Zosia: Quick Transmigration System
Chapter 144 - 142- A New Arc {ARC 5}

"Second Young master!"

"Second Young master!!!"

"Second Young master ...Bad News!" A servant rushed in, his appearance dishelved as he approached the bed.

Zosia opened her eyes upon hearing the voice.

A little disoriented, she slowly took in the environment of where she was.

She turned to face the servant who was separated from the bed by the curtain with a detach and serene gaze.

"What happened?" Her voice hoarse and deep.

Hearing her voice, her eyes flew wide open in shock.

"Am I?!"

Zosia touched her body frantically, her mind not daring to think about such a possibility.

"I am a.... Male?!" She muttered in disbelief.

Realizing her current body gender, she was so stunned, that she even felt a chill run down her spine.

Closing her eyes in despair. She thought that she wouldn't encounter any gender issues, until the Newbie period was over.

"Second young master, the master has died in battle as for the first young master, his life and death is currently unknown." The servant reported with deep sorrow filling his voice.

Now that the Master was gone and what was left was the second young master who was known throughout the city as a dandy, unable to carry the family lineage.

The servant sighed in despair. Their lives as servants would probably get harder.

"Does anyone else know about this?" Zosia asked, trying to gleam as much information as she could before accepting the memories.

"Apart from the Madam. News have yet to reach here. We had only heard it from the messenger the Master sent back, telling us that he had died in battle and should prepare."

Prepare what? Prepare for the vultures who can't wait to swoon down and eat them up.

"Is the messenger still here?"

"Yes. He is currently on the brink of death. And the Madam has fainted." The servant answered, his mind whirling with thoughts of what the young master wanted to do.

"Use the best doctors we can get to sustain him and arrange the servants. If possible, gather all of them at the front yard. I will be there soon." Zosia commanded and the servant upon hearing the orders, rushed to execute it.

Zosia took a deep breath before accepting the memories which flooded into her mind.

After accepting the memories, she came to understand her situation better.

Zosia's gaze moved to the ring on index finger, which usually looked quite inconspicuous among the many rings the dandy young master usually wore.

"Such wonderful ring." Zosia commented, her eyes gleaming with radiant light.

The ring had the ability of changing a person's gender to the opposite gender, including the voice, face and the reproductive organs.

When the host mother was about to put to bed, the royal family had called them to the palace, under the guise of congratulating him about his pregnant wife. But, rather it sealed the future of the unborn child.

The host mother hadn't been able to take in since she got married to the Duke and the Duke being a loving person refused to take in a concubine, but his mother didn't think the same.

The old madam drugged him and schemed to have him bed the person she had always had in mind.

The woman took in quickly and gave birth to a boy, who is the current young master.

Unfortunately, she died while giving birth.

Many thought it was the Duke's main wife who had killed her, but the doctors brought by the old madam whom had wanted to cause a ruckus, confirmed that the concubine was already suffering due to the pregnancy and after she gave birth, the vitality which she had been using to sustain herself and the child was depleted and she couldn't hold on.

Even the Imperial Physician had confirmed the same thing, leading to the old woman to be racked up with guilt.

Just as the host mother name was cleared, the old madam suddenly said that the host mother, should mother the child.

The host mother had argued that she didn't dare. What if something happens while she was taking care of the child and she is blamed for something she knows nothing about. That since the old Madam had loved the child's mother so much, she should take care of her grandchild.

The old Madam cursed and said that, she didn't dare take care of a child that had the guts to take it's own mother's life.

Even the Daoist of the divination faction had proclaimed that the child was a black star.

This further steeled the old Madam's heart that she didn't even want to stay with the Duke anymore and left to live with her second son, afraid that something would happen to her.

And her mother had no choice but to take care of the child, even though she didn't want to.

Few years later, the host mother got pregnant.

During the host mother third trimester, the Duke who had returned valiantly from war with many military merits was called to the palace along with the host mother to congratulate them as well as offer them some praise.

The king probed the Duke when he arrived and realized that the Duke had planned to stop going to war while surrending military power, which should have assured the king.

But, the king wasn't fully assured and feared that such a man would give birth to children that would usurp him.

Taking the current Duke house young master who was better than the King sons in many aspects. He feared that if left unchecked that things would go awry.

The king then called the Imperial Divine Daoist to divine the child future.

The King despite knowing that divining a person without the permission of the child parents were wrong, he still did it.

The Duke's face upon seeing the Daoist try to discern his unborn child future, was as dark as it could get.

He had learnt a lesson about divining a child's future from his first son.

Even though he was still the Duke, there are already oppositions concerning his position due to the prophecy from that Daoist.

He turned to look at his pale wife, who was anything but fine. She could only endure it.

When the Daoist was done and he gave the prophecy, she knew that her child's future had become bleak.

To protect her child, she has to curb the child's brilliance.

The Daoist was shocked when he received the results of his divination. He knew that he had to say the truth, because lying would hinder his own cultivation.

He looked at the couple who had pale looks and a flash of pity crossed his eyes.

"The heavens have opened their eyes, and fate has woven a thread unlike any before.

A child shall be born, a daughter of unparalleled brilliance. Her talent in cultivation is one in a million—no mountain, no river, no storm shall bar her path.

From the moment she draws breath, the world shall tremble, for she is destined to rise, towering above all, an insurmountable peak that none shall surpass.

Glory shall follow her footsteps, her name etched into eternity, sung in the tongues of men and spirits alike. Yet, even in death, her radiance shall not fade, for the echoes of her might will never be forgotten.

Thus, the stars decree, and the Dao affirms—none shall obstruct her destiny."

Unlike the happiness that should be expected from the couple, they were unhappy, even to the extent that the host mother fainted.

The King despite the fake smile that adorned his face, anybody could tell that he was unhappy.

It would be more appropriate to say that he wants to kill them at that moment.

"Since, the Duke's wife is not feeling too good and is pregnant, let her stay in the palace till she gives birth." The king ordered.

But the Duke wasn't going to give in to the King this time.

He was even ready to go into a full blown fight of it needs be and escape with his child and pregnant wife.

After some argument, the King relented but sent some guards to them, in the name of protection.

When the host was born, the so called guards attacked to kill the host and if possible wipe out the family, but due to the ring her mother had put in her index finger, her gender was changed to a male.

After the Duke relinquished his title, some wealth and other things, the King was still unsatisfied and only relented, when he had the Duke make a promise to him that he would enter the battlefield one more time when needed.

The Duke promised, only if he would spare his family.

Now, that one last mission had taken the Duke's life and the fate of the eldest son was unknown.

She could tell that soon, the King would come for them. The king can't wait to wipe them out and now that they already have a chance to do so, they wouldn't step back.

Zosia gave a deep sigh after understanding the ins and out of the matter.

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