Chapter 605
Trion had never forgotten his promise to Lith, mostly because he was afraid that his brother would barge in his base and humiliate him again . It still took him months to find the strength to go back home .
He loved his parents with all his heart and that was the reason seeing them was much harder than continue to avoid the unresolved issues he had with his family . Trion had thought for a long time about Orpal's fate before realizing that by endangering their baby brother's life he had crossed the line .
Thanks to the life in the army and the camaraderie with his peers, Trion had realized that what he had with his older brother was a sick relationship . Orpal always ordered him around and they rarely argued simply because Trion obeyed to him .
He didn't resent his parents anymore for disowning his beloved older brother, yet the more he thought about it, the less home felt like a home . His parents had never loved him any less than Lith, but he was tired of being always compared to his little brother .
Tired of being painfully often referred to as "Lith's brother" rather than with his name .
The army gave him a place where he could be himself, where the shadow of his brother couldn't reach him anymore . That was the reason he had never returned home . Even if Lith was always at the academy, his presence had tainted the whole Lutia .
In her letters, after asking Trion to reply to her and let her know he was alright, Elina would always mention how the village had expanded, how their house was being renovated . Until the house he remembered was no more .
Things became even worse for Trion each time Lith made a name for himself . The plague in Kandria, single-handedly facing a Valor, becoming a top ranker, they were all events that reached every corner of the Griffon Kingdom, barracks included .
Every time Trion heard people praising Lith for his achievements, despite him being a nameless commoner, he couldn't help but be jealous .
'If there's one thing Orpal was right about is how unfair it is that no one cares about our hard work . No one praises me for my efforts, nor anyone cares for how well I'm doing in the army . Lith only has to move his hands while spouting bullshit and everyone blows smoke up his ass!' He would often think .
When Lith received a family name from the King himself, Trion learned about it the worst possible way . A Lieutenant asked him if he wanted to take the Verhen name in front of the whole Mess Hall .
Suddenly Trion was no more, and in the blink of an eye his name became "Lith's brother" Verhen . Trion had to ask to be relocated and buy a family name, Proudstar, to avoid being associated with the Verhen again .
He regretted what he did to Phloria, but no matter how deep he buried his hatred, it was always there, smoldering . Any mention of his brother's name, no matter the reason, was enough to rekindle it into a blazing fire again .
When Trion returned home, it was exactly as he feared . The house was unrecognizable and so was the village . Most of the farmhands had no idea who he was and those who did spit on the ground at his passage .
"If you were my son and you made my Liza cry as much as Elina did for you, I'd kick your ass back to where you came from . " Bromann said, eager to tell about Trion past to whoever asked him who that Sergeant was .
Trion had yet to set foot inside his home and he was already full of venom . He was thinking about throwing the thousands of miles he had crossed into the gutter when the door opened .
Raaz immediately recognized him and held his long lost son into an embrace .
"Welcome home, son . " Was all he managed to say while fighting his tears back .
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