Chapter 19: Outcome.
"Your a woman aren't you?"
They increased the chains on me as we walked to the throne room. "Shup up monster! Don't speak so lightly to Captain Reina like that!" A random guard shouted at me.
"Yeah, yeah. Take me out these shackles and say that again." I jumped at him, making him flinch. "Take your helmet off Captain Reina. I want to see your face." She then stopped, making the others stop as well.
"Shut your filthy mouth commoner."
So she's one of those huh?
"C'mon... Give a dead man a show. Cmon...Please.." She then tugged on a chain that was connected to my throat. "Your lucky to even be in my presence." She turned around and placed her metal hand on my chin.
"Maybe in another life."
No! This 'Is' the other life!
She then tapped my face and I was pulled away by another guard. "Bastards need to take it easy before I jump out these chains and rip your faces off." I tugged a chain and a guard fell down. They all then pointed their swords at me, causing me to laugh.
'This is fun!' Call it overconfidence or whatever. Being strong was fun! I could kill anyone if I wanted too, and do whatever I wanted too. "W-We should kill this monster now!" A guard raised their hand.
"No kurt. We'll let the king decide his fate."
"Oh? Your name is kurt? Yeah I'm coming after you when I get out these chains."
I laughed out with my eyes closed. "S-Shut up!" After out squabble, we continued walking and eventually got to these huge doors. They were red, white and blue, in color.
Reina then took a card out and nodded at the two guards to the side.
She swiped the card down on a card slot and a small, green light went off. "Look at that monster. He seems almost human." One guard sneered. "A dragon and uses the dark arts? They should have killed him on the spot."
'Smh. I can't even use the dark arts.'
'Not yet atleast.'
The huge door slowly started opening and I was blinded by the light. "All rise!" Someone shouted out and every single person in the room became uptight. We then started walking down the red carpet.
"Monster."
"Commoner."
"Filty runt."
"Disgusting Magic."
'Weakling."
"No respect."
"Dirty bastard."
I heard names as far as my ears could hear. I then looked up and saw these small, floating black balls. 'Cameras?' Are they showing this to the whole kingdom or something. "You may now leave!"
I looked down and saw the king sitting behind a desk. He was still sitting down on his throne though. "Yes sir." The 5 guards around me bowed and went over to the crowd. "The judgement will now commence!" He swung a hammer down and a bang went off.
"Name, Haruto. Race, Human. Age, 12. Height, 5'9. Weight, 164. Magic, Weapon Creation and Darkness." The king, or judge per say, read out my description.
""12?!""
Everyone screamed out in the throne room.
"Haruto. You will be asked a series of questions to determine you fate." He stared at me and I nodded. "For the first question, do you like destruction?" The whole room listened in.
"No."
The king looked over at his wife and she shook her head no. I should mention that Arthur, Caroline, and his other two children were also sitting up there with him.
"Okay. For our next question, Do your prefer being good, or do you prefer being bad?" The whole room kept listening in.
"Hm..Both? Everyone has good and bad in them."
My answer surprised a lot of people. "Please don't avoid the question." He said in a stern voice.
"Fine. I prefer being evil."
That reaction made everyone became guarded. He then looked at his wife, and she shook her head yes.
"He's lying."
The king nodded.
"Okay. The next question is, If you had to get rid of one of your magic types, which would you choose?"
"Weapon Creation."
He looked at his wife and she shook her head no.
"Okay. The next question is, Would you escape this place if given the chance?"
"No."
He looked at his wife and she shook her head no. The king then snapped his fingers, and these people came over to undo my chains.
"Okay.." He spoke as I stood there without chains.
"The next question is, Would you kill my daughter right now if given the chance?" He put his hand out at her.
"Yes."
He flinched himself then looked over at his wife. She shook her head no.
"My son?"
"No?"
"My other son?"
"No."
"My other daughter?"
"No."
"Me or my wife?"
"No."
"So you would only try and kill my daughter?"
"Yes."
His wife shook her head no.
"Why only my first daughter? What did she do to you?"
"She stopped your son from making friends which is quite weird if you ask me. She also broke my back because I talked back to her."
The crowd gasped at that.
One should know that a royal should respect all people. They do have authority over them, but can only harm them verbally. Physically if needed.
"Is this true caroline?" The person in question rapidly shook her head no.
"He's lying Father. I wouldn't waste my time with someone like him."
""Lair.."'
Me and the prince said under our breath.
"Onto the next question.." The crowd died back down.
"Have you ever assaulted someone?"
"No."
"Have you thought about assaulting someone before?"
"No."
"Do you like children?"
"In what context?"
