Chapter 557

“My family name is Weiss. Have you perhaps heard of it?”

Darius raised a brow. However, he soon narrowed his eyes and nodded without speaking.

A bitter smile curved on Yarlyn’s face again as he elaborated, “I was born during the war, but I had a considerably happier childhood than others in my country because of my family name.”

Although Darius nodded, he still refrained from commenting on the subject.

Seeing that, Yarlyn felt more at peace and did not mind the former’s coldness, so he continued, “My country finally gained independence when I was a young man, and we lived much better lives. I thought our happiness would last a long time. Unfortunately, I soon learned that wasn’t the case.” While speaking, he shut his eyes. “I got entrusted with a sacred mission by my country to go to a mysterious, eastern country and study a specific region’s liberation and independence. Initially, I thought it was a great mission, so I bid my goodbyes and went merrily on my way. Now that I think abo