The Antagonist: The World Ends Theory
Chapter 79 - First Meeting

"Did Miss Clara ever find a letter that was shown to Miss Love?"

"Miss Love...?" Clara raised next to her brows, engulfed by confusion.

He felt familiar with the name called Edmond just now. But it was difficult for him to recall memories - memories that were past. The side effects of unintentional black magic absorption alone were already this severe, especially if Clara was intentional.

Clara held her chin, still trying to remember where she found a letter that read Miss Love's name in it. Long Clara thought, but only a deadlock she found.

"I don't remember anything about letters."

"That's it..." Edmond was disappointed.

Edmond's disappointment created a cynical laugh from Jean. He was very happy when the crocodile seduced this woman did not get what she wanted. After all, the recipient of the letter must have been disgusted by Edmond's letter and decided not to reply. That's how Jean's mind goes.

"Oh, one more Miss Clara." Edmond clapped his hand.

"What?"

"Is there something between you and George?"

Clara brushed off the question subtly. "none. And why are you curious about me and her?"

Edmond smiled meaningfully, "There's no Miss Clara. Suddenly my soul gossiped out. Because I don't support you with George or him."

Edmond pointed back without looking, and there was Jean standing watching them. Jean glared annoyed, she knew very well where this conversation was heading. But Clara was too naive to understand. Or maybe it was because of the black magic that had eroded bit by bit the sharpness of his brain.

"How do you think Meiger is?" Edmond asked in a mischievous tone, raising his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty?"

Edmond nodded.

"He's a man to be respected. I myself am amazed by how the results of His Majesty's performance have been for his people. They are peaceful, prosperous and prosperous." Obviously Clara was long.

Edmond realized, Clara could have explained more about Meiger than this, but she didn't. Edmond smiled grinningly, how interesting the relationship between the four humans was.

He glanced at his pride, where there was Meiger watching the three of them with his eagle eyes. But Edmond was not an important person to him, until Meiger needed to keep an eye on him. According to Edmond, Clara and Jean are the strongest candidates that Meiger will likely oversee.

Edmond's smile grew wider.

Her eyes and Meiger's eyes cross each other. Meiger's gaze grew more piercing, while Edmond instead chuckled with pleasure.

Edmond knows, he knows.

Meiger's been watching him for a long time.

...❀...

[11 Years ago]

A young boy was sitting in the library reading a book. He focused on his book, disregarding the pile of books that were beside him. Her beautiful ruby eyes skirted every word in the book.

"So it's true you're here."

The child stopped reading. Staring flat at an adult man who has a similar face line to him. They are very similar, almost indistinguishable. It was just that the man had sapphire eyes, while the boy had ruby eyes.

"Emperor?" The boy asked the grown man who was the emperor of Siegward.

Emperor Siegward smiled wryly at his only child, "You didn't call me father?"

"That's not polite. The emperor is the leader of this country." The boy, Meiger, read the book calmly. He ignored Emperor Siegward who was already sitting next to him.

"What about the academy?" Emperor Siegward asked, he did so in order to break the silence.

"habit."

"Then sword practice?"

"habit."

"Is today nothing special? What about the days before?"

"Either."

Emperor Siegward exhaled his breath. He really sucks in the face of Meiger's drastic change in attitude in just an instant. Indeed, the death of his mother was not an easy thing that Meiger could take for granted in the blink of an eye.

It's been almost a year since her mother's death. Maybe Meiger won't cry like he did when his mother was buried. Meiger always prayed to the temple to pray until crying for the health of his mother. Apparently destiny says something else.

When they were still a whole family, Meiger was very cheerful like children in general. He played with his mother and occasionally with Emperor Siegward when he was away.

But now?

Sometimes the memory of that memory feels more beautiful than what is happening now.

The beautiful relationship between father and son etched into the past will only be history. The reason Meiger was cold to his father did exist, which was because he could do nothing when his wife was dying when he was an emperor.

However, Emperor Siegward found Meiger strange to anyone other than Emperor Siegward. They were not wrong - anything hit by the stone. Emperor Siegward will teach Meiger to be more professional.

"What if you introduce yourself to someone?"

"Someone?"

"Well, woman, and still younger than you. Want to meet him?" Emperor Siegward offers.

"no need. Edmond alone is enough to make me uncomfortable. I don't want any other rioters to interfere with my life." Ketus Meiger's.

Deterred was the hope of Emperor Siegward familiar with his son.

"Huft... okay."

...❀...

A week after that incident. Like the usual days. Meiger always took the time to read books he had not read in the library. He wants to finish one shelf in one week, sounds crazy but that's what he has to achieve this week.

Meiger picked up one of the books on the shelf attached to the wall, "The title of the book is strange."

GREKS

"Eh? What's?"

Meiger was surprised instead of playing when she picked up the book on the shelf, and now her shelf is moving by itself. Opening inwards, as if this shelf was the door to enter the secret room.

And sure enough, there's a secret room behind the shelf. Meiger thought there was only a flat wall.

Curious to eat away at him, Meiger enters a mysterious room in the library. He stepped slowly so as not to make a sound. Just take care if Emperor Siegward catches himself wet entering this mysterious room.

"What is this place anyway...?" Mumbled Meiger.

Meiger looked around, where there were only books scattered. It's no different from the library outside, it's like the library inside the library. Nevermind! There are too many library words here.

However, something caught Meiger's attention. It was a big bed in the middle of this little library. Meiger realized that there was a wardrobe next to the big bed.

Meiger's curiosity is mounting. After cradling the decision, Meiger finally chose to approach the bed.

"W...!"

Apparently, there was a little girl curled up there. A pure white mane, similar to the color of snow in winter. Her skin was pale, her skin definitely never interacted with the sunlight.

The little girl was very charming, her face while sleeping was so shady. But for some reason, Meiger felt that there was something strange about this girl. The reason why he's here, locked up in a mysterious room.

"Did? Don't tell me that he's the one the Emperor wants to introduce me to? I see. I understand."

Then Meiger went back down every corner of the strange room. A thick book lying not far from the little girl's bed caught his attention.

Meiger took it and opened the first sheet of the book.

Meiger frowned, "Scoleths are you and me?"

GREKS!

Meiger was attacked by an impromptu panic, there might be someone else about to enter this room. Meiger stayed too long in the enemy's lair.

Goddamnit!

TB

Un. Meiger's follow-up story is in the sub-chapter 'Im Sorry for That Day'. I purposely did not include it in the story because it was the same as repeating it.

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