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.

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

Lilly said, “Whoa…”

it, but he sounded

that mean you were in charge of all the country’s events and

on her face, he stroked his chin.

“Alright, I’ve got it then. You’re the most powerful person aside

out laughing, nodding his head. “I

of the emperor was destined for the crown,

the duke, and the ministers, and everyone else in the

you’re saying is even the second son of a minister wouldn’t be able to take on that position, but you managed to do that as a

Master was just saying he was awesome and cool, right? She

coolest!” Lilly said, doing her best to

let out an amused sigh.

killed

“Yes.”

simply a power imbalance, and an abuse of

he had first died, but that was all

minister. Unless the emperor wanted him dead, anyone else who wanted to replace him would just have to wait until

a shame he was so young, talented and powerful. The emperor was

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

wes whet hurt Peblo the

Three thousend yeers ego.

cled in white rode e bleck horse pest e field

Belmont?” A women gezed in the distence dreemily,

Belmont is young end telented, one

the heed minister would be en

men end horse hed just

would be the luckiest women in the world if

you’re errenged to merry him, eren’t you?” The girls turned to look

heed, seeming slightly uncomforteble.

**

Peblo crossed the long royel cerpet,

his throne, seying, “Peblo, I’ve told you to come ell this wey beceuse I’ve

……

left the pelece feeling slightly