《the female lead is the real villian》 # 01 Blood , corpses, and faint scent of lust in the air. That¡¯s all there was in this place, with sky red as velvet roses and ground as black as the coal with mountains of corpses everywhere. The corpses, weren¡¯t exactly corpses. They looked like human body parts all mushed up and then thrown away, which created a disgusting scent of rot flow everywhere. ¡°agh¡­its so disgusting out here..¡± The voice echoed in the air far far away signaling the absence of any living matter around eloria. ¡°damn it, theres no one around. How am I supposed to get out¡­¡± Her thoughts were interrupted when her ears twitched on the sound of a lady laughing, from her left. The laughter seemed to be across a pile of corpses, so eloria took a deep breath and slowly approached the voice. She stood behind the mountain of corpses and peeked out a little to find a girl, who seemed to be her age. Her crow black straight long hair covering her eyes, going beneath her knees shined like a candle in the midst of a dark dark room. Even though the hair was black, it seemed like a candle to eloria. She moved a little more forward to see what the girl was doing and her eyes widened at what she saw. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°no way¡­it cant be¡­.w-why..¡± She uttered slowly as she saw the girl holding a corpse of a boy, while laughing madly at it and yelled ¡°Did you see severus?! Did you see!! I killed everyone who tried to harm us, even xilver!! severus..? severus!!! Answer me!! Im talking to you!!¡± The scene was horrifying, as the girl laughed more and more, tears in her eyes, with her emerald eyes shining so bright even without any life in them. She punched the dead severus in the face when it didn¡¯t respond and kept laughing which caused eloria to throw up as she couldn¡¯t bare it anymore. # 02 She moved aside and as soon as she moved, the girl appeared in front of her before she could even blink. ¡°where do you think your going? I did this for you! Now your running away?! You cant do this eloria!¡± The girl pushed and dragged eloria to the dead corpse of okami, her classmate who she dearly treasured and beside him lay the eye of her elder brother, xilver. ¡°no! stop it! Please stop! I don¡¯t wanna see this!! Let go of me!!¡± Eloria yelled and screamed while desperately trying to get out of the lady¡¯s grasp but she held eloria tight to her chest from behind and whispered in her ear ¡°you did this, with your own hands. Stop running away from it eloria.¡± If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. She said as she giggled and pointed at eloria¡¯s hands which when she looked at, were filled with grey and red crimson blood. Eloria¡¯s eyes widened as she froze and stared at her hands, then at the corpse. ¡°did I really do this? Why is severus blood on my hands? Why is brother xilver¡¯s eye and brain squished? Why is she laughing in this situation? How did this happen? Why did I kill okami?! I didn¡¯t want to, did i?¡± Her thoughts continued to rain down like a downpour, while her eyes scanned and were looking at everything around her in a such speed it was hard to keep up. ¡°stop running away from reality eloria!! You killed them!! You destroyed solaria!!¡± The lady shouted as she kept laughing. Everything around eloria started to spin as the air got heavy and it was getting hard to breathe. The surroundings were spinning as all the corpses wrapped eloria from everywhere, devouring her with screams and cries. She couldn¡¯t bare it anymore and screamed loudly with her eyes shut. Everything stopped. the cries weren¡¯t there anymore, the lady was gone, and eloria couldn¡¯t see okami or xilver¡¯s dead body. Eloria slowly opened her one eye, finding herself back in her room. #03 . Eloria slowly opened her one eye, finding herself back in her room. The room looked normal, and she found herself holding onto someone¡¯s hand tightly while lying down on her bed. It was her brother xilver, looking at her worriedly. ¡°nightmares?¡± He asked as he patted the just waken up eloria whose eyes were covered in tears. She sat down and hugged xilver tightly, sobbing and sniffing while hiding her face in his shoulders. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. ¡°eloria..?¡± He said as he hugged her back and patted her back gently, soothing and calming her down. After she had stopped crying, xilver brought a cup of warm choco for her to drink while covering her in a blanket and ruffled her hair, caressing her cheek. ¡°care to tell?¡± He asked as eloria sniffed and took a sip of the warm choco. ¡° I saw¡­a strange girl..¡± She paused and sniffed again as her tears began to flow again and continued ¡°..and she said I killed okami and you¡­she said its all my fault..