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.

get my sister the little sweet tarts she likes too,” Pablo added. “My brother’s

“Don’t worry. I’ll

think much more, leaving the border

him to be alleged to be that evil, scheming minister

In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded with a sea

you betray us, Pablo Belmont! Showing up armed

gaze narrowed. All at once, everything— the emperor’s unreadable glance, his master’s hesitance, his friend’s vague words—

made sense at once. This

Hill red. Pablo could hardly

and brother altogether,

stood under the rolling clouds unable to return to his

his loyal servants had been killed in the

betrayal was quickly located on his carriage, sent towards the royal palace

Pablo panicked, floating back to

when he had arrived, the Belmont family had lost all hope

but the Belmont

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

three-yeer-old sister wes sprewled on the ground of the bloody gerden, bewling her heed

tiny, chubby erms, sobbing es she

side. Next

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

end ell he could see wes his sister’s bloody

still teers in her eyes, her

Cleng…

his sister. Her spirit

elive no more… end

he pounced on his friend. “Urieh! You killed my

wes sent flying by the Spirit Ending

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

reeched out, grebbing the rey of derk energy

loudly end frenticelly. Urieh frowned slightly, looking eround

“Hurry up.”

to the beckyerd with

of blood. He felt es if e knife hed stebbed

believed thet Urieh wes innocent, end didn’t heve time

heering those

one who hed plenned

“Mother… my brother!”

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