Chapter 15

Chapter 15:Cruel Exchange I slowly opened my eyes and… immediately got up. I immediately looked around, I saw Princess Lamia. I"m probably at the holy sanctuary? "Where- where is kuya ?? What happened to Nyphe? Sina Fallon and Headmaster Ares? A-are they ok ?! " I immediately asked her, her expression was complicated. I"m still wishing it was a dream, that I was crying. It's just a prank from my brother. A joke that we can easily laugh off, but… it"s real. We"re in reality and it really happened. I would have touched his shoulder in case something stopped me. "Huh?" a chain? I"m chained? It"s not an ordinary chain, it"s combined with magic that you can"t use a blessing. I finally understand, but I didn't react. I totally deserve this. once you have chain bind magic. The higher ups have already decided what they will do. "L-Lady Dethyria. T-they"re… "Lamia couldn"t continue what she was going to say. "Gone." Lamia explained everything, I will be punished of course for breaking the rules not to use forbidden magic. As well as killing them. It"s because I already have their blessing, they can no longer be cured at all. Sucking their blessing also means sucking their life force and souls. Napayuko naman ako, I wanted to see kuya for one last time. Where is their body? Did they bury it already? But I don"t think I deserve to see them? Lamia said I had been lying down for three days. It"s because I deserve this and probably destined to be like this. be a failure- "YOU! YOU- "I never raised my head. I know whose voice it is. "YOU- YOU ARE THE REASON WHY YOUR BROTHER IS GONE! YOU FREAK- " My aunt shouted loudly, Lamia immediately stopped my aunt who was ready to do something to me. he is also one of the higher ups… "Dethyria, you"re really like your mother and father. A disappointment. " I gritted my teeth at what I heard from uncle. All my relatives are here. I never heard what they were saying, my mind is just blank now. I realized suddenly someone threw stones at me- it was my aunt. She threw me a large jewel, my head bled. "You monster! Are you really jealous of your brother !? So you did that!?! You will never be successful like your brother !!! " he shouted. "You only have a little achievement and you became arrogant! Piece of trash! Who will be in charge of this school ?! You! ?? " he added. "You used forbidden magic, Dethyria. You already know what will happen to you. " Uncle replied. "You freak- look at you, a monster! You are a monster! " "YOU DESERVE TO DIE!" The blood continued to drip from my head but it didn't hurt or should I say I didn't feel the pain. I held it and felt a horn in my head. But I still have my halo? Do I have a horn on my right forehead? But in the end I ignored it. That"s right, I"m indeed a monster. "T-wait- the higher ups still didn"t state their approval of Lady Dethyria"s punishment. It can still be changed. " Lamia said suddenly. "Sh-she didn"t mean that to happen. I know he didn't mean that- I was there. " Lamia added. "Hah! Pity, but the higher ups have already decided. Including your father, princess. There is nothing more you can do. " confident in auntie's harvest. And they left. A few holy guards went to get me again. Lamia is stopping them. "W-wait, let me bandage her first-" "Princess, she will also be killed tomorrow. Why bother? " said one of the guards, we heard the door open loudly. It was Prince Lyf carrying food. Lamia immediately approached her brother. "Brother, help me. They"re taking her away to the dungeon. " "Fathers have already decided-" Lyf dropped the food he had already brought and looked shocked. "What ?! He"s breaking his promise- "I ignored what was happening. What"s there to bother? I have no reason to live anymore. I killed my brother, my best friend, the headmaster and even Fallon. I deserve the punishment: execution. I didn't realize that Lyf was the only one left, maybe he fired the guards. He slowly put a bandage on my bloody head. "Angel… I will try-" "Don't help me, Prince Lyf." I said softly to her. "You"re right, I shouldn"t have done that. Now, my brother is gone… " "I really regretted what I did, I wish I wasn"t curious, I wish I was obedient now… I… murdered them. I don't know what to do anymore. " "I really wish I could turn back time. I wish I listened to you… I have many wisheds pero… wala na eh. I have no chance. I"m alone now. I can"t bring them back. " I couldn't help but cry again, Prince Lyf hugged me to comfort me. "Don"t say that. I"m… I"m still here. " I smiled sadly at him. "Don"t… bother, you want to be king right? If you oppose your father… then you won"t be king like you wished. " "So don't help me. This is my mistake, my fault. You don't have to help me. If you help me, I will never forgive you. so don't interfere. " Prince Lyf has a bright future ahead of him. If he intervenes, his life will forever be tainted by me and my sins. I could see his eyes falling, but I only smiled at him. I'm already in the dungeon, I already said what I wanted to say to Lyf. But he still didn't leave me… "Let me help you." that's what he always told me. But I didn't answer that and I didn't talk to him anymore, I just smiled at him… Until the guards fire him, he can"t cause riot now. Now that he had his father's attention. It"s going to be a public execution and it"s open right away. Of course, the news was immediately announced to everyone. Especially what happened in the hall that day, when I lost consciousness. The guards came in, they already had a hunch that I was the cause of it. Since Lamia is a witness, she wanted to protect me case… someone used a blessing that she won"t tell lies. So she confessed everything that happened. When I walked towards the dungeon which is located in the central town of Angel town, people were looking at me. I could see the way they looked at me, like they were disgusted and scared at the same time. I also heard their whispers non ‘Isn"t she that fallen royalty?"
