Chapter 89 The Promised Flower 3 (1/2)

Oh, how wrong they both were From the moment he met Lyn, Rhys knew of his feelings. It was the same for Lyn too wasn't it?

Rhys is sure that from the moment Lyn met Kazuya, she was already in love with him.

Growing by making mistakes? What about those people who continue to fail and fail without succeeding even once, won't they be filled with an even more profound regret? How can they learn for it? What's different between getting your facts straight and assuming? How can one thing be defined as being right, anyway? Who decides it? If it messes people up, why does it exist? Is there a reason behind everything? If there is, then can someone explain to him his present situation? Is there a meaning to his actions? Can anybody explain his actions? Because in his eyes. His present actions are only selfish.

Do people really fight for something like that? A way to define their actions? There are those who are pretty chilled back and laid back about everything. Those without a single worry in the world. People who, even if they make a mistake, won't fight for a reason to define their actions but instead, take action. Action replacing words.

Change for the better? But what is that? What's considered better? Isn't it different for most people? How can someone define it? It simply makes little sense. Even now he's questioning every single thing. Perhaps that's the reason Lyn felt the need to remain close to him. Because he's fragile all by himself. If it weren't for Lyn, he would have broken a long time ago.

When he spent more and more time with her and confirmed his feelings, Rhys had found himself backed to a corner. Was he broken? He felt so many emotions he didn't before. Feelings of jealousy, anger, pain, happiness. Emotions he had locked up and sealed away. He was a cursed individual, a doll. He shouldn't have anything remotely precious.

After meeting Lyn, what he locked up spilled out. It really felt like he broke then. His thoughts broke off when he spotted Lyn's figure on the balcony. How did she get upsta— Rhys shook his head, it's fine? She needs fresh air, as much as he wanted to shield her from the dangers of the world. He cannot shackle her.

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”Why did you get up if you had a fever?” Rhys scolded.

That was the first time in a long time where he used his powers in such a brazen manner. But it couldn't be helped; he saw Lyn lose her balance so quickly. She would have fallen, and the damage would have been severe.

”I'm sorry,” Lyn muttered, ”I just wanted to get some fresh air.”

Rhys paused; he supposed this was his fault. Locking her up in the rooms downstairs where there are no windows or anything. It's natural she would become uneasy. ”There are rooms upstairs, you can stay up here if it makes you more comfortable,” he should have just left her upstairs, but Rhys felt an eerie presence and closed everything again.

Lyn weakly shook her head, ”It's okay; it's nice down here.”

Is she just saying that to make him feel better?

”Say, Rhys, why were you jogging?”

”I felt restless.”

”Because of me?”

He looked away, ”If you know, then don't ask,” Rhys muttered.

She laughed.

Lyn has changed, hasn't she? She's become a lot stronger and sharper than the past. Honestly, he did go to see her just once - it was only once a year ago. Rhys just wanted to see how she was doing. He could no longer hold himself back and went to see her. He came at the perfect time, Kazuya was away on a business trip then. At first, he was astonished, he knew she would become a beauty, but he didn't think she would become this beautiful.

”Rhys, when will I see Kazuya again?”

”Why are you asking me?”

”Don't you know where he is?”

Rhys looked down, she's way too sharp, ”Even if you meet him now, he will only tell you to go back,” Rhys muttered. Honestly, he doesn't know of Kazuya's exact location. Nobody ever does. Whenever he goes anywhere, it takes a long time before anybody finds him again.

”I received a letter; he told me to go meet him in the Snow Kingdom.”