"these... cards... what exactly is this?"
"milady, shall I inform you of the games possible to play with these cards? I am quite knowledgeable of these thanks to France"
"yes, please kindly teach me the meaning behind these... shapes and numbers..."
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"I see... I get it now... we shall be producing these cards once we have the appropriate stock, for now... that child..."
Yuna... you being here is simply a strain on my brother...
"are you again... thinking about miss Yuna? haven't we told you that she bears no ill will?"
I sigh and relax on the glass chair that was created by Mei and some of my servants
"Rohel... kindly bring some tea, I'd like to soothe myself for now"
he bows and walks back to the mansion. thinking about her again...
"Yuna... Aiha... I should probably disclose this... as my servants said perhaps? she has helped my brother multiple times and helped kickstart that cafe"
Rohel, along with a few servants came to serve my tea...
"what are you all doing in my space? I have not called any of you, why are you all here?"
"milady, it seems that we have a guest... she'd like to speak with you"
hmm? perhaps...
"a guest... let her in then, keep monitoring her as long as I'm not there"
all of them return back to their post except for Rohel
"so? any information on the guest?"
"surprisingly... there seem to be some discrepancies... her name doesn't show in any of the files but there's one thing that has piqued my eye, she has the symbol of the recent goddess Yvel. it's best to be cautious at this one"
"I see... then please prepare a trap if such an event occurs"
he bows and escorts me to the guest room where she's supposedly held in... quite a troublesome fellow if she is such in a cult...
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entering the room, I see a normal child... rather, void of life it seems... there's nothing to be gained from a girl like this...
"so? what do you want stranger? mind telling me your name?"
she nervously stutters- her movements are somewhat of a child...
"E-... Elizabeth de Chaz..."
lie... there's no such thing...
"tell me... why did you come barging in to my mansion?"
with a long silence, shes started talking... rather despairingly...
"I... have an order... to kill the person you are currently employing... if you're going to oppose, then I'll be forced to take you life"
after she finished her little speech, she glares at me in the eye, she may seem like a child but her bloodlust is something else... but truthfully, it doesn't matter now matter how strong she really is... now's not the time to use my arts even if it's discrete...
"and who is this person you speak of?"
she doesn't move a muscle but her voice was as if it was broken, the moment her hood reveals her face, it would seem that she was broken herself... her eyes has no color nor hope... such a poor soul, I wonder what happened to her to ever experience such...
"Y-... Yuna..." !!
hmm... perhaps... "and who is this Yuna you speak of?"
I try to gain more information rather sloppily but it seems it doesn't work-
"you know who..." her bloodlust turns to an aura of a broken self... as if a star was hollow...
"I fully understand... but why? may I ask the reasoning?"
she softens a bit and anxiously sits down the rather expensive lamp chair. she continues with her explanation briefly and efficiently and now... I understand...
"I see... Rohel! please organize-" before I even say my next words, the girl slams her hands to the table, sweating and nervous
"p-please... let me kill her myself..."
"Indeed you will, my group can't handle bearing the sin of killing the songstress their own, I believe you are the most viable option we have"
I stand and ready my report to Mei but-
she wasn't even finished talking, she nervously looks at me, now having color in her eyes but it's not someone a sane person would ask.
"p-please... after this... kill me too..."
it's not entirely baffling to hear that but seeing her now liven up eyes, it's a shame she asks this...
"then a contract is written, I shall see you in the concert"
I head out and leave her there with a couple of shadows to keep her in view, although I don't think Mei will be all that happy hearing the news...
I look at Rohel and he seems to be disappointed at me
"My lady... it would seem that we have lost not one but two important pieces... I do hope you won't do anything more than this..."
his judging eyes is giving me a headache...
"relax, we still have more pawns and rooks in our table, the king is now in the middle of the piece and only the queen can manage the blow, a foreign piece suddenly showed herself in the board so it's only is to use her to the extent she's capable of"
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the concert... everything finished without any problems occurring and-
"I-... I'm sorry... I'm sorry Kianna... I-... I'm so sorry... I never wanted this..." only a crying child was in my room, the door was tightly shut and anything and everything that's capable of being a hiding place have been double-checked and dealt with. the only thing left is this child...
"so... her name was Kianna... this is all useless info for me now so I won't pry any more deeply, what about you? what will you do?"
I stood in front of the girl. it's a disgrace for a songstress but such a warming meeting for friends... let alone rivals...
"I'm giving you another choice, live with me or die in my hands" her last two choices, I debated to Rohel if she was even remotely efficient to us and he complied.
although the answer I'm seeking is someone for a daydreamer, I'm not one to judge on my characteristics or hers.
"Please... kill me... use me whatever you want, as long as I meet my end..." so it seems...
"no matter the choices I give, you won't change your answer, very well then..."
I flick my finger and two shadow guards revealed themselves and pointed their daggers at neck point.
"What is your name?" at least I'm giving her death for a noble... such a thing isn't popular now but it's only appropriate to do as such to a person willing to give her own life to a stranger
"Pia... just Pia is enough..." she looks at me while kneeling down on her knees, smiles wryly and-
"do you know the song nine point eight?" ...
"haahhh... it would only hurt me if I sing it... you two, now..."
a final teardrop and-
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"clean up this mess please Rohel"
"yes, My master"
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"her last scene must've been pretty disturbing huh? it's such a shame not being able to grant her final wish..."
her... final wish...
I wonder... did I ever have a wish on my own?...