For You This World I'll Destroy

The Knight of the Horse (2)

The sound of frantic footsteps resounded in the underground passageway of the Lumina tower. I, who was sitting there watching the complicated machine in the witch's lab, turned to look at the voice.

“Princess Noctis! Gawat, all the refugees of Kinje flocked to come protesting in front of the tower,” said Lumina who broke down the door and found me fiddling with his complicated machine. Seeing me soiled by oil and dust, soon the woman raised her eyebrows in surprise.

“Gosh Lord my daughter, why are you even messing with Leviathan in this crucial moment anyway?” reproofing.

“I want to make it Gruhningen ala-ala,” I said who then cut the giant iron box with my knife fingers along with the hysterical song of the witch.

“T-T-Can't Princess make tools from your lab at home? Why should my make Levi-tan? That thing cost me most of my savings!” lumina said crying hysterically.

“How can I get out? Is this tower under siege?”

Lumina was aware, “Oh yes, really yes. Heheh... Uh, Wait, but that doesn't mean the Princess can tear my lab apart as she pleases?!”

Sighing deeply, I took off the blood diamond ring on my ring finger and threw it at the witch. “The ring is worth at least a hundred times your total assets,” I said, creating a magic energy circuit that circles the Adamantium-class Magicite that I connected with three other iron boxes.

“This is it... Princess engagement ring with Prince Axel?” lumina said before shaking her head and reprimanding me with a piece of warm newspaper that morning,

“S-Now is not the time to make machines, Princess! Didn't you hear, outside people are angry and want to burn this tower. All because of the accusations that Princess addressed to them!”

While my hand was fiddling with the core of the Magicite machine, I explained, “Accusations? What are you talking about? I only reported to the media that the murder in the Verrel Family yesterday was committed not by Daemons but by a human being. In fact, there is concrete evidence. If anyone likes and dislikes, what does it have to do with me?”

“Many!” said Lumina who approached me and stepped on her thick iron box, then regretted later because of her hand pain,

“Okay, Princess Noctis, don't you realize that the Princess has not introduced herself to the people around here at all? Nongolin face alone does not, but it makes a big problem like this. Of course people won't accept and reject dong, what the hell? All that there is a process and steps, especially about human relationships like this!” the reprimand is long.

Laughing I heard it, “Emang after the humans saw my face, Moon Daemon, they want to accept me as their ruler?” I said who then took a seat in front of my Gruhningen-style machine and snapped a finger, ensuring a perfect flow of magic energy on the three iron boxes.

“Lumina focus, don't get caught up in our enemy's game. Sooner or later Arthur will spew the flames of this uproar to ruin my plan. Instead of waiting for his step, I gave the boy a little ‘ksurutan’ by stepping over him,” scolded me who then jumped to the core of that Magicite and checked for leaks that occurred, he said,

“Whatever happens we have to finish the medicine Lifebane and defeat Goddess Nyghtingale. That way, we will have enough money to lift this Pei Jin city into space. Didn't the old grandma tell you?”

“Ih, Mr. Putri likes to have a chat! My initial question was never answered," said Lumina who pulled my shoulder and forced me to look into her pretty eyes, "I am your Assistant, don't play with secrecy. Cepet said, what are your plans to solve this precarious problem, Princess Noctis?”

"U-Uhh... Can you keep a little distance?"

"No! If not aggressive like this, surely the Princess will avoid my question again! Bad habits never change."

U-Ugh, I'm having trouble reading Lumina. Though she used to be very shy and introverted, but now why is she a forced girl like this? Where did he get that confidence and passion, when didn't he just lose his new family? And anyway, from the beginning I never understood. Though our first meeting was far from 'peace', but why....he trusted me so much?

I also wrote a leaflet letter and branded it with a flower symbol, which is my stamp of authority as the High Witch Pei Jin. Then giving the leaflet to Lumina, I said, too,

“A High Witch says an interesting hypothesis.  Unlike the Daemon, the key that unites the various races of man is a feeling called Love. What if we test it now?Lumina I want you to pass this leaflet on to all the citizens of my District.”

Lumina glared reading the letter, “Price worth ten thousand gold pieces, for those who can catch the murderer of the Verrel Family? Princess, really want me to spread this flyer?”

Smiling myself who would challenge that woman, “Lumina, are you really my assistant or a Doctor who wants to save the life of his patient? This is my test for you, if you manage to carry out this task, then I will trust you completely.”

While busying myself again with Gruhningen, I closed it with the word, “Choose Lumina, side with who you are now.”

Trust is the rope that binds relationships. From it will grow various sweet things in the world. Love, hope, wealth and other relationships. However, trust is not a strong wire but a thin thread that is easily wrapped and broken. For in front of the greater power, the Ego, they will easily break the bond without guilt.

I'm too used to being betrayed not to see this truth.

I am the antithesis of human values. In me there is no trust that can grow everything, including love. Irregular elements like me cannot unite in this solid community that belongs to the Clariyastra district. Unless I destroy it altogether. This leaflet is a bomb that will destroy all the hypocritical lies of the humans and show the whole, the devil of their hearts.

One by one would use these leaflets to his own advantage and accuse each other. It is up to the neighbors, the distant family even the parents themselves. Everything will be destroyed in front of that amount of money.

And once Lumina spread this leaflet, she had killed her figure as a trusted doctor in this district. Exactly as Nao said, a man who is fond of love like him, will not be able to live alone.. therefore after the world rejects him, he will be so dependent on me to get “Cinta” it. That addiction would have ensnared her into my sweet doll, which moved always to my liking.

If Ma Dame Fan entrusts this district to me, then I will master it according to my heart. I'll destroy it without remaining. Whether it's Arthur's plan or the false darkness that rules this Clariyastra.

“Do not love, do not trust and do not forget who you really are. The princess never changed. And therefore, the Princess will never understand,” said Lumina who tore the paper, “The Princess thinks like a child who is afraid of being hurt.”

“... Haaah, I wish more to you,” said I then shot Lumina in the head with dark magic mixed with my blood, "Solemn Nightmare."

Haha. Of course my plans won't be that easy. No sane person would happily kill himself when asked. However, Lumina's refusal also meant that she rejected me as well. Just like Arthur and Mutter and everyone I loved.

It seems that I have to execute my backup plan, which is to brainwash Lumina with illusion magic.

But Lumina laughed. The woman opened the top of her dress and showed a wound blade that cut through her chest. From there grew resplendent flower crystals with familiar rays. I-That, right, is Cordia Golmi, an artificially nucleated heart of Magicite similar to Luna's, my homunculus.

"Duh, Solemn Nightmare. The Princess is planning to brainwash me?" he said, who then lifted my daug and smiled amusedly, "It's a shame... Magic like that won't work on intermediate beings like me."

... I also laughed. The mad witch had transformed herself into a Homunculus.