Chapter 6: So Concerned About Me
It was because of this that Leo's family was widely popular in the Nore Empire.
Her only daughter, Vivi Johnson, was even 20 years old and already had 30 beast husbands, making her the one with the most beast husbands among females her age.
With the information about Leo's family in her head, Carlotta heard the Queen ask Leo why.
Leo righteously said, "Those present are the brawny ministers of the Nore Empire, and Miss Carlotta's test was conducted in a hospital and not for us to see, so perhaps her report is a forgery."
With Leo starting, the other ministers followed suit, "Right, in the history of our orcs, there has never been a female with unlimited spiritual power and unlimited fertility value! I also agree with Marquis Gu's words!"
"I also agree!"
"Me too!"
All the officials actually took a stand together and questioned Carlotta's test results.
Seeing Carlotta being doubted, Henry and Abyss simultaneously took a step forward and stood on Carlotta's left and right in a protective stance, wanting to help Carlotta speak.
However, before they could open their mouths, they heard Carlotta's soft but firm voice ring out, "Your Majesty, if everyone doubts my spiritual power level, I am willing to test it again here."
Carlotta's voice was unassuming and the expression on her face was calm.
However, Henry saw that Carlotta's hand placed at her side was actually cupping the corner of her coat, displaying her own nervousness.
Henry's golden eyes twitched gently.
He knew Carlotta was different from the other females, indeed.
Before, facing the hot gaze of so many male beasts, Carlotta would subconsciously look for Abyss, wanting to get Abyss' protection.
But just because Abyss hadn't responded to her then, now when faced with a situation even worse than then, Carlotta had learned to be strong.
But clearly females could hide behind the males and enjoy their protection.
Henry stared at Carlotta's small, plain white hands, wanting to hold those hands tightly in his palms again, but not wanting to disturb Carlotta at this moment.
He could only use words to show solidarity with Carlotta: "Mother Emperor, I was the one who accompanied Carlotta during her testing, and I believe that her results were not faked."
On the other side, Abyss chagrined why he was again controlled by the mark and subconsciously wanted to defend Carlotta.
While chagrined, hearing that Henry had already spoken in defense of Carlotta, Abyss also spoke coldly, "I can also vouch that the test results are true."
The handsome brown-haired male exuded the pressure belonging to a 4S orc when he said this, scaring the officials present into silence and not daring to discuss further.
Receiving solidarity from the two males, Carlotta inclined her head and gave a grateful smile to Henry on her left.
With a bowl of water, Carlotta also smiled at Abyss, even though what she saw was still Abyss' cold, handsome face, Carlotta didn't care.
On the contrary, it was Abyss who froze.
This was the first time he had gotten a smile from Carlotta that was full of sincerity, yet it wasn't directed at him first.
The Queen spoke at that moment.
"Carlotta, since you asked for it yourself, I grant you permission to take another test."
The palace attendants brought in a new tester and had everyone else go up and test it, making sure the instrument was functioning properly before asking Carlotta to place her palm on it.
As everyone watched, Carlotta reached out and placed her hand on top of the instrument.
As the part she pressed glowed, a series of data appeared on the virtual screen.
Henry and Abyss frowned at the same time as the data displayed did change this time.
What had changed was not Carlotta's spiritual power level, but the column of Carlotta's loved ones!
Originally, it showed that Carlotta's relatives were only her grandmother, but now, apart from that elderly female, Carlotta's mother's column actually showed Leo's picture, and her father's column also showed that he was deceased.
Carlotta was actually Leo's offspring?
The entire council chamber once again fell into a clamor.
Carlotta herself found it unbelievable, the original body's memory clearly didn't have any memories of Leo, now how could she become Leo's daughter? On the high seat, the Queen also revealed a serious expression because of Carlotta's second test result.
She coldly asked, ''Leo, what's going on? Is Carlotta your daughter?"
Leo immediately lowered his head, his voice trembling, "Your Majesty, this ... I remember that the empire has a rule that second time awakened orcs will be traced back by the testing system for kinship."
"Fifteen years ago, I did have a big fight with one of my beast husbands, who insisted on divorcing me and taking away the daughter I desperately gave birth to for him. I was young and uninformed, and I was in a fit of pique, so I agreed."