¡± Her huge tears rolled on her cheek as she tries to wipe them and looked down at the cup. #04 Her huge tears rolled on her cheek as she tries to wipe them and looked down at the cup. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to kill you both¡­I don¡¯t even know if I did that¡­im sorry¡­im sorry xilver please forgive me¡­¡± She cried and xilver hugged her head, hiding her face in his chest and kissed her hair while slowly consouling her. ¡°its okay, its okay eloria. No one died, everyones alive, so no need to worry, okay? Its just a nightmare, stop worrying about it.¡± Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. He spoke with warmth and care in his voice, and eloria sniffled as she replied ¡°but it felt so real..¡± He sighed and closed his eyes while comforting his only little sister and hushed her to sleep. It was 3 am in the morning, when she went back to sleep. Xilver slowly closed the door of her room and walked to his own room while in deep thoughts. ¡°its too soon for her to be meeting eloria¡­what is going on here¡­I was sure they met after half a year then why..¡± The night went as silently as a breeze, and the morning dawn rays shone all over the land, welcoming the new day ahead. Eloria yawned and stretched as she headed down from her room to the kitchen. She was in her ultramarine night pyjama¡¯s and her ears twitched as a familiar scent reached her nose, giving her a warm feeling inside. ¡°I smell herb teaaa!!!¡± #05 She exclaimed with a joyous expression as she tried to tackle her brother on the ground by hugging him from the back. Xilver giggled in response and ruffled her hair by one hand and poured the freshly boiled herb tea in a cup and served it on a table with a plate of crossants. Eloria had a bright smile on her face as she took a sip of the tea, starting to praise how her brother always makes the best tea in the world. They talked over breakfast like they always did when xilver leaned back to look at the clock and reminded her to hurry up since she was going to be late for work if she doesn¡¯t finish her tea quick. Eloria nodded and finished the tea quickly, got up and rushed to her room to change. ¡°should I tell brother xilver about the dream last night..? ive got a bad feeling about that dream, it was as if it was all real..¡± She shaked her head and rushed downstairs, near the door to wear her shoes and yelled to xilver that she¡¯ll be back in the evening. Xilver replied back by telling her to take care and continued his house chores. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. It was silent. The clock could be heard ticking as xilver sighed and started to rub his forehead with his first two fingers and spoke in a low, cold and terrifying tone. ¡°just come out already, how long do you expect to keep hiding¡­¡± His words echoed in the house as a huge figure appeared behind him standing. The figure was in the shadow of the curtain as it walked over to xilver, revealing itself. A young man, with bold mocha coloured hair and lifeless nightblue eyes, revealing death in them. He was wearing a pretty fancy white suit which seemed that to be a uniform of a knight of old days, like those in manga¡¯s and all. His uniform all white and coffee-coloured as he smiled weakly and spoke ¡°amazing how she woke up but it wasn¡¯t reported to us. I wonder whats the reason behind this, Xilver Levanir kyra.¡± #06 Silence broke into the house once again as xilver let out a huge sigh and looked back at the boy with a menancing look which clearly expressed anger. ¡°this isn¡¯t related to you, and nor did I have enough time to go back there and report it. Eloria seems to need me all the time thanks to a certain someone.¡± The boy grinned and chuckled slowly as he shrugged while saying ¡°ey ey, you make it sound like I used force. I just caused the triggered to speed up a little. Honestly, stop being such a worry rat and loosen up a little my dear cousin!!¡± You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. The expression changed on the boy¡¯s face as he smiled warmly and gave xilver a pat on the back. Xilver sighed once again and returned to his chores while answering him ¡°if you have nothing else to do then play around, I suppose you should go and stay by severus¡¯s side as it seems like hes worn out from all the work.¡± He spoke as he continued his chores, and a small gate, enough to be the size of a hand mirror appeared infront of him In the air. The mirror didn¡¯t reflect him though, instead it showed someone, who appeared to be unconscious and was surrounded by huge piles of papers. Yophiel let out a snort and answered ¡°whatever the imperial family orders, see you later then. And by the way..