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Chapter 22 - Chapter 18: The queen's betrayal and Ichika's mask

The day after:

 Part A:The king's perspective:

"Welcome honoured guests." I spoke out those words while watching that woman walking beside me. 

"Thank you, your majesty", most of the guests said out loud.

"Today is a great day to announce a lot of information concerning the future of the children around us." The information is quite obvious, after looking at the current educational system. 

"What is the information you are talking about," Rui asked while looking at the king.

"it is the future we all have agreed upon." I said.

"What is that?"Kakashi also asked.

"It is the agreement I and the other kings of your nations have agreed upon."

"Can you give us more information about the system of education you are arranging about." Rial asked with his calm expression behind Max who was trying to analyze Cecilia's next move after this. 

"Good question. Well this educational system will be focusing on how you think and how you can build your own foundations. I explained the jest of it. 

"How is that going to work." Lily asked.

"You all will be put into different classes in a year. You will be analyzed and put into the class where your current academic scores are. Your quality as a student will decide your grade and your future." Then I changed the topic. "And I wanted to ask something of my lover." 

"My dear will marry me? While I asked this question Cecilia's face brightened at the thought. Because we weren't even married you were just engaged, the title wife was just as it is a title. 

"Yes my love."

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

Cecelia's face was shining with happiness, but this is about to become her greatest request ever. Making someone suffer because you couldn't get what you want is an absolute sin in my face. I wonder if there is a world where we could have been lovers instead of this twisted relationship. 

"I am sorry but I wasn't referring to you."

"What are you talking about." She muttered through her breath.

I turned away from her and walked to my lover Abigail. "You are the one I am talking about."

She looked at me in the eye and said.

"Yes"

The shock of Cecilia after she saw Abigail was surprisingly less. 

"Why are you so shocked." Lily asked.

"I am not dear."

"When are you going to drop that mask of yours." Princess Christina asked as she was growing tired of her antics of acting like a good person.

"What are you talking about." All your crimes. Kakashi said as he brought the evidence Rial had prepared with Max's help. 

It was a folder which contains most of the crimes she had commented on over the years. Even the ones I was not aware of. And though she was surrounded by all sides, she still had her calm face on. 

"She is planning something." Max said to me. 

Rial had prepared everything but chose to stay out of the chaos, that would happen during this ceremony going on. 

"First let me list your crimes," I said.

"One you helped a criminal create a dangerous facility on your land, second you make children your slaves and slave are forbidden here. Third because of jealousy you kidnapped a member of the castle. Fourth you tried to assassinate the formal kind 3 times but failed. Then you commented multiple crimes in other countries. I can't even stand this. Guards arrest her."

And just as the guards moved to her position, she smiled. Moved back and said.

"This is just the start of your downfall." She said this as she jumped through the window. But she was saved by the black asylum member. Rushed. 

He looked at Rial, Rui and Kakashi deep in the eye and smiled then he walked away. With his friends that he brought along. 

"Seize her, guards." I said in anger as she escaped. 

"Do not worry she is long gone." Max said as he knew they had already boarded the air ship. 

"So where is she going." Lily asked.

"Where their new base is." I asked her.

As I took Abigail's hand, I just asked myself how did Rial managed to return her memories within a day. He said he would try to use his third eye of that but never inform me of how that works. 

Part B: Rial's perspective:

"So that was your plan all along huh." Max said.

"Yeah and everything seemed to have worked out."I answered him.

"Hmm, all that prevented anyone from dying today."

"Yeah and the cost of that was to use my other eyes on Lee who managed to unlock her memories back. She also helped us with the evidence we gathered." I said as a calm breeze engulfed the atmosphere. 

Flashback around 4:30

"So is your acting time over," Lily asked.

"Yeah she has left me alone." I said to her. 

"Where was she watching you in the first place." She asked again.

"She believed that I had evidence on her so she was trying to see where it is. Then I came up with a plan. I acted for the whole day until now, I even made her believe that the king will be proposing tomorrow. But all that will be her downfall as Max had planned all along." I explained the entire plan to her. 

" So that's how the Star kingdom works huh, I am really interested in you know that." She said it so calm that i even began to blush slightly. 

"Did you just blush."

"No, I was your imagination." I had already regained my composure by that time.

"Alright I guess I should leave you alone to do your last work."

Right after she said that she left the room and called in Lee.

"So, what is the matter."

"Do you know that people are in danger tomorrow."

"What do you mean?" He asked as he began to panic a bit.

"Do not worry, you could save everybody if you agree to work with me." I said this as I looked deep into his soul.

"What do I need to do."

"Good.... first order business, if this request is impossible please say so; can you remove your left eye to have it replaced.'

"Huh"

"If the only way to save the people in danger tomorrow was to replace your left eyes with a special eye. Would you do it"

"Please I wouldn't let a second pass."

"I'm pleased to hear that." I said.

"So when does replacing begun," he said that in excitement.

"Just sleep over the bed over there."

"Sure."

