Chapter 36: Bad Child

During their first meeting, the two did not exchange many words.

Afterward, they bid each other farewell and went their separate ways.

Lu Mo returned to the estate.

‘She’s back.’

‘She was probably hiding somewhere to cry just now, wasn’t she?’

She heard the whispers and low-voiced mockery of her older brothers and sisters nearby, but she chose to ignore them for the time being.

Returning to her room, she glanced at the books on her desk while recalling everything about this era.

‘This is the year 810 of the Great Calendar.’

It was more than 300 years earlier than the timeline of her first Simulated Reincarnation.

In this era, the demon invasion was still quite severe.

Countless demons descended into the human world from the abyss rifts. Naturally, humanity united to resist these monsters.

The Holy Cathedral was the pillar of human strength.

Inquisitors, Holy Dragon Knights, and Apostles…

These noble titles and powerful existences all originated from the Holy Cathedral.

Among them, the most prestigious were the Holy Maiden and the Hero, who were said to be chosen by the gods.

Originally, the Kalis family had placed high hopes on Lu Mo, believing she would surely awaken a powerful talent for Holy Power and become a god-chosen Hero.

However, she had failed.

Overnight, she went from being looked up to by ten thousand people to being mocked by everyone.

For a 7- or 8-year-old girl, such a blow must have been devastating.

Lu Mo could still feel the lingering sadness and helplessness in the depths of her heart.

That man had once spoken to her coldly in front of all the family’s high-ranking members, saying she had failed the expectations of the entire clan.

The family elders had discussed her without concealment, using sharp words that attacked her self-esteem and destroyed her pride, making her wail in grief.

It was as if she truly owed the family too much.

As if she had truly brought shame upon the entire clan.

As if she should never have been born into this world.

‘Talk about master-level manipulation…’

Lu Mo murmured, but she no longer held her head and cried as she once had.

Her gaze gradually turned cold, unexpectedly carrying a hint of the temperament found in the higher sequences of Shadow Moon Hall.

She was no longer that harmless young lady of the Kalis family from before.

She had come to this second Simulated Reincarnation carrying many other things.

Memories of reality.

Memories of the first Simulated Reincarnation.

Her comprehension, her combat experience, and various secret techniques, including the *Shadow Moon Secret Codex*.

‘However, it will be difficult for the *Shadow Moon Secret Codex* to be effective in this era.’

In this era, Lu Mo did not possess a special talent for light and shadow.

While lacking a Darkness Attribute talent did not mean she could not use the *Shadow Moon Secret Codex*, the absence of that specific talent bonus meant the codex’s power was destined to be less terrifying than it was during her first Simulated Reincarnation.

In the Kalis family, the most prominent special talents were Combat Qi, Wind, Space, and Fate.

Lu Mo, on the other hand, had a bit of everything.

Her talents for Combat Qi and the Wind attribute were Super grade, her Space attribute talent was High grade, and her Fate attribute talent was Medium grade.

Possessing two Super-grade talents was already enough to call someone a genius.

Not to mention, Lu Mo possessed two other attribute talents that were not poor at all.

This was the reason why she had once been highly valued by the family.

However, without awakening Holy Power, everything was moot.

The utility of Holy Power far exceeded anyone’s imagination.

“I didn’t awaken Holy Power…”

Lu Mo spoke, her eyes suddenly sharpening. “But what of it?”

Rather than anticipating Holy Power bestowed by a deity, it was better to believe in herself.

The next day, Lu Mo woke up early and went to the library.

As one of the eight great families of the Holy Cathedral, the Kalis family’s heritage was far more profound than that of the Ice Orchid Institute or Shadow Moon Hall.

Within its walls, there was no shortage of fragmented texts passed down from the Era of the Gods.

It was always good to learn more secret techniques and combat skills.

After all, these were things she could bring back to reality.

On her way to the library, Lu Mo was blocked once again.

Two boys and one girl stood in front of her.

“Yo, isn’t this little sister Lu Mo?”

“Where are you going so early? Do you want to go to the library to study hard?”

“What a pity. Without awakening Holy Power, there are many things you won’t be able to learn.”

As he spoke, one of the boys spread his palm. A potent surge of Holy Power erupted from his hand, emitting a brilliant and sacred halo.

The various elemental attributes flowing in the surroundings actually came to a sudden halt at that moment.

They were showing off.

They were also mocking her.

They wanted to see Lu Mo bite her lip and endure her sadness, only to eventually be unable to stop herself from wailing.

But this time, Lu Mo ignored their mockery and continued walking forward.

“Move,” she said flatly.

Her voice was calm, yet it seemed to contain an irresistible majesty.

The boys and the girl actually moved to the sides without a second thought.

One of the boys even bowed slightly toward Lu Mo.

“?!”

It took several seconds for them to react, and their faces instantly flushed with a mixture of embarrassment and anger.

What happened?

Shouldn’t Lu Mo have lowered her head and stepped aside?

