A/N: The chapter ahead is raw, which means not been proofread yet nor edited.1
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"What the fuck are you saying!? Why would you blabber something so disgusting!?" Ohms denied and pulled his sister's hair.
Elektra laughed even so that she cried.
"Goddamn. I knew there was something between you two! I know, because I saw you both before! Mom, remember about his vacation to Greenland? That bitch went there, too! I knew, because I followed him there with Bartholomew! Holy shit!"
She stand up and pointed at her brother who's trying to keep his cool, but his hands were pale and bet they were cold.
"A freak for a freak! I knew it! HAHAHAHAHA! Where is that bastard? Time to know the truth!"
The lady ran out with her maniacal guffaws. When Ohms tried to run after her, his mother pulled him. He expected it coming but damn, his mother's slap is as painful as ever. His cheek feels hot. It's burning hot.
"Is it true? Did you sleep with Lorreign?"
Watts covered his ears. The pacing of events is too fast for him to handle. His mind is going to break. He's not trained enough for this. He hasn't experienced enough to adapt as quick as the adults.
"No! Why would I!? She's my sister!?" Ohms denied harder, only to receive another slap but on the other cheek.
"Then why won't you look me in my eyes!? IS IT TRUE!? DID YOU AND LORREIGN---!?"
Voltage Xirquit massaged his temples as he gaze into the nothingness.
"What went wrong? Our parenting was perfect," he said to the air, only for the air to take it along its course.
Soon came Elektra with the confused Lorreign with her. Also came her father who's glaring at Elektra for the way she drags his daughter, yet can't do anything to her YET.
Surprisingly, Skadi Eira went with them. Solana is behind her, hugging her legs and peeking innocently. She hid more when she found Golden Azarese, but she's looking at her. Golden Azarese smiled at her warmly. Solana's guards immediately went down and smiled back at her. She even waved her hand, and Golden Azarese waved back.
"W-What's going on? Mom?"
Princess Lorreign looked at Ohms. She's standing side by side with him after Elektra left her there. Her laughter can still be heard as a background noise. Meanwhile, King Liorei stepped beside them, assessing the situation.
Aloisia's eyes were tearful when she turned to her daughter to confront her, "Is it true that you slept with him? Your BROTHER?"
At first, the Princess's eyes widened. She once again turned to Ohms who only cursed under his breath and palmed his face in stress.
"W-What...? I don't understand---"
"TELL ME THE TRUTH, LORREIGN!"
The Princess jumped in fright. Her tears began to fall in her defense.
"...Yes."
Their hearts dropped. Ohms looked up. He don't want to see them.
Aloisia collapsed and her husband, though he was there, failed to catch her because he's as devastated as her about the revelation.
"M-Mom... P-Please, I-I'm sorry! I-It was just... We were kids back then! We don't... Mom!"
Princess Lorreign went down to her knees and hugged her mother. King Liorei found himself nailed in his place.
Aloisia gently pushed her daughter away from her and stand up. She turned to Emperor Claxiord.
"Bring Selene here at once. NOW!"
The Emperor panicked and immediately pulled out a teleportation spell sheet. When he tore it apart, Duchess Selene was summoned in a blink. The sheet cost more than an arm and a leg, and it was made just for them. To summon each other.
The Duchess looked around her. When she found her twin, though she's so perplexed about the situation, she ran to her sister and comforted her.
"What's happening? Sissy, what's wrong?" Instead of answering, Princess Lorreign pulled her for a hug and sobbed on her shoulder.
Her mother spoke, "Do you know about them? Tell me. About Ohms and Lorreign."
The Duchess felt cold. Right there, it was as if Medusa has turned her into stone. Now she knows what's happening.
"Answer me, Selene Azazel! Do you know!?"
Duchess Selene closed her eyes and embraced her sister even tighter.
"Yes, Mom. I'm sorry."
By the time she collapsed again, Ohms got her but she pushed him away. She fell on the floor and her heartbreaking sobs squeezed their hearts. She couldn't believe...that she will experience betrayal from her three eldest children.
"Why? Was I a bad mom? Am I a bad mother?"
"No! No, Mom---"
"THEN WHY!" She yelled, scaring the twins who tried to touch her.
Elektra couldn't find it funny anymore. Their mother is crying.
"You're siblings! Brother and sister! Even if you're half, I carried you both! Did I not raise you right? I gave my all! I did everything! Am I not in my best, yet!? For you to betray me like this, to sin like that! You're fucking each other behind our backs!?"
"No! Mom, I'm sorry! I-It's my fault! I'm sorry!" Princess Lorreign grovel before her mother but Aloisia didn't bought it.
She pulled both her daughters up and disciplined them with slaps because that's all she could do to them and they could do for her is cry. The twins didn't fought back. They receive each of it wholeheartedly. They deserved it because they lied and they sinned. They betrayed their mother who worked so hard and gave her all to build their family and gave them the comfort of it. Yet, that is how they paid her back.
