CHAPTER 1733: CHAPTER 1733: KEER’S PREDICAMENT

The little girl was probably about two years old, with cute, chubby cheeks. She approached the woman and, like she was proud of her achievement, handed her the portrait in her hands.

The woman reached out to take it, and as she looked at the ’glyph’ on it, tears inexplicably fell down, but she repeatedly responded, "It looks, it looks... like ’Sienna’s’ drawing of Daddy, much better than Mommy’s drawing."

"Mommy, why are you crying? Auntie said that those who cry are cowards... Sienna is not a coward, and Mommy is not a coward either!"

The little girl said in her childish voice, simultaneously trying her best to tiptoe, extending her chubby hands to wipe the tears off the woman’s face.

"Alright... Mommy and Sienna are not cowards."

The woman nodded and reached out to hold the little girl in her arms, not letting go for a long time.

Her gaze went through the sky, toward the distance, and she murmured in her heart, "Young Master, this is our daughter... Her name is Sienna Barnes. If you saw how sensible she is, you would certainly be very happy."

The woman was none other than ’Keer.’

Since being taken away, Keer has been following her twin sister to the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land and settled at the Fire Worship Sect’s residence.

This was the dwelling place of Sister Keer, which was usually visited by few people.

Ever since arriving here, Keer’s sister instructed her to stay there and did not allow her to interact with outsiders.

Until she gave birth to the child in her belly, and up to today, the people Keer had interacted with after arriving in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, apart from her twin sister, were only Purple, her sister’s maid, and a powerful Sacred Beast.

For over two years, Keer was certain that her sister did not intend to do her any harm; instead, it seemed she was intentionally protecting her.

However, she couldn’t understand why her sister brought her back but then kept her confined here, not allowing her to reunite with her family.

She had asked her sister multiple times, only to receive the answer ’the time is not right’!

If it was just her alone, Keer might have already been too bored not knowing what to do. Luckily, she had a lovely daughter always by her side, relieving her loneliness.

This daughter was her and her man’s ’Wyatt Barnes’ daughter.

Because she missed her man, she named her ’Sienna Barnes,’ meaning longing for Wyatt.

"Mommy, when are we going to see Daddy?"

Sienna Barnes blinked her large, watery eyes and asked Keer.

"Soon, soon."

Although Keer did not know when she would be able to return to see her man, she still comforted her as such while making a decision in her heart.

After all, being a two-year-old child, she played for a while and then whined about being tired.

After coaxing Sienna Barnes to sleep in her room, Keer went to find her twin sister and directly asked, "What do you mean? You brought me here from the Lower Domain for over two years, but you won’t let me out or see anyone... I have wasted more than two years here. I want to return to the Lower Domain to find my man."

"Your man?"

Upon hearing Keer’s words, the woman who looked exactly like Keer immediately frowned, "Keer, do you think I’m deliberately imprisoning you?"

"Isn’t it?"

Keer’s face seemed to be covered by a layer of frost, "If you hadn’t taken me away earlier, Sienna and I would have been with her father right now... How could they be separated as father and daughter? At that time, when you took me away, to be honest, my heart wasn’t completely resistant because I also wanted to follow you back to see my relatives. But until now, you still haven’t taken me to see them."

"Every time I ask you, you say ’the time is not right’... today, I want to ask you when the right time will be?"

As she spoke, Keer’s delicate brows furrowed together, appearing very angry.

"Why? Why do you want to invade my life and separate me from my man? You are my twin sister, don’t you want to see me living well?"

Toward the end, Keer questioned almost accusingly.

At this time, Keer seemed to completely explode her emotions repressed for over two years, making her sister also stunned because it was the first time she had seen Keer so out of control.

How could she have expected that, for the sake of her daughter, her sister had temporarily buried her weak character.

"Sister Keer, things aren’t like you think."

At this moment, the purple-clad girl standing by hurriedly explained, "Sister, she is just..."

"Enough, Purple, let me say it myself... It’s time to tell her some things. She also has the right to know. If, after I finish saying everything, she still wants to return to the Lower Domain to find her man, I will not stop her, and I will personally take her back to the Lower Domain."

Sister Keer interrupted the young girl, speaking firmly.

Upon hearing her words, Keer’s heart tightened instantly. Could it be that her sister truly had some unspeakable secret?

Thinking of this, Keer couldn’t help but feel somewhat guilty.

She was a kind-hearted girl by nature; otherwise, she wouldn’t have silently endured over the past two years. It was only today, after seeing her daughter like that, that she mustered the courage to question her sister.

