Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1424

Chapter 1424 - The Weight of Truth (Part 2)

"Now, however, after losing part of my humanity, I decided that instead of giving you bits of truth it was time to let you know everything so that you could make up your mind one last time.

"This is it, Kamila. There are no more secrets between us. This is how I look and how my children will if I ever decide to have any. As for Solus, she’s more than an artifact. She’s my partner and my best true friend.​​

"If we want to keep moving forward together, you must be ready to honestly accept Solus because I will never give up on her." Lith said.

"So you’re ready to give up on me but not on her?" Kamila asked.

"It’s different. You are not a part of me but someone I want to be part of my life. I can’t and I won’t force you to do anything, I’m just giving you a choice." Lith replied.

"What point does my choice have when you’ve already made yours?" Kamila said with a snarl, unwilling to hear one more word of that sick joke any longer.

She opened the door of the tower and then turned toward Lith one last time.

"How could you do this to me? How could you lie like that and keep a straight face for three whole years? I loved you, Lith Verhen." She slammed the door behind and ran toward the Verhen Household under Tista’s watchful eye.

She had followed them only to make sure that, if the worst happened, Kamila would get home safe without anyone bothering her.

"I love you too, Kamila Yehval." Lith whispered to the closed door without moving for several minutes while he checked on Kamila via the tower’s Sentries.

Yet he didn’t say it out loud to her because it would have been nothing but a cheap low blow.

’The word love isn’t enough to justify my actions. Kamila has every reason to be shocked and indignant. Maybe this is what Baba Yaga meant when she explained to me about love. If I really care for her, I must let Kamila go.’ Lith thought.

’This is different from when Phloria broke up with me. This time I’m not giving up on her so much as giving Kamila the time and space that she needs to make her decision.

’If I tell Kamila that I love her and propose to her now, she might give me an emotional answer that would last only until she calms down. Then, she might regret her decision and change her mind, bringing us back to square one.’

The moment Kamila crossed the Warp Gate in the barn, Lith’s knees buckled up.

’Then why, gods? Why even though I know that I’m doing the right thing doesn’t my heart hurt one bit less?’ He started to cry, unable to hold himself together any longer.

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Kamila arrived at Belius in such a state that she was stopped by the Desk Sergeant. It took her some effort to convince the soldier that she hadn’t been the victim of any crime and that she just wanted to go home.

Once Kamila finally reassured the woman enough to let her go, she reached her apartment and slammed the door behind

"Lucky clothes my ass!" She said while taking them out of the Scalewalker’s dimensional space and throwing them in the trash bin.

Then, her eyes fell on the mystical glow of the Camellia that she always carried on her.