A Thousand Years | 𝐆𝐮𝐆𝐮

Chapter 5|ʜᴇ

The wails started to die down as Emperor's features glowed from the flame's light. His mocking grin returned again as he waited for her reply.

Lady Crane is awakened once again that this guy in front of her is dangerous. She was tasked to kill him because he pose a threat to the world.

It wouldn't sway her principles though.

Everyone is a threat.

No one is excused.

She grimaced as she felt the pain behind her. Her blood continued to drip as she adjusted the kid once again to her embrace. His nose scrunched up from the disturbance so Lady Crane gently rocked him to make him slumber back.

"No thank you, princess?" Emperor walked to her direction and sat directly in front of her.

His eyes were sharp as he surveyed her body. He ended up gritting his teeth in annoyance at her wounds. He hated seeing her bleed especially if it is not him who inflicted those to her.

"Thank you." Lady Crane whispers softly and smiled at him. "For saving us."

His brows furrowed again in annoyance. "I didn't save you no shit. Like I told you, I'm the only one allowed to kill you." He grits out.

"I see." Lady Crane nodded and returned her attention to the slumbering kid. She gently caressed his hair as the kid cutely mewled at the ticklish feeling in his sleep.

A warm smile graced her features that catched Emperor off guard.

She looked so genuine.

No, no, he can't be deceived. He will never be deceived.

Yet she saved a kid.

No, no, she's just trying to play heroic.

"What are you doing here though?" Lady Crane asked him as she continued to pat the kid in her embrace.

Now that she thinks about it, she haven't heard the kid utter his name. Maybe she'll ask him later on the moment he wakes up.

Lady Crane observed his features closely. His albino locks were unkempt like the way she described a moment ago. His lips were pinkish and he had the cutest nose. Lady Crane ended up smiling once again remembering his electric blue eyes gazing up to her as he cutely sobbed.

"Whose kid is that anyway?"

Emperor crouched down and inspected the kid at her embrace.

"I don't know." She replied the truth.

Emperor looks at her as if she have grown another head. "You are really easy to manipulate, eh?"

"Eh?" She tilted her head at his remarks. "I am? How so?"

"What if you saved the wrong person?"

"I guess I'll die then." She shrugs and looked at him. "Can you revert back to your not hideous look?"

"Did you just call me ugly?" His eyes twitched in anger.

"I didn't! That came out of your own mouth." She defends.

His jaw drop at her reply. "I don't want to scare him the moment he wakes up because of your scorpion get-up. " She added.