[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-583":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563955,2028,"Chapter 583 - Sia [1]: The Bond","divine-path-system-chapter-583",583,"\u003Cp>Chapter 583 - Sia [1]: The Bond\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Shadow Guardians is a noble organization.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enigma said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the very first day I joined, I thought it was one of the many heroic groups which preached morals but were rotten at the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe because I spent months with a terrible person like Roxanna, I had trouble believing humanity other than Varian had any shred of goodness left in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I began to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I observed their training, their lifestyle, their doctrine, and more importantly, their actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each day, my prejudice broke down bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I wasn't getting normal. I kept recalling Roxanna's last moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock in her eyes, the blood spurting from her body, her final expression before she died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I enjoyed that memory with glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why am I becoming like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it because of the anger that was pent up in her since the torture began?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered if I had changed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't smile. My smile left me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't cry either. My tears dried up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought that I was strong. After enduring the torture from her for all those days, I thought I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when I finally got the chance to sleep in my own bed, I realized…I was scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she lie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it the truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was my existence really erased from the world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To hell with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I removed from HIS memories?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that thought crossed my mind, I was on my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't wait for even a second. I exited the secret realm and headed to our city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a few months since I last visited this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't seen him since I left for the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if he's doing fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I wonder if he remembered me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waited outside his apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After my little investigations from the neighbors using my psychic powers, Varian recently started going to a training hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I couldn't smile anymore, but now, I can't stop smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he awaken? Did he finally come out of his depression?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he….?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door creaked open and a young man stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly hid myself using a treasure. Even mid awakeners can't find me with this, so I wasn't worried about Varian seeing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a shitty day.\" He looked at the two suns and muttered as he walked to the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hair was disheveled, his eyes had dark circles under them and even the way he spoke lacked any enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was...it was like he was a living zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled sound came out of my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian turned toward me and I froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes looked at the location I am standing. He couldn't see me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he didn't react even when his eyes locked with mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart pounded violently and my chest grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw them clearly this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes weren't bright. They didn't have hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were pitch black. Like the night without stars. Like his life devoid of any hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He…too was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep sense of sadness engulfed my heart and before I knew it, I was sobbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"V-Varian…argh, I…I was really scared.\" I collapsed to my knees as tears streamed down my cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…It was horrible, it was a pain that ripped me from the inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each drop of tear, I spoke a bit more about the grievances I suffered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I wish I died multiple times during the torture, but…I didn't want to die because of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised my head through the teary eyes and looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, I felt myself freezing in anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did I say those words to him right after they met?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an Apology? Revenge? Consolation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because every time I confessed her grievance to him, Varian would hug me tightly and say \"I'm here for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warmth of his touch, the affection in his hug, and the resolve in his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all I need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian looked at my location and muttered. \"I felt like I heard something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, shaking his head, he turned on the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—\" I stretched my hand towards him, but in the end, I didn't do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disguise treasure…it silenced my voice as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed at myself. It was pathetic, but also sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A treasure that was supposed to help me silenced my own voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image of a man flashed in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Evander.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person that I trusted gave me away to the Xanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be it a treasure or a person, the ones I trusted betrayed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the negative feelings in my chest, I followed Varian to the training hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes which were indifferent till now finally showed some emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his fist met his opponent's, when the skin on his fist broke along with the other man's and their blood splashed into the air, I saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha!\" He laughed like a madman and followed up with another punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the fight, as flesh beat with flesh and bone clashed with bone, he kept smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't the gentle smile I knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was…the smile of an addict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile of a man who found the joy of life in fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the smile of a man who escapes his life through fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian always saw fighting as a means to his dreams, never as an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he treated fighting as the most important thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only thing in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't bear to watch him anymore and ran out of the training hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I visited the parks we used to play at. I visited our school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each place, my memories of him grew deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, I visited our old home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was where a lot of our memories lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was just empty land that no one wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the place where it all began and suppressed the ominous premonition in my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I returned to his apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will find out tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-06-06T07:58:24.533Z",1,"novelbin.me","88a6468b83c0fe3b08735ada1ecfce37f673c7ed897358b9d3f917f6b5999f38","divine-path-system-chapter-584","divine-path-system-chapter-582",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]