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It would happen only if the old man was heartless.

But the old man definitely had his heart intact even after being alive for ages.

Thus his eyes warmed up and some moisture was formed immediately.

But he couldn't cry in front of a kid. If the old man cries, how could he take care of the kid?

He had the responsibility of being an elder.

He thus stopped himself from crying, cleared throat and probed Flare softly, "And then?"

Even if it was a sad memory for Flare, the old man doesn't want him to stop.

For one, he wanted to know what had happened exactly so that he would be prepared for the future about how to react regarding his curse.

Secondly, he doesn't want his disciple to run away from his past. He wanted him to face it face to face.

The old man knows that the little kit was not a coward who would run away from his past. If he was a coward, he wouldn't accept being his disciple in the first place.