The Traitor: Relic War
Chp. 43 Two Opposite Sides

The moonlight is now hidden behind the dark clouds that shade the entire capital making no clear night sky visible and now slowly but surely the sky begins to cry.

Dampening the roof with a speck of water that is now starting to pool in the streets, the night activity stopped instantly where when the residents began to return to their respective homes then the streets in the capital began to feel lonely.

Now they begin to prepare to spend the night by gathering with their families, feeling the warmth of the fire that was lit to warm their bodies when the rain that flushed increasingly heavy and make the temperature drop.

Just like the royal citizens who gather with their families, Some of the inhabitants of the palace are now also gathered together in a room where in a bed there is a thing that looks deja vu is now back there.

"Dad... Where did you find Zen..." Elize asked who was standing next to Nania on the left side of the bed while Arthur was across from Zen's bed.

"The guards found him... He was found unconscious in front of the gate... After that they immediately reported this..." Answer Arthur.

"Why Zen could arrive in front of the gate, besides he was unconscious..." Elize muttered with a curious tone.

"Yuuna how she is..." Shin who was at the bottom of the bed with Rika, Iori and Daven spoke after Yuuna stood up from the healing she was doing.

"Canade is fine... There were no serious injuries on his body..." Yuuna replied calmly.

"Thank God..." Said Lega Shin along with the sound of breathing from the others.

Slowly the ground of Zen's finger began to move, his closed eyes were now doing some small blinks, and then there was the sound of breathing so softly, his eyes were now open and revealed a slightly limp blue look.

""Zens..."" Elize and Nania simultaneously brought their faces closer together after seeing Zen who was conscious and looked like he was confused.

"Nania... Princess Elize... What's up..." Zen said that immediately recognized the two female figures who showed happy and relieved facial expressions.

"Zen, you remember me..." Nania now grabbed Zen's palm and clasped it with both hands.

"What are you saying... Of course I remember you..." Answer Zen with a clean slit.

"Hey... Why are you crying, did something happen..." Zen asked in great confusion, he did not know what caused Elize and Nania to wipe the tears that began to fall from the corner of her eyes, as well as Shin who looked very relieved.

"Thank God... I'm really grateful..." Nania said that so.

"I don't understand what's going on, but you don't cry... I'm fine..." He said softly and then returned Nania's hand.

"Well, we won't cry anymore..." The one who answered was Elize, she was about to steal the stage from Nania who was continuously clasping the left hand of Zen.

"Hero Zen, are you sure you're okay..." Asked Arthur who was on the other side of the bed right behind him there was Daven who also looked very worried.

Zen turned his head then looked at Arthur's face, at first glance his gaze looked so cold but it only looked very Fast to be realized by Arthur because immediately his facial expression changed again.

"Thank you for worrying about me, your majesty... I'm doing fine... Sorry to make you worry" replied Zen.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you're back to how you are now... Rest more until you're fully recovered..."

"Thank you again for the attention-eghh" Zen held onto his head which immediately hurt with the left hand that Nania had already released.

"What's up..."

"The zen... You okay?"

"Well, I'm fine... It's just that I feel a little pain in my head..." Zen stops Nania and Elize, who try to touch him, giving him a code that he's okay.

"Don't talk too much and move first... Rest your body Kanade... Maybe it's because of the influence of your memory's return.." Said Yuuna who was beside Elize.

"Alright Yuragi..."

"Everything let Zen rest..." Said Shin who understood the intent of Yuuna.

"Ehm"

"Then rest Kanade... We'll leave you now..."

"Well..."

Everyone was now moving out, including Elize who no longer cared for Nania who still wanted to be there, from her facial expression alone Nania looked so worried.

"Nania... You're not going...?" Zen asked the figure of Nania who was right beside him without flinching a bit.

"I'll take care of you tonight..."

"I'm no longer a child to be looked after while sleeping..."

"That's not what he meant... I'm keeping you from going alone again..."

