Chapter 156 - Past Memories (2 Chapters in 1) (2/2)
Anne frowned and asked Rhode sighed after hearing her question
“Indeed If it’s just like this, then I wouldn’t have hated her But… between us, there was an explicit connection”
“Connection?”
“That’s right”
Rhode nodded
“To cut the long story short, she and I… can feel each other’s physical pain If I get hurt, she will feel it too, if she gets sick, I will also fall sick…”
Halfhen Rhode was speaking, he pushed theopen with his right hand
“So at that tih she’s the bedridden one, but our parents would stop et repriot herself sick, I had to also rest on the bed like a patient And this face of hed softly
“For a female, this face wouldn’t be considered inferior But a pity, I ah of being treated as a cute girl or getting laughed at for looking like a wohts that —- if it weren’t for her, then I wouldn’t be like this If she’s not around, then I wouldn’t have to suffer too”
Rhode’s voice sounded cal his explanation, Marlene and Anne could feel the cos hidden deep within his tone
“Afterwards… we had a huge quarrel She could only cry and apologize to me for the hardshi+p she’d caused for s, so in the end, I tried to accept everything and hoped that we could come up with a solution that could be accepted by both of us I started to take care and spend time with her, but a pity… her body condition was too weak Our parents knew that she wouldn’t live more than 14 years after she was born And indeed, her body conditions deteriorated Her organs started to fail, and there was no way to prevent it Eventually…”
Rhode closed hisin the wind
The rustling sound of wind blowing through the trees brought a gentle and cal seeht spilled through theThe green trees on the outside were so vivid that no one could look at them directly But alas, just separated by a wall, lay the veil of the shadow of death He could only lie helplessly on the bed, staring at the busy doctors and crying parents by the side, unable to offer any help He couldn’t be like them, be by his sister’s side to accompany her Yet, he was the one who could truly feel her pain and hopelessness
What an irony
Eventually, she left
And the night Rhode finally ended
To Rhode, this wasn’t the ending he wished
He got what he wanted, but lost soirl…”
“I know”
Rhode interrupted Marlene without turning back
“She isn’t h we look the same She is herself, and she will never replace that part of my heart I will not treat her as a substitute But, I ad for her…”
Rhode suddenly turned around and looked at both of them
“Don’t you tant to do the sa Rhode’s answer, both of theh they didn’t have such coirl’s life experiences were enough for theh of relief and at the same time blushed She orried that Rhode would treat Christie as a substitute for his sister Although Rhode said that he hated his own sister, but after the change of attitude, Marlene could sense that Rhode cared dearly for his sister This made her feel uncertain If Rhode treated Christie as his sister, Marlene thought that it wouldn’t be a good thing As a noble, Marlene had seen h this was his personal ht to remind him
But now it seeht so she didn’t say much more
Of course, to say this didn’t impact him at all was a total lie Rhode was very clear on this Besides, both of them looked identical and Christie was also as weak as her sister Not only that, the difference in their age would only lead both of the-like relationshi+p However, to Rhode, Christie is just Christie and not his sister In the whole world, there will never be two identical leaves Even if the exterior looked exactly the same, the inner would never ever be
If Rhode’s heart was a hostel, then his choice noas not to open his sister’s room and allow Christie to enter Instead, he continued to seal this room and opened another door for Christie…
Everyone is unique
“Alright”
Rhode kept his thoughts and returned to his original self
“Both of you can go and rest now We will prepare our battle tonight As for Christie, leave it to Lize for now”
Anne and Marlene nodded and returned to their rooms Rhode went silent for a moment then sloalked down the stairs
“Ah, Sir, you finally arrived”
Just as Rhode walked down the stairs, an anxious voice sounded Rhode lifted his head and saw Randolf standing in the middle of the hall, full of anxiousness and uncertainty
“What happened? Did those villagers decide to find trouble with us?”
As he spoke, his right arm subconsciously rested on the hilt of his sword
“Ah, no, Sir, those villagers didn’t do anything to us”
Noticing Rhode’s actions, Randolf quickly denied
“It’s like this; Miss Celia found so Hope you can take a look”
“Oh?”
Rhode’s broitched A while back, he had ordered Celia to search for any traces on the spawn of undead creatures After all, it’s in the y was at her peak condition to detect nearby evil beings No matter if it’s the hell chasm, dark ritual or other sources, more or less, there would be some kind of trace And now that it see me there”
Rhode didn’t hesitate and ordered quickly
Under Randolf’s lead, Rhode reached a big pit located not far fro to the guard captain that tagged along, this place had been abandoned since a long tio
“Master”
Fros and flew to Rhode swiftly after noticing his arrival She lightly bowed
Rhode observed the barren stones filled with overgrown fauna and asked softly, “Are there any findings?”
“Yes, please come with me”
Celia quickly turned around and led Rhode to where she stood froht arm and pointed doards
“Please look”
“Her, Rhode was surprised, and his expression turned gloomy all of a sudden
Deep within the bottom of the pit lay piles of bones and blood stains All of them had odd shapes, from human bones to aniienic qualified slaughterhouse Pitch black, dried blood painted the ground like a shadow Scattered around the bones were buzzing flies The air was
Rhode didn’t focus on those, but instead, he turned his attention on a circular ritual site in theritual”
Celia said softly, with hatred and a sense of justice
“Master, this was an act of the devil”
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