Selene

9| Selene [UNEDITED]

Selene's age: Fifteen

She was a naïve fool. Nothing more than a mere civilian asset to me.

I sighed, exasperated. I was tired, tired of pretending and lying, tired of playing along and not killing her.

Aria Uta.

"Wait for me, Aria," I said. Wait for me to slaughter you, Aria.

She kept clinging to me, testing my patience and lying every single time.

That woman, regretfully my own birth mother, was the current Queen of the Hikari Kingdom.

Even after I told her I was Selene, even after she was aware that I was educated and favored by Eric, Aria still insisted on that stupid lie. For Yami's sake, I served the Emperor and the next Queen of Hikari! How would I not know of such a trivial matter! Of course I'd know about Hikari's and Uta's alliance that Eric openly dislikes!

I clenched my teeth together.

If it was not for Eric, Aria Uta, the shining star of the Uta Kingdom, would have never seen the day after just after one visit to my East Tower.

It was no surprise that the first thing I noticed when I met her after a year of being stripped of my position obviously was...

Her imprudence.

"Luna... what if I... ever told you that... I was lying...?"

I looked into her innocent eyes coldly. You needn't tell me that, I thought in silent rage. I'm already aware of the terms of our so-called 'friendship'. 

Suddenly, I felt a light, unnatural rush of the wind.

With one swift moment, I caught hold of the arrow which was aimed to penetrate Aria's heart.

That angered me. In addition to this girl, that woman just kept on annoying me with spies everywhere.

I should have killed that woman too! I was anyways going to be stripped of my position and punished so cruelly, serving that sister of mine, so why didn't I just kill that lady too? It wouldn't have come to this if I had used my rationality back then!

Why did I even have any emotions earlier?

All for that sister of mine!

Selene, he always told me. You're short on temper. A swordsperson must always remain calm and think coolly. That was a quote from my Father, the only family member on whom I perhaps had some faith left, I always kept in my mind.

And so, I thought steadily.

Then it came to me that I was never instructed as to what Aria was to remember.

If I traumatized her enough, like a normal Human, perhaps she would spout nonsense, lose consciousness, throw up violently, never be able to speak again or reveal things she shouldn't have.

Incredible options.

It was clear that Reine didn't have enough faith in Aria to entrust her with such information, and she had sent spies who were directed to kill Aria the moment her disloyalty came into light.

How easy that Empress had made it for me, as always!

"Y-Your hand is bleeding!" Aria shivered at the sight of my blood.

A sheltered Princess, like that sister of mine, who would faint the moment she would witness assassination.

"It's barely anything," I replied, looking at the little scratch.

And thus, griping my sword in hand, I got up. My black hair fluttered as the wind slightly brushed pass me at the high altitude where I observed the shadow of a man, a trained spy.

I couldn't remember my original appearance. Not that it mattered, but it would be nice if someone told me. But, because I feared that I might unknowingly transform into myself, I, Luna Angler, a Noble, restrained myself from asking such questions.

"First, you're in my territory. Second, you tried to hurt my friend." I spat out the last word distastefully. "Third, you're a spy." I held out three fingers for him to see. "According to Yamian Law, three discrete reasons must be stated before taking any action. Do I need more explanations to kill you? No. So, DIE."

He immediately tried to escape.

That meant he knew of me, but he still was a fool. If there was one thing I absolutely despised, it was running away like a coward.

A fourth reason as to why he was to be killed.

I didn't know if he was provoking me, or he just didn't want to get caught before reporting to Reine that I lived in the East Tower, not the North, or he was someone Aria knew, but...

He was making my blood boil.

He had lived long enough.

I aimed without much caution, as people were sizable targets, and flung my sword like an arrow. I heard a chilling scream that sounded like music to my ears, and then it was silent all over again.

When I went to retrieve his dead body, I saw my sword cleanly protruding from his stomach.

Not that I cared, but would that be enough to traumatize Aria? Just a sword which had pierced the stomach, and some froth from the mouth because I always kept poisoned blades with me.

But I didn't want to leave any trail into my East Tower, so I decided to leave Aria for that night.

I picked him up like a sack of potatoes and threw him in the North Tower.

This was the reason all the assassins who tried to infiltrate the Palace approached from either the East or the West, believing that I lived in the North Tower where all the bodies were disposed of, therefore making it all the more easier for me—at times they were within my proximity in the East, sometimes within the range of my weapons. Either ways, they lowered their guard around the East and the West, so it wasn't much of an hassle to assassinate them.

The North Tower was, after all, a famous place in the Empire—where the Emperor's mad Assassin lived.

I went back to my tower and was shocked to find an unconscious Aria.

Through the corner of my eye, I saw the passing shadow of her, the puppet master, cleaning up the blood that remained, after I had taken away the body to rot in the North Tower with all the others.

A single thought ran across my mind. Reine, Helen. You both are so doomed.

I skipped my Memory Magic lessons that day, even though my subject, Aria, may never visit again. I was eager to know what type of excuses she would make to that woman, though me being Selene would catch Reine's attention, but it wasn't of importance to me.

I decided to pay the Emperor a midnight visit that night as well.

Helen, I forgot to tell you something. You were also an asset to me, a guinea pig for me to test on. If you died, I would take the throne. If you lived, I would take the throne. Why did you even exist? Contrary to your beliefs, if one day you apologized... I wouldn't forgive you anyways, so you might as well just leave me alone. But it was fun seeing you being manipulated like a marionette, so I didn't mind keeping you alive for some more time at all! It was worth my patience!