I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 426 - 83: Tian En

From then on, the Frost Clan reduced its size and continually had its descendants leave the family and adopt different surnames to evade the curse.

That's how Mokaka's Hugo Family came to be.

Through such stumbling and exploring, time moved to the late 2050s of the 21st century.

That is 19 years ago.

At that time, the Zong Family of the Frost Clan was reduced to only the patriarch couple, "Kaos Frost," and a few elders.

The task of continuing the bloodline fell on the patriarch alone.

But unfortunately, Mr. Kaos was afflicted with the genetic disease of "infertility," producing nothing for decades, on the verge of extinction...

Helpless, he could only commission Biotechnology to create a test-tube baby.

At the time, test-tube baby technology was already mature, so after spending a fortune, he successfully had his child.

To prevent his surname from affecting the child, the Frost couple restrained their desire to see the child, never knowing the child's gender, and did not interfere in the nurturing process.

Yet, on the eve before the child was about to be born, an unexpected incident occurred.

A Death Domain incident exploded in the hospital.

Its scale wasn't large, but it was enough to disrupt all monitoring and electronic information.

The Frost couple were anxious as ants on a hot pot, pacing nervously outside the Death Domain, desperately wanting to rush in and bring the child out.

This was the only newborn of the family in decades! If it died, they'd be forced to take the worst course—adopt a child from another family into their name.

Fortunately, in the end, nothing went wrong.

When the Death Domain was decrypted by a passing Apprentice Death God, a doctor emerged from the hospital, holding a newborn.

The Kaos couple had their own child.

A healthy...

Boy.

...

Almost simultaneously with the boy's birth, in a small corner of the Lower City Z District, a sneaky figure placed something resembling a swaddle in a place known as "Wild Dog Alley."

It was called Wild Dog Alley because a pack of genetically mutated fierce dogs often appeared here, biting anyone they saw.

If left alone and encounter them, even adults would be severely injured, let alone a child.

Perhaps this sneaky figure's intention was to let wild dogs drag away the quiet pink-haired child in the swaddle.

This plan was almost foolproof because Wild Dog Alley was usually deserted.

But this time, their plan failed.

About ten minutes later, a couple returning home from the sweatshop accidentally passed Wild Dog Alley.

They immediately saw the swaddle and were stunned, then quickly retrieved it, saving the child from the jaws of the wild dogs.

The couple were honest workers, so finding the child's parents was naturally their first thought.

The problem was, in Nest City, abandoning children was too frequent, too normal, and the child was left without any tags, just with light pink hair.

Finding them was simply unrealistic.

So in the end, this couple decided to adopt the child.

Actually, they had long wanted a child, but due to working in a chemical plant, they lost their fertility in the first year due to chemical exposure, and thus couldn't conceive a new life over the years.

But the arrival of this pink-haired child fulfilled their longstanding dream.

They brought the child back to their slightly shabby...but lively little home, feeding the hungry little one, washing her with the rare clean water, and humming a clumsy lullaby to coax her to sleep.

They gave the child a name.

Tian En.

Meaning—Heaven's Mercy.

...

Tian En's childhood wasn't easy.

Her family's condition was poor, even worse than Yun You's.

Due to being deceived in business early on, Tian En's parents not only had low income but also owed an amount of debt that seemed insurmountable.

So in Tian En's memory, the most frequent scenes were groups of aggressive people coming to collect debts, demanding money, and removing furniture and appliances if there's none.

In Tian En's impression, her father was always somewhat honest...even a little cowardly, rarely daring to argue, swallowing all grievances whole even when things weren't his fault.

And her mother, too, was a straightforward craftswoman, unable to work loudly since being dismissed from the chemical plant for age and health reasons, only making clay dolls for sale, never daring to speak up or get angry.

Yet...whenever those debt collectors had thoughts on Tian En's pretty face, wanting to take her away, the originally timid couple would grab shovels and kitchen knives, transforming into two furious idols defending her.

That was a scene Tian En would never forget in her lifetime.

She could only feel safe in front of her parents.

Thus, no matter how hard life was, Tian En deeply loved her adoptive parents.

At a young age, this child already matured, doing chores and various child jobs...like washing dishes in restaurants and distributing electronic flyers, to help with household expenses.