Chapter 21 - Omeen


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    Huh? That voice… It was unmistakably my mother’s! I spun around, my hair flipping with the motion, but she wasn’t there. Confusion washed over me. It felt as if she were singing right behind me, urging me to listen. A sudden realization struck me: what if I was the only one hearing it? What if this was her way of calling me?


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    hikari wa kiesatta. Nikushimi"????


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    Thank goodness you still have a few brain cells remaining, I thought, letting out a sigh.


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    What''s that supposed to mean? I thought, getting up. "Innocent?" I scoffed. "And what sort of injustice was done to you, Mother?"


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    "Do you really think...I, Roxana Von Olar Mera Eana Kior, the 2nd Princess of Kior who lost all of her family members, would fall for the killer of my own family?" Mother screamed from the top of her lungs, bending down slightly with her right hand clutching her chest.


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    WHAT? I thought as my eyes widened in shock. "Killer of your own family?" I asked, emotionlessly.


    "That''s right. Hades Limonizer Vernoke Domino. My deceased husband," she said, making a pitiful face.


    "Deceased? WHAT''S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN, MOTHER???" I pressed, my voice rising.


    "Hades...you''re just like him. That''s why I hate him even more. Even more than you hate me," she said, turning around with a bright smile. "But I also love you...just because of that," she added, her head lowering sullenly.


    "So...the person I call ''Father'' was never my father?" I asked, looking down, my voice barely audible.


    "Hades was reported dead the day you were born. But his body wasn''t found, yet he came back, alive that very day. But you know what? No one, absolutely no one suspected him. You know why? Because Helios was obsessed with me, from the very beginning to the very end."


    "..." I stood there, my mind a whirlpool of confusion and disbelief.


    "Oh right, you don''t know who he is. Helios is my husband''s twin brother, your uncle, and my brother-in-law. He wasn''t talented like Hades, so he would cling onto me, something Hades wanted to keep...like a souvenir of the Kior Empire?" She explained, her voice dripping with disdain.


    "So, the fact that you love Father was just a rumor and Uncle''s way of getting rid of Father?" I asked, my voice tinged with desperation.


    "Hades would be so happy if he were to ever hear you call him that," she replied, her eyes narrowing slightly, a bitter smile playing on her lips.


    What''s the meaning of all this? I thought, my heart and mind both racing uncontrollably.


    "AHH!" I screamed, clutching my head as a sharp pain shot through it. It felt like a thousand needles were being driven into my skull. My vision blurred and darkened, and I stumbled, barely able to keep my balance. The room seemed to spin around me, the walls closing in.


    "Luxana, I never...once...hated you..." Mother’s voice echoed faintly in my ears, but the pain was overwhelming. It was as if my brain was being torn apart from the inside. Each pulse of pain was a hammer blow, resonating through my skull.


    "AHHHHHHHH," the pain was killing me. I couldn''t even hear her words correctly... "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"


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    To be Continued...