Son of the Hero King

Chapter 138 CH 125: TRUTH ABOUT THE PAST (1)

In the hallway of the tower, Sol was walking with a steady gait, his visage, betraying no emotions.

On his way, all the servants bowed in respect before continuing their work.

Since the conference room was on one of the lower floors, there was a larger stream of people, as not only servants but also government members and workers went around preparing for their activities

Lustburg was a powerful kingdom with a solid foundation, and even though they had lost many people, it wouldn’t just crumble like that.

Walking behind him, like his shadow, was the silent Milia,

“Now that I think about it, what about Clara? Wasn’t she supposed to become my assistant?”

Clara, the elf and Lilin’s friend was also implicated in this whole situation.

She had been kept in the tower initially and as such fought Setsuna against the one named Neun.

Thankfully, even though her wounds were no laughing matter, she wasn’t in a situation of ‘enlightenment’ like Setsuna and Lilin, and as such was able to receive proper medical care.

This situation was pretty problematic since, in a way, Clara was like a diplomatic envoy.

In the first place, their relationship with Southern Pride wasn’t the best.

After all, even though the elves lost the control they had on the humans so long ago during Jupiter’s era, they were a long-lived race with long lived grudge and stupidly high pride.

Thankfully, Clara didn’t ask much and only wanted to serve him. From what she said, serving a dragon, even a hybrid one, was basically the highest honor for an elve.

This made Sol understand why the elves' maids were the most enthusiastic during their encounter.

‘I definitely have to visit the elves...for research purposes of course.’

Milia answered calmly, “After we ensured that she wasn’t a danger, she should have joined you but after what happened, I dispatched her to help the patrol. It wouldn’t be too late to take her in after you form your first and second contract.”

“Hum, perfect. I guess I will take time to get to know her more deeply before putting her by my side.”

“Understood.”

Silence settled between them as they continued to walk before stopping in front of an elevator.

This was just a simple platform with no fancy decoration, but it was rather useful.

“...Your highness?”

“Hum?”

“...No...It is nothing.”

She wanted to ask if he was alright, but that would be the most stupid question ever.

After all, the answer was clear.

Still, Sol didn’t let it pass, “I guess my expression wasn’t particularly bright, right?”

To avoid danger in case of escape, the jail itself was in another part of Lustburg that did not appear on the map but was connected to the capital through the gate.

One might ask, why then did the Wings not use the occasion to free those prisoners? Surely it could have caused even more chaos.

The answer to this question was pretty simple.

There were no prisoners to free anymore.

After all, Lilith had killed all of them after she took power as the Queen. No matter how powerful they are, in front of Lilith, they had been extremely weak.

After all, her sword was specially geared toward cutting everything.

The reason for this,

“Why keep prisoners alive when they were nothing more than a waste of food, space, and were a hidden cancer ready to erupt at any moment?”

Because of this reason, many people saw her as a bloodthirsty maniac.

But now, after searching through old documents during his six days as a ruler, Sol knew another version of this truth.

One that was hidden by this massacre to not show the ugliness of the royal family.

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When he appeared on the other side of the gate, what greeted him wasn’t a cold and damp dungeon like he had thought, but rather a facility worthy of the best Sci-fi film.

In this facility, each room was filled with ten cells, each with a transparent door.

At one glance it really seemed like a super-prison of sorts, but the reality was that this place was the secret laboratory used by Neptune for his experiment on living beings.

All the bullshit about keeping prisoners was just to easily experiment on strong people without arousing any suspicion.

Project Genesis was nothing more than one of the many experiments he had conducted.

This was also why Milia had been so stiff earlier and one of the reasons why Sol didn’t want her to follow him.

No matter how strong one was, a trauma was still a trauma and he didn’t wish to make her relive her darkest memories.

‘But what were they trying to accomplish here?’

The only one who could answer him was Lilith. Sol also had a hunch that whatever secret Lilith had was tied to this place.

Shaking his head, he began to walk quietly in the deserted facility until he stood in front of one particular cell.

There, on the other side of the wall, sat peacefully an old man with a missing arm.

Feeling a presence, the old man opened his eyes, and gave a bitter smile,

“I thought you would never visit me, your highness.”

The old man was none other than Gerald.

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(AN: Welp, seems like it is time to get answers, right? Man, writing the next chapter and not betray expectations will be so hard. Haha. Anyways stay tuned.)