Chapter 90: One month remained
The soul remained silent for several long monts.
Within the dim room, the faint glow of residual energy illuminated the lifeless corpse lying on the stone ground. The translucent figure of Kael hovered above it, his form unstable, occasionally flickering as if a gust of unseen wind threatened to disperse him.
He was thinking.
For countless years he had existed in this state, neither truly alive nor completely gone. Ti had dulled many of his emotions, yet the temptation he had felt monts earlier had been genuine. The boy before him possessed an absurd level of talent, sothing that even he, who had lived for millions of years and witnessed countless prodigies, had rarely encountered.
For a mont he had wanted to seize the opportunity.
To bind this boy as his disciple.
To once again have a stake in the world of the living.
But after hearing Alex speak with such calm confidence, Kael realized sothing uncomfortable.
He was not qualified.
A faint sigh escaped him.
"I suppose this is acceptable," Kael said at last, his voice carrying a trace of resignation. "I am not worthy to beco your master anyway."
He paused briefly, his expression complicated.
"I simply could not resist the temptation of becoming the master of a prodigy like you."
The room fell quiet again.
Then Kael’s expression slowly turned solemn. His gaze shifted away from Alex for a mont, as though looking back through an extrely distant mory.
"Before I disappear, there is sothing you must know."
Alex remained silent, waiting.
Kael looked at him directly.
"Long ago, I adopted the son of my younger brother."
His voice was calm, but beneath that calm there was a faint chill.
"At the ti, my brother had supposedly died in battle. The empire confird it. His body was never recovered, but the battlefield was a place where such things often happened. I believed the reports."
For a mont Kael’s figure flickered again.
"So I took in his son and raised him as my own."
The faintest hint of bitterness appeared in his eyes.
"I treated him well. I gave him the best teachers, the best resources, and the protection of my household. I even intended to pass down a portion of my authority to him in the future."
He paused again.
"But I was wrong."
The temperature in the cavern seed to drop slightly.
"Years later, my brother returned."
Alex raised an eyebrow slightly but did not interrupt.
"He had not died," Kael continued. "He had simply vanished. When he ca back, he had changed. I do not know where he had gone or what he had experienced, but the man who returned was not the brother I once knew."
Kael’s eyes hardened.
"And he did not return alone."
His voice turned colder.
"He had been secretly communicating with his son for years."
The implication was obvious.
"They planned to kill ."
Alex finally spoke.
"You discovered their plan?"
Kael nodded slowly.
"Yes."
His lips curled into a faint, humorless smile.
"But unfortunately, they discovered that I had discovered them."
The air around his fading spirit trembled slightly as if stirred by lingering anger.
"They sent an assassin after ."
Alex glanced briefly at the corpse lying on the ground.
"Did you let the empire know?
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