12 Flowers || Abyss! Aether

││5th FLOWER۞

HOPE││5THFLOWER۞

"...it was stopped by your sister your highness."

I never have seen him surprised yet his eyes shine with happiness but those emotion fades away when he realizes what's the situation. His sister has helped other people to stop his plan.

Everyone stared at him in worry, through I don't know much of his history than others that been with him for a very long time. But he was in a state of complete distortion.

The fact his sister was alive or the fact she might become his enemy. Things never have been this complicated. Yet I, the moment heard that his sister was alive thought, she can help him and make him happy. I was hopeful as everyone was ordered to return to the abyss and he desire to be left alone by everyone.

"Your high--"I wanted to call out to him but I was pulled behind by a certain abyss Herald. He stared down at me and to the prince not far from us.

"Mortal child, you have not known all the tales, I would rather you not mangle more than you should be. As such things as this. That grace was given to you, to let you live till the prince have enough of false belief and comfort. You should know your place."

Through no one really liked me and always told me off when the prince is not around. I was use to that but hearing the abyss Herald voice seems sad as well I can't help but stare one more time to the prince before we left him off alone with his thoughts.

...

I want to become strong, to be able to help the prince at his war with the world. Though I don't wish for anyone death but having to see him happy, I don't mind learning...or seeing the consequences that were cost by me.

With such thoughts, I thought about how to make the prince open up to me while I stared at the blade that was given to me. To the world of the abyss around me. A place of no God has to lead an eye on.

"Do you want to mock battle with me?" I ask the prince who seats on one of the borders of the abyss, he looks to where I was and jumps from the high border to the space a few steps in front of me. "Hm, it seems that you change, to be able to ask me to such favor as this... Times do go by." He summon a blade and stared at me.

"Shall we begin?" He ask me which I nodded too. Though I'm not the best as others who is under his command, he still fights me with the thought of holding back, I want to be strong and fight him without him holding back. Because I want to stand my ground and maybe this time, I have the guts to ask him.

'please don't go easy with me." I ask him as we exchange blows of our swords, he stared at me when I utter those words through I'm already beaten by simple sparring as that. I am weak but that doesn't mean I will stay that way, if I train enough, I can become a strong person

"Fine,  I hope you won't regret that." With those words, those blows that made me back away a few steps have thrown me off a mile to the wall. But instead of giving up through the pain of my body already screaming at me to stop, I have stood my ground and held the blade he had given me.

"Hm... You still standing up... Then if you can make me step away from where I stood, I'll grant you a favor." Such words motivated me, it made me feel that all those pain are nothing as I look at my goal.

Our battle comes a long way and I'm the only one who is sweating, we gather some crowd around us, cheering for the prince ... And for me?

"I don't think you'll win but good luck!!"

One of the abyss mages of Anemo said to me from the crowd.

I smiled before I continued. Through some times pass, I felt my body aren't able to be moved from all the pain from crashing to the wall and thrown back by the simple slash by the prince. I still move as I wanted that favor.

"To should stop, your body will give in and you might suffer great consequences by overdoing it." The prince said but I continue to try and thought of a plan. Since there's no rule then it's ok. To do that right?

I thought as I look around the palace and then to the prince. I take a deep breath and ran toward him when I'm about to slash him

"You --"

I throw some dust from the ground toward his face and duck as well kick his legs. It was cheating but who can say in this world of the abyss where there's no such thing as moral and having bad habits such as cheating is normality and arent looked down upon by others.

"..."

The crowd was silent as the prince have moved from his spot and now lying on the floor.

"Agh..." The pain that I tried to stop has overcome me which made me unable to stand up and collapse beside him.

"Your highness..." I mumble after a few deep breaths, I heard him hum in response.

"The... Favor... I want you to trust all of us who's with you your hope and your pain. Since we always be with you... To who knows when... " Feeling out of breath to say that simple sentence, I know that I'm not the only one who wants him to stop bottling his feelings, and since everyone else is just like me. Can you trust us? Even I don't know what kind of story behind all of this, the history of the abyss, it doesn't matter. Since in the very beginning those so-called evil people by the upper world are the ones who took me in, though they hated me they still bear with me.

There are so many thoughts in my mind I want to tell him but my consciousness slowly fades away.

"......I'll try... And thank you .." I felt a warm hand holds mine as everything fades away.

"What a silly human..."

"It doesn't matter, she's the silly human of the abyss..."