Chapter 257

Two awkward people were sitting across the table, their lips were tightly closed. They didn't know what to say and they were not even looking at each other. Perhaps they were shy, or maybe they were just afraid to look.

Although the cute child was trying to break that barrier. Lemar was doing his best to act adorable in front of Kyle. He was smiling innocently and tugging the hem of Kyle's shirt. 

"Daddy!! Lemar miss you."

Kyle looked at him, he was trying to act cool but deep inside he was afraid. He raised his hand and tapped Lemar's head and the child shyly smile. 

Kyle felt like something swelled in his chest but he was afraid to acknowledge it. Love is a weakness, and he suffered because of it. Still, he didn't want to show that expression in front of his son. Lemar inherited his appearance, they looked alike. Lemar was the younger version of him, innocent yet full of happiness. He was afraid that this child would experience what he experienced.

Kyle sees his past in Lemar. The past that he endured. Kyle promised that his son won't experience what he did. 

'The Ragnarok will never happen. I will stop it and save the world.'

His eyes turned cold that even Lemar almost jolted. For a second, the atmosphere turned deadly, the young child hiccuped and started crying. 

"Waahhh waahhh!"

Miriam who saw Lemar crying approached him and did her best to stop him from crying. Lemar's face was covered with tears and Miriam wiped it as she eased the child. 

"It's okay, it's okay. Mommy's here."

She was a mother and the way she cared for her child looked lovely to see. While tapping the back of her child, Miriam glanced at Kyle. There were lots of emotions in her eyes. She couldn't blame him. 

Kyle trembled as seeing her eyes for the first time after many years was hard. Kyle did Miriam bad, he left her. He was not even there when Miriam gave birth to Lemar. 

He had a pain expression and couldn't look at her anymore. 

"Kyle I-"

"I want to rest. I will ask your maid about the room I can use."

Kyle is corrupted and his mind always thinks erratically. He had mood swings and sometimes he was calm and sometimes he would lose his patience. After years of controlling the corruption, it was apparent that he couldn't stop it completely. His emotions were unsteady and right now, he was afraid to talk to Miriam. He could show calm expression to anyone but Miriam is different, he couldn't hide it from her. That's why Kyle was afraid to talk to her.

'I don't know why I answered the call… Perhaps I don't want to make her sad.'

Kyle's mind was disheveled as he opened the door and left them. 

Miriam wanted to stop him but she was worried that Kyle might reject her. She bit her lower lip and swallowed her sadness. She rock Lemar who was in her arms. 

However, Lemar who was still a child started crying loudly. He was hurt.

"M-Mama, Daddy hates Lemar!"

Lemar cried as his tears rolled from his eyes. He believed that Kyle left the room because he cried. Kyle was the strongest and the best father, maybe he was disappointed when he found that his son easily cried. Lemar couldn't control his tears and clutch Miriam's dress. 

"No baby, it's not your fault. Daddy's just tired and he needs to rest. Don't worry, tomorrow I will talk to Daddy, okay."

"Waahhh!!!"

Miriam kissed his forehead and did her best to alleviate Lemar's sadness. She sighed and hugged him as her dress started to get wet because of his tears. As his mother, she didn't want to see him crying like this. Lemar is mature and he didn't usually cry but Kyle's presence affected him so much. 

'After all the strong image that I show, I still can't hate him. I may swear at him but I can't hate him. It's funny that I asked Yukki to curse him but now I can't do it myself.'

She grimly smiled. She was ashamed of herself. Just like in the past, Miriam didn't change. She recalled how she bought her ex a condominium because she was blinded by love and fought against her mother saying it was true love, this scenario was just the same.

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It was midnight when Niña and the others reached the mansion. Lemar was sleeping after Miriam hummed and rock him till he slept in the bed. 

Miriam looked at the hovercar that slowly landed on the ground. Miriam received a message that they were coming so she stayed up all night waiting for them. She was watching their whole travel through her Clairvoyance and witnessed how Niña slaughtered all of the Hunters who tried to attack the hovercar. 

It took long hours before Niña finished all of them, the battle looked gruesome and she brutally killed them. Well, Niña had a tendency to go, full sadist, when she was in lengthy battles. She would start moving like a beast and used her mask to aim for their weak points and sliced them in half. 

The hovercar gently landed, the entrance opened, and the first to come out was Seven carrying Titania who was sleeping. Niña needed to interrogate her about the Speitato. 

Next to come out were Adalyn and Andromeda. They looked around the place and determined that the mansion was wide and even had a landing port. Still, They were both nervous because they heard that they'll go to meet Miriam, one of the greatest Hunters in the world. 

Then, the last to come out was Niña. She raised her brows as she looked around. She clicked her tongue when she found a Drake close to them. 

"Tch, as expected, he did go. It's fifty-fifty but I guess Kyle didn't have a choice."

Niña identified that the Drake is Kyle's flying beast. He used the Drake to travel here. 

"This means that I will see the fucker again."