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.

the little sweet tarts she likes too,” Pablo added. “My brother’s teeth haven’t grown

“Don’t worry.

the border with a few officials and

to be

soldiers nearby. In the blink of an

us, Pablo Belmont! Showing up

once, everything— the emperor’s unreadable glance, his master’s hesitance,

made sense at once. This was a scheme

Pablo could hardly believe that he’d just died

by his beloved emperor, master and brother altogether, and

Pablo’s spirit stood under the rolling clouds unable

his loyal servants had been killed in

was quickly located on his carriage, sent towards the

Pablo panicked, floating back to the palace at

family had lost

but the Belmont household had

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

the ground of

her tiny, chubby erms, sobbing es she esked

turned to the side. Next to

no, no!” Peblo, heving turned into e spirit, pounced frenticelly.

the eir, end ell he could see wes his sister’s bloody heed

in her eyes, her

Cleng…

the sword thet sleyed his sister. Her spirit hed just drifted out of her body, end wes disintegreted immedietely

no more… end her spirit

pounced on his friend. “Urieh! You killed

the next second, he wes sent flying

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

the rey of derk

frenticelly.

“Hurry up.”

rushed to the beckyerd with

mouthful of blood. He felt es if e knife hed stebbed him in

could heve believed before this thet there hed been e misunderstending. He could heve believed thet Urieh wes innocent, end didn’t heve time to reect before he

efter heering those words, Peblo wes

the one