Supreme Magus novel Chapter 240

The truth could hurt him, but lies had hurt him even more.

The trauma, the grieving had never stopped until he had been forced to face his own mistakes through the eyes of the others. She couldn’t let him start his life anew based on a convenient lie.

It was time to come clean with Lith, even if that meant destroying their relationship. Every day she hid the truth had been torture for Solus, but she endured it because she cared too much for him.

She was even willing to bear his grudge if it meant for Lith to change for the better.

’Lith, do you trust me?’ She asked.

’I’d trust you with my life. Beside Protector, you are my only true friend. Despite witnessing every single and most despicable flaw of mine, you have always accepted me for who I am. I wouldn’t be the person I am now without you, Solus.’ He replied.

’Then I hope that one day you’ll forgive me.’

’Forgive you for what?’ Lith had yet to complete his question when Solus projected in his mind everything that had happened after he had lost consciousness. How Protector had survived, his last words for Lith, and his plea to Solus to keep it a secret.

Lith couldn’t believe his own mind.

’How could you do this to me?’ There was no trace of rage in his thoughts, only the deep pain coming from the breach of their trust. Until that day, Lith had always considered it the only certainty in his life.

Solus was a part of him as much as he was a part of her. In his eyes, she back being an untrustworthy piece of stone, just like the first day they met. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

She could feel his pain and silent accusations. They both deeply hurt her, but she kept being honest without hiding anything from him.

’How? I’ll tell you how. I simply did exactly what you have done time and time again over the years to everyone you love and care for. I followed your teachings and lied to you to keep you safe from a truth that I was afraid could kill you.’

Lith wanted to rebuke, but everything that came to his mind would sound incredibly hypocritical of him. He still remembered how Scarlett had accused him of corrupting Solus’s nature, but he only now understood the meaning of her words.

’How can I trust you from now on? How can you ask me to forgive you? You are the only one I never lied to, never!’

’It’s actually easy.’ She replied with a firm voice, even though Lith could feel her pain and tears. ’Just read my mind like you always did when we first met. Dig up all my memories and feelings until your paranoia it’s satisfied!

’Do it right now, if it makes you feel better. I know that I made a mistake by lying to you, but I did it only out of love. Maybe you don’t realize it yet, but you are my everything just like Carl was for you, if not even more.

’I was scared of losing you forever, scared of being alone again. I chose to keep you safe and sound, even if it meant losing your trust. I prefer a world where you hate me for my actions rather than to keep living without you.

It would be worse than death, even worse than slowly starving.’

Lith would have loved to believe her, but at that point, he believed in no one. He followed Solus’s suggestion, fusing their minds completely for the first time in years. Lith could see everything that she had ever thought and felt since the day they bonded.

The pain from not having a body, how her feelings for him had grown and changed over the years. At some point, it was impossible to understand if it was the kind of love a daughter had for a father or rather the one a woman felt toward a man.

Everything she had told him was nothing but the truth, from the reasons why she had lied to him to all the sacrifices she had made to keep him alive until that moment. He learned about all the times that she had risked her life to protect him, belittling herself like she wasn’t even a person.

He experienced the guilt and suffering that derived from hiding the truth from him. Lith was shocked by all those revelations, even more so because fusing their minds meant violating her privacy, rummaging through her most private thoughts.

’I knew you would do it, but it hurts nevertheless.’ She sobbed.

’Please, throw me away if you must, but leave me alone.’ The old pouch reappeared around his neck and Solus left his finger to hide inside it. Suddenly, he couldn’t feel her presence inside his mind.

The door between them could be opened with a simple thought, but then what?

Lith felt lost, he couldn’t think about anything that he could do to make either of them feel better. Everything that Solus did, was only because she followed his teachings. He had no one to blame but himself.

***

White Griffon Academy, Yurial’s apartments.

"Girls, I can’t believe I’m going to say it out loud, but the more I know Lith, the more I think he isn’t a human being." Yurial said.

"I mean let’s set aside his terrible attitude when we met, since we well deserved it. How can he possibly be that strong? It’s not natural. Also, how could he be okay without resting not even for one hour? It doesn’t make any sense."

"Yeah, not to mention that somehow he spotted the Clackers despite them being underground. Did he ever explain to you how he managed to do it?" Quylla pointed out.

"No." Phloria replied.

’There’s also the issue with his beloved brother that he let slip while giving us the pep talk. I have triple checked it, his relationship with his brothers is terrible. Either he has a third secret brother or I don’t know what to think.

’Yet if they didn’t notice it, I’m not going to add coal to the fire. I don’t like where this conversation is going already.’ She thought.

"Honestly, I never understood how any of you could overlook his ever changing persona. First, he was very rude to us. Then he became our mentor despite being three years younger than us and lastly our ’good friend’.

"We all have seen how he kills people without remorse, how easily he lies to everyone, even to us. I’m grateful for everything Lith did for me, but he still creeps me out." Friya shrugged.

"I suspect Lith actually is a bastard member of the royal family." Yurial’s words left the others speechless.

"My father says that the Royal couple is known for having physical abilities on par with magical beasts. It would also explain how he is so knowledgeable and why Linjos keeps him in such high regard."