Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 20 - What Are These Feelings?
Nagato who heard Shirayuki choking then drank water in front of him.
The whole room was also shocked to hear Shirayuki's words and they tried to remember Pandu's face and compare it to Nagato's.
Nagato looked at Shirayuki as he did not expect anyone to know her identity.
"One day you'll find out, I don't want to talk about it now?" nagato's cold voice to Shirayuki made Iris slightly annoyed because there was a young boy who seemed disrespectful to his mother.
Shirayuki who heard Nagato's words preferred to be quiet, but Reto instead ventured to ask.
"Young man, you seem to be emotional, you look so sure of your strength that you're protected by these four great warriors, don't you?" Reto smiled cynically looking at Nagato making Azai, Kuina and Serlin almost stand up but Nagato's hand coded the three of them to keep calm.
Nagato was slightly annoyed with Reto's cynical gaze making him recall the faces of Kazan and the Disaster Highness.
"Honestly, I'd hate it if anyone would underestimate me, seeing that look and smile just makes my blood boil!" nagato's cold voice made Reto silent because she could feel Nagato's gaze different from that of a child her age.
"For the sake of gaining great power I was willing to sacrifice my life instead, I don't care about others if I'm strong then I can easily silence everyone who looks at me with such an annoying look like you!" Nagato smiled sinisterly at Reto but everyone who saw his cold gaze was aware that Nagato's eyes looked like two people because Nagato's left eye was bleeding from his eyes, while her right eye let out tears that looked so sad, Litha looked at Nagato's face with anxious feelings and the girl held Nagato's hand gently, she said, litha's meaningful gaze on him made her calm again.
"I'm sorry, I don't feel well." Nagato rubbed his left eye then he stood up and entered the room followed by Litah from behind.
The room that was having a dinner party became so awkward.
After being in Nagato's room stood staring at the window and there was a shadow of his face that made him want to cry.
"Nagato, what makes you like this? You always seem strong but when I see you daydreaming sometimes it looks so sad, what really happens?" Litha approached Nagato and stood beside the young man.
"Nagato who looked strong yet also looked fragile at the same time was something that made me not want to leave him alone, for some reason I felt comfortable being near this young man I just met!" inner Litha while trying to calm Nagato down.
"Didn't you tell me that in this world you're not alone!" Litha smiled gently at Nagato then she held Nagato's cheek, the little girl followed Nagato's words while making a cute facial expression.
"Blood?" inner Litha when looking at Nagato's left eye.
"Litha, I'm just like you my house has been snatched away, my parents are gone and all I have left is hatred in my heart!" Nagato cried softly then Litha hugged Nagato and buried the young man's face in her chest.
Litha cried softly, the little girl held her voice and sobbed her cries, herself again recalling the pain she wanted to forget. Hearing Litha holding back her cries, Nagato wiped her tears and hugged Litha for some reason she felt so calm as she hugged the body of the little girl she was holding.
"What a fool I am, didn't you always tell me that a man can't make a woman cry!" inner Nagato with her hand stroking Litha's fine hair to calm her down.
"Sorry Litha, I'm a weak man even I made a cry because I have reminded you of the past you want to forget." Nagato whispered softly in Litha's ear while trying to calm himself down as he did not expect it to be this close to Litha.
"M." mm." Litha shook her head, then she looked at Nagato's face and wiped the young man's tears in front of her.
Nagato was speechless staring at the tears that were soaking Litha's sweet face then he hugged Litha's body back because Nagato did not want Litha to see her slightly reddened face.
"What is this feeling?" inner Nagato then she stared at the fine hair of Litha that touched her face.
"I've made you cry." I don't know why Nagato's heart ached when he saw Litha crying.
Litha then tried to look at Nagato's face, her face flushed red looking at Nagato who looked so close to her that even the young man was rubbing his hair.
The young man he was staring at, wiping away the tears that were soaking his cheeks, he did not expect that Nagato also cared for him, for some reason Litha's heart was beating so hard, he did not expect that Nagato would also care about him, the little girl was unaware of the feeling herself.
"My heart? I was embarrassed that Nagato heard it." Inner Litha while trying to get away from Nagato but the young man hugged her tighter.
Back in the dinner room everyone who was there was silent a thousand languages after Nagato went to the room to calm down.
Reto was silent a thousand languages and even her face was pale from offending Nagato, then Grandpa Hyogoro told Kuina and Serlin to look after Nagato while he invited Azai to watch over the movements of the Demon Worship Sect.
"The young man is similar to Prince Pandu!" hana closed her eyes.
"The handsome young man? He looks so dashing when angry ..hihihi?" Oichi whispered in Ichida's ear.
"Oichi, don't whisper in my ear that laugh gives me goosebumps!" ichida says while pushing Oichi's body.