¡± he tapped on the mirror, whih caused the mirror to enlargen as he glanced at xilver with one dead serious look and continued ¡°the twins told me to remind you that they¡¯d be visiting soon.¡± And¡­.he was gone. #07 Eloria had reached her working cafe, wore her apron and headphones on and had started to work. Without a single helping hand, she was pretty quick and had the record of serving almost 86-90 orders in a day, be it huge orders or small ones. When it came to that, she didn¡¯t know she was fast either. She would simply be immersed in music and her work so deep without a care of whats going around her, and wouldn¡¯t bother interfering in problems that weren¡¯t related to her. It was her 16th order of the day when someone threw a coffee bean at her with light speed and she catched it. After catching it, she sighed and looked at the person who threw it and frowned at totori. ¡°what is it?¡± she asked as she put her headphones down and totori chuckled slowly saying ¡°just missing my pep talks with my lady, nothing more nothing less.¡± This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Eloria frowned once again but then stopped. she glanced at totori with a faint smirk and held the coffee bean front high, took a gentle spin and threw it back at her with speed faster then the blink of an eye. The coffee bean had made a small hole in the wall behind totori as her colour worn off and she squeeled, her eyes widened. Totori looked at the hole from the right corner of her eye and yelled at eloria ¡°the hell was that for?! You almost killed me!!¡± eloria shrugged and replied with a ~I don¡¯t know~ expression, which pissed totori off. She started again with her lectures with eloria having no humor and being such a workaholic whereas eloria put her headphones again, continued to work. As soon as she wore the headphones and the music flowed in her mind, lighting every inch of her body with energy. She moved and worked with the rhythm of the music, amazing everyone around herself once again. Totori was having a fit over this but then sighed in defeat and stretched, knuckling her fists as she got to work too. #08 . Eloria and totori were on same terms when it came to work and speed, and second to eloria¡¯s record was totori¡¯s, serving a exact of 85 orders in a day. The reason to her being second was because she was called by the manager for some reason and had to stop. The other staff of the caf¨¦ on the other hand stood back as usual, watching two storms wrecking the caf¨¦ counter so elegantly that most of the time customers would think of it as a show and would pay extra tips, which in the end helped in the profit of the caf¨¦. Their movements would sometimes look like snakes, or flowers, and so many other things but their every move showed graced and perfection. At the end of the day, they both had equal servings and went home together. On the way back home eloria had told totori about the weird dream she had and totori ended up laughing at her saying she was way too good to go crazy and kill someone not to mention her own brother without whom she couldn¡¯t possibly live. Eloria was mad at her for mocking her but at some point, felt relief that it holds no meaning. She smiled faintly and looked up at the star filled sky and stretched a moment later, following totori home. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. The house was empty, dark and cold as the door made creaking sounds when opened. She walked silently and turned the lights on, going to her room and sighed as she plopped on the bed. After a few minutes of staring at the ceiling, totori¡¯s eyes turned light mint green as they glowed bright. Her left cheek also began to glow with a warm white light, and as soon as the glowing faded, ¡°10¡± appeared on her cheek. Totori stood up, walked over to the mirror and saw her cheek with the mark engraved on it. ¡°dusk, wonderer code _10_ Making report on the current task ive been assigned with: the imperial general.¡± She let out a deep breath and continued ¡°there have been slight traces of grim aether on her body, and a faint smell of blood was mixed within her flow of energy today. Though shes usually a lazy but bright person in this world, her energy has changed colour back to dark emerald. It seems as if shes slowly recovering her body back, but in order to keep her sane I request for the co-operation of the twins along with yophiel keres.¡± #09 With that being said, her wrist veins began to glow as she bit her finger tip and traced the mark on her cheek with her blood, which had turned to the same colour as her eyes the moment it made contact with the mark and spoke in a commanding tone ¡° using the authority of the atemis family, I, Totori Atemis Kyra demand that these three join this mission and co-operate till we see the end of this story.