Chapter 482: A Painful Seperation [Part 3]

Chapter 482: A Painful Seperation [Part 3]



Of course, Shin could understand where Northern's shock came from.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

While he said he had a genius intellect, the talent he had managed to awaken was at first considered mundane.

But the thing about the clan was that they didn't place any importance on talent and talent abilities.

As long as one had soul essence and could move superhumanly, the Kageyama arts were more than enough for a scion of the clan to be as strong as any drifter out there.

However, this kind of strength was only significant in assassination or human confrontation.

Northern closed his mouth for a moment and then opened it, "I apologize for the way I sounded."

The atmosphere was kind of serious; his initial response almost seemed like a ridicule to his father and the seriousness of the matter at hand.

But it was Shin, and he understood Northern very well.

He smiled and said:

"I understand where the shock came from. What you know of me is what I portray to you; it is the same thing with everyone else. And this is the kind of life I have been living so that my elder brother could succeed my father and not me."

Northern opened his mouth slightly, "I see."

Shin was obviously telling no lie; his breathing pattern was regular and clear.

Which made Northern think back on the past events as he grew up. He had seen Shin maneuver through several situations; it was always not easy, he would struggle...

The fight with the beast was just one of them.

Shin would struggle with the monster before eventually killing it. Even at times during the hunting, it was always like this.

So Northern was used to thinking that even though his father was indeed a good fighter that had the basics ingrained into his muscles, he was a weak drifter.

But now that Northern was thinking about it from a new perspective... 'So... all those fights have been him portraying a weak person to me?'

Northern almost wanted to disagree with his father and call it bluffing.

'It's just so impossible to portray weakness so accurately in that manner. He managed to deceive?'

Northern shook his head internally, 'No, no, no way.'

Then something occurred to him. He moved his eyes to meet Shin's.

Northern suddenly felt his mind go blank for a moment. Shin continued anyway.

"Another time, there was a petition for an entire lineage to be wiped off the face of this world. Not only did I not kill their last descendant, I gave her my seed. And the Kageyama does not just spread their seed to anyone."

"By seed, you mean your..."

Shin nodded, causing Northern's mouth to open to an "O".

Moments later, Northern managed to shake away the shock and asked:

"So you have a child. A female child somewhere, yes."

Northern frowned, "That was what sent mother away."

Shin sighed; his breath shivered.

"It wasn't the entire case. Your mother was angry that day and threatened to leave. But she

didn't."

Northern raised a brow, "She didn't leave?"

Shin looked into Northern's eyes, his resonating with dark sadness.

"My family finally approached me because they needed my help. I refused, and they used underhanded methods to bring my daughter before my eyes. Eisha was heartbroken and disappointed not because I had a child but because I never told her that I did.

"I mean, how could I have? I knew of her difficulty to give birth due to her race. I couldn't bring myself to tell her something that would have her heart wrench every time she thought about it. I wanted her to know we were in this together and I am not depending on some child

somewhere."

His voice broke in between words now and then as he spoke.

"She entered the room and was going to get her important stuff. But when I entered to meet

her, she was gone."

Northern frowned.

"What do you mean gone?"

Shin looked at his son with his eyes barely holding in those burning tears.

"Northern, your mother... Eisha was kidnapped, six months ago."

The room suddenly got darker.