Chapter 783 You never changed


    For us, the problems they must face and they had to win once again weren''t painful. They were bothersome with full of uncertainty, but he — they had grown stronger, wiser, and more mature before the regression. He was certain they could do it; just like all the other hurdles, they would ovee this.


    But what was painful to him was to watch ude in this cold pce again. It wasn''t like us had forgotten how this young boy lived within these walls. Around this time, ude was still full of hopes, eyes full of optimism, and still has this child-like personality. us didn''t want to watch how those things would slowly disappear — get taken from ude before meeting Lilou. Although the young and adult ude now lived in the same timeline, both were his nephew. And thus, having to experience those again, ripped through us''s soul like no other. ude had been through a lot — all of them had— but us had always wished to end this cycle. The La Crox''s already suffered from the man who should''ve protected them. They all loathed their father for what he had done to them and his cruel way of raising his children, and yet, they were doing the exact same thing to ude. They might not hurt ude physically, but emotionally, the child was beaten ck and blue. The reason us was even fiercer to fix this problem they had. He had already confirmed Silvia, and he was aware Cassara was no good. Even if Cassara remembered everything, us didn''t raise his hope that that woman would help even just a bit. For as long as Cassara didn''t intentionally sabotage them, us didn''t care about her. Now… he had to confirm whether or not Yulis remembered.


    "Yulis," us called when he saw Yulis in the open hallway connecting the inner pce to Yulis''s dwelling. Yulis was talking to the knights, who would escort him to his inspection as they would depart tomorrow.


    When Yulis looked in us''s direction, he waved a hand dismissively. The knights bowed and, without a word, left while us stopped at Yulis''s arms-length. "Brother," called Yulis, holding his hand behind him. "I thought this important matter you want to talk to me about isn''t as important as you said, since it took you some time."


    A deep exhale slipped past us''s nostril. "Yulis, would you like to spar with me?"


    "Spar with you?" Yulis cocked his head to the side with genuine wonder in his eyes. "I am departing in a few hours, us."


    "I know."


    "I cannot spar with you."


    "Why?"


    Yulisughed dryly. "Because I will be departing for an inspection. us. Therefore, sparring with you isn''t ideal. I do not want to present myself beaten ck and blue."


    Yulis lifted his chin when the sound of metal pierced his ear and a de was instantly pointed at his throat. He raised both his hands to the side, keeping hisposed surface in check. "You cannot wield your sword in here, us," said Yulis calmly. "Had your patience been testedtely that you deeply wanted to vent, even if you used force to make the other party agree?"


    "Yulis, do me a favor, will you?" us grinned devilishly. Doing this wouldn''t raise suspicion. After all, although us was a doting uncle to ude and an obedient soldier to Stefan, he was just in garbage to others.


    Who liked us? No one. The reason? This. His attitude to others was in trash. He was a jerk too, so Cassara wasn''t surprised as well when he nearly lost it after today''s events.


    "us." Yulis let out a deep exhale. "I can''t."


    "And why is that?" us cocked his head to the side, blinking almost innocently. "I just told you the reason. Twice," Yulis repeated and grunted when us just kept on blinking at him. "Is Dom not around? Or Hanzel? Hanzel is a better opponent than I am. You two will surely have a fun time together."


    "Ugh." us scrunched his face in disgust at the thought of Hanzel. If there was one person us''s mind didn''t change about was Hanzel. That guy was just ten times worse than us and Fabian. Yulis let out a chuckle. "Are there no other people you can spar with?" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "Come on, Yulis. Are you dense? Would I ask you if there''s someone else I can spar with without desiring to tear their mouths open and rip their tongues out?"


    "I think those sentiments wille from your opponents, us."


    "One more fucking nonsense and this sword will go through your neck."


    "Calm down." Yulis chuckled. "You never changed."


    us arched his brow delicately. "Why would I change?"


    "Because… why not?" Yulis carefully clipped his fingers on the de and took a step back. "You''ve been through a lot. Until now, you grieved for Lucia''s death and now, you have to watch over her son. You also have to listen to the orders of the man who was the same person who ordered Lucia''s death, live with Hanzel — the person who executed the order voluntarily, and grit your teeth each time you cross paths with them."


    Yulis smiled warmly, watching the slight surprise stered on us''s face. It wasn''t like what Yulis said was a top secret; everyone knew about this. But what surprised us was that… Yulis dared speak these words aloud. "Even when all that happened… you still hadn''t changed, us. And I''m d for that," Yulis added solemnly. "Once I return, I will spar with you."


    "Oy —"


    "Don''t tell Silvia, us." Yulis kept his meek countenance. "Don''t tell her about anything, and just say you didn''t find out. Or… if you can, just tell her I don''t remember a single thing, us. It''ll be easier that way, easier not just for her… but for me as well."


    us''s breath hitched, taken aback at how Yulis casually revealed everything without directly telling him. He came to uncover the truth, but here was the truth, right in front of him, and yet he couldn''t speak a word.