Cheat Awakening

"Cough! Mother, take it easy. You didn't mean to suffocate your precious son-in-law, did you? Sylphy was feeling jealous in the background and spoke with a raise of her eyebrow. She clearly couldn't bear seeing Myne's happiness for too long. From her perspective, it should be her embracing Myne so intimately instead of her mother, who seemed a little too excited.

"Oh dear, are you alright, Myne?" Garnet, realizing her mistake upon hearing Sylphy's concern, quickly released Myne from her heavenly embrace. But upon seeing Myne's flushed face, as if he were drunk, the mother of four children's gaze instinctively dropped to his bulging trousers, she then looked into Myne's eyes again, which were now filled with affection and lust and understand everything.

Not only was she not disgusted by it, but she even gave Myne a forehead kiss and a knowing smirk with a wink, as if to say the road is clear if you dare to tread.

Myne, whose mind had just cleared, seeing Garnet's actions, couldn't help but tremble with excitement. Such a clear way to give the green light. Even a person with low EQ could see what the other party was trying to do.

If not for the fact that their current location was not appropriate and two girls were watching them with dangerous gaze, perhaps their mother-in-law and son-in-law relationship might have ventured into forbidden territory.

"Now, would you tell me where the hell you mysteriously disappeared for such a long time!? Garnet, who decided to follow her heart and choose the path toward an unknown future, asked worriedly as she led Myne to the couch.

"Well, the story starts when..." Like the previous time, Myne, after sitting on the couch, started telling Garnet the entire matter, but this time in fast-forward mode. In just a few minutes, he finished his story, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"Sigh, I always knew your big sister wasn't ordinary," Garnet started, offering Myne a reassuring smile. "There are just too many strange things about her, especially her origin. We still have no clue where she came from, it's as if she appeared out of thin air..." She paused, then continued apologetically.

"After learning Sylphy's interest in you, we investigated you back then but didn't find anything about her. If you hadn't mentioned her during the wedding, we might never have known that there is such a person exists."

"Later, we spent a lot of effort while trying to uncover her background, but only discovered that Yukino brought her to your town and she started living with her. That's all there is no other information about her.

After that, though people saw her from time to time, they rarely remember anything about her, people only knew about her husband, they didn't even know what she looked like, which is very suspicious and weird no matter how to look at it, especially in a small town where most people, especially middle-aged ladies, like to collect information about others and spread rumours, right?"

"Let's not talk about those things, what really matters is that you've come back safely. Nothing can make me more happy than this," Garnet grabbed Myne's hand and said with a beautiful smile, melting his little heart like ice on lava.

"Mother, if you don't mind, you might listen to your little daughter's story as well," Sylphy, sensing a shift in the atmosphere seeing Myne and her Mother staring at each other, quickly snatched his hand away from Garnet and reminded seriously.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot about it." Garnet chuckled, didn't mind Sylphy's little trick and turned to Ayri, who looked away as soon as their eyes met. Sighing helplessly, she could only gaze back at Sylphy. "Sigh, well, you tell me what happened. I think Ayri is more interested in wall decorations than us."

"Sigh, you remember Jenny, Ayri's maid, right?" Sylphy asked, shaking her head in helplessness.

Garnet pondered for a moment before replying. "Yes, I remember her well. She seemed like a sweet girl, very hardworking and honest. She'd become so nervous in my presence that she'd start trembling and make all sorts of silly mistakes. What about her? Does this matter involve her?" she asked with a frown.

"Indeed it does," Sylphy confirmed, raising an eyebrow. "And it seems she's not only hiding a lot but is also a talented actress. At least, I've never seen her act like the clumsy girl you described. In my presence, she's always confident and proud." She realised the seriousness of the matter. Now she is confirmed that this Jenny is definitely not a simple character.

Garnet remained silent, waiting patiently for Sylphy to elaborate. "This morning, while we were listening to Myne's story, Ayri suddenly became agitated by a certain topic and accidentally blurted out some very unpleasant language," Sylphy paused, her gaze flitting between Ayri, who who was shaking, and her mother, who didn't even blink before continuing.

"Later, I spoke with Ayri and learned that Jenny has been giving her inappropriate adult books and teaching her various unsavoury things."

"Ayri also confessed that this Jenny is a pervert, and she once even tried to lay her hands on Ayri while giving her a bath, but because Ayri was too shy, she didn't let her advance. Believe me, if it weren't for Ayri's frequent illnesses, she might have already gotten astray because of that Jenny, and someone might have already taken advantage of her innocence."

