Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4505

Chapter 4505: Humiliating Secret (Part 1)

"I didn’t tell you about her because I didn’t know about what she had done either." Lotho sighed. "Nobody outside her direct bloodline knew. For what it’s worth, I already had her tell me everything she knew about the Dead King, and it was worth nothing.

"She left when Meln moved out of his hideout and has no idea where he went. Even if she shared her intel the moment she came back to Garlen, it would have already been too late.

"As for your second question, the answer is the reason for my call. There is something wrong with this Fae and her child. Something terribly wrong that not even the regenerative powers of my race can fix.

"Her clan members asked for my help because they had no other choice, and I’m calling you for the same reason. I’ve already visited the Fae. I used every spell and bloodline ability at my disposal, yet nothing worked.

"I even called some of the best Healers among my kind, Fae whose greed and reputation I could trust. The prognosis is always the same. Kill the child and save the mother.

"No one wants to do that, though, especially the pregnant Fae. So, here I am, Lith Verhen, asking for your help. What do you say?"

"That I have questions." The hatred Lith felt for his disowned brother and his offspring didn’t cloud his mind one bit. "What do you mean, whose greed you can trust? And why didn’t you just kill them both if you deem them a threat?

"I know you Fae only believe in the law of the jungle, and going to such lengths to help a member of your bloodline who already betrayed your trust it’s not like you. I want the full story, Lotho, or I’m ending this call."

The Treant’s amber eyes narrowed in annoyance for a heartbeat before they relaxed to a neutral expression. Fae were pragmatic creatures. Lotho knew to be cornered and that anger would solve nothing.

Rather than wasting time he didn’t have, he dropped the mask.

"You’re right, Verhen. Under any other circumstance, her bloodline would have already put her down without a second thought. She was pardoned under the condition that she would grant her family access to the power of a Divine Beast, and the deal is most likely off.

"Without it, no Fae bloodline would show her any mercy. Yet this is different. We have no idea what has gone wrong with the woman and her child. Maybe it’s the Dead King’s accursed bloodline’s fault, or maybe we are the problem.

"Maybe we Fae are a dead evolutionary branch and unsuitable to wield the power of a Divine Beast. If this second scenario turns out to be true, it would mean there’s no hope for us.

"That even if one of my kind became a Guardian, Fae wouldn’t be able to become a Divine Plant, a Blossomed Being, or whatever the offspring of the plant Guardian would be called.

"We’d have to start over from our plant folk brethren and try to understand what’s gone wrong with Fae and in what new direction we need to move. This is why we have yet to kill mother and baby.

"Also, it’s the reason I needed greedy, reliable Fae. I offered them the power of the Vurdalak in exchange for their silence and help, and they accepted. Alas, they didn’t fare any better than me.

"No progress has been made, and our understanding of the illness is nil. This is the full story, Verhen. I’m holding nothing back. I swear it upon my Root."

It was a plant folk’s most sacred vow, so Lith was inclined to believe the Treant, but that was it.

’He’s right. This is an incredible bargain for me.’ Lith’s expression betrayed none of his thoughts, his face fixed in a stone mask. ’Yet just because I can do it, it doesn’t mean that I should.

’The best line of action for me is to go there, learn everything I can about Meln and his Divine Beast thralls, and claim there’s nothing I can do about it. The idea of helping someone who sided with him, even out of pure convenience, and his child makes me want to puke.’

’How can you say that, Lith?’ Solus echoed in his mind. ’I can understand your spite for Meln. You know I hate him just as much as you. I can also understand your unwillingness to help the Fae. Yet the child is innocent.

’He didn’t choose the circumstances under which he was conceived nor his parents. Can you really turn your back on him like that?’

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