Supreme Magus - Chapter 577

Chapter 577
"Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" Friya said while pouring them some hot tea .





"No, but I can't guarantee you that I'll answer . "

"Don't worry, I'm not going to pry your wall of secrets . " She chuckled .

"We all knew you had a crush on Nalear and a soft spot for Wanemyre . I was wondering why you never made a pass at me . Now that we are not young and stupid anymore, I'm not embarrassed to say that it hurt my pride for a bit . "

"Well, it's simple . When we first met, you were just another pompous, stuck up noble . After the second exam, when we started to become friends, you had already become too similar to me . " Lith said .

"You have always been the most beautiful girl in our class, but I have a thing for cute girls and you have never been cute . You went from obnoxious to dark and gloomy . You and I are like moons . We may shine, but our light is cold and distant .

"We need a sun, someone willing to walk that distance and accept us for who we are instead that for how we look like . That's why I ended up with Phloria first and with Kamila now . "

Friya had to admit that even if they were good friends, her crazy matched Lith's crazy in all the wrong possible ways . Just the thought of being together with someone more paranoid, grumpy, and aggressive than she was, gave her the creeps .

"Are you still practicing the impossible arrays Yurial found for us?" Lith asked .





"Every single day . I'll always be grateful to you for teaching me the importance of first magic . There are so many things that I would have missed if I didn't follow your crazy training routine during the fifth year .

"I may not be able to create holograms yet, but I can assure you that once we find those rogue mages, they are in for more than one nasty surprise . " She said with a ferocious grin .

Since the snowstorm continued unabated and Kamila had yet to call back, they started exchanging pointers about magic . Friya revealed to him that she had kept in touch with Professor Rudd, the dimensional magic expert of the White Griffon .

They were reminiscing together all the cruel words the man had said to his students in general and to them in particular when someone knocked on her door .  

"I'm sorry to disturb you, Lady Ernas . " A butler in a white and dark blue livery said her with a deep bow . He was a middle aged man with receding red hair and the face of someone who had just seen a ghost .

"There's a guest on the door who claims to be a friend of someone named Scourge . I tried to send him away, but he refused . Some of your men intervened, but I'm afraid they will only make things worse . "

"Did he say his name?" Friya and Lith exchanged a quick glance hearing the name magical beasts had bestowed upon him .

"No, I didn't even ask him about it because he has clearly got the wrong address…"





Friya didn't let him finish the phrase and opened a Warp Steps leading to the mansion's hallway . The front door was wide open, letting the freezing wind in as snow started to pile up on the magnificent blue and gold carpet covering the floor .

Several members of the Crystal Shield guild lay on the ground unconscious . Only a few of them had managed to even draw their weapons, but none of them had the time to use them . Not a single drop of blood had been spilled .

The man in front of them was a barbarian, at least 2 . 1 meters (7') tall . He wore a hunter set of heavy clothes made of warm animal fur and boots bigger than a bucket . His face was rough and savage, with a square jaw and a cleft chin .

The hunter's long hair and his well trimmed beard were flaming red, with not a single snowflake on them . Even though he was lifting one of Friya's men from the neck with a single hand, waiting for him to pass out, his emerald eyes were calm and wise .  

There was no way Lith wouldn't recognize him, even after all those years .

"Put Kallum down!" Friya said while unsheathing her sword .

"It's good to see you again, Friya . " He said with a warm smile as he let the man's feet touch the ground again, allowing him to breathe .





"You may know me, but I don't know you . What do you want from Lith?" She said while never lowering her weapon .

A sudden gust of wind swept her hair as a blurry figure moved past Friya and struck the hunter on the side of his jaw with pinpoint accuracy, sending him tumbling outside .

"You bastard! How dare you to show your face like that?" Lith's anger was so great that, without Solus's help, his blue aura would have already filled the manor's hallway .

She would have liked to say something, but even though she was already restraining his mana flow, both the lights and the shadows were seconds away from coming to life . Solus couldn't afford to lose her focus .

Blood trickled from the hunter's mouth as he stood up .

"You've gotten stronger, Scourge . I hoped you would rather focus on becoming a better person . Power isn't everything . " The man said as if Lith had offered him his hand instead of sending him flying with a punch .

"Five years! Five fucking years without a single word from you . " Wind and snow slapped Lith's face . He ignored the former, whereas the heat emanating from his skin was so strong that the latter evaporated on contact .

"I almost died for you and what did I get in return? You deceived me! You turned the only friend I had ever had against me! You abandoned me! You took away Selia from me! Tell me why I shouldn't kill you on the spot . " Lith said .

The snow melted and boiled under his feet as the whole street was plunged into darkness, as if the sun had been blotted out of the sky . The hunter stood tall, uncaring of the ongoing unnatural phenomenons and Lith's accusations .

"You didn't do it for me, but for yourself . What I did, instead, I did it for you . To stop your madness . It was the only way I had to give you a better future and judging from what I've heard, I'd say I succeeded .

"I never abandoned you . I simply couldn't afford to return and waste our sacrifice . As for Selia, she was never yours to begin with . She followed me of her own will . You are only right about one thing . I owe you .

"Without your reckless, selfish act I would be dead . I live on borrowed time, your time . My life is yours to take if that's what you truly want . " Protector opened his arms in a defenseless position, exposing both his neck and heart .

Lith extended his clawed hands toward Protector's chest and hugged him as strong as he could .

'Solus, analysis . ' He thought .

'Protector is barely halfway blue and his physical strength hasn't improved much . ' She replied as Lith's fury faded .

"How can you be so weak after all this time?" Lith said .

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