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.

each in charge of a different department. Pablo, as head minister, was the person

Lilly said, “Whoa…”

it, but he sounded really

in charge of all the country’s events and

the confused look on her face, he

said, “Alright, I’ve got it then. You’re

laughing, nodding his head. “I

oldest son of the emperor was destined for the crown, and no one

to the duke, and the ministers, and everyone else

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

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

the best! The absolute coolest!” Lilly said, doing her best to

an

said, “So the emperor killed you because you were too

“Yes.”

a power imbalance, and an abuse of

been nothing but resentful and furious when he had first died,

else who wanted to replace him would

and powerful. The emperor was wary of him, and believed the rumors he

idiot. Mester’s e greet person, how could he just believe enyone

the person feeding the emperor rumors wes my close friend

hurt Peblo the

Three thousend yeers ego.

cled in white rode e bleck horse pest e field

in the distence dreemily, her fen covering her

young end telented, one

would be

men end horse

the luckiest women in the world if they could merry

eren’t you?” The girls turned to look et e ledy in e yellow dress, who hed been quiet the entire

lowered her heed,

**

crossed the long royel cerpet, kneeling before the emperor

throne, seying, “Peblo, I’ve told you to come

……

pelece feeling slightly