309 Choice (1/2)

Chapter 309: Choice

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The night of the Month of Passion, the sixth of the year, was still relatively cool. The gentle breeze was refreshing.

However, in the hall of John's house, the atmosphere was freezing cold because of the deep grief.

Sitting on the couch, the family members were all very silent. None of them talked, as they were lost in their memories.

Alisa wiped off her tears with the handkerchief from time to time; Iven's young face was written with sorrow, and his hands were clenching tight; Although Joel had a bottle of spirit in his right hand, right now his biggest habit other than music could not help him with relieving the pain; John, however, was justing sitting there like a statue with a glass of wine in his hand.

”…I'm getting old, and it's becoming harder for me.” Joel released a sigh. ”When I was in Aderon, when Evans' father passed away… I was sad, but I recovered a few days later. But now…”

Aderon was a very poor area, where the poor people living there struggled every day to make a living. Therefore, it was common for one from Aderon to see that a sudden disease took away a person's life overnight. Thus, Aderon was the area with the highest mortality rate in Aalto, and Joel and his relatives were relatively more ready for the loss.

Alisa stared at Joel and said in a sobbing voice, ”This is different! Our little Evans… He was… not even twenty-one! He was so talented, so hard-working, and he was the best musician ever! He… He's got no wife, no children… The Evans family has ended here!”

After a few years living as a noble, the way of her talking became more polite.

”If this didn't happen, we would be able to attend Evans' wedding in about six months.” Joel sighed again. From what happened at the concert and the funeral, Joel was quite sure that as long as the grand duke agreed, the two young people in love would get married very soon. And, of course, the grand duke would not oppose the marriage. After all, Lucien was a man!

Silence seized the moment again, and then John stood up and said to them, ”Let's get some rest. Lucien wouldn't want us to be like this.”

”Alright…” Joel stood up and patted on John's shoulder.

As the backbone of the family, John's words counted. Alisa slowly stopped crying and said, ”John, try to get some rest as well. You are going back to the fortification soon. It's tough there. Be careful with the evil sorcerers…”

Although she had heard things about the evil creatures and monsters in the Dark Mountain Range from other noble ladies, Alisa did not worry too much. However, what happened to Lucien Evans made her worry about John a lot. After all, the fortification in the Dark Mountain Range was way more dangerous than Aalto.

John's hands slightly twitched when hearing the word ”sorcerer”. He gently hugged Alisa and said, ”Mom, don't worry. I'll be careful. I need to work harder to become a grand knight in ten years, so I can better fight against the evil… the bastard sorcerers…”

At this time, the breeze suddenly turned into a wind blow, making the noise sounding like ghosts crying. Moonlight disappeared, and the light of the candles also started flickering, as if they were going to go out at any time.

”Who is it?” John sensed a bit of a magic wave in the wind, and he knew that someone was slowly walking downstairs. Taking a big step forward, John fearlessly protected his family standing behind him and, at the same time, pulled out the extraordinary sword.

He could feel it that the person was not intended to do any harm. However, John was also concerned that if he took the initiative to attack, his parents and brother would be left unprotected. Therefore, he chose to stay where he was.

Compared to his experienced elder brother, Iven, who had just started his knight training a few years ago, looked very nervous and confused. It took him a long time to find his sword.

It was very late and the dead silence reigned in the big living room. The person did not answer. The loud footsteps were stimulating their nerves.

Alisa was very nervous and fearful, while Joel was looking at his two sons worriedly. He and his wife were both over forty and they had enjoyed the noble life for a few years. Even if they were going to die there, they did not have much to regret. But his two sons were still young, and they should still have a future.

”Who is it? Who is there!” John did not give up. Slowly, he calmed down, as he knew that there were many knights and even some radiant knights living in the area. The longer the fight took, the better chance they had to win.

When the dim candlelight appeared in the corner of the stairs, John was totally shocked and the name burst out of his mouth:

”Lucien?!”

Wearing the black suit and bow tie, Lucien Evans, the musician who just passed away, slowly walked downstairs!

”E… Evans?!”

”Lucien…?!”

Joel, Alisa, and Iven also saw the person's face. Under the candlelight, the familiar, good-looking face looked rather healthy.

”It's me, uncle Joel, aunt Alisa. Hi… John, Iven…” Lucien tried to smile, but he failed.

Alisa cried out, ”Little Evans… You've got the permission of God to come back to visit us for the last time?”

Alisa could not understand what was going on right now. She tended to use the divine will to explain everything she could not understand. She was very excited, ready to jump out and hug Lucien.

”Mom, be careful! He's not Lucien! This is an evil sorcerer turning himself into Lucien to fool us!” John directly stopped Alisa.

Under the great spiritual pressure from Lucien, John was only able to stay on the defensive.

”John, I must say that you're half right and half wrong. I am Lucien Evans, but I'm also a sorcerer. I never died. I was just using it as my way to get rid of the identity as a musician.” Lucien stopped at the bottom of the stairs, as Joel, Alisa, and Iven, where hearing what John said, all took a few steps back, trying to keep some distance away from him. John's sword was ready to attack at any time.

Therefore, at this moment, Lucien knew that the distance was good for both sides, despite the fact that he felt quite sad in his mind.

”Lucien… a sorcerer?” John repeated the words and became furious. ”You bastard! You damned sorcerers! You killed Lucien, and you're now ruining his reputation! Even the Inquisition has proved that Lucien was a pure and noble man!”

Joel and the rest of them were influenced by John's words. Although they were confused for a second, now they were all staring at Lucien in an extremely hostile manner.

John continued, ”I'm a knight, and I know sorcerers can change their look! Why are you here? Why are you slandering him?”

”John… Do you still remember our talk about the knight spirit and the creed before we beat the gangsters? Do you still remember what we said after we beat the gangsters? We were hoping to travel across the continent, and we were even discussing whether a Cynocephalus was edible?” What was going on right now was within Lucien's expectation, so he was prepared.

John looked surprised, but soon he became calm again, ”So what? There're tons of ways for you to get the information from Lucien.”

Although Lucien was always very impressed with a knight's strong willpower, now John's willpower brought him quite headache. Lucien tried to avoid involving more details because he had no idea what happened between Lucien and John before, when they were kids. So he said, ”John, you can ask me more questions about this. You'll see.”