"In the context of, Would you lay your hands inappropriately on a child?"
"Hell no."
"Do you like trade?"
"Trade? I've never done it in my life."
"Never huh? Where did you grow up exactly? You have no records."
"I...Grew up in the middle of nowhere."
"Where exactly?"
"The Demon continent."
The entire room went up in an uproar.
"Kill him now!"
"He's a traitor to human kind!"
"Silence."
The king spoke, making everyone shut up.
"Have you, Haruto, spoken to demons before?"
"Yes."
"He's lying."
The queen spoke out.
The king nodded and continued.
"Who taught you? Who helped you develope your powers?"
Oh yeah, speaking of Jared, where the hell is he? I got some words I want him to hear.
"His name is Jared. He taught me how use my powers."
The king became surprised at that. 'I see..' He coughed a bit and continued.
"Do you like seeing people in pain?"
"No."
"Do you want to control things?"
"No."
"I see. Then this is the last question." Everyone listen in.
"Do you...Think of yourself as some God?"
What kind of question is that?
"No. Believe it or not, I actually believe in God. He's....Helped me in a way." I forced out a laugh.
"Okay. We will take a few minutes to go over what you said. Please wait." He got up and met with these people from the side.
They started whispering while looking over at me. After about 10 minutes, he went back over to his throne and sat down.
"We have review over everything, and came to a conclusion." Everyone became silent and listen in.
"Your...not evil."
His words caused changes in everyone.
"Your not evil, but you will still be punished."
Fair, I guess.
"We have decided that you, Hartuo, will spend 1 year with my daughter. We noticed the air between you two, and decided that this is the best course of action."
Thats..A punishment? If he means that we have to do everything together then yeah, that's hell, but if we have to have tea time for like an hour then that's not too bad.
"Father. Don't you think that this is too much?" Caroline questioned him. "No. I can tell that you two will be very strong in the future. When that happens, you two will have to be close." Caroline snickered at that and stood up.
She slowly walked down the steps and up to me. Swallowing her pride, Caroline spoke out.
"First off, I want to apologize." She placed her hand on my shoulder. 'I didn't flinch this time.' A smile appeared on my face. "I, Caroline Cambridge, apologize to you. I treated you wrong, when I shouldn't have."
She gave me a fake smile. "Ms. Mary." I spoke out to the queen. "You have lie detection magic don't you? Can you see if?.." The queen stared down at me then looked away. "I ran out of magic power. Sorry." Like hell you did bastard. Your royalty.
But...I see how it is.
"Get your hand off me.." I hit it away, causing some guards to point their spears at me. "I know your putting on a face. You don't have to hid it."
I then put my palm out, and these black chains appeared. They wrapped around the guards and I started walking away. "I really don't like your judgement, King Ralph. It's not fair to both parties." The chains gleamed a bit and I dropped them.
"Oh? And what would make it fair?" The king asked me. 'What would make it fair huh?..'
I turned around and stared directly into his eyes.
"You should let me take charge over the 'That' project of yours. She can make her own request." The king and some people became surprised at my words. He then waved his hands and about every noble and their family left the room, including the guards.
The cameras died down and it was now me, the royal family, and some nobles in the room. "You want to take over the 'Forbidden Continent' project?" I nodded at him.
"How do you even know about that?" He asked with a confused face.
"Arthur and her came back from it a couple of days ago. Humans are afraid of going over there, so what else could they have been doing besides mapping things out or whatever you do?"
The king stroked his hairless chin. "I see. Well, That can be arranged. But only if my daughter can be a second in command." He's forcing it now huh? "Caroline. What do you want? He wants to take over your project, so you must..."
He noticed his daughter was giving off a devious smile.
"I want him as my slave."
I..wasn't even surprised.
"Okay. I think that this is fair. What about you?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Okay. From today forward, You, Haruto, will be exploring the Forbidden continent as its head commander. You will also be a loyal slave to Caroline Cambridge."
We both nodded at his final judgement.
"Haruto." Arthur walked down from his seat. "Father went easy on you. Thank goodness..." He sighed out on relief. "Yeah, but I know this wont be the end of it." He knows that I have this dragon power, and he knows that I wont use it for evil. He'll definitely try to exploit me.
"Well, before that happens, I remember someone saying that we're going to go on an adventure after this all blows over." I smiled at him and we walked away together. "I have to go back home first though. My Mother is probably still worried about everything."
He opened the huge door up. "I understand. May I come with you? You've seen my home so it's only fair that I see yours right?" If we weren't friends, I would have pulled a sword out on him on the spot. But I guess it's fine now.