"I really don't understand what I'm going for under these conditions..."

"You did it!!" Nania raised her voice when she heard the words from Zen.

"Eh??"

"You're leaving in a wounded state... You reneged on your promise to me... You're making me worry... That's why I don't trust you anymore..." Shouting Nania again made Zen look frightened.

"Be... Then I'm sorry"

"No way!!"

"Ha!???"

"I won't forgive you if you don't promise me one thing..."

"Promise??"

"I have to go to the toilet later... So I guess I can't promise that..."

"That's not stupid!!"

"Then???"

"Just promise!!"

"OK - well I promise" said Zen then closed his eyes because Nania's gaze was so scary.

"If you break it, I will not forgive you..."

"Yes yeah...."

Nania smiled, then touched the hand of Zen lying on the bed.

"Then I will leave you now, rest well..." Then he said and stood up.

"Alright" said Zen calmly and then closed his eyes, according to Nania.

"Good night Zen..." The sound of Nania's footsteps now slowly faded, and when the door closed then all the illumination in the room dimmed, and left the room filled with darkness where the heavy rain was still fluttering, and the lightning light illuminated Zen's room once in a while.

A few moments passed and Zen was lying with his eyes closed, the sound of rain filling all the senses of hearing.

It had been about fifteen minutes after everyone had died alone and Zen remained motionless in his dark room.

But after the loud sound of lightning Zen opened his eyes, revealing his blazing blue eyes, his face looked pale and cold in the dark of his room.

He got up from where he was lying and then got out of bed.

"Shadow Magic: Reach Enchancer" her rapals then sank into the shadow of the dark room, disappearing instantly from inside her room.

• • •

Nightfall

The Royal Palace of Terarria

Working Room

Arthur now looks quite busy with a pile of documents on his desk, all containing income reports from various Distirks in the capital, he said, His face looked quite tired along with his thin eye bags made his authoritative impression disappear instantly.

He put a document on his desk and then stood up and walked towards the document shelf on the left side of his office.

Choose some documents to find what he was looking for, and finally find him in the corner of the shelf.

He turned around and intended to walk towards his desk while opening the document earlier.

Brakk!!

"Gohh!!"

Sretti...

Arthur's body hit the wall hard enough that a push from the front pushed him backward very quickly, causing him to drop the document he was holding.

Then with wide eyes he looked at Katana who was now in her neck and ready to slash at her at any time, where the one who was pointing and locking his movements was the figure of Zen Yang putting on a cold face with a gaze of blue eyes that killed.

"The zen... What are you doing" he said slowly.

"Listen to me Arthur... You're the only one who knows my identity as the traitor... I'll do my job soon for the first time... I will kill the two Fighters who previously plotted with Duke Regard...

Because from now on I want to warn you... If you try to hinder or reveal that I killed them then I'll make sure that you'll be reunited with your family members in the afterlife soon..."

"Ke... Why did it arrive... What really happened to you... You never mentioned this..." Said Arthur a little trembling he could have let go. Self of Zen's shadow magic but not with Katana on her neck.

"I'm not the Zen I used to be, from now on I won't act naively... I'll do my job right from now on..." Answer Zen.

"You will only reduce the fighting power of this kingdom if you kill them both..."

"I don't care, after all they are just garbage that is based on lust and desire that stir Gebu"

"Then you thought I'd let-agh!!"

Arthur groaned a little when the Katana around his neck began to touch the outer skin of his Neck and inflicted a fairly long iris wound in which blood was stirred little by little from there.

"Your answer!" Zen Cold Speech.

"Baa... All right" replied Arthur afraid and trembling.

Zen lowers his katana and releases Arthur from his shadow magic.

"Thank you for the cooperation, Your Majesty" Zen said after turning his back and turned to Arthur with a frightening grin.

After that it was again swallowed into his shadow, going inside and leaving Arthur who touched the wound on his neck with the palm of his hand.

"The zen... Which is who you really are"

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