Kapitel 22: Chapter 20: Her 17th Birthday (2)
[ More Violence] [ You have been warned ]
Luther extended his hand out to Ivery and she unhesitantly took the hand offered out to her.
"Care for a dance?" Luther pulled her up from her chair
She nodded as Luther led her to the middle of the floor
Everyone standing in the middle of the floor moved back when they saw Luther and Ivery walking to the center of the room.
Ivery detached her train and it burst into a million golden particles and spread throughout the whole room, the golden particles made of magic rained in the room. Everyone looked up in amazement.
Ivery and Luther took each other's hands and the music sounded out louder in the room.
Luther twirled Ivery around.
He effortlessly picked Ivery up with one hand and tossed her up high in the air. Ivery twirled high up, so high she was up close to the ceiling.
Ivery's eyes stretched when she saw something....
An iron dagger was thrown at Ivery, she quickly acted and caught the weapon in her hand.
Another dagger was thrown at her and she caught it with her other hand before it could hit her, she saw everything as if it was in slow motion, just as she was falling down, she threw the daggers back at the attackers who were hiding in the ceiling beam supports.
One of the daggers she threw lodged itself in the shoulder of one of the attackers and the other dagger lodged itself in the second attacker's arm.
They both fell down from the ceiling beams.
Luther also saw what had happened as if it were in slow motion...
Luther caught Ivery who fell down from his high toss.
Everyone gasped when they saw two more of the same attackers that Xia hired...they were hiding the whole time...waiting for the right moment to assassinate Ivery.
The two assassins fell to the floor, surviving the fall as they landed on the floor with a roll to cancel any severe injuries they would sustain from falling.
"So there's more of you...it seems that Xia knew that her plan would fail when she faced Ivery and I head on...so she had a plan B, such a plan could be considered smart but not when you're underestimating the person you're assassinating" Luther held Ivery in his arms
"We were already paid, so just because our benefactor is gone doesn't mean our job is done, we're paid to kill and that's that" One of the assassins smiled and ripped his dagger out of his shoulder and the second one pulled the dagger out of his arm
"You think you two can kill her? I'm sure you witnessed what happened to the others that were killed" Luther smiled back
"We're different from those small fries, we're the best assassin's alive" The assassin disturbingly laughed
"Best assassin's alive? Alright, I'll go along with you and say you're the best assassin's...but you won't be the best assassins alive' if you step any closer" Luther warned him
"Get in our way, you'll die too pretty boy" The assassin took dual swords out of the sheaths he wore on his back, the other assassin pulled out dual guns from the holsters on his thighs.
"Very well, if you wish to kill me...try your best" Ivery said and got out of Luther's hold
Ivery stepped forward...and her Excalibur materialized in her hand.
She pointed her sword at them and readied herself.
"A little princess like you is only good for pretty dresses and high heels, swords aren't made for women, as if you would know how to use it" One of the assassins laughed
"Why don't you find out whether or not I'm only good for dresses and heels..." Ivery kicked off her heels and tore her dress at the front so that her movements weren't slowed and limited
"Inanna! You do not need to fight! Let mother do it!" Cassandra got up from her seat
"I'm fine mother....they're here for me...what good am I as an infinite attribute holder and as the heir to the throne if I'm always protected by everyone else? What is my infinite attribute good for if I never will use them in a battle to protect myself and others?" Ivery held her hand out and stopped her mother
"Our daughter is right, we have let her fight her own battles sometimes...she is strong like her mother..." Julian smiled
Cassandra smiled back and anxiously sat down in her seat...she swore to herself...if anything looked like it's taking a turn for Inanna and she's about to lose her fight..she wouldn't hesitate to kill those assassins herself. She was sure that it was the same for Luther and Julian.
Luther did not want Ivery to fight...she didn't need to fight..but he did not hesitate to teach her how to use a sword and how to fight with agility and precision. But while teaching her...he made Ivery promise him something...
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The assassin's charged at Ivery and she braced herself and took a deep breath.
Ivery swung her sword with speed and accuracy, 30 golden saucers shot of the sword and cut through the air, Ivery limited their movements and derailed the straight path to her. The assassin's dodged the attacks in time and only suffered several cuts.
The assassin who wielded his dual blades reached Ivery and clashed with her sword. Her sword sliced through both of his blades like butter. The sword's upper halves were cut clean off.
The second assassin rushed up and held his gun up and aimed to shoot her in the head.
Ivery predicted that he would aim for her, she quickly ducked, and she slid underneath and in between the legs of the dual blade assassin.
The bullet shot right through the dual blade assassin's back instead.
