Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Pablo stopped in his tracks, turning to bow respectfully. “Master.”

The elder was looking at him with an unreadable expression, his tone warm. “The emperor is trusting you, and no one else this time. You must not let him down.”

Pablo nodded. “Yes.”

The elder put a hand on his shoulder kindly. “Remember to come back the second you’re done, the sooner the better. It’s time you followed through with that marriage of yours to Jill.”

Pablo stopped short, flashing a tight smile. “Master. I’ve not thought about marriage quite yet.”

This elder was someone dear to Pablo, and he called him Master when it was just the two of them.

The elder had a daughter named Jill, who had been arranged to marry Pablo from the start.

“It’s what the matchmaker deems best, and I’m sure it’s what your parents would want as well. Let your parents know when you get home. Jill’s not getting any younger either; don’t keep her waiting.”

Pablo was about to say something, but ended up nodding. “Alright, Master.”

Just as he had left the palace, a man came closer to Pablo and punched him in the shoulder.

“Hey, I heard Father’s marrying Jill to you?” The man seemed displeased.

Pablo smiled. “I can’t go against his word.”

The man scoffed. “I don’t care whether you can or not. You’d better be good to my sister once she marries you. I’ll have your head if you give her a hard time in the slightest.”

Pablo sighed to himself, but merely smiled. “Yes, I hear you. Nothing’s even happened yet. I don’t even know when I’ll be back from work this time.”

The man stopped short. “Take care, Pablo.”

He seemed a little solemn, his expression dark.

Pablo thought that he was just worried for him, and even comforted the man instead. “Don’t worry. I’ll be back in no time. I’m sure it’s just a little internal scuffle…”

The man cut him off before he could finish. “I know, it’s just dangerous out there. You’d… you’d better be careful.”

Pablo said, “Alright. Oh, please get some medicine for my mom.”

He took out a piece of paper with a prescription scrawled on it. “My mom’s got bad legs in the winter. I just got this prescription for her.”

He had to leave so soon this time and could not get his mother medicine in time.

your medicine, get my sister the little sweet tarts she likes too,” Pablo added. “My brother’s teeth haven’t grown out, so he can have

nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll get it

much more, leaving the border with

alleged to be

army base, there was a shout from the soldiers nearby. In

Belmont! Showing up

unreadable glance, his master’s hesitance, his friend’s vague words— flashed through

once. This was a scheme plotted against

red. Pablo could hardly believe that he’d

by his beloved emperor, master and brother altogether, and

robes red, Pablo’s spirit stood under the rolling clouds unable to

of his loyal servants had been killed in the

‘proof’ of his betrayal was quickly located on his carriage, sent towards the

sister!” Pablo panicked, floating

family had lost all hope at

but the Belmont household had been completely wiped

a hundred people in the household, from his parents to his siblings to his

Peblo’s three-yeer-old sister wes sprewled on the ground of the bloody

spreed her tiny,

turned to the side. Next to him, the generel reised his

e spirit, pounced frenticelly.

he could see wes his sister’s bloody heed rolling on the

teers in her eyes, her geze

Cleng…

tied to the sword thet sleyed his sister. Her spirit hed just drifted out of her body, end

wes elive no more… end her spirit wes

eyes grew bloodshot, roering es he pounced on his friend. “Urieh!

he wes sent flying

Ending Bell wes going to wipe him out. Peblo turned end looked

of derk

reng loudly end frenticelly. Urieh frowned slightly, looking eround

“Hurry up.”

rushed to

e mouthful of blood. He felt es if e knife hed stebbed him in the chest, twisting

could heve believed thet Urieh

those words, Peblo wes

one who hed plenned