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Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 11 : I'ʟʟ sᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ, ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ'ʟʟ ᴄᴏsᴛ

(Y/n)'s POV

I open my eyes. I look at the empty plate I ate yesterday before going to sleep. I look outside through the small window with bars to watch the sun. It indicates that it's already almost 4 PM. How long have I been sleeping ?

I don't know when I fell asleep, I screamed for at least a good hour. I fell tired afterwards.

The guards arrive and grab my arms to pull me out of my cell to cross the long corridor. Once on the stage, they let me down.

I rub my lower back from the pain of the fall and get up looking at Jahad, who is still sitting in front of me.

He doesn't say anything, he just looks me in the eyes and waits for me to dance.

I stay static in front of him. During the night, I chose one thing. I won't dance for him anymore.

Jahad seems impatient and speaks in a cold and harsh tone.

"What are you waiting for ? Dance.
- I will not dance."

He looks at me for a moment without saying anything, and then he gets up and walks towards the stage.

"I liked you better when you didn't speak. If you don't dance, I'll make you."

He walks up to the stage and I feel his incredible aura. I shake slightly and close my eyes, expecting to suffer or even die.

While I was expecting everything, I feel my frail, small hands get caught between those of big, masculine hands.

I open my eyes to see Jahad holding my hands and he begins to turn with me, as I normally do alone when I dance.

I can't see his reaction because his eyes are blindfolded by his three-eyed mask. His lips show no smile, but after a while they stretch into a fine smile.

"It's like when I danced with your mother.
-... Did you love her ?"

He lets go with one hand to remove the mask over his eyes to look directly at me.

"I loved her, just as I loved Arlen. She was my first love."

I look into his golden eyes. In spite of the fear I had at first, he doesn't seem to want to hurt me, or even kill me.

"How was my mother like with you ?"

We keep dancing in circles before he puts an arm around my waist to bring me closer. I felt pain and I'm afraid to move or even take a wrong step.

"She was radiant. Unlike Arlen, she didn't leave me... It was me who left her to enter the tower. I was so sad and filled with grief, but I had to go. I offered her to come with me, but she couldn't. She was pregnant... Of you."

I giggled. Is he personally angry at me for separating him from her ? I look at him and he smiles slightly at me to reassure me, as if he had read my mind.

"I hadn't seen her for a while and then when you entered into the tower with her... I was able to see her again, even though she was dead. That's why I don't kill you, because you let me see her again, just one more time."

My hairs stand up on my arms and we continue to dance together in silence, without saying anything to each other. The only sound of footsteps could be heard. The sun was gradually setting through the windows of the great hall.

The moon was shining brightly, high in the sky and the clock struck 9 PM.

Jahad lets me go and bends over to retrieve his mask which he puts back on his eyes. I stay in front of him, static, and he doesn't move either. I can feel his gaze on me, even though he is wearing his mask.

Eventually the guards arrive behind me, I walk towards my prison and Jahad finally leaves but I stop suddenly. The guards start asking me to move forward or they will have to be violent and then I spoke to Jahad, who hadn't left yet.