A deep frown etched itself onto Garnet's beautiful face as she looked at Ayri, whose expression reflected shock and disbelief and understood that Sylphy was mostly truthful. Although there might be something more about it that Ayri didn't tell her, but Sylphy who might have made up a random few things to make this matter look more serious, actually was facts.

The shock on Ayri's face made it clear that Sylphy's random nonsense actually true which caught Ayri off guard, hence she had such a strong reaction.

Silence descended upon the room, thick and oppressive. Garnet closed her eyes, lost in thought. The others held their breath, not daring to disturb her contemplation, and waiting anxiously.

After a few minutes, Garnet opened her eyes, rose from the couch, and walked towards her bed. She retrieved her luxurious golden palm-size storage bag from beneath the pillow and returned to the others. She then took out a golden, palm-sized badge-like object from her storage bag and infused magic energy into it. A familiar voice soon emanated from the badge.

"Mother? What's wrong? Are you calling me at this hour? Is everything alright?"

The unexpected sound of Aniue's worried voice resonating from the tiny device left everyone speechless. This was the first time they had witnessed such a magical marvel, even more astonishing than teleportation skill. After all, teleportation skill require a vast amount of mana and prior knowledge of the destination, including a detailed mental image.

This small object in Garnet's hand clearly flouted both those restrictions as easy as drinking and eating.

"Honey, are you free now? I hope I'm not interrupting you..." Garnet didn't say why she called instantly but inquired about the other party's situation.

Of course, if Aniue was a normal person like most young man at his age, then she believed that he might be with a girl doing something a person of his age should do, just like Myne, but alas, she knew very well the likelihood of such a scenario was pitifully low. So, either he might be drinking with his buddies or helping Faren with paperwork.

On the other end of the line, Aniue, who was sitting at Faren's desk in his study, reviewing reports of demon attacks across the kingdom, quickly tucked the documents into a drawer, grabbed the communication device and hastily made his way toward Garnet's bedroom, all while continuing the conversation.

"Of course, Mother, I'm free. I was just having a chess game with Pen. Tell me what's the matter?"

Garnet, who knew her son very well, didn't buy his white lie, after all, which man in his prime, at night played chess with his hot and beautiful maid? However, she didn't beat around the bush anymore and quickly spoke.

"Honey, you know Jenny, Ayri's personal maid, right?" Garnet pauses, but without giving Aniue a chance to respond she continues. "I want you to go to her room and bring her to me immediately. Also, if you don't find her in her room, then check Ayri's room and see if anything is missing. You visit Ayri often enough to know where each item is placed."

Though confused by the strange request, like Myne and the others, Aniue didn't question it. After saying, "Leave it to me," he ended the call and hurried towards Jenny's room. In the palace, each personal maid had their own room adjacent to the prince or princess's room for immediate response.

Ayri's room was on the same floor as Faren's study and Aniue's room, so it didn't take long for him to reach his destination. As a regular visitor and Ayri's ex-favourite brother, he was not only familiar with her shy and somewhat clumsy maid but also knew every corner of her room.

"Weird, did that stupid girl do something to Ayri?" Aniue pondered as doubts swirled in his head. "Mother's voice didn't sound normal, but isn't Ayri living with Sylphy for the past few weeks?" Despite his doubts, he reached Jenny's room and knocked on the door with a frown.

"Knock-knock..."

Aniue banged on the door again, this time more impatiently, but there was no movement from inside. Full of doubt, he disregarded the maid's privacy and, using his enchantment skill, blasted open the door with a casual kick.

Jenny's room was completely empty, except for a bare wooden bed, there was nothing inside. Cold wind and moonlight streamed through the window, catching Aniue's attention. But seeing a sturdy rope tied to an iron rod going outside, his expression turned grim. He hurriedly ran toward Ayri's room which expectedly was unlocked. Only Ayri or her personal maid, who cleaned the room, could have the key.

Since Ayri wasn't in the palace, there was no need to question whose wonderful deeds it was.

With an ugly expression, Aniue quickly burst into Ayri's room to find it ransacked as if a hurricane had just passed through. Expect family photos which were lying everywhere on the ground, and the immovable bed, everything else was gone, not even Ayri's undergarments spared by the despicable thief.

"Damn you b*tch! Don't let me catch you, otherwise, you'll regret being born," Aniue snarled, punching a hole in the wall with his bloodshot eyes before storming towards Garnet's bedroom.