She pushed the two together. Princess Lorreign sobbed harder.
"Was it good!? While you're fucking each other, did it felt good!? Huh, Ohms!? Lorreign!? Now, do it in front of me! I want to see how you did it! Show me how good you both are in bed! Strip, Lorreign! Or do you want your BROTHER to undress you!? Go, move your hands, Ohms! Touch your sister! DO IT!"
Their fathers went between them. King Liorei protected his daughter, securing her in his arms. Though there were tears in his eyes, he kissed her head so lovingly.
"Hush, my love. I love you. I'm here. I won't leave you."
Ohms remained standing still. Aloisia clung onto him. He looked away.
"H-How long? Tell me... How long?"
"Mom, please. It's over."
"Fucking ironic, is it? For hating Liorei because of what he did to me, yet you enjoy fucking his daughter? Was I...a bad mom, Ohms? W-Why...? She's your...sister? What did I do? What did I ever...do to you?"
She looked at her son's face, cupping it and forced it to look at her back, trying to find the one she raised. But it's not there anymore. He's gone.
Her left hand dropped as her right caress his cheek.
"You were...my first son. With Volt. You're my little Volt. I gave you everything. I did e-everything. And I loved you so much. You brought me so much joy, if only you knew. I was so proud of myself because I gave him a son. He already loved me so much when we became husband and wife, but he loved me more when we had you. Because you weren't a mistake. We wanted you. We planned you. I accepted you. I supported you. I gave you everything, Ohms. And that must be why you thought of me as a pushover and got the idea that you can do this to me. He will never do this to me. Your father will never betray me like this."
Ohms winced. He slowly looked down and found his mother's hand wrapped around a knife's handle, to which she pushed deeply into his chest.
"I'm disowning you three. I polished my name all my life for you, so none of my sins will stain yours. So that my blood-stained legacy ends and remains with me, with us. We protected you so much so that none of our pasts and ghosts will haunt you. Don't reason the wildness of your youth. You both knew what you were doing but you still did it anyway."
His trembling hands hold his mother's. Aloisia buried it deeper and even twisted the knife. No matter how much horrified the others are they couldn't dare to interfere. They wouldn't dare.
And with magic, the whole world heard her.
"From today onwards, Spike Rotor Xirquit is my eldest son. I am disowning Ohms, Selene Azazel, and Lorreign. They are no longer my children. Ohms is no longer a Xirquit. And if I hear any of you call him with our name, or refer to any of them as mine, I will send you back to your stupid skies."
The voice broadcast ended then. She pulled the knife back and pushed Ohms down, watching him bleed with tears in her eyes. Then, she glared at the other. The Princess squealed so her father the King hid her from her mother. She's protected but Selene is not. The Emperor wanted to stand by her side, but not only the Empress Dowager but Duke Paris too holds him back.
"If only I knew you would humiliate, embarrass, and betray me this much, I should've listened to them when they told me to abort you both."
She massaged her nape after. In just a second, she has calmed down and cool.
"Drag them out, Wattroid. If I see them fight back, I'll drag them out myself and I won't do it gently."
Aloisia turned her back on the strangers and sat down beside her husband. Voltage Xirquit wrapped his arm around her and gave her a tender kiss on her cheek. Wattroid did drag them. He'd rather do what he was told exactly. At least, they know he's doing it kindly. The robot even said sorry before closing the door on their faces.
The silence is so loud and the atmosphere is so heavy. It's suffocating them.
"I want to call it even, but you move on pretty quickly. That's not fair."
Aloisia's calmed eyes glared over Azarese who's sitting by the stage with her legs crossed. She ignored Skadi Eira who is a few steps away from her only.
Azarese slipped out for a moment only to say that and Golden Azarese is back.
"I'm sorry. It's not me," she apologized and put her leg down.
Watts Xirquit stand up and stood in front of her.
"Let's get you nice clothes, Princess. Do you have a preference in mind?"
"ONESIE! Bunny onesie!"
He caressed her hair and nodded with a smile, "Perfect. I have a matching pair for the both of us. We'll be bunnies for tonight."
"Yay!"
She raised her hands in the air and Watts Xirquit went down so she could reach her. He wrapped his arms around her waist while she hugged him around his neck.
Solana looked up to her mother who's looking at Golden Azarese with blank stares.
"Mommy, up! Up!"
She looked down on her daughter.
"No. Stay there."
Solana frowned, very sad, and just hugged her legs tighter as she watch Golden Azarese with jealousy.
"I'll do it!" Matthew volunteer with his both hands up, "Let's be friends!"
Solana, easy that she is, trusted Matthew and ran to him without asking her mother. Matthew hold her hands and did something different. He spin her around carefully, filling their ears with the chuckles and glittery laughters of children.