Vita Nova
Episode 63 "Hint"

Flashbacks

"DIE YOU!!" a sharp knife quickly attacked Lily from behind Fei's hand,

"Ukh!-" Lily instantly dodged Fei's attack and clasped his hand, clutching it,

"let go!-AKH!" Lily turned Fei's hand back and held him to the floor,

"Who are you?!?Tell me!" insist Lily,

"ACH-AH!OFF!"

Soon someone broke through Lily's room door very hard, making Lily and Fei stare at the door,

"!?!"

Lucas stood in the doorway with a look of shock and disbelief in what he was seeing at the moment,

"L-lily?. You..what did you do to Fei?.Why did you attack him?.."

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Episode 6***3

"Sister?.."

"I'm asking you!!What have you done to Fei?!"

Lucas approached Lily and Fei with an angry look that was shown to Lily.Lily was unable to open her mouth looking at Lucas' gaze at her.Fei suddenly fainted.Lily released the grip of her hand and stood up.

"Fey!!Awake up!"

Lucas tried to wake Fei up but Fei did not notice and held him.

"I'll ask for your explanation later." said Lucas then left,

Lily was silent petrified.Newly this first time she got a cruel gaze from someone other than her stepmother.His chest hurt, unknowingly her tears flowed profusely.Lily cried in silence.

'That's not sister Fei..'

/Again

"Rina, please help me get ready, Ian's coming soon"

"All right Miss!"

"I want to wear a dress that is simple, the fabric is light and.don't use too much makeup.."

Lina tilted her head with a confused expression,

"Did anything happen last night, miss?" asked Rina while combing Lily's hair,

"No.no.."

After she finished getting ready, Lily immediately went to the front door of the main hall to greet Ian.

"Madam, is there a problem?.you are a little different" asked Jeremy worriedly,

"No. I'm fine." replied Lily slowly,

Soon, Ian's horse-drawn carriage arrived at Lily's mansion and the servants welcomed Ian formally as usual.

As soon as Ian got off the horse carriage, he saw Lily's different expression, as well as the aura emanating from her.

'Lily is indeed simple but.not usually she untangled her hair without decoration, even she did not wear the necklace of the late Duchess' inner Ian, she did not wear a necklace,

"Welcome Your Highness the Grand Duke, The Lady Marchioness is waiting for you" Jeremy said approaching Ian,

"Thank you" Ian replied then immediately approached Lily who was standing blankly in the doorway.

"Welcome Ian." said Lily limp down, looking down,

"What's wrong with you?" ask Ian,

"There's nothing." Lily replied,

Ian who felt awkward with Lily's attitude.Ian touched Lily's pale face and looked into her eyes fixedly.

"We better get in" said Ian,

"Sure. come"

Lily takes Ian to her study and asks Lina to prepare tea and morning snacks.

"Lily, tell me, what happened?"

"Nothing.."

"Honestly, you can tell me anything"

Lily was speechless, she could not say anything.It was too difficult for her to tell about the incident last night.

"Well, have you ever yelled at your sisters?." asked Lily,

"No, mom said a sister shouldn't yell at a sister, especially a sister" Ian replied,

"Then.what if a sister snapped at her sister?." asked Lily slightly trembling, and,

"...he doesn't deserve to be considered a sister"

Ian's answer made Lily's chest tight.This was also the first time she was yelled at like that by her own brother.

"Was..Grand Duke Everon yelling at you?" ian asked slightly surprised, and Lily nodded slowly,

"Explain everything.."

Lily also explained everything that happened last night between Lucas,ia, and Fei.Hearing Lily's story, Ian's suspicion on Fei began to be answered.

"Red eye??"

"True, even though Brother Fei has the same eye color as big brother.and also, I felt something strange from him",

"It seems that this should indeed be investigated more deeply, and Kel should take part in this investigation"

"Yes.."

Ian looked at Lily who was still moody.The woman actually made her heart move.Ian approached Lily who was sitting in front of him and attached her forehead to Lily's forehead, which she had to face,

"Don't worry, your brother is the one who isn't in a hurry to conclude things.And also, I'm always here if you need help" said Ian softly despite his flat expression.

Seeing Ian's flat but warm gaze, Lily felt a little relieved because Ian comforted her like that.His face looked fresher and a smile was on her face.

"Of course"

Shortly after, the servants brought tea and some snacks that Lily had asked for.