"My mother told me that she didn't love my father anymore. I imagine she loved you."

~~~~~

1 month later

70th floor of the tower

Khun's POV

We've never climbed the tower so quickly. I was determined to get to 70th floor, but Bam also seemed to want to get there quickly. Our suspenship has just landed and I quickly get out to look around.

Everyone is wearing long white clothes, hiding their heads, their bodies, and their eyes are hidden by a mask with three eyes.

A person who seems to be a woman welcomes us with a big smile.

"Welcome to the 70th floor ! May Zahard bless you !"

I feel the rage rising inside me and I grab the woman by the collar of her cape as I tear off her mask on her eyes. Bam comes out of suspendship after me and rushes towards me for believing the woman.

"Bam, let me go.
- You'd better not make trouble now, Mr. Khun..."

The woman seems paralyzed with fear and instinctively hides her eyes, before falling to the ground to say a prayer, screaming at the top of her lungs to ask her 'God' for forgiveness.

"Tell us where the temple of Zahard is.
- A-In the center of the city..."

She doesn't dare look at us anymore and I don't wait for anyone to direct me towards the city center. Bam has surely understood what brings me here in reality. He follows me by writing a message on his pocket, probably asking Endorsi for help.

It's already dark since we arrived. When I arrive in the center of the city with Bam, the only thing visible is a huge square with an elegant, refined and quite large temple. There are at least a good hundred steps to get there, on all sides of the temple.

"Mr. Khun. You know that too, don’t you ? Miss (Y/n) is locked in here.
- Then you know about it too.
- I asked Miss Yuri for help a month ago..."

I turned around to look him in the eyes.

"We might run into Zahard. Are you sure you still want to go in ?
- Miss (Y/n) is my friend. I have to save her too."

I sketched out a slight smile. Bam hasn't changed, no matter how much strength he's gained, no matter how much his appearance has changed.

“Okay. Let’s go, we don't have time.”

We entered the temple together, there are two guards at each temple entrance who do not prevent us from entering. Many worshippers are inside the temple praying.

Bam glances at me and guides me toward the worshippers to blend in among them. A guard gives us a white cape and a mask like the one everyone is wearing here.

We quickly put it on and begin to make a "pray". In reality, we try to look around us to see where (Y/n) or something else in this temple might be.

We set up near a door to the back of the prayer room, and four guards came out of it. They seem to be talking among themselves without paying attention to whether anyone was listening to them.

"She no longer even dares to defend herself against us, but today she still rebels without reason and doesn't want to dance.
- Did something happen between her and Lord Jahad ? He would never have asked us to come out during their dance before."

I feel my throat being dry. Bam looks at me and nods. We walk unnoticed to the door once the guards are gone. We enter the room which is actually a corridor, surely leading to behind the prayer room.

Two guards in the corridor turn towards us, without understanding what we are doing here, and he points their needles at us.

"You two ! What are you doing here ?!"

Bam extends his arm towards them and a huge amount of shinsu pierces them with ease. He hasn't even tried to explain himself, nor does he seem to have any regrets.

"Mr. Khun, it would be better if we take their guard uniform.
- You’re right."

~~~~~

(Y/n)'s POV

I look at my hands, in the grip of the tall man with blond hair.

Time seems so long that I don't know what to do with it. I let my body move to the rhythm of Zahard's, without protesting.

It's been a week since he gave me a new dress to dance in.

It's a huge wedding dress, with several lace and pearl decorations. There is also a veil to cover my face, so that he can imagine himself dancing with my mother than with me better.

I said nothing and I do what he wants, I had no other choice after all, it was death if I didn't do it.

I stopped dancing a while ago now, several weeks I would say. So since then, Jahad has been dancing with me.

I'm afraid, but I don't say anything, I just let myself be guided.

I'm shaking, my throat is tied, I feel like shouting, I want to scream, but I don't say anything.

I want to run, to flee, but I can’t move. I don't move.

I want to fly away somewhere else, like a bird, to escape from this harsh reality, but...

I am not a bird,
I cannot fly.
The only thing I know how to do is to fall on the ground.

I want to do so many things that I don't have the courage to do that I end up staying in the same place, alone.

Is there someone,
a stranger,
a friend,
my soul mate maybe ?

Can someone save me ?

