Chapter 233: [Bonus ]233 – Epilogue To The Candidates Games
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Lirian nodded in understanding, and said resolutely, "I think that I know why I have to go to Nebula-6," he said taking them by surprise.
"It's probably a death trap, but it's also the only place that I have any chance of being safe while I grow," Lirian said with a pondering look.
Both his mother and Albus looked at him surprise, so he continued to explain, "At the end of the year when I leave my pod data will be made known to a majority of the nobles, and with the enemies I just made, I don't doubt that the data will end up in the hands of the other empires,"
"As thing stand there are people in our empire that want me dead, once they see how many energy points I've opened, they will spare no effort to kill me, if I go to one of the 39 planets, they'll find me in no time at all,"
"The way I see it the only safe place for me currently is Nebula-6," Lirian said, his argument was perfectly logical, and they couldn't say that his logic was wrong.
Albus had been truly been annoyed by Lirian's actions at the banquet, but he had to admit that Lirian did think things through properly and effectively, and he wasn't so foolish as to overestimate his ability to hide from the other empires.
It was also clear that he had no intention of letting the empire fend for him, he wanted to grow stronger and fight his own battle's, it was something worthy of admiration.
The doors suddenly slammed open Taliyah and Albus both turned around wondering who would be so rude as to interrupt their conversation, when they turned around they found Belinda and Helen standing there with serious looks as they approached the emperor and empress.
"Your majesties," they both said in a hurry as they got to their knees, "Forgive our intrusion, but there is a problem, a big one," they said seriously.
Belinda pulled out her communicator and began to explain, "We were doing a routine check on everything that happened at the banquet when we found a file about Lirian worth 100 billion credits on the black market,"
"I purchased it immediately, I know that it was an absorbent amount," Belinda said to the empress immediately, "But your majesties you have to look at this," as she said that she brought up the file on her communicator.
A look of anger crept into Taliyah's eyes as she looked at the details, it showed Lirian's pod data, with the exact same 72 points that were opened when he was four years old.
"Is it my pod data?" Lirian asked calmly, it was the only intel on him that he believed could be worth so much value.
"Yes," Belinda told him, she was slightly surprised by how calmly he was taking it, not even the emperor was as calm as him.
"Everyone else still thinks that it's a joke but, it's only a matter of time before people start linking it with the talent you displayed and the other empires move," Belinda said gravely.
Lirian stood up straight and firm as he released a heavy breath, there was a disappointed look on his face as he took in the new information.
"How is this even possible," Taliyah said through the gritted teeth.
"Telamon," Lirian said, "I told you that he passed it on to Efrideet and now Efrideet has made it public, but since we have no proof it's pointless to point fingers for the blame," Lirian said as he regained his calm.
"It would appear, that I've run out of time I have to leave immediately!" Lirian said in a saddened voice and there was a bit of unwillingness in his voice as well.
As things stood half the time that he went to the academy, there were people that tried to assassinate him, and from what Lirian had learned it wasn't Telamon, it was possibly Efrideet, but there was also the chance that the other empires were probing into Lirian's defenses as well with those attacks.
So far, all they sent were probes, but with his full talent being revealed, he wouldn't be surprised if the other empires started to send their sleeper agents to kill him tomorrow, and that's before the real assassins arrive.
He didn't want it to be so soon, he still wanted to spend some time with his mother, he wanted to be there for Edith's funeral, there was still a lot he wished to do here, but now he had to flee with is tail between his legs.
"Where is the portal that can take me to Nebula-6?" Lirian asked turning to the emperor.
"It's all the way on the home world," he said, "We'll have to move in secret using my secret portal route, so our first destination will be Quaria's Basin," he said it was his closest portal to Xelia.
Lirian remembered that portal route, he never imagined that he'd be using the same route he took to get to Xelia to escape back to the home world of Clovis.
Lirian strolled out of his room with purpose and quickly made his way to Anya's room.
He paused for a second before stepping in, "Anya I…" Lirian began but he was cut off by Anya.
