Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Villains are made not born.

Villains are made not born— unknown.

In this world, the strong are respected and the weak perish. More especially in the demon realm. Halflings were considered an abomination in the demon world. They were usually fragile and delicate because they were part human. For this, they were despised and bullied in all demon realms.

It wasn't any better in the mortal realm either. They were considered monsters and devils, an abomination that shouldn't exist they were rejected and feared. So how did Xiang Yu, a halfling become the northern Demon King? To understand it one had to go back to the time of his birth.

While other mothers proudly carried their pregnant bellies his mother had been tying her belly to hide it from the proprietress of the Spring Lights brothel. If the proprietress were to find out about this she would have been enraged and punished her severely for costing them money.

Like most women in the brothel, she drank the decoction to prevent any accidents after having several trysts with her clients. This time, however, it didn't work.

To make matters worse the devilishly handsome man that had gotten her pregnant had even told her that he would return to pick up his offspring when the time came. Soon enough the big belly became quite noticeable, especially through the thin clothes she wore in the brothel. Sure enough, the proprietress was angered by this. But before she could use other means to get rid of it the client brought eight pieces of gold as compensation.

Her face crinkled as she greedily looked at the riches in her hand. Thus Li Hua was forced to carry her pregnancy to full term.

The man soon revealed his true form as the Demon King appearing out of thin air in the backroom where she was screaming in agony giving birth. This was when she realised that the man she had carried a child for was a monster. Fear struck her but the excruciating labour pains overwhelmed her. Her body was drenched in sweat as she clutched the sheets hanging on the wooden beams of the back room.

Surprisingly when she gave birth there wasn't just one child but two, a boy and a girl. In the moonlit backroom, the Demon King's crimson eyes fixed on the two tiny bundles and when he laid eyes on his daughter he picked her up and cradled her in his arms. He placed a pouch filled with silver on the side table before turning to leave.

Li Hua's sunken eyes widened as she pointed at the other newborn. The innocent baby gazed up with curious eyes. As if sensing the rejection in his eyes he instinctively reached out his tiny hand towards his father, his innocent and plump face contorted into a hopeful smile deliberately acting cute.

Disdain curled his lips as he replied coldly, "Do as you please with it."

After saying that he swung the backroom doors open and with an air of indifference about him he disappeared into the cold abyss of the snowy night, leaving the innocent child behind. _{freёweɓnovel.com}

Li Hua knew she couldn't keep this baby. It was inconvenient for a courtesan to have a child hanging around. It interfered with business.