They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 352: That Feeling, That Look

His fingers unconsciously tightened around Nnenna’s wrist.

These words made Nnenna pause.

Until now, she had been swept up in the chaos, the fear, the relief, but now, the questions began creeping in.

Yes, Somto hadn’t appeared for months. He hadn’t come for the funeral. He hadn’t even sent a message. And to everyone watching, that absence felt like abandonment.

But…

He had said something just now. Something about being in the middle of something he couldn’t walk away from. Something dangerous. And, more importantly, he had said that he knew who was behind their father’s death.

That one detail changed everything.

Nnenna turned to Abuchi, whose shoulders were still stiff with emotion. But even he, somewhere deep down, had to admit one thing:

Yes, back then they needed him, but not nearly as much as they needed him just this very morning.

Because if Somto hadn’t arrived when he did… they would all be dead.

No matter how hurt they were by his absence, they couldn’t ignore what had just happened.

He didn’t send soldiers. He didn’t delay. He came himself.

And judging by the sheer power he walked in with, and how fast he had gotten there from wherever he had been, it was obvious.

He had dropped everything.

Was that not family?

even if buried beneath

Somto had chosen them.

a good enough excuse for abandoning them

to its leg, anything to show he knew what they were going through would’ve been better than silence. Abuchi’s jaw tightened as the thoughts ran wild in his head, the bitterness still

more, something sharp and heated, when Nnenna gently placed her hand

like a

her, his lips already parted with fury, but the calm in her eyes softened him. Not entirely, but

have come back then… maybe he really had something too

stayed on his shoulder.

the moment we truly needed him, when it wasn’t just grief, but our lives and our friend’s lives at stake, he came. Not with

words echoed

upset. Of course he was. A brother should be there for his family, through loss, through mourning.

But…

sent soldiers. He hadn’t

the night, from who knows where,

That wasn’t nothing.

That was everything.

the weight of frustration loosening ever so slightly. He

when it mattered most,” he murmured, more to himself than anyone

Nnenna nodded.

finally let out a

clarity crept in. He realized that his fury

had lost his father without warning. Without preparation. Without

to say. Questions he had hoped to ask. Regrets he now had to

just become an easy target for all that bottled up

said quietly, his

but he gave a subtle nod to show he understood. He hadn’t taken the emotional outburst to heart.

inside the castle, never once letting go

with a first aid kit, offering it hesitantly. Somto took it silently, like it was just another