She Is Like a Dandelion

"Lucia..." At this point, Quentin Lian could only tell her the truth. "Back then, I was in charge of guarding the Radiant Palace. Your mother, High Goddess Vivian, and... my deputy, plus his wife Ella, were all Palace Guards. They were familiar with all the palace arrays."

So?

Ella and Vivian were both pregnant at the same time. The month they were due, your mother—Bianca Whitefan—suddenly attacked the Radiant Palace! The two key Palace Guards needed to activate the Grand Array were killed by your mother, so the two of them, heavily pregnant, had to step up in a crisis and managed to trap her within the formation.

And then?

Your mother had basically lost her mind by then. After that... Ella was killed by her—one corpse, two lives! Ella's husband tried to take her down and was killed too! Then she came for us, but at the critical moment, you saved us.

Me?" Lucia pointed to herself, stunned.

She suddenly went into labor," Quentin said. "Maybe because she was demonic, her pregnancy was different—her belly never showed, so no one realized she was expecting!

Your birth finally woke her up. She regained her senses, stopped the slaughter, and when she saw the corpses of Divine Lords, the Empress Dowager, princesses, and princes lying everywhere, she entrusted you to us, then sealed herself inside the Dragon-Coiling Heavenly Gang Grand Array.

Lucia bit her lip hard.

Honestly, I was already exhausted by then—I couldn't have contained her by force," Quentin said. "She did it for you! She knew the world would never accept her, and she didn't want you to follow her path, so she sealed herself in the array...

Ethan Lu nodded. "I was in the array at the time too. Later, Mother Vivian gave birth to Luna Lian right there. So, we decided to claim that Luna was the daughter of Ella, and you were my little sister."

Lucia was stunned. "So... Luna is actually your biological daughter? She's the Lu Clan's only legitimate eldest girl?"

Luna said she always felt like an outsider in the family, even though everyone else was connected by blood.

Luna said she doesn't like going to crowded places.

Luna said, if she were really my sister, maybe Yin Shu wouldn't have rejected her...

If Luna is really the only legitimate eldest daughter of the Lu Clan... how much do I owe her?

Ethan Lu nodded and said, "When you were little, you looked a lot like Senior Bianca Whitefan. Many people in the Lumina Realm had seen her, so Father Quentin kept you hidden at the Spirit Alliance until you grew older and didn't resemble her as much. Only then did he let you appear in public."

Is that so..." Lucia stood there for a long time, then asked, "What about my father? Who is my father?"

Quentin hesitated, then said, "You should go see your mother. She knows best about your father."

Lucia nodded, silently bowed to each of them, and turned to leave.

"Your name, Lucia, was chosen by your mother," High Goddess Vivian said behind her. "Don't blame her. She loved you very much... that's why she made such a difficult choice."

Lucia said nothing, turning to walk slowly along the path through the Peach Blossom Haven.

Some divine attendants saw her from afar and bowed respectfully.

A few birds saw her and startled, flying away.

The Peach Blossom Haven, once so familiar and welcoming, suddenly felt strange.

It was as if the orchard no longer belonged to her, and she no longer belonged to this place.

She was like a dandelion seed, drifting and floating, not knowing where she would finally land...