Themis, The Flower of Justice
Chapter 3 — Nights After Chaos

The atmosphere became frozen, they were all still shocked by what was happening in front of them. Inside the chaotic party atmosphere, all gazes headed towards Luminas. They did not believe that a gentle and beautiful princess like Luminas killed many people at once. He finished off 15 assassin knights alone, it even happened so quickly. As if the flow of time had come to a halt, they all died in an instant. The entire palace occupants were shocked at how powerful Luminas was.

Blood splattered on the floor, splashes of blood smeared on the beautiful walls of the hall of the Medeia mansion. So did Luminas, her face was covered with blood from the person she killed, and her beautiful white dress was now blood red. Due to the ferocity of the Luminas attack, their limbs as well as internal organs became scattered.

Luminas' appearance was quite terrifying, her expressionless face, coupled with the bloodstains that decorated her face. The white-colored dress that turned blood red as it was full of blood stains, and with the blood-stained sword she was holding made Luminas like a serial killer.

‘Ah, am I overreacting?’

Luminas felt himself to have done too much. Killing 15 experienced Aura Knights as assassins, even Luminas was seen killing them without difficulty. Of course showing his strength now would only invite trouble and make him more and more targeted by many people.

‘It's not good to show my strength now

*clontang

The sword fell out of Luminas' hands, it fell down. His face was covered with sweat, his body was trembling, as if he was extremely frightened. The inhabitants of the palace were surprised by the fallen Luminas, they all ran towards Luminas. Prince Dustin who was near Luminas rushed off towards Luminas.

“Princess Luminas!”

“Mr princess!”

Prince Dustin supports Luminas' body. He was still conscious, but his body was trembling violently and sweat was pouring down his face.

‘I didn't expect Princess Luminas to be that strong. But it seems like he has already forced himself against all of them.. For my sake?!’

While still propping up Luminas, prince Dustin drowned in his delusions

‘Of course killing is a heavy thing for anyone, especially for Princess Luminas who is as good as this angel~’

“-tin.”

“Dustin.”

“Prince Dustin”

Hearing Luminas's shrill voice, Dustin instantly came to a realization from his illusion. He was embarrassed that he still had time to think about it when Luminas was not in good shape

“Ah, yes princess. What can I do for you?”

“Prince Dustin, please take me to the dugout. Ah and also please call a waiter named Dorothy”

“Ahh well princess Luminas!”

Hearing Luminas' words, Dustin immediately rushed to carry out his orders. Without a word, Dustin immediately lifted Luminas' body and carried her into the dugout as he pleased.

Looking at Dustin's masked Luminas, Agnes clicked her tongue. He turned and immediately left without a word with a few soldiers following him.

.....

Suddenly a girl in a maid outfit with a red shoulder-length haircut kicked through the door in the room where Luminas was resting. With his random appearance he entered the room of Luminas by holding a large axe in his hand. He held the axe in one hand like it was nothing to him. The entire bodyguard tried to hold him back but it seemed that he had managed to barge in.

“Mr Princess Luminas!”

The maid-clothed girl shouted the name Princess Luminas with a heavy voice. Everyone in the room was alert. They took a stance to fight, especially prince Dustin he looked tense but also filled with determination to fight with all his might.

‘Princess Luminas has saved me, of course I have to repay her. In her weak state the princess is helpless, I must protect her'

Determined to fight to protect Luminas, Dustin picks up his wand in a small bag hanging from his pants.

“merge”

The maid-clothed girl told them to pull over in a very cold voice.

“No going”

Dustin replied to the girl without further ado. Although Dustin was intimidated by the ferocious gaze the girl emitted, Dustin still tried to hold her back.

“I've warned you, don't blame me if you get killed”

The servant-clothed girl prepared to swing her big axe. On the other hand Dustin and some of the knights who accompanied him were also on standby in a fighting condition.

“Stop..”.

In the midst of gripping the atmosphere, the sound of the shrillness from Luminas broke the tension between the two sides.

“Princess! You've reached!”

Dustin was surprised by the awakened Luminas. He immediately told his knights to call a Priest to check on Luminas.

“Mr princess!”

The servant-clothed girl shouted and rushed straight towards Luminas. Dustin who was still in a state of alert intercepted the servant-dressed girl as well as holding a large axe to approach Luminas.

