|Ch.88

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"The judgement has been made",Leo read the paper he received from the jury. He felt sick and uneasy. "The Pendragon family had been the sole protector of the kingdom for a long time. But recently they had been forgetting their responsibility. They have been putting their own lives before the responsibilities god had given them. Every time a hell door was opened,they directly came to attack Pendragons and recently everyone got to know what hell wants. They wanted lady Hazel for some reason. And when she was taken away,Pendragons acted without thinking about the safety of the kingdom and opened a hell door. Angering gods,they brought Lady Hazel back. This clearly shows their irresponsible behaviour towards the kingdom and as a result a war has been created"

Jungkook saw red hearing all the bullshit. His clenched knuckles turned white as his whole body shook from fury. The only thing that was stopping him from going berserk was Taehyung's hand gripping his wrist under the table.

"The war has been continued for five years and things have not settled so far. Though hell has not demanded anything,it is a clear fact that they are venting their anger on us for what Pendragons did. It is solely an unfair affair to be the subject of their fury when the innocent has done nothing wrong",Leo continued to read with hardened eyes. He wondered if he himself thinks these statements are true. "To end this five year war,we need to give what hell wants. Though it has been obvious for years what they want,neither imperial family nor Pendragons had taken actions. Thus,as the jury of the court,we ask to give what hell wants",Leo's breath hitched as he read the next line. His eyes shook slightly reading it over and over in his head. Emerald words repeated in his head. This is the end of Pendragon family. Ending. Their ending should be gruesome. For that,Pendragons should be the villains in people's eyes. The criminals. To make them villains,something should happen. The only person who can make them villains or heroes,....The one and only person.....so this is how it starts....."Offer lady Hazel to the hell as a sacrifice",his heart leaped a beat,not in a good way.

The temperature of the room dropped. Everyone noticed the change as they all felt a shudder.

Leo felt his chest tightening with a mysterious force of domination. A ferocious aura which promised murder.  The urge to kneel down engulfed every single person in the room.

All the Pendragon men had their eyes glowing red as they stood up slowly one by one. They had enough. It's one thing if they wanted to banish them all but if they ask their sister's life,then be ready to have your head in a plate. Because if there's one thing they all wanted to protect wholeheartedly,then it is Hazel.

Hazel had empty eyes as she kept sitting on her seat staring at the table.

"Sacrifice who?",Seokjin asked,voice dropping low.

Namjoon chuckled darkly,"It will not be wise to make us the enemy at this point. Do you know what I mean?"

Leo couldn't breath with intensity of the aura they erupted. Everyone literally saw death in their vision as the fear of death engulfed them.

"THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD!",A jury member,who happened to be a priest,built up the courage to speak. "LADY HAZEL SHOULD BE —",blood splattered from his mouth as he choked. Soon enough he dropped dead.

Taehyung's fist was in the air as he made a choking hand gesture. He smiled coldly ,"Anyone wants to speak?"

"No",Jungkook spoke as looked at the jury. "If we kill the jury,the judgement will be invalid right?",his pscho smile brought chills to anyone who saw it.

"Y –You can't do it!",Another member of the jury shrieked. "You should be protecting us! Not kill us!"

"Oh fuck this",Jimin cursed. "Jungkook. Just do it"

Leo managed to stand up slapping the table,"You all should calm down! The final decision hasn't been made yet! The king needs to accept the judgement before everything!",Leo was panting heavily as he was still under the ferocious Pendragon aura. "Don't act on your own! You killed a jury member infront of an imperial member! Do you know what it means to offend an imperial member!"

Suddenly startling everyone,the door to the court room was banged opened revealing Eva. Behind her was a large number of knights including Nakamura,Logan,Ethan,Julia,Noah,Luca and Lucy.

"What's going on? You can't enter the court room without permission!",said Leo as a frown took over his face.

Eva's face was pale as her wide empty eyes landed on Hazel. She slowly stepped inside and stood infront of Hazel.

Hazel looked up at her blankly.

Eva's hands were shaking and cold sweat was rolling down her neck.

Everyone was curious as to why she suddenly showed up without permission. And she even brought the strongest knights along side her. It seems like only Eva knew the reason. Even the knights who accompanied her had no idea why they were there. Eva suddenly asked them to follow her and they ended up doing so.

Luca had the largest confused frown. He was just outside the court waiting for Hazel but seeing the knights going inside,he followed.

Eva pointed at Hazel and her hand was shaking badly. "Arrest her"

Just as the words left,six blades were on her neck with Taehyung's magic cracking in the air.

Just what in the world is happening? Everyone had their eyes wide in curiosity and fear.

Leo was horrified,"What are you doing? Eva...are you out of your mind?"

Yoongi snickered,"Yes Eva. Are you out of your mind?"

