Chapter 81 - 82. Scapegoat (1/2)

”But if Zie was an illusion that was created to kill you mentally, then his death never existed and everything you saw was just a hoax,” I tried to digest all her words carefully. ”You can conclude that the marionette is also part of the illusion so that when Antonie dies, the doll should also disappear. Even if it turns out that he is still there. So what possibly happened is the first possibility.

Azalea then added, ”You just have to wait for the seal to disappear and Zie will return to the spirit realm, so that Antonie's words about that young man aren't there, just to trick you. He made the marionette lived for you, using his immortality spell and the help of his cat, because he must serve his sentence,” azalea paused for a moment, looking at me who was still shocked and confused, ' He is a scapegoat.`

”So I killed and you punished the wrong person?” I asked nervously.

Azalea did not answer. I interpreted her silence as a 'yes'.

A few seconds passed, Azalea sighed. ”He was not completely right or wrong. All the wizards knew about the murder, and of course he had to accept the punishment. He tricked us, so the punishment was all he deserved to get,” She explained, then patted me on the shoulder after asking me to be patient.

”He wanted to give me sweet memories, but he also had a duty to kill my mentality. Is it possible that dad killed Zie because Antonie could not do it?” I asked for an agreement.

I just realized now. I felt like I had to read the book over and over again until I got a clear understanding from reading between the lines. Otherwise, I felt like I would only be jumping to conclusions based on my opinion, not the actual purpose of the book. ”I was wrong. I am sorry.” I whispered.

”I just asked you not to get surprised at something you will encounter when you go home. You have to realize that when Antonie was killed all his illusions were gone. There will be some things that won't be like before,” Azalea took me to a condition I might face when imagining all this thing.

”Why did the Manjis call Antonie a thief?” This was the question I wanted to address but I was not too confident.

”It might be that Antonie asked the Manjis for something but failed to pay the price they asked for it,” Azalea replied, looking like she was just guessing.

Just because of his selfishness and ambitions, his father sacrificed dozens of people. Coupled with the greed of the Elder and the foolishness of both of them to get rid of me so that I would never be able to replace my grandmother, as the prophecy said--my father was willing to throw me, my brother, and my mother away, sacrificed Antonie and caused much damage. Innocent people were killed for nothing.

”I will cross tomorrow, making sure that everything is okay, even though I am really scared,” I told Azalea my true feelings.

”I will go with you to keep you company,” Azalea replied quickly. ”We don't know what will happen, so we have to prepare for the worst.” I obeyed her. She would also take Kerberos and some of her bodyguards.

I went to the room where Naar and Yoru were being treated. Although I was not allowed to go into that room by the guards, I insisted on waiting outside the room. They were looking very busy while I was just sitting, watching them walk here and there. I was totally blind about their current condition there, and that made me really worried.

If only I could go back to the banquet room, I would not have left the bathroom due to seeing the reflection of a spider on my soup. I should have stayed in that room and I would have been able to warn them about the posing danger at that time. Unfortunately, I could only regret it now.

”I'm sorry, but could I know the current condition of Naar and Yoru?” I asked one of them who seemed about to enter the room. He was one of the guards here. I realized it was really impolite but the following day I would cross the portal so it was important for me to know their condition before leaving.

”They? Who are they?” He asked in confusion.

”Two guards of Miss Azalea,” I replied to describe, ”One with a black armor, and another---,” I paused to try to recall what armor Yoru was wearing.

”Oh, the two main guards?” I nodded in reply, ”They are still being treated.”