"I already heard everything," she said, Lirian sniffed and detected the smell of tears, he realised that he wasn't the only one that had an awful day.
Lirian nodded with a guilt-ridden face, "You're not the first important person to me that's said those words to me you know," Lirian admitted.
"And it's probably true," Lirian said in a heavy tone.
"I wanted to tell you, that I let you keep your memories for reason, it's because you're probably one of the only people I've ever trusted, and I know that it's probably hard to keep such a thing to yourself, so you can share it with my mother, you can tell her everything," Lirian said.
"Also," Lirian took another heavy breath as he tried to stop his voice from croaking, "Thank you for taking care of me all these years, and for always standing by my side, I know that I hurt you and I'm a fool for blaming you, but it's the only way I can cope…." Lirian was panting and he felt his blindfold grow wet as he struggled to force more words up.
"Goodbye Anya," he said turning around and walking away to meet with his mother and the rest of the aides who were gathering.
Anya was sitting with her back facing Lirian the entire time, as Lirian spoke her face became wet with tears, as she heard him.
She was amazed that he could shed tears for her, and she could hear how apologetic he was in his voice, but he didn't say that he was sorry.
She felt that she was deserving of him saying those words to her after all she had done for him, it was her duty to guard him, but it wasn't her duty to be his friend, so she wanted a proper apology out of him or she would never forgive him for blaming her in such a way.
She wiped away her tears and quickly started to get ready and pack up her things from the sound of things she could tell that everyone was getting ready to leave, their time on Xelia had come to a close.
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In another place on Xelia.
Media was busy at her make-up station putting on a fresh layer of her favourite rose lip stick, when she noticed someone enter her room, she was startled at first, but she quickly recognised the intruder.
"Tobias, what are you doing here so late?" she asked with a smile as she saw Tobias through the mirror.
He was awfully quite, so she was feeling a bit concerned, but before she could turn her head to look she felt something cold on her neck, as she looked at the reflection in the mirror, she could see that Tobias was holding the sword and pressing it against her neck, a slight trickle of blood escaped her throat.
"What are you doing?" she asked in a panic with widened eyes.
Tobias gulped audibly as if he couldn't believe what he was doing himself, "Tell me why you sold out Wentian?" he asked.
"Tobias you know that Lirian was just…." Media tried to explain.
"He's always right," Tobias said taking a deep breath.
"Lirian I mean, honestly when he accused Telamon of those crimes I was doubtful to say the least and I held my reservations, but he was absolutely correct in all that he said, he's never been wrong, and he said that you sold out Wentian so explain yourself or I'll kill you," he said while shaking slightly.
Media was also worried, she didn't know if her guards were watching this, no one would have ever expected Tobias of all people to do such a thing.
"Okay fine it was me," she admitted, "But you know what Wentian was like, he was straight forward, direct and loyal, a great friend, but he was not candidate material,"
"Candidates must be cunning and manipulative, it's the only way for someone to be an effective leader, historically speaking, Wentian's type makes for good soldiers, but as far as leaders, he is the type that is unbending he is more likely to get those who stand on his side killed due to his stubborn personality,"
"Even if he somehow survived the trial, he would have made a terrible prince, so I sold him out for profit and to increase my standing in my family,"
"I could have done the same to Edith but she was the perfect example of a great candidate, so I didn't, Tobias you have to believe me if all I was after was profit I could have just as easily sold out Edith," she explained desperately.
Tobias nodded and pulled back the blade, making Media breathe out in relief.
"So, you were just a traitor," Tobias said and brought down the blade directly at her neck.
Puchi.
Tobias suddenly frowned when he realised that he missed and found a dagger buried directly in his heart.
"You really are a sly one," he muttered as blood spilled from his mouth and he crumpled to the ground.
"I wouldn't have done it if you didn't force my hand," Media said calmly.
She bent down and dipped her fingers into his blood that was still warm, and gently smeared it on her lips.
She took one last look in the mirror and put on her signature sweet bloody smile.
