The Awakening

The a*sistant trembled as he repeated, “Griffon is awake.” Amon was only surprised for a few seconds, but quickly regained his composure, as if he had already anticipated that Griffon would wake up, and didn’t think much of it. He leisurely picked up the napkin on the dining table and wiped off the porridge that had spilled on his fingers… After cleaning up, he raised his head and looked towards the direction of the surveillance camera, saying to his a*sistant, “Since he’s awake, let’s give him a gift.” He believed that Griffon would be thrilled to see it, but he didn’t know if he would become too happy and fall into a coma again… He was starting to look forward to Griffon’ reaction. As Griffon lay on the hospital bed, he watched the surveillance videos that were sent to his phone one by one. His heart was crushed as if it had been tra mpled by a horse’s hoof, leaving him in indescribable agony. Even his guts seemed to be torn apart. He trembled as he scrolled past the first video of A