"When you arrive in a world where all whom you holds dear are gone. When you found out how they died and those whom you entrusted them with are living their lives like nothing. Anyone would go crazy. Sir Leo, who chose to give up his life for his kingdom, was thrown into that kind of roller coaster," Eureka explained.If Eureka didn"t stop Azusa back then, then maybe it would really become like that. Then maybe Layla would really die as well. Of course, they would grieve and apologize to the tomb of Leo, which they created, and grieve. But they will move on and continue living.
Mutsumi and Haruka hugged Layla, "I"m sorry," was all they could say.
All the others are quietly contemplating about it. They have disappointed their friend so much. They were so proud of calling him their friend but in the end they caused him so much.
"Then are we going to fight against my father?" Azusa finally squeezed out these words.
"I"m sorry but we have no other choice but to stop him," Eureka answered. Her voice not filled with sympathy but instead it was filled with apology.
"Can"t we just call out to him?"
"I told you, I don"t know if the person you knew is still in there. We can try that or any other way, but if nothing works then we can only end him," Eureka replied, even this pained her. She never knew him, she only heard stories of him. But Azusa is already close to her.
"But how did he end up becoming so strong?" Akihiro asked.
"Someone else took over his body," Eureka paused before replying. She really didn"t want to say this just to give them false hope that they might be able to bring him back again.
"Who would that be?"
"His ancestor who first used time traveling. That person experimented and was able to use it twice. He had recorded it and left in within the household. And then he just waited for another to use it, as he wait he had searched for other abilities that could create something like time traveling. He found gravity could use suction, and that suction allows them to suck out other abilities. If only he used it for good, but he didn"t he was a natural devil they said," Eureka explained.
"They said?"
"Those whom I was with."
"Then we still-"
"I"m sorry but I really don"t know if he is still there," Eureka stopped Layla, she knows that Layla is currently having false hope.
"Why won"t you give us hope? Can"t we at least do that?" Layla asked as she cried even more.
"Cause hoping is more painful than anything else," Eureka replied.
Layla understood clearly, if they hoped and in the end it was for a naught then it really would be more painful.
"But to think that he will be my enemy," Layla cried once again as she thought of how happy they were back in the days.
Eureka thought as she silently listen to their cries.
"Maybe we can continue this tomorrow. The information you have imparted us today is too great," Akihiro finally said. The whole room was gloomy.
"I understand, your highness," she replied.
*****
"What do you think?" All the fathers were left in the inner hall. The mothers have accompanied Layla. While those eight are together.
"She indeed told us to prepare," Akihiro replied to Teiji as he remembered her warm hands on his cheek. That was her way of consoling him. She had consoled him in advance for she knows that would indeed be painful.
"But she also knows no preparation would be enough for what she had informed us with, her voice is full of hesitation after all," Kohei commented.
"Who would have thought that one of her secrets would be this," Yukimura added.
"I don"t know what to think anymore, my mind is in shambles right now," Ryosuke added.
"For Leo to end up this way," Genjiro sighed. His sigh too heavy for a simple one.
"You"ve been quiet all this time Kaoru, what"s wrong?" Akihiro finally asked. During the meeting Kaoru have heard everything for the first time but not once did he asked anything.
"I just feel sad, for Leo and most of all for Eureka. This is the first time I"ve heard her voice aching for everyone. She didn"t do anything but it was her who is in pain for all of us. For the information that she is holding."
"Because she was chosen to be brought in the future, she was chosen to be the one to lead this world in protecting it, she felt that it is also her duty to look over the people in it," Akihiro answered.
"I wish Layla and Azusa would be able to overcome this," Kaoru finally said as he once again fall into deep thought.
*****
"Let"s leave those two for now," Raven said to the others. All of them are currently in Eureka"s home. Somehow, they became used of staying in her home and ended up being there upon leaving the castle.
Azusa have long fallen asleep, and Mamoru is sitting beside the bed she is lying in. They quietly left the room and went to the dining area. There snacks were already prepared, together with hot tea and coffee.
The meeting happened early in the evening and now it is almost midnight.
"Did you prepare this?" Feena asked Eureka who was sitting already, she didn"t join them when they went up.
"We"re already way past dinner. So I just prepared light food," she replied as she once again sipped on her coffee.
After sitting down.
"Are you okay?" they finally asked her.
"Why wouldn"t I be? It was Azusa and Lady Layla who was greatly affected by that information," she replied.
"But it took you awhile, to tell us," Hideyos.h.i.+ said.
"Even I have my own thoughts," Eureka answered putting down her empty cup.
"Are there more bombs that we should get ready with?" Karen asked this time.
"I don"t know if what I have are bombs though."
"Can"t you really tell us, where your family are? Do you think they really are okay not knowing that you are alive?" Karen asked again.
"They are living just fine. If they know that I am here it will just complicate their lives even more. They are more than happy now," she replied.
"How about you? Don"t you want to be happy?" Theo asked. To be honest he still have feelings for her but he is still moving on.
"Everyone deserves happiness, but at the same time I am still atoning for my sins."
"What sin are you atoning for?"
"The sin of killing."
"But you were brought to a place where war is ongoing if you don"t protect yourself by killing your enemies then you will die," Karen replied.
"I have killed everyone," she replied before standing up and leaving.
They watched her leave baffled.
"She feels responsible for her alter selves," Raven spoke up.
"Huh?" Hideyos.h.i.+ looked back at him, together with the others.
"It was the other her who have destroyed the other worlds."
They fell silent. This is another bomb for them.
"How strong is she then?" Feena asked.
They all looked at Raven. He could only sigh, this had been their routine whenever they need to learn something about Eureka.
"Very strong."
"In what way?"
"In every way."
"What"s her ability then?"
"She asked you not ask right?"
"But you know."
"I have a hunch, but I don"t want to be certain."
"You don"t want to be certain? What does that mean?"
"Cause if I am correct then I would end up pitying her."
"What? What does that mean?"
"For being too gifted, ending up being the one burdened."
"Is it really a burden?" Feena couldn"t help but lament.
"It is, knowing too much also crashes you. At the same her strength makes her a ticking bomb. That anytime it might take her," Raven answered back as he looked back at the path Eureka walked through.
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"Are you saying that she is dying?" Karen asked, she couldn"t help but be scared.
"I don"t know. She might be or she might be not. In the end everything I have are all speculations. And I hope that she is not."
"Stop being mysterious will you. Eureka is already mysterious enough," Hideyos.h.i.+ complained.
"Then ask her. I am not being mysterious but I am only answering your questions through speculations. It only means that my answers could be wrong as well. Don"t put too much faith on it."
Their day ended with nothing but a heavy atmosphere.
*****
"What are you thinking about?" Haruka asked upon seeing Akihiro in the balcony of his office.
"She didn"t finish it. I mean she couldn"t finish her sentence back in the hospital because Raven have stopped her. But if I continue that sentence, it would have been," he paused and looked at Haruka, "I hate you."
"I must have done something for her to hate me. Even her blinded eyes shows hatred."