"These are… The Candidates Games," she whispered softly.
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THE END OF VOLUME ONE!!!!!
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Lirian nodded in understanding, and said resolutely, "I think that I know why I have to go to Nebula-6," he said taking them by surprise.
"It's probably a death trap, but it's also the only place that I have any chance of being safe while I grow," Lirian said with a pondering look.
Both his mother and Albus looked at him surprise, so he continued to explain, "At the end of the year when I leave my pod data will be made known to a majority of the nobles, and with the enemies I just made, I don't doubt that the data will end up in the hands of the other empires,"
"As thing stand there are people in our empire that want me dead, once they see how many energy points I've opened, they will spare no effort to kill me, if I go to one of the 39 planets, they'll find me in no time at all,"
"The way I see it the only safe place for me currently is Nebula-6," Lirian said, his argument was perfectly logical, and they couldn't say that his logic was wrong.
Albus had been truly been annoyed by Lirian's actions at the banquet, but he had to admit that Lirian did think things through properly and effectively, and he wasn't so foolish as to overestimate his ability to hide from the other empires.
It was also clear that he had no intention of letting the empire fend for him, he wanted to grow stronger and fight his own battle's, it was something worthy of admiration.
The doors suddenly slammed open Taliyah and Albus both turned around wondering who would be so rude as to interrupt their conversation, when they turned around they found Belinda and Helen standing there with serious looks as they approached the emperor and empress.
"Your majesties," they both said in a hurry as they got to their knees, "Forgive our intrusion, but there is a problem, a big one," they said seriously.
Belinda pulled out her communicator and began to explain, "We were doing a routine check on everything that happened at the banquet when we found a file about Lirian worth 100 billion credits on the black market,"
"I purchased it immediately, I know that it was an absorbent amount," Belinda said to the empress immediately, "But your majesties you have to look at this," as she said that she brought up the file on her communicator.
A look of anger crept into Taliyah's eyes as she looked at the details, it showed Lirian's pod data, with the exact same 72 points that were opened when he was four years old.
"Is it my pod data?" Lirian asked calmly, it was the only intel on him that he believed could be worth so much value.
"Yes," Belinda told him, she was slightly surprised by how calmly he was taking it, not even the emperor was as calm as him.
"Everyone else still thinks that it's a joke but, it's only a matter of time before people start linking it with the talent you displayed and the other empires move," Belinda said gravely.
Lirian stood up straight and firm as he released a heavy breath, there was a disappointed look on his face as he took in the new information.
"How is this even possible," Taliyah said through the gritted teeth.
"Telamon," Lirian said, "I told you that he passed it on to Efrideet and now Efrideet has made it public, but since we have no proof it's pointless to point fingers for the blame," Lirian said as he regained his calm.
"It would appear, that I've run out of time I have to leave immediately!" Lirian said in a saddened voice and there was a bit of unwillingness in his voice as well.
As things stood half the time that he went to the academy, there were people that tried to assassinate him, and from what Lirian had learned it wasn't Telamon, it was possibly Efrideet, but there was also the chance that the other empires were probing into Lirian's defenses as well with those attacks.
So far, all they sent were probes, but with his full talent being revealed, he wouldn't be surprised if the other empires started to send their sleeper agents to kill him tomorrow, and that's before the real assassins arrive.
He didn't want it to be so soon, he still wanted to spend some time with his mother, he wanted to be there for Edith's funeral, there was still a lot he wished to do here, but now he had to flee with is tail between his legs.
"Where is the portal that can take me to Nebula-6?" Lirian asked turning to the emperor.
"It's all the way on the home world," he said, "We'll have to move in secret using my secret portal route, so our first destination will be Quaria's Basin," he said it was his closest portal to Xelia.
Lirian remembered that portal route, he never imagined that he'd be using the same route he took to get to Xelia to escape back to the home world of Clovis.
Lirian strolled out of his room with purpose and quickly made his way to Anya's room.
He paused for a second before stepping in, "Anya I…" Lirian began but he was cut off by Anya.