Eva had red bloodshot eyes as she stared down at Hazel. Her jaw was also trembling as if she is trying hard not to cry. "Hazel....why did you do it? Why? Just why?"

Hazel made a confused face. "What do you mean?"

Eva gritted her teeth,"Stop pretending already "

"I'm not pretending. I can't understand what you meant"

Eva scoffed,"Of course you can't. After all,there is so much you've done"

Hoseok,"Oi! What do you want? You also want to offer her as a sacrifice? You can forever dream on lady"

Eva chuckled,"Sacrifice? To whom? The hell?",he continued to laugh as if she had gone crazy.

Leo got down from his high chair and approached them,"Eva,what's wrong?"

Eva had tears as she laughed. Sorrowful tears of pain.

"Eva!",Leo grew frustrated as he yelled.

Eva looked at him with a sad smile. "It's her Leo. She is the criminal"

Leo had confused wide eyes.

Jimin,"How dare you!"

Eva wasn't fazed by Jimin's loud voice. She continued,"The demon executive member who appeared in the recent battle,who do you think she is?"

Jungkook raised a confused eyebrow,"What? What the hell are you talking about?!"

Eva pointed at Hazel again,"It's her",she looked at Hazel who was staring back at her with a confused expression. "Why do you make that face? I saw it Hazel. Few weeks ago,I saw it with my own eyes. You were talking with one of the demon executives that night. You talked about how you fought against Jungkook and Jimin. Their strategies,their plans everything! I thought I was mistaken. I couldn't believe it for weeks. I hid myself thinking I was crazy! But today,I met someone. Emerald,the guild master of anti Pendragon organisation"

Hazel stood up with a scoff,"And you believed him?! What proof do you have to slander me like this?! I've been silent all this time but this is too much Eva! I can be a sacrifice if that is what you all want but slandering me for war crimes is another thing! Why would I betray my own kingdom?! Why would I betray my own family! This war....my family is shedding blood to make sure this kingdom is safe so why the hell would I do such a thing?!"

"Oi Oi Oi! What the fuck!",Luca grumbled with a scowl. "Oi doll face! Stop fucking around if you don't want your head on a plate! Look around!"

Eva looked around. Sure enough,she was under the murderous glare of Pendragons. She knew that if she spoke without proof,her head would be on the ground any moment. So she pulled out a green gem out of her pocket. It's a recoding gem. When she put it on the table infront of Hazel,a holographic video played. There,everyone saw it. It was the woman who fought against Jungkook and Jimin few weeks ago. One of the executives in the demon army. She slowly removed her mask revealing Hazel's face.

"Master Hazel"

Someone called her in the video. Hazel turned around to see another executive member with a mask.

"We did as you ordered. What are we supposed to do next?"

Hazel in the video smirked. "Attack the capital"

That was all there in the video. Everyone fell into a deadly silent as their stares landed on Hazel.

Was it true?

Taehyung could tell if the video is a made up one or not but looking at his pale face,no one dared to ask him. What is this nightmare?

"Fluffball...",Jungkook spoke first. "Tell us it's not true....I believe you"

Jimin,"It's not true. She will not do something like that. Right Hazel?"

"Y –Yeah",It was Taehyung. Though he knew the video is not made up,he was still willing to believe Hazel. He smiled awkwardly,"It's not you right? Yes. It can't be you"

Hazel only had to give one sentence. And brothers would take her side no matter what. Even if the world said otherwise,they will believe in her.

Hazel raised her head. Her lips twitched into a wide smile. She turned to Eva and opened her mouth with wide amused eyes,"You caught me!"

Seokjin's sword fell onto the ground as he stared at Hazel with wide terrified eyes. Namjoon even stumbled back.

Every Pendragon men had disbelief decorated on their faces. Utter disbelief and shock.

Hazel chuckled slowly and soon it turned into a huge laugh. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!",She laughed hysterically. "YOU THOUGHT SACRIFICING ME WOULD STOP THE WAR?! WHO WERE YOU GOING TO SACRIFICE ME TO?ME!! IT WAS ME!! YOU WERE GOING TO SCARFACE ME TO MYSELF!!HAHAHA!!"

Hazel spinned herself around with hands in the air as she continued to laugh. She did a little elegant dance infront of everyone.

Only Eva was in her right mind at this moment. Hardening her heart,she ordered,"Arrest her"

Hazel paused and turned to look at Eva with her insane smile. "Who are you ordering?"

Eva,"Huh?"

A blade was on her neck. When she looked back,her world came to a stop. It was Nakamura. His blade was against her neck. And she was not the only one with a blade on their necks.

Noah had a blade against his neck too and the owner of the blade was non other than Logan.

Ethan also felt a cold blade against his neck. Julia was the holder.

And Luca,he stared wide eyed at his sister who was pointing her blade at him.

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