TRUTH

A few days ago: the king speaks to his right-hand man while looking at everything they knew about Rukito. The king states, "It's clear as day this guy has spies, but there's only one of them that I can deduce." The king pulls records of what took place at the robbery, containing the location where it happened and what was needed. His right hand says, "Who could it have been? None of the officials had any motives, so it couldn't be them?"

 "In the whole world, only one person, other than myself, can open that vault . She never even knew it existed. Rukito was her roommate. Assuming he found out her secret and used that to start the fire in her to rebel against me. She is but a foolish bitch, not fit to have my blood, but she does not know that she would be doomed the moment I found out about her betrayal."

   "If I may, how can you know for sure it's her?"

"I'll go talk to her. It's been years, but if I can't even reach her, this country would have long been gone. My father wasn't as smart as me, which is why we still don't rule the world, but I am the leader who expanded our borders across most of the continent."

Athena goes to her room but is met with her father. He acts like he is checking on her, but she can see through it and asks him what he really wants . Soon they get into an argument about the state of this country. Athena defends the elves , blaming his actions for the current situation. Athena says, "You are a monster when it comes to me, and you do the same to the rest of the world. If only you stayed in your lane ."

'Ah , here we go. She never had a backbone and never talked back to me. She never cared about the people until now. It's clear what I must do. Lloyd is the strongest and should be able to take care of that brat, but we can't always rely on one person. With this, I will make sure to end this mess.' 

"All I do is only for this country and this family. Do you think I wanted you to act and dress up like a man to be the next king? No, it was for the family so that when I'm gone, the people will follow you. Remember, no one will follow a female ruler."

"I see, but what does that have to do with the inhumane things you're doing to the elves?"

"The elves have something that we need, and they don't plan on sharing it. You know very well how short our lives are, yet the elves live for generations. The elven king was said to be immortal, according to my forefathers, and that's why our family wants to make the world a better place. This Rukito, the self-proclaimed elven king, is also immortal. But let me tell you, he was a human and was born in this kingdom; yet look at him now. It's the World Tree, and the elves have kept it for themselves.

What I want is for my fellow humans, as well as you, to live forever. Just think of a world without death, but that won't happen because of Rukito. He wants to wipe us out. But if he was human, then why? You see, one of the nobles targeted him and wrongly killed the wrong person. That person was dear to him, so he wants revenge, and he won't stop until he destroys the world. He will use any means necessary. All we want is no more suffering, but he is twisted and acts only out of revenge -a child with too much power who is out of his mind."

With that, the seed is planted. All that's left is to see if that brat is capable of showing his destructive nature; if not, he's too weak, and Lloyd will get rid of him and the rest of them after getting the World Tree's location.   

Athena dashed out of the room while Kuragari, still in the form of a cat, observed her. The chaos began a day later. Kuragari rendered Athena unconscious, as it was simpler to transport her to safety. Yet upon awakening, she witnessed nothing but devastation, as Rukito played with Lloyd. It was then that she genuinely believed her father. Putting her own love aside, she aimed to rescue the people, ultimately leading to her downfall. The king observed from the shadows as Lloyd approached him. He might have triumphed in the battle, but can a plan achieve anything against overwhelming power?

Everyone watched as Rukito rose into the air, unleashing the power of the void as he transformed . Before long, he was so big that he could hold the planet in his hands. Inside his head, he saw a familiar person who told him it's time to wake up. Orucs showed himself once again after years. Rukito was not surprised, as it never felt that long to him. With all his memories and powers back, his personality changed once again, but this time he was more disappointed.

Rukito finally woke up. He looks down upon the world, seeing how small it looks compared to him. With a flick of his finger, the world would perish. Just then he remembers what happened moments before. Filled with anger and questions, all he wants is destruction. But he calms down first to clear his head. Before compressing all that power within him and going back to normal size, he goes to the king and grabs him by the head before he can do or say anything. All Rukito says is, "Don't resist."

This man, this so-called father, actually blew up his own daughter. I expected her to have more faith in me, but I'm more disappointed than anything else. The old me would have gone on a rampage, but the training and torment I went through make this feel like nothing. One thing I learned from this old shithead's mind was that he had backers from out of this world. The weapons and technology they had were what helped his family get here. They are also responsible for Lloyd's strength. Hahahaha! If there is a civilization out there that's capable of space travel, then I need to get my hands on their tech. Sooner or later, they may return. I'll need to prepare for that.