Toxic Empress

Goodbye

Chayton shouted Adolph, of course he was surprised because all this time he tried to hide the fact about Alinda and Xena who were not his biological children in order to control the wealth of the Duke Alister family. However, he did not expect that his son also knew the secret without him telling.

“B-how k-you bis—”

“Of course I could figure it all out, I accidentally eavesdropped on Dad and Mom. You said that Alina and Xena were not your real children but the Duchess's son before with another man. That was the reason why I took advantage of that fact to make Alina as my passion filler.

There's nothing wrong with that, ‘kan? He's not blood on me, he's not my brother, so there won't be y—”

PLAKK!

Xena landed a powerful slap into Chayton's cheek, not thinking that Chayton had a very bad thought. The man who was known for his bad nature made Xena's blood boil unbearably.

“It's rude of you to make my twin suffer, I originally intended to disguise myself as Alina to find out who was the brains of Alina's murder. But, who would have thought that you guys would irritate me, from a long time ago I really hated you guys. Plus, you're Adolph, how dare you act like my real father. I just found out that rotten secret, at first I wanted to let you live longer, but your life is now really soiling life.”

Xena's emotions overflowed, their guts shrunk when they wanted to fight Xena further, the girl really did not give them a gap to fight and rebel.

“You should just die with your twin! You're the one who came to intrude into our lives, then are you now intending to kill us? Don't be rash! It could be that later the Emperor will punish you if you dare to kill your own family,” Yuliana said slightly threatening Xena.

“Family? Haha. I don't have a family like you, nor am I afraid of being put to death. Oh yeah, have you ever heard of a gang of higanbana killers before? I am the leader of the most feared group of assassins in the world. Killing you guys is too easy, I just disguise this murder as a homicide by a higanbana killer. However, no one knows the face of the leader of the higanbana killer,” Xena replied.

Xena's snapping too made their souls gasp, the serious threat from Xena's mouth once again dealt a blow to themselves. A moment of overwhelming fear spread to every point of the body, it was undeniable that they were truly frightened at that time.

“Higanbana killer? No, why did you become a higanbana killer? You must be kidding me! There's no way you're the leader of a higanbana killer!” refute Merry.

“Then, now look around you, see what's in this whole space.”

One by one they circulated the view, there were many higanbana flowers scattered in every corner of the space. Even the flower was also placed under their feet, the smell of higanbana flowers also burst into the sense of smell.

“H-h-higabana? Y-you really are the leader of the higanbana killer?”

They tried to glance towards Xena's subordinates, the emblem of the higanbana assassin attached to their clothes as well as the back of their hands. So, it is undeniable that Xena did not lie about her identity.

“How? You guys believe?”

They simultaneously threw themselves on the floor and prostrated themselves under Xena's feet with a body that trembled violently. Who would have thought the person they had alluded to for some time recently was Xena, the most dangerous woman.

“Punish our lives, Xena! Please give us a chance to fix everything from the beginning. Don't kill us, please just listen to this once.”

They begged to be forgiven by Xena, hoping for a little mercy from Xena so that they would be given a chance to atone for their sins. However, it seems that Xena did not intend to let them loose let alone give them a chance to repent.

“Ampun? It seems to be too late for you guys, but I will give you a chance if you answer my question honestly.”

Immediately they raised their faces in unison, a look of fear and elation turned into a look of hope and gratitude.

“Alright, ask anything you like. We will answer it,” Adolph said.

“Ibuku... Did you guys kill my mom?”

The deg!

Once again their blood was made to rustle because of Xena's question, they were reluctant to answer but Xena was really scary and posed a great threat to their lives at that time. They could think of nothing but a way to get out of such a stifling situation.

“Y-yeah, I killed your mother, but b-not me the mastermind,” Adolph replied.

“Huh? So, who's the mastermind? Quickly tell me!” xena urged them.

“Mother Suri. He was the brain of your mother's death, he gave orders that I kill your mother using poison and then created a scenario that your mother died of illness. Eventually, your grandfather learned of this and filed a protest to have the previous Emperor investigate the death. Only, the influence of the Queen Mother who was still the Empress was too large. So, inevitably the Emperor must reject your Grandfather's request to investigate the death that befell your Mother,” explained Adolph.

Xena did not know anymore to respond and showed an expression that how, it felt, all that was difficult to accept by the heart. Although he actually knew about the reason why his mother died, but he only found out that the mastermind was the Queen Mother herself.

“Gosh, Queen Mother really sparked my anger,” furious Xena.

“So, how? Are you going to let us go?” ask Merry.

Smiling an evil grin rose from those thin lips, they were so foolish as to expect Xena would spare their lives. But Xena actually only intended to lure them to divulge the secret behind the death of the mother.

“Stupid! I will not forgive you! I still hold grudges over your treatment of me and Alina. Humble and humiliated human beings like yourself, no longer have the right to breathe oxygen on the same earth as me,” said Xena full of emphasis.

“WOMAN JAL*NG! YOU ARE SO INSOLENT THAT YOU HAVE DECEIVED US. YOU—”

Bugh!

Xena kicked Adolph in the face until his body thickened too far, he could no longer resist killing them.

“That's their bodies then seal them in their respective rooms,” Xena commands.

Xena's subordinate immediately did as he was told, and Xena moved out of the room and gave orders to all of his subordinates scattered in the mansion.

“TIE EVERYONE IN THIS MANSION! STARTING FROM SERVANTS, KNIGHTS, AND OTHER WORKERS. PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT ROOMS!” xena shouted giving orders.

After everything was done, Xena waited first until the sky turned dark. Not to forget, he also stored his mother's belongings into a storage ring. Then when the sky started to darken, Xena ordered her subordinates to come out of the mansion.

“This is the time. You burn down this mansion! Do not forget to spread the higanbana flowers around the mansion! Make sure everyone is inside the mansion!” order Xena.

His subordinates moved quickly, they began to spread a slowly expanding fire burning the mansion. There was a roar of pain, a cry for help, and a cry for forgiveness from the mansion devoured by the flames. Xena was enjoying the voices of those people, she smiled as she laughed looking at her family's mansion which held a bejibun of sweet and bitter memories.

“Goodbye, human trash. Finally, there comes also the day where you will meet with hell.”