¡± She started to glow, and in a moment or two everything went back to normal. Her mark faded inside of the cheek, and her eyes returned to normal as she yawned and went downstairs to make herself dinner. The order she had just sent was sent to a total of 12 people, including yophiel and xilver. The message reached them like a sting in the brain as xilver held his head. He was in the middle of having dinner with eloria, and the sudden message requesting for more people had him abit surprised. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. ¡°whats wrong brother?¡± he snapped back to reality and looked at eloria, who had a worrisome expression on her face and smiled gently responding ¡° im fine, its nothing.¡± The message had reached to yophiel and the twins as well, as yophiel smirked, with his eyes glowing in the dark and soon had vanished out of sight. The twins on the other hand, were two young ladies with golden and silver hair. Their eyes had the same colour, the colour of crimson blood which glowed in the huge crowd they were in. the place was different and the world the twins were in was different. As soon as they heard the message, they nodded at each other and vanished from the crowded streets they were in, all three of them coming to assist totori atemis on her task with eloria. In the midst of all this, xilver who hated those people around her sister, had a small thought ¡°what if¡­they don¡¯t find her..?¡± # 10 Yes, Xilver although was a really gentle and sweet guy, was obsessed with his sister. The reason was somewhat because of a trauma of the past, but it had him so shaked, that he never..NEVER allowed anyone from the other dimension to touch her. At some point, it was cute but sometimes it got dangerous. To him in terms of his sister, even his parents were a hindrance and enemies. So he always kept her away from everyone else. With that fetish and trauma in mind, Xilver smiled faintly and flicked eloria¡¯s forehead, who was telling her dear sweet brother about her day, causing her to go unconscious. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡° ack...its so bright-¡± She covered her eyes as the light was messing with her vision and she sat down, rubbing her left eye while looking around. She was in a field, a field of black spider lilies which seemed to be made out of crystal or glass. When she was done stretching and opened her eyes once again, in the midst of the beautiful and dancing spider lily field, stood a girl with her back turned. Eloria glanced and stared at her, dazed from the black glow of her hair reaching till her knees as they danced along with the field of spider lilies, the girl looking up. There was a weird alluring scent coming from her, that was drawing eloria to go up to her and see her from close but something was tingling inside of eloria¡¯s heart, which made her body stop. ¡°eh..¡± # 11 ¡°eh..¡± She had a confused expression on her face as she continued to watch the lady in the middle. She seemed so far away, and so fragile, it was painful not being able to get up and comfort her. She just, looked so sensitive yet poisonous, it was as if eloria couldn¡¯t tell whether she was deadly or sweet pure. The lady reached her hand high up, as if she were trying to catch something when she stopped. her hand high up, she froze and after a few moments of silence, she let her hand down. ¡°say eloria, whats the point of all this¡­?¡± The lady was talking to eloria in her mind as she turned back to look eloria right into her eyes. Those lifeless, yet so full of emotions, sweet but acidic eyes that were staring right into eloria¡¯s eyes. Her face was still buried in her hair, but eloria could tell the pain she was in. her eyes alone clearly expressed that this lady had suffered so much to the point where it had become nothing. Being just a pure soul, she gathered her energy and stood up, hugging the lady tightly. ¡°I have nothing to say to her¡­all I can do is comfort her with this, afterall¡­.i was never the best person in terms of emotions¡­.¡± Eloria¡¯s mind went blank. ¡°wait, what?¡± Her mind went blank as an empty page as a memory flashed in her mind, which she was sure of wasn¡¯t hers. But strange enough, she herself was in the memory. It was a memory she possibly couldn¡¯t recall as she was sure that it wasn¡¯t even real. Suddenly, she found herself in a town, which appeared to be burning as she found someone crying infront of her. It was a small kid who was hugging his knees while sobbing loudly. The town seemed unfamiliar but had a lingering scent of warmth, and the boy¡¯s hair colour reminded her of someone familiar. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. ¡°could it really be¡­brother..?¡± The coal black hair, shined in the bright fire brighter then sun, as she stuttered ¡°Xilver¡­?¡± The boy¡¯s weeping stopped as he heard his name and looked up, making contact with eloria¡¯s emerald eyes. His expression turned from sadness to relief and happiness as he rushed over to hug eloria. Xilver was just a kid yet his body felt bigger, and it was then when she realized eloria herself was a child. Seeing her calm and gentle brother crying so deeply, it moved her to tears too as she hugged back without any words. As soon as she did, she felt Xilver tighten his grip on her, hugging her protectively. He started to sniffle and sob again and eloria being silent and speechless, patted his back with her small hands. - That was the end of the memory as she flinched after coming back to reality and found herself still embracing the lady. The lady stopped moving and looked at eloria, with a warm smile on her face, putting her index finger on her lips ¡°you¡¯ve always been there, so never think of yourself as a nuisance ever again. Ill be beside you whenever you feel that way, so remember this oart of me, please.¡± With that, the wind blowed strongly yet gently, making her hair dance away revealing her face, making eloria widened her eyes. It was a lady, with the same face as her, with her face masked with her veins black which could be seen through her skin and black roses surrounding her eyes. As tears rolled down eloria¡¯s cheeks, she smiled so brightly and vanished. Eloria looked around yelling to come back, with herself getting worked up and tearing up. She yelled and yelled, until she had no more energy and got on her knees as she looked down. Her tears fell on the ground as she thought ¡°please, please come back¡­this isn¡¯t how¡­why..¡± Everything around her started to vanish as the black spider lilies shattered and turned to dust, and eloria woke up from her long lasting dream. ¡°eloria?¡± She heard her brother¡¯s voice as the door opened and xilver entered her room, then froze. His face darkened in fear as he stared at eloria, who had her head bleeding and her half face the same as the lady in her dreams. Her left eye was surrounded by small black roses, and her veins beneath her eyes were black. She was bleeding from her right and soon her vision went blurry, making everything around her black. # 12 ¡°ah¡­it hurts..¡± The bright light was blinding her eyes, so she covered her face with her arm, but soon her eye widened when she came back to consciousness. ¡°ha..? what is my left eye is covered¡­?¡± She couldn¡¯t see from the left side, it was completely dark from there. Eloria got up and sat down, as she stretched and yelled from her brother but unexpectedly, no one came. She waited for almost half an hour but no one came. It was odd, since xilver would usually appear out of nowhere whenever she would call him. As to the reason why, she got out of her bed to see what was going on. She got up and walked out towards the door, but when she passed through her mirror, she froze. ¡°¡­.what¡­¡± she started to tremble and walked back to the mirror, to see exactly what she had become. When the mirror revealed her face, the horror on her face was clear. Her left eye, was covered by black roses and the veins beneath her eyes were pure black and could be seen from her skin. To her horror, she screamed. She screamed as tears of green started to flow from her and the door slammed open. Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. ¡°Eloria!!¡± Xilver burst in along with another girl with hair as blue as the night sky. When they saw the collapsed eloria crying with emerald green like tears, xilver rushed to her and hugged her tight in his arms, hushing her. ¡°that wasn¡¯t you eloria, the person you saw in the mirror wasn¡¯t you, so please¡­¡± He pleaded as his grip tightened and the girl with him that had entered moved closer to them. She tapped on xilver¡¯s shoulder and he glanced at her, nodding, and stopped hugging eloria. He stood up and patted eloria¡¯s head, leaving the room. Before leaving the room, he looked back at the frightened eloria and the girl nodding at him. ¡°ah, that¡¯s right.¡± The lady turned back and smiled at eloria, with a slight head bow and leaned her hand forward while saying ¡°to the imperial general of the iliak¨®s and ¦­?¦Ö¦Ó¦Á, may the moonlight king embrace your dreams till the solarian sun welcome you to a new day. Im the third wonder of the iliakos empire, maeves chloris. Please address me casually.¡± She said as she made eloria sit down on her bed and patted eloria¡¯s back. ¡°everything sure is confusing, isn¡¯t it?