Chapter 598 A royal pardon was a get out of jail free card for any crime non punishable by the death penalty . The Crown granted a few of them every year to their most loyal servants for their outstanding results and becoming a Great Mage was one of them .
As Vylna realized the mortal danger she was in, tears filled her eyes, forcing her to blink . When she opened them again, Lith had disappeared as if she had been talking to a shadow the whole time .
"Please, be nice to her . Zinya went through a lot and I think that bastard of Fallmug might have taken it out on her after my last visit . Let me do the talking . " Kamila said, too worried to notice that she was alone .
"Don't worry . You lead and I'll follow . " Lith Blinked behind her . Thanks to his enhanced senses, he had no problems hearing her words from a distance .
Kamila unlocked the door, hating that house more with each passing second . The tea room was exactly as she remembered it . A mix of order and hypocrisy .
The white sofas and armchairs looked like they had never been used . The center of the hardwood table in the middle of the room had been carved out and replaced by a crystal slab .
The vases decorating the room along with white cotton doilies were still there, yet all the flowers had disappeared . Zinya was sitting on the same chair she had used during Kamila's last visit .
Her face was turned toward the sunlight coming from the glass panelled east wall, as if she was looking at the sky .
"Zin, I'm back . " Kamila said .
"Kami, you shouldn't be here . The last time Fallmug was so enraged by how you strong-armed Vylna to enter the house that now he doesn't buy me flowers anymore . Why do you insist on making my life miserable?" Zinya said .
Her voice was filled with sorrow and it cracked before she could finish her phrase .
"Don't say that, Zin . You have always been a terrible liar . What did he do to you?" Kamila ran to her sister, hugging her . They both wept, bringing to Lith's mind the memories of when he and Carl did the same after one of them had suffered a heavy beating .
"Forgive me, Kami . I didn't mean those things . I just want to hear my children again . "
Memory and reality overlapped as the ground trembled .
'For a moment, I hated her because she reminded me of my mother . Always whining about how giving birth ruined her life and blaming us for Ezio's behavior . When she accused Kamila, I thought she meant it, but she had just been instructed about what to say . ' He thought .
"He beats her legs so that even if they have guests, they can't notice the bruises . That's why she didn't stand up during your last visit . " Lith said with a stone cold voice as he turned around .
Kamila noticed his gesture and lifted Zinya's gown up, revealing many black and blue spots shaped like a horsewhip .
"How did you know?" She asked, her voice full of shock and fury .
"My brother, Orpal, would do the same thing to me when I was a child . "
Kamila lowered Zinya's gown, allowing Lith to get close to her .
"Zinya, this is Lith Verhen, my boyfriend . Lith this is Zinya, my sister . "
"Nice to meet you . Do you mind if I heal you?" Lith needed all the help Solus could give him to take the edge off his voice and not raze the house to the ground .
"The pleasure is all mine . As for the healing, please help me . "
Lith chanted a quick gibberish before placing his hand on Zinya's shoulder and using Invigoration on her . All of her bruises and injuries disappeared . He found some poorly healed fractures and fixed them too while he checked her condition .
"You really are as good as Kami says . It's been ages since I had no difficulties breathing . " The naïve happiness she expressed while blurting out the gravity of the damages her ribcage had suffered, made Kamila go pale and Lith grit his teeth .
'This is wrong . No one should be happy just because they stopped suffering . That's not life . ' Lith thought .
"I have bad news, Kamila . Zinya's problem doesn't lie in her eyes . She completely lacks the optic nerve . "
"The what?" Both sisters asked . Most Healers knew nothing about anatomy, let alone laymen .
"It links the eyes to the brain . Without, it one cannot see . It's a big problem, like missing a whole arm . I hoped your sister's case would be simple, but for something like that, I need to consult an expert .
"I won't mess with Zinya's brain until I'm 100% sure I know what I'm doing . "
"I never said I want to be treated!" Zinya's voice was full of fear .
"Really? Do you want to stay here? With that man?" Lith was angry, but Zinya wasn't afraid of him . His outrage wasn't cruel like that of her husband . It sounded more like a fellow victim who had yet to give up on hope .
"He took your children away from you, your legs, and your sister . How long will you allow him to feast on your soul?" Nonetheless, his words hurt . Tears streamed down Zinya's face again and Kamila put herself between them .
"Zin, I know I'm asking a lot of you, but please, reconsider your decision . Lith went a little overboard, but he isn't completely wrong . Before you had no choice, whereas now I'm offering you one .
"We have waited for a long time, but things only got worse . Fallmug got worse, his violence always escalating . I've lived the past few years afraid to receive a call telling me that you died at his hand .
"If you can't find the strength to do it for yourself, do it for the kids and for me . " Kamila said .
"I know you're right, Kami, but I'm too scared . What if Lith fails? Even worse, what if he succeeds?" Zinya asked .
"We'll think about it when the time comes . Right now, all I need is your consent . I need to know that you are willing to fight this battle with us . "
"Be honest with me, Kami . Is this world really worth fighting for? Or is Mogar just full of misery? I never understood how people like me can be born just to suffer whereas people like Fallmug are free to destroy everything they touch without suffering any consequence .
"I'm too old and too tired to fight, Kami . It's not worth it . " Zinya shook her head .
"Yes, Mogar is unfair . Every world is unfair . " Lith said with a stone cold voice .
"The only way to survive is to make life unfair to your advantage . If you don't fight for yourself, no one will . " He placed his hands to the sides of Zinya's head, activating two tier five light magic spells, Scanner and Chisel .
He used the tendrils of mana Chisel created to connect the life force of her brain with that of her eyes, using mana as a temporary conduit . Zinya's pupils moved around the room as light and colors flooded her vision .
"Zin?" Said a beautiful woman in front of her . Zinya couldn't believe her own ears, the woman sounded like her sister . She raised her hands, touching the woman's face and recognizing her on the spot .
"Is that really you Kami?" Zinya asked .
"Yes, Zin . It's me . I've brought you your favorite flowers . " Kamila took a bouquet of fresh silver wattles out of her dimensional amulet . Their vibrant scent filled her nose and their color was a marvel to her eyes .
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