The Guarded Princess

LVIII

Yunan stopped and floated down onto the ground as he found the person who he was looking for. He concealed himself for unlike the others, he hated getting into fights; especially meaningless fights where the outcome had already been decided.

Lisanna stood there in a trance and Mirajane stood there, protecting her just in case anyone were to stop by and harm her. Yunan stared down at her with a nonchalant expression on his face and chuckled to himself. Honestly, he had warned them before but they still chose to enter this Tower of Heaven.

One who has not even the slightest qualification or power to become King will only end up broken, he looked at her with mocking pity. What an arrogant human.

Lisanna's Trial~

Her entire surrounding was enveloped in white but within the next second, everything turned dark. She saw herself living in poverty and the people around her mocking her, laughing at her. She saw herself crawling through the streets in the most dreadful dress and looking down at herself, she widened her eyes in fear.

"N-No! This isn't how it's supposed to be! This isn't how my life is supposed to turn out!" she yelled. "I'm supposed to have more! Deserve more! This isn't me!"

Everything disappeared and suddenly, a mirror appeared before her. She looked up and seeing her reflection, she was appalled by the monstrosity she saw looking back at her. She backed away in fear and shook her head, her entire body trembling with fear.

"W-What is this?" she murmured.

Then, the scenery changed again and she found herself now being one of the townspeople. They were yelling furiously at something and getting a closer look, she widened her eyes upon seeing Lucy. She laid there on the ground, covering herself from the stones and kicks of the townsfolk, her blonde hair in tatters and her entire body dirty. Yet, somehow, she still looked beautiful and seeing so, Lisanna hated it.

She joined in with them and picked up a stone, launching it at her as her face contorted into a rage of anger and jealousy.

"Just disappear, Lucy Heartfilia! You don't belong here! You're nothing but a useless bitch who doesn't deserve anything!" she yelled.

Just as she threw the stone, Lucy grinned. But, it wasn't Lucy that she now saw but rather her own self. She threw the stone and hit herself with it, blood trickling down from her face. Widening her eyes, she trembled as she picked up another stone.

"Just go away! This isn't me! This isn't ME!" she yelled and began beating her own self to a pulp.

Panting, she stood there. Beads of sweat rolled down the side of her face as she watched her own reflection lie in a pile of blood beneath her feet. Her eyes were cold and there was no sympathy at all.

"Who told you to copy me?" she spat at it. "Who gave you the right to copy me, Lisanna Strauss?"

Meanwhile~

In a room within the Tower, a blue giant floated in the air cross-legged as it gazed at the trial that it had put Lisanna through. His eyebrows furrowed together as he narrowed his eyes in coldness, his lips pulled into a tight scowl.

"To think that such a human entered my Tower and dared to think that it could manipulate me, the overseer of the Seventh Heaven," he scoffed and straightened himself, pointing a finger at her. "I have no need for a human who tries to contaminate my space. Destroy."

Lisanna's Trial~

Everything shattered into glass pieces and before long, she found herself tied to a wooden pole with large amounts of hay stacked at her feet. She wore an elegant dress but the ending she faced was anything but elegant. People yelled at her and demanded her execution. She struggled to free herself but to no avail as a torch was soon brought near her.