¡± She spoke gently and calmly, and her presence gave off a warm and soothing aura. When eloria had stopped sobbing, she wiped her tears and looked at maeve, and when she did, her eyes widened. Around maeve was something she couldn¡¯t figure out, but it was dangerous. Something terrifying was behind her but she was already so exhausted that rather then telling maeve about it, she spoke directly to it. ¡°you there, behind this lady. Get the hell out of my room, im not in the condition to deal with you.¡± # 13 ¡°you there, behind this lady. Get the hell out of my room, im not in the condition to deal with you.¡± Maeve was silent, as she looked back from the corner of her eye and then back at eloria, tilting her head while questioning ¡°who are you talking to, your grace..?¡± Eloria¡¯s eyes twitched in anger as her surroundings were starting to spin, not until suddenly everything felt better then before. The pain in her head became less, and her vision got better. She glanced at maeve and saw her smiling. Her smile made eloria abit assured and as soon as she felt safe in the sky, her hand that was holding maeve¡¯s hand, slipped. She fell, high up from the sky in her pyjamas and she screamed. She saw maeve, high up in the sky as she fell as tears started to roll down her cheek again and she thought ¡°I swear ive had enough of this dream! Please let me wake up from this dream anytime soon, please tell me this isn¡¯t reality..¡± Her eyes shut, she wished for this all to be nothing but a dream when she heard a large boom beneath her. It was as if a huge flower had suddenly bloomed, so when she opened her eyes to look as she fell from the sky, what she saw had her completely speechless. The sound of boom was of a huge gate opening, a dimensional gate as she saw someone in that gate. That person however was still too down and far away so she couldn¡¯t recognize that person. She fell and fell, passing through that gate and as soon as she passed through it, her speed increased and she fell on that someone like a snowball. ¡° urgh..¡± eloria frowned as she got up and looked around her surroundings. ¡°wheres that person from before¡­¡± She looked around and then up at the sky, and froze when she saw the gate still open and with maeve falling down too. When maeve got closer to the land, she turned changed her position from upside down to standing straight and when the land touched the wind blowed strongly and slight glimmers of yellow thunder could be seen around her. She landed safetly and dusted her clothes gently then chuckled when she saw eloria with a clueless face. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°you might want to get up, I think his body cant keep up like that.¡± She spoke as she chuckled again and eloria looked down to see who maeve was talking about. Beneath her was a man with an excessively handsome face. His gray hair matched well with his velvet red-black eyes, his skin soft and warm. Eloria then realized that she had been laying on top of him as both of their faces turned red from embarrassment. She immediately got up, dusted herself and bowed down while apologizing ¡°im sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to fall on you-¡° The man stood up as well, and rubbed his nape as he giggled nervously while feeling flustered and responded ¡°please don¡¯t be, I should¡¯ve watched where I was going.¡± ¡°its not your fault im still in one piece thanks to you, though are you okay? You don¡¯t have any injuries, do you?¡± She stood straight and questioned worriedly as he laughed and shaked his head ¡°this is nothing, im fine. Though..¡± He stopped when he recognized the black roses surrounding her left eye and black veins raising below her eyes, with black blood running through them. ¡°it couldn¡¯t be¡­¡± ¡°indeed it is. This isn¡¯t your imagination my lord.¡± Maeve spoke from behind eloria and continued as she stood next to him ¡°representingto his highness the crown prince Severus Lyssa Solaria, the empress of the iliak¨®s and ¦­?¦Ö¦Ó¦Á, lady general Eloria Atemis Kyra.¡± Severus stood there, blank as he stared right into eloria¡¯s emerald green eyes. There was a moment of silence, when eloria¡¯s face burst red as she stuttured to maeve ¡°wait wait, m-me? Empress? I thought all that was a joke!¡± Maeve let out a snort as she widened her arms, releasing a powerful aura. ¡°your grace, does all this look like a joke to you?