'Dedicate your life to upholding the family name and honor'

These were the words my father would always say to me. He meant I should wish for nothing...

...Except to attend to my elder brother like a shadow.

"One couldn't pay to see such an extraordinary sight..."

Thousands of dead soldiers were scattered everywhere.

"...A lone knight holding his own against the strongest warriors of the kingdom. How marvelous you are indeed his brother. Lord Cyan Vert"

The person who spoke was

"Boris", I said with a deep voice.

Boris wore a white long robe with a magical charm on his neck that looked like a cross. He had a long pony tail hairstyle and held a spell book.

He was known for his speciality in powerful light spells.

Behind him were thousands of soldiers and few mages.

I stood in the middle of thousands of dead bodies. My black cloak was drenched in blood and black armor was stained too.

I clenched my two twin daggers furiously. The daggers were red but the edges were black. They was a bit too long to be called daggers and gave off a red thick aura. It

was shaped like a snake and its handle had a red jewel in the middle.

I held it backwards and tightened my grip.

"Who ordered you to do this, the Emperor?", I asked him

Suddenly I was enveloped with a strong dark red aura and gave off a black mist. My pupils turned red and my cloak flew like I was wearing a cape. I didn't put on the hood of the cloak though.

"That vile black mist. So the rumours are true, you're an assassin belonging to the mist!"

"The mist is truly a fog that spreads darkness over our order of light", Boris continued "I shall make a report that I quashed a heretical rebel".

"By all means. If you still have a mouth to do with it, Boris"

" I'm warning you now, you're not going to have a single tooth left when we're done", I said

" If you're thinking of escaping perish the thought, I casted a spell barrier that you can't dream of breaking"

'He's right, I can't break the barrier, I have to find my brother so we can figure out who's behind this', I thought.

" Barrier or no, I'll raze it all!", I said as I was about to lunge at Boris.

" Stop Cyan!"

'For your brother, Echelle, is the family honor'

'And Echelle Vert's success is your success'.

My father's words sailed through me

I froze. My brother walked towards Boris' side. He wore a shiny white and yellow armor and had a white big heavy sword.

'The one behind this was my brother', I thought.

My aura itself froze. My eyes weren't red anymore and I barely held my daggers and fell on my knees.

"Your eyes tell me you don't understand why I'm here", he told me

" What do you mean"

" You performed your duties well Cyan"

" And now I'm here to lift a heavy weight off your shoulders", he finished the sentence.

" I don't understand. Did I do something wrong?"

" Do something wrong?", he glared at me

" That vile black mist shows you are no longer human, you're nothing more than a vile murderer who does nothing but commit heinous sins", he said

'Vile murderer, Heinous sins', I thought

"How dare you"

"The field over the succesor of the Duke, the suppression of the demon army to the war of the unification of the continent, I helped you succeed in everything. AND NOW YOU WANT TO TOSS ME ASIDE!", I said

" I don't care if I destroy my own body, I'll put my all into this moment as long as I defeat you!!".

As I said that the ground started to rumble. My aura increased and my killing intent increased to a impossible degree. My entire eyes glowed red. I clenched my daggers whose auras look like fire. My black hair looked like it's on fire too.

Echelle gritted his teeth. I'm sure he wasn't expecting me to burst in full rage.

I shot myself forward as we engaged in combat. If one was to see our battle from far it would look like black and white explosions colliding against each other. I swerved to impossible angles trying to find a way to break through his defenses.

[Black mist of the night]

My skill activated and I became like a shadow moving at high speed. Instead of going around Echelle I jumped over him which got him confused for a millisecond but a millisecond was all I needed.

As one of my daggers moved to his neck

'Huh', I thought.

My body suddenly stopped in mid air.

'Dammit Boris', I thought as I caught the sight of Boris spell book glowing.

*Cough, Cough*, I coughed a mouth full of blood as I felt my brother's sword go through my abdomen.

"I was hoping to give you a peaceful send off but you had to reveal your true colors", Echelle said.

" I noticed your true nature long ago. I'm glad I never really trusted you", Echelle confessed

Echelle kicked me off his sword. I tried to stand but staggered and fell on the floor. Echelle turned, "Let's go Boris, Cyan won't live"

'What a pathetic, horrible and wasted life I've lived. If only I can go back in time's , I thought as my life seeped away.

"Lord Cyan! Lord Cyan!"

I jerked up. "Emily what are you doing here!!", I screamed.

'Wait, this is my old room', I thought.

I was lying on the bed I used in my youth. I was in the room I had when I was small.

Emily, my former and very loyal maid. It's been 20 years and she looks the same. "Young Lord have you been dreaming?", she said.

'Could it be?', I thought as I touched my face 'Am I a young boy again!'