Find It! The Wishes Hidden in Winter #2

Chapter 9: Royal Blood

Lisa POV

For a moment I think I'm dreaming. The words that sprouted out of Kameko's mouth were a figment of my imagination. Right now I'm about to wake up and realize we're still in the Treasury of Forbidden Items.

That's definitely not the case as I stare back at the chief's facial expression.

Out of all the people, I wouldn't have anticipated that Kameko would be the one to say such a thing.

Now Chevalier is standing by my side, fervently nodding her head along with Virtue. Both seemingly willing to protect me from any sort of scheme he might conjure.

Before I tell you this I just want to make it clear that in no way shape or form am I agreeing to this. So be warned before making your opinion on the matter.

Something that I've always notice, instilled perhaps by my adoptive parents is their willingness to drop any sort of dispute between them in order to defend me.

I appreciate it. I really do. This is because they stop whatever feud they were having and become friends again. At least temporarily before they remember and start arguing all over again.

However I feel like I can't do the same for them. Which is why I feel like I don't deserve it. I'm too sheltered. I'm too much of a pacifist to do it back.

Hah, imagine that----a water mage that has fought against unimaginable creatures of the darkness. Who has spilled their blood and watched countless innocents die.

In my defense I knew it was for worldwide peace.

I fidget and can't decide whether or not to avoid eye contact when he finally speaks.

I've only heard him speak once, and that was though my biological father's memories. Something that I've pushed aside. I didn't forget, I just...

"You both look like Sirius." he said in a tone that sounded like shattering crystals. "The hair, the facial expression, everything. Especially the one in pink."

Is he playing with us? It throws Chevalier off and she bites her lip. "You know our grandfather?"

"Of course I do. If I knew Julius than I'd have to know about his older twin." Another round of shattering crystals. "It was right of him to leave when he could. They bring trouble, twins."

Twins. It wasn't a compliment. Mocking.

From my viewpoint I have no idea on Julius so I can't judge him on whether he was a bad person. Romulus turned out to be a bad egg, my u-u-unc---

I can't say those words. They simply stutter, forget him. He's dead. He's no one now. He got what he deserved. Moving on...

Emiyo and Kameko. The Precure Twins.

When the prophecy was foretold, we were kept in the dark.

Kameko didn't know. I didn't know. Emiyo did. She did everything she could to prevent it from happening, from one of us going bad. The prophecy had to come to pass but she wouldn't go down without a fight.

When it was in fact her the entire time.

But she broke free. From grief to accepting. And she isn't bad. She's never been.

So hearing such words break my silence.

"Not all the time."

It's a snide remark, but a remark nonetheless.

Now he's eyeing me. I hope my trembling legs don't show because it would be honestly pretty pathetic. If I really wanted, I could have him sent flying through the air like a frisbee and the thought makes me calm down. I wonder how a human frisbee would look like. Kinda fleshy.