'What happened? Why does he have horns? And red eyes? "
‘I heard she became a monster when she used forbidden magic"
‘All I know is he killed his brother out of jealousy."
‘Really? Can he have a lot of achievements because of that magic? "
‘It"s not like his older brother is talented, so use forbidden magic."
‘Isn"t he talented what? Forbidden magic is the only defense. '
‘He allegedly killed many so execution was his punishment."
‘IN my opinion he deserves that." I can"t help but cringe, they"re right. I"m indeed a monster now, using forbidden magic. I really should have died. I'm really to blame for everything, right? But why did they lose their lives and not mine? "What will happen to the academy?" Guard 1
"Yeah right? now the two headmasters are gone. " Guard 2
"Of course the higher ups will manage that." Guard 3 I ignored them, now that brother and headmaster is now gone. I will be guessing that everything will be more difficult. But I don"t care anymore, I laughed softly. I will also die so why would I care now? It will all end tomorrow anyways. (Future: Execution Day) My hair was messy and my outfit was really torn down because of them pushing me. I am always on my knees so my knee is bleeding. I still have chains on me so I can't use the blessing, it's really needed for every execution. They"re going to use magic to kill me of course. Many people also attended my execution, wow… said that I'm still famous. But I can"t help but laugh in my mind, I"m mentally exhausted and physically tired now. I had no sleep and no food. Prince Lyf keeps visiting me in case I don't pay attention to him, he keeps saying something to me but I don't listen. You see, I don"t care anymore. Prince Lyf shouldn"t care about me too, it"s a good thing he wasn"t there that day. Otherwise he might be involved as well. I still remember the night when I heard shouting when I was in the dungeon. "BROTHER! IF YOU DO SOMETHING- YOUR FATHER WILL NEVER APPROVE YOU! YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE KING! " I heard Lamia shout outside my cell. I didn"t look at all but I… was listening. "BROTHER- PLEASE STOP- father already favored you to rule the demons, if you do something… he will surely…" I closed my eyes and covered my ears. Hearing them… bring back memories.
I"m really thankful that they didn"t, Lamia left before that happened. It would… be bad if they were both involved. I no longer ignored the whispers of the angels and demons around. I just bent down and walked without emotion. My head feels heavy now that I have a halo and a horn at the same time. It's like a half angel-demon. But I feel more like a monster though. The wide area has a glass floor which means you can see its reflection. When I arrived in the middle I could already see myself. I looked like a mess, red-blue eyes… horns… what… am I now? Monster. I"m a monster… "BOOOO! KILL PEOPLE! "
"MONSTER!"
"MURDERER!"
"What a waste of your talent."
"It's a pity you're so good!" Shouts of angels and demons around me. I couldn't help but laugh at myself. The guard made me kneel. "Angels and Demons, welcome." Little by little I was surprised… so the higher ups are here. But I don't know them, except for my auntie of course. I ignored them, that's up to you. "We're here today to execute Lady Dethyria Javier for murdering 4 people and for also using forbidden magic in her own accord." Announced by an angel beside me. "First we're going to cut her wings." Ah yes, it's in the execution. Before execution, I will take your wings and eyes. No one said that my wing was cut off, I immediately bit my lip to stop my scream in extreme pain. "Look up, Lady Dethyria." I was already breathing heavily because of the amount of blood lost in my wing. It keeps coming out… I followed what the announcer said, suddenly something stuck in my left eye. I couldn"t stop screaming because of it. This method is really painful because it"s also torture before execution. The angel announcer scooped out my left eye. I fell down then non. I can still see my reflection, my left eye was bleeding and I feel like sh-t right now. "Next is your right eye, then we'll proceed on the execution." I felt so heavy and I still endured the pain. I heard a lot of murmurs around and my head hurt even more because of it. "She managed to stay awake after that?" person 1.
