LIAM's POV
Why did Yui mutter those words and why did she go to where Stephen went? Is Ayumi the missing knight in their empire? Why does it seem like Yui and the empress are from the same empire? I know that sister Lea and brother Louis are close with Yui, but why is she acting like Stephen is under her jurisdiction?
"From what I can see, you must've discovered something… Liam," Brother Louis said while we're running out of the castle.
"Are Yui and the Empress came from the same empire?" I ask.
"Maybe? If the empress told us not to say anything, we will keep our mouth sealed until the right time comes," he said.
"All of you, get inside our van, I'll drive… don't worry about the weapons because It's hidden inside the van," he said. We nodded and followed what he told us to do so.
He started to drive faster.
"This is not part of her plan… the empress did not inform us that this will happen," he said. His phone rings.
"Yes fire?... WHAT?!!... okay, we'll meet her….. WHAT?!! She can't do that if she's outside the palace….. Tch, that stubborn empress….. Okay, thank you," he said, then he ended the phone call.
"She already rescued Stephen, also… it must be still too early to meet the empress, but we have no choice but to reveal her identity… she's with Stephen right now, and they're currently hiding somewhere… we're near the location so be prepared because Stephen is badly injured," brother Louis said. After a few minutes, we arrived at where she and Stephen were. They opened the door since I'm in the passenger seat. There, a girl wearing an all black outfit and a face mask of color black entered carrying Stephen. They closed the door, then brother Louis started to dive back to their empire.
After a few minutes of driving, I asked her.
"How is he?"
"He's fine," she said. Her voice is familiar though.
"What happened to him? Why is he covered with blood? And why does his arm have a big cut?" Yuuto asked.
"I cut a part of his body tissue because they put a tracking device there… don't ask me anymore questions and brother Gian, I'm sorry," she said, then opened the door. She carried Stephen and ran as fast as she could. We all went out of the car and looked at brother Louis.
"Flora will accompany you toward your sister Lea's room… don't let her know anything about this because she's due this month to labour," He said, then he also ran towards the direction of that mysterious girl.
"Royalties… let's go, the princess is waiting for your arrival," she said. We followed her.
"Gian, do you know why that mysterious girl said sorry?" brother Yuuto asked him.
"I also have no idea… but where is Yui? Isn't she going to where Stephen is located?" he replied.
"Flora…" Jason said..
"No" Flora replied immediately.
"I'm not yet asking you anything," Jason said.
"I know that you're planning to go back and look for Yui, that's why I said 'no'," she said.
"But, she might be in danger," I said.
"She's not that weak… you don't know anything about her, even her very own adoptive family," she said.
"What do you mean?" Yuuma asked.
"Flora… one more word and you'll be punished," someone said. We looked behind and saw Ice knight and Yui wearing a training outfit, and the coat of the empress was hanging onto her shoulder.
"Greetings, empress," Flora said, then kneeled down in front of her. Empress?? Yui is the empress of the Flame Medusa Empire?
"Rise, Flora… also, as I told you awhile ago, I'm sorry, brother Gian, for not telling you anything," She said. Brother Gian looks like he's going to explode anytime. Who wouldn't be angry when you discover that your sister is doing something dangerous for a very long time. Yui sighed.
"Escort the royalties to their rooms first before escorting them to the princess' room… If you want to ask something, ask it later… Let's go Ice," she said, then she walked passed through us. We looked at them until they disappeared.
"Sh*t! Mom and Dad should not find out that she's doing this and that she's an empress of an unknown empire," Brother Gian said.
"Now, you see what I'm talking about, right?" Flora said.
"Where is she going?" I asked her.
"Training slash takes her anger and frustration out, that's why you should be thankful that she's still calm when she talked to you earlier," she said.
"Why?" we asked.
"Because you'll be like a tortured animal because of her," she said.
"Then, don't you think, we should stop their training?" Jason asked.