"I already heard everything," she said, Lirian sniffed and detected the smell of tears, he realised that he wasn't the only one that had an awful day.
Lirian nodded with a guilt-ridden face, "You're not the first important person to me that's said those words to me you know," Lirian admitted.
"And it's probably true," Lirian said in a heavy tone.
"I wanted to tell you, that I let you keep your memories for reason, it's because you're probably one of the only people I've ever trusted, and I know that it's probably hard to keep such a thing to yourself, so you can share it with my mother, you can tell her everything," Lirian said.
"Also," Lirian took another heavy breath as he tried to stop his voice from croaking, "Thank you for taking care of me all these years, and for always standing by my side, I know that I hurt you and I'm a fool for blaming you, but it's the only way I can cope…." Lirian was panting and he felt his blindfold grow wet as he struggled to force more words up.
"Goodbye Anya," he said turning around and walking away to meet with his mother and the rest of the aides who were gathering.
Anya was sitting with her back facing Lirian the entire time, as Lirian spoke her face became wet with tears, as she heard him.
She was amazed that he could shed tears for her, and she could hear how apologetic he was in his voice, but he didn't say that he was sorry.
She felt that she was deserving of him saying those words to her after all she had done for him, it was her duty to guard him, but it wasn't her duty to be his friend, so she wanted a proper apology out of him or she would never forgive him for blaming her in such a way.
She wiped away her tears and quickly started to get ready and pack up her things from the sound of things she could tell that everyone was getting ready to leave, their time on Xelia had come to a close.
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In another place on Xelia.
Media was busy at her make-up station putting on a fresh layer of her favourite rose lip stick, when she noticed someone enter her room, she was startled at first, but she quickly recognised the intruder.
"Tobias, what are you doing here so late?" she asked with a smile as she saw Tobias through the mirror.
He was awfully quite, so she was feeling a bit concerned, but before she could turn her head to look she felt something cold on her neck, as she looked at the reflection in the mirror, she could see that Tobias was holding the sword and pressing it against her neck, a slight trickle of blood escaped her throat.
"What are you doing?" she asked in a panic with widened eyes.
Tobias gulped audibly as if he couldn't believe what he was doing himself, "Tell me why you sold out Wentian?" he asked.
"Tobias you know that Lirian was just…." Media tried to explain.
"He's always right," Tobias said taking a deep breath.
"Lirian I mean, honestly when he accused Telamon of those crimes I was doubtful to say the least and I held my reservations, but he was absolutely correct in all that he said, he's never been wrong, and he said that you sold out Wentian so explain yourself or I'll kill you," he said while shaking slightly.
Media was also worried, she didn't know if her guards were watching this, no one would have ever expected Tobias of all people to do such a thing.
"Okay fine it was me," she admitted, "But you know what Wentian was like, he was straight forward, direct and loyal, a great friend, but he was not candidate material,"
"Candidates must be cunning and manipulative, it's the only way for someone to be an effective leader, historically speaking, Wentian's type makes for good soldiers, but as far as leaders, he is the type that is unbending he is more likely to get those who stand on his side killed due to his stubborn personality,"
"Even if he somehow survived the trial, he would have made a terrible prince, so I sold him out for profit and to increase my standing in my family,"
"I could have done the same to Edith but she was the perfect example of a great candidate, so I didn't, Tobias you have to believe me if all I was after was profit I could have just as easily sold out Edith," she explained desperately.
Tobias nodded and pulled back the blade, making Media breathe out in relief.
"So, you were just a traitor," Tobias said and brought down the blade directly at her neck.
Puchi.
Tobias suddenly frowned when he realised that he missed and found a dagger buried directly in his heart.
"You really are a sly one," he muttered as blood spilled from his mouth and he crumpled to the ground.
"I wouldn't have done it if you didn't force my hand," Media said calmly.
She bent down and dipped her fingers into his blood that was still warm, and gently smeared it on her lips.
