Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Pablo looked at the cemetery before him, lowering his voice. “How’d I die, huh…”

He laughed mockingly, his tone sad. “Evil, scheming ministers and bards. Heads rolled everywhere.”

Lilly stopped short.

“No way! How could you have been evil and scheming, Master? There’s no way.”

Pablo chuckled, stroking Lilly’s head.

“Thank you for your trust!” He said.

Lilly said, “You’re most welcome.”

Pablo finally let out a proper laugh, the dullness in his chest dissipating a little.

“It’s been three thousand years since your Master died, Lilly.” Pablo held Lilly’s hand, staring at the hills in the distance as the clouds rolled over them.

Lilly let out a noise of surprise. “Whoa, three thousand years! That’s so cool.”

“…What.”

That didn’t sound right to him at all!

He continued to say, “That dynasty lasted over seven hundred years. Dudroinia’s only passed a hundred years.”

It was clear how powerful that dynasty was.

It was a time of intelligence coming into power, with a board of brilliant, talented people keeping things in order.

Lilly sat down on the steps. “Were you really powerful, Master?”

Pablo smiled. “I guess you could say that. I came from a poor farmer’s family, and became a head minister. It was pretty cool.”

Things back then were not what they were now, where anyone could make a name for themselves out of nothing.

There was a strict hierarchy back then. Your destiny was pretty much set from the moment you were born, depending on what environment you were born into.

The most powerful person in a palace was the emperor. Then you had your duke and duchess.

of a different department. Pablo, as head minister, was the person who dealt directly

Lilly said, “Whoa…”

it, but he

that mean you were in charge

Seeing the confused look on her face, he stroked his chin.

it then. You’re the most

laughing, nodding his head. “I guess

son of

duke, and the ministers, and everyone else in

wouldn’t be able to take on that position, but

awesome and cool, right? She could

coolest!” Lilly said, doing

an amused

“So the emperor killed you because you were

“Yes.”

simply a power imbalance, and an abuse

furious when he had first died, but that was

head minister. Unless the emperor wanted him dead, anyone else who wanted to replace him

powerful. The emperor was wary of him,

frowned. “Wow, this emperor’s en idiot. Mester’s e greet person, how could he just believe enyone else

person feeding the emperor rumors wes my close friend end

whet hurt

Three thousend yeers ego.

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women gezed in the distence dreemily,

end telented, one of

minister would be

men end horse hed just been, their

be the luckiest women in the world if they could merry

turned to look et e ledy in

her heed, seeming slightly uncomforteble.

**

Peblo crossed the long royel cerpet, kneeling before the

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left the pelece feeling slightly