Chapter 125: Feeling bad (2/2)

Sol, who released Ares's shoulder, marveled once again at his dimension. Even though it seemed like a dead world, a world fixed in time, everything around him was real.

'I really need to master this power.'

Sol had simply too many paths to becoming strong.

Be it by training his already freakish body, by mastering a zone and then avatar, by reaching a mastery in his magic, or by forming contracts.

It was with those happy worries that Sol finally paid attention to Ares. He was about to ask some question, but seeing his twisted expression full of ridicule and condescending, Sol already had an answer in his heart,

'Heh, so this guy feels respect and admiration toward me in reality?'

Smiling a little, he said, ”Well, I guess it's time to get some answers.”

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”Your highness, could you please follow…? Sir Highland, is something the matter?”

A middle-aged maid entered the room to invite Sol to finally enter since all the other nobles were present and waiting for him, but she was startled after she saw the haunted expression on Ares Highland.

'What happened here?'

”Nothing much, Sir Ares isn't feeling well and as such will not join the party, let him rest here would you?”

The maid's intuition told her that something important had definitely happened, but her years of experience told her that the best thing to do in this situation was to shut up and believe whatever was said to her. Even if she was told that the sun was black, she had to nod and take it as the truth.

Giving a bow, ”Understood your highness. If you would follow me?”

”But of course, let's go.” Sol walked toward the maid, but just as he was about to pass the door, he stopped and sent a whisper to Ares, {You should know that I did not lie to you. Stay here. If when I come back, I learn that you left, I will also consider you as a traitor.}

Ares could only give a hollow smile as he looked down on the ground, not raising his head even after the door was shut.

Sol's revelations were not just devastating. The fact that his grand-uncle didn't hesitate to use him to poison the prince was like a dagger twisting his heart.

In the Highland house, even though he had never felt shunned or alone, the only one who really tried to support him and bring him to greater heights had been Gerald.

'No, this is wrong. Perhaps the prince is mistaken?'

Tears gathered in his eyes as he kept denying this sad truth. But, no matter how inexperienced he was, Ares was still the second heir of the highland family.

His education and all the training he received simply made him unable to refute the irrefutable.

Looking bitterly at the bottle of wine in front of him, he poured himself another glass before downing in one go.

Nothing better than alcohol to drown one sorrow.

'Perhaps when I wake up, everything will only be a dream?'

Thinking so, he simply threw the glass away and watched it shatter against the wall before he took the bottle and began to drink directly from it.

He didn't really care if it was poisoned or not.

(AN: I really felt bad writing this chapter lol. I felt like I was just hammering two poor boys again and again. Ares even more so. The poor guy just wanted to help his family. Also I went past 80 ******* (yeah! I won't die in France) lol. France is really fucking expansive. Anyway now that I have 80 *******. This week I will post 5 chapters rather than the usual 3. The next bonus will happen at 95 *******. Did you know that I have a bronze tier that gives 3 chapters ahead for just 3$(I feel like a bad salesman. Lol))

(AN 2: Some people didn't seem to like the placing of last chapter. But sad to say this but I am also human you know. The current volume nearly drained me since from CH 108 or so every chapter will be fucking long and full of elements I must bring. Long story short. When I was writing CH 105 back then, I faced a block and had to write a smut in order to post something and relax. So yeah. I can't exactly do that for ******* and change the placing for you. Even more so since it was supposed to be after CH 104 but I pushed to after 105 to not break the flow of the bitch slap. Anyway have a good day and be ready for a week full of chapters.)