Mother-Child Curse

Minister Zhuo was on the verge of a breakdown and quickly summoned Grace Wan, hoping she could check if they had been cursed again.

However, Grace Wan said that the two weren't cursed, and she had no idea what was wrong.

In fact, she was telling the truth.

Grace and Lena hadn't been cursed—they had only taken a very high-grade medicine.

The low-level spiritual pharmacists in Blue Moon Kingdom couldn't diagnose it at all.

Grace Wan wasn't a spiritual pharmacist, so she was even more clueless.

His beloved wife and daughter suddenly fell seriously ill—Minister Zhuo was going crazy and called in everyone he could.

That included the Imperial Advisor and Bianca Whitefan.

Leon Zane put on a show outside Grace's room, performing a ritual, and finally concluded, "They've been cursed."

"Cursed?" Minister Zhuo glanced at Grace Wan.

Didn't Grace Wan just say it wasn't a curse?

"It's definitely a curse!" Bianca Whitefan chimed in. "Anyone with a bit of talisman experience can tell. What they're suffering from is the Death Curse."

"Death Curse?" The name sounded familiar. Minister Zhuo thought for a moment and remembered.

Kenneth Lawrence was struck by the same curse.

He looked at Grace Wan. "Didn't you say Kenneth Lawrence was hit by a Death Curse last time? Why can't you recognize the same talisman now?"

Was she doing this on purpose?

"I..." Grace Wan frowned. "I really can't tell! You saw it yourself—their symptoms are completely different from Kenneth Lawrence's!"

"There are several types of Death Curse, each with different symptoms," Leon Zane said, looking mysterious. "The one affecting them is called the Mother-Child Curse. The talisman is buried beside the bed of either the mother or daughter, and when the Mother-Child Stars align, it activates."

Mother-Child Stars are two famous stars everyone on the Ten Wilds Continent knows about.

One big and one small, these stars align every three years and are called the Mother-Child Stars.

Everyone knows the legend about these stars.

It's said that in ancient times, a god descended from the heavens, fell in love with a beautiful woman, and had a son with her.

Later, the god returned to the sky, and his son in heaven died. So he came back to the mortal world and took away his son from earth.

The woman cried and chased after her son, running three thousand miles.

Her plight moved a Phoenix Goddess, who took her up to the heavens to see her son.

But humans and gods live in different worlds, so they could never truly reunite.

The woman lived by the Heavenly River, and every three years, she could see her son once.

The day they met was called the Reunion Festival.

......

"The Mother-Child Stars aligned..." Minister Zhuo gazed at the night sky. "Yesterday... wasn't it the Reunion Festival?"

"Exactly," Leon Zane said. "That's why both mother and daughter fell ill together. If we don't find the talisman, they won't make it through today."

"Then I'm counting on you, Imperial Advisor! Please, you must save them!" Minister Zhuo bent over, about to kneel.

"Hey! Hey! No need for that!" Leon Zane hurriedly held him up.

After all, the Crown Prince always called him 'Father-in-law.' How could he accept such a gesture?

Besides, he's also the husband of the Goddess.

So, Leon Zane and Bianca Whitefan put on a show, taking out a compass and searching around Grace and Lena's residence for the talisman.

Nothing was found on Lena's side.

But they found something on Grace's side.

It was an oil-paper packet, eroded by mud and water.

It was buried under a tree.

That tree was just outside the window of Grace's bedroom.