Chapter 56: The on, but at a Great Cost...

  (*Viva’s POV*)

  These people are crazy… Okay, they weren’t crazy, but they were crazy powerful. Why the hell did mother think that going to war with them would be a good idea?

  I was a ander in their military, but my tributions were miniscule pared to the rest of them… In fact, I felt more like a talking head, or a symbol for rebellion, rather than an actual important leader…

  This fact is even more evident, as I never invaded any kingdom directly. One of the main anders would be the oo do the killing of the king. Meanwhile, I just sat bad watched.

  It was mind numbing… No matter what tactics I used fing a kingdom to its knees would work with flying colors. Even when, purely out of sick boredom, I purposely gave terrible battle pns. Each time, I was victorious.

  Not to mention Celia and the rest, but their military was insane. How the hell have they hidden this power for so long? Even then, Celia didn’t get much spotlight, due to the whole getting kido Hell thing. If she was here, then this war would long be over.

  As I unch a full scale war on my own kingdom, I felt bad… Not because I feel remorseful for doing this, but because I enjoy it. Clearly, I had a more sadistic side to myself that I didn’t know about…

  Many times I would injure a person in this war, just enough to almost kill them, all with an evil smile on my face. Luckily, we had many healers on our side, so the people I hurt were all quickly saved.

  Maybe it’s because I was a different race than them, with them being humans, that I felt like this? The ao my question shocked me, as I still felt the same even when fighting my own people… I hope… No, I PRAY that I am just a battle junkie, and not some insane evil sadist…

  Only time will tell… But as for now, I could tell that my people had no ce against Evaclearian at all. Frankly, it was almost like a game of chess. Muy relief, very few people died in this huge war.

  And it seems that it will be the same for this st push. In fact, the only ohat will die, will be my mother and h ranking military members. Once she is dead, then I will take over Eloateilian as its new queen.

  The Elven forest was just as old as it was beyond fusing to navigate. Luckily, I, being an Elf, was given knowledge at birth, probably by oddess, on how to go about navigating it. With my help, getting through the forest was easy.

  Being a princess, I also knew all of the hiding spots that my people would use. They khat I was involved in this war, so why didn’t they ge their tactics? Knowing my mother, she probably told them that all of her daughters were still held captive by queen Yona.

  Why my mother, who I always believed was a great ruler and tacti, would wage this war so terrible, is beyond my uanding. Amora… My mom must truly have lost her mind. Why else would she do such crazy things?…

  Despite my reluce to figure out the ao this question, I was now before the capital of our kingdom. With an almost evil smile on my face, I had led my kingdom’s eo our front door. And quickly, at that…

  My only hope is that they will give Amora a quid hopefully painless death. Yes, she mind trolled me and my sisters, a us to our deaths, but she is still our mother. I just hope that Yona and her family’s kindness will extend to my mother…

  (*Lia’s POV*)

  This is it… The capital. I’ve barely slept at all these past few days. All I could think about was winning this war in Celia’s honor. Or, I would have barely slept, but Ria would force me to sleep via sleeping magic. Which, I will inform you, doesn’t even fug exist!

  Though, now that I have known her for a while, I think that she has powers simir to a succubus. Which would expin why she could make people fall asleep. Regardless, this was the st step in this war. The st fight that we have to win…

  Nia: “Are you ready, Lia?” She asked with a warm tone.

  Lia: “Hm…what would Celia say in reply to that, I wonder?” I reply with a thinking pose.

  Yona: “Most likely something that would make us ugh. Anyway, this is the st push that we have to do! Let’s not be in the process of ending this war right as Celia es back!” She said with a loud and serious tone.

  All of us roared loudly, whicluded our soldiers. If we were sughters, we would have long since won this war, but we still fight while insuring that we do everything in our power to keep casualties to an absolute minimum. And this st fight won’t be an exception.