"Yeah, that's fine." His eyes flashed for a moment then went back to orange.
"I'm going too."
Hearing the manly voice, me and Arthur groaned. "I need to know where my slave sleeps. It's only natural." She walked passed us with her arms crossed. "Reina. This man is in charge of 'that' project now. We both will work under him for now on."
She was bowing down to Caroline. "Yes ma'am!" She didn't question anything. "I guess I should show myself then." She stood back up and placed her hands on the side of her helmet. She shifted them and slowly took her helmet off.
"My name is Reina yuri. Nice to meet you." Her hair was long and pink with a touch of purple in it. She had purple, vertical halos in her eyes as well. "You wouldn't happen to have a twin would you?" She became a bit surprised at my question. "I do actually. She goes to Cambridge High. You might have seen her since you both have unique magic."
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I have seen her. "You and Rei are completely different. You both still look good though." We started walking off. "Thank you for your praise!" She bowed down and put her helmet back on.
"Hey. Why didn't you try and get with her? She pretty, has a nice figure, and seems nice." I nudged him in the side as I saw his blushing face. "W-Well, I tried to ask her out, but she rejected me. 'I'm not worthy of a man of your stature' is what she told me." He scratched his face slightly.
"Smh. You gotta try harder..." I then made a thinking face. "If I liked your sister, I would persue her til the end of the earth." Caroline made a disgusted face at that.
"I'd rather become a commener than have you chase after me."
"Really? So you'll give up your title if I fall in love with you?" I think I'm onto something here.
"Yes. I'll throw away my title in a flash. The mere though of having an out of place nobody liking me makes my head thump."
What an idiot.
"Yeah, Okay." We walked down the hallway, with me getting stares. After about 10 minutes of walking, we eventually stood outside on the front porch of the castle. "Okay. So who's driving? I can do it if you want." There was around 10 carriages with horses parked in front of us.
"Oh. We're not riding in any of those." She snapped her fingers and my body forced it's way to the ground. "We'll be riding you." She sat down on top of me, making me and Arthur sigh.
"I'll go pull a carriage around."
"Yeah. That'll be perfect."
Although this feeling was nice to be fair though. "Is this what royal beauty feels like? Its so soft..." I sighed out in relief. "If you be a good slave, maybe I'll promote you up to Sex slave.." She whispered in my ear in a voice I've never heard before.
"Yeah, Yeah. I've never seen anything besides your neck, face, and hand skin before. I doubt I'll see more."
"Good. You know your place like an obedient slave..."
Arthur then pulled up in an average carriage. "Get in guys." She got off me and the gravity went back to normal. I got up as well and sat next to Arthur on the 'Driving' seat. "Alright. You point. I follow." I nodded and we began riding away.
....
"Damn. Your place is nice." We arrived in front of our gate.
"Yeah. I made and designed it myself." Arthur became impressed with that. "This is nothing. I bet you hired people to make this." Theres always..that one person.
"Hey. I'm a commoner. This is what we do right?" She sneered at that and we both got off. Caroline came from the back and we stood in front of the gate.
"So...Are you going to open it?" Arthur asked me. "Y-Yeah.." I walked up to the small box and pressed a button. A small beep then went off and a voice sounded out. "Yes?"
The voice made me smile and I started talking. "Can-" A figure appeared in front of me and I was tackled to the ground. "Haruto!" Ryoko held onto me with her face in my chest. "Thank goodness your safe..." I heard a small sniffle which surprised me a bit.
"A commoner and a maid? What a sight." She stood over us with a smirk. "I wouldn't speak to her if I was you..." Ryoko slowly got up with her head down. "Your...Your the one that beat on Haruto..."
Ryoko then looked up, causing Caroline and Arthur to fall to their butts.
▪︎Death will be more tolerable after I'm done with you▪︎
She was emitting her dragon like aura. The air pressure became low, causing them to grasp at their necks.
"W-Wait. Hold on Ryoko." I got up and placed my hand on her shoulder. "Did you not say that she beat you? Did you not say that?" She slowly looked at me.
'Oh yeah, I did say that in front if the whole kingdom huh?'
"Wait. Take it easy okay?" I calmed her down and Caroline gave a small smile.
"Take it easy on him. Your fine to do whatever you want with her."
I walked over to Arthur and helped him up. "What?! Commo-" Ryoko and Caroline disappeared and it was now us two. "Let's go. I want to show you around." He snapped out of it and nodded with pink eyes.
'The hell?'
We then walked up to the gate and it opened. "Amazing." Arthur looked all around, his pink eyes becoming brighter. "You built this yourself?" He asked me as we walked down the brick path. "Yep. It only took me a couple of hours too."
