What Did I Do?

Third-Person POV:

"Let's try to release our power first?" Eirian suggested to his younger brother, who gave a small smile and nodded in agreement. The blond boy then looked at the palms of his hands with an uncertain expression.

He tried to remember how people with magic had used their powers before. Eirian recalled how Kiito always used his power to beat him up, which made him frown at the memory.

"Eiri-niichan? Are you okay?" Darien asked, noticing his brother's reaction with a worried look. Eirian was startled before a soft smile appeared on his face. 

"Actually... I'm not sure how to start... The system mentioned earlier that those who used to have power would experience a slight change, so I'm unsure how to release my power.

That's true. I've always watched a few people use their powers before, but it's not the same now. And this damn system isn't helping at all," Eirian explained, giving a deadpan look when mentioning the system.

The writer sweat-dropped before he thought for a moment, while Eirian was too busy to release his power. He was mumbling something like, "Come out," "Starlight?", "The star's light that shines--"

"That's a pretty long mantra, Eiri-niichan."

"..."

Eirian looked at his brother while Darien gave him a sheepish grin and scratched his head. The older brother let out a long sigh and scratched his head as well, feeling flustered because he couldn't figure out how to release his power. He couldn't think of anything else. Whether it was a command or a mantra, nothing seemed to work.

His face looked very flustered and annoyed, but it didn't last long, as his eyes turned to confusion when a blinding light suddenly appeared next to him.

'Darien!' Eirian thought something terrible had happened to his brother, thinking they were being attacked or that a quest had suddenly appeared, or--

"What?" But his thought stopped when he turned to his side, seeing where Darien was standing now. Speaking of the hazelnut-haired boy, he was now looking at the palms of his hands with an amazed expression, and his eyes were gleaming with a joy like a child who received their favorite toy on their birthday.

Eirian slowly approached Darien, step by step, with a look of disbelief. When he got closer, he could see the power's energy in Darien's hands. It looked incredibly beautiful.

'I've never seen power like this... It looks so amazing and stunning. But, why does it have a.... dangerous aura?' Eirian thought, becoming confused with that last thought. Suddenly, he feels a little scared without knowing why.

In both of Darien's palms now, there was a floating space. In that space, small starts and some glimmers were floating, but their color wasn't bright. They were a void-like black with royal blue and silver swirling gently and calmly within the space. Then, a shimmering white surrounded the space, adding to its beauty.

It was like looking at a snow globe. Even Eirian himself looked on in awe and gaped, watching it up close, forgetting that feeling crawling inside him. Darien let out a small chuckle, which made Eirian smile before jumping in front of him like a small child (which he was) as if watching an exciting show at a theater.

"It's amazing! How did you do that, Darien? It's so beautiful, like looking at the stars in the sky, no... It's like a galaxy! So, it's true that you have power. What's the name of the power?" Eirian asked, looking so excited.

Darien chuckled softly at his brother's reaction before mumbling "status", and his window appeared in front of him. Eirian also took a peek, can't wait to see what the name for this unique power is, but their happy faces turned to confusion when they saw that Darien's power icon was still empty.

"Huh?"

"That's... strange... Maybe you need to give it a name?" Eirian suggested, even though he sounded unsure himself. Darien then pondered for a moment before turning to look at his power, which was still in his hands.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of unease. Something is not right. It was as if a dangerous aura was coming from his power, and it made him feel a little scared and uneasy. 'I know maybe my power is quite dangerous, but... This is different. I don't know how to describe it,' thought Darien, can feel his heart pounding hard now.

"...That's impossible, Eiri-niichan... I don't think the system allows us to name our power, except for the skills we create."

"Huh? How do you know?" Eirian immediately closed his mouth after realizing he shouldn't have asked that question, but it was too late. Of course, he suspected that Darien knew how this system functioned, but he was still waiting for the right time to ask Darien, or more accurately, the person inside his little brother's body.

Darien himself flinched hard and tried to hide it quickly, even though a few drops of sweat had already gathered on his forehead because of nervousness and the fear that his secret would be exposed. He cursed to himself because he said something like that in the first place, and he really hoped Eirian didn't think so much about it.

The writer tried to steady himself and calm down. He knew that every power came from their emotions, too. If his emotions were out of control, his power would also become uncontrollable, especially since this was the first time he had tried to use it.

His power looked stunning, but at the same time, it gave a mysterious vibe. Still, he felt an unreasonable sense of unease, worry, and fear about his power. It was as if this power he possessed was very dangerous and hard to control; it only made him feel more afraid when he realized how dangerous his power was now.

Suddenly, a violet flicker of crimson red sparked from within the power's space like lightning about to burst in the dark sky. 

Eirian and Darien could feel the atmosphere becoming cold and dangerous as a strong wind came from nowhere, surrounding the two of them, especially Darien. It's like his trapped inside a tornado.

Sand from the floor got into their eyes and mouths, making the two brothers cough hard, and their vision became blurred due to dust from the sand, like a sandstorm in a desert. The space inside the room became a little gloomy, and Darien's power started to expand, and the crimson red vortex grew bigger. Eirian could feel the aura and energy from that power. 

'It's not good...', thought him without thinking, he immediately grabbed Darien's hand, but pulled back after a slight shock from the vortex. His mint-colored eyes turned scared and worried. 