Then he laid and slept, then I began to remove his eye. I used a doctor's knife to do it. And as the blood began to pour I used my heal art to repel the damage. Then I replaced the eye. 

"Hey wake up."

He slowly woke up but this time seeing in a whole different way.

"Oh... this is so cool."

"First do you think you can dove in her memories and reload them back.

"Sure I can try."

He held her head and see opened his left eye.

"Wow so many memories of her and the king."

"Can you reload them back."

"Yes, I can."

"Okay."

"Done but it can damage her head so I am doing it slowly."

"Okay"

"Who are you children." Abigail asked.

"We are here to help you."

"Okay."

After the ceremony Max invited some of us to come with him to a girl's night party. This would be the most dangerous party I ever I go. But for a friend I would go to the ends of the world. But then why is the he invite Eigi who has a girlfriend. But at least he invited Rui, Kakashi, Eiichiro and Rio. 

Part C: Eigi's perspective:

"Hey... can speak to you about something Ai."

"What is it about."

"You see the guys invited me somewhere."

"Go on."

"They invited me to a girls night party."

Even though her boyfriend is saying something as outrageous as this. Ai seemed perfectly calm and diligent. Sometimes even I don't how I got myself such a cute and diligent girlfriend. But then I remember the things I had go through to get here. The friends I made on the way and things I endured during that harsh times.

AI herself has suffered a great deal of trauma, first she lost her mother as a kid. During an accident over 5 years ago. She said they were about to go on a field trip but she persisted on hurrying since they went on this trip every year. Her died due to a failed construction on the road they passed.

Even during this horrible scene her father was absent that was why he and her are the only surviving of the family. Because of pressure and work her father slowly drifted away from her. The pure pain of losing a loved one was his biggest regret that had happened to him. And trying to deal with the pain he drifted away from her but she completely misunderstood him.

"I was saying is it okay with you if I went to the party."

"Sure but why are you asking me?" She asked in pure confusion.

"Your boyfriend would be surrounded by other girls. But do not worry I wouldn't dare look at one." I said firmly as possible. 

"I know you won't, that why I am getting you go."

"Oh"

"Also I am invited to that party too."

"Why don't we go together then."

"Let me think, sure." 

Rial's perspective:

30 minutes later, I walked in with Rui and Eiichiro.

The party felt overwhelming to me the the instant I walked in. There loud music beating everywhere. A lot of unknown individuals I have never seen before, and lot of soft alcohol and beverages too, and with snacks. Most of them were earth based snacks and beverages. 

The first thing that I noticed about some of the girls at the party was. They paid extreme attention to Max the moment he entered. He felt it too but they removed their gazes on him. And even his face seemed tired for some reason.

Why would that be I wondered.

"Hey what wrong."

"I need to talk to you." He said this while looking at me with an expressionless face but still his body seemed pale.

"What wrong," I said.

"What is going to be a long story."

"Just go on."

"You know the educational system right."

"Yes"

"Well... seems like Rushed will enroll some of the black asylum students in the school. And you and I are also here for just one year more. He will try to expel one of us while we are here."

"So what are planning on doing."I asked.

Just as he began to think 2 girls from the party approached us. They were extremely beautiful, both of them seemed kind but we couldn't trust them.

"Hello you too." She said out loud.

"Hi" I said back.

"Who are you," she asked.

"Mine is Max Tsukasa and he is Rial." Max said.

"Ours are Ichika and Tsubaki. Tsubaki said.

"Ichika". Max and I shouted out loud.

"Have I seen you two before,"

"No we knew a girl named Ichika."

"Oh... so that is why."

"Well... at the very least I am better than her." She said playfully.

"Sure what ever float your boat". I said.

"So Rial where do you come from." Tsubaki asked.

"The last thing I remember my parent saying is that we are from the Yagumo kingdom. In the Asteroid village. Why did you ask."

"We are from the same kingdom I see."

"Huh" I stared at her in shock.

"We both have two coloured hair and blue eyes with the dragon mark part of our bodies."

"Oh now I see, well I hope so get along."

"Sure"

Then we all walked back to the party. Just as we were about to sit all of our phones rang at once. The icon that displayed the messages said:

"Dear students of nations, I am pleased to meet you all. For the reason why this message is being sent is for a particular reason. I am here to display your class grades for the one year education system. So here you go these are your rankings."

Class S= Max, Dorothy, Sisilia etc

Class A= Ai, Eiji, Eiichiro, Osuna etc

Class B= Kakashi, Flora, Nanase etc.

Class C= Rial, Lily, Lee, Tsubaki etc.

Class D= Rui, Christina, Rio, Alfred, Asuna etc.

Class E= Yagami, Roshi, Joe, Paul etc

"This will be your grades going forward and since you are here you would be provided for. Each of you would be paid monthly. For the next month you would be rewarded with 45 big silver pieces but they won't be physical. There will be transactional cards downloaded to your phones. That is where you will be using your money and most importantly you will be rewarded based on your effort and thinking.

Sorry for the info dump but it's necessary, the classes were arranged randomly but you would over other classes. 

Well good night.

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