Shared Wounds (Part 1)

"This is our last child, okay? Unless heaven and earth switch places or I change my mind, you'd better always use that damn birth control spell." Selia said.

"I will." Ryman sniffled while letting her go.

He had held Solkar right after Selia, but he already felt the need to hold his son again.

As soon as Elina passed the child to him, Solkar started to cry. Protector used a baby voice to calm Solkar, strutting around and showing the newborn to his guests like it was the greatest accomplishment of his life.

"You see that?" Kamila Hushed them while pointing the father and son couple at Lith. "That's you in a few months."

"Please." Lith scoffed, his tone as cold as it was indifferent. "He's just an Emperor Beast whereas I'm a Divine Beast."

"What do you mean?" Kamila asked, making him look her dead in the eyes.

Lith's face was a stone-cold mask when he said:

"I cry much harder than that."