Chapter 845: Choice Of The Past


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    It ended up turning into a big incident.


    Lucielle''s ughter of the ones who enved her ended up blowing up more than she-or anyone else would have thought.


    The number of people she killed was fifteen, and she was barely even ten years old.


    She also burned down the building where their business was being run, freeing all of the ves that they held captive-one among them being her sister.


    No, they weren''t rted by blood.


    However, after spending so much time together in captivity, the both of them ended up developing a strong bond. The girl would constantly protect Lucielle from the rest of the stronger ves, and sheforted her when things seemed hopeless.


    Anytime Lucielle starved, her big sis woulde and share some of her rations.


    Whenever her anger reached the precipice and she wanted tosh out, her sister was the only one who could calm her down.


    Whatever punishment she suffered... it was only lessened because of the existence of that girl who suffered with her.


    "Her name was Aisha... and she was the only one I truly cared about in the whole world." Releasing all of the ves was only a direct consequence of her sister''s emancipation. Unlike Lucielle at the time, Aisha was very empathetic, and she strongly believed in the great responsibility that apanied power.


    "If we are not to be like them... we need to be better!"


    Those were her constant words.


    In any case, Magic was what granted Lucielle her freedom-as well as what she had craved since the moment she was first whisked into very.


    ... Power!


    She finally had power!


    "After that, it wasn''t very long for the Kingdom to take notice of me. They tracked me down... caught me when I was stealing food with Magic, and... well..."


    "They arrested you?"


    "No... but they nearly did. But, all of them were stopped by the man who would end up bing my mentor in Magic-Philius."


    Philius was everything Lucielle wasn''t: he was an old man who had dedicated himself to the art of Magic, having no talent in the art whatsoever.


    After hearing the news about what a single child did with Magic, he embarked on a mission to find her... and after just a few days, he was sessful. The guards that caught Lucielle stealing were his entourage, and after they brought her to him... he was willing to forgive her transgressions under one condition.


    "Be my disciple!"


    That was his offer to her.


    "At the time, I couldn''t understand it." Lucielle interrupted the story with a slight smirk. "What I had done was deserving of death, you know?"n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Back then, thew regarding very and its enforcement was very strict.


    A ve who killed their Master had to be killed as well. ves had no human rights


    whatsoever, and so crimesmitted by them were even more damning.


    Yet... everything could be washed away if she agreed to this man''s sole request.


    "I should have just epted the request and changed everything about my life forever, but... I guess I was still very stubborn then. Stubborn and proud."


    Lucielle decided to fight the old man, and the guards, so she could guarantee her freedom.


    "It was a fight I will never forget. I was able to knock back the guards, but my main target was the old man."


    She thought that if she caught the frail old man-someone who resembled some rich noble- she could take him as a hostage and bargain a much better deal.


    Unfortunately, things didn''t work as nned.


    "One flick of his finger-that was all it took for him to win."


    Lucielle''s whole body became paralyzed, and within a split-second, she was surrounded by the same guards she had pushed away.


    Her small, kneeling frame was overwhelmed by the number of adversaries towering above her. It was clearly over for her.


    She was going to die.


    But-


    "P-PLEASE FORGIVE MY SISTER!"


    -As she always did, Aisha came to save her.


    Aisha cried and begged until her voice became hoarse, all so that Lucielle''s life would be spared.


    Thankfully, the old man listened.


    Of course, the only way she could be spared was for her to ept his initial offer.


    Lucielle had to agree.


    "But only if Aishaes with me. I''m not going anywhere without her!" It felt like a foolish thing for a kid with no rights and no choice to do, but this was a stubborn brat through and


    through.


    She wasn''t going anywhere unless her big sister came with her.


    "Fair enough." Fortunately, the old man Philius agreed. "The two of you will return with me to the Royal Pce."


    It was only at this point that the two girls realized just how grand the scale of their invitation was. Before they would even be able to realize it... they were going to be thrust into a whole


    new world.


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    "Aisha became a Warrior, since she had no talent in Magic."


    Lucielle''s smile and excitement had long fizzled out at this point. She had returned to her stoic, slightly tense tone.


    "She trained to be a member of the Royal Knights, working to her bones every day, just so she could justify staying in the pce and being as close to me as possible." A sad smile yed once again on her face.


    "While she did all of this, I lived the mostfortable and sheltered life while training under Philius. It wasn''t all bed and roses, of course. There was a lot of pressure and expectation ced on me... especially when the war with the Dragons began."


    She exined how, due to her innate talent, she was constantly made to study ande up with her own Spells, Magic Theories, and research-new ways tobat the growing threats of the Dragons.


    Lucielle never had a normal childhood, and she never got the chance to live normally even as


    she grew older.


    She was only a child when the Dragons attacked, and at that point her fate was sealed.


    "My life was Magic."


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    [A/N]


    Thanks for reading!


    I hope you enjoyed the backstory. Don''t worry... we''ll get to the main story soon enough.