Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3392

"Trion is right, Lith." Raaz nodded. "Don’t get me wrong, you were polite and sweet if one looked at you as an adult. But for a kid, you looked like someone who sucked lemons as a hobby."

"Really?" Aran chuckled at the idea, incapable of reconciling such an image with the big brother he loved and respected. _{freeweɓnovel.cøm}

"Really." Raaz replied. "You should have seen your brother’s scowl. Unless he was looking at Rena or Tista, his smile was just a grin below cold yes filled with deep thoughts."

Those words made Lith swallow hard.

"At first, we didn’t worry much because all babies look serious or happy for no reason. Their expression is just their instinctive reaction to the world and people around them." Raaz continued. "But as you grew up, Lith, things didn’t change.

"Then, your mother and I thought it was because of the lack of food that made you always hungry so we tightened our belts and gave you bigger servings." Lith swallowed again. "Yet aside from warming up to your mother, your glare remained the same.

"Even after you started hunting and food was no longer an issue, you still looked at me, Trion, and Meln like guests who had long overstayed their welcome." Raaz sighed, stopping in place.

"I honestly thought it was because you despised your brothers for their behavior and me for failing to educate them properly. I knew how bad things between you three were and how disappointed in me you must have been."

"You worked so hard for all of us yet you weren’t safe in your own home."

"Dad, it’s not-" Lith tried to say but Raaz cut him short with a wave of his hand.

"It’s true and you know it."

"Really?" Aran looked at Trion in suspicion.

"Yes." Trion nodded. "Meln and I were terrible to Lith. We envied him and his magic. We were the only ones not taking hot baths during winter because we were too prideful to ask for his help. We demanded it."

"That’s’-" Aran had many unflattering things to say, but the deep shame on his brother’s face and the sadness in his father’s eyes stopped his tongue.

"Horrible. Petty. Disgraceful." Trion completed the phrase for Aran. "And I could go on. I’m not proud of what I did or who I was, little brother, but now I have the guts to admit it and make amends for it.

"I’m not that man anymore. Please, believe me."

"I believe you." Aran grabbed Trion’s hand. "Bad guys always blame others and make excuses for their behavior. Only good guys are brave enough to admit when they are wrong and do something about it."

"Thanks, little brother." Small puffs of fire escaped the Demon’s eyes, instantly turning into black smoke.

"What happened then, Dad?" Aran wanted to change the topic to spare Trion’s feelings and also because he was burning with curiosity.

Many events before his birth were considered taboo and no one ever spoke about them. Especially if Orpal was involved.

"Then I finally found the strength to kick your oldest brother out." Raaz’s eyes steeled at the memory of the beaten and battered Lith. "I never understood what went wrong with him and have stopped caring.

"All the bad things you’ve heard about the Dead King are true, Aran, and the fact he once was part of our family is our greatest shame."