Why did they suddenly lose their nerve?

“Lu Mo, you!” The boy who had awakened a stronger Holy Power was suddenly enraged.

He channeled the Holy Power in his palm, and in an instant, that brilliant and sacred light transformed into a short sword.

He gripped the short sword and lunged toward Lu Mo.

Of course, he wouldn’t kill her.

He just wanted to use the pressure of Holy Power to force Lu Mo to her knees, making her understand who was the stronger one now.

But Lu Mo turned around at that moment.

Then, she caught the incoming short sword with two fingers.

Combat Qi erupted violently!

The two forces clashed against each other.

The boy’s expression changed. He felt his Holy Power being pinned down by Lu Mo, making it impossible to retract.

And Lu Mo felt the power of Holy Power for the first time.

Even with a Super-grade Combat Qi talent, she was actually only on equal footing with the opponent’s Holy Power.

“Then, how about this?” Lu Mo said calmly.

In an instant, a gale howled, descending from above!

A second Super-grade attribute power was layered onto her original Combat Qi!

This time, Lu Mo’s strength suppressed the Holy Power.

*Crackle, crackle, crackle — *

The boy watched in horror as cracks began to spread across the short sword in his hand.

He also felt an extremely intense suppression.

*Bang — *

Soon, the short sword formed from Holy Power shattered.

The boy fell to his knees on the ground, his face pale.

He looked up in disbelief and saw Lu Mo staring down at him with cold eyes.

Those eyes were clear yet frigid, making him feel as if he were standing on the edge of a frozen abyss at that moment!

He suddenly did not dare to speak, becoming terrified of Lu Mo to the extreme.

It was as if that gaze had become a shadow in his heart that he could not shake off!

Lu Mo walked away without a word or a backward glance.

She left the boys and the girl stunned and shivering in place.

So scary.

Was this still the well-behaved and obedient little Lu Mo?

Had she been pushed too far by something?

“Hmph, what’s so great about that…”

“Once I get stronger in the future, the suppression of Holy Power over ordinary attributes will be even greater.”

“When that time comes, you’ll be the one kneeling on the ground and crying!” the boy muttered under his breath.

Many people’s impression of Lu Mo was still stuck in the past.

They thought she was still the obedient little girl who once carried a bit of pride, only to be completely destroyed by the failure of the God-Bestowed Ceremony, spending her days weeping.

What the girl did today truly exceeded their imagination.

“Timi was beaten until he knelt by Lu Mo? For real?”

“I remember the Holy Power he awakened wasn’t weak. How did he lose so miserably?”

“I want to test Lu Mo myself.”

Some people didn’t believe it and actively sought her out, wanting to dampen the girl’s morale.

Without exception, their ends were quite miserable.

*Waaaaah — *

A boy’s figure flew backward and crashed headfirst into a flowerbed.

His legs kicked a few times in the air before he quickly went still.

“Ah, it hurts, it hurts…”

Lu Mo grabbed the back of a girl’s hand and slowly applied pressure, extinguishing the Holy Power in the girl’s grasp.

Accompanied by a *crack*, the girl’s hand suffered a minor fracture.

These boys and girls included Lu Mo’s cousins as well as the children of high-ranking family members.

Soon, people brought the injured children to Lu Mo’s father—the current head of the Kalis family—to demand an explanation.

“Scuffles between children are perfectly normal,” the man would always answer. “A child who has awakened Holy Power couldn’t even beat a little girl who hasn’t. Don’t you find that embarrassing?”

The man had no intention of favoring Lu Mo.

His mindset was simply this: only the strong deserve dignity.

The parents were left speechless by his words. In the end, as if they had been reprimanded themselves, they lowered their heads and hurried away.

As for the man, after briefly handling family matters, he quickly left for the Holy Cathedral.

He was currently in the rising stage of his career, and everything revolved around the affairs of the Cathedral.

He had once set aside time to accompany Lu Mo and the other two talented children.

But after the God-Bestowed Ceremony, he never gave Lu Mo a second look.

In his eyes, Lu Mo was nothing more than a failed product.

However, the current Lu Mo no longer cared about any of this.

“Don’t cry! You disgraceful thing, your daily training time will be doubled from now on!”

“She didn’t awaken Holy Power, so her future potential is definitely inferior to yours. Don’t look at how strong she is now; what about after 5 years? What about after 10 years? She will achieve nothing and is destined to be stepped on by you.”

“Don’t play with her anymore. She’s a child with no one to look after her.”

Gradually, in the entire Kalis family, few peers dared to provoke Lu Mo.

They had become somewhat afraid of such a girl.

The parents also began to refer to Lu Mo as a “bad child.”

That year, the children of the manor kept a respectful distance from Lu Mo.

That year, Lu Mo traveled alone between the library and the corners of the manor, studying and training.

She was like the weeds in front of a low wall.

Unnoticed by anyone, yet growing wildly nonetheless.