White Lies And Black Truth

Aliyah was standing on the balcony and smoking a cigarette when Kayuba and Bayu appeared. Kayuba asked, "When did you start smoking, baby girl?" Aliyah said grimly, "That is none of your business and if you call me "baby girl" again, I will rip your eyeballs out." Kayuba smiled, "Whatever, baby girl. We have good and bad news to share." Aliyah said, "I know the good news. What's the bad news?" Kayuba said, "Actually the bad news is consequential to the good news." Aliyah said, "Elaborate." Kayuba smiled, "We killed the queen as you ordered us to do. But, it was not as discreet as we all expected it to be." Aliyah said, "Nothing that I didn't expect earlier." Kayuba asked, "Did you expect Licha to become a widow?" Aliyah said grimly, "I don't care about Licha's marital life. I don't know how that is bad news?" Kayuba smiled, "We accidentally implied that it was your job." Aliyah asked, "What the fuck! You lecherous bastards." Kayuba said, "We tried our best to keep things subtle, but not everything goes as planned." Aliyah said, "Look, Kayuba. I don't want to discuss what a blunder you two created due to your carelessness. But, one thing is clear is that the war is going to take place sooner than we all expected. Licha is not going to stay quiet for a long time. She is a clever woman and most probably has played her card already. Again, the three businessmen are also not going to trust Licha for their own security. Elgin was a good option to neutralize the situation for a good amount of time, but unfortunately he is angry with me." Kayuba asked, "What should we do now?" Aliyah said, "Stay underground for the next few weeks. I will tell when to come. And one more thing, Xao Chang is back." Bayu looked at Kayuba and said, "I think we should be careful now. Xao Chang must have already sent someone to fetch us." Kayuba said, "No. He won't fetch us. That rascal doesn't care for me anymore. He will definitely try to kill me. The only thing is knowing who he has sent to kill me." Aliyah said, "People say I always belittle others make them feel small, so from now on I will not try to reason with anyone even if he or she is in danger. I have decided that I will not indulge in anyone's personal matter." Kayuba asked, "What are you blabbering about?" Aliyah said, "I thought you are going to ask me to help you. So, I already denied your request." Kayuba and Bayu started laughing. Kayuba said, "You really think that I will need your help. Xao Chang is going to send someone more powerful than me to kill me and I'm pretty sure that you will not be able to help me in any way possible." Aliyah felt insulted. She said, "I can fight with demons. Did you forget that I once killed demons like you to protect my palace?" Kayuba smiled, "That is a tale of the past. You were powerful. But, now you don't have the power to even defeat a normal demon like Gongamtei." Aliyah said, "You consider Gongamtei normal? That guy is a freaking monster!" Kayuba smiled, "That's why I don't think you are capable enough to help me. Gongamtei is a great warrior but he has literally no power except his brute physical prowess. He is not even a demon but a normal undead fighter. Maybe, he is too much for you but for us he is still a rookie." Aliyah said, "Gongamtei is not normal. He has incredible power and is extremely sly." Bayu said, "Stop discussing about Gongamtei. We should focus on the current situation. What will we do if Xao Chang sends someone powerful?" Kayuba asked, "Why are you so scared? You have a lot of power to deal with any demon he sends." Bayu said sadly, "I had. But, I lost a good amount of power when I entered the Elf Kingdom. The Elf Kingdom sucked a good amount of power from my body." Aliyah said, "Yes. The ancient wizards created a shield around the Elf Kingdom which sucks almost half of the magical power from the demons. Bayu might be powerful but he surely don't know how to control his full strength till now. Instability gives way to weakness and the shield captured way much power than it can normally do. Also, Alice's presence is a reason for it too. Alice has the Blood Spear inside her heart which soaks a good amount of energy from the enemies. I easily beat Kayuba whom I could have not been able to defeat in Alice's absence. But, don't worry. I have to do a very illegal thing to make you stronger." Bayu asked, "What thing?" Aliyah walked towards the bed and sat on it. She said, "Many, many, many years ago, some sages and an obsequious devotee of Mother Manaca wrote a book which contains a powerful mantra that can give a non-elf entity powers of Mother Manaca but only if he or she meets a certain condition and passes a very rigorous test." Kayuba asked, "What condition?" Aliyah said, "The condition is very simple. The person should be kind-hearted and simple. He or she must have done at least a good virtue in their life and shouldn't be indulged in any moral crimes of life. Bayu definitely doesn't fit the condition but there is a small loophole in the condition. If he or she has true love in his heart for a person and is willing to throw all his bad intentions for the welfare of his beloved; then he or she will possess the power of the Holy Blood." Kayuba smiled, "Bayu does have true love for a girl. Her name is Elizabeth." Aliyah smiled, "Not so fast, dimwit. Let me finish my whole narration. As I have said, there is a test afterwards. The test is not definitive and varies with the person. The test can be anything and it surely is not easy as only one person has passed the test in ten thousand years. That person was Silen Torilisus. She was a widow who captured by the notorious bandit Saalem who wanted to marry her without her consent. Her pure love for her deceased husband provided her with the power of the Holy Blood and she slaughtered Saalem. But, she died a few years later, presumably suicide due to depression. But, after her no one could pass the test." Bayu asked, "What happens when we take the test and fail?" Aliyah said, "Nothing. The test's outcome depends entirely on you. Pass or fail, you would know the consequences beforehand." Kayuba asked, "How will I take the test?" Aliyah smiled, "Bayu can take the test. You are just a heartless, emotionless, merciless piece of horse turd. You are not even eligible to step inside the temple, let alone take the test. I will let you guys know when it's time. Now, go and hide wherever you find suitable." Kayuba and Bayu disappeared.

