For You This World I'll Destroy

The Ode to Sorrow (4)

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“U-Uwaah!!” I fell down on the roof. Duh, my ass hurts so much! Hah, why am I so lost today? This house is upside down!

But, the glowing flowers became my bearing. They were scattered along the walls of the Lantern Flower Shop, glowing with a white light. The store shelves were displayed above my head, with various plants and colorful crystals magically attached to the shelves. Hmm, I thought the house from the first Malice would be similar to the creepy dracula castle? Every second I was in this place, the more my heart felt at ease.

The aroma of the herbs alleviated my anxiety.The simplicity of the shop brought me in the feel of a comfortable home. Although vague, I feel. people who have lived in this house live full of affection and family.

Pat my cheek, “Focus, Chrysant. Nuwa and Saber are in danger,” I said.

Suddenly from the counter I could hear the voices of women and girls, but there was no figure I could see.

"Luciel, the children's task is enough to wake up, eat, play, troublesome parents and sleep. The business of responsibility and duty, later if it is mature well,” said a woman with a soft voice.

“Said a master who left his homunculus for six months," replied the girl.

“Enak aja ninggalin. I call you every day via telepathy. Besides, I'm leaving the fairies that helped you run this store, right?”

“Hihihi.. In that case, Luciel will accept your offer with pleasure, Ma Dame-ku!”

“Do not go home kesorean yes, be careful!”

After that, silence ambushed me. I was stunned to hear that voice. Really even though the conversation sounded ordinary, I could feel the warmth of the family there. I also remember that I was often scolded by Seraphina because every afternoon always run away and play ball, until my knees are injured or my body is dirty with mud. But every time, Seraphina always stroked my hair patiently and treated my wounds.

How nostalgic…. Even now, Seraphina still takes care of me affectionately every time I return home from the expedition. But, what have I given to repay Brother's kindness?

… I also remember when Seraphina refused Ignition which I had difficulty winning for her. Confusion also assaulted me. What can I really do to make you happy?

Appearing before my eyes, a blue butterfly was dancing around cheerfully. He led me deeper into the shop and found a simple kitchen with a dining table and four chairs. On that table, there was still a piece of martabak stuck there.

There was an invisible voice in the eyes,

“If there's anything else I can do for you, just say it, I'm ready to do anything for Miss Luciel,” said one man sweetly.

Heh, the sweetness of her mouth reminds me of the Prince, who is engaged but still has the heart to approach me.

“Really? Then... Stay in this house, Master Arthur,” said the girl.

Uh, coincidentally their names are the same. Gosh darn.

But nervous as if not expecting that answer, the man frantically replied, “S-Before I give a definite answer, b-can I consul first with my servant?”

“No way, anyway Luciel wants the answer now.”

Laughing amusedly, a woman calmed the girl down, “Hush, hush, Luciel, Arthur already has his own house.Pushing someone to leave his house, is not a good thing,” he said with a joke.

“It's not a bad idea. If Luciel were to marry Master Arthur, wouldn't that mean, we would be a real family?”

Silence re-emerged, along with my mind floating on a question. The real family, hmm. Seraphina my funds are not bound by blood. We are merely victims of a painful chain of destiny, to be bound together in a relationship of interdependence. In exchange for me being a sister figure to Seraphina, I took her life as a Witch.

Really... On the basis of such a relationship, can we both be called a real family?

The blue butterfly reappeared, and now she's driving me through the corridor. But along the corridor, I could hear the woman screaming,

“Why did you sell Aether this big without my knowledge? You're hiding something from me, Luciel? You want the Hwarangs to catch me?”

Fear is clearly heard from the voice of the girl, “No, A-A-I h-just—“

But before giving the girl to explain, the woman had cut her off with an annoyed growl,

“Hah!… I already knew this was going to happen. Six months without my supervision, sure, someone will take advantage of your innocence and trap you, ” his grunts who opened the door violently.

“D-Dame, j-don't go, L-Luciel can explain it!”

“Oh yes? Then, please.”

