Sephi: Hello again. Once again, I have to announce a mistake that I have made in my earlier chapters. While I was watching the Evil Series, which again, I do NOT own, on youtube for inspiration, I realized that Gakupo was Rin's MINISTER, not her minstrel. Sorry.
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Chapter 10- Invitation of war
Len's POV
Gakupo-san hastily bowed and immediately began to prepare for the war. Poor guy. After spending years in jail for eating a piece of brioche, he was now told to declare was on a country that was practically falling apart. I hoped that destroying the country would quench Rin's anger, though. I much as I cared for my sister, I still didn't want Miku-san to get hurt. It's not like I like her or anything! Don't misunderstand! I just…
Okay, fine. I like her. I fell for her at first sight, as ridiculous as it sounds. Happy?
The Queen cleared her throat. All of the eyes in the room instantly looked up at her. She was unhappy. Unfortunately, the Queen can get very, very scary when she was irate.
"I want Neru, Teto, and Ted. Here, now." I quickly got to my feet.
"Of course."
She looked at me sharply. "No. I want you here too, Len. Prima, you get them." I maid squeaked silently and immediately went about her orders.
Rin wants Neru-san, the best spy, the Kasane twins, the two best assassins, and me. Uh-oh. Please don't tell me that she's thinking what I think she's thinking. Please let me be wrong. Please let me be wrong. Please let me be wrong…
"Good. You're all here." The queen said curtly. The others just knelt down like I was, obviously noticing her mood right away. "Neru, Teto, and Ted. I want you three to go to the Green country and seek out every girl there with green hair. Then, I want you to kill every single one of them. Make sure this task is carried out before the war ends. I don't want to do all of the tedious paperwork."
"But your majesty," I groaned inwardly. That Ted Kasane; did he want to die? "Every woman in the Green country has green hair."
Rin's cold, bloodthirsty eyes glared at his. The red-haired man lowered his gaze, knowing that being disrespectful to the Queen would not do him any good.
"Then I suggest that you start as soon as the war does," the Queen snapped.
I couldn't believe my ears. She would kill every woman in the country just to make sure that she killed Miku-san. Miku-san…
"Oh, and Len?" I lifted my head, dreading what I would hear next. "I want you to go help them. Make certain that the vulgar thing called Miku is dead."
With that, she stood up, glared at everyone in the room, and retreated to her rooms.
Oh god… What am I going to do?
Narrator's POV
In a locked room in the Blue Castle, two certain people were discussing the war that was soon to occur. They sounded happy. In fact, they were elated.
"So the war on the Green Kingdom will be declared today? That is very good news indeed!"
"Yes. As expected, the Queen was very, how should I put it, unhappy, that her marriage proposal was refused. And for a mere village never less!"
"I'm very sorry, ma'am. Had we known that out Prince was seeing the horrid thing…"
"It's fine. We'll get the Prince and the Queen together somehow, and the Green bitch will be long dead."
"It amazes me, though. How you poisoned your own King and Queen, got rid of the Prince, and altered the Princess so much to the point where a little nudge would make her walk down any path. You sure did one hell of a job, these past years."
"Oh, well I was planning this for a long time since."
"Yes, you have indeed. And speaking of planning, shouldn't you go back to the Yellow Kingdom by now? The young Queen will be wondering where you went."
"The Daughter of Evil will be fine alone, I did not let my years of teaching go into waste. But yes, I should go. Thank you for your hospitality. The next time we meet, I hope we will be planning the marriage of the Blue Prince and my Queen."
"Yes I do."
The brown haired man waited until the long haired woman was out of sight. Surely, she had gone to the docks by now. I smirked. How easy it was to manipulate people!
"However," he whispered, "we will not be meeting again. I will make sure of that."
Miku's POV
"Miku-chan! Miku-chan, it's horrible!"
I turned around. Haku-chan came running towards me, out of breath. She had just been to the market. Surely, she could have waited until we were alone. All of the other servants were staring at us now.
"The Yellow Kingdom…! The Daughter of Evil has declared war with us!"