Stopped by Dustin, the girl who was holding the big axe gave a piercing look, as if to tell if he did not step aside then his head would immediately float. Given such a sharp gaze, Dustin became daunted. But that alone did not dampen Dustin's determination to protect Luminas.

“Stop that prince Dustin, no need to put up a vigilant attitude. That girl is my servant and my close friend, Dorothy”

“Eh?”

Hearing the words of Luminas, the prince of Dustin became confused.

“And also you are Dorothy, do not be too impolite towards the prince of the Selene” empire

“Eh?

Eh?!!”

It turned out that the servant-clad girl holding the big axe was Dorothy, Luminas' personal maid and also her childhood friend. Hearing Luminas' words, the two of them became confused. Faced with the puzzling situation Dorothy's axe fell down and her voice echoed throughout the room. They exchanged glances for a few seconds, their faces wrinkled.

‘So he is the prince of the Selene empire?! End me, if he offended me for my actions, then my head must be floating!’

‘So she is a close friend of princess Luminas! What if he is offended by my actions? Everything must be falling apart and he won't bless me with princess Luminas!’

Their expressions both turned dark. Although they said nothing, their faces said everything.

“I'm sorry for my impoliteness prince!”

“Sorry for my despicable behavior Miss Dorothy!”

They both looked down and said it simultaneously.

Luminas who saw this thought it was funny and let out a small laugh. Hearing Luminas laughter, their faces both turned red and looked towards Luminas simultaneously again.

“What a funny thing!”

The two of them also snapped at Luminas simultaneously

Seeing this, Luminas laughter became even louder. The two of them were surprised to see Luminas laughing off like this. Subconsciously, Dustin's face turned red

‘Ugh, princess Luminas is really like an angel. Such a dazzling laugh!’

This time, Dustin did not linger in his delusion, he immediately realized instantly because he had to keep the image in front of the two of them.

“Ehem, forgive my previous behavior Miss Dorothy. With such an appearance, I did not expect that miss is a servant as well as her friend Princess Luminas”

Dustin slightly lowered his head before Dorothy. Although he apologized for having Luminas, his request was quite sincere to Dorothy. It seemed like he really felt guilty for misunderstanding Dorothy.

Of course who did not misunderstand, with Dorothy's disheveled appearance, as well as her tense expression that looked like she wanted to kill someone, coupled with carrying a large axe towards the room of a princess, everyone would have misunderstood Dorothy and thought Dorothy was a crazy assassin trying to kill a princess in broad daylight with tight security.

“Ah prince Dustin, no need to apologize to me! I'm just a lowly servant. The prince of the empire does not deserve to bow down and apologize to me. It is precisely I who should apologize for having acted disrespectfully towards you, prince!”

Responding to Dustin's apology, Dorothy was somewhat nervous and confused as to how to respond. Because he had never dreamed of witnessing such a sight. A prince from an esteemed empire looking down apologized to a servant? Of course it happened because of his master whom he served, Luminas Von Medeia.

Dustin steals a glance towards Luminas. Then he looked back at Dorothy with a smile.

“Ah It's okay Miss Dorothy, your disrespectful behavior just now is because you're worried about princess Luminas. Of course I understand it”

“But prince, even though you forgive me, my actions are not something that can be forgiven just like that!”

Seeing Dorothy who insisted on wanting to apologize, Dustin sighed and replied to Dorothy with a friendly smile.

“Good. If you insist on wanting to apologize, what if we consider all of this breakeven? You're being disrespectful to me, and vice versa. Doesn't that mean it's all resolved and resolved? So let's end here just”

“Ah if you do say so, then I will accept your decision”

They talked for a long time. Luminas were astonished, they looked quite familiar even though this was the first time they met. Luminas were curious about what they were discussing, but it seemed like he could guess that they were discussing about him. Judging by all their behavior, it is not strange when two Luminas fans talk about their idol. After a long conversation, Luminas interrupted their conversation

“Ah Well prince Dustin, it seems like you have already taken so much of your precious time to me. What if you leave me and hand everything over to Dorothy? After all it was inappropriate for an imperial prince to have to take care of such a trivial matter as this”

Although his choice of words seemed to drive Dustin away, Luminas said it in a gentle tone while putting his hands together. Looking at the Luminas that were like begging, Dustin had no other choice but to meet the demand of Luminas.

