20 minutes before.
“Is that all?” Cole curled his lips in disgust. He tipped his chin at Conan. That’s all, he mouthed at the head butler.
Conan huffed tiredly as he massaged his head.
At the moment, they oppressed all the corrupted nobles in one place and were now doing a judgment according to the authority given by Shadow. Samuel had sent the issue to Shadow, which Shadow approved in the blink of an eye.
Thus, taking advantage of the chaotic situation this country was in, he executed the plan according to Shadow’s will.
During the raid, he found something amusing. Apparently, all nobles had a long history with the demon. Furthermore,
Listen up, folks. The next chapter will be a tear-jerking chapter. Get your tissue ready. I will not be responsible for your emotion. ;)
“Uwaaaaaa~ Uwaaaaa~ it hurts. It hurts. Everything is hurting. Uwaaaaaaa~” Shadow couldn’t stop the flow of her tears. “Oh my, oh my, oh my…” the 17-years-old young man quickly scooped her into a massive hug and carefully patted her head. “Brother… brother… help me. It’s painful.” “I know, I know, brother is sorry, sweetheart. He can’t do anything for you.” The young man buried his face inside Shadow’s tiny neck. “I am so sorry. For a mere five-yers-old to experience this…” His body was trembling vigorously, sobbing together with her. The five-year-old Shadow was wailing loudly with her body already smeared with a lot of ugly dark patches all over her body. Wearing a thin white loose gown, she clung onto her brother and fumbled
“But brother…” She didn’t want to promise him.Not because she didn’t want to lose her emotion, it was because she was afraid that her brother would die. Somehow, she got the impression that her brother would die in her stead due to her past mistake.“Promise me.” Elias sniffled and literally was begging.Shadow broke down for the second time. His weak voice tore her young heart. It was like she was in the middle of a high building witnessing her brother commit suicide and she was unable to help him.“Promise me, baby, my baby. Promise me. You will not die, you will play this game and you will follow this through until the end. Promise…” Elias went down to the floo
Shadow raised her hand and straightened up above. She spread her fingers and shut one of her eyes while looking at the ceiling lamp in between her spread fingers. “My Lord…” Cole repented almost instantly. “I may have obscured the truth a bit, My Lord.” Conan came clean. Shadow ignored them, playing with the light of the lamp in between her flexed fingers. The situation turned awkward, leaving not only Cole and Conan uncomfortable, apparently, Samuel was also suffocating with it. He stood on his feet and smoothed out his wrinkled coat. “Awwww, what should we do with both of you?” He walked past them, detoured around the room just to stand next to Shadow. His head
“Are you awake?”A foreign voice that weirdly resonated inside her more than she liked hit her eardrums.“You still have a big injury behind your back.”Unlike two days ago, Elijah wasn’t woken up by the throbbing and aching shoulder, that horrible sensation that demanded immediate attention, rather she was woken up by the sound of the rough voice asking her whether she was okay, or not.“Elijah?”“Ryuzaki?” She managed to call him in a rather croaky voice. “Ehem.” She coughed.Unlike before, she was well hydrated. Whoever was nursing her did a good job to serve her while she was unconscious.
Two perfect humans entered the premise with confidence in the air around them. Elijah was casually wearing formal attire and Ryuzaki with his casual attire as if he was at a funfair.Click-clack, click-clack.The two pairs of shoes echoed inside the tight silent chamber. Every eye was directed at them both. Envy. Jealousy. Scared. All sorts of mixed feelings pierced through their bodies.Elijah stopped abruptly and turned her head at the people at the back. Raising her hand, she scorned them and looked down on them. “Look away, won’t you?”The a
After she told him everything, both of them sat in their respectful place while contemplating their next steps. They went mute for a couple of minutes to rearrange their thoughts.“Okay, fine, we should call in our core member.” Amino had decided on his next course of action which also included another two people.“Ryuzaki and…”“Edmund. The son of the previous-”“Previous fire user. I get it.” Elijah rubbed her palms on her thighs. “What shall we do, Your Excellency?”“Counterattack, of course.”“But our old counterattack will not affect her much.” Elijah denied the notion.
Once Elijah was all comfy inside the room provided by the ‘greatest’ lord, she laid on her back, lucid and high with morphine. The drug was quite addictive although her body could only accept half of it and forcibly vomited out of her system against her will.She didn’t care. As long as her injury wasn’t as painful as before, at least it did something to her body. Blankly, she stared at the white ceiling above. The maids around her were busy treating and patching up her wound for the second time.“How are you feeling?” The loyal maid - which actually Amino’s eyes - smiled purely at her.Hazily, Elijah giggled like she was high and swung her hand in dismissal. “Get out. I have a visit
“I don’t want to.”“You have to,” Samuel begged Shadow.“My Lord, we need you.” Hashim was kneeling together with Mina and Naomi who already nodded frantically.“I don’t want it.” Shadow folded her arms and pouted away.“Why? Why are you against this?” Samuel tried to understand Shadow’s thinking. His eyes locked fiercely on Shadow.“It's… it’s tortuous and annoying. Also, I have to wear a dress. I have nothing against any kind of dress but it’s hella annoying to be wearing one.”The noise continued to echo inside the chamber. Keira was laughing her ass off while wavi