"We better wait for the report from the warrior on guard, Senior Hana!" Shirayuki smiled at Hana.
Hana just let out a long sigh while enjoying the warm tea that she drank.
"Well me or you, even my son and your son have that power, don't you Pandu?" shirayuki's mind closed her eyes, her eyes looked meaningful.
Outside Yasai City were hundreds of people walking towards the city.
Hundreds of men who were forced to continue walking non-stop and were not fed and drank were approaching Yasai City, wearing necklaces, bracelets and slave chains.
"Well! ...Thirst! ...Sir please give me some water to drink!" A young boy who was seven dozen years old looked so dry his body.
"You'll give me a drink when you get to Yasai City's gate, so don't complain!" say X 1 while forcing them to keep going.
A middle-aged man fell down, X 3 who saw that instead of helping him he kicked the middle-aged man so hard that the middle-aged man spewed fresh blood from his mouth.
"We leave this guy, the city's close so don't complain, I'll hand out drinks when we get there!" Shouted X 3 loudly, the big and muscular man looked so furious to see hundreds of men wearing slave necklaces constantly - constantly complaining.
"We will treat the food ordered only for all of you, if you have arrived in the city, you can eat as much, but only on one condition!" X 2 with his evil smile offered food to hundreds of men wearing slave necklaces.
"Condition?"
"What, conditions!"
Some buda men are interested in the X 2 offer.
"Hem ..you must drink the water in the small bottle that will be given when you get to the city, after that you can go berserk as you please!" X 2 smiled broadly at the reaction of the slave man in front of him.
"Rooking, you mean?" A man wearing a slave necklace asked him.
"Eating as you please, sorry I said it wrong!" X 2 quibbled as he looked at the person who asked him.
"You're just a guinea pig and I belong to that guinea pig! So don't complain too much!" inward X 2 himself smiled broadly at the look on the faces of hundreds of men who became slaves back to the spirit because in the lure of food by himself.
They smiled widely because for a few days they did not eat and drink, even they were forced to continue walking for a few days.
"We're almost there, we have to hurry!" X 1, who had been silent earlier, began to shout loudly telling them to rush towards Yasai City.
After passing through the dense forest, they saw the end of the forest, their eyes widened and smiles adorned their faces, as they saw the bright light that adorned the night sky in Yasai City.
"Middle of the night, we'll move!" said X 1 aloud to make the men who became guinea pigs bow to his words.
"Middle of the night, it's still a long time dad!" said a young man who looked fifteen years old to his father.
"Prophe boy, soon we will eat rice after all this time, so be patient!" the father of the young man replied softly, the man looks to be in his fifties.
"If at that time, Prince Pandu who became our Emperor would not be like this, foolishly we believe the rumor that Prince Pandu betrayed, he said, this might be a reward for me for worshipping Emperor Hizen too much and his followers back then!" the inner old Grandfather, he coughed softly while regretting his decision in the past.
Hundreds of men who did not realize that they were going to be guinea pigs, continued to walk endlessly in their minds just how to overcome the hunger and thirst and fatigue that hit their bodies.
It looks so ironic to see the conditions in the Kai Empire now.
A well-meaning sister but because no one realized and no one heard his explanation and what he had done, he said, so they keep ignoring him and an older brother who believes too much in the friendship bond between him and his friend makes himself unaware that he has been taken advantage of.
One day in a story of the past, a brother named Pandu so respect his brother, when the little Pandu has not shown his talent, so much, he only noticed that Big Brother Hizen was practicing martial arts and learning swords, but when he grew up Pandu's talent appeared, especially Pandu had followers from the Kagutsuchi Clan who were so amazing like Satsuma, Chosu, Tatsugoro, Tosa and Takatsugu. Pandu as a General is able to defeat great warriors from other Empires in the Ezzo Continent. Even when he raised the three new disciples, he, all of his students were not from noble families and were only peasant and commoner families except for Misuzawa Matsuri who was the first female disciple of Pandu and came from the Misuzawa Clan. When the older brother named Hizen walked around the capital of the entire Kai Empire just talking about Pandu from his good looks, his courage, his ability to lead an army, and his ability to lead an army, his skill was to strategize well where he could defeat the Cannals of the Northern Continent and bring back victory in the land of Kai.
Hizen who was always surrounded by nobles was a little jealous of his own brother's success, the fear of losing power and the opportunity to become the next emperor made him fall into malice so easily he was instigated by his good friend, Hizen is not aware of the promise he made with Pandu when they were both little.
When hearing of Pandu's death, the, Emperor Hizen cried because he remembered the promise uttered by his brother but he who as the brother was hostile to him and considered his only brother to be a threat to him.
In the present times the death of Pandu becomes the beginning of the great turmoil that hit the Kai Empire.