Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 157 – GOODBYE, ILENE
I try to escape from reality. I don't want to accept the fact that Ilene, my most beloved sister, is gone and the figure that resembles her standing before me right now is just a cruel vampire using her body.
I ran to pull myself into hiding and let Alice finish all my failures.
If only I had been more persistent in holding Ilene back from leaving my side to the shrine, I'm sure she would still be alive today.
I have failed to become a dutiful child, and now, I have also failed to become a good brother.
I had let Ilene in solitude breathe her last breath in the cold and even in her last moments, her possessed body was then used by a vampire to bring havoc to the face of this world.
And even after that again,
“Kakak, help me. I'm in pain.”
I could still feel compassion for the vampire figure who used Ilene's face to deceive me.
Alice with her silver-armored greatsword wounded the vampire until the vampire's great healing ability could no longer cover all these wounds. Soon the figure of the vampire will be defeated and Ilene will be able to rest in peace in nature.
But with stupid me, though,
-trange.
I repelled Alice's final attack on the vampire.
“Stop, Alice. You made Ilene hurt.”
I let myself be fooled by the vampire and saved him, leaving myself in delusion if Ilene's soul was still in the deepest corner of her body.
“Conscious, Your Majesty! He's a vampire! Your sister, Ilene, is long gone in this world!”
“Stop! How dare you say that, Alice! I won't forgive you!”
“Master?”
-shang People.
Then without warning, the vampire who laughed happily internally at the thought of tricking me, then targeted my body, thinking maybe he could use my healthy body this time as a source of food, he said, trying to launch a sneak attack on me.
I know all that. I knew it was all just a trick from the vampire from the start. But foolishly, I chose to do nothing, allowing the vampire who was about to lick my neck to draw my blood.
-Sraaaa.
But immediately around the body of the vampire snared by ice. That is not my style, but Yasmin's style that can be all elements.
“Your Majesty! Master!”
Alice immediately reached out to me to make sure of my situation.
“Sorry, Alice. I lost my clarity of thought.”
“Hmm.” Alice shook her neck as a sign of my guilt.
“It's natural that a human being feels sad if his loved one dies, Master. I'm the one who should apologize. Even though it's a vampire, she still wears the form of Her Highness Princess Ilene, so it's not appropriate for me to hurt her in front of you.”
“Alice?”
“It's only natural that Master will blame me in the future. However, if the monster is allowed to live longer, it will only fall more victims and vampire curses can be more rampant in the face of the world. It's okay for me to be blamed by Master after this because I still have to kill the monster no matter the risk! I'm sorry, Master.”
Thus, Alice swung her sword at the vampire who had been entangled by Yasmin's ice. The vampire was also destroyed.
“Master! Are you okay?!”
I nodded my head at Albert's question that came to me with such a worried look. I just stared from a distance at how the figure of the shining lightning knight brightly annihilated the evil creature that was about to bring calamity to the face of this world.
Of course not.
So am I angry with him?
I was angry, but obviously my anger was not directed at Alice. It was to myself who could not complete the responsibility I should have and instead handed the burden to others to complete it.
How could I be angry let alone blame that kind-hearted person for cleaning up the mess I made?
However, I could not look directly at Alice's face that night.
“Albert, Yasmin, everything is still unfinished. There are still many corpses that have been bitten by the vampire that if not immediately cleaned up, will only rise as a new vampire again. We must immediately exterminate the heart of all its corpses.”
“Good, Master.”
“Ready, Master.”
“Understanding, Master.”
Alice answered even though I didn't mention her name. It makes me feel more guilty about him.
Thus, I was with Yasmin and Albert doing the cleaning without having the time I spoke to Alice again.
***
The vampire disaster was dealt with. However, this is not a case that can be spread to the public just like that because it will certainly cause panic.
This case was also covered as a terrorist incident committed by Rahib Robell Zarkan and his followers who survived the post-war who still hold a grudge against me.
It just so happens that the monk's death is still hidden and only reportedly escaped after the defeat of the former emperor Ethanus, so he became the perfect scapegoat. It was also not a good thing to reveal to the public that a sacred temple preacher was apparently a demon from another world in disguise.
However, the cause of why Ilene could end up as a drag is still a mystery. There must be a mastermind behind all this. It was impossible for Ilene who was kept so safe in the seclusion of the sacred temple to be infected by the vampire virus.
Then as the most suspicious person in my opinion, he is the Monk Vyndicta Eros. He was the one who arranged everything related to Ilene's stay in the seclusion of the sacred temple at a time when she should have been able to mandate it to her subordinate sacred servants.
In addition, after the vampire disaster was over, the monk suddenly disappeared without a trace.
At first I believed that the monk had been hiding in a very isolated place while hiding his tail in great fear after his plan failed and I who was very vengeful of him intended to look for him in all corners and the gap of the world to take his life. Although there is no evidence to suggest it, my belief has been very strong that he was the culprit behind Ilene's fate.
But apparently, that was not the end of the monk's devious plan. He once again stabbed me in the back.
Apparently the monk and his followers had been hiding in Lobos City under the protection of Duke Rodriguez all along. Then the statement of what he said really cornered me.
He testified that I was the mastermind behind the ill-fated incident that occurred at the sacred temple for the sake of I being able to kill Ilene as the only person left who could destabilize my throne position.
He had a lot of luck, although Ilene could no longer inherit the throne, Ilene often confided in him that I often threatened her to kill him just because my sleep could not calm down as long as Ilene was alive.
The damn monk said it without knowing my suffering that maybe I was cursed never to sleep again for good unless I fainted.
What makes his testimony even more believable is a letter from Ilene's late confidant, Mellina, stating the veracity of the testimony. Experts have confirmed that the letter is nothing but written by Mellina herself.
That is why, this also became the opening path for the nobles who did not like me, but could not oppose me openly, now had the opportunity to unite to show their fangs before me.
But it's good too. Perhaps this is my only chance to clear the opportunist nobles from disappearing forever from the empire. There is also no point in nurturing hyenas in the empire who can betray you anytime you are off guard.
The problem was Grandpa Glenn. Anyway, I want to keep Grandpa Glenn by my side. Moreover, Lilia, Grandpa Glenn's granddaughter, was the wife of my trusted bodyguard, Albert.
Thanks to Father-in-law who with his words of wisdom could appease the other nobles, the situation remained safely under control on the continent for now. However, it is not strange that this will trigger a civil war if it is left for much longer.
However, that does not mean there is anything I can do at this time other than waiting for the results of the official investigation of the judiciary. Thankfully at least Duke Orsena as the holder of the judiciary is not one among the opportunist nobles.
I am not a good brother. Instead of grieving Ilene's death, all I thought about was saving myself.