Chapter 81
A few days after Ivona moved to the Archduchy, the day of the Sloan family’s execution came. Some of them were protesting and crying, begging to be set free, but the rest, including Garric and Malrik Sloan, were silent, knowing they had no way out of it.
As promised before, Michelle took Ivona with her and came to the Imperial Palace to go to the execution grounds with Kieran Ashford. She used the time before the execution to introduce Ivona and Kieran to each other, since both of them would be coming with her to the lower realm.
Soon, the execution started, and Michelle watched the family get hanged one by one. Not many people were around, since officials couldn’t care less about a small family like the Sloan family, and the common folk didn’t care about the execution of corrupt officials.
After the whole Sloan family died from hanging, the executioner took the bodies down and severed their heads.
Michelle, Ivona and Kieran slowly walked out of the execution grounds, no longer caring about what was happening. They went to talk to the little Emperor for a while before leaving the palace. When they were leaving, the severed heads of the Sloan family were already hanging above the palace gate for display.
"Are you happy now?" Michelle glanced at Kieran as she summoned Cold Flame from the contract space. He gracefully flapped his wings as he grew in size, so three people could sit on his back.
Kieran looked at Cold Flame in awe as he shook his head. "I didn’t want to take revenge to be happy. If I did, I would be foolish. How could taking revenge make someone happy?"
Jumping up, Michelle landed on Cold Flame’s back and beckoned the two to follow her. "Since your revenge is completed, will you start cultivating now?" she asked as the two sat behind her, and Cold Flame spread his large white wings with gentle blue streaks.
"Yes!" Kieran nodded. "I want to get out of here as soon as possible," he added.