“How is that a valid reason for you to break my orders? Luciel, even after being caught off guard by me, you haven't said sorry to me at all. It seems... to you, I am not the first priority huh?”

“No, no, Luciel just wants..” sobs I can hear from the girl. The girl's tears quieted the woman's anger, for I could hear her approaching the girl and hugging her tightly.

“... Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you,” said the woman was very sorry, “All my life, I've been betrayed by the people I care about. Maybe.. The pain dulls my heart to see your sincerity.”

“... A-Is Dame disappointed with me?”

“.. I know you have good intentions, but. I can't lie to myself either.”.

The crying broke from the girl, “M-Sorry, forgive Luciel. Please... don't leave me!”

I heard the sound of the door closing. The conversation did not end well. The tightness in my heart torments me. How could the harmonious relationship I heard before, collapse by a disappointment? Is even a family relationship that bad?

… Will there come a day when Seraphina will leave me?

…

What is this place? Why is he deliberately showing me those memory chips that make me question myself? I asked the butterfly that appeared before my eyes,

“Do you want to make me hesitate, Deception?” my many.

But the butterfly answered me with fire that devoured his body. Then I also smelled the thick aroma of oil from the torch and heat that immediately wriggled around the corridor. Magically, the wood around me also arranged itself into primitive city buildings and roads. As I walked along, there was a screaming sound on my right-left.

“Hant him! Hang the White Witch!”

“Those traitors, those human gibberish killed my family. I can't forgive, even death is too good for him!”

I also came to a hanging pole that stood in the middle of the city. Silent frozen in time, the hanging pole was like a witness of the savagery that occurred in the city. Shouts and cheers lit up my ears, as a judge read out the decision in front of the crowd,

“We the High Witch Council of Pei Jin hereby declares, Clair the White Witch, proved guilty of leaking important information of Pei Jin on the rebel man. For his foul crime, we sentenced him to death by hanging!”

Cheers were getting louder to hear the verdict. But after a while, suddenly the earthquake was felt under my feet, along with great explosions in various corners of the city. My panic broke out, and someone shouted,

“Monster! That witch has cursed us!”

From the ground came the roots of darkness that stretched out and destroyed the city fiercely. The ground was split apart, lifted into the sky by the mighty roots of the tree. Gesit, I jumped over one land after another towards the top of a giant tree that was growing towered in the sky.

But what greeted me there, was the figure of a black-haired girl stabbing a long white-haired woman. The red sword in his hand poked out a direction that soaked the top of the tree, as hard as a tear that fell from his eye pellet.

“Why.... Ma Dame? Where did the good-natured Ma Dame go, whom I have always admired. Why...you turned into a monster that destroyed this world?” ask the sobbing girl, “When with Mystelteine, Ma Dame can stop my heart... Why.... You make me kill the person I love the most in this world?”

“... So... the person you want to protect... turned out to be me? Arara... Your Ma Dame is too stupid to realize it.”

The white-haired woman stuck out her white sword and hugged the girl tightly. Together with that the dark sky collapsed and the sunlight slowly illuminated the dark land. A blue sky rises, bringing a new future that is alien to all the eyes of the survivors.

“Magic is the poison of the world. As long as there is magic and Ideal White, this world sooner or later, this world will experience destruction,” said the woman who stroked the hair of the girl who was immersed in her chest, as her eyes looked at the blue sky, “But. Although the future of this world is bleak, we can still see the blue sky….

For this new light of hope, I did. So that you can live full harapa... My daughter, Luciel Diamanda.

The white-haired woman's body slowly decomposed into a dark butterfly that united with the tree of light, leaving the little girl alone in her cries. The girl looked up at the sky and screamed out her emotions.

“Luciel doesn't need that light of hope, Luciel.just want Mama to be with me! Why did you never understand?” said the girl who grabbed her hair furiously,

“I will destroy you with this hand. Ideal White!”

A crack appeared within the tree of light, breaking down my feet and knocking me down in the dark. The fire butterfly appeared before me, slowly changing into a shoulder-length brown haired woman who took my hand.

“Now...show me, your answer when you meet the truth, Chrysant."

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