Note: this chapter contains a flashback.
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"He… he protected me with his life…" The Emperor's entire body shook after witnessing how his guard and best friend used his body as a shield to protect him.
The sword that was actually targeting him ended up piercing his best friend's chest, but his best friend was even able to do the last thing to protect him when he managed to kill the enemy with his last energy.
The scene happened right before his eyes, and it must have been the cause behind the Emperor's miserable state as he continued to stare at the lifeless body that the black-haired teenager was hugging.
Zhang Hei could only hug the cold body like he had hugged his mother's corpse before. It was his home, the place where his family had always gathered together, but today, everything was in pieces, and around him was like a deafening silence without the same laughter and cheerfulness anymore.
