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Chapter 5: Decision

A few days later:

"Evalynne."

I was taken by surprise as I heard the voice of the person I was trying my best to avoid. I slowly turned around. "W-what is it Hakuryuu." I tried my best to smile.

"I need your answer before I leave for SIndria tomorrow." he said.

"I guess I can't avoid you forever huh?"

"Fine! I give up! I'll help you, but first you have to promise or tell me a few things." I said.

Hakuryuu's face lit up. "Really?! You'll help me?" I nodded. "Okay, I'll do anything you ask of me as long as you help me fight the Kou Empire. So, what are these things you need me to promise or tell you?"

"First, I need to know why you want to fight the Kou Empire. In other words, your reason. Second, I want you to keep this a secret from everyone else. I can't have people knowing that I'm helping you fight the Kou Empire. It'll cause a war between our two nations. And third, I know you're probably going to ask Sinbad too, so I want you to tell him that you didn't ask me this question if he asks what my answer to this was." I said.

Hakuryuu looked up at me. "I want to fight the Kou Empire because they killed my older brothers, Hakuren and Hakuyuu, and killed my father too. Well, the current emperor didn't kill them and neither did my cousins. The one who killed my father and brothers is my mother, Gyokuen. So it would make more sense if the one I want to fight and kill is my mother, Ren Gyokuen" he said.

"Gyokuen… Why does that name sound so familiar?" I thought about it for a minute, "Ah! I got it. Is she the one who was the wife of the previous emperor and when he died, she remarried the current emperor? That Gyokuen?" I asked.

He nodded his head. "Yes, her. She may not look like she would kill them, but she's the one who killed them. I'm sure of it."

"Don't worry, I know that you're not lying. I bumped into her during my visit to the Kou Empire. I could tell that she had fallen into depravity and had a large amount of black rukh around her. Plus, there was something evil behind that smile of hers." I said, smiling softly.

"As for the other two things, I'll promise you that. I'll keep my mouth shut when I ask your brother, king Sinbad, for help and will not tell anyone that we have made this deal." he said.

"Thank you." I replied.

"Lord Hakuryuu. It's time for you to go." cried a soldier who was supposed to escort Hakuryuu to the ship going back to Kou.

"I'm coming." Hakuryuu cried back. He turned to me, "Again, thank you for all your help."

"Your welcome." I said.


For those of you wondering when Hakuryuu and Evalynne are going to start being lovey dovey and stuff, you're going to have to wait a bit longer. I just noticed that for chapter 5 of this fanfic and my other fanfic "Marriage of Love", both of them are titled Decision. XD