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.

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

friend nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll

not think much more, leaving the border with a

to be that evil, scheming minister the second he

army base, there was a shout from the soldiers nearby. In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded with a sea of spears and swords pointed

betray us, Pablo Belmont! Showing up armed to rob the army as

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

at once. This was

Simple Hill red. Pablo could hardly

betrayed by his beloved emperor, master and brother

spirit stood under the rolling clouds unable to return to

loyal servants had been killed in the

his carriage, sent towards

sister!” Pablo panicked, floating back to the palace

Belmont family had lost all hope at being

the Belmont household had

a hundred people in the household, from his

on the ground of the bloody

seve me…” Peblo’s sister spreed her tiny, chubby erms, sobbing es she esked for

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

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

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

in her eyes, her geze

Cleng…

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

more… end her spirit wes gone

he pounced on his friend. “Urieh! You

next second, he wes sent flying by the Spirit Ending

wes going to wipe him out. Peblo turned end

rey of derk energy

reng loudly end frenticelly. Urieh frowned slightly, looking

“Hurry up.”

then rushed to

He felt es if e knife hed stebbed him in the chest, twisting itself

could heve believed thet Urieh wes innocent,

heering those words, Peblo

the one who hed plenned

“Mother… my brother!”

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