"A couple of hours..." He went into thought. "Something like this would take at most a week to build. You truly are impressive." I smiled at the compliments he threw out.
"Yeah...If you take over the 'Forbidden Continent' project, then we'll surely be in 'Good hands'."
"You think so? I only volunteered as jokes."
"Jokes huh? Well you sure fooled my father."
We both laughed a bit as we got up to a fountain.
"Well..." I rubbed the back of my head.
"Can you tell me your opinion on something?"
Arthur looked over at me.
"Sure."
I nodded and smiled.
"I...would actually like to create my own kingdom over there actually. One where all races can live in harmony."
He stared blankly at me. 'Haruto... Is that..True?..' A small smile appeared on his face.
"That sounds like a great idea!"
He gave me a wide smile. "To be honest, our father wanted us to establish a kingdom of our own over there, but only for humans. Caroline was on board with the idea, but me..."
He sighed as he thought back.
"I thought that it wouldn't be fair to all the races that live there. They would most likely be killed in the process which disgust me."
W future king.
"That's why, I like your idea. My family hates the idea of working together with other races. He calls them tools that we use to build our own selves.."
"Like slaves basically."
"Yes. Like slaves."
Me and him both remained silent. The water in the fountains and the slight breeze from the wind is what filled our ears.
"I won't do that."
He looked at me.
"We'll unite together. No slaves. No prejudice. No Racism. None of that. Just a free country where you can do and be anything."
I looked up into the sky.
"That sounds like a plan right?" I questioned out.
Arthur, hearing my plans, surprised him. After a couple of seconds of staring blankly, he looked up into the sky as well.
"Yes! It does!"
Me and Arthur smiled at each other then walked around the fountain, up to my porch. "Let's talk about this later. This is our secret though okay?" I put my finger over my lip. 'Our secret?! Alright! My first secret with a friend!'
"Okay!" I smiled at his happy response and knocked on the door. Not even 2 seconds later, the door flung open and my eyes moved towards the dark green hair in the wind. "Haruto!" Mother stepped up to me and wrapped her arms around my body.
"A-Are you alright?! Your not hurt are you?! Why are they calling you a monster?! What did the king truly decide?!" She asked me a million questions while kissing me all over the face.
'▪︎This is your mother? Lucky ass bastard...▪︎'
I ignored his butt hurt, but true comment.
"I'm fine mother. Let's go in and talk okay?" I placed my hand on her head and she slowly nodded. "Arthur. Let's go." He was amazed by the small cottage. "O-Okay." We all then walked in.
Mother was draggin her legs however, making me walk like I had something stuck in my pants. We then sat down on the couch and she let out a small sigh.
"They chained my baby up like a monster.." She started twitching. "They... They never change do they?" She said something, but I couldn't really hear it as she mumbled.
"Dude! Your house is amazing! Got an extra room?!" His eyes kept glowing pink which led me to Finally ask, "Do your eyes change color with your emotions?" I swear I've seen them change into red, when he's mad. Blue, which I saw from the jail cell, to me being judged. And now his eyes were beaming pink.
"Yes, they do." He continued with an embarrassed face. "Red means that I'm mad. Blue means that I'm sad. Pink means happy. Green means disgusted. Purple means fear." He told me and I nodded. 'When I first saw him that day, he never had green eyes. His face was that of disgusted, but they were never green.'
"Haruto. Isn't he...The prince?" Mother asked and I nodded. "Yes. Mother meet Arthur, and Arthur meet Mother." The two then shook hands. "He's my first friend mom. Please don't treat him in a bad manner." Mother heard this and faintly smiled.
"I would never treat a friend of yours like that."
She played in my hair then got up. "I'm just glad your safe Haruto. Please don't worry me like that again, Okay?" She walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Okay."
She then closed it and I saw a beer bottle in her hand. "Go speak to your sister. Shes devastated right now." She opened the beer bottle and started drinking from it. "Your an alcoholic now?" I got up and walked to the stairs. "N-No. Alcohol taste like apple juice to me, so I.."
"Apple juice?" Arthur made a confused face.
"Yeah. It's when you squeeze apples and take the juice from it. It tastes devine."
Arthur hears this and pondered for a moment. His expression then shot up and he said.
"Guiness!"
I continued walking up the stairs with a small smile because of his expression, until I got to the hallway. "BiG BrOTHer.." I heard someone crying with a broken voice. I then got up to her door and knocked. "May I come in?" She kept on crying, not answering me in the process.
