The Idle System (A LitRPG series Book 7): Family by Pegaz (world best books to read TXT) 📕

Katcha!

Bang!

All the people around the knight screamed in panic as they backed away several feet.

Kelly saw everything as she was about to slap that knight for his words, but before she could even get close, he had been hit by lightning.

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Sitting on a tree in the jungle, lightning crackled around John’s finger as it pointed towards the sky.

Sarah sat up and glared at him. “Why did you do that?”

“Well”—John put his hand down—“he said I was a coward and that if he’s wrong he should get struck by lightning. I know he’s lying and can control lightning, so if that wasn’t asking me to hit him with it, then I don’t know what was.”

Chapter 16: Refuse

Inside the town, the people had stopped panicking, but they were now confused.

Nobody knew why a bolt of lightning would strike somebody, even if they begged for it to happen.

Lightning doesn’t just strike the target. It travels through it, into the ground, and spreads out. Nobody else is hurt, though, despite being so close to him. That means the lightning only struck the man who asked to be hit by lightning, then it somehow stopped in its tracks. How’s that possible?

Kelly ignored the questions inside her head after nothing even resembling an answer came to her. She walked towards the knight that got struck by lightning and began to check his pulse.

Luckily, he had taken his helmet off prior to the incident, otherwise it might have melted onto his head, killing him instantly.

It didn’t take long before she came to the conclusion that the lightning bolt had accelerated the knight’s heart rate. Kelly retrieved some herbs from a small bag she always carried with her and tried to give them to another knight who was still shocked by what had happened.

“If you don’t help your friend, he’ll die!” She shook him as she yelled. “Crush this herb and feed it to him, it’ll slow his heart rate. It’s only a temporary fix, but I don’t have anything that can cure a lightning strike, so now he has to have the will to live.”

The prince, though confused at first, had seen everything. A wide grin appeared on his face as he walked towards Kelly. “It’s unexpected that someone so beautiful would be skilled in the art of medicine. Thank you for helping my uncle. Even if he doesn’t make it, he’d be happy to have been treated by you.”

Kelly blushed but then knitted her brows as she turned her head to his fiancée who was less than amused but certainly not shocked by her husband-to-be’s behaviour. Her arms were crossed and her mouth was pursed into a sour scowl.

Noticing Kelly’s reaction, the prince moved his head closer and whispered, “We’re engaged, but it’s a political marriage between the two kingdoms. We don’t love each other. The truth is, we can’t even stand each other’s company at all.

“We came to an understanding while touring the kingdoms. She’ll hold the title of queen when I become king, and we’ll both have concubines who we truly love.

“The only problem with this is that we’ll need to produce an heir.”

When Kelly heard those words, she subconsciously thought about what her dad had told her.

“Fantasy is always much nicer than reality, so don’t be too disappointed when reality hits you.”

I guess dad was right. Kings and princes will always have multiple women to pass along their bloodline and to make sure heirs are born. This is definitely nothing like fairy tales.

Strangely, she wasn’t too disappointed.

She flashed the prince a modest smile and took leave.

I refuse to be one of many! If I’m going to find someone, I want to find someone who would give anything and everything to me, like my parents.

The prince raised his brow and his face turned beet red. Before he could think properly, one of his closest knights shouted at Kelly in anger. “Girl, the prince is talking to you! Do you know how lucky you are to be even considered as a concubine by his highness? Yet, you’ve shown disrespect to His Majesty which is cause for punishment!”

The shout from the guard, which revealed what was going on to the rest of the crowd, caused them to have different reactions. Some were worried the royalty would blame the people of the town and started sweating. Others were disgusted by the prince picking up women in front of the wife-to-be but didn’t say anything, while some young women wondered what they needed to do to be considered a royal concubine.

The knight advanced towards Kelly who had her back to him. By the time he had finished speaking, his right hand was hovering over her right shoulder, ready to spin her around.

Before he could make contact, Kelly turned to her right and grabbed his arm, locking it between her own. Immediately after, she twisted his fingers and pushed his forearm down, forcing his elbow to bend opposite its natural direction.

Even though the knight was wearing metal armour, Kelly was easily able to twist his joints with little effort.

He let out a horrific scream as he fell to his knees.

This left the knight’s entire left side wide open, which Kelly wasn’t going to ignore. She let go of the man’s arm, took half-a-step back before spinning to her left while lifting her foot up.

Bang!

Kelly’s foot struck his rib cage, knocking him back. She wasn’t worried about doing any real damage because the man was wearing full plate armour.

The other six knights of the Gralux Kingdom saw what happened and they were taken aback by what had transpired. A moment later, they silently shifted into their formations.

Three knights stood around the prince for his protection, while the other three knights marched towards the woman they were going to subdue so she could be punished for her actions. They had to take this seriously and couldn’t belittle the small girl who was