- A few days later - Mist Kingdom Year 4014
Lyn landed on the grass safely and let out a relieved sigh .
She somehow slipped out . Escaping Rhys isn't easy, at least with Pupillam she's been by her side long enough to find the weak spots in the girls guarding . Since she's always busy, there's a certain time in the day Pupillam would take a nap . Although Pupillam is a workaholic, she of all people understands that breaks are important and that working non-stop won't get you anywhere .
Rhys, though, is simply a bully . There was no chance of her being able to leave unless he somehow got called out, and even then he surrounded the door with a barrier which only left the window . It was risky due to the distance from the window to the ground, but it's not like she had much of a choice . Now that she's out, she should investigate what she saw recently . For sure that's who she thought it was, but why would that man be here now? Unlike the previous ball, this place detests his kind, how come he was here . She has to find out why .
But still, Lyn glanced up at the castle walls; she has to return before nightfall; otherwise, the others would get worried . They'd go crazy and send out a search party for her . There's another ball tonight too; she can't stay out for long .
"So you're sneaking out to go where?" someone murmurs in her ear .
"Eep," Lyn exclaimed at the close contact almost falling on the ground until that person reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her towards them . . . This person is strong; she won't be able to get out of this .
Before she could panic more, a soothing and familiar voice said, "Relax; it's just me, Princess Lyn . "
At that, the comment Lyn turned around and spotted a man with ginger hair . It was one of her eldest brothers knights — a man named Kyou .
"Kyou!"
"Yo . So you're sneaking out because Rhys didn't force field the window? Or rather, the fact that you didn't die from that fall is amazing enough . "
"Idiot . I used the rope you gave me . "
"Yeah? It seems like it came in handy then . My present to the princess . "
"When your master isn't around, you revert to your usually jerky personality," Lyn murmured . "Anyway, what brings you here?"
"For the same reason as you . I saw him too and was curious," Kyou trailed off and extended his hand out, "The guards will patrol the area now . But there's an underground passage we can use," he paused and suddenly leaned forward and brushed their foreheads with each other's, "You don't have a fever, do you?"
"It went down . . . But more importantly, you have no tac . "
"Hm? Did you say something?"
"Nothing," Lyn gratefully accepted his hand and allowed him to lead her along .
. . .
They looked around all day and yet they couldn't find him at all . Well, she suspected as much, it won't be easy finding that guy and even when they find him . It's not like he will talk with them . In the end, she ends up leaning against the other side of a broken pillar . A destroyed due to all the infighting . She wondered what kind of place had been here before, "Don't make that face, we will get another chance . You free tomorrow?" Kyou asked .
"Aha, so the other chance is right around the corner, huh?" she laughed .
"Hm? Got a problem with it?"
"You know I don't . "
But it has been a long time since the two of them have been like this .
"So? Has it changed," Kyou asked .
Despite him not mentioning any details, Lyn understood what he meant even without it .
"In this world, we live in . There is no room for weak feelings . Grown-ups won't care about our own opinions . They only care about the money or the business behind it . Only caring about what they will get out of it, they will dismiss other peoples emotions . We have to stay strong to fit in with the rest of society," Lyn said, "However even if this world is harsh and cruel . I still love this world we live in today . At a young age, I understood what I had to do . To make people happy and to get people to accept me . I had to keep on smiling and staying strong for everyone else's sakes . Even those with perfect lives like Mother and Father have hidden loneliness . Deep down, I could tell they were both lonely . I could tell straight away that there was an unbelievable amount of loneliness . "
"And yet you did nothing . That's selfish of you," Kyou commented .
Lyn laughed . "Perhaps so,"
"But that's just like you as well . The reason why I'm working so close sly with the elites," Kyou said in a harsh tone . "I need your help . "
Lyn blinked? Her help?
"Before that, how much do you remember from what I told you when we were younger?" Kyou questioned . She remembered everything . Of course, how could she forget?
She closed her eyes and opened them again . "You told me that the world is nothing but a tiny community . "
"That's right . To me, this world is nothing but a tiny community since the world became like this and we all got our powers nothing has been the same since . Every day people are suffering out there because of these cursed powers . Do you know? Only a few places in the Empire accept those born with powers . In most other places you'll be shunned by the other villagers or called a monster," Kyou said .
"I know . I was fortunate enough that it didn't happen to me, but what about you?"
"I was fortunate because I had Prince Andrew to help me out," Kyou trailed off, "Not me . But most of my friends . To be exact, Araji Tanya is one . "
Araji Tanya, huh? She heard the woman's name from her sister, Lethia bad mouthed her a great deal . Lyn briefly caught a glimpse of the girl before when she dropped by . "She's blind?"
"Yeah . She was born that way . Before she really couldn't see anything, and yet when she gained her powers, her visual field increased . Though she's still blind, she can see people with her eyes closed . She can still see them," Kyou explained, "It's confusing though . Some people think she is tricking them and is only pretending to be blind . "
"Aura eyes?"
"You know of it?"
Lyn nodded, "Ah-huh," Kyou nodded, and Lyn let's out a relieved sigh, she's glad that he pried no further .
Silence descended upon them for a few minutes, and Lyn observed her surroundings again . This place is empty; there's nothing here at all . Just ruins, so there are places like this in the Mist Kingdom, huh?
"I've heard interesting rumors lately, but what I want to know is, do you still love Allen?"
Chapter end
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