Karen stared blankly, led by Lilum, to a spare instructor's dormitory.

She collapsed on the bed stiffly like a puppet, her long silver-white hair as dull and messy as moonlight falling over her back. His hand subconsciously grasped the sheets, stiff and mechanical, breathing weakly.

"Miss Karen, is there anything else you need?"

Karen didn't say a word, as if she hadn't heard it.

Seeing this, Lilum could only sigh in her heart. She knew she was better off getting out of here now, not touching Kaslana's business, and not knowing what was going on inside.

Don't understand at all.

She bowed politely slightly, slowly closed the door and prepared to leave.

Karin just looked at the door little by little, and the simple wooden door, little by little, slowly and unstoppably, slammed shut.

Click. The door lock snapped softly. There was no light in the room.

Karene turned her head to look out the window.

There was no starry light or shadow in the sky, and it was as dark as deathly despair in the abyssal front.

In the First Knight Training Camp, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, the night can be full of stars. Karin looked at the dark sky where there was nothing and buried her face in the pillow.

Even the training place is so hard.

It's colder than anywhere, the wind and snow are bigger than anywhere, the assessment is too demanding than anywhere, and the environment is worse than anywhere...

Why is it that Xiu has to bear all this, why, it is the younger brother left by his mother to be treated like this!

I'm my sister, isn't it...

Can't I do anything...

Karen couldn't help but think back to what Arthur had said during the day.

Those secrets that fell on her heart like a blade like a blade, some secrets that no longer wanted to be mentioned.

"Even if all the people died, Xiu would not be able to die. Because... He longed more than anyone else, desperately longed for himself to live. So even in the face of a tsunami, as long as he has a floating plank that can bring him to the surface, he can survive on it! ”

"He didn't have any survival training..."

"He's going to push himself." Arthur said inexplicably, "He will force himself to live no matter what, no matter what method he uses." ”

"Grandpa!" Karen shouted almost angrily, and there seemed to be a faint cry "That's the sea with nothing and no end!" ”

Arthur didn't speak.

Karen looked Arthur straight in the eye. She was waiting, waiting for Arthur's real answer.

After a long time, Arthur sighed.

"Francis, say it to your daughter yourself... Tell your daughter the answer you told me, as it is. Otherwise, even your daughter will hate you. ”

Karen turned her slightly reddened eyes to Francis.

Francis remained silent.

As if it wasn't his business, he just lowered his head and looked at the patterns of the stones on the ground.

"Minahills, Mia, you all go out." After a long time, the silence was finally broken by a voice. However, it was not Francis's voice, but Gerald.

The young knights accepted the order without any hesitation and left the room.

It wasn't so much that they were ordered to leave, but that they wanted to leave a long time ago. The more they stayed there, the more awkward they became.

Because, they are directly responsible for Xiu's disappearance.

However, after Minay Hills and the others left, Gerald did not leave. He still sat behind his desk, like a stubborn stone, firmly anchored there.

"From the very beginning, Xiu is what I have identified, the next Kaslana patriarch," Francis said silently.

Karen's pupils dilated slightly.

"So whatever is good, I've never been sure of him. I always demanded nothing more from him, better, and better. But—" Franciston paused, not saying the rest of the words.

However, he was not even as good as an ordinary Celestial Destiny Knight. Francis meditated in his mind.

That's its son, and he wants Xiu to get ahead more than anyone else. He was the son of Vera, the son of the man he loved all his life, and he wanted Xiu to be amazing and beautiful more than anyone else.

But in fact...

He couldn't accept that kind of disparity, he couldn't admit that such a thing that could even be called waste was his son, the son of him and Otto Villa, the younger brother of Kalen!

"He's not doing very well right now. In the most difficult places, facing the most severe instructors, carrying out the most arduous training, and experiencing the most severe assessments... Isn't he coping with it now? ”

He unconsciously propped his head and grabbed his hair hard. The way he is now is not an exaggeration to describe him as decadent.

He was disappointed and sad to learn that his son was like this. He had hoped to change all of this through training and hard work, but...

He couldn't even live up to the Kaslana family's standards. Arthur trained himself, spending two years entirely on him, but with little to no effect, no return.

He didn't look like Caslana's man, his body was weak, his character was weak, he didn't look like a warrior, and no matter how much Francis scolded and coldly spoken, he would never raise any objections. He will only choose to swallow everything in his stomach, always keeping his head down, and looking submissive.

Is this the kind of person that Otto Vera bought with her life?

That was the one who lit up the light of his whole life, that was the most beloved and precious person in his whole life! Is the person she bought with her life such an incompetent person!

I don't agree... How can such a person be worthy of his mother!

Francis's fingers tightened unconsciously and tightened, and even some strange sounds were heard.

It's naïve... It's naïve...

It's not a child anymore, why would you make such a childish move... Why do you always look like a funny monkey, no matter what you do, it's like a monkey show!

The fingers couldn't help but push a little harder.

Even, many years ago, when the cultivation of that year was still very young, when he was so young that he could not remember, Francis said to him: Prove your worth. Then he turned and left.

From that day on, young Xiu had to take care of himself.

Dress yourself when it's cold, and bathe yourself when it's hot. The room was dirty and cleaned by itself, and it was boring to pass the time by itself.

Everything is done by yourself. Whatever it is, it's on your own.

Obviously, there are a lot of maids in the family, and there are many people in the family who can help him, but...

There is no one to help him, even the smallest things.

Yes, since then, no one has paid attention to this child, whose face is still full of ignorance and confusion.

You can ask for help from others, you can ask for mercy from others, but...

That's useless, no one will help you.

Let's be independent and self-reliant. In a cold, indifferent world, live like an adult...

In this way, even if one day ...

Someday...

"Father, isn't Xiu a mother and child?" Karen's hand tightly grasped the placket of her chest, and grabbed the shining emblem of the Kaslana family on the placket, "Isn't Xiu your child!" Why, why do this to him! ”

Francis didn't say anything more.

Karen asked the same question, and he had tortured himself countless times in his heart.

It was all about it all that he had finally figured out in the few months he had been apart.

However, it was too late.

People always have to pay for what they do. The price of the mistakes I made because of my naivety at that time...

It is possible to lose him forever.

"Dad, didn't Mom tell you to take good care of your brother before leaving..."Karian wiped the corners of her eyes vigorously.

Francis was unmoved.

"Mom has written to me! That was my mother's last request! ”

Karene finally couldn't hold back her tears. In her crying, she told a secret that Francis had never known: "In the last few days, my mother wrote me a letter, and she asked me to take good care of my brother!" But now... But now—" Karene choked up, "what am I going to do with my mother's request?" Karen threw an old, yellowed letter into Francis's arms and rushed out the door desperately, never looking at Francis again.

(End of chapter)