Chapter 181 - Kiss of passion (1/2)

Walking down the silent pathway, the crystals which were dimly illuminated glows even brighter whenever they pass by. Dark knight remained silent along the way, camouflaging along the walls to minimise his presence.

”Kinuthia, just what is it that you expect from me and why did you even choose to tell me the truth so openly? Aren't you afraid that I'll make use of this chance to kill all three of you and return home with a perfect conquest?” Nightin asks along the way, concealing his crafty smile.

”I don't have a choice, I'm doing this for Jade. This problem had been on her mind since that event and it had been haunting her up till now, but I won't ever allow her to end her bond with us.” Kinuthia said, determination flashing in his eyes.

Making a right turn based on where Kinuthia was leading, Nightin asks another question ”But I don't think that it's a good idea for you to be going against Jade's wishes, maybe she has her own reasons for not even attempting to make a last stand against that existence.”

”It's because you don't know her well enough, the only reason she's doing this is because she's afraid that she'll be putting our lives in danger if she does so.” Kinuthia answered as his footsteps quickened, leaving Nightin some distance away from him.

”Don't try to hide from me. Also, I keep my promises and since I've agreed to help you, I'll stick to my end of the deal.” Nightin answered as he caught up from behind, his servant dark knight following closely behind but hiding his presence among the passageway built of stone.

”Thinking about it, did you arrange for this passageway to be built this nicely or was it already like this by the time you occupied it?” Realising that the quality of material was improving as they walked down, Nightin decided to ask the question even though it might be impolite.

”No, we only occupied this palace built in the tunnels by a stroke of luck. We have several guesses before, but we had no way to prove any of those theories and soon dropped them since they were of minor importance. The past is the past after all.”

Hearing Kinuthia's explanation, Nightin's face turned solemn as he scanned his surroundings, paying an extreme amount of attention to each and every detail that he should, such as the pattern for change in material and how they were combined so nicely to not show any distinct changes and exhibit royalty over anything else.

It's not just royalty, the further they went, the higher the rank of nobility the materials used to make the passageway changes. From mundane wood to iron to silver, gold and even diamond.

”We have arrived at the core area of the palace, the place in which we will be meeting Jade and Kamau to settle things once and for all.” The more Kinuthia tries to make it sound like nothing much, the more he reveals the fragile side he has in himself as a bandit.

”Have you ever wondered about why people like me who detest killing commit crimes such as murder?” Kinuthia asks all of a sudden, right when they were about to arrive at the final destination.

”It's nothing unique, killing is someone all would have done the moment they step onto the path of cultivation. We are no different from mortals of the mundane world. We kill out of greed, to seek revenge and for the sake of pleasure or desperation. It's not the world that we have to blame, it all originated from one corrupted human who started all this, but what's done can never be changed and all we can do is look forward and be that one cultivator that makes the world a better place for everyone.”

Nightin may still be young, only eighteen years old, the age where one truly starts to understand the world, but he has already comprehended what it means to live in this cruel world, something which even those with one foot set into the grave can't understand up till this point.

”How… Just how do you know so much about the world already? I'm already thirty years old already and the only purpose I see in living is to continue spending time with this family I've built up over the years.” Kinuthia stammered as he spoke, his voice quivering as he took gulps of saliva one after the other.

”From now on, I'll give you another reason to live. Join my sect and take up the role of prison warden.” Nightin states simply, him walking away shows his intention to not bring up the matter again until all this is over at the very least.

Haha, to think that I can't even compare to a brat who's still this young. Kinuthia mocks himself as he catches up by speeding his footsteps, not realising that a pair of eyes have been staring at him from behind this whole time.