Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1236 - 273: The Family Disciplines of the Old Grandmother

Chapter 1236: Chapter 273: The Family Disciplines of the Old Grandmother

It wasn’t a warm embrace, nor was it Annan throwing himself into his old grandmother’s arms, and certainly not the kind of embrace where you lift a child or a pet high into the air...

The old grandmother allowed Annan to nestle within the crook of her arm, with her left shoulder and chest bearing Annan’s head, her left arm supporting his back, and her right arm cradling Annan’s knees.

This was the perfect moment to stretch out his hand, circle his arms around the old grandmother’s neck, and lie in her embrace.

——In that regard, the old grandmother indeed possessed a grandmother’s touch. It truly was almost like being pampered... A real-life grandmother wouldn’t do this, probably only because they’ve aged and cannot lift the burden.

But the old grandmother had no such problem.

She held the one and a half meters tall Annan with an ease that surpassed even holding a bag of buns.

"I am truly sorry, Annan."

The old grandmother held Annan in her arms, touching her forehead to Annan’s and murmured softly: "You have suffered..."

"Suffering is not really the word," Annan coughed slightly, feeling somewhat awkward, "In fact, I haven’t really suffered... Along the way, it’s been mostly others who have suffered because of me."

"Not ’others’."

The old grandmother corrected: "Evildoers.

"Don’t dwell too much on it, Annan. You are walking on the path of justice that you aspire to; making evildoers suffer is hardly a sin. You have more right than anyone else to punish the wicked, so whatever you wish to do, you have the final say—it’s you who makes the rules, not you who follows them.

"Sheriff, judge, lord, Duke, King... and even gods, no one has more authority over condemnation and punishment than you. Do as you please. Because you are justice itself.

"Once you ascend to become a Chariot, a single word from you could change the laws of the whole world. All you need to do is to be true to your own conscience—if you believe you’ve done nothing wrong, your grandmother will always be there to support you from behind."

The old grandmother spoke, then sighed: "When I say you have suffered... I’m referring to that child."

...So it’s Dark Annan.

"Having to push a child to choose self-sacrifice, this is our inability as elders."

The old grandmother spoke with great sorrow: "Yet such a choice, we cannot prevent. Because none of us can touch The Worm.

"But this is akin to forcing a child to step onto the most brutal battlefield—undoubtedly, this is another manifestation of our failure as elders.

"We do owe you, Annan. Those old things, they knew at first glance how you would choose... They were so kind to the former you, precisely because they felt guilty about your future choices."

"I can hardly be called a child, either."

Annan smiled helplessly: "I was almost a thirty-year-old adult once..."

"That was in your past life."

Without hesitation, the old grandmother declared: "To us, you are a child—a child who was innocent and somehow burdened with a heavy mission right from birth.

"Even if I cannot change your will, if I were awake, I would do everything in my power to give you a childhood as happy as possible. I would never allow the curse of the Winter’s Heart to torment your will..."

As she spoke, she sighed with a touch of pity: "But that’s just an ’if’.

"My deep sleep is the sacred covenant I bear, beyond my control. If I occasionally wake up for some reason... even just for a little while, I would have to sleep an additional twelve days; if I’m awake for a day, that would mean an extra twelve months.

"If I were woken up constantly, I fear I would spend my days in a haze of deep sleep. That’s why I can’t easily be woken up; only when the Winter family faces a life-threatening danger would I be startled awake.

"Therefore, I actually know very little about your birth. After you were born, it was only during those three days when Dmitry, Maria, and you were named... I tried hard to wake up and took a glance at you all.

"It was then that I realized your identity."

So that’s how it is.

Annan understood.

It was rumored that the ancestral grandmother’s Dragon Sleep patterns were erratic... This must be the reason why.

Ordinary people didn’t know whether the ancestral grandmother had been summoned during her journey or whether she was awoken for a period due to certain matters. All they knew was that sometimes her sleep duration was short.

"I’m truly sorry..."

Once again, the ancestral grandmother sighed and held Annan tightly in her arms: "No matter how many times I say it, it can’t change the past or compensate for your childhood. But I can’t accept just standing by and watching you suffer through childhood, make sacrifices, and then when you’re in your youth, having to represent the whole world in the final battle."

"I can’t think of anything right now to make it up to you, so why don’t you tell me... If there’s anything that grandmother can do."

She softly said: "As long as it’s within grandmother’s power, I will definitely satisfy your wishes. Even if it’s something that breaks the Chrono-Law... I will find a way to do it."

What she meant was to personally take down The Worm, blatantly ignoring the Creation Ritual: The Calendar System.

——But for a god to strike directly against another god is a definite prohibition.

Unless the other party breaks the ban first.

Years ago, Mr. Radiance had already explicitly warned The Worm not to enter The Holy Nation.

Because of The Holy Nation’s unique political structure, it is dominated by the seven True Gods. But since there are also some lesser gods and False Gods in The Holy Nation as well, all the clergy of the gods naturally hold a lofty status here—because they possess the right to vote.

Even the clergymen of lesser gods and False Gods do not have the chance to become the Pope. Yet they can still take up administrative positions to the best of their ability in various localities and departments.

The essence of The Holy Nation is to hand over the supervision of officials to the various churches and the supervision of the churches to the gods. Through this means, it prevents the situation where the people perish and the government collapses.

But in this way, the clergymen of other gods can also directly obtain higher status.

Hence in The Holy Nation there is a clear law—not all gods and their followers can enter The Holy Nation. They must submit applications and get approval from the Hall of Purity.

After that, there is also a review that has to be convened every once in a while. If they are deemed detrimental to The Holy Nation by the Hall of Purity, they will be expelled. freewёbnoνel.com

Because of these special laws, The Holy Nation itself is equivalent to the sanctuary of the seven True Gods. And The Worm had been explicitly told "entry is not permitted."

If the followers of The Worm dare enter, at the very least they would be expelled and it’s entirely possible they would be executed; if The Worm forcibly entered, then he would be intentionally provoking and invading someone else’s sanctuary, and the other True Gods could take action against him.

Meanwhile, the situation in the Winter Duchy was different.

The last time the ancestral grandmother went into Deep Sleep, The Worm had not yet caused trouble in the Winter Duchy. She had ignored his presence.

This was the reason why The Worm was able to enter the Winter Duchy, steal Dmitry’s fertility, and nearly kill Annan once.

The Winter Duchy is the country with the most redundant laws. If one were to look strictly at the laws, even urinating on the street in the Winter Duchy or cursing someone is illegal—but in actuality, law enforcement is not that problematic.

Such stringent laws exist to facilitate the use of Divine Arts by the ancestral grandmother’s clergy.

Some of the ancestral grandmother’s Divine Arts relate to frost, but more of it relates to "Tradition." Simply put, it is "Judgement."

Just like the Silver Baron’s "Mandatory Taxation."

The ancestral grandmother’s priests could also make people "serve their sentences compulsorily," using this method to bind people.

Now that the ancestral grandmother has awakened, if The Worm enters the Winter Duchy, he will, without even realizing it, trigger a bunch of chaotic laws and then be justly executed by the ancestral grandmother.

——This is the "Ancestral Grandmother’s" "Familial Rules."