But now it seemed that things weren’t as she had thought.

"Back then, you and I, the two sisters, had just been born not long before being noticed by a big figure in the Fire Worship Sect... In the end, you were decreed to be the Fire Worship Sect’s ’Saintess’, while I, though not being chosen, was taken in by my current master as a direct disciple, striving hard until today to achieve what I have now."

Keer’s sister said.

"Saintess?"

Keer furrowed her fine brows; she didn’t understand what the title ’Saintess’ of the Fire Worship Sect really meant.

Additionally, she was confused about why she, being designated as the so-called Saintess of the Fire Worship Sect, ended up leaving the Upper Domain of Martial Dao Sacred Land, not only wandering to the Lower Domain but also to such a remote corner of the mortal continent.

"The Fire Worship Sect Saintess is a symbol of ’purity’ in the Fire Worship Sect, with one selected every hundred years... Back then, because you had already undergone the ceremony, even I couldn’t replace you as the new Saintess. After you went missing, the entire Fire Worship Sect was shaken, and many were sent out to find you."

"Of course, the search initially started in the Upper Domain until several years ago, when the Upper Domain couldn’t find any clues related to you, they shifted their focus to the ’Lower Domain’, thinking you might have gone there."

"At that time, the order was issued that if you were found and no longer remained pure, you would be brought back for severe punishment according to sect rules... Generally speaking, a Saintess losing her purity faces the ultimate punishment! Because I worried about you, I also went to the Lower Domain, investigating your whereabouts secretly."

"Finally, I found a trace of you, which ultimately led me to you."

As she spoke, Keer’s sister showed a full face of relief.

Saintess?

Purity?

Extreme punishment?

Keer’s face seemed to turn cold again as she said sternly, "I’ve been wandering since I was young, not remembering anything about the past... Even if I am that so-called Saintess of the Fire Worship Sect, it’s their fault for losing me, isn’t it? What right do they have to draw glyphs over my life? And what do I know about my past identity."

"Though your words are true, the sect rules are cold and ruthless; those Law Enforcement Elders in the sect won’t care about this... Otherwise, I wouldn’t be searching for your whereabouts everywhere, nor would I pray often, hoping that you haven’t found a man and still remain pure."

Keer’s sister sighed and said, "Yet when I sensed your aura on that man, I had a foreboding feeling... Later, it was proven that my feeling was correct; you not only lost your purity but also became pregnant with his child."

"Do you know that if others searching for you found out about these things, what awaits you is certainly the ultimate punishment! At that point, not only would you and the child inside your belly be unprotected, but even your man would have to die! He desecrated the Saintess of the Fire Worship Sect; the Fire Worship Sect wouldn’t let him off!"

Keer’s sister said sharply.

And at that moment, Keer’s face turned ashen.

She never imagined that her previous ’identity’ would have such far-reaching consequences, affecting her man’s life and death.

The might of the Fire Worship Sect was something she wasn’t quite aware of before, but after coming to the Upper Domain for more than two years, even if she hadn’t met many people, she’d learned a lot about the Upper Domain from the ’Purple’ around her sister, knowing that the Fire Worship Sect is one of the three transcendent forces in the Upper Domain.

In Martial Dao Sacred Land, the Fire Worship Sect is akin to a colossal existence, a great monster.

If the Fire Worship Sect truly wants her man dead, there’s no way her man could survive.

"As for bringing you back, it was out of worry that others might find you first... Originally, I planned to hide you elsewhere, but then I thought about it and felt that ’the most dangerous place is the safest place’, so I brought you back to the Fire Worship Sect."

Keer’s sister continued, "Although I hate that man of yours, for he’s caused you harm, I’ve never had any intent to harm you and his child... If Sienna was only his child, I certainly wouldn’t have let her live. But the issue is, she is your and his child, also my niece, how could I harm her?"

"As for you speaking about reuniting with the family, I’ve thought about it too... However, in our family now, even in our lineage, there are many ’informants’ of the Fire Worship Sect, and without absolute certainty, I dare not risk exposing you because once your matter is public, it’s impossible for you and Sienna to survive."

Speaking of this, Keer’s sister took a deep breath, knowing well the means of the Fire Worship Sect as a disciple.

Keer’s complexion changed dramatically and ultimately turned ashen.

She never imagined things would turn out this way.

"Sister, I’m sorry."

And at this moment, she finally confirmed that she misunderstood her sister.

From start to finish, her sister was always acting for her benefit.