Contradictory

The emperor came and shook his head.

- You have always been so full of possession and greatness, dear Yhomes. You have walked all your life on the imperial path of duty and excellence. You pretend to ignore all the chaos and natural madness that controls all beings to punish only those who are reckless enough to show themselves as they are and assume it.

- So for you, would it be foolishness to want peace and order? If this is how you really see the way to rule and to be, then I have no choice but to stand before you to prevent you from accomplishing this desperate madness.

- To possess this great power is not only my dream, but all Venezians. And you, Zeujor, are nothing but a selfish and a dream breaker.

- There's never been any harm in dreaming. But you have always been abysmally good at diverting men's words from their true meaning to manipulate others and the world, and you know it. But probably, for someone like you who has abandoned his own light as his dreams come true, destroying others, and even his own people, he is nothing more than a kind of entertainment and nothing good can be taken from him anymore.

- No being has the right to do so, neither you Venezian, nor me, nor our people, but as I see it, it is a truth that you will never accept.

- If this power cannot be offered or stolen from you, then what is the point of having it? Please, let me reach it by the only way I can control the most. Imperfection.

- Come on, tell me, what do you intend to do with Galeize? You love your empire, but even if it is, to get Galeize, are you willing to go that far by sacrificing your own people? Why does it have to be like this? Why go so far?

- Because I have to surpass Zeujor and all the others who will appear after you. I want to evolve my empire exponentially, and I will succeed in doing so by showing our ability to achieve everything, even the impossible of the impossible.

- And the first question?

-Yhomes, one day you will surely understand that sacrifices are necessary to achieve great things. However, as for the reasons that led me to make this law, a person like you will never understand them.

Emperor Zeujor nodded.

- This time, you are totally in the truth, come on. Building power and dreams on people's misery and even having a clear conscience by living with it, losing forever the power to distinguish good from evil, are the reasons why a person like me will never understand. And that's what I call a monster. I have always thought of settling everything in peace, without shedding much blood or deep tears. I long ago accepted that killing people like you is part of my most difficult duty. But this time, I'm sure nothing important is really lost by taking your life.

- I see... you have also chosen your destiny. Then I'm sure there's nothing more to say. So, we are now at the top of the star of fortune in our world. Prepare for the Yhoemes war.

- If that is your desire, so be it, Venezia.

And they did, that horrible war that the good people hated so much. Thus, by their madness, they plunged their two empires into the deepest desolation and misery that one could ever imagine.

But one day, when their infernal confrontation had caused irreparable damage, it finally ended with the emblematic defeat of Venezia. Then, as punishment for their heinous acts, the primitive emperor and his rebellious people were condemned to lose their light. For a hundred years, their empire was sealed and despised by the rest of the world. Since then, chaos reigned in this unforgivable part of the world, night has freely seized it, and has become the center of all civilization.

However, since this fall, the moment of the end of this destructive war, greedy beings, businessmen, extremists or leaders with obscure motivations, having also tried by more indirect and devious means to reach Galeise, have been forced to abandon their desire for glory and power and have buried in oblivion their dream of filthy possession.

"Such a terrible empire... nothing, absolutely nothing prevented this being from wanting to achieve his goal. His actions were undoubtedly terrible, but such spectacular will and courage can only arouse absolute admiration. It was only natural that his people wanted to accompany him to the end, even though they had perfectly guessed the outcome of the war. Maybe this empire will really be able to provide me with what I wanted most.

Despite all my fortune and wish, there is something that money and whims can never bring you.

As far back as I can remember, I was a child to whom a life of wealth and beauty was promised. I have been told the most beautiful stories of worlds. I grew up knowing that my life was perfect and will remain so until the end. My fabulous beauty and great intelligence had also helped me to broaden these false beliefs. But reality didn't save people from what they believed, and that's what I had learned. I met someone, I fell in love and then we promised each other we'd be together forever. I was so excited that I thought I had achieved true happiness. I wanted to know and I was finally going to discover this carnal world that adults kept so carefully from many young people.

Deep down inside, I was aware of what was wrong, but I refused to face the truth, I was just filled with these romantic stories and I was a voluntary prisoner of my certainties. We kissed, and those wet kisses were nothing more than dry leaves grazing my lips. He touched me, stroked me, kissed me, all the parts of my skin were stained. That's when I first started my acting comedy. He moaned and whispered clumsy and sensual words to my ears, spreading my legs and exploring my femininity with his wet and disgusting hands. I bit my lips, but only because of the pain. And when he finally entered me, I let him do it. I had imposed a sordid comedy on myself as much as he had so that he wouldn't have to suspect anything. And then we continued tirelessly. Until the end, I pretended to have felt the pleasure while somewhere inside, something broke.