“Oh! All right, looks like I'm interrupting the princess's break. But at least allow me to ascertain the state of the princess before I leave, as I have also summoned a Priest to come here. I can't let someone who saved my life experience a dangerous state”

Although Dustin agreed with Luminas' request, Dustin asked Luminas to have him at least make sure Luminas was safe. But Luminas shook his head and subtly rejected it.

“It's okay prince. My condition has improved, I am in good shape. And also, saving you is my duty as part of the kingdom of Medeia. The kingdom of Medeia should be able to entertain and protect its guests, after all if you are in trouble it will complicate the relationship between the kingdom and the empire. So you do not need to feel indebted to this incident”

“But..”.

“Ah if you keep insisting to be here, you will make me feel guilty because as the host is unable to treat the guests well and instead instead waste their time”

Seeing Luminas being so adamant, Dustin had no other choice but to budge. Dustin gave his knights a warning to leave the room. But before Dustin left the room, Luminas interrupted him.

“Ah, can I help you again princess?”

Dustin was astonished at why Luminas stopped him from leaving

‘Oh! After telling me to leave, did he finally realize that he wanted to withdraw his decision back and ask me to accompany him?’

Dustin drowned in his delusion again. But a sentence from Luminas broke all his delusions.

“Please tell Priest that I'm fine, so he doesn't need to come here”

Luminas said it with sparkling eyes. Seeing such Luminas, Dustin was immediately stunned and immediately executed Luminas' request

“Ah, fine. Is there anything you need again princess?”

“Just like that, thank you prince. Sorry to trouble you”

Luminas looked like he was not feeling well towards Prince Dustin, he said as he lowered his head.

“It's okay, you've saved my life. This is not worth the service you do. If you need any more help now or in the future, just tell me. I'll help you as much as possible.”

“Thank you for your kindness, prince”

Luminas lowered her head once more

Then Dustin left the Luminas room waving his hand. Moments after Dustin left, Luminas sighed.

“Haah”

“Are you really okay princess?”

Dorothy asked worriedly

“Of course it's okay, you think lowly Aura Knights like them can make things difficult for me?”

Luminas said it while showing his mocking grin.

“Ah! It turns out like that. I'm thinking they're strong enough to hurt you. Ahahaha, without thinking long I would hurry and bring my love here”

Dorothy laughed while rubbing the back of her head

“Humph, of course not. How long have you known me? I am very strong know, am I not this master whom you admire so much?”

Luminas snorted arrogantly.

Of course Dorothy understood the arrogance of Luminas, at a young age she was already a high-level Magic Knight. When someone else had only reached the high-level Knight Aura at the age of 21, even that was already among the fastest. While Luminas was able to become a high-level Magic Knight at the age of 15, increasing the power of Magic Knights was much more difficult than ordinary Aura Knights.

“Iya-iya. Who can rival the prowess of the princesses I serve”

Dorothy said so while raising both of her hands.

“Hehe”

Hearing the praise from Dorothy, Luminas smiled brightly. He looked like a child who had just received a gift from his parents.

“By the way who dared to attack the prince in the Medeia residence? Which idiot would dare to provoke the two strongest powers in the continent? How strong are they?”

“They are all quite strong and I will have a hard time if they really face me from the start. After all my strength is a variable that the enemy did not expect so the enemy was not ready to face me since the beginning of”

Luminas shrugged both of his shoulders.

“Talking about who sent them, I have an assumption that they are a royal insider. Like you said, which person would dare to provoke us? Of course other than insiders who can enter them without any problems and want to damage the relationship of the two kingdoms, the, after that they will scapegoat someone so that the kingdom loses a useful person and they can reach their destination”

Talking about the traitors in the kingdom, Luminas' facial expression turned cold. Dorothy noticed the sudden change of Luminas' expression, which had been brightening to dark.

Dorothy knew that the true nature of Luminas was someone who was gentle and warm-hearted, but because he was on the side of Luminas for a long time he realized that the real Luminas personality is also a person who is cold-hearted and without any emotion even when he did a terrible deed. It was as if Luminas could control his emotions well and use them according to circumstances.

For others it may be something terrible, being able to change emotions as desired means being able to manipulate any circumstances that can benefit him. But for Dorothy, who knew Luminas for a long time, she knew that her master was obsessed with true justice. Dorothy considers that the one who walks the path of justice is the one who is able to control his emotions according to the situation, there are times when he uses his wits to assess the situation, there are times when he uses his empathy to understand the situation. Dorothy understood that.

