Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1873

Chapter 1873 Friendly Face (Part 1)

Solus found Lith inside the tower, silently lying in bed with his eyes closed. The pain he radiated, the frustration that burned his mind were so intense that she started to cry.

"Oh, gods. I knew that going out tonight was a mistake." She slipped under the bedsheets, cuddling up to him and holding him tight. "It's alright, Lith. Now I'm here with you."

"Nothing is alright." There was a huskiness in his voice due to his previous screaming. "I've lost everything and my fucking mana core keeps letting me down."

"What do you mean?" Solus asked.

Lith was too tired and weak to speak, so he partially fused their mind to share with her the news from Quylla about his houses and the events in the Tavern.

"The moment I meet Haug in person, I'm going to deck him!" She snarled at his definition of friendly fisticuffs. "Why didn't you tell me about the auctioning of your properties?"

"Because there was nothing you could do and I know that you love that place as much as I do. There was no point in making you suffer more. Not with everything Bytra put you through. I did it to protect you." He replied.

"I don't need your-" Then Solus remembered the nights spent crying between his arms, how Lith had carried the rambling mass of pain she had become from Vastor's home to Salaark's, and the words died in her mouth.

"Thank you. Thank you for protecting me and for pushing me to go out tonight. I feel lighter now." She said.

"You are welcome." He returned her embrace. "You know what scares me about this damn bottleneck? That while I'm stuck at deep violet, Meln grows stronger with every day.

"As long as I can't train, the divide between us will decrease until he catches up to me. At that point, when he returns, I might not be able to win anymore. To make matters worse, if my core stops developing, your tower will recover slower than predicted.

"I want you to be free, Solus. I can't bear the thought of contributing to your imprisonment due to my ineptitude."

"It's not your fault. Without you, I would be already dead." She sobbed a little.

Lith kissed her head and Solus felt an opening. She knew that if she raised her head, he would have kissed her again, this time on the lips, and things between them would have changed.

Yet she also knew that it wouldn't be out of love, but out of despair and loneliness. A pitiful attempt to fill the Void that replaced his heart.

'Lith always gives his all to protect me, it's only right that I return the favor.' Solus made sure that her thought couldn't reach him.

'When something finally happens between us, I want it to be because we love each other, not because I exploited his weakness.'

She held Lith close to her bosom, lulling him like a child until slumber relieved him from his pain.

***

A week after the banishment from the Kingdom.

Whenever Lith wasn't working in the tower or with Aerth, he spent his time at the lake. Swimming helped him to relax and studying the effects of bodies of water on his Tiamat form was the intellectual spice he needed.

Coming from Earth, he didn't give a damn if someone saw him in swimming trunks and most women of the Desert appreciated the fine addition to the landscape.

"Oh, my. You know I'm a married woman, don't you?" A familiar voice said from his back, making Lith turn around.

"There's no point hiding it anymore. I'm distantly related with the Overlord." _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}