"I"ve heard what happened between you and sir Yukimura.""I told you not to enter my room without asking, Kaoru," Eureka said as she sat beside the window.
"Why did you have to go and dig your own grave, you know that he doesn"t trust you. Why do you have to anger him even more?" Kaoru asked as he sat across her.
"It doesn"t bother me anyway," she answered as she drunk from her cup.
"And yet your drinking milk. For the past four years whenever something"s bothering you, you always end up drinking milk. Don"t think that I wouldn"t notice your quirk after so long."
Eureka looked at her cup and shrugged.
"Why do you love being so detached to everything? If you keep this up no one will ever trust you from this kingdom."
"No one trusts me in this kingdom, from 4 years ago up to now. So no matter what it won"t change anything," saying as she finishes her drink.
"I trust you!!" Kaoru exclaimed.
She looked at him without any emotion before answering, "Your constant barging here in my room. The way you always show up during our practices. You, always finding ways to know what happened to me on a certain day. That just shows how much you don"t trust me. You became my guardian. *pauses* No you became my guard in order to monitor me every day."
Kaoru couldn"t answer. Indeed he was tasked to monitor her every day. The king allowed her to stay cause it is a mystery how she ended up in the middle of the forest which is in the middle of the kingdom without anyone noticing her.
"But don"t you want to be trusted? To have some kind of bond to everyone?" he ended up asking her.
"I have so many secrets. I understand how no one will trust me. If they couldn"t accept the fact that so many things shouldn"t be said then I don"t need any bond. I"ll just continue protecting this kingdom on my own."
She stood up and opened the door, "I really need to be alone."
Defeated, Kaoru stood up and walked towards the door.
"One last question. Are you really doing everything for this kingdom?" as he stepped outside he asked.
"I will never do anything that will harm this kingdom. Never," she answered as she closed the door.
*****
"It was her. The idea came from her."
"Are you saying that my son and his friends lied to me, Your Highness?"
Yukimura went to the palace that night.
"Indeed. But don"t be too harsh towards that girl. We can"t trust her but we can"t push her either."
"I don"t care if I push her too hard. If that girl is a spy then I"d gladly push her to her limits."
"She"s not Chiaki."
"Why do you have to bring up that name, Akihiro?" Yukimura who"s currently angry ended up using the king"s name.
Akihiro and Yukimura are childhood friends. Yukimura has the Fire ability while Akihiro inherited their bloodlines ability, Magma.
"Yukimura, we agreed not to trust her but she never did anything suspicious ever since she arrived."
"She might just be acting right now. Who knows when she"ll suddenly use her fangs. It"s better to be cautious than to lose more people who are important to us!!"
Akihiro who was sitting behind his table stood up and walked towards Yukimura.
"The way you speak. Are you currently mad because Raven"s getting close to her?"
"Not just him but those five. Raven and Mamoru do not trust her yet but the other three seemed to be getting closer to her. They are starting to trust her. If that continues she might end up using them to do something on this kingdom."
Yukimura paused for a moment before continuing.
"That attack was her idea, she"s starting already. She wants to get them by teaching them strong attacks. Those attacks might be used against us."
"Stop. You"re losing your reasoning already," Akihiro could not help but reprimand him.
"Because of people like her who suddenly show up. WE LOST!!!- *grits his teeth* we lost Leo."
"*pats his shoulder* I already told you Chiaki is not Eureka," Akihiro could only say these words.
"Too much trust is not good, but don"t you think that too much distrust is not good either, Your Highness?" from the door Kaoru spoke.
"How did it go?" Akihiro asked as both of them turned towards him.
"She"s affected but she"s still trying not to show it."
"She should be, look what happened to Hideyos.h.i.+ and Feena"s hand."
"That is not her fault. She warned them but those two didn"t listen to her. And let me remind you that it was her who caught the one who stopped Mamoru from moving momentarily causing him to lose. And she"s the one who showed us the third party who made Raven lose control of his ability," Kaoru answered back.
"You"re really too soft, that"s her trick in order to get you," Yukimura answered back.
"Enough you two," Akihiro stopped them from fighting.
"Other than her we have to find out who stopped Raven from completely losing control of his ability," he said moving on to another topic.
"I"ve dispatched some knights whose abilities are Detection but to no avail. They couldn"t find any trace of what was used during that time," Yukimura reported.
"Continue investigating. As for you Kaoru, continue monitoring her. That"s all, both of you may leave."
"You don"t have to remind me," Kaoru said with a hint of coldness in his voice, he then looked at Yukimura, "Watch how your son will grow. If he does, you have to thank Eureka for that. She wanted the fight between Kyro and Raven to happen in order for Raven to move forward. Both of you distrust her so much but what I see is a girl who"s been doing everything she can for her kingdom."
He said before leaving.
*****
The next day, the final battle began.
Eureka was the first one to engage in battle and she finished it in a blink of an eye. Followed by Mamoru, then Feena and Karen, and the last, Raven and Hideyos.h.i.+. Even with their injuries, they were able to sweep the floor with their opponents.
"Finally vacation," Karen, whose trying to lighten up the mood as they fix their things in the waiting area, said.
"I suppose this is where our agreement ends. Once again let me thank you for allowing me in your group. Giving me the chance to graduate," Eureka bowed in front of them.
"Don"t say that. We might still be on the same squad after this," Feena tried to follow up Karen"s intention.
"We won"t. So this is goodbye," Eureka looked at each of them then walked away.
No one tried to stop her. Her eyes told them not to bother.
Karen whose been trying not to, started crying. Feena followed after. The guys stood quietly beside them.
"Why am I crying? It"s not like we"ll never meet again even if we"re not on the same squad," Karen complained as she tried to stop her tears.
"Maybe because she gave us a lot of things in that short span of time but we did nothing for her," Hideyos.h.i.+ said as they watch the path Eureka took.
"And maybe because her eyes told us that this is indeed where our ties end. We may not be able to speak to her after this," Feena followed wiping her tears.
"But why wouldn"t we be on the same squad? How sure is she?" Karen asked once again.
"She is a zero," Raven was the one who answered.
"She might end up in the lower ranked squads," Mamoru added.
Squads 1-4 are those sent to wars. Squads 5-8 are those sent for investigations and backups. And squads 9-12 are the ones guarding the kingdom. They are a bit higher than those with no to zero ability who stays as escorts and guards in the palace, and they are also sent as backups but most of the time they are guarding the gates of the kingdom.
"Why are we tasked not to trust her? Why can"t we just get to know her? This kingdom is truly unfair!! And don"t bother trying to reason it out Raven, cause that"s how I feel you have no right to change it," Karen pointed at Raven as tears still flow from her eyes.
"Don"t worry cause I won"t. I don"t fully trust her myself but I too feel that this kingdom is unfair towards those from outside of the kingdom."
A few days later, their squads are decided. Raven, Hideyos.h.i.+, and Feena are in squad 2. Mamoru and Karen are in squad 3. Eureka is in squad 10.
"Too far. Her squad is too far," Feena commented looking at their squads.
"Not just that, I"ve heard she would be staying at the house near the northern gate, where Kaoru live as well. They really are monitoring her but still outcasting her," Mamoru said.
*****
"Welcome to your new home," Kaoru happily said.
"Welcome to my prison," Eureka said without emotion.
"Oh please, what"s wrong with you? You"ve been acting more detached after that fight with Kyro," Kaoru sighed.
"Thanks for my room. I shall be fixing my things now," Eureka said as she enters her room.
Kaoru could only shake his head,