Chapter 195 Raghnalls Lily (2/2)

'Your older brother is Galen, right? How is he doing by the way? Heard he had to stop attending the academy after he had his tongue mysteriously cut off a day after his defeat in a duel with Herad. I wonder who could make such a feat.'

Garnel began to sweat at the hidden implications behind Raghnall's words.

'You… how could you possibly know about that!'

Knowing that Garnel was about to crack soon, Raghnall painstakingly walked slowly towards the two guards as he replied to him.

'I wonder…'

Garnel gritted his teeth as he refused to believe the implications he's suggesting.

'Impossible! It was Herad who was suspected of doing that crime! That was why he was expelled! The professors even saw my brother's tongue in his room!'

Raghnall smiled slightly as he stopped in his tracks.

'Ah, Herad... Man, it's been nearly a year. So, you actually think Herad was the one who cut off your brother's tongue? But if it was Herad, why would he even do that despite winning the duel?'

Garnel was silenced as he mulled over Raghnall's words. He never even thought of that! There's absolutely no motive behind the action!

But still trying to convince himself, he tried to think of an explanation behind it.

'He… he obviously thought that winning wasn't enough! He just wanted to ruin my brother's life!'

Raghnall was starting to get ticked off from Garnel's impenetrable stubbornness. So, he couldn't help but make his involvement more obvious in hopes it could finally make Garnel realize what Raghnall was capable of doing.

'I hope your brother had fun with his broken-but-now-healed jaw and his partly cut tongue. But when his tongue grows back after a year or two, he'd surely forget about the great times he had, right? So, I made sure to give him a lily to commemorate such wonderful events. To be honest, I do have quite the habit of growing and taking care of lilies so I hope he preserved it well.'

In an instant, Garnel's body turned cold as a shiver ran down his spine after digesting his words.

The lily!

How did he know about that?!

It should only be him and his brother who would know of such a thing!

After all, he found that lily in his brother's room the very morning his brother had to leave!

And he was the first one to find it, with his brother being the second, before they tossed it away somewhere, thinking nothing of its presence.

Now seeing Raghnall in a new light, Garnel's stubbornness completely dissolved and was completely replaced by fear mixed with fury.

”YOU! YOU CUT MY BROTHER'S TONGUE!”

Garnel exploded as he squirmed to get away from Raghnall's hold on his clothes.

The crowd all gasped audibly in shock as they widened their eyes in disbelief.

The three students who saw Garnel's outburst couldn't help but gape as well.

And almost everyone had the same thought in their minds as they looked at each other with disbelieving eyes.

He wasn't dead?!