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The same man who had taken the mysterious black sword from the Sterne Family's hands, the one their Supreme Leader had ordered them not to pick a fight with.Of course, that was because he had a mysterious toddler at his side.And that toddler had walked into this room with him.In the center section, three figures in soft green robes—a color fitting the name of the sect wearing them. The Pure Jade Sect's robes carried no heavy ornamentation, only thin lines like jade cracks running along the fabric's edges, with buttons of a material that was clearly no ordinary metal.Two men around their forties with postures that were patterned—trained to appear neutral, and managing it—and one woman in her thirties whose eyes when they looked at something showed that neutral for her wasn't the product of training but simply how she was.And on the side closest to the entrance—two figures from the Sacred Sword Sect.The first was a woman with long black hair that fell loose in the way of hair care
Chapter 258
They arrived at the Draethos Mountains the following evening, at exactly ten o'clock.The forest below was already familiar to both of them—the same canopy, the same darkness, the same air with its way of being different from Velmont's air. They didn't take the main path this time. There was no need.At the massive gate, Bai Li was already waiting.Behind the old man stood several ordinary Elders and two Grand Elders—all with postures that made it clear tonight's arrival was different from Caelan's first time here just a few days ago."Supreme Leader." Bai Li bowed. "Please follow us. They're already waiting."Caelan nodded.---The Eternal Black Dragon Sect's guest pavilion stood on the western side of the complex—separated from the main buildings by a distance that clearly communicated this was not part of the sect's core, but wasn't something built halfheartedly either.The building was large in the way of a building that knew its function—not to impress its occupants, but to give
Chapter 257
Caelan returned to Aurelian.The day moved like the days before it—patients came in one by one, each bringing their complaint, each leaving in a different condition from when they had walked in.Some came with exhausted faces after years of going from doctor to doctor with no results, some came with wrong diagnoses from other places, some came because they had nowhere else to go.All of them went home healed.At eleven at night, Caelan turned off the lights in his room.---Dinner that evening was a little different.Layla brought the trolley as usual, but this time she didn't rush to leave. Caelan invited her to sit, and Layla accepted in the way of someone who no longer needed much convincing to do it.They ate as three—Caelan, Layla, and Rex sitting on the other side of the table with his milk carton and the expression of someone very pleased with the development unfolding in front of him.The conversation flowed without a plan—from small things, to things a little larger, to laugh
Chapter 256
Caelan didn't speak right away.He let those words fill the air of the room first, let Serena who had spoken them feel the weight of her own words before anyone responded.Then, quietly: "You're free to take out all your anger and sadness on me, Serena."His hands removed Serena's grip from his shoulder—not roughly, but clearly."But coming back to you? I'm sorry. I can't."Serena looked at him, her eyes immediately searching for an opening."Why, Caelan?" Her voice cracked. "Why? Am I not pretty enough for you? Am I not attractive to you anymore?""No." Caelan looked straight back at her. "This has nothing to do with appearance."He paused briefly, choosing his next words not because they needed much thought, but because he wanted to make sure nothing would be misunderstood from what was about to come out."This is about love, loyalty, and hope. And from that day—the day of my freedom, the day that should have been the best day after four years—you kissed Harrison right in front of m
Chapter 255
The Hale family home hadn't changed from the outside.The same gate, the same garden, the same facade—everything exactly as it existed in Caelan's memory from the last time he had stood here. But the way Caelan saw it now was already very different from how he had seen it then.The last time he came here, there was still something remaining in his chest. A small, thin hope that refused to die even when it was already clear there was no fertile ground for it in this place.About a month ago, he had just walked out of prison.Four years inside, and during those four years there was only one reason that had allowed him to choose patience—Serena. Serena's career as an actress and singer had been built over many years. She had a big name and a bright future.One scandal could destroy all of that, and Caelan knew it, so he had chosen to be the suspect in an accident Serena had caused—to make sure the name of the person he loved wasn't tarnished.Four years.And time that should have been sp
Chapter 254
Eight in the morning.The suite bell rang the same way it did every morning—three times, with even pauses between each, already very familiar to the two residents of the suite.Rex climbed off the sofa and opened the door.Layla stood behind it with the same trolley, the same uniform, and the same posture as every morning.But something was different.The moment her eyes found Caelan standing near the window, something happened on her face. The smile that appeared wasn't the practiced, neat professional one—it came from somewhere else entirely, warm and a little shy, making Layla's face look like it belonged to someone different from the Layla who brought the trolley to this suite every morning.Rex looked at her.One second.Two.He knew Layla. Not in the sense that they talked often—but in the sense that he had seen this woman come and go from the suite enough times to know that the persona she usually presented here was a professional one, composed, with a poise that never stepped
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