For You This World I'll Destroy

Melodic Noctis (1)

I looked at the labyrinth of books that rose high into the sky. Sitting alone in front of the receptionist amongst the witches who were passing by with his crowd in the sky, enjoying the limitless source of knowledge in the library of Pei jin city.

"Heah... Why is it all like this" I muttered leaning against the high reception desk.

A fairy came to me, with a golden scroll that looked heavy once carried by her small body. But after giving the scroll to me, the beaming smile on his face lightened my heart.

I opened the magic scroll and found my name in the letter, now owning the entire district of Clariyastra and all its inhabitants. I bent my eyebrows in wonder and said, "Nao, this is serious? You know better than taking care of other people, I'd rather put money in my wallet."

Nao, the fairy's name laughed and patted me on the shoulder, "Ma Dame Clair is also one of the seven high magicians of Pei Jin. Just like the other witches, Dame was supposed to rule a territory in Pei Jin city and maintain peace in this colorful land. It was the way the engine wheel of this merchant city spun and made it the most prosperous country in the entire continent" he said, then grinning ignorantly,

“It has been a year that Ma Dame Clair once avoided this task. Whether there is a business in Siphon Dragonica or chronic dyspepsia, there is a reason for Dame to reject the call of the Great Mistress. But somehow, now Dame Clair himself came to see the Big Mistress. What's the tattle, Dame?"

Kusentil the ngawur fairy and replied, “Araraa, this little fairy is brazen huh? Want me to make it, hmm??

Rubbing her head in annoyance, the fairy then banged my hand, “Ih, how evil is that anyway. Gini-gini, Nao is among the most senior magicians, ” he said, who then unscrupulously jumped and sat on my head, “Nao himself was surprised, why did Ma Dame Clair insist on refusing to take up his duties? But right, having a territory here means that all the resources there are yours? Including those humans,” he continued.

“I... just don't feel right. A bloodthirsty Daemon like me, has hundreds of lives depending on me. It was a very heavy burden,” I said who then looked at my trembling right hand, “Do you understand the taste.. when every decision you take can change someone's life?”

“Dame what the hell is it? Very philosophical. But somehow Nao felt, there is a deep meaning behind Ma Dame's words,” said Nao who saw the big clock in the tower, “There is still time before Reliable Assistant comes to meet Dame. What if we had coffee first while sharing the story?”

Snort amused me, “Gabut very sampe can drink coffee in working hours.”

Clapping her chest proudly, the fairy said, “Senior is that! There will be juniors who can be enslaved!”

Laughing at me saw Nao's behavior. Well, there is nothing else that can be done to kill time. Together we went to the kitchen and made coffee together, before my long story began. A completely different story than the lie I told Arthur.

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Twenty years ago.

Glasglow Palace, March 1627

A choir of insects sang in the forest, accompanying the sweat that fell from a girl's forehead with a rifle in her hand. Hiding in the thickets, the girl aimed at a wild boar that was enjoying eating jejamur that grew on the bark of an old tree that had died. Her large body was frightening making the girl goosebumps herself.

The girl was Eclair Cadenza noctis, when she was 13.

At that time, Eclair was not alone. Beside him, a purplish black haired woman also hid. She is Esmeralda Vivacia Noctis, the woman that Eclair and I refer to as Mutter or in other words Mother. The woman did not realize how confused her favorite child, no matter which storm, was told to hunt wild boar in the hot sun like this.

"Return your breath and calm your heartbeat. It sounded noisy, like a train alone," Mutter whispered.

Immunized by Mutter's comments, Eclair replied, "Why should I do this, Mutter? I'm an honorable daughter of the Noctis family. Time Beautiful princess like me should dirty myself with forest land?”

"It is precisely because you are a Noctis that you should be able to hunt, Mentari. Now focus. You already know the spell?”

Reluctantly Eclair nodded and took a deep breath, "Lock on," he whispered later. Following the Princess, I activated the magic on both of my eyes.

