Chapter 51 - 51: The Weights We Carry (1/2)

Chapter 51 - 51: The Weights We Carry

"So, what did you want to talk about?"

Gerald and Harvey were sitting in Gerald's rooer than the Academy's classrooms Gerald offered Harvey a cup of coffee, but he refused

"There's a rumor that I heard from a sophomore…", Harvey whispered in a meek tone, "It's about you"

"Oh? What is it?", Gerald said as he sipped his coffee

"They are calling you a psycho", Harvey then looked Gerald straight in the eyes

As soon as Gerald heard his brother's words, his eyes instantly twitched

"They said you killed the baby gryphons that the school was taking care of", Harvey rolled his fist as he lightly bit his tongue He still couldn't believe what he heard fro him for 2 days now

"Who did you hear this from?", Gerald said, his tone that was previously filled with care was gone as he placed his cup on the table

"Is it… true?", Harvey muttered

"", Gerald also looked Harvey in the eyes, and after a few seconds, he let out a sigh, "Yes", he said without even breaking eye contact

"!!!", hearing his brother's blunt answer, Harvey could not help but stand up, "But why!?", he said while waving his hand

"It was not my intention, believe me", Gerald shook his head, "But they were… too weak I threw them towards the sky so they could fly But in the end, they couldn't"

"They were babies!", Harvey grunted in frustration

"But they are still gryphons!", Gerald said as he lightly slammed his fist on the table, "They should be able to fly as soon as they were born!"

"I didn't kill them", Gerald breathed, "They died because they eak"

Harvey's eyebrows could not stop tre from his ownbrother was capable of doing so like that

"You sound just like father", Harvey shook his head as he let out a deep breath

Gerald's eyes quickly widened as he heard Harvey's words He then stood up and rushed towards the corner of the wall and punched it The whole mansion quaked as the wall burst and erupted like it was justlike that ritted his teeth, "Father is just hu, brother", he said as he slowly turned his head towards his brother, his voice shi+vering in anger

"Even stronger than sohtly cracked his neck, "Now leave before father catches you here"

Footsteps could be heard couards made their way to Gerald's room The room, however, was eerily quiet as Gerald and Harvey just stared at each other's eyes

And finally, after a few seconds, Harvey broke the silence "Goodbye… brother", he whispered before leaving through theHe could not help but feel the heavy weight in his heart as he landed on the ground

His brother, who once always sht

His brother, who always took the bla troublesome

He couldn't see it anymore

Maybe he misunderstood his brother's sht that his brother was strong, that's why the only thing that he did was smile back at him and say thank you

Say thank you as his brother came back from their father's office, all bruised and bloodied They were just children back then… and he didn't know any better

But could this be…

"My fault?", Harvey sorrowly muttered as he looked up to his brother's room

The next day, it was the start of school again and Andrea was quite curious about how the Acade in the streets, casually talking to each other

Van, however, was soained the power to oing somewhere It also didn't help that he wanted to rest as soon as possible and sit down Even though he was exhausted yesterday, he couldn't really get a good sleep last night because he kept hearing stuff

"I didn't see it last night because it was too dark…", Andrea huhborhood, "But this place really is completely different from our home, isn't it?"

"Yeah", Van could not help but let out a breath as he also looked around him

"The houses are all made of stone and bricks… Our new house even has 2 shtly chuckled as she lightly brushed her wet brown hair, "You know… I heard your mother lived in--"

"Andrea"