Cheat Awakening

"Do you think we came a bit too early?" Myne asked, glancing at his watch in his hand with a hint of confusion. He wondered if it was broken.

Hanaha ignored Myne's rambling and turned to Granny Kaila, the owner of the bakery shop, with a worried expression. "Granny Kaila, are you absolutely sure Xina and Ze didn't come here? Maybe they're here, but you just haven't seen them?"

"How could that be, Hanaha?" Granny Kaila replied, her voice tinged with irritation. "Even though I'm sixty, my eyes are still sharp enough to recognize your children. I've been sitting at the shop entrance for the past two hours.

Unless they become invisible, there's no way I would miss them." The old cow tribe woman, with her white hair, wrinkled face, and oversized clothes, seemed to be losing patience, which is normal after all, Hanaha had been asking this same question for the fifth time.

"All right, thanks for your help then," Hanaha said with a forced smile, grabbing Myne's hand and pulling him away, not wanting to talk with this old hag anymore.

"Maybe we should look for Ze, he might be caught up with a friend and lost track of time. Xina would be sure with him, and since they didn't use my bomb, it shouldn't be a big deal, also we are in your village, and almost everyone is familiar with our children what bad can happen to them?" Myne said while patting her back, trying to calm Hanaha's growing worry. "

"Maybe you're right..." Hanaha began, but her words were cut off by Myne's delightful exclamation.

"Ah, look, there they are! See, you were overthinking it." Myne hugged Hanaha gently and pointed to their right. Ze, Xina, and a young girl, hurriedly rushed toward them.

The young girl, has long green hair and a large purple turban covering her head, a good-looking face with white skin, a long tail with green fur on it, and the cow tribe's iconic colossal E cup-size breasts even such a young age. The girl was wearing cheap-looking clothes and an apron.

Myne waved at them with a smile. As Ze came near him, he couldn't stop himself and gave Ze a thumbs up with a knowing wink, causing the shy boy's face to turn red. He quickly ducked his head, afraid that his little secret would be seen through by his mother.

"Where have you been?" Hanaha started bombarding them with questions, as soon as they reached her. "I told you to be here on time, but now it's almost two hours late! Do you know how worried I was?" Even Ze's poor girlfriend didn't escape Hanaha's wrath and received her fair share of angry glares

"Sorry, Mommy, I got so carried away playing with Sister Lina's cats that I forgot about time.

Brother reminded me, but I didn't want to leave earlier so I hid away which made us be late, I won't do this again," Although Ze's plan for using Xina as a shield to get away from Hanaha's scolding was complete nonsense, which even a child could see thought, but Hanaha a kind-hearted mother, sighed and decided to let this matter go after giving them both a stern look.

"All right, let's go home, our work here is done, and to tell the truth, I really can't take this stench anymore. I might vomit at any minute now." Saying that, Hanaha was about to reach for Xina to carry her up, to protect her small legs from the dirt, but Myne was a step faster than her and had already lifted Xina in his arms and walked away without giving her a chance to speak.

Seeing this, Hanaha could only shake her head in amusement.

"I should go too, See you later, Ze... and Aunt Hanaha," Ze's girlfriend, who was nervous as hell being together with Hanaha after seeing Myne going away, said nervously while waving her hand, trying to flee from her future angry mother-in-law as well.

Ze nodded his head and was about to wave his hand as well, silently apologizing for getting her scolded for no reason. But this time, it was Hanaha's turn to move faster. She grabbed Lina's hand, who was about to flee, and while following behind Myne, pulled her along as well. Stay updated via My Virtual Library Empire

"Where are you going in such a hurry? It's not like your mother can't handle the house for a minute without you. Today, something extremely good happened, and we are about to celebrate it. But, there is a lot of work at home to do, and I urgently need a helper. Since you are Ze's friend and are free enough to come here to say goodbye, you don't mind helping me, right?

Oh, don't worry, I won't let you go empty-handed. At the end of the celebration, I will give you a surprise gift that you will surely like. Now, since there is quite a bit of distance we have to cover, why don't you tell me about yourself?"

As Hanaha started interrogating her potential daughter-in-law, Myne carried Xina, who seemed completely at ease with him and asked casually. "So, what kind of candy did you buy? Your brother didn't steal all your money, did he?"

"No, Brother Ze isn't that kind of person. Sister Lina and he bought me lots of candy and cakes. I've only eaten a few candies, though. They won't let me eat all of them because Mommy would be angry. But I can save them in my secret chest and eat them slowly later." Xina cheerfully replied. She grinned, pulling out candy from her pocket and popping it into Myne's mouth with a chuckle.

"Since you gave us money, this is for you, Ze said that we shouldn't take advantage of others' kindness."

"Your elder brother is really thoughtful... Wow, it's honey-flavoured! I like it. Do you have more?" Myne, who was trying to bond with Xina, asked with a delighted expression after finishing the small candy in his mouth made from sugar and honey.

"Sorry, that was the last one. But don't worry. After we get home, I'll take all my candies back from Ze and give some of them to you," Xina whispered, glancing at the happily chatting Hanaha and Lina while poor Ze trailed behind them like an outcast. "Don't tell Mommy, or we won't get anything. Promise?"

"Got it. It's a secret between buddies. You can rest assured I will never tell Mommy about it" Myne assured her. "But give a few to her too, okay? That way, she won't beat us too hard if we get caught... By the way, when I was little, I hid lots of things from my mother too..."

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"So this is Ember Falls City, huh?" Myne mused, gazing out the window of the luxurious top-floor room in the three-story inn. "It's smaller than the capital city, but it's more beautiful, safe and cleaner. I like it."

Countless stars seemed to illuminate the city, each house adorned with a two-meter-tall wooden pole holding a magical lantern, making every corner of the road and the front of houses visible to the naked eye.

If it were just a few magic lanterns, it would be a normal thing, but when every corner and front of a house had one, it made the city shine like a star, especially the castle in the middle of the city. As its name suggests, it really released starlight and could be seen from miles away at night. This feature alone is enough to make this city well-known and the best tourist attraction.

However, the sight of countless knights patrolling the streets like ghosts, harassing passersby, made Myne shake his head. While the city was undeniably beautiful and almost crime-free, this came at a high price. There was virtually no lower class; only the middle and upper classes resided here.

The people serving these classes were slaves bought from markets and living with their masters, eliminating the need for separate residences.

Due to the upper class's peculiar tastes, over a hundred slaves died daily in the city – a completely legal practice as long as it remained hidden from outsiders. To prevent slave rebellions caused by such high mortality rates, the city's ruler, Viscount William Harrington, who was about to get unlucky because of a certain someone, imposed a strict permanent curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Anyone caught outside during this time would be imprisoned and fined 50 gold coins. This amount is nothing for an ultra-big shot like Myne or noble and rich merchants, but for slaves and middle-class people living in the city, it is still a lot of money.

"Sigh, tonight is going to be a lot of fun. I hope the next ruler of the city will be a good guy; otherwise, my dear queen will owe me another favour. I am surprised that she didn't mind me killing such an important figure of the kingdom. Not only did she not ask me why I wanted to kill him, but she even gave me a few pieces of advice... Women with power are really scary. Thank God she is my woman.

Otherwise, having such a crazy woman behind your ass is really frightening."

Myne muttered while shaking his head. He moved away from the window and looked at the bed, where a blonde beauty slept with a satisfied smile on her face while hugging a pillow tightly. He couldn't help but smile before opening the window and jumping out of the room. Behind him, the window closed slowly without making any sound.