Chroma and Achromos

Chapter 5: Sudden Attack

The sound of slurs could be heard echoing in the quiet room. All eyes were immediately fixed on Chroma who was still standing in front of the altar. Achromos looked at Chroma in surprise. Chroma's white dress was slowly marred by the red color that was increasingly scattered. The concentrated liquid then dripped onto the floor—creating red spots on the cotton-white marble floor.

An arrow stuck in Chroma's stomach and pierced through her back. Chroma looked at Achromos with a face of disbelief. He was never that careless to the point that he was injured by someone's surprise attack. He immediately knew that the person who attacked him was no ordinary person. Chroma then held onto her stomach tightly and from the corner of her lips blood also began to flow. A few seconds later, he began to lose his balance.

"Jane!" Achromos cried while supporting Chroma's tiny body carefully and making her sit in his arms, King Braz and several bodyguards immediately ran to Achromos.

"Fuck!!" Achromos.

Achromos looked around him with an angry look, trying to guess where the arrow came from. But all he saw at that moment was all the invited guests shouting in fear. They all wanted to get out of the building. Some fell and were trampled. The situation before him was so chaotic that it was extremely impossible for him to find the person who did it.

"WHO DID IT???!!" The cries of Achromos echoed in the vast building, bringing everyone who was busy fleeing to a standstill. They lowered their heads in fear. The dark king looked at everyone with hatred.

"If I manage to find whoever did this, I'll skin him and chop his head off." He said as he looked at them all sharply. All the invited guests immediately shuddered to see Achromos. They all panicked back and scrambled out of the building.

"Jane." Call Achromos while looking back at Chroma who already looks pale in her arms. Chroma stared at Achromos while squinting her eyes. His gaze began to blur and he began to feel his consciousness thinning.

"Where's the doctor?!" Achromos exclaimed at the guards and servants who were there. His hand was then suddenly grasped tightly by Chroma. Achromos looked back at the girl.

"Jane?" ask Achromos.

"Ash.." Chroma whisper slowly. Achromos was silent at Chroma's words.

Whom.. Ash's? His inner.

"Ash.." Whisper Chroma again. "Ash. don't go."

Achromos catches the teardrops coming out of Chroma's eye. Achromos. Chroma that usually looks strong at this time looks so fragile that shed tears. Achromos involuntarily grabbed Chroma's tiny body and held her.

"Where's the doctor??!" Achromos.

"Sorry, Your Honor. The royal physician was going to the place of His Majesty Chlari in the eastern castle. We've called him here." Said one of the servants.

"Ck! It's useless!" Achromos immediately ran while carrying Chroma to the eastern castle. All this time, he never wanted to go to the eastern castle because Chlari was stationed there, but this time he did not care anymore. In his mind, the most important thing was to save Chroma whose face looked increasingly deathly pale.

"Don't die.. Don't die.." Achromos's scales tried to withstand the turmoil in his roaring heart.

Samar-samar— in the remnants of his consciousness—Chroma can see the face of Achromos that looks panicked.

Achro? His inner. After that, Chroma's entire gaze turned pitch-black.

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Or maybe the guy is after himself but misses? It is undeniable, Achromos who is dubbed as the King of Darkness does have a lot of enemies. Even within the Chraz Kingdom itself, Achromos had several times found people trying to kill him. After all, Achromos thinks Jane's impossible to target. Jane is a princess of the Kingdom of Hecca who is not too flashy—ia has never done things that could get her targeted So it's possible that the killer was actually targeting Achromos' life, but in the middle of the crowd he accidentally missed.

If this is really my fault.. ak... Achromos.

He immediately shook his head. He doesn't have to think about anyone else. It's not wrong. Even if the killer misses and accidentally hits Chroma, it's not his fault. Achromos repeated this repeatedly in his mind. He then immediately got up and walked out of the room, leaving Chroma still lying weak.

I don't have to think about anyone else. It will only make me feel tormented. He thought as he moved quickly.

"Achromos?"

A sound makes the steps of Achromos stop. He knew the voice was coming from behind him, but he did not look or turn around. In his heart he cursed because his luck was so ugly today.

The sound of footsteps came slowly from behind him, then a thin male figure with pale black hair appeared and stopped in front of Achromos.

"Achromos." He said with a smile.

Achromos clenched his hands tightly, wanting to immediately lift his feet from where he stood. If only he could, he even wanted to lock the person before him in prison and torture him slowly.

"Sister." Answer Achromos coldly.

"It's been a long time since we've met, Achromos." Chlari said with a smile. Achromos remained silent without responding. Even looking at his face he was reluctant.

"Who's in that room.your wife? Doctor Ghoz frantically ran because he said your wife was attacked by someone" asked Chlari.

"You again failed to protect the person you were supposed to protect, huh." Chlari said while still smiling.

The heart of Achromos immediately beat fast hearing it. He immediately remembered his mother's face shortly before being beheaded. The pieces of memory he so desperately wanted to forget flashed back inside his head. He clenched his teeth with so much anger.

"Close your mouth! It's none of your business!" Achromos shouted while grasping Chlari's neck tightly.

Chlari pebatuk great and began to lose his breath. Only then did Achromos immediately release his grasp and drop Chlari's thin body onto the floor. He looked at Chlari hatefully and then walked away from the place.

Chlari held her neck that felt throbbing pain with her thin fingers. He looked at Achromos' back, which was getting further away with an unreadable gaze.

"The unattractive sister." Chlari murmured while still sharing the same smile.

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