Chapter 06

"The Emperor of Corceigea Empire, Leonardo Kartan Crossus." 

Finesia flinched a bit as her lips parted, she doesn't know what Jeneva is talking about. Hearing Leonardo's name from someone's mouth makes her envious, it feels something wrong deep inside her. 

"I don't exactly understand, who is this Emperor you're talking about?" she asked. 

Jeneva trembles just by saying the Emperor's name. "The Emperor who fought the Divine Dragon alone in Grisaia and tamed it. He's not just a powerful man but an immortal born from a Goddess's blood." 

Upon hearing the information about the Emperor, Finesia wasn't able to think straight. There's no way that the Leonardo she met is the Emperor himself, it's impossible. 

"Is there any other information about him? Like his eyes... yes, his eyes! What's the color of it?" Finesia asked remembering the sparkling color of azure eyes of the man she met. 

"It's like a color of an ocean-" 

Jeneva wasn't able to finished her words when Finesia slammed the table, she looks exhilarated as she grabbed Jeneva's hands while her eyes were sparkling. 

The pale and sorrow eyes weren't seen anymore, it looks more bright just like the sun, it's beautiful.

"Where can I find him? I need to see him, he might be alive... I'm sure he's alive and gone home safely, " she says while her eyes were screaming with hope.

Jeneva chuckled, Her smile was a sufficient answer that Finesia knows about the Emperor, but it's dangerous. 

The Emperor is a vicious and ruthless man, he was the one who massacre the whole family of the noble Laurier. What if it's a bait that could kill her? That it was all planned by the Emperor himself. 

"Finesia, are you really sure that he's the man you wanted to meet?" Jeneva asked trying to make sure that Finesia isn't wrong. 

"His eyes, I know it's him. Let me meet him Jeneva, please!" she pleads and yowled. 

Jeneva let out a deep sigh, she can't do anything anymore. There's no way that she will be in danger when Finesia have the look that she's safe when she finds him. 

"The Emperor is living inside the Imperial Palace in the central Capital. It's far from here but I can ask Jake, Mariano's friend to let us ride his carriage." 

Finesia hurriedly embraced the innocent human. It wasn't intentional, but somehow the inner core of Finesia's caged trust starts to shattered slowly. 

Humans aren't to be trusted, they are greedy they say, but in her mind, there's nothing wrong trusting one more human to create a path of your own survival. 

Her eyes have the power to see the truth, lies, memories, and future. There's no one who can escape her vision, except for someone who has the name 'Leonardo'.

"We need to do something on your eyes Finesia, you'll be in danger if someone sees your eyes." 

They parted from the embrace and Jeneva walked into the room to get something. Finesia followed her and saw a white thin fabric on Jeneva's hands. 

"What are you going to do with that?" she asked as her eyes followed Jeneva's hands while doing something on the white thin fabric. 

After a couple of minutes, Jeneva pulled her hand and wrapped the fabric around her eyes. It felt weird especially when she can't clearly see anything, only a blurred pictures. 

"It might be hard to see with a cloth on your eyes but please bare with it, " Jeneva said and caressed her head. 

She nodded, if it's the only way she can go out freely then it might be a better choice than being killed in the hands of the filthy humans. 

After an hour of preparation, wearing a heavy chestnut coat with the wolf skin on its collar, her hair was braided upsweep and her inside before the coat was just a plain white dress. 

They've gone walk to the village where Mariano's house is located. Accompanied by the hand of Jeneva, Finesia was able to walk easily with her eyes covered. 

"Are you okay?" Jeneva asked worriedly. 

Finesia nodded, she doesn't need to complain when the human is just helping her without asking in return. 

she heard a loud chirp of the birds and a man's whistle not far from their direction. She stopped when she felt unfamiliar feeling, it's like someone is watching their steps. 

"Why? Is there something wrong?" Jeneva asked when she suddenly stopped. 

"I feel like someone is watching us," she said while her hand grips the clothed bag and heard the man's whistle again. 

She turned her head on every direction trying to locate the whistle but it disappeared. It troubles her that it might attack Jeneva without her notice, she might need her eyes to find that sound. 

She was in the middle of thinking to remove the cloth on her eyes when Jeneva suddenly let go of her hands. 

"Jeneva?" she called but Jeneva didn't respond. 

Her body was still beside her but something is wrong, Jeneva wasn't moving. 

"Jeneva?" she called again and tried holding her hand but she slipped and fell on the ground. 

'What's happening?' she asked inside her head while looking at the blur body of Jeneva. 

Finesia removed the cloth wrapping around her eyes, she felt like the surface suddenly moved and all the living things was petrified. 

The birds flying from tbe sky was like a statue and she can't even grasp any air, but she was able to breathe and walk towards the body of Jeneva who was just standing, froze and pale. 

"Who? Who are you?" she asked trying to call out the culprit who made the world stopped. 

"Hmm? I cannot believe it, you're truly his daughter." 

An unknown man suddenly jumped out from the tree, he was as white as the snow and his eyes were startlingly bright emerald, his nose were maimed scarred with his thin lips moistened yet somewhat pale as his dark colored hair. 

He doesn't look like an ordinary human, he's much more better to be called as one of the Gods.

"Crazy, I can't believe I am seeing you right now. Well, let me see how beautiful you are." The unknown man suddenly disappeared and appeared before her. 

She wasn't able to move because of how fast he is, his face lowered and stares at her eyes, wide and curious. 

He let out a deep chuckle and shook his head. "It's delicious, more likely a tainted one but still.... it's more feisty to see," he said caressing the tip of her hair.

"Who are you?" Finesia asked and slapped his hand away from her hair. 

The unknown man grinned and when their eyes met, a vision of a raindrops suddenly appeared on her eyes, an everlasting raindrops. 

"I am the God of war they say but never did I became bad, I'm as good as the Sun, but I am neither kind when it comes to my interests. I am the Son of Ephelitius and I am your brother, Finesia." The raindrops stopped and it was eaten by a light.

A light means truth, that's what her vision says.