¡± She spoke and eloria looked around herself once again, and realized where she was. This wasn¡¯t her house, or any place she knew. She was inside a huge, huge palace garden, with roses black as coal and violet spider lilies everywhere. Instead of birds and sparrows, the garden was beautifully decorated with white ravens and lethal poisonous butterflies, releasing a strong sweet scent of toxic flowers. Ofcourse, the scent didn¡¯t harm anyone who was known to the place and eloria was one of them. Above, the sky had changed themes, and had turned into cloudy. Soon snow started to fall, and as soon as it touched the ground, every snow drop would grow to become either a flower or a plant, maintaining the garden all by itself. # 14 ¡°amazing..¡± She was mesmerized by the garden when someone pulled her in a deep hug. Eloria¡¯s ears twitched when she heard severus sniffing in her shoulder. He hid his face in her shoulder and sniffed while murmuring ¡°how long¡­.just how long have you been gone..¡± He murmured as eloria looked at maeve with a puzzled look. Maeve signaled her to just embrace him back for the moment and she nodded, hugging him back and ruffled his gray smoke-like hair. ¡°don¡¯t worry my lord, im back now.¡± She spoke softly as he hugged her more tightly but gently, embracing her frail and slim body carefully as if she would break any moment soon if used force. They arrived to a small verandah in the garden, and sat there. Maeve sat infront of them whereas eloria and severus sat together since severus whinned over being next to eloria. ¡°you looked abit more¡­grown up when you didn¡¯t recognize me so whats this..¡± Eloria laughed slowly as she spoke and severus replied ¡°its because its you im sitting with, is it wrong to be yourself with the person you like?¡± This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Her heart fluttered abit when she heard that coming from someone who looked handsome even when his eyes were swollen from all the crying and she shakeed her head quickly. ¡°no no, please suit yourself as you wish..¡± ¡°that¡¯s right, you called me ¡°my lord¡± before. What happened to you calling me sevy? Im hurt!¡± Eloria was clueless as ever when maeve laughed slowly and told her to just go along with it. ¡°ahahaha¡­right Im sorry..¡± Eloria hesitated when she saw severus glaring at her while pouting with the ¡°call me sevy¡± expression. His expressions were written all over his face so eloria sighed and looked away from the corner of her eyes and stuttered slowly ¡°forgive me, s-sevy..¡± Her heart exploded from cuteness overload when severus smiled and snuggled in her arm. ¡°that¡¯s right, im only your sevy!¡± He seemed like a puppy from eloria¡¯s view and she smiled faintly. They spent the day talking here and there when someone shouted eloria¡¯s name behind severus. The sound came from a distance but eloria immediately stood up when she heard it. Infront of her, far but not that far was her older brother standing and panting as if he ran all over the world. He panted and struggled to run but tripped. Eloria had in mind that she would run but instead, when she had the thought she appeared right infront of him and caught him before he fell. ¡°xilver..?¡± She spoke slowly and xilver immediately tackled her with his huge body, hugging her so tight it was hard to breathe. ¡°my goodness, thank the kyra your safe and sound! Where the devil have you been and why didn¡¯t you tell me you came back here again?! I was worried sick about you in the cramped house!¡± Eloria had enough confusions for the day so she pushed him and flicked his forehead madly. ¡°stop nagging and explain all this since you seem familiar with this world.¡± Xilver frowned over the slight stinging pain of the flick and replied ¡°about that, we have to wait till all 12 of us are here.¡± ¡°all 12?¡± # 15 ¡°all 12?¡± She asked and someone yelled xilver¡¯s name from behind. There were total of 8 people behind him near the garden gates, with two little girls waving their hands high up in the air. They all had their eyes widened in surprise and ran over to hug eloria but since she was already exhausted she thought ¡°please no more hugs.¡± It was just her thought but they literally appeared back at the garden doors. Severus burst out laughing when he saw the nine of them appearing at the garden doors again and again and yelled at them ¡°your only allowed to enter if you don¡¯t hug her, her highness is already tired so mind your manners, will you all?¡± They all frowned but in a second, their back heads felt as if someone smacked them and cried in pain. A lady, with same hair as severus but eyes with a deeper velvet red appeared and walked over to eloria. With her right hand on her sword and her eyes locked right into eloria¡¯s, she knelt with her head down in a blink. The rest 8 stood behind her as the lady spoke The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. ¡°representing to her majesty, the sun and moon of iliak¨®s and ¦­?¦Ö¦Ó¦Á, we greet you general empress kyra.