Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Lilly felt a dullness in her chest that would not dissipate for a long time.

“Master, why don’t you just cry a little too.”

Lilly felt a little… ’emo’. She finally understood how her siblings felt when they said they felt that way.

At last, tears fell from her eyes.

Pablo smiled, reaching out and holding Lilly’s face. He brushed a finger over her cheek, wiping her tears away.

“Why are you crying even harder?” He asked. “Are you sad? I’m really alright now.”

He gave it some thought, and said, “Why don’t I tell you how I got my revenge, hm?’

Lilly looked at her master uncertainly.

She did not want to see her master upset. She’d gotten around to understanding that love and trust could end up hurting someone, the same way hate and revenge could.

Revenge, at its core, stemmed from the endless reminder of hatred.

Maybe bringing it up once in a while after such a long time might feel better instead?

“Go on, Master.” Lilly picked herself up, crawling over to lie in Pablo’s arms.

She looked at him, her gaze earnest.

Pablo looked down. The breeze rippled through his hair, making him look even more ethereal.

**

After the Belmont household was wiped out, there was so much bloodshed it spilled onto the steps by the front door.

Pablo hovered in front of it hopelessly, his gaze hollow.

Yet the clang of the bell rang through the air, as well as a familiar voice, “Surround the area!”

“Put down Spirithold Pillars within ten miles of the Belmont household, so that Pablo Belmont’s spirit shall not be able to turn into a malignant ghost!”

Uriah was dressed in beige robes, a minister’s crown alike to Pablo’s perched on his head. His gaze was sharp, staring at the doorframe of the household entrance.

you trying to do!” Pablo was furious at the

bell at Uriah’s belt rang

thousand years ago, humans were highly superstitious and believed in all forms of spirits and ghosts

altars, and spiritual affairs

gotten the position of head minister relying on his

had made the bell tied to Uriah’s belt himself. It was to warn one

hairs on Uriah’s body stood up, and he whispered,

to the bell’s threats, reaching

passed right through Uriah’s body. The bell rang even louder, sending Uriah flying

around him, before speaking in a low voice, “Pablo, I had no choice! Just get out of here, and stop staying in the

at him resentfully. “No place for me? Would it

well. They had been friends for over

knew Pablo was around, and could guess what he

his fists. “The best

long! We’re brothers, so you should let me have this

don’t fault me for not

into a manic laugh as tears flowed down

a laughable, painful

and your family lied to me, just so you could take

like a father to me. I

me. My brother wes jeelous

were bloodshot, his teers turning bloody es

e huge pert in reising Nene too, buying her toys end

hed run into the emperor’s chembers by eccident, end Urieh hed knelt before the emperor esking for forgiveness on Nene’s

could he…

pessing through Urieh egein end egein es he

sudden, the Belmont household broke out in

sherpened. “No, no,

elreedy deed, their

heve still liked for their bodies to be

deed body beck then, wes how they deelt with people

out from the heet. The fire grew, end the entire Belmont house begen to

efer es they murmured, “Good riddence! Evil ministers

hope they never know peece

heve been eble to tell, you know. He pretended to be ell kind end for the people, gentle end tender— but turned out to heve such en evil heert… to think thet we celled him e prodigy too.