Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2328

"Magus Verhen?" The Queen asked.

He had remained silent the whole time but Sylpha could almost hear his inner wails of pain. The fire in his eyes was gone, his hands twitching in remorse.

"I don't know what I'll do. I really don't know." Lith said.

The Royals nodded and avoided any attempt to cajole him. They knew how deep the relationship between Phloria and Lith had been because they had tried more than once to get them back together.

Jirni and Orion turned toward their home, followed by their children and family members. Lith, instead, remained in front of the mausoleum, refusing to move a single step.

"Stay as long as you need." Jirni said. "I've already instructed the guards. No one will disturb you."

Elina, Raaz, Kamila, Tista, and Rena followed the Ernas, needing the mansion's Warp Gate to go back to their homes. Leaving Lith there pained their hearts but intruding in his grief would achieve nothing.

Besides, he wasn't alone.

Solus was still by his side, holding his hand in silence.

After a few minutes, when Lith was certain that no one was around, he fell onto his knees and Solus hugged him from behind. Together, they reminisced all the memories with Phloria that belonged solely to them.

The first meet, the first date, and the first kiss. The academy exams, the fight against Nalear, Yurial's funeral, and then the fifth year of the White Griffon until Phloria had broken up with him.

Lith's eyes were dry but his heart was bleeding. He still carried on his neck the golden lily pendant that he had gifted Phloria for her sixteenth birthday, the moment when a girl became a woman on Mogar.

The same pendant that Phloria had carried until the Magus ceremony and that he had used to stir her free will during their fight. The enchanted gold weighed a few grams but they felt like tons of scorching lava, burning through his flesh.

Lith wanted to take the pendant off and bury it with Phloria, but he couldn't find the will to part with it. The necklace was the last piece of her he had left and he felt like he deserved that pain.

After a few hours, when Solus couldn't keep her human form anymore, she went back into her ring and Kamila took her place.

She hugged him while saying nothing. The warmth of her body fought the cold of death of the Ernas cemetery while the sound of her heart reminded Lith that despite how he felt, he was still alive.

***

Inside the Ernas Mansion, Quylla's room.

Morok was sitting in a corner chair while Quylla paced around her room like a tormented soul. After the funeral, he had been there in silence the whole time, leaving only for the bathroom, eating, and drinking.

Every time he came back, he brought her a hot tea and some warm food that Quylla ignored. Once they got cold, he would simply store them in a dimensional amulet without saying anything.

"I can't believe that Fyrwal and Tessa are willing to wait 70 years for their revenge. Can you?" She asked once she was done crying and punching pillows.

"No, I can't." Morok shook his head.

"They are a couple of incompetent idiots! Phloria is dead, my parents are barely holding out, and those hags dare spout such bullshit at the funeral!" She stomped her foot, leaving a mark on the marble floor that the house promptly repaired.