He tried to get closer to Darien again, but the strong wind around the hazelnut-haired boy grew stronger, and the space of the power became bigger and more terrifying, surrounding Darien, making it difficult for him to get close to Darien like the wall to gave him could not get close to his brother.

He feels more panicked and worried about Darien. Eirian suddenly remembered his brother's smiling face the last time he saw it in a dream. The fear of losing the only person he cared about began to grip his heart tightly again.

'Not... Not again...'

"Darien!! Stop it!"

"I can't! I don't know how to stop it!"

Darien was also in a panic and tried to figure out how to stop it, but his mind couldn't think because his power was expanding, and the surroundings in him were noisy with the sound of strong winds, and the vortex from the center of his power grew stronger and bigger. Giving a terrified aura.

All the noise suddenly stopped, along with the wind and the power. The silence is so loud. The writer hadn't had time to think if it was over or what had happened just now when the red-crimson vortex became a vertical line and exploded upwards, passing through the training room's ceiling without breaking it.

The line was so bright with its red-crimson color that it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in Serenity, who were filled with curiosity and confusion. 

It shot up, past the afternoon sky, and then it broke into royal-blue sparks that surrounded the entire kingdom of Serenity, forming a wall, trapping everyone as if they were inside a snow globe, just like the one in Darien's hand earlier.

The wall hardened like ice and was pitch black, making the Serenity kingdom, which was trapped inside, become as dark as night, even though it was still daytime. Even the knights and a few people who were outside Serenity were shocked to see the huge blue wall blocking them from entering.

It looks like the people inside can only see the wall as black as the night sky, while outside, they only see the royal-blue wall, but they can still see the people outside the gate through the wall. But, they can't enter or out from the Serenity.

Back to Darien and Eirian...

The two brothers' mouths were agape. Although they couldn't see what was happening outside, the noise and the dark atmosphere indicated that something terrible had happened out there after Darien's power went out of control. The source was his power. The people will immediately know it's him, especially people inside the palace.

Gulp.

Darien swallowed hard, feeling anxious now. He didn't mean to do that. He didn't expect his power to become like that and go out of control immediately, causing panic outside and trouble for him and Eirian. He knew his power was maybe dangerous, but not like this.

He wanted to know what he had actually done because the ceiling in the room hadn't broken. It was as if his power had simply passed through the ceiling without breaking it, which was a good thing because he didn't damage anything, but...

What kind of problem and chaos had he caused out there? He didn't know, but his feelings told him that he was in a serious situation.

After a long silence between them, as they both stared at the ceiling as if it could give them an answer, the two brothers finally looked at each other with a shocked expression. They both looked like they wanted to say something, but the sound of the training room door opening so hard that it hit the wall made them both flinch violently.

Various sounds of heavy footsteps and metal armor moving quickly and anxiously came straight towards them. Eirian immediately stood in front of Darien as if to hide him and held his hand tightly.

The writer swallowed hard again before peeking from behind his brother to see who had come. In front of them was a group of knights and a scary-looking man, who was probably the head knight, standing in the very front, looking at them with a serious and cold expression

Darien, without realizing it, squeezed his brother's hand tightly out of fear and hid behind Eirian again. He didn't want to do this, but seeing that the man looked so cold and scary told him whatever he had just done had caused a huge problem for this kingdom, or maybe, disaster.

He couldn't control the trembling in his hand, and he was sure Eirian could feel it too, because the blond boy squeezed his hand tighter-- not in a way that hurt, but enough to let him know that he was there to protect him.

This made him feel even more guilty and angry with himself for getting Eirian into trouble again. 'What have I done? You are the adult in here, Hikaru, why are you always like this?' he thought, feeling annoyed and full of guilt. The blurred face black-haired boy suddenly appeared in his mind before disappearing again, making him bite his lip hard.

The head knight's eyes flicker to Eirian's brave face and how he was using his body to hide his brother behind him with a sharp look before his gaze met the trembling, scared crimson red eyes behind the blond boy. The boy then quickly turned away from meeting the man's eyes again.

'.. I can't help it... I think I know why I feel terrified of him... He reminds me of someone who that's gives me trauma while I still kid...'

"The source of that power came from here. I'm guessing it was your brother, wasn't it?" the man asked in a cold and emotionless tone.

Gulp. Eirian swallowed nervously before he tried to be brave and meet the man's gaze. "No, it was me."

The man raised an eyebrow as if he wasn't amused by Eirian's obvious lie, while Darien looked at his brother from behind with a shocked expression.

"You know better than to lie. When we investigate later, we'll be able to know who the perpetrator is immediately. If you don't want to be separated from your brother, you'd better confess."

Eirian and Darien flinched, and they held each other's hands even tighter as anxiety gripped them.

"Did that strong and dangerous power come from your brother?" the man asked again, this time more sternly, making Darien want to shrink and Eirian just stay silent, biting his lip hard.

The silence from the two brothers confirmed for him that it was indeed from the small hazelnut-haired boy. The man turned to his side before moving his head as if giving an order to two knights, who then nodded in understanding and walked toward the two brothers.

Eirian and Darien stepped back. The blond boy thought about running away from there and hiding with Darien, but the man seemed to know what he was thinking when he said something that forced Eirian to comply.

"Don't try to run away. We're just going to take you back to your room until you're called for questioning. If you two try to run, we will be forced to separate you. Understand?"

It wasn't a suggestion but an order, an order that couldn't be broken. So, the two brothers nodded in understanding before they were guided out by two knights.

'... It's the same as that plot...'