A Fisherman's Last Wish: Turn My Ashes into Bait

A Fisherman's Last Wish: Turn My Ashes into Bait to Catch More Big Fish — Bonus Chapter [15]

(Bonus chapter for brother "Overseas Lingjing Rod" [1/5])

Sire Denathrius claimed he had finished his last words, but Diakum the Saint did not believe him at all.

This fellow had definitely hidden many words in his heart, but he had no intention of telling his true thoughts to the "murderers." It was rather frustrating.

As the Sire had said, he was no fool. He had his own dignity and absolutely did not want his true last words to become gossip for others after dinner.

This fellow was a nobleman with a sensitive heart. The words hidden within him would be spoken only to his successor.

But the two questions raised by the Sire truly left Diakum and Sarkir speechless.

It was not that the Vigilant and the Shaper did not wish to answer. The two questions this fellow had raised had gone far beyond mere "professional matters." They had risen to philosophical debates concerning "purpose and process" and "resignation and resistance."

As everyone knew, philosophical questions had no correct answers.

Thus, this bastard Sire pulled a trick before his death. With two questions, he blocked Diakum and Sarkir's inquiries, leaving his final moments for himself and his child.

When the trembling Prince Renathal stepped onto the highest floor of Castle Nathria beneath the dazzling Dawn Light that stung the eyes of the Venthyr, Diakum and Sarkir tactfully retreated to a place where they could not overhear the conversation.

"Go on. Don't be afraid. Your father merely wants to speak with you."

As Prince Renathal's "court tutor," Sarkir leaned on that horrifying spinal scythe, from which Banaszar's screams could still be heard, and reminded him with a kindly expression:

"This is the final