The Silent Heir

Chapter 43

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Finally I got to write! This one is shorter than the last one with only 3k words but man.... I hope it lands.

Here's some tissue.

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Lucy blinked. Hoping and praying for the fourth time that she was just seeing things. She had fought a champion after all, an experienced one at that. She shouldn't be surprised if all those blows had made a concussion strong enough that it made her see it.

When she blinked for the fifth time, however, the smoke was still there. A void suddenly invaded her stomach as she quickly gave Iva to Sister Emma, much to their surprise. "S-stay here." She could barely form a sentence as her body screamed for her to run.

"Lucy, wait!" Seth shouted after, but she was already running. Running as fast and hard as her power infused body could carry her. The cold wind whistled in their ears as they blurred through the night.

Weapons Lucy flinched at the cold yet neutral tone of Emma. After all she had done to provoke her, she was surprisingly cordial this time.

'Your not going to stop me?' Lucy asked, her hands double checking to the pair of daggers she had stolen from the corpses.

Do you want me to? Emma shot off an annoyed frown. Although she could not see it, Lucy could instinctively tell. It was their body, after all.

'No, I... I thought you would want to run away.' She softly replied as she vaulted over a fallen log.

Would you let me? Her voice was dripping with venom.

Lucy hesitated before replying once more. 'T-then why are you helping me?' There was a beat, a slight hesitance from the soldier before she replied.

...Can you kill him? Lucy's eyes widened, her body trembling slightly as she tried to bury her fears, but Emma knew better. It has to happen eventually. If we wanted a shot in truly running away, we have to kill that mutt. There was no remorse in her voice, only the iron conviction to do what Lucy struggled to accept.

'E-Elias-'

He has to die. Lucy flinched, the glare from Emma redoubled. I do not care if you still cling on to hope for those bastards. I don't. The steel within refuses to bend.

'T-then what about the others? Are we-'

If they get in the way, then yes.

There was a slight pause between the two before Lucy mournfully resigned. 'I don't want to do this.' Lucy quietly wept. Emma flinched before turning cold once more.

And yet we need to.

'I-I-'

Do you want to lose everything again? Lucy could not reply. Her mouth refuses to move as she weakly shook her head. Then be a good girl and be quiet. I'll do what needs to be done... as always. Lucy blinked before nodding her head slowly.

The two remained quiet for the rest of the journey. It would have stayed that way when a shout broke them out of their silence. "L-Lucy! Just wait a second damn it!" Lucy turned to see Seth running after her.

"S-Seth! What about sister Emma and Iva? Why did you leave-"

"I could say the same to you! And no, I did not just left them. I gave them a map towards one of my hideouts!" Seth shouted as he finally ran beside her. "Kalva be damn, slow down will you? You are burning reserves as it is." The young man grimaced.