Supreme Magus novel Chapter 598

A royal pardon was a get out of jail free card for any crime non punishable by the death penalty. The Crown granted a few of them every year to their most loyal servants for their outstanding results and becoming a Great Mage was one of them.

As Vylna realized the mortal danger she was in, tears filled her eyes, forcing her to blink. When she opened them again, Lith had disappeared as if she had been talking to a shadow the whole time.

"Please, be nice to her. Zinya went through a lot and I think that bastard of Fallmug might have taken it out on her after my last visit. Let me do the talking." Kamila said, too worried to notice that she was alone.

"Don’t worry. You lead and I’ll follow." Lith Blinked behind her. Thanks to his enhanced senses, he had no problems hearing her words from a distance.

Kamila unlocked the door, hating that house more with each passing second. The tea room was exactly as she remembered it. A mix of order and hypocrisy.

The white sofas and armchairs looked like they had never been used. The center of the hardwood table in the middle of the room had been carved out and replaced by a crystal slab.

The vases decorating the room along with white cotton doilies were still there, yet all the flowers had disappeared. Zinya was sitting on the same chair she had used during Kamila’s last visit.

Her face was turned toward the sunlight coming from the glass panelled east wall, as if she was looking at the sky.

"Zin, I’m back." Kamila said.

"Kami, you shouldn’t be here. The last time Fallmug was so enraged by how you strong-armed Vylna to enter the house that now he doesn’t buy me flowers anymore. Why do you insist on making my life miserable?" Zinya said.

Her voice was filled with sorrow and it cracked before she could finish her phrase.

"Don’t say that, Zin. You have always been a terrible liar. What did he do to you?" Kamila ran to her sister, hugging her. They both wept, bringing to Lith’s mind the memories of when he and Carl did the same after one of them had suffered a heavy beating.

"Forgive me, Kami. I didn’t mean those things. I just want to hear my children again."

Memory and reality overlapped as the ground trembled.

’For a moment, I hated her because she reminded me of my mother. Always whining about how giving birth ruined her life and blaming us for Ezio’s behavior. When she accused Kamila, I thought she meant it, but she had just been instructed about what to say.’ He thought.

"He beats her legs so that even if they have guests, they can’t notice the bruises. That’s why she didn’t stand up during your last visit." Lith said with a stone cold voice as he turned around.

Kamila noticed his gesture and lifted Zinya’s gown up, revealing many black and blue spots shaped like a horsewhip.

"How did you know?" She asked, her voice full of shock and fury.

"My brother, Orpal, would do the same thing to me when I was a child."

Kamila lowered Zinya’s gown, allowing Lith to get close to her.

"Zinya, this is Lith Verhen, my boyfriend. Lith this is Zinya, my sister."

"Nice to meet you. Do you mind if I heal you?" Lith needed all the help Solus could give him to take the edge off his voice and not raze the house to the ground.

"The pleasure is all mine. As for the healing, please help me."