She took one last look in the mirror and put on her signature sweet bloody smile.
"These are… The Candidates Games," she whispered softly.
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THE END OF VOLUME ONE!!!!!
Lirian nodded in understanding, and said resolutely, "I think that I know why I have to go to Nebula-6," he said taking them by surprise. "It's probably a death trap, but it's also the only place that I have any chance of being safe while I grow," Lirian said with a pondering look. Both his mother and Albus looked at him surprise, so he continued to explain, "At the end of the year when I leave my pod data will be made known to a majority of the nobles, and with the enemies I just made, I don't doubt that the data will end up in the hands of the other empires," "As thing stand there are people in our empire that want me dead, once they see how many energy points I've opened, they will spare no effort to kill me, if I go to one of the 39 planets, they'll find me in no time at all," "The way I see it the only safe place for me currently is Nebula-6," Lirian said, his argument was perfectly logical, and they couldn't say that his logic was wrong. Albus had been truly been annoyed by Lirian's actions at the banquet, but he had to admit that Lirian did think things through properly and effectively, and he wasn't so foolish as to overestimate his ability to hide from the other empires. It was also clear that he had no intention of letting the empire fend for him, he wanted to grow stronger and fight his own battle's, it was something worthy of admiration. The doors suddenly slammed open Taliyah and Albus both turned around wondering who would be so rude as to interrupt their conversation, when they turned around they found Belinda and Helen standing there with serious looks as they approached the emperor and empress. "Your majesties," they both said in a hurry as they got to their knees, "Forgive our intrusion, but there is a problem, a big one," they said seriously. Belinda pulled out her communicator and began to explain, "We were doing a routine check on everything that happened at the banquet when we found a file about Lirian worth 100 billion credits on the black market," "I purchased it immediately, I know that it was an absorbent amount," Belinda said to the empress immediately, "But your majesties you have to look at this," as she said that she brought up the file on her communicator. A look of anger crept into Taliyah's eyes as she looked at the details, it showed Lirian's pod data, with the exact same 72 points that were opened when he was four years old. "Is it my pod data?" Lirian asked calmly, it was the only intel on him that he believed could be worth so much value. "Yes," Belinda told him, she was slightly surprised by how calmly he was taking it, not even the emperor was as calm as him. "Everyone else still thinks that it's a joke but, it's only a matter of time before people start linking it with the talent you displayed and the other empires move," Belinda said gravely. Lirian stood up straight and firm as he released a heavy breath, there was a disappointed look on his face as he took in the new information. "How is this even possible," Taliyah said through the gritted teeth. "Telamon," Lirian said, "I told you that he passed it on to Efrideet and now Efrideet has made it public, but since we have no proof it's pointless to point fingers for the blame," Lirian said as he regained his calm. "It would appear, that I've run out of time I have to leave immediately!" Lirian said in a saddened voice and there was a bit of unwillingness in his voice as well. As things stood half the time that he went to the academy, there were people that tried to assassinate him, and from what Lirian had learned it wasn't Telamon, it was possibly Efrideet, but there was also the chance that the other empires were probing into Lirian's defenses as well with those attacks. So far, all they sent were probes, but with his full talent being revealed, he wouldn't be surprised if the other empires started to send their sleeper agents to kill him tomorrow, and that's before the real assassins arrive. He didn't want it to be so soon, he still wanted to spend some time with his mother, he wanted to be there for Edith's funeral, there was still a lot he wished to do here, but now he had to flee with is tail between his legs. "Where is the portal that can take me to Nebula-6?" Lirian asked turning to the emperor. "It's all the way on the home world," he said, "We'll have to move in secret using my secret portal route, so our first destination will be Quaria's Basin," he said it was his closest portal to Xelia. Lirian remembered that portal route, he never imagined that he'd be using the same route he took to get to Xelia to escape back to the home world of Clovis. Lirian strolled out of his room with purpose and quickly made his way to Anya's room. He paused for a second