“There's a traitor in the kingdom? Do you have any guesses who would dare to betray the kingdom of Medeia?”

“I have an assumption that the culprit is Agnes, my sister. Because he looks suspicious while the party is going on, however.”.

‘I think it's not as simple as that’

Luminas was deep in thought. Of course a suspicious person was the prime suspect, but Luminas felt that Agnes could not possibly have the power to manipulate the circumstances to that extent.

“I think Agnes just controlled” Mummified Luminas

Seeing Luminas muttering to himself, Dorothy thought that Luminas was deep in thought again. He felt that thinking too complicated now would only complicate himself, breaking the silence of the atmosphere by exclaiming

“Yah! There's no point thinking about this now. Why do you pretend to be weak? Wouldn't showing strength give you power, like the nobles who will support you because it has potential?”

In response to Dorothy, Luminas got up from her bed and headed to a painting on the wall and crossed her arms

“Of course that showing strength will get many benefits, but on the other hand if showing it now will only cause a lot of losses compared to the benefits. If I show my strength now, then the nobles will only be fragmented. My brother's faction, Leonard the crown prince, will weaken. Whose relationship we had was fine, he would start targeting me, and it would only benefit the traitor as the kingdom would split according to his wishes”

In response to Luminas statement, Dorothy exclaimed excitedly

“Ah! So it's like that. Already I suspect you are indeed amazing, able to think widely and far ahead!”

Luminas nodded with Dorothy's response. Luminas poured a glass of water into the glass from the teapot on his bedside table. While he was drinking it Dorothy suddenly asked a question

“Ah by the way are you really going to have a relationship with prince Dustin of the empire?!”

“Pufff”

Luminas spouted a drink from his mouth and coughed when he heard Dorothy's question. Seeing Dorothy's eyes sparkle as she asked, Luminas became confused as to how to think of it

“Ah? Umm. it... Well it seems so. I think my father will announce it tomorrow.”

Luminas said it gloomily. But Dorothy's response was quite the opposite, she was even more excited. Everything was clearly depicted in his increasingly sparkling eyes.

“What? Did ya??? What do you think of Prince Dustin? Isn't he the perfect guy??”

“Well, it looks like so. I think he is a decent man, in addition to being a prince of the empire he is also a direct disciple of the master of the magic tower. I guess having a relationship with him is not bad considering that it will strengthen the relationship between the kingdom and the empire, as well as the kingdom with magic tower”

Hearing Luminas opinion, Dorothy became sullen

“Ah is not what it means! My point is his opinion as a man in your eyes!”

‘I don't think my weird daughter's master is going to be in a relationship with a guy’

“If that's my personal opinion of him, then I can't give you much of a response. I think if it's possible to give an advantage over the kingdom then I don't mind. But if I have to comment on him... I think he is a guy with a good personality”

Luminas says his opinion firmly, except for the latter, he looks a little timidly giving his personal opinion of the prince.

‘I didn't expect Dorothy to like something like this, well I had to give my opinion as rational as possible and give her such acting additions to make her happy’

“Kyaaa! Then congratulations Princess, it looks like you will find your true love”

Dorothy screamed and jumped in joy at Luminas's opinion, as she did not expect that her strange daughter master had fallen in love with a man.

“Ehem, not like that. If I live his relationship with him then it is only for the benefit of the kingdom, no more”

“Fufu, you might say that. However I can fully understand you~”

‘It seems I have to burn all the romance books in her room’

“But, there is one problem”

Since Luminas said it with a tense expression, then Dorothy was worried that it was a big deal.

“Not possible, what problem is it?”

Dorothy put on a worried face when she heard Luminas' statement

“Ah, no. Its alright. Forget it”

Luminas covered her mouth and turned back to Dorothy.

“Ehhh???? Please tell me princess”

Dorothy pleaded with a pensive expression. He shook Luminas' body while trying to persuade her.

“No Dorothy, just forget my words this”

‘The big problem is...’

“Can't be if the problem is that big?”

Luminas nodded

‘Mr... does he want to carry all the problems alone given the complexity of the problems he thinks? How amazing, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the kingdom. Even if the princess does not want to tell me, then I will still help her with all my abilities!’

Dorothy's eyes sparkled at Luminas. But Luminas avoided Dorothy's gaze.

‘It seems he misunderstood. Indeed, there is a big problem. Viz...

I'm a man '