After the family head left to find the remnant of evil soul masters, the atmosphere of the house was getting colder by the minute.
The second wife, whose name is Huo Yun'er, was feeling worried for her child as he now was getting closer to her to find her warm body. She quickly put her child in to her harm as to reduce the chill getting to him.
When she was done enveloping her child, the first wife whose name is unknown to her walked toward her and she released her martial soul. Her body was enveloped by a light, as the light got dimmer, her body was different from before. Her hair remained the same colour of blonde and her light red eyes became more sharp. She seemed to be holding a pen that had an unknown inscription to it.
The first wife seemed wanting to do something but hesitated. She seemed wanting Huo Yun'er to suffer when in this mansion but she thought of another idea that was beginning to take shape in her mind.
She finally said " I will gave you two choices that you must make to live inside the Dai family and if you don't both of you and your child will suffer more painfully. "
Huo Yun'er said " Please don't hurt my child ! As long he can grow up normally and can walked away from this family I willing to do anything as long you can consider it."
Huo Yun'er knew she was weak in terms of strength and status since the first wife has more prestige than her. She was not going to make her son walk the same path as her as long as he can live outside the influence of the Dai family he can live for himself and escape the political battle in the house.
For that to work she was willing to be tortured as long as there's a chance for her child to live a better life. Her child may be dissatisfied with her own choice but this world will not favour the weak, this chance to choose is already a miracle considering the gap of power between their status.
The first wife firmly said " You must refer to me as Duchess of Dai family, the first choice is for you to become my personal maid while your child will be treated as a candidate for the Dai family future knight. The second choice is you become my spy inside the Star Luo Empire while your son will be adopted by me.
Both of these choices need your free will and no one will know about this transaction between us especially our head of the family."
Huo Yun'er were conflicted between these two choices. If she choose the first her son will have to became a knight and knowing her strength she have to follow the Duchess order and can't do anything even if she wanted to.
On the other hand, the second choice are required for her to distance herself with her own child and she can't guarantee how he will be grow up as the child of Duchess, worse case is he will be treated as a puppet and can be easily exploited by the family.
Huo Yun'er said " Duchess can I make some changes ? Don't worry I think we can negotiate more and you will get more benefits compared to me. "
Duchess said " What more can you give me? You doesn't even have anything that can interest me to make this so call adjustment. But I am curious what's in your little head can think, so I will be generous this time but if you can't give me more benefits to me than I will choose it for you."
Huo Yun'er said " Thank you for your generosity Duchess, I willing to do anything to satisfy your desire Duchess as long it's doesn't conflict with my child safety and future path. This including my soul and body but not my child. "
The Duchess said " Anything you said ? Even to break your relationship with the head of family ? "
Huo Yun'er quickly replied " As long as you can guarantee my child safety and his future choice then regardless of anything you want I will be willingly followed your orders. "
The Duchess said " Interesting, it appears to me that you can think clearly and are a very loyal person but I don't expect that you're also a smart one. Is this why He ( Dai Hao / Head of Dai Family) chose to marry you ? Then you must write a contract using my martial soul in this paper if you're willing to make a deal with me. "
Then Huo Yun'er picked up the Duchess martial soul (pen) to write it exactly to what she said before. What she doesn't know is the Duchess used her first soul ring skill on herself. She feels quite happy and ignorant when the Duchess walks toward her, until the Duchess places her hands on her both shoulders she feels happy and looks toward the Duchess.
The Duchess ordered Huo Yun'er to give the child to her hand. She cautiously did as she was told, the Duchess slowly raising her hand toward the child's face. Huo Yun'er's face slowly changed as she readied her hands to protect her child from getting hurt.
The Duchess saw these signs and changed her actions towards the child. She finally rubbed his face and felt his spiritual power was abnormally higher than average children after waking their martial soul.
She decided to treat this child as her own student secretly in the future so that he could be a replacement in case of her children's development were against her in the future.
The Duchess finally said, "What's the little child's name?"
Huo Yun'er was confused and she decided to finally say, "Huo Yuhao."
"Why not Dai Yuhao? Why change his family name?" The Duchess questioned Huo Yun'er.
"I want him be free of family ties so that he can be more path to take in the future " Huo Yun'er truthfully said to the Duchess.
The Duchess states to Huo Yun'er that Huo Yuhao will have his freedom but will be her student in secret. Huo Yun'er wants to know why the Duchess wants to make Huo Yuhao a secret student. The Duchess wants to help Huo Yuhao to fully display his talent in spiritual power and he will be able to help her outside the elder of Dai family influence in the future.
Huo Yun'er grudgingly agreed but she wanted to ask what the Duchess wanted her to do now. The Duchess want Huo Yun'er to train herself first then showing up less in the Dai family mansions and only on important occasion.
Huo Yun'er agreed and have to ask the Duchess to take care Huo Yuhao when she was secretly training, the Duchess agreed and remind her take a blank mask,a maid outfit and a big cloak along with the Duchess badge to enter the mansion. Huo Yun'er were smart and know what to do and she left with Huo Yuhao after the Duchess decided to lead them go.