**National Day of Lui ethion Empire
Everyone was happy and and the joyous atmosphere was everywhere. Streets for bustling with the happiness. A neigh echoed and all the atmospheres went silent as the carriage passed by. Kids peeked in the carriage with curiosity. while the adults stopped them from doing it.
**In the carriage**
"Papa! Papa! wakey wakey!" a small girl with blonde hair and blue eyes urged the man with black hair with hint of the silver was leaning towards the window with his eyes closed.
He opened his eyes opened lazily; eyes resembling the same color as his daughter and says "Azrah, papa didn't get to sleep at night, let papa sleep until we reach palace."
"NOOO! look out papa, everyone is enjoying" she pointed outside.
He looked out and thought, 'It's been 5 years since I last came to the attend the National day. And nothing changed.'
He said while reaching to her and had her sit on his lap, " That's not enjoying my child, that's fear. The fear when a predator is walking by the prey."
**In the streets of carriage and cafes**
"I heard he came to the national day?"
"Is that true?"
*In the Merchen Guild office. *
"Yes, I heard many people saw his carriage."
"Then? are we going to do it?"
"Yes, tonight when everyone is busy at the banquet. We'll make the move."
A guy with orange hair who overheard their conversation popped up and said, " Are you going to meet with the Duke of Vienhelm?!! Can I come too!"
One of the guys panicked and tried to shut him up, "Ssh quiet down newbie, we are not going to meet him."
"We are going to kill him." A lady with dark blue hair and with a small figure said to him.
The newbie's expression darkened. And he said,"Do you think you can kill him?"
"Of course we can that with this knife only." one guy lifted his knife saying that.
He collapses, everyone panic after they find out he died. As the panicking continued everyone started to fall and die.
A needle smaller than 1mm was stuck at everyone's necks and the leader ruled out who and what. And pointed the sword at newbie.
"I never knew saving you would cost me this heavy, Marcell."
"Saving me? *Scoffs* Lady Yarina, you never did that you were interested in this face, *pointes at his face* and I needed to ensure my lord's safeguard."
"Lord? Safeguard? *Her eyes widen up* You?! No! it can't be, right?"
*smirks* "We had our suspicions, so we spied you and other gangs didn't know you were the main fish."
As she hears him her body starts to shiver, thinking
'If he anticipated everything before and only one person from his side is capable of killing 10 people. What sort of monster were we planning to kill. Did we have a chance to kill him? Then why did they reached out to us to kill him.'
she mutters,"Why?"
As he takes flute out his body transformation pill wears off revealing his muscled-up body and orange gold long wavy hair and pushes it and a needle pierces her wrist,
"No hard feeling, Yarina. Nothing personal just my job." And starts to leave she laughs.
"HAHAHA!!! I get it that you can kill people without shedding blood but know it that I didn't sit on this just like that." A dark shadow emerges from below him trying to swallow him up.
He dodges it, and says, "Lady, you are being unreasonable, I didn't kill you...yet. I just poisoned you with a slow poison. you have time to take antidote." takes his twin sword out.
Sys with a smile,"You want it the hard way, right? so be it." and runs towards her.
She smirks, "You never saw me fight, did you? Make sure to widen those eyes, Marcell. You will witness a worst side of mine."
Her eyes darken as she draws more darkness from around. Her hand starts to turn blue, but she didn't look like she would back down. Spikes emerge from shadows.
He could help but to be surprised by her, as he was looking at her, he realizes, " Damn, I fell, already?"
It was a love at first fight, and she fell hard but he fell harder trope happened.
The fight continued, he was admiring, and she was rampaging. Soon her body was infected with poison and she moved and ran a lot. She fell to the ground but didn't lower her eyes or her hand, she was signing with her one hand. He stopped fighting and started walking towards her.
When he reached close to her, she couldn't bring herself to kill him and said," It turns out I can't kill you even though you killed my men. Go ahead kill me."
*Takes deep breath* "Though I don't know what wrong I did by taking a murder contract to kill *coughs blood* Lariss. That scumbag. I don't understand Why would Lord Vienhelm save him?"
Blood starts to pour out from her nose and mouth as she speaks.
*He realizes* "Lariss? Son of Rupert 3rd?? Not LORD VIENHELM?!! Are you kidding me?"
She nods 'Turns out he misunderstood everything. Ah, it hurts I can't fight anymore.' She falls down. He rushes her with antidote and tries to do the same with others but sadly 3 of them had them passed away.
**In the Palace. **
The father and daughter duo was in the balcony after the emperor. He brought a stand of sweets to her and her eyes lit up. while remarking,"How do you eat that much sugar, whose sugar tooth did you inherit, Butterscotch?"
"Hmmm...*after a long thought* If it's not yours then it must be dad's habit." That sentence left him shocked.
And looks at her with, "How many times did I tell you to not bring that up.? Hmm?"
She reads the expression and says, "Sorry, *passes a cupcake*. Here have it, it's good."
he took cupcake went to greet the dukes, who had arrived.
"Papa's such a busy body, maybe that's why he never visits capital, right Luiza?" *She plops on table with sigh~* "I wonder how dad is and what he looks like."
Luiza captain of shadow corps. She gave no answer to her.
"Well well Isn't it the duke of North? Duke Cairos. "A bold voice came from a grey-haired man.
"Indeed, Duke Vienhelm had time to attend the national day. That's some news."
"My kid wanted to see the capital, so I had to come."
"That illegitimate child? really? Nobody knows who and where when you got married and had a child. And duke claiming a kid as yours doesn't make you her real father."
His expression changed, "If I say she's my blood, you better believe it, if not. I always have ways to prove things wrong from right."
"That's rude way to talk to the Grand Duke Gracias, Ish Khaan." Lady Faria sister of Southern duke Archan.
"I hope Lady Archan doesn't forget that I myself am an Archduke." Ish Khaan smiled.
The lady was about to talk back to him, but her brother stopped her, "Don't."
All the dukes were gathered, and the North has three duchies, two grand duchies and one Arch.
both the dukes noticed the heavy atmosphere and tried to talk with Ish Khaan to cool things down
All three dukes were talking about the expeditions and auctions and all.
The atmosphere returned to harmonious, and Ish Khaan went to check on his daughter, since it's cold outside he took his coat off and covered it around her. A breeze ran and his expression changed.
"What's this bloody stench?", He said with disgust.