Emperor's Reckoning

In a place far away from where Lyon and the others were dwelling and about. A beautiful woman with starting blue ocean eyes and midnight black hair were walking across a hall. She wore a tight stocking up to her thigh and a pair of black boots adorned her footwear.

Her eyes were sharp as the blade that was on her waist. She wore a fitted elastic black corset that promote the freedom of her muscles. She wore leather brown gloves and her steps were echoed across the empty hall.

At the end of the hall was a double door that she opened effortlessly with a push. A set of spiral stairs were unveiled before her as it led up to a single door above. She let out a sigh before her eyebrows arched as she opened her eyes. 

The woman stepped up the stairs in the blink of an eye before she stood against a great wooden door. The door didn't have any keyholes but the wood it was made out of was not ordinary wood. It was reinforced with the most excellent of carpentry and the tree that couldn't be found with eyes fully opened.

"What is it, sister?"

The alluring voice came from behind the room.

"I need to talk to you, Selena."

"Ho~ That's unusual. You usually are into mischief and such, not every day did you lower your voice. must have been something serious. Hehe~"

The woman furrowed her eyebrows before she opened the door without permission from the owner of the room. Her view was immediately filled with a lone woman. She had the same features as her but unlike her hair that was freefalling, that woman's hair had been tied to a Japanese bun. 

Selena was sitting leisurely with her feet resting inside a bucket filled with warm water. She was wearing a simple sleeping robe and the morning of the chirping birds could be heard.

"What is it, Zelena?" asked Selena as she reached out a glass that was filled with unsweetened tea. She drank it under the cold glare of her sister. 

"Hah~" Selena's eyes turned into a smirk as she commented, "Did your mischief backfired?"

"You knew!" said Zelena before she drew her double-edged sword and pointed it against her own twin sister.

The cold glare released an abundance of killing intent but Selena's eyelashes leisurely moved up and down before letting out a smile. Such killing intent meant nothing for her.

"I don't know what you are talking about Zelena," said Selena with a smile.

"Stop pretending!"

"I don't, I have no idea what mischief did you cause this time. Did you finally offend a great lord? A god or something similar? A venerable or respected figure? Either way, you know you will finally make a mistake that cannot be forgiven. That's just a given," said Selena before she drank her tea to clear out the liquor that she took yesterday.

"Don't make this sounds like there is nothing to do with you!"

"It does have nothing to do with me."

"Hmph!" Zelena sheathed her exquisite double-edged sword back before crossing her arms. "I followed you yesterday."

"Hm?!" Selena opened her eyes wide before she put down the glass. "You did what?"

"I know you have been trying to sneak out of the kingdom sister," said Zelena haughtily.

"So you use spatial magic?"

"Of course I did, if you can do it, I can also do it."

(She indeed has the same talent as me then, this will be troublesome in the future) Selena could already feel the headache coming her way.

"Then... what did you do?" Selena's eyes turned sharp. It was sharper than her sister's. The overwhelming aura that exuded out of the lady that put her feet inside a bucket was unreal!

Zelena instinctively took a step back as her sister's bearing pushed her away. "I followed you and then met a young man."

Selena furrowed her eyebrows but said nothing and let her sister continue.

"He piqued my interest the moment I saw him. Even with my concealing capabilities, he spotted me. I made sure to distract the onlookers but there were two others with him that were unaffected by the distraction. I paid no heed to them before meeting him personally."

"Then?"

"Just right after I landed, the two of them immediately knelt. My surprise was covered with the cloak that I wore that night. However, when I reveal my face. The young man was stupefied. He was not the first man to make such an astounding face but the word that came out of his mouth intrigued me."

Zelena looked at her sister before pointing a finger at her, "He said your name."

(I knew it) thought Selena before she let out a sigh. "Looks like you have finally met him."

Her words caught Zelena furrowing her eyebrows. "So you didn't deny it?"

"Deny what?"

"That you have something to do it!"

"It? What is it?"

Zelena was reluctant to say it but her face had turned a shade of red. "Who is that man?"

Selena furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at her flustered sister. (Looks like Lyon had done something to her). Her lips gradually turned upward.

"What did you do to him?"

"I—..." Zelena stopped.

"You approached him didn't you," said Selena with a smirk.

"The— Then you know what happened!" said Zelena.

"I will pretend I don't know. Get out Zelena, I need to change." Selena stood up before going over to her closet.

"Kh—!" Zelena turned around before slamming the door close. Her chest was heaving up and down as her face flushed red from embarrassment. She clenched her fist till it trembled as she muttered with gritted teeth, "That man!"

(She was not supposed to exist. The woman herself didn't know that she is a product of a miracle) thought Selena as she changed to similar clothing like her sister. Her eyes glanced at her left hand before looking at the platinum ring that tied her fate.

"Is this karma, I wonder," Selena made a weak smile before she shook her head.