“What the hell did you do?”

“Please stop master, he is going to die.”

“You get out of this, I will deal with you later, Eis.”

“Master, please stop. He will die.”

“Even you want to deny my order too?”

“No, master. It is all my fault. He did nothing wrong. I am the one who come up with this. We did not do anything more than this. We just share our warmth because it is too cold.”

“And he embrace you bar naked like this, Eis?”

“…”

“I WILL KILL HIM.GET OUT OF HERE. I DON’T WANT YOU TO GET HURT.”

“NO, Master. If you want to kill him, you have to kill me first. He is my savior.”

“And what am I to you?”

“Master…., plea, kyaa”

“akk”

“Master please stop.”

“I will kill you. I will destroy all your remaining soul. Now vanish.”

“Forgive me master.”

“arkkk.”

“Huh!!!? Ma-”

“Young master, YOUNG MASTER. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO, YOU UNGREATFUL CHILD. YOU DEAR TO INJURE YOUR MASTER? I WILL KILL YOU.”

“Sir Norak. STAN STILL.”

“Princess?”

“You should take care of your master first.”

“Master, YOUNG MASTER, YOU GUYS HEAL HIM.”

“………..”

“…….”

“……”

“…Even if he is like that, he is still the young master of the house Asura….. With my authority as the second princess of sole Empire I command you ‘Heal him, don’t let him die. Take him to infirmary.’ His life is precious. And you sir Norak help take care of your young master. I will take care of everything here.”

“Hurry. HURRY. YOUNG MASTER, PLEASE YOUNG MASTER DON’T DIE. YOUNG MASTER.”

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“In the name of overseer of Sectone Sanctuary and the second princess of sole empire. I forbidden you all to recount this event no matter in what form, no matter to whom. Keep it as a secret even in your afterlife. Those who break this law shall be expelled from this Sanctuary and shall be punished for less majesty to this princess, to the Crown.”

“““We receive and be abided by your will.”””

“You lot will go back to the Sanctuary. And the imperial guard shall survey the surrounding land and conduct further investigation.”

“We receive and be abided by your will.”

“Young master Leivise, please curry you friend back to Sanctuary with us.”

“Understood. Your highness.”

“Eis, Silbernes Eis. Follow me.”

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“Now you have gone and done it, Eis.”

“…”

“…….Any words?”

“……….I have no excuse, your highness.”

“I want to hear everything. I want to know everything from the beginning to the end. I was left in the dark this whole time in this accident while I am the very person in charge of this event. It is very frustrating to me.”

“…please forgive me, your highness.”

“I want you to tell me everything but looking at you... haaa, shall we do it tomorrow? My sister.”

“Your highness?”

“Eis, know this. I always think of you as one of my sister. Since you were young, I always have and will always think of you as one of my family. No matter what, I want you to know. I will be on your side.”

“………”

“It might be difficult for you to return for now. You should rest here. I will summon healer for you.”

“I-“

“No more. Eis. I have thing I need to do right now. Take a bath, and sleep. The healer will come soon.”

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“This is all the report.”

“In the end we know nothing?”

“Our only clues are those 2 if not 3.”

“You think young master Vayu is also involve in this accident?”

“Yes. To be more precise, he is the one behind this.”

“Are you saying he laid traps and employed assassins just to kill that man?”

“Yes, princess.”

“All 5 head teachers, 17 students die while hundreds injured. Hundreds of my soldiers perished with thousands are dying. Are you saying it’s all just to kill one man?”

“…”

“………..huuuuu………. Senary. I understand why you think like that. But I want to share this with you. ……It is……”

“Princess?”

“It is embarrassing on my part.”

“It is alright. You don’t have to force yourself princess. I can guess from whom it is coming from.”

“…My fiancé, Viraka, said this to me. It is only relate to his brother, only, young master Vayu, only. He said young master Vayu is kind and honest. He might be a bit over protective at some time but he is always rational. He is his pride.”

“When did he told you? Recently?”

“There you go again. Not just recently. He always say that whenever the topic is shift to his brother. Almost every meeting.”

“Thank you for your very detail on your love affair.”

“…”

“So what is your opinion on him?”

“… to be honest, He is insane. … Sometime he feel like ….a mad beast …rushing around. And the way he is so obsessed with Eis …it feels like he is a mad man.”

“You also can’t believe such plain lie right?”

“Senary!”

“Forgive me, princess. Calling it a lie might be a bit excessive. But it is just his delusion. A wishful hope for this reality. We can’t live in his delusion anymore.”

“…”

“You already perceived it too. He is not kind. He might look kind to Eis and his family. But it is not. Can you count how many time Eis cry due to his actions? You should already know how much trouble he had caused to his family? How many innocent lives have lost under his hands? He is not kind.”

“…”

“Yes. He is honest. He is only honest to his instinct. He does whatever he want. He harms whoever he want. You already experienced it firsthand. Your bodyguards also got hurt too.”

“…”

“And we can’t find any rationale in any of his actions.”

“…”

“He is not the pride of Asura. Yes, he was. He was the pride of Asura. 10 years ago he was the pride of Asura. But it’s no longer the same as before. Right now, He is not the pride of Asura. His existence alone is the disgrace of the Asura house and this empire.”

“SENARY, YOU ARE STEPPING OUT OF BUNDARY.”

“Forgive me princess. I just speak the true. You are also thinking the same.”

“…”

“You no longer be able to call him your brother. Right now, you address him just like another stranger. You cannot call him by his name alone. You attach young master to his name. Did you not realize it? You have change the way you address him. Since when have you stop calling him by his name? How long have it been? I don’t need to give you answers. Princess. Please wake up.”

“I,…”

“If you can’t be honest to yourself, please be honest to me. Please answer me honestly. Princess, can you accept young master Vayu as he is now? Can you still consider him as your younger brother?”

“I…”

“…”

“No, I cannot accept him as he is now. But I still can’t abandon him. We still have hope in him. He might be able to change back, to our old Vayu.”

“Princess please give up already. How many year have this hope hop on? If we don’t do it now. When will we do? Do you want Asura fall into ruin? I can’t bear to see Lady fall into despair more than this. We have to act now. Please exile him.”

“…”

“…”

“… I will give him one last chance to explain himself. I will decide it later.”

“Princ-“

“I promise, I will give you my judgment by tomorrow night. I promise you on my name.”

“You can think as much as you want but I still stay firm on my position. It is time to cut off.”

“….please leave.”

“…”

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“-cess, your highness, imperial princess.”

“Sorry, I lost in my thought for a bit.”

“Please don’t concern with it. It’s just a dream.”

“It was a dream. It’s only a nightmare. But that dream show me what I experience all. It contains my memories.”

“Did not you said it yourself? Not all of it was true. It’s just some sort of illusion.”

“If my memory did not deceive me, yes”

“It’s almost time for the ceremony. You cannot present yourself to the audience like that. Please regain your liveliness soon.”

“…”

“…”

“Rita, will you continue to serve me even if I became a cruel and evil ruler.”

“… Princess, haaa, never mind. I have only one master. If I don’t serve you, who else should I serve? Now is not the time to dwell in your dream, please return to reality ASAP princess. The ceremony is proceeding.”

“…”

“…”

“Don’t trust what you see. Don’t believe in reality. Don’t let reality deceive you because behind the reality you perceive lay another truth. The truth of everything and the lie of this reality. Isn’t that right, Viraka?”

“… How can I stall for time?”

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(Why couldn’t it be you? At that time, why it couldn’t it be you? Nameless girl. Thing would have been different if it were you.)