A blessing in disguise: Part III

He took him into a room with pictures of his known ancestors and said: "You are right about one thing. Our civilisation is dying. Greed and hatred are the causes of our decline. The secret that is in my soul, and that will be in yours the day I die, is the pillar that will support our future and the future of our descendants. They stopped in front of a wall and his father began to chant, carving a path into the wall. Charles looked surprised as he had never heard the language before. George looked at him and said, "There is no way back from here. Charles swallowed hard and exhaled sharply as he said, "Show the way forward.

His father led him into a room where there was a drawing of what had happened 1000 years ago. He looked at his father with disgust and said: "Your lust for power knows no bounds.". Before he could say more, his father chuckled and said, "I said the same thing to my father when he showed it to me. Life is cruel indeed, for now, I wish I hadn't."

Charles fell silent, never before had he seen such an emotional look on his father's face. George broke the silence and began to read the runes.

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