In an instant my eyes grew sharper looking at the boar. Now I can see his black feathers as rough as thorns. The greedy voice of the pig devoured the fungus until its saliva dripped onto the ground, clearly heard in the ears. I could see the deathly pale face of Eclair holding back his vomit, looking at that filthy creature.

Sure oes... Princess Eclair is the perfect Princess as in fairy tales. Like expensive diamonds, it becomes an eye sweetener wherever it is. Her strands of hair were as graceful as the night that flowed between the white of her delicate and soft skin. He said softly and his feeble behavior, making the knights want to protect him. Princess Eclair is also very smart and charming, although not yet debuted in a social environment already many nobles who want to know her further. Of course, such a perfect Princess would hate such a dirty job.

The shadow when the bullet was fired shot through the head of the mother made Eclair nauseous. Moreover, seeing the piglets cry woke up the mother he had killed. Pity soon took hold of his heart, could not bear to seize the little happiness before the eyes of the Princess.

"Mutter, I can't, I can't" said Eclair, releasing the rifle and letting the hunt go.

Mutter let out a long sigh, "Moon," he ordered.

According to Mutter's request, I aimed at my magic rifle and immediately shot the mother. Right in the head, before he can even shout hysterically. All for the sake of making sure the pig's sympathetic nerves are inactive and making the meat hard and fishy.

My pulse swish immediately increased and my feet immediately jumped up to my prey, with a dagger ready to skin it. There, the scene that Eclair feared happened. The wild boars sniffed the mother with a wheeze full of sadness, making free efforts to develop the mother.

"Why-Why...? Don't you have a heart, Moon?" ask Eclair to me.

"If I don't kill him, then what do we eat tonight, Mentari?" I answered the one who pointed my dagger at the piglets.

But Eclair immediately confronted me and said, "C-Enough. J-Don't them too.”

Confused I asked, "Wouldn't it be better for me to end their lives now, than for them to suffer without a mother?”

"B-But, still, I think, this is too cruel!" refute Eclair.

Folding my hand in wonder, "A Noctis should throw away his feelings and only think of self-gains. A Noctis must throw away his trust other than to himself. A Noctis must never forget his essence as a Noctis. Have you forgotten the purpose of this hunt, Mentari?”

"The moon!" mutter shouted, then slapped me so hard that my small body fell on the ground. So great was his anger, looking at me sharply. Just like a mother who protects her child from creepy monsters.

"You forgot your position?" snapped Mutter.

The pain in my cheek is not comparable to that in my heart. I bowed my head, so embarrassed to look at Mutter's face. The heat on my cheek made me feel. Arara... Who am I to advise a Noctis of his own blood?

I am just a lowly Daemon nurtured by the Noctis Family, an illegitimate child born out of King Axel's affair with a dead Daemon woman. It was the comedy of the gods that gave me this curse.

This life is for Princess Eclair and Mutter, I cannot forget it.

"Punish me, Mutter. I. need to learn more, in order to be the perfect tool for the Noctis Family," I said begging for Mutter's forgiveness.

"Remove this mess," answered Mutter coldly who then gently stroked Eclair's hair and calmed the princess. In a sweet voice, Mutter whispered to Eclair,

"Tomorrow Mutter. will be gone for a long time. That's why I want to prepare a nice dinner for you so I can do this. Sorry Mutter scared you again yeah,”

"Don't talk like that. Mutter said it was our last meeting" said Eclair, rejecting Mutter's hand, hiding his frustration.

Mutter did not reply to Eclair's words. He just smiled gently embracing his only child whom he loved so much. My back is secretly killing all the piglets before they become a problem for the Noctis family.

The Moon Princess is the name that people give me. The dark shadow that became a protector for the Noctis family and a sword for them. In contrast to Eclair who was nurtured with a loving mother, since childhood I only found the emotional weakness of Mutter. Mutter educated me very firmly to be Eclair's perfect right hand, from my eyes open to closing again.

This is the story of Clairysviel Adeola Noctis. The bastard son who snatched the position of Crown Princess Kinje from his sister, for the sake of ego and his foolish ambition.