Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3718

Chapter 3718: Perfect Kingdom (Part 1)

"Did you have to tell that poor boy all those bad things about his mother?" Elina grunted. "Hasn’t he suffered enough?"

"They are not bad, just the truth." The Guardian replied. "Now that the curtain on our charade has been ripped out, the more things we hide from Valeron, the more he’ll suffer in the future.

"At least this way, he gets an age-appropriate picture of the circumstances of his adoption. Or did you want me to stay silent and let Lith take all the blame? To let the wound between them bleed and fester?"

"No, Grandfather. You’re right." Elina sighed. "I know this might fix things with Lith and end his suffering, but I also don’t want to cause Valeron even more pain. This situation is tearing them both apart. It seems that no matter what string you pull, someone’s heart ends up unravelling."

"Well put, child." Leegaain nodded. "The problem is there’s no better solution. There has always been a chasm between Lith and Valeron. The lies bridged them, but never filled the gap, and their mutual affection only made the fall worse.

"Now that the bridge is gone, truth is the only cure. It may be painful and harsh, but the truth can at least stop the chasm from getting deeper and wider. Everything else is up to them."

"What more can Lith do?" Raaz asked in outrage. "He took in the son of the woman who made him kill Phloria! He treated Valeron like his own until Lith loved him as his own! We all did!

"My son almost died to protect Valeron, even when the boy wanted to have nothing to do with him! What do you want Lith to do next? To raise a new continent? To put a new moon in the sky?"

"That would be easy." Leegaain replied. "What Lith has to do is much harder. He has to forgive himself."

"What do you mean?" Raaz’s rage faded as he saw the compassion in the Guardian’s features. "How can self-forgiveness help Lith?"

"Babies are not as dumb as people think." Leegaain replied. "As long as Lith blames himself, Valeron will pick on that. The more Valeron trusts Lith, the more he will believe Lith when he says it’s all his fault.

"Think about what happened to Elphyn and Ripha Menadion. Their relationship was ruined because Ripha blamed herself for Threin’s death, and Elphyn believed her words. Love is a double-edged sword, child.

"It’s those we love who can cut us deeper, and that only because we allow them to. In this case, Lith’s self-loathing hurts both Valeron and himself. Because they allow it to."

"Should I go and tell him?" Raaz asked.

"Has telling someone ’It’s not your fault’ ever solved anything?" Leegaain asked in reply.

"No." Raaz slouched his shoulders and slumped on the nearest chair. "No matter how many times Lith hears it, it will be a waste of breath until he believes it."

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Griffon Mountain Range, Griffon Nest Mountain, at the same time.

It was rare for them to assemble, and when they did, they always returned to the place where everything started. The place where Tyris had evolved from an Emperor Beast into a Griffon and started her first family. freewebnσvel.cøm