I then decided to just go in and see how things turned out. "Aiko." I closed the door. Her room was average size. She had a bed against the right wall. Book shelves and dirty clothes everywhere too. She had a makeup kit and a mirror on a desk in the left corner.
Her room was painted dark green with black strips going in all directions.
"Aiko. It's me." She was in her bed with a pillow towards her face. "Aiko?" I sat down by her legs and touched them. As soon as I did, she instantly shot her head up and looked at me. "Big brother?.." She rubbed her eyes and saw that it was actually me. "Big Brother!" she twisted around and hugged me.
"Y-Your here!" Her makeup was running down her cheek. "Hey... I told you that you didn't need it.." I made them a makeup kit a couple of days ago, but I noticed something.
Somehow, makeup made Mother and Aiko look worse. Something I truly found impossible. "What..What happened to you? You had a wing...and you looked evil like a dragon.." She sat up and leaned on me.
"I...Made a deal with the devil."
I forced out a laugh. "Really?.." I guess my appearance actually suited a Devil, so maybe she though that I wasn't joking. "Uh...Yeah. I made a deal with the Devil for more power. Sorry, I guess I'm just leaving you behind now huh?"
She heard this and smiled. "No, your not! I..." She looked at her hands. "I have fire, water, spirit, and nature magic. I have 4 out of the 7 elements, and yet I'm still weak. That's on me.." She bawled her fist slightly. "Don't worry about me brother. I'll catch up! Just watch!"
She stood up with her hands on her waist, making a triumphant look. "I..Can't wait.." There was a point in time where I thought like that too. I kept training and training, but I soon noticed my limit. That's why.... That's why...
"Haruto. Royko's back, and she brought a guest along." Mother knocked on the door.
"I'll be out in a minute. Do not invite that guest up here."
"That....may be too late son.."
The door then opened and I saw the beast once again. "A commoners house, and a commoners room. As expected, it looks horrible." She walked in like she owned the place.
'Sorry Haruto..' Mother gave me a look.
'She's the princess. Even I can't do anything, but follow her orders..' Mother then sighed and walked away.
"Please get out. Your not allowed in this room." I stood up and stared at her. "Oh? What did a slave just say to their master?" She walked forward with her hands on her hips.
"Get out."
"No. What's yours is mine."
"Get out."
"No. I do what I want."
"Your really annoying..." She's persistent as hell.
"So? Do something about it then." A scythe appeared in her hands.
"Oh for real? Gladly...."
I put my hand out and a small, black circle appeared. It had a purple outline to it, making it seem demonic. "I'll shut you up real good." The handle to what seemed to be a sword showed, and I took it.
"W-What is that?!" She backed away. "Oh this?This is the sword that's gonna make you leave this room.." The sword had a purple handle. There was a black skeleton symbol with purple eyes between the handle and the blade. The blade seemed rough, made out of scales from a black dragon. Purple viens shined thoughtout the entire sword.
"S-Such evil power.." She stumbled back, dropping her sword, and I fell to my knees. "Brother?" Aiko came up to me and kneeled down with me. "I-I'm fine." I held my face as I felt something leaving my body, causing me to slowly smile.
'▪︎This sword turns the bearer evil. If the holder even had 0.00000001% of good in them, it'll be consumed by this sword▪︎'
'What?! Shit. Shit. Shit!'
I dropped the sword and it made a small clang noise. The skeletons eyes then died down and completely turned black. 'It consumes my good?' My heart was beating faster like it was about to explode.
'I....can't wield this sword!' If it consumes my good, then evil will be all that's left.
'▪︎Your too naive boy▪︎'
The sword floated up into a black portal and disappeared.
'▪︎Did you think that this would be easy? Well it's not. In order for you to fully consume my powers, you must have the same type of heart as me▪︎'
Same type of heart?
'Hey. Did you die alone?' I asked a random question.
'▪︎Yes.▪︎'
I heard his answer and stayed silent. 'This power...Is truly a curse isn't it?...'
I then got up and said "Please leave. Take your brother as well." I walked up to her, seeing her legs shake. I then grabbed her arm and dragged her closer to the door. I opened it and threw her out.
"Your not welcome here."
I slammed the door and fell to my knees.
'▪︎I killed my best friend. I killed my loved ones too..▪︎'
The words he said played back to me over and over.
'▪︎To gain power, one must lose sight of what he truly knows. To gain power, one must focus on what's important▪︎'
A waved of drowsiness took over. 'No... Don't fall asleep..' I slapped myself while biting my lips. 'If you do, he'll take over..' I sat up while stammering. "Big brother.." Aiko came over to me.
"This...This isn't anything.." She instantly knew I was lying.
"This... This is just apart of the deal..."
....