before stepping in, "Anya I" Lirian began but he was cut off by Anya. "I already heard everything," she said, Lirian sniffed and detected the smell of tears, he realised that he wasn't the only one that had an awful day. Lirian nodded with a guilt-ridden face, "You're not the first important person to me that's said those words to me you know," Lirian admitted. "And it's probably true," Lirian said in a heavy tone. "I wanted to tell you, that I let you keep your memories for reason, it's because you're probably one of the only people I've ever trusted, and I know that it's probably hard to keep such a thing to yourself, so you can share it with my mother, you can tell her everything," Lirian said. "Also," Lirian took another heavy breath as he tried to stop his voice from croaking, "Thank you for taking care of me all these years, and for always standing by my side, I know that I hurt you and I'm a fool for blaming you, but it's the only way I can cope." Lirian was panting and he felt his blindfold grow wet as he struggled to force more words up. "Goodbye Anya," he said turning around and walking away to meet with his mother and the rest of the aides who were gathering. Anya was sitting with her back facing Lirian the entire time, as Lirian spoke her face became wet with tears, as she heard him. She was amazed that he could shed tears for her, and she could hear how apologetic he was in his voice, but he didn't say that he was sorry. She felt that she was deserving of him saying those words to her after all she had done for him, it was her duty to guard him, but it wasn't her duty to be his friend, so she wanted a proper apology out of him or she would never forgive him for blaming her in such a way. She wiped away her tears and quickly started to get ready and pack up her things from the sound of things she could tell that everyone was getting ready to leave, their time on Xelia had come to a close. --- In another place on Xelia. Media was busy at her make-up station putting on a fresh layer of her favourite rose lip stick, when she noticed someone enter her room, she was startled at first, but she quickly recognised the intruder. "Tobias, what are you doing here so late?" she asked with a smile as she saw Tobias through the mirror. He was awfully quite, so she was feeling a bit concerned, but before she could turn her head to look she felt something cold on her neck, as she looked at the reflection in the mirror, she could see that Tobias was holding the sword and pressing it against her neck, a slight trickle of blood escaped her throat. "What are you doing?" she asked in a panic with widened eyes. Tobias gulped audibly as if he couldn't believe what he was doing himself, "Tell me why you sold out Wentian?" he asked. "Tobias you know that Lirian was just." Media tried to explain. "He's always right," Tobias said taking a deep breath. "Lirian I mean, honestly when he accused Telamon of those crimes I was doubtful to say the least and I held my reservations, but he was absolutely correct in all that he said, he's never been wrong, and he said that you sold out Wentian so explain yourself or I'll kill you," he said while shaking slightly. Media was also worried, she didn't know if her guards were watching this, no one would have ever expected Tobias of all people to do such a thing. "Okay fine it was me," she admitted, "But you know what Wentian was like, he was straight forward, direct and loyal, a great friend, but he was not candidate material," "Candidates must be cunning and manipulative, it's the only way for someone to be an effective leader, historically speaking, Wentian's type makes for good soldiers, but as far as leaders, he is the type that is unbending he is more likely to get those who stand on his side killed due to his stubborn personality," "Even if he somehow survived the trial, he would have made a terrible prince, so I sold him out for profit and to increase my standing in my family," "I could have done the same to Edith but she was the perfect example of a great candidate, so I didn't, Tobias you have to believe me if all I was after was profit I could have just as easily sold out Edith," she explained desperately. Tobias nodded and pulled back the blade, making Media breathe out in relief. "So, you were just a traitor," Tobias said and brought down the blade directly at her neck. Puchi. Tobias suddenly frowned when he realised that he missed and found a dagger buried directly in his heart. "You really are a sly one," he muttered as blood spilled from his mouth and he crumpled to the ground. "I wouldn't have done it if you didn't force my hand," Media said calmly. She bent down and dipped her fingers into his blood that was still warm, and gently smeared it on her lips. She took one last look in the mirror and put on her signature sweet bloody smile. "These are The Candidates Games," she whispered softly. -------- THE END OF VOLUME ONE!!!!!
