Broken paths

Seth just laughed lightly and continued hugging Pearl. “How was it? Your time with Sun. Did he tell you the truth?”

The sudden question caught Pearl unprepared, and she nodded subtly in his arms. “I understand why you sent me to him. It only happened a few years back, but yes, he did tell me.”

“I couldn’t believe he was the one who had saved the horrors of the world from extinction… sigh.”

Seth sighed, “That’s what happens when your honor gets polluted by other feelings. That’s also why I was never happy with you starting to bear thoughts of becoming something more than a knight after you insisted on taking your vow.”

“Sun had set a precedent, and the code of honor your family lives by traces back to his; it was just that time had allowed that code to change.”