"No need, Ice is one of our best knights and he's the only person, other than prince Fierce, that can took all the hardship just to get that anger and frustration out of her, for that is the best… unless you want her to unleash that demon side of hers," she said, then she started walking. We followed her.
We entered our room. Our rooms are connected, but she let us enter the right door for each of us. I sat on the sofa and sighed. I closed my eyes and rested for a little bit.
*time skipped*
I opened my eyes because someone is tapping my shoulder. I looked at who that person was and saw Yuuma. I looked at him confusedly.
"Yui ordered us to gather here… we're just going to wait for her," he said. I nodded.
I got up and washed my face, then dried my face using the towel that the maid gave me. I sat on the sofa and waited for Yui.
A few minutes had passed, then the door opened. The door revealed Yui with the other 4 knights and Ayumi.
"Why the hell do I have to come here?" I heard Ayumi whisper.
"Ayumi… I know that we're friends, but mind your words, we're in front of the other royalties," Yui said.
"Sorry, hehe… Just can't help it, my mouth kinda moves on its own," she said.
"I understand… since we… no… more like I deleted some of your memories," Yui said, then she sat on the vacant chair in front of us.
"Sorry for the surprise awhile ago… I just need to let out my anger before I hurt anyone," she said.
"Why did you hide your true self? And what's with the empress position?" Jason asks.
"First of all, the founder of this empire found me somewhere… It's more like when I was only 4 years old at that time and I kidnapped by the people who thought that I was the lost daughter of Takahashi Family,"
"Is that the time when we're having a 0family bonding at the zoo?" brother Gian asked.
"Yes… so, let's get back to what I'm saying earlier… this empire's empress rescued me and asked me if I wanted to join her, I couldn't answer her at that time that's why she handed me to the Firm empire's emperor, that's why the parents of king Liam handed me over to mama and papa… but when I was 7 years old, I sent a letter to her that I'll sneaked out of the house that night and that I need an escort to come her due to the fact that I don't know where is this place and its dangerous for a kid like me at that time to travel alone at night… She sent me her butler and escorted me to this empire. I agreed to her offer and trained here every night, but I did not expect that I will be the next empress of this empire… an empire that's still unknown to some higher ranks… I accepted her offer because she told me that she was poisoned by someone,"
We all stayed quiet and listened to her story that even her brother didn't know.
"And that someone is that freaking butler that we trusted… he betrayed her majesty and he even tried to kill me and my family which are brother Gian and mama and papa. I still wanted to kill him until today, he escaped from us. I swear that I'll kill that bastard if I caught him!" Yui said. Her eyes are turning red. Ice puts his hand on her shoulder.
"Empress, you need to calm yourself… or you'll hurt the people in this room," Ice knight said. Yui closed her eyes and breathed in deeply and breathed out.
"Then…" her words got cut off when someone knocked loudly and never ended.
"Come in," she ordered. The door opened and we saw a man in a cloak outfit.
"What's the matter, Fire?" she asked the cloaked man.
"A messenger from the Dark Empire is here! He entered the empire without activating the security alarm!" he said. Then there will be a fight here? Or maybe not since he's just a messenger.
Yui stood up and her expression changed. She became cold.
"Where is that son of a b*tch?"
"The knights are currently stopping him from entering the castle, but they're severely wounded," he said.
"Ice… you know what to do… Give Ayumi her sword, she'll come with me… Shadow, Casanova and Rock knight, follow Ice, we'll handle this, Fire get Fairy knight and my sword, bring it within 30 seconds," she said. Fire followed her.
Wait, is she trying to lock us up in this room?
"We're coming with you," Brother Gian told her.
"Ice, I know that you can handle this, we'll leave now," She said, then left the room. We tried to follow her, but her knights blocked the way.
"Get out of our way," I said coldly.
"No… even if you're royalties, we can't obey you without the permission of our empress," Ice said. We all cursed because we won't be able to pass her knights. We don't know how they fight, that's why we can't fight them without knowing their weaknesses.