Fake Princess
CCLXXXIV Chapter
"Izumi," Haruki said as Izumi stepped away.
"Actually, what happened to him," Haruki continued, he walked away after hitting the dinner table hard.
"I'm sorry, my brothers," I said standing with Cia who I held tightly in my arms.
"Eneas, can you take care of her," I said walking over to her, Eneas raising her hand to grab Cia who was in my arms.
I turned around to leave the room, I followed one by one the rooms in this house. Several times I knocked on the doors of some rooms whose doors were tightly closed...
Both of my feet stepped closer to the door, I opened the door with my head slightly out just to make sure the situation. I looked at Izumi who was sitting on the terrace... His eyes, looking straight at the night sky.
"Izu nii-chan," I said walking over to him.
"Don't come near... Please," he said bowed followed by his hands moving rubbing his face.
"Nii-chan," I said stopping the footsteps behind her.
"Sorry, give me some time to calm down" she said bowed with a face hiding between her two legs.
"Every smile hurts, you know."
"I still vividly remember your words that night, nii-chan," I told her in a quivering voice, Izumi turned to look at me with her wet eyes.
"How are you?"
"I saw you, that night I watched you, Brother..."
"The boy who sat next to my mother when she died. Is that you?" Reveal it to him again.
"Sachi."
"Not just you, I'm always haunted by those nightmares. I don't know why? I didn't know it was a dream or reality, but it felt so real to me, especially when you cried next to my mother. Tell nii-chan, what should I do for you?"
"Izumi," Haruki's voice rang out from behind, I turned to look at her as she walked closer.
"What do you want?" Izumi turned her eyes away.
"Listen to my explanation, I have a reason why I did it," Haruki continued standing beside me.
"Shut up Haruki's mouth, I don't want to listen to anything right now."
"I understand, if you're going to do anything to achieve your goals. But did you forget who killed our mother" Izumi said again, raising her head back to the sky.
"I remember, I remember everything."
"You don't know anything Haruki, so keep your mouth shut" Izumi replied to Haruki's words with a trembling voice.
"Why, why should we work with them. They had only stopped being Imperial Knights six years ago, longer than that... They were still Knights serving the Empire."
"Please your mind first, Izumi."
"My mind has been very calm for a long time, if not... I killed them all, did you know it was Brother?" Tukas Izumi released Haruki's hand grip on his arm.
"Izumi," said Haruki, hitting Izumi in the face.
"Nii-chan," I said standing up, I grabbed and pulled Haruki's arm, which was still trying to hit Izumi.
"Do you think you're the only one hurt?!" Haruki's voice looked at Izumi who had been sitting down due to Haruki's punch.
"I, Sachi, Dad, are all hurt... It's not just you" said Haruki pulling the collar of Izumi's clothes.
"Did you see him? You see Sachi who is beside me now, do you want her to worry about you for the rest of her life?!"
"You won't understand!"
"We wouldn't understand if you didn't want to tell me! Tell Izumi, we're your family, right?" Haruki said sitting opposite her, I let go of my hand that was grasping her arm as her head leaned against Izumi's shoulder.
"I'm the cause of your mother Sachi's death. If he hadn't tried to protect me, you might still be with him by now. You guys, maybe still with him now. I'm sorry," he said, sounding slow.
"It's not your fault nii-chan, it's not all your fault" I said sitting beside her, grabbing her head against my shoulder.
"I was never nice to him. Even though he was always nice to me, I always replied with harsh words. I hurt your mother too much, Sachi," he said, I felt a tight grip on my back.
"I've been lying to you all this time, that's why... Sorry," he said faintly, Haruki stared at him for a long time as his hand moved to pat Izumi on the head.
"Did Mom ever say she hated you?"
"Do you know Izumi, she's always excited to tell you when she brings me food. Izumi ate up my cooking, Izumi like this, Izumi like that... Until I thought, I was eager to meet my younger brother," Haruki said back to him.
"I'm sure, I don't hold the slightest grudge against you... Mother, I will forgive all the mistakes we may make. If you act bad to me, you won't love her like you do right now, will you?"
"Do you remember Dad's message?"
"Why feelings and thoughts are created together. Because if you rely only on feelings, this world will be destroyed. That person is being unfair to me then I will kill him, that person does not understand my feelings, then I will finish him off. So on..."
"But, every human being will definitely experience a change, whether it is from the shape of his body or even from the soul that is in it. Just like Sachi said, don't focus too much on one's ugliness... But look, the good side of that guy."
"What if now Sachi hates you for what you did to his mother, will you accept it?"
"Sorry," Yoona's voice came from the side, my head turned towards her standing with Eneas, Cia, Jabari and the others behind her.
"If you doubt we'll all betray or not. We are ready to be spilled with blood" Jabari said.
"Or, we will reveal all the secrets of the Empire known only to you..."
"Although, we will lose our lives right now, too" he said on his knees.