13- Forgiveness

The sounds of steps echoed as Kenji ran down the stairs that headed towards the royal dungeon, a place where royals and high officials were tortured for their mistakes. Some where tortured til death, and some were or tortured till they begged, they even got punished for the smallest mistakes they made. Royalty isn't as easy as people think, and Kenji knows that best, growing up not being able to trust everyone, he always watched as his father punished the traitors. The said girl finally reached the door that was keeping her from saving her brother, Prince Renshu's screams were coming from the locked room, which left Kenji hesitant,she knows best not to mess with her father.

"Should I open the door? He deserves what's happening to him, should I stop father?"

Kenji thought as her hand was on the door's handle.

"I'm not like him"

She murmured and opened the door.

Anyone else would've been terrified of the scene that was behind this door, but Kenji was used to it since the age of two, and that made her heartless. Dried blood all around the old smelly room, two metal torture chairs were placed in the left corner of the big room, facing each other, two metal beds were also in the room, one was next to the chairs an d the other was on the middle of the room next to a table where all kinds of torture weapons where placed, surprisingly organized. And most importantly her brother was laying on the bed that was next to the table, not strapped, because he accepted his punishment.

However Kenji wasn't bothered by the scene at all, she was just surprised that her father cared about her so much.

"You were supposed to let your body rest!"

The king scolded his 'son' as he was placing the hammer back, now fully facing Kenji as he crossed his arms.

"Let him go father,please I beg you, I forgive him for what he did!!"

Kenji begged, sitting on her knees.

"I don't, now get up and leave befo-"

The king's speech was cut by Kenji who got up and rushed to her brother, helping him up carefully, trying not to hurt him.

"No father, I can't stand seeing my brother like this, even though he tried killing me, and I hate him from the bottom of my heart,

I'm sure that if mother was alive she wouldn't want any of this to happen!"

Kenji argued as she put her brother's arm over her shoulders helping him walk.

She looked back at her speechless father before looking down and leaving the room.

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"Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die"

Let's forgive and forget.😁