"What did you say?!?" the ball went on until late that night, and after bringing Haruka to the room she shall be using while staying in the castle, Akihiro returned to his office to be given the devastating news."Just as I have said your highness. All conspirators disappeared from their cell," Dai respectfully replied. He was informed by those standing guard that they suddenly couldn"t hear anything from within the cell. They found it wierd and have decided to check on them. What they saw was truly shocking, no one was there and it also feels like no one was ever there. They then immediately looked for Di to inform him.
"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!?" Akihiro slammed his hand on the table.
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"Have they really not left or dilly dally or even fell asleep while guarding?" he then asked.
"I have thoroughly interrogated them and they have truthfully answered that they were completely alert while guarding the cell, your highness," Dai replied respectfully
"Then what?!? They just up and go, disappearing on thin air? There"s no such thing-" he abruptedly stopped talking upon remembering a certain someone did the same thing like it before.
"Your highness?" Dai asked, seeing how Akihiro suddenly stopped talking, getting back his attention.
"No, I"ll deal with that later. Have you checked the place?" he instead asked, sitting down once again.
"After receiving the news I immediately went and checked the place itself and found nothing, your highness," Dai answered.
"Nothing?" Akihiro asked furrowing his brows.
"Yes, your highness. Nothing not a single trace."
"And have you tried retracing?"
"I have, you highness. But everything suddenly disappeared while all of them are plainly sitting down and standing, then the next thing that showed up was the guards opening the door," Dai explained what he has seen.
"Isn"t that the same as back in that graduation compet.i.tion?" the crease on his forehead became deeper, remembering that fateful day.
"Yes your highness. The same thing happened back then, just as Raven was about to lose control over his ability, the whole stage suddenly lost all trace of abilities before coming back."
"What do we have, an enemy or an ally?" Akihiro commented, but he is truly hoping. Hoping that this formidable person, who could make abilities disappear leaving no trace but not affectting the seal surrounding the place, would be an ally instead.
"Still, try investigating deeper even if only the smallest hint that we could find would be able to help us in uncovering this mustety is already more than enough," Akihiro commanded to which Dai have acknowledged before disappearing.
"I"ll habe to speak with that girl early tomorrow morning, if it"s the enemy who have taken those conspirators then that would be bad for all of us," he then said to himself before sighing.
He just never thought that this wonderful night, when a whole load was taken off his shoulders, would end with such devastating news.
*****
"You called, your highness?" Eureka asked that morning when she was suddenly summoned to Akihiro"s office.
"I"ll a.s.sume that you have already heard of the news of what had happened last night to those conspirators," Akihiro asked seriously.
"I have indeed," especially since those girls barged into her house when the sun was not yet rising in order to inform her.
Akihiro narrowed his eyes, "You don"t look like you"re panicking."
"Have you seen me panic before, your highness?" was the reply he received.
"Back when Azusa was kidnapped."
"That was a breakdown not panic, your highness."
Stomped for what to say in return, he could only sigh in defeat before speaking up once again, "Then is this issue not a major one for you? Those conspirators could have been taken by the enemies."
"If Kaoru have decided to once again turn his back on us and let those people in, then I suppose that is what had happend." Eureka replied.
"Hey, hey, hey, I"m a changed man now. Don"t go slandering my beautiful name," Kaoru who was actually on the next room listening, barged in through the connecting door upon hearing his name.
"Slander? You are slandering your own name the moment you have decided to eavesdrop on other people"s conversation," Eureka replied not even facing him.
"That is-"
"Kaoru, don"t go changing the topic. If you want to stay and openly listen then zip your mouth," Akihiro cut his words short.
Kaoru could only pout seeing how serious his brother is.
"Then are you telling me that they have disappeared into thin air just as how you have appeared back then?" Akihiro then looled and asked Eureka.
"I came from the future allowing to just up and appear in that place, if you want to connect the two situations then maybe they have indeed went to the future," Eureka replied with a straight face.
"I am being serious right now, knight," Akihiro said seriously with a hint of irritation coming from her att.i.tude towards the matter.
"I AM being serious as well, your highness," Eureka replied matching his seriousness.
Kaoru suddenly felt like the whole place dropped in temperature, he started sweating seeing this atmosphere between this two, "Uhmm you know we are not in a staring compet.i.tion right now, right?" he tried breaking the ice.
"Kaoru." "Kaoru."
They said at the same time without breaking from their staring contest.
"I understand," Kaoru obediently said as he zip his mouth before walking two steps back trying to stay as far as possible from them without leaving the room.
He could only thought to himself as he watch the two of them."Why are you mad, your highness?" Eureka finally asked after who knows how long.
"Do I look like I"m mad?"
"Well, if your words that are implying that I have something to do with those conspirators disappearance matching with how you currently look, is not you being mad. Then I wonder what is?"
"I am not impl-"
"Are you not, your highness? When you found out that they have disappeared into thin air, what came to your mind?"
Akihiro was once again stomped for words, indeed what came to his mind was her appearance to the kingdom upon realizing that they have disappeared just like that.
"Go on and investigate then, your highness. Where was I after I left the ball last knight? What was I doing? If you"ll excuse me I still have something to do after this," without waiting for his answer she turned around.
"I am not yet done talking with you, knight. How dare you turn your back from your king? This disrespectful att.i.tude of yours is already over board," Akihiro slammed his fist in the table as he angrily said.
"Then tell me, your highness. What is it that you really want to tell me?" without facing him she asked.
"We can"t just annihilate them, procedures must still be taken. What they have are still lives," Akihiro replied. His instincts are telling him that she has something to do with their disappearance, but her confidence is telling him that he won"t be able to find out why or how she did it.
"Then, what your children have, are not lives?" Eureka asked, she looked at him with the corner of her eyes.
Her eyes despite being blank made him feel like the one who"s looking at him with that same way was his father. The only difference was that he could see his father"s emotion but Eureka has none.
"That"s not what I mean," he replied with difficulty.
"Kindness should only be given to those who deserve it," She replied, her voice becoming even more cold.
His father"s words came to mind after hearing Eureka"s words.
Seeing as he fell into a deep thought, "Then I shall be taking my leave now, your highness," Eureka respectfully said before bowing down and leaving closing the door behind her.
And if Kaoru is not hearing things she seemed to have slammed the door close. On the other hand, Akihiro could only stare at the door, remembering his father"s teachings.
"Brother," Kaoru finally spoke after a few minutes.
"She"s like father, isn"t she?" he then added gaining Akihiro"s attention.
"We didn"t believe father and allowed kindness to mislead us on what other"s truly looks like. Isn"t that the reason why we lost so much? Why we lost Leo?"
"But her ways could bring us more destruction."
"We will explain to the people what they ahve done, if some will retaliate the we shall banish them. We have the evidence needed to justify their and their family"s annihilation. Their other family members might rebel. But what of it, we will just do the same and eradivmcate them. If more will retaliate then we shall do the same. They have done something unforgivable, if some will not understand that then it only means that they too could do the same as they have. This kingdom have suffered more than enough. Let"s end it right here, right now."