"Great, no one can survive this long." Person 2.
"Yes, they usually faint just by cutting off their wings." Person 3.
"So it's more exciting what happened here, we enjoyed the event." Person 4. No one is a saint. I slowly looked up and saw my aunt who had been enjoying what was happening. Did I forget to mention that such execution always happens? It only happens when some demons or angels opposed to higher ups. But not once did I attend such an event because my older brother would not let me. I already miss him. I gritted my teeth and breathed heavily, I slowly glanced to the crowd. Seems like looking for… who am I looking for? That"s weird… where… is he? I didn"t find him but I did see Nyphe"s family. I saw her mother… crying. Maybe he was disappointed in what I did to his son, but… that"s not what I see, it seems like another angel is preventing him from coming here. "Dethyria! Lady Dethyria! " she cried out. I just smiled at her and slowly mouthed… ‘sorry" to her. I lost my left eye so… I didn't see much of his reaction after that. Some blood fell in my right eye so I couldn't see much. Suddenly, the guards built me ​​up and punched me in my stomach to fix me up. I coughed a mouthful of blood. "THAT WAS UNNECESSARY!" shout of one who is in the crowd. It was Nyphe"s father"s voice… I couldn"t help but cry. Even… even though I hurt them because of what I did to their child. They"re still the same caring family I knew. "Look up Lady-huh?" the announcer angel stopped and looked at the behavior of the higher ups. I was so weak to look but I still did. There stood a demon with a long beard, one hand raised. What? This only means one thing, the execution will not continue. But why? Lamia was beside that person, maybe this is Lamia and Lyf's father? "Yes King Lamier, we will proceed to banish the Lady instead of execution." I couldn't react because I was too weak to do so, the guards dropped me and I ended up lying on the floor. "Banishment !?"
"Huh? Why ?! "
"BOOOOOO! Why are you freeing the monster! " People around me shouted. "Don't worry fellow angels and demons, the Lady will be teleported to a place where there are many corrupted species." The angel announced, "She will still have her chains and she will most likely die in that place, so rest assured that the culprit will still die." BUT I WANTED TO DIE !!! RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW! I have no reason to live again ok !? I have no family left- i… just want to rest like them. Before I could speak what suddenly lit up the surroundings, a teleportation circle. Hah… that's up to you. I glanced at the crowd once again wishing I could see him one last time before die… and I did, but what… why? Why does he have blood on his face? Why does Lyf looked so weak? He was in the back and just arrived. but the way he walked looked so wrong. He was holding one of his arms and he was walking limply. There was also blood on his neck and face. His eyes widened at what he saw, like he was so surprised. He was about to shout case… I was teleported away. Ever to be seen again. (Grimm"s POV) "Master!" the master did not listen to me and continued walking towards his father who was sitting in the high chair. Other people started to leave because they were disappointed with what they saw. "You f-cking lied to me." The master said softly to his father. There were only a few people around but they were looking at our behavior. "RIPPING HER WINGS AND SCOOPING HER EYES IS UNNECESSARY!" Master shouted loudly, I could still see the fresh blood coming out of his back. "I took half of her punishment yet you continue doing that?" "Lyford, you're being too arrogant. So what if I did that? I still have the authority. " Master's father's authoritative answer. The master laughed, it was a scary laugh I have never heard before. "Brother, you still have a wound on your back. You just finished your punishment- "-Lamia "You said you would not continue her punishment if I took half of her punishment. But you still did, you even tortured her? Banish her? " continuation of the master. "You only took half of her punishment, 100 lashes are still not enough-" the master's father didn't continue to say because the master spoke again. "Oh? Aren"t you pathetic? Then you drowning me again wasn"t enough too? " master's cold cut and stood upright. My eyes got bigger because of what he did… His back bleeds more, that"s right. Prince Lyford, my master made a deal with his father. He took half of Lady Dethyria"s punishment despite the lady telling him not to. Master took 100 lashes the took another punishment that triggers his phobia. He endured it all in one night. Only to know that her father did the punishment to Lady Dethyria. If master… hadn't come, master Dethyria might have died forever. "Father, remember the offer you gave me? who am I next to be your king? I changed my mind. I"m not going to be king. " "Y-you! you can"t do this Lyford. I am still your father and I will still be followed. " Loud cry of the