Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2229

Lith put the ledger from Zolgrish and the one from the Baron in Soluspedia, double-checking the numbers for good measure.

Father and son took a short walk through Jambel, accompanied by the Baron.

They bought local sweets and dishes that Elina and Kamila had asked from them. Their cravings were odd and Lith had no way to turn them down since he could Tower Warp around.

Once they stepped back into the car and left, Raaz could finally sigh in relief.

"Thanks for your company, son." He said. "I'm still scared shitless by unfamiliar faces and crowds. I wouldn't have been able to do this trip without you."

Lith's presence and aura of power reassured Raaz. Also, his son had chosen as their destinations only places where people would treat them nicely. Hence hostile cities like Maekosh were not part of the itinerary.

"Don't mention it, Dad. I'm happy to have the opportunity to spend some time together. The last time was when I was what? Sixteen?"

"Twelve." Raaz said with a sigh. "It was right before you started the fourth year of the White Griffon and only because it was winter. Even then, you lived your own life and stayed home even when the weather was good only because your mother forced you to."

"I'm sorry, Dad." Lith scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Don't be. You were working your ass off to practice your magic and bring money and food for our family. You were just a kid, yet ever since you were four, you've been the breadwinner of the family.

"I'm the one who should apologize for being such a poor excuse of a father."

"That's not true, Dad. You always did the best you could and it's only thanks to your hard work that we had a roof over our heads. It's only because of your many sacrifices that Tista lived long enough for me to find a cure." Lith replied. _{freēwebnovel.com}

"Thanks, son, but that's no excuse." Raaz stopped the DoLorean on top of a hill, to watch the sunset with Lith and have the opportunity to look him in the eyes.

"You know, right after you've been born, I never spent much time with you, thinking that I'd have the opportunity to catch up later. Yet as soon as you managed to walk around on your own, you have been a constant source of pride and pain for me.

"Pride because you were smart, kind, and more capable than your oldest siblings. Pain because the more of your talent you revealed, the more I understood that you had no need of me.

"A father's duty is to be there to help and teach his children, yet you learned everything on your own and it was you helping me. First with the food, then with Tista's medical treatments, and then with the bills." Lith tried to speak but Raaz gestured for him to let him finish.

"Let's be honest, you've needed me only twice in your whole life. The first time was on the day that Meln had his friends ambush you and the second was after Protector faked his death.

"Those are the only two moments when I saw you acting like a normal child needing his father's protection. Everything else, you've faced on your own. Solus, Awakening, even your hybrid nature, you carried those burdens alone.

"After all, what good could possibly do to you a farmer whose greatest endeavor as a father is teaching you how to whittle?" Raaz remembered fondly those winters spent in front of the fireplace.

It was the only time of the year that he knew Lith was safe and sound at all hours. pan(da-n0vel.c)om