Bab 67: Lies- Part 1

"You can see him too?" Katie asked in a whisper.

"Of course I can. I'm not blind. It seems like a pest has latched on to you," the Valerian Lord retorted with his eyes still fixated on the man next to Katie and asked him, "Who are you?"

"Forgive my rudeness, my Lord," Malphus bowed his head, "I am Malphus Crook from a small village that used to reside a few years ago near the Western and the Southern Empire."

"Used to?" Alexander looked at the man named Malphus thoughtfully.

"Yes, unfortunately I couldn't find it. It seems to be vacant with only trees and bushes or maybe I forgot the directions," the man gave a troubled expression.

If Alexander wasn't wrong the man was talking about the village that Katie and her parents used to live in before the massacre took place a few years ago. After that incident, Alexander had commanded to bury them all in one place.

"I-is it the village that..." Katie seemed to fall short of words after what the man had to say.