Of course, there was an instant uprising. I heard a jumble of voices.
"What?! But we never…"
"We're doomed! Surely you…"
"The Daughter of Evil will have our heads! We must…"
"But why has she waged war on us?!" The entire room was filled with a sudden silence, as every eye turned towards the white-haired girl with red splotches of exhaustion on her pale cheeks.
Haku-chan straightened her back, bringing herself to her full height, something that she rarely does. "Because," she said, "because the Queen of Yellow was angry that the Prince of Blue had refused her marriage invitation."
Oh god, oh god, what have I done?! This is all my fault!
Haku's POV
I helplessly turned my gaze towards Miku-chan. She was just standing there, as if she was about to cry. Thankfully, she and I were the only ones in this mansion that knew of her engagement to the Blue Prince, or else the others would have thrown her out. She was probably blaming herself for loving the Prince. I gently placed an arm around my friends shoulder and guided her to our room. We sat down on my bed. She was shaking helplessly.
"Haku-chan, what have I done? What have I done to my kingdom?! It's all my fault. It's entirely my fault…"
I held her tightly as I repeatedly stroked her hair as if she were a child. I felt her tears soak my shoulder through my outfit. She was shaking uncontrollably.
"It's okay, Miku-chan. It's not your fault. If anything, it's the Daughter of Evil's fault for waging a war for such a stupid reason in the first place." Even if I was wrong, I didn't care. I hated the Daughter of Evil for making Miku-chan upset and waging the war against us. I even hated the Prince of Blue for not making things better. The blue-haired man's encounter with Miku-chan had twisted everything.
Because I knew that even if the entire world despised me and laughed at me, there is still someone who needs me. That's all that I need to be happy. I hated everyone that made her sad.
Len's POV
I paced about my chamber, pondering on what I should do. Rin had practically ordered me to murder every girl in the Green Kingdom. Sadly enough, I was okay with that. I was already tainted. I was already disgusting. I had already killed so many people, murdered and destroyed so many innocent lives.
But Miku-san, I didn't want another girl with such an innocent smile become tainted, like Rin had. I didn't want her to become another Rin.
And yet, I still had hope that Rin could change back into the Rin that I know. The Rin that used to smile cheerfully, and was the flower of the Yellow Kingdom. Was it possible for her to change back?
I gazed up at my empty ceiling. "What should I do?" I wondered out loud. Rin or Miku-san? Rin? Miku-san?
Someone knocked on my door. Whoever it was just opened my door without my permission.
"L-Len?"
All I could do was stare in shock. She hadn't come into my room for years, and furthermore, I'd never seen her cry since we were nine.
"Queen! Rin…" I didn't even know what I should call her anymore. "What's wrong?" Suddenly, she flung her arms around me into a tight embrace as she continued to cry against my shoulder. Unsure of what I should do, I held her back. "What's wrong?" I whispered.
"I… I can't believe he rejected me!" she sobbed. "And for a mere village girl at that! What did I do to offend him?!"
I patted her head as she continued to cry, like any sweet, ordinary girl would do. Eventually, I got her to sit on my bed and calm down. I knelt on the floor besides her so that my face was level with hers. "It'll be alright, Rin." I assured her.
Suddenly, she smiled. "Thank you." She whispered as the tears ceased to fall from her beautiful cerulean eyes. She smiled such an innocent smile. A smile that belonged to Rin, to my Rin, and not the Daughter of Evil.
Rin?
Miku-san?
…Rin??
Sephi: ugh… I HATE LenxAnyone-other-than-rin. I was unhappy the entire time while I was writing hints of LenxMiku…gag…
Rune: …It wasn't even a lot either…
Sephi: STOP TEASING ME!!
Rune: How was that teasing?!?
Sephi: Please R&R and tell us if you think Rune was teasing me or not. Oh, and maybe I'll disclose something about Rune, because he's not really a figment of my imagination. Or maybe he is. Only bellelin would know for sure. But I hope she won't tell anyone. R&R!!