Hera got up and got ready to leave the room, but when she opened the door, she saw two bodyguards standing guard in the corridor.
When they saw her, they stepped forward to block her way.
"We're under orders not to allow you to leave this room," the bodyguards said in unison.
Hera furrowed her brows. What did she do to deserve this? How could Bernard be so mistrustful of her?
She was trying to think of a way to knock the bodyguards out when she heard a young, cheerful voice squeak, "Mommy!"
She saw Dylan and Dora running in her direction. The two bodyguards didn't bother because they thought the twins were looking for their mother and that Hera wasn't their mother.
Dora ran over to the bodyguards and, before anyone could blink, kicked the two bodyguards in their knees. The bodyguards were caught off-guard and fell to their knees.
"Stay low, move fast!" Dora yelled as she struck them on the back of their necks.
She might be young and small, but she was quite strong and precise when it came to acupuncture points. The bodyguards never expected themselves to be defeated by a young girl.
Dora was so quick that Hera didn't have time to tell her to stop. After the bodyguards were knocked out, Dora glanced up at Hera with gleeful eyes as if awaiting a reward or compliment.
"Mommy, I hit the right acupuncture point this time, didn't I?"
Helpless, Hera fell silent. When she taught the twins acupuncture points, Dora usually couldn't remember anything at all. Well, except for a few crucial points that were fatal. Those points were engraved in her mind, and she was exceptionally skillful in recognizing them.
Hera couldn't recall her or Bernard being so violent. She couldn't help but wonder why Dora turned out to be so violent.
All of a sudden, the scene of Bernard destroying the things around him when he suffered a relapse popped up in Hera's mind. Therefore, Hera concluded that Dora inherited this violent trait from Bernard.
"You can't be so rash and violent. What if your enemy had weapons? What if they hurt you?" Hera lectured after crouching down. She ruffled Dora's hair and checked if Dora was okay.
Dora straightened her clothes and said, "Mommy, I'm a little princess. I'm not violent."
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