Chapter 15

After the Emperor is gone, Sasuke turned and walked back to the main court of his manor, and sat right in the middle. He waited, and soon Sakura was brought up to him.

Sakura, in this life, is not the type of girl that men would go crazy for. She has a round and lovable face, a medium built body and full bosom, with large eyes and shiny black hair. She looks like the girl that all mothers would want their sons to marry. She's very comfortable looking, and Sasuke knew it too. He has seen women who are extremely beautiful to the point of surreal, and he dislike them. One would suppose his taste would be similar to a rich guy who ate too much caviar and suddenly crave market scrap fish soup.

Sakura knew she was going to die, or be close to it. She doesn't really bother with much anymore. She stood tall and refuse to kneel down. Her hair is all messy and clothing are dirty. She stared at Sasuke with hatred and frustration, and said straight to him, "What is it that you want? Just do it and get it over with."

Sasuke first stared down at her while drinking pear and birds' nest soup, and then he continued to dine on various snacks in front of him, as if looking at a joke. He then smiled.

Everyone is almost scared to death. That's a sarcastic smile. They knew. They have seldom seen it and they're afraid blood in inevitable tonight.

Time went on, and eventually an hour passed and Sakura felt like passing out, when she heard the familial crying and yelling.

She quickly turned around, and saw her whole family-including the servants and the children, are lined up in a row, all tied up in a ball shape with their knees to the ground kneeling down. Not only that, Tenten and her roommate Sadako are also tied up at the back, crying.

Her father was voiceless, but her stepmother was screaming as if her life depends on it, "What did we ever do to house such a ungrateful evil child? You dare to defy the Royal Prince? You're bringing punishment down to your whole family and now we all have to suffer for it! your nine years old sister will die and her blood will be on your hands! You ungrateful bitch..."

And it goes on.

Most servants who watched hoped to god that this woman would shut up. She's certainly the one who dies first if she kept on screaming like that.

Sakura stared incredulously, and soon she was horrified with a group of guards marching in with huge wooden paddles and start wacking everyone whether they're children or not. Each guard is in charge of two people, and with each wack, they eventually lie down on the ground and blood start splattering everywhere. As soon as the wacking starts, her step mother's cursing turned into pitiful screams, and more yelling chimed in, some of them are from her younger sisters.

Sasuke watched the whole scene while eating a piece of watermelon.

Sakura suddenly snapped back to reality, and she quickly knelt down and yelled to Sasuke, "Prince, please, please, I was at fault, I take full responsibility. I'm the one who should be punished, please just kill me, please, please stop this..."

She honestly cannot stand abuse in any form, especially being pampered and sheltered in her previous life where she has never even seen animals been abused, she literally was scared out of her mind. She begged and begged while crying, "Please don't kill them, please, I'll do anything, anything..."

As if that's not enough, she crawled to his feet and grabbed onto his robe, "Please, let them live.. please... I'll do anything you ask, my life is yours, I belong to you..."

This is incredibly nice to hear. Sasuke took a moment to craft what he's about to say, which is something very clever and moving, and he bend down to face her crying face, only to find she suddenly fainted.