¡± They all knelt down with their heads down when she had finished speaking. Maeve, severus, as well as xilver were kneeling down right infront of her too. When she saw them all like that, the lady from before appeared in her mind as a memory flashed through her eyes. This scene felt similar as the eloria from her dreams whispered in her ears like the blowing wind ¡°they¡¯re your people, so treat them like your slaves for they are bound to you by blood and soul, eloria.¡± She looked down at them and stayed quiet for a moment then opened her mouth a little, saying ¡°rise your heads my children, for the wonders of the two lands never kneel before a frail girl.¡± The lady who was infront of the rest stood up first, then did the others behind her and eloria smiled warmly ¡°Well then, whose going to show me to my room?¡± The door opened as the brightness of room blinded eloria¡¯s eyes. When her sight got clear, her jaw dropped. Right infront of her was one of those huge fancy rooms in the manhwa¡¯s she¡¯d read. A huge bedroom, with curtains surrounding it and large windows to view the entire palace. Luxourious sofa with the walls being covered in book shelfs that went higher then the clouds. The ceiling wasn¡¯t normal either, it was the real night galaxy up there with crystals and gems as decoration pieces. ¡°well then, ill be resting for a while so please don¡¯t disturb me.¡± She turned back and smiled then closed the door right in their faces, and fell down, leaning on the door. ¡°what in the world is going on¡­¡± # 16 (the bird of death) The curtains blew high up by the strong breeze outside, and the leaves could be heard blowing away with the wind as eloria hugged her knees, closing her eyes and fell asleep. There was a warm feeling, as if a warm breeze had rushed through her skin, lighting her body making her relaxed. Curious as to see what was giving her such warm comfort, she opened her eyes and saw herself wrapped within huge, huge feathers. White as snow feathers, soft as clouds and shiny as a newly polished gem, surrounding her. She wasn¡¯t on the floor anymore, but rather on the galactic like ceiling. When she first saw the ceiling she thought it was just a illusion, but being wrapped by snow white cloud like feathers while you find yourself in space, the feeling was a mixture of surprise, fear and astonishment. She looked here and there around the space-like galatic sky and saw a huge bird¡¯s head when looking up. It was the bird whose feather¡¯s were wrapped all over her. She gazed at the bird¡¯s shining dark emerald eyes, her own glowing when the bird¡¯s eyes made contact with hers. They glowed for a moment then stopped and eloria shaked her head. The bird looked down at eloria, and lowered her head, low enough for someone to patt the bird¡¯s head. Eloria, completely mezmorized by the creature, raised her hand to pett her. Its feathers were so soft and warm, eloria felt like melting away from it. She giggled as the bird closed its eyes in joy and enjoyed the patts, when eloria pressed her forehead with its. She sighed and closed her eyes again, the black roses around her eyes blooming dark black and vanishing. When she opened her eyes, she saw herself back to normal in the ravens emerald eyes. Her face was normal but there was something still wrong, the number 00 on her cheek was there, still. When she touched it, it glowed and she found herself out of the bird embrace, the raven looking at her while its head was high, full of pride. It looked at her then at something or someone to be pricise behind her. The bird lowered its head in respect and fear, down to the floor, spreading its feathers everywhere. Eloria turned back to see who would the bird be bowing to, and to her surprise saw the lady in her dreams, in a magnificiantly beautiful armor. Her hair straight coal black, her emerald eyes glowing bright in the dark ceiling, the number 00 glowing emerald too. She looked down at them while sitting cross leggedwith her face resting on her fist, in a lavishingly gorgeous throne like chair with roses all over it. She looked at eloria and let out a small ¡°pft¡± in mockery, stood up and walked towards her. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°I cant believe this is my current self.¡± She said as she scanned eloria from back and forth, her hand stroking eloria¡¯s hair. ¡°stop mocking her, this is the best of what was made when you left us with nothing but just one memory.¡± Eloria heard her own voice speaking from behind her as she turned around, and saw herself again. But this version of hers seemed, a lot more lady like. A lady who didn¡¯t sound as terrible and terrifying with loads of pride in her face, the complete opposite of what the lady infront of her looked like.