Silvanus still couldn't understand the intense undercurrent between his "son" and Nick. When he saw the boy suddenly bury his head in his chest like that, he assumed the kid was frightened. He paused for a moment, but in the end still raised his hand and gently rubbed the boy's head, speaking softly, "It's alright..."
The boy seemed to stiffen slightly, yet eventually relaxed again—only his arms tightened a little more around Silvanus.
"Click… click…"
At that moment, a faint sound suddenly rang out. Silvanus instinctively turned to look. At some point, the small TV at the side had switched on by itself, and the news anchor had already begun delivering the day's report.
"…we have discovered a body in the forest. According to confirmation, it is the citizen T who had been missing for more than a month. What's noteworthy is that beneath T's body, we also found an incomplete skeleton. According to identification, the skeleton belonged to a woman who died more than seven years ago…"