king of demons. "It won"t be for long, don"t you remember? If a demon graduates, they will no longer need a parental care. That is one of the rules. " Master answered in a cheeky tone. After the master said that he walked away. I immediately followed the master. "Master… what are you going to do?" I will ask "She will survive and I will find her." ~~~~ 10 years later ~~~~ (Someone"s POV) "Do you know why you became a hunter early? It"s because of this angel. " A child with long blonde hair looked up. Cold expression like her mother, the little kid saw a portrait of 6 persons smiling. There was a trace on the face of a smiling woman. Her hair is pink and she is smiling. She was beautiful and eye-catching. "She's a good teacher!" shouted one of the children with him. "Yes, you are right. But have you heard what that woman did? " all the children were silent waiting for the story. "Her name is Lady Dethyria Javier. Also known as the fallen angel, talented in his teenage years. She was indeed wonderful. " Their teacher continued their story. "What happened? Why is he called a fallen angel? Why does he also have a cross on the teacher's face? What a waste." A child's comment. The golden-haired child didn"t speak but he just kept looking at the woman with pink hair. So she"s that famous angel. "She is engaged to forbidden magic, which is caused by her being a monster. He was also the cause of the deaths of two headmasters of our academy. " "She also murdered her best friend and another student." Continuation of their teacher. "I know because I was there to witness everything." "Is that why we're having a hard time now?" asked the blonde -haired woman, the teacher smiled and nodded. "That"s right, Lady Demeter. Since that happened, the academy started to fall. The number of our opponents has increased. " -teacher. "We are having a harder time because of that woman. She may be beautiful, but she is a monster now. She was evil that made us suffer like this. " "So don't imitate him ok?" after the teacher's story the children's opinion changed. Saying she"s indeed a monster and evil for making them suffer at such a young age. They became mature and trained to hunt at a young age because of what was happening. "Where is he now?" asked again the woman with golden hair also called as Demeter. "Well, she was punished. She lost her wings and her left eye. So maybe he's dead now? Some said she"s still alive? Who knows. " Teacher's answer. Demeter never spoke again. But she keeps on looking at the Lady who was accused of being evil. ‘But… elder brother said she"s not evil?" Demeter asked in his mind. He shook his head. ‘I will trust elder brother more!" "Teacher! Who is the man with white wings? He looks familiar? " a student asked. "Oh that"s the great prince Lyford Kedron. He is also one of the top hunters of demons. " The teacher answered. "Huh? Where is he now? He"s not dead, is he? " the teacher was silenced, he would have answered this case suddenly someone spoke. "He"s not, my brother is busy. That"s all. " Answer of the queen. It was Queen Lamia. "Don't you still have a hunt?" Everyone immediately bowed to Lamia, even Demeter bowed down to her. They immediately left. Demeter looked back once again and saw Queen Lamia looking at the portrait. Her eyes were deep and sad. He remembered that he and Lady Dethyria had been friends before, according to rumors heard by Demeter. The prince went away to chase someone. He was called the lone demon who was searching for almost ten years. Demeter followed his teacher… "Oh, go to the cave. You know what to do ok? I don"t want any of you failing in hunting. " Announcement by their teacher. They were 6 years old when they started doing harsh training just to hunt. It started when the number of opponents increased. And started going in the town they were forced to hunt at a young age. Now she"s 10 years old with a telekinesis blessing. He can control things with his mind. "Go group yourself, don't disappoint me students." As soon as his teacher said no, they started to leave. It"s almost night time and they know its opponent is more active. No one really cares if some child will die, it's their fault why they're stupid. That"s how the new rule applies for them. Demeter no longer joined the groups, he knew no one liked him. She"s an outcast. Maybe because of her family background and her family beliefs, believing that Lady Dethyria is not bad. She doesn"t know who her father and mother are, but she"s under the Doane household. Formerly loyal to the Javier family. Especially with Dethyria. She didn"t ask about her parents, since the Doane family cared about her. They love her, but she feels like they"re hiding something. She walked and walked and she didn't encounter an opponent, she sighed. She was lucky- Demeter was stopped when he saw a woman holding a bird. She has mixed color hair, it was black, white and pink. It looks magical. The woman looked at him. "Oh? A child? What are you doing here?" To be continued...