Leo's explanation made sense, and her steeply petulant voice was even more heartbreaking.
The surrounding officials let out a surprising amount of emotion.
Carlotta, however, frowned, full of resistance.
In her original memory she had been an orphan in the slums, living in an orphanage without a father or mother. When she was ten years old, her grandmother adopted her, and raised her through thick and thin, which was why she was willing to sacrifice herself for her grandmother in exchange for the hope of life.
But now, a mother had suddenly appeared.
Carlotta analyzed it calmly.
Leo's words were definitely not true, or at least her words that it was the beast husband who had to get a divorce were false.
Males would be unmarked if they divorced, and a fall in realm with a high alien ability level wouldn't affect their lives too much.
But if the male's alien ability level is not high, for example, the two levels of D and F, once they are unmarked they will be weak and sick until they die.
I've heard that some people will test a child's talent value when the child is still young, so maybe Leo abandoned the original body and the original body's father after he tested it and realized that the original body didn't have any abilities?
If so ...
Carlotta pursed her red lips and stared at Leo for a long time before saying in a cold voice, "This aunt, if what you say is true, please take out the evidence that my father must have divorced you, or else I have the right to think that you abandoned us father and daughter, and definitely won't recognize you as a female mother."
Carlotta's chin lifted slightly, her white neck tightened, and her beautiful blue eyes became vertical pupils from anger.
When the Queen on the throne saw Carlotta's appearance, Carlotta's information surfaced in her mind.
Carlotta grew up in an orphanage in the slums, and although she was a female, she was always bullied because she had no fertility value and low mental power. The old female Liu Dahua, who was also infertile, adopted Carlotta, and she worked her ass off at hard labor, using her meager salary to send Carlotta to school.
The two females, one old and one young, lived a tight life, not to mention that they were ridiculed and bullied by the people around them on weekdays, and some of the subsidies for females were never given to them.
These information, if it is not because of the second awakening of Carlotta, but also saved Admiral Abyss, I'm afraid that will never appear in front of her as the Queen.
It was normal for there to be a gap between rich and poor among the subjects in a country. But if the people were discriminated against during their growth, then there was still something that she, as the empress, had not done right.
Thinking of this, the empress gave Carlotta a heartbreaking glance before gazing coldly at Leo: "Marquis Leo, do you have anything to say about Carlotta's statement?"
Even when the Queen opened her mouth, Leo's expression was not at all flustered.
She lowered her head and said in a very sad-sounding voice, "Your Majesty, it's not that I won't produce evidence, who would record a quarrel in everyday life? But I have here the running water of my yearly alimony payments to Carlotta's father, and to this day there are records of the withdrawals."
"It's just that I've had no contact with him, and it was only a few moments ago that I realized that he had in fact passed away."
After saying this to the Queen, Leo took the initiative to walk to Carlotta's side again and said with tears in his eyes, "I'm sorry, Carlotta, it's my fault. If I had known that your father had passed away, I would have gotten you by my side earlier."
"No matter what, you are my daughter, I hope you can forgive me and return to the home that was originally yours."
The tears of the original mother didn't make Carlotta feel a little bit sincere.
Carlotta had experienced a thousand pampering from her loved ones, how could she not know what kind of reaction was really good for a child? Leo hadn't even asked a single question about how she was doing, was it inconvenient in front of the Queen?
But she was clearly crying.
It was that that was scary.
"I'm an adult." Carlotta refused outright, "No longer needing a guardian as an adult, thank you for the invitation, but I can live on my own."
Leo was about to say something else when the queen on the high seat snapped, "That's right, children who have reached adulthood have the right to live on their own. Marquis Leo, since Carlotta has proven her spiritual power, may I now bestow her with a reward?"
Under the pressure of the Queen's authority, Leo shut her mouth and silently walked back to her original position.
The Empress continued where she left off, giving Carlotta the position of Duke, and the appointment papers were given directly to Carlotta's hands.
Not only that, she also divided the territory for Carlotta on the spot.
When dividing, the empress's expression carried an apology, "Duke Carlotta, the empire currently has no unowned developable territories for the time being, so the territories given to you can only be undeveloped forests, I hope you don't mind."