why the lilies turned red

" I am an orphan. I made sure of that "

"..."

Avner finally calmed down, he was now thinking straight again 

" I killed them "

Nephthys confessed 

Usually people were afraid of her, her presence alone was intimidating to other people, now that Avner had heard that she had killed her own parents he would think of her as a monster but she didn't care. Contrary to her expectation Avner didn't react the way she had expected him to 

Avners eyes softened 

" Here, you should try this too "

Avner started feeding her, Nephthys opened her mouth obediently and chewed the food he had given her 

" I think all this hard training is starting to show, I can now use fire without getting sick, I'm sure that soon enough I will get even stronger. After all I have gotten my hands on the best master there is ... .sigh ... .I can already feel the pain that is to come ... .I guess what they say `in order to gain something you need to lose something` is true ...."

Avner was talking like his usual self while also casually feeding Nephthys as if he had never heard her confession 

Nephthys understood his intention. He was not just pretending like it had never happened, nor was he trying to pity her, he was saying that he'll be patient and wait for her to properly open up to him and that no matter the outcome she will always be his master. When she first confessed to him about killing her parents Nephthys said she wouldn't care even if he had thought of her as a monster but she had now just realized it….she did care….she didn't want him to think of her that way…she wanted him to be on her side even if the whole world was against her. Nephthys didn't know what had caused her to be this selfish 

Is this the start of a friendship ?

Nephthys asked herself 

she didn't exactly know what it was she was feeling for him, it has been a very long time since she talked to someone for this long and not being related to work. 

Memories of her childhood came back….of her first precious person. She can still clearly remember his clear eyes and genuine smile every time he spoke to her, he was everything she had and vice versa, it was them against the world . 

The mere image of that small kid was enough to bring a smile to her face. 

A genuine smile with a tinge of sadness on it, that smile, not even Avner could see for he was choosing what food to feed her next. The moment he did face her again, the smile had long disappeared…

" I'll eat on my own "

Nephthys realized something when thinking of her childhood, and that is....she should not be selfish, because it will only cause her pain….

" mom, welcome back ! "

The true owners of the mansion were finally back from their trip, Miyoeon, Amabilis and Avner were at the gate waiting to greet them, Avner was the first to hug his mother soon the rest followed 

" Aren't you going to greet me ? "

seeing how they all went to his wife, their uncle asked them but there was no replay for they were still in their aunts arms 

" Oh gosh I sometimes forget how big you guys got, I am completely buried " 

the aunt giggled, you could barely even see her 

after the three cousins let her free they looked in their uncles direction and decided to make fun of him 

" Way, way, way ... .is father sulking ? "

Avner asked Amabilis to witch Amabilis did not fail to respond 

" He sure is….looks like someone is jealous" 

" If you missed us so much you should have just said so uncle "

Miyeon couldn't miss this golden opportunity of teasing his uncle 

" Come let us give him a hug "

Avner stated and opened his arms to hug him, and so did the others 

" Get away from me pigs ! " 

The uncle refused their affection but the three were not going to back down, so with their arms still open they kept approaching him 

" I'm serious, you stay away from me or I'm going to turn you into bacon ! "

but regardless of his threats they still ended up hugging him 

" We love you too….uncle "

 " Ahhh…. you useless creatures are suffocating me ! "

he exclaimed and liberated himself from their grip

The more the uncle looked at them the angrier he got 

" AAAAHHHH "

So with a scream of anger he took his shoe off and threw it at them, but they knew better then to stay and let the shoe hit them, the moment they had realized what he was going to do they took off running 

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" ah.ah.ah. "

the uncle screamed in pain and in response to it the wife threw the first thing to find at him 

" Ah! Why did you do that ? "

he had asked her 

" You have no right of complaining when you did that to yourself "

he was laying down while his wife was treating his planta pedis or in other words the sole of his feets 

" How is that my fault ? " 

the husband asked her 

" How is that your fault ? HOW IS THAT YOUR FAULT ? "

she made sure he knew how ridiculous his question sounded 

" Well let ME, tell you how its that your fault "

" You threw your fucking shoes at MY sons THEN percided to run after them BAREFOOT "

the husband could only clear his throat in embarrassment or was it perhaps fear of his wife maybe a little bit of both 

" AH ! this is so annoying "

the wife caught him by the ankles and pulled him upside down

" WOAH….wait, wait, wait ! "

but she was still holding onto him, so he decided to take a different approach 

"....my dear….the apple of my life….my whole reason to live…." 

he talked sweetly to her but it seem to have no effect so he kept talking

" my wife who is more beautiful than an angel…..and more ... .delicate than ... .than…."

the husband couldn't think of anything delicate to compare her with