Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 5: Invisible Mask, Part 3
Monica stopped her steps once they were quite far away from the entrance of the throne room. The action was spontaneous to make Xavier also stop, turning to look at the woman.
Xavier glimpsed around, before then refocusing on the blond unraveling girl. “What's up, Monica?” tanyanya, next to the eyebrows raised full of questions. “Why did you suddenly stop?”
“Is that all you can ask?” Monica's tone was a little tart. “You have no other words for you to say?”
“I think we've agreed on this, Monica. I told Luciel about his role.” Xavier. “If you take issue with Nueva's advice to be my secretary, I can hire another one to replace Emily. You don't have to do anything. I'll never make you do anything bad. You just need to be by my side. That's it.”
“Haaa..” Monica massaged her temples in annoyance. “I accepted your stupid idea. I don't even bother pretending for you. However, you still don't understand what pisses me off?”
“If you don't know yet, I'll make it clear now that I can't read minds, Moni—oke, I can. But I don't want to do it. Besides, my mood is not good right now. Can't you go straight to the core issue?”
“Oh, so now your mood is not good? Then, you think my mood is good? That's great Xavier. Real nice. Don't talk to me until my mood improves, and my mood never improves.”
Xavier almost snorted, but quickly he was able to hold the grunt from manifesting. Taking a deep breath, Xavier decided to give in. He will ignore his frustration for a while. “OK, I'm sorry, Monica. So, what are you worried about?” ask her with a faint smile on her lips. “I don't know ji—”
Monica disappears from before Xavier, teleporting out of nowhere.
“—Ck, what's the problem?”
...* * *...
Monica let out a long sigh as soon as the teleportation took her away somewhat away from Xavier (but still inside the Imperial Palace). He was patient to support the boy. He had even put aside his thoughts to support Xavier's despicable actions. However, the child still did not say anything about the wedding plans?
Indeed, now Nizivia is gone (not intending to rejoice at her death), but that does not necessarily negate the deliberately hidden fact. If Nizivia wasn't mocking her then, Monica was sure this time and so on she would never know it. Xavier will make sure he doesn't know. Hence, Monica could not help herself from the annoyance that undermined—
“Monica Elsesky?”
—Monica blinked, spontaneously turning his head into the hallway on the left: there were two women who had just walked out of a room in the hallway.
Monica's frustration grew, but this time she managed to perfectly silence the frustration.
The woman whose physique was eleven twelve with her was unmistakably Kanna el Vermillion. Xavier hasn't introduced himself to the princess yet, but Monica has heard a little bit about him from Alice. And from the princess's fleeting interaction with Xavier earlier, Monica was able to tell that they were near— just like Alice said.
Since she was Kanna the Emperor's favorite daughter, it was clear that next to her was Meyrin Nevith— - an assassin as well as a private maid.
“...Princess Kanna el Vermillion?” Monica put on a surprised expression, and pretended to be unsure if the one facing her was the princess. “Xavier never once said anything about His Majesty, sorry if you seem to be impolite.”
“No need to be so formal. If you're ‘friend’ Xavier, you can call me Kanna.” Thin smile—yang Monica knows it's fake—blink on the princess's face. “And like you, Xavier never said anything about you either. He said he had no friends besides us. It's like he never considered you— his childhood friend—ada in his time with us. Aha-ha-ha.”
“Ah, Xavier also often said that most of the royal family is so annoying. It was like he felt tormented having to interact with ‘they’. Aha-ha-ha.”
“Aha-ha-ha-ha.”
“Aha-ha-ha-ha.”
“Say, Monica, how about we talk in the garden behind the palace with me? I'm sure we have a lot of things we need to talk about?”
“Very good. Come, we hurry.”
“Ya.”
...* * *...
Whether it was just his hallucination alone or not, Xavier felt something that made him feel like he was at the end of a cliff in a cold night. He felt he could fall at any time. He did not feel he was going to die, but he felt his life would be hit by hardships that racked his mind. This feeling he felt now was worse than when he had to sit between Artemys and the others.
What the hell is going on?
“Xavier.”
That sudden call prevented Xavier from thinking about that simple question. He spontaneously turned around, instantly finding a haughty grin welcoming him.
“Edward told me the insect was dead. Are you sad?” Lilithia did not wait for Xavier's response. “Seems not. You even came here with a different woman. You're not really that interested in insects, are you? I got curious how the insect reacted to seeing you carrying another woman after she died.”
Xavier didn't hide the pain in his forehead. Lilithia had gone too far. Xavier understood that he was still upset, but insulting Nizivia to such an extent was inappropriate. However, Nizivia is still not fully dead—there is still a chance to save her. Therefore, Xavier will ignore the insults.
“Is that how you say you're jealous because I didn't come to you, but instead went to another woman you didn't even know?”
“I'll ignore that insult.” Lilithia landed right in front of Xavier. “Come go. Sudden meeting of commanders.”
That's too fast. Though not long ago he met Nueva, but the commander's banquet has been done. Their information was impressive.
I'm still looking for Monica, but….
“Good.”
Letting Monica calm herself down is probably a good option.
Xavier nodded to himself, before stepping up to the First Commander.
...—Evrillia, Elf Kingdom—...
Luciel closed the book he was reading, slowly putting it on the table. He could not find any information about the ancestors of the demons. Evana likes to collect ancient books, but nothing in her book collection is anything about Vermyna Hellvarossa. The information he had was too little. He still could not decide how to respond to the return of the creature. Moreover, now [Complete Sensory] was in his hands.
If Vermyna Hellvarossa had not been enough to get Luciel to massage his forehead, then Xavier's words about Fie Axellibra were enough to make Luciel do that.
The two strongest beings were not the Phoenix and Thevetat, but rather Fie Axellibra and Vermyna Hellvarossa?
Indeed, he knew about the anomaly. But are they stronger than the Phoenix? Really? That Phoenix that was stronger than himself?
“Have I been too naive to think Edenia doesn't hide a lot from us?”