  *Many Hours Later.*

  Standing before a huge door, which Viva says is queen Amora’s audience chamber, we all braced ourselves. This entire war was far too fishy… There has to be some odd poy that caused all of this to happen.

  As for what it is, that is what we’re trying to brace for. For all we know, we could be walking into a trap that will end with our deaths…

  Yona, being the stro, and the queen, opehe door first. Unfortunately, Ria couldn’t interfere with this eveher, so she had to stay back. Losing our stro fighter was truly ing. What was more ing, was that the will of this world sidered this event to be so historical that Ria couldn’t help us with it…

  The door opened, and we were all shocked… Viva, she acted like her mother was there, and even spoke to her… Why is she ag like this?…

  Viva: “Mother! I demand answer for this war!” She excimed.

  But we heard no answer… Viva seemed to have heard an ahough… A spell… that was what it was. Yona and Amora weren’t friends, but they were on good terms. Which is why, up until now, Yona was fused about why this war even happened.

  The answer, id before us, and was very obvious… Queen Amora was dead, and a still rotting corpse was ohrone. We found a spell catalyst within the room, said spell that this thing powered, clearly made the people of this kingdom believe that Amora was still alive, and would talk to them.

  Smashing the catalyst, the spell was broken, Viva fell ft on her butt from the true sight that was before her. And we couldn’t bme her for it…

  Viva: “M-Mother?” She said with years running down her face.

  Yona: “I’m sorry, Viva, but Amora is dead.” She said after giving Viva a hug.

  From the rotten corpse appeared a Goddess of Rot. Clearly, the one mastermind behind this entire war. Of course, this was all acc to Nia.

  Nia: “A Rot Goddess killed your mother, and took over your kingdom, Viva.” She informed.

  Even without much of her power, this Rot Goddess was able to trick all of the Elves, and even the spies, that Yo here. From what Ria told us about her mother, it seems that this Goddess even tricked her as well. This being is dangerous…

  Viva: “…”

  Rot Goddess: “H-how!?” She yelled.

  Yona: “How what? Foul being.” She said with a raised eyebrow.

  Rot Goddess: “It wasn’t enough! Not enough deaths! I didn’t gain enough from this war… How did you win with so little amount of deaths!?” She asked with a fused tone.

  Yona: “We were powerful enough to deal with the war, with only killing a few people. Though, a thousand is a lot, it isn’t the mu the grand scheme of things.” She expined.

  Rot Goddess: “With my remaining power, I swear that I will kill at least one of you!” She said with a furious tone.

  Lia: “Enough expining, Yona. We o end this being now! It is far too evil to let go on living any longer!” I excim with a serious tone.

  My body acted before my mind did, and perhaps due to the anger I bottled up for what happeo Celia, to which I bmed this horrible Goddess, I rushed head first toward the Goddess. Without even thinking if I could defeat her…

  This is a something that I will regret for the rest of my life… The Goddess was too mue to handle, and before it could send a killing bow at me, Yona hugged me and blocked the attack with her body. The attack was the st resort of a dying Goddess, so it had immense power held within it.

  While still huggio protect me, Yona fell into a deep sleep. And while I sat on the ground, holding the unscious Yona, the rest of roup finished off the Goddess…

  This… this was fated to happen!? That’s bullshit! Ria could have easily prevehis! No matter how many times we tried healing Yona, the wound wouldn’t go away, and she was still asleep. Even Ria was shocked, saying that she didn’t even see a small ce of such a future… her did Nia see such a future either…

  *Many Days Later.*

  From what Ria tell, Celia will be home soon. Even weeks after we won the war, none of us were happy at all. All because of the sed horrible and rash decision of my life...

  Yona still sleeps to this day, and I feel the worse kind of pain imaginable when I have to tell Celia that this is all my fault. That her dear mother will not wake up from her deep slumber…

  What will Celia say when she hears that it is because of me? Will she hate me for this? I hope that she does… If she just goes ahead with life, and tries to find a solution to this problem, all without getting angry at me, I might just go insane from the guilt alone…