Supreme Spouse System.

Chapter 687: Guardians of the Unknown

Guardians of the Unknown

Leon’s fingers tapped once against the armrest. "And Gary wanted it."

"Yes."

"For power?"

"For control."

Lux’s voice trembled, but she didn’t look away this time. "He believed something was buried beneath the seal. Something sealed away intentionally. Something that could extend his lifespan."

The air seemed to grow colder.

Leon did not react outwardly.

But inside—

He understood.

Gary feared death.

Feared decline.

Feared the day his name would be spoken in past tense.

"So he came to negotiate?" Leon asked softly, though there was no softness in his eyes.

Max let out a humorless breath. "He demanded access."

"And when you refused?"

Max’s voice roughened. "We told him the seal existed for a reason. That whatever lay beneath it was not meant to be disturbed. That some doors, once opened, cannot be closed again."

Rex’s hands curled into fists. "He didn’t care."

Leon’s gaze sharpened. "You refused him."

"Yes."

"And he destroyed you."

Rex nodded once, slow and deliberate. "He came personally."

There was no exaggeration in his tone. No dramatics. Just fact.

Leon’s gaze flickered. "With how many?"

Max’s eyes hardened.

"Enough to slaughter the viallge."

Silence fell again.

It wasn’t the quiet of peace. It was the kind that presses against your ears, heavy and suffocating.

Leon didn’t move at first. But behind his stillness, his thoughts were already racing.

If Gary had wiped out an entire hidden Guardian Village—

Then he hadn’t just killed people.

He had erased records.

Erased maps.

Erased memory.

A calculated extinction.

Leon leaned forward slightly, elbows resting on his knees, golden eyes sharpening.

"How many survived?"

The three elders exchanged a look. Not panic. Not grief. Something older. Something carved by years of loss.

Max answered.

"Only us."

No dramatics. No trembling voice. Just truth.

Leon studied them carefully. Three elders. Scarred. Weathered. Alive.

"You attempted to assassinate him alone?"

There was a faint twitch at the corner of Rex’s lips, almost amused.

"We were not alone."

Leon didn’t rush him. He simply waited. Silence had weight, and he let it settle until Lux finally spoke.

"Others tried before us."

Leon’s fingers tightened subtly against the edge of the couch. Not enough to be obvious — but enough.

"How many others?"

Max met his gaze without flinching.

"Enough that Gary grew paranoid."

That answer lingered.

Leon exhaled slowly, eyes lowering for just a moment as the pieces began shifting into place.

Gary’s fear.

His brutal purges.

His obsession with control.

Not madness.

Defense.

"And the village..." Leon murmured, more to himself than to them. "It officially never existed."

Rex gave a slow nod. "That was the point."

Leon lifted his gaze again, sharper now.

"What was beneath that seal?"

For the first time since the conversation began, the elders hesitated.

It wasn’t fear of Leon.

It was memory.

Max’s jaw tightened. Lux looked away. Rex’s fingers tapped once against his cane before going still.

Uncertainty flickered across their faces — brief, but undeniable.

Max swallowed.

"That," he began, pausing between syllables like someone testing thin ice, "explains our need for you to stay quiet."

Leon didn’t blink.

"You’ve already said too much to turn back. So Speak."

His voice held nothing sharp. Still, it left a chill behind.

A flicker of uncertainty crossed Max’s gaze when he met the man’s stare. That moment marked a shift - hesitation appeared where there had been none before.

"Beneath the Guardian Village... lies something that we don’t know."

The room’s breath held still. Air grew sparse without warning.

The soft snap of flames seemed far away.

The cold under the quiet held steady, ignoring the heat inside. Restless shadows leapt from flame to wall - stone catching their flicker, nobody answering. Stillness stayed.

Stillness held Leon in place, fingers curled lightly at his spine. Quiet sat on his face - yet tension edged the space nearby, as if steel hovered just beneath silence.

It dropped softer, not loud yet clear.

" Define ’you don’t know.’"

A heavy silence followed as Rex exhaled. This moment held nothing sharp behind his gaze. Not even a hint of smirk touched his lips. Only tightness remained.

"The new guardians were only meant to guard the seal," Rex said, choosing his words carefully. "We weren’t told what lies beneath it. We were given fragments - vague warnings passed down through generations. But no one ever told us the full truth."

Leon didn’t blink.

Lux stepped in, her voice softer, but steady. "It was never meant to be known by anyone. That was the rule. The seal wasn’t just a barrier—it was silence. A decision made long before us."

A heavy pause followed.

Leon tilted his head slightly. "And you never questioned that?"

Rex’s jaw tightened. "We did. Quietly. But questioning something that old... it doesn’t end well. Our ancestors made it clear—if the wrong person learns what’s beneath that seal, we won’t be the ones who suffer. The entire forest will."

The fire cracked again, louder this time.

Leon’s eyes narrowed slightly. "So you guarded something you didn’t understand."

"Yes," Lux admitted. "Because understanding it wasn’t our role."

A moment passed.

Then Rex spoke again, his voice lower now.

"Gary didn’t care about roles."

The room seemed to shrink around them.

"He broke the seal," Rex continued. "And Gary opened it."

Leon did not move.

But his eyes— Shifted Slightly. Cold. Interested. Calculating.

Outside the door, the prison corridor remained silent.

Inside— A truth long buried beneath forest and blood had just begun to surface.

And Leon understood one thing with certainty.

This conversation— Would change everything.

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