"Oh yeah, you said you were gonna say something happened to Vel yesterday, right?" ask Lily, please,

"Yesterday, Vel felt the demon curse and aura belonging to the elves in the crystal where the Grand Duke Darvin family was" Ian replied,

"Eh?The elf?" ask Lily astonished,

"Yes.Vel said that the curse of the devil can only be lifted by someone who has been in a relationship with the Demon King, such as Kel.But Vel is stubborn,because of fear of which crystal it will die and affect the power of which other crystals.So, Vel was forced to absorb the curse by making his hand a victim.Dilihay from his condition yesterday, he was forced to absorb the curse,he was really severe for enduring such tremendous pain" Ian explained,

"For the sake of crystal mana.he got like that." said Lily pity,

"What about her condition now??" ask Ian,

"His curse is slowly eating away at his flow of mana.and Vel is in great pain, fortunately Zergan has already given painkillers using his white magic" replied Lily, in response,

"Do you want to see him?" lily asked, though,

"Alright" replied Ian,

Lily and Ian went to Vel and Bel Pavilion. Arriving there, Lily and Ian see Vel having breakfast with the Bell from the doorway.

"Oh!Lily!Good morning!" said Bel cheerfully,

"Good morning Bel, and Vel" Lily walked over to Vel's bed, followed by Ian,

"Good morning to Lily.Lho?Ian's with you too?" ask Vel, please,

"Ian is on duty and for the next few months will stay in the capital, all of you come to see you and tell me what happened yesterday" Lily replied,

"I don't intend to visit him, I intend to visit you" Ian said flatly,

"Didn't you guys go see Vel?you asked" Lily replied, yourself,

"No" said Ian quickly,

"Well, okay.."

Lily and Ian chatted for quite a while with Vel and Bel.To the point that Lily forgot what happened to her last night.

/Another acquisition, in the Holy Temple

Zergan was conducting some tests through the magic liquid that was likely contained in the Mana Crystal.Now the Great Priestess came to see Zergan in a hurry, the Great Priestess came to meet Zergan in a hurry,

"Your Majesty, Grand Duke Everon has arrived to meet you",

"Hm?Lucas's?He didn't send me any letters",

"It seems urgent, he's waiting in the prayer room",

"so yeah..All right, well, well, if you finish these 2 test sheets, I'll go see him"

"Alright Your Majesty" '2 sheets.perhaps it means 2 mountains.' the inner High Priest resigned, the,

/In the prayer room

Lucas sat in silence while waiting for Zergan there.Until Zergan arrived, Lucas was still sitting still.

"What's Lucas?" zergan asked as he walked over to Lucas,

Lucas stood up and bowed to Zergan,

"Greet His Holiness Saint, messenger of the Great God Lucitus" Lucas said,

"There is no need to be so stiff, lift your body" replied Zergan felt burdened,

"So, what do you want to talk about??" zergan asked, though,

"Yesterday, you went to the palace to check on Empress Renata's condition, didn't you??" ask Lucas,

"Right, and so was Prince Arhen, but unfortunately the Prince was not there, he went to the border of the Drimson forest" Zergan replied,

"What about the Queen's condition?." asked Lucas anxiously,

"His body was very weak after the rampage, I felt a dark aura emanating around him as he lay weak.It was not magic, nor was it holy power" Zergan replied,

"I need your help Your Majesty",

"Help?"

"Actually, last night at Lily's mansion, I was about to look for Fei because he wasn't in his room, and I also asked some of the servants who were still awake, but no one saw him,while walking in the hallway, I heard the voice of Fei shouting that said.. 'Dead you' "

"What?!?"

"I heard her near Lily's room.Then I broke down Lily's room door and saw Fei who was crazy at Lily's attack, more precisely Lily protected herself from Fei's attack" Lucas explained feeling guilty, saying,

"Lady Chartina attacked the Marchioness?!? How can?!?" zergan asked in shock and panic,

"I don't know the details, but what I saw at that time was not Fei. Fei's eyes were green, while at that time his eyes were red, I also saw a kitchen knife lying near Lily and Fei" answer Lucas,

"Is there any evidence that Lady Chartina attacked the Marchioness?." asked Zergan clenched her hand tightly,

"Nothing but.I'm sure it is the same condition as Empress Renata.according to the words of the ladies-in-waiting to the Empress" Lucas replied as he recalled,

"The same condition?.."

"According to the ladies and gentlemen, before the Queen went on a rampage, she looked very happy, and then slowly rampaged at the dinner table with red eyes, perhaps not too visible because of the pink queen's eyes.After she went on a rampage, she was very happy, he fainted and lay limp in bed",

"The servants also said the same thing.perhaps they were controlled by something"

"Controlled??Ah..Fei.maybe"

"We must enlist the help of the Crown Prince and Grand Duke Darvin this time",

/Lily and Ian's acquisition

"Ian, what do you mean the aura of the elves in which crystal??"

"It was an ability that the elves had for hundreds of years, aura acted as the owner wished, but I never knew how to channel an aura to the Crystal, she said,it has never existed in the history of this empire",

"Land of Malterra, maybe if we can find a clue there!" said Lily spirit,

"Don't be reckless"

"Hiks.."

Seriate..