I can't breathe,

I am broken.

~~~~~

Bam's POV

We put on the guards outfit composed of a cape with a light armor. It's not really appropriate to actually fight, it's as if the attacks are not a part of the daily life of the people on this floor.

Khun looks at me stealthily for some kind of signal for starting our searching.

I just nod my head and we start walking normally, after hiding the bodies of the guards, whether they are dead or just stunned.

Khun seems more and more stressed as time goes by.

"What if something had already happened to her ?
- You always think negative, Mr. Khun."

I give him a slight reassuring smile, but in reality, I'm scared too.

We've been walking for at least ten minutes, we just passed in front other guards in the corridor, they had doors, but they led to rooms, or the dining room of the guards and the priest who led the prayer.

A guard stopped us after a while, when I saw light and a large room at the end of the corridor.

"You two, what are you going here ? Lord Jahad doesn't want to see guards during his dance with the girl today."

I see Khun, in the corner of my eyes, happy that she is alive, but also disgusted that she is with him, and worried that she may be in danger.

"... Lord Jahad changed his mind. — I say
- Liar. Who are you ? New guards ? The king's orders are sacred, and he never changes them."

Khun grabs the guard's throat and freezes it, without waiting. The guard's screams are barely not audible because of the ice, and he collapses to the ground.

"Bam. Let's hurry."

Khun's POV

I accelerate the step towards the glow at the end of the corridor accompanied with Bam, and when I arrived at the end of it, I directly saw a huge stage, and several seats. The stage is the lowest place, and the seats go higher and higher like in a theater.

Below, on the stage, the silhouette of a tall man with blond hair is dancing with a person dressed in white. A long white wedding dress, with lace on the back, and a veil that hides her face.

Her brown hair flies in the wind with the movements of the dance and I feel my throat tightening.

When I saw her brown hair, I immediately remembered, that time I had done her hair dye.

That's her.

She is here on this stage,
forced to dance with this fake God.

Bam gives me a sign to be silent, and smiles at me.

"Before we attack, we must wait for some special people."

I look at him without understanding, my fists clenched. He points at the ceiling of the huge room and I see cracks appearing all of a sudden, and a pink glow, Bongbong's glow, dazzles the room.

A huge noise is heard and when the smoke and light faded away, I could see them.

All those people who became my friends.

"So you all came together.
You must have high hopes.
Aren't you a princess of Jahad ?
And if I remember correctly for you, you preferred love to power ?
And you... Son of V.
You came too."

Sachi and Boro fell from the ceiling with the help of Irure and Bero, Endorsi used Bongbong with Hatz and Elaine to teleport them on the middle of the vast theater.

"I have nothing more to do with you. And if you want to get back your filthy blood that you put in my veins to make me stronger... You can take it back. My friend is more important than your damn power. — Endorsi shouts
- To have preferred love to power ? I regretted for too long making this bad choice, but in the end, I prefer to have done it. Even if I had to suffer, it's better than having to be one of your "princesses". I am here to save the girl I couldn't help many years ago, and I never forget my debts."

Elaine smiles and lets her armor inventory appear in front of her. I plunge my hand into my lighthouse before something grab it.

"Sorry Khun, but you're going to have to let me out for this time, this is my fight too."

Beta comes out of the lighthouse and stretches his whole length. He looks towards Jahad and clenches his fists.

"Don't even think you can win against us. You're going to give us back the guide."

Jahad grabs (Y/n) by the neck and lifts her off the ground.

"She ? Very well. You'll get her if you kill me."

He smiles and the next moment, (Y/n) begins to disappear. I see her struggling and she manages to lift her veil before looking towards me.

"AGUERO !!"

Her voice seems broken, as if she hadn't spoken during a long time.

Her silhouette disappears, and Jahad lets his arm drop, a broad smile on his lips. Everyone begins to fear one thing.

"She is alive, I felt her shinsu in a hidden room below the stage."

I turn to the sound of the voice to see Isu with his observers behind me and Bam. He smiles at us.

"Now that you're all here,
why don't we start our fight ?"

~~~~~

HELLOOOOO !

YEAH, IT'S ME, I'M HEREEE ~

I'm so happy to finally update this, guys- I'm so tired with school and other things, so it's difficult to write. I try to focus on this story because it'll finish in 2 chapters (yeah yeah, only 2 uwu) so after I'll continue my other story, but for now, let's finish this one !

I hope you really like this chapter even if it take me a very long time to write it, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ALWAYS READS THIS STORY, IT'S MEANS A LOT TO ME 💕💕💕✨

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