The King and Queen are having a tea party in the backyard garden of the castle. While they listened to the discussion of the matters by the assistance that has a job to say one important thing to the royalties. That things were if the white-haired girl is successfully annihilated.
However, twenty-four hours has already passed and there was still no news about this incident. Surely, they already got the update from the massacred village but there's no news about the girl that was meant to be dead at this time.
They successfully retrieve the Mono-kouneli however, the King only treats his own child as a monster. Ozciel was sent to a tower with no door or even windows. They intend to lock him in that place until the mage gave further information about what they have to do next. Right now, they were only focused on the good news regarding the girl.
Although, no one could tell them that both Altos and Weston are having a very hard time seizing the young girl that was meant to be dead at this time.
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Krahn's perspective.
I slowly walked to the dead body of my mother, as I bent my knees. The sorrow in my heart began to engulf me as I was always fear that one day my mother will be taken from me. She's my only family who treated me better. Even though my brother is against my existence, she always takes my side.
I've never thought that they will get here quickly. I thought we are able to escape here and start a new life. It only took her hours before she completely disappeared, and die like this.
"Mother…why?"
Surely, there must be a reason why she is here. How would I know, "She won't going to wake up anymore." she is so cold as ice. My mother, she's dead. My tears began to flow, leaning myself to her chest. I grieved for almost an hour, no matter how hard I want to accept that she is gone, everything is not that simple.
My mouth was dry. Even if I still want to cry, my eyes have already parched. I embraced her cold body and reminisced about our past memories.
"I can hear an approach nearby. If you don't get out of here quickly, you will be dead as her, young creature." a concerned voice started to have a worrying conversation with me. When I gazed at it, it was the crow who didn't leave after he led me here.
He is in crow form but quickly, I sure recognize him.
"I don't have reason to run away. They want me dead, then I'll give them what they want."
"What the—you sure a very selfish creature I have ever met in this place! You want to be dead as her. But you never thought why is she dead is because of you?" I gasped, looking in the direction where the crow spirit is. I can see his glare through me, perhaps he is mad at me.
"She's dead because of me?"
My heart began to ache after hearing those kinds of harmful words from him. He is still glaring at me like he wasn't pleasant, he blames me for my mother's death. I already know that but still, If I hear it this way. I can't stop being hurt like this.
"Precisely." agreeing, "I saw her leading those fools in this place. She managed to push three people but she was stabbed by the others. I saw her crying and begging's, 'Please don't touch that child, she is innocent' she kept on until she lost her breathing."
I heard it loud and clear, my mother's last wish for me to live. My eyes were covered by tears again, my mouth is shaking as I want to stop my emotion. I trembled in both despair and anger but there was nothing I can do for her.
"Hey! Are you listening—"
"Krahn!"
I was looking down when someone called me by my name. When I lifted my face, I saw him. "Oz…"
The crow that was with me flew away in panic as if he saw someone so evil. The one before me was the Oz I was with before the tragedy happened.
Why is he looking at me like that? Those eyes of his, is he pitying me?
"Is that your Mother?"
Whether he is the real Oz or not, it doesn't matter anymore. Oz was the one who damned my village and my family. I stood up, clenching my fist angrily.
"What is your reason?"
"Huh?"
The crow told me that someone will approach me, and I will be dead if I get found by that person. Now that I see him, this person will be the one who will kill me. He is one of them, this damn child who I treated as a friend.
"Are you happy? You destroyed everything!" I shouted resentfully to him. Walking ahead, I put a glare on my eyes. He walked back as he is also put an innocent expression on his face. "As if I'm going to fall in that face of yours! You two faced monster!"
I attacked him without thinking. I want to punch him, but before I even land my fist in his face. My body won't move as I got stuck on the air. This is that magic, he is using the same magic that he used before. There's no doubt about it anymore. This one is the Oz I met before.
"Eh… two faced-monster. That's so rude, peasant." When he talked like that, I got a shiver down to my spine. He speaks the way he has spoken with the noble child before. He curved a vivid-evil smile on his face as he moved closer to me.
"After all, I have treated you as my friend. You'll dare to harm me? A lowborn like you?" My whole feelings have quivered to the words he just dropped right away. He doesn't wear any expression of regrets, or sorry at all.
My eyes began to wet. "How could you say that so easily…" I was so emotional that I didn't mind the next he would do to me at all. I noticed his surprised expression. "Tch…" even hearing his hiss.
Although after his hiss, I was able to move on my own once again. "Go. While they're not here." I never thought I would hear those words from him. He is actually letting me escape.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry!" Oz, he is…
I stepped backwards. "But why?" I still want to know why he meant to kill me but—
He turns his back at me. "Prince!" however, when I realized it. The people who were chasing me are already here. Some of them hold a bow, aiming at me already, some are behind Oz as they point the swords.
"...!" My heart has skipped a beat. I slowly stepped away, my whole body is trembling—fear of how they will strike me down using those bows and swords.
"Weston! What are you doing! Sheathe those swords right now, don't attack her!" Weston, the person who appeared to be Weston stared at me with evil intent.
"We found her! We can't just let her escape." As if my breath is slowly leaving me. I don't know, how would be able to escape from them. Everyone was pointing their weapon at me. My whole body is trembling, I can't die here.
"Weston—"
"Oz…—"
"Shoot!"