Oh, wait...
"Fin, would you mind making me come in after Shin stabs the king and use some magic fire to blast Shin off?"
"I can blast him off, but the blast wouldn't feel real and you'll need to talk. I can change your voice though"
"I'll blast him then... make us both invisible and make an illusion of that scene to match when I stab the king and when I blast Shin off"
"Gotcha,"
I pulled my long sword out of my inventory and...
I opened the door
It still doesn't feel real to me... that I'll have to kill someone...
"Thank goodness you came. We were told to hide, what's going on outside?" the King asked, the young prince was nowhere to be found.
I stood there... still.
Can I really do this? I've never killed anyone before. Can I not? There's nowhere to ditch this... he's a good king, I've seen almost the whole country cry because they lost their king. Am I qualified for this? This sword... it's created by Amber to kill. It only takes one stab and he'll die. That's all I have to do.
I took one aim and took the killing blow.
I-I just k-killed someone... I really killed someone. That was a human life... it won't be overlooked, this will scar me for... f-for the rest of my life. C-Calm down... this kingdom's system is flawed...
I. Will. Fix. It
I heard a small gasp from the closet as Lucas aimed his knife directly towards the closet
"H-How dare y-you betray us" Blood spilt out of the king's mouth as he was speaking. Blood got on my face.
"I can't betray a side I was never with" Tears started coming out of my eyes. It won't stop. I can't make it stop. JUST STOP!
A life... was it his fault that the kingdom's system was flawed? I just cut a person's potential. He could've done something great. He could've contributed to world peace. He could've done so much more.
I thought I had lost my empathy for good and yet... why am I crying. Play the villain Hiroto, you can go through this. I'm sure if it was Amber, she could do it. She smiles... no matter what happens... she smiles with confidence. Even when she's scared... even when she doesn't know what to do.
She'd always look confident, making everyone believe she has no fear or empathy. No one can picture her crying... except me. Even if Shin did see her cry... he looked to be in disbelief. Even I'm not used to it.
If she was here... she'd say, 'Stay strong, if you want to break down, do it in front of me you coward,'
Smile Hiroto... everything will be alright... everything's okay right Hiroto? Now I just need to move from Shin to me.
Open the door and pretend I just walked in
"Shin HOW DARE YOU" I'm just saying these things to myself more than anything. How dare I? How could I?
"Activate Hell Fire!" A red transmutation circle appeared and in a split of a second the became a Red flame
A strong blast of red flames cleared out the roof and blasted Shin off of the castle
There's someone in the closet... crying
"S-Save my son" the king rest for one last time on his mattress making his bed red
"So... who's in there?" The most I can do is make sure his son is alive as far much I could
I walked up to the closet then opened it
There was a little kid crying. His messing white bangs blocked half of his blue watery eyes.
"M-My father..."
All he can get right now is comfort... that's all I can give
I hugged the little boy
"Shh... calm down Aurelius. E-Everything will be... fine"
There were still tears in my eyes. Whipping it out only makes more. The only thing keeping me from fainting is my adrenaline.
"Eventually, the pain will fade. I'm here,"
Most of these things are just things that I just wanted to hear from someone else
There was a knock on the door
"Stay here and keep quiet. Close your ears and close the door. I'll open it alright?"
"Y-Yeah"
I slowly stroll down the room and carefully I touch the doorknob. Slowly I twisted it. Opening the door... outside's way brighter than the inside making me having to raise my hand to block my eyes from the light and someone grabs my hand and dragged me out of the room. Swiftly pulls me from the door and close it.