A Wind After The Winter • Book I || KHR Fanfiction

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The White Chrysanthemum's Ninth Petal

The appearance of Lucas in front of Yuki... is nothing but pure disrespect. How dare they make a dead person out of mana and most of all, the person that Yuki love and make her fight it. This is underestimating Lucas's power and Yuki's love for him. 

"You are not Lucas." Yuki's angry and gripped her sword harder, "How dare you..." 

Storm-clouds slowly hid the red bright sky and the place became darker with small lightning strikes.

"Calm down." Keira smacked Yuki at the back of her head making the little girl cry a little, "It hurts!" Yuki flinched at the sudden sound of lighting, "Control your emotions." Keira's harsh words made her flinch again, "A woman who cannot control her emotion is immature and dangerous to be around." The sound of the hand-fan opening resonates the whole room, "Especially a court member."

Yuki could feel Keira's ruby eyes burning behind her.

"In a world full of deceptions and lies, expression and body language is the greatest weapon. You fail to master it, you'll be dead. Especially if you are a woman. Learn how to control and hide it, it will be your greatest weapon." 

The reason why Keira said a woman of the court that cannot control her emotion is dangerous because of this.

Large thunder strikes the ground causing a crack on it. The wind blows harsher and harsher every minute, but neither of the two get blown by it as they stared at each other: one with hatred and one with softness. 

"Hello, Yuki." The Lucas said with the voice that Yuki caved into, but... It's not Lucas.

A quick flash with the sound of thunder made the Lucas widen his eyes and jumped back before a thin blade came across his neck, "You don't miss me?"

"Shut up." Blue sapphire eyes look at him with the intent to kill, which made him smirk, "My~ I never thought I would see the person I love look at me like that."

"You are not." 

Yuki concentrated her snow flames at the tip of her sword and slashed it to the Lucas who avoided it by an inch, but the coldness didn't spared his hair and froze it. The Lucas's smile strained, "You really intent to kill me."

"Could you please change your face?" Yuki politely asks. 

"Unfortunately, I can't because I was made with this face." The Lucas already gave up acting like the real because this girl is not as stupid as his maker said, "Are you really going to kill this face?"

"You are not Lucas."

Yes. He had already given up.

"What a bother..." Green flow gather at the right hand of the Lucas and a sword slowly made an appearance, "Mistress only said to damage your emotions, but it seems I'll take the other way." The Lucas smiles at Yuki with killing intent. It made her uncomfortable because it is still the face of Lucas what he is using, 'This is definitely not my Lucas.'

Yuki frowned and purse her lips, 'That flow is definitely not his... Lucas's mana... is something I will never forget.' 

In the past, 10 years back,

Green eyes filled with fear look at emerald ones, "No... Please!" Aneesa choked on her saliva as fear envelop her body and all. She already have her body pinned on the floor by the pressure and the injure on both of her legs, caused by the person in front of her. 

'How... How could just two people do this?!!' She screamed on her mind. She's a Obelia, dammit! Such humiliations! 

She was just having dinner alone because her father can't even leave his bed right now because of his state, until a servant reported to her that the mansion is being under attack... by two people. And she immediately went to her father's room, but she was stopped by a suddenly explosion. She don't know what to do at times like this, since she was born, the Obelia mansion was never attacked even once. She is aware how powerful this family is and it's infiltrations.