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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: Goodbye, Dylan

They charge at me and I head to take a hit. Except I draw back quickly. An arrow! One of the knights still stands by Dylan. An archer! A spear comes to hit me from behind, but I dodge. A sword from the commander comes charging from the front. It misses me by a hair.

A sword user, spear user, archer, and magic… I glance up at the sneer on Dylan's face. The smoke fills the air as I become more and more tired, facing the strongest of Kindle Kingdom.

"Tired already?" Dylan snickers.

I smirk at him and release the spell: Change of Heart.

"Wha? Not that trick again!"

He backs away as I control the group to assassinate him.

"S-stop!" the commander tries to control his body, but this was all he could muster out.

I smile, "Nope!"

The group is quite stubborn, but finally makes it to Dylan, surrounding him and with a joyous moment, stops his heart.

"Finished?" King walks into the room and murders the rest of the people in the room.

"Yeah���"

King cleans off his sword and sheathes it. His bloodlust fades as he nears me, covered in blood.

"It's over," I sigh.

"It's over," he repeats.

I smile at King and look out at the bright sun.

Ryan and Justin also enter the room and smile.

After a lot of sorting out and putting out the fire, we clean up the city and treat the injured. I shout orders all day long until finally, we come to a rest.

"You should take a rest," Trisha says worriedly.

"Yeah, I'll cook dinner," Veronica says.

I nod tiredly and lie down. I let the voices of those outside drown me as they get drunk partying. I wake up late at night, hearing the sound of someone playing a soothing lullaby on the violin. I walk out to see that it is King playing it. I step out a few steps and he notices. He stops and turns around.

I glance over at the snoring bodies on the ground, all sleeping with an angelic smile.

"We did it," I whisper.

My stomach rumbles as I blush, embarrassed.

"I'll go get something to eat," I say.

King nods and plays his lullaby again. I munch on some cookies and noodles as King plays. Sometime after, I nod off too, as the notes seem to enchant me into a dream.

The next morning, I wake up brightly, the best I've been in days. Apparently, I somehow got onto my bed and slept quite soundly.

"Rebels! Gather up!" I call out happily.

"What is it?" They ask with smiles on their face.

"So, I believe that we should choose our next leader of this Kingdom," I say with a serious face.

"You mean that?" one of the teenage men calls out, "Isn't it already decided?"