have truly orchestrated your calamity and swooped in to save you."
"Then I would deny that I saved you and instead claim that you ca to all so that you would feel indebted to . So you were right to be suspicious."
"What you did wrong was to voice your suspicion. If I did what you suspected, now I would know that you're on to . I might have to silence you or silence my accomplices so that you never find a link to ."
"You were supposed to lay low with your suspicion, investigate silently and carefully, then nail suddenly with proof and retribution. That's how it's done."
He sighed and said, "You're right, mother. But I must say that this is why I suspect you. You're too diabolical."
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