Vexana was sitting in the dining table and eating her breakfast when Aliyah stormed inside the room and violently threw a plate full of boiled chickpeas and onions on her chest. Vexana said, "You didn't like your breakfast, Aliyah? Say it to the chef. What did you gain by throwing it on me?" Aliyah said angrily, "It's not about the food, you piece of shit. It is about the last night. You intentionally turned Elgin against me. You told him that I wanted to kill Cindy when I learned that she is pregnant with Elgin's baby. You created a rift between our solid friendship." Vexana said, "I only told the truth, Aliyah. You are a monster and everybody knows it perfectly. You have anger issues and you are an eccentric bitch. If Cindy was not with Kystion and was here in the palace while she was pregnant, you would have surely tried to give her a "peaceful" death." Aliyah said angrily, "I hate this new deceitful face of you, Vexana. I thought the responsibilities of being a Queen has made you wise, but I was wrong. You are still that emotional fool who couldn't digest the fact that I chose my motherland over her love." Vexana said angrily, "Yes. I am still that emotional fool who cannot digest the fact that the woman whom I love so immensely is a heartless bitch. She doesn't care about anyone's feelings and likes to control and manipulate their lives according to her whims." Aliyah said angrily, "You know what, Vexana. You disgraced me beyond repair. I don't want to see your face ever again in my life. Just finish your breakfast and get lost." Vexana said, "I am the Queen and I order you to leave my palace at once." Aliyah said, "You are no Queen, you are just a clown. And I cannot leave the palace until Alice leaves. We are connected in one way." Vexana said, "You send her alone." Aliyah said, "Yes. But, I lost all my powers and became an ordinary ghost." Vexana said, "You are an ordinary ghost and moreover, you have acquired a new identity. You are now a selfish jerk." Aliyah said, "If I'm a selfish jerk, you are the one who did fellatio with this selfish jerk." Vexana said, "It's not fellatio, you illiterate. It's cunnilingus and I didn't do anything of that sort." Aliyah said, "That's not important what sexual positions we tried. The important thing is that you betrayed me when I trusted you to be naked with you." Vexana said angrily, "Having sex with you doesn't mean I have to agree with all your stupidity." Aliyah said, "I do stupidity? I am the one who has been saving you all all from mishaps till now. Krymon would have killed all you if I hadn't intervened." Vexana said, "Your intervention resulted into nothing. You just brought the Shinigano and Shuken people together and killed Hilda." Aliyah said, "I had to kill her. That woman was bad." Vexana said, "She betrayed her brother for us and you didn't even tried to save her children." Aliyah said, "I don't care about them. They are just liabilities for future. But, I let them live. I didn't killed them." Vexana said, "Your mercy amounted to nothing. You will be an evil woman in their eyes for the rest of their lives." Aliyah said, "Fine. I also don't want to have a respectable image in everyone's life. I just want to save the kingdom from the enemies, both inside and outside." Vexana said, "You pressurized Elgin in going to Namaria and now if Kystion attacks what are we gonna do?" Aliyah said, "I have bigger problems now. Xao Chang knows about this place. He has already sent someone to retrieve the Blood Spear and kill us." Vexana said, "We have to change Alice's location right now." Aliyah said, "I already sent her to Mount Tysogame to get treated." Vexana asked, "So, what should we do now?" Aliyah said, "I don't know. We have to let the enemies strike first. We can only predict the damage and not prevent it from happening." Aliyah disappeared in purple smoke. Vexana sighed, "This psycho is more dangerous than Xao Chang." She disappeared in white mist.

Aliyah looked at Alice and then sighed, "Why did you have to go to a coma when your help is so badly required? I will try my best to rescue you from whatever problem you are suffering from." Aliyah kissed her forehead and said, "Take her safely to Mount Tysogame and keep her safe at any cost. Our entire future depends on her health." Two female elves took her and disappeared in gray mist. Aliyah created a sphere around her and soon disappeared in white mist. She appeared near a small tree and then touched the tree and said, "Please, forgive me, master Hana. I have to take your sword and use it to kill the enemies of the Kingdom." She uprooted the tree and soon a sword appeared beneath it. Aliyah took the sword in her hand and bowed before the tree. She then disappeared in purple smoke....