Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1307

Chapter 1307 - Parents and Donors (Part 1)

"I own this place and even if I didn’t, the moment you used the ID I gave you, it raised a flag in the security." Tyris replied. "Do you mind if I join you?"

Elina had just straightened herself and was about to nod when a waiter brought another chair in a hurry.

"I knew that, but I hoped you wouldn’t bother to come here." Leegaain said.

"Normally, I wouldn’t. Yet after Kolga I can’t afford to underestimate your machinations, old lizard. You have to work hard if you want to regain my trust." Tyris sat down and looked straight in Elina’s eyes.

"Don’t worry too much. As long as it’s not something that Lith brings on himself, I’ll protect him against any foreign threat. He already has plenty of enemies in the Kingdom and I have great expectations for him."

"Like you protected Phloria?" Raaz said with a sneer. Aside from a brief stupor, his feelings for his wife made him immune to the First Queen’s charm.

"That was different." Tyris replied with an apologetic tone. "I was ready to stop any reprimand from the army, but I couldn’t stand in the way of almost half the nobility and the magical community without turning the Kingdom into a tyranny.

"On top of that, I firmly believe that if I keep my children from making important decisions, even when I know they are wrong, my people will never learn from their mistakes."

Even though he didn’t like it, Raaz nodded in agreement.

As a father, he knew that sometimes the only way to make a kid understand the dangers of playing with fire was to let them burn their finger. As a citizen, he knew that stopping Deirus, his allies, and five out of six academies by force would have caused a civil war.

"Thank you both for taking so good care of my son." Raaz said. He knew about Tyris making sure that Lith would take credit for Kogaluga to repay his sufferings and appreciated her offer for protection.

As for Faluel, she had helped the entire Verhen family so often that they had no way to repay her with their limited means.

"I hope that you will keep an eye on him in the future as well. No matter your race, a father couldn’t ask for a better wife for his son." At those words, everyone choked on their food.

"Dear, what are you saying? They are much older than him." Elina said in surprise.

"Age is relative when both partners are hundreds of years old." He shook his head.

"Lith has Kamila now and if she decides to become an Awakened-"

"She would die after less than one thousand years due to a late Awakening." Raaz cut Elina short. "Lith might live three times as much if he becomes like Faluel or ten times as much if he really is a Dragon.

"If he really becomes a Guardian, then he might live forever and I don’t want him to remain alone. Especially after all of us die and he becomes heartbroken. So forgive me if I exploit my only chance to speak alone with such good women to give them my blessing while I still can."

Elina looked at her husband with new eyes, admiring him for seeing so far in the future.

’If I’m so grief-stricken after losing Trion, I can’t even imagine how Lith will feel when everyone he knows is dead. Still, Raaz should have been more tactful.’ Elina thought and changed the topic to lift the awkward silence.