The dual blade assassin fell on his knees and clutched at his chest, Ivery's eyes glowed brightly with a golden light and she saw that the bullet shot through his left lung.
The dual blade assassin dropped his broken swords and coughed up blood.
Ivery looked at the gun assassin as he was in shock that he had shot his partner, Ivery set a trap for both of them, she knew that the gun assassin would aim for her while she was distracted and clashing with the dual-blade assassin, he would shoot from a certain distance since he was a long-range fighter...
So she calculated that and dove underneath the dual blade assassin and in that same second he would notice that she dodged, and then he'd lower his position of the gun to aim for her who had already ducked, but his finger already pulled the trigger.
It all happened so fast, the gun assassin didn't even realize what he did until his partner had fallen injured on the ground, nearing death's door.
"Using your opponent as a weapon to indirectly get rid of the other...smart girl" Luther didn't know Ivery could be so deviously calculating
"But since you're going to die anyway, Ivery shouldn't mind if I finished the job" Luther walked to the gasping assassin
Luther looked down at him and he put his foot on his head and he effortlessly crushed his head nearly flat under his foot.
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The gun assassin looked at Ivery and pointed both of his guns at her, he pulled the trigger several times and shot at her.
Ivery saw the bullets in slow motion. She quickly cut them all in half with her sword, in other's eyes she cut the bullet's with flash speed, in a blink, the bullet's clinked on the floor in halves.
"Just die!" The assassin shot again and again
Ivery closed her eyes and a pink translucent spherical shield instantly materialized around her. The bullets exploded upon touching the shield.
"Damn it!" The assassin reloaded and clocked his gun
Ivery stabbed her sword into the floor.
Ivery waved her hand and the pink shield around her slowly faded away.
"You disarmed yourself?! How stupid can you princesses be!?" The assassin laughed
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Ivery stepped back from her sword.
The assassin shot his guns at her aimlessly, hoping at least one would hit her.
Ivery's sword glowed and deflected each of the bullets that he shot. The bullets shot back at him. He hurriedly dodged the bullets that came back at him like a boomerang.
Luther waved his hand and smirked.
The bullets that he dodged changed direction and swerved just as he dodged. Before he could react, the bullets entered his body and went straight through.
"W-We f-failed" The assassin started to choke on his own blood
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"You all failed as soon as you were hired to kill her.." Luther held his hand out and the gun in the hand of the assassin flew into his hand
Luther pointed the gun at him and put his finger on the trigger.
The gun fired and the bullet shot right into and through the assassin's head.
Everyone in the room applauded Ivery and Luther's victory.
The promise she made to Luther was one specific thing...something difficult when faced in the midst of battle...
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"Never kill anyone with your own hands..."
Luther did not want to corrupt Ivery's mind with murdering people...he knows all too well that his mind is beyond unstable...and what killing too many people does to a person. You cannot go back to sanity once you take multiple lives, it's even difficult enough to stay sane from even taking a single life..
Once she kills, she'll keep doing it..again and again..and then she'll change for the worst and she will no longer be the Ivery he knows, she'll become cold...and ruthless like him...he didn't want that.
He didn't want her to be like him, he needs someone who can balance him...keep him from fully flipping into the dark side...she's the light in his dark and bloody world...she's his purifier, she keeps his mind together, without her all of these years...
He would've been far beyond hope, slaughtering everyone and anyone that breathed....that's what being a constant murderer does to you...it makes you lose almost all reason, all hope for redemption is lost.
If his only light...started flickering so much that it soon became dull...he'd fall deeper into the pits of darkness, lost forever...to madness. The dullness of the light is a sign it needs to be changed...if you leave it long enough..it'll blow out..and it's permanently damaged..
She'd never come back from killing people...
So he told her...
"Do whatever you can to weaken your opponents, if I'm there I'll make the kill, If I'm not there I'll be there soon to make the kill, I do not want you to bloody your hands...my hands are already spilling with endless blood" Luther caressed Ivery's cheek
"I don't really want to kill either.." Ivery touched his hand on her cheek
"But...if there is no other option and I'm not able to get there...then use any means to get rid of who stands in your way." Luther said
"I don't feel guilty...but killing as many people as I have...takes a toll on the mind, I already know I'm far past insanity...there's nowhere else to go for someone like me to go but to insanity" Luther said
"You don't casually act insane though.." Ivery said back
"I am...the things that run through my mind...it'll be sickening to you" Luther looked sad
"The slightest bit of irritation, anger, and displeasure can easily flip a switch for me...and I can't help myself..."
"You'll always be the most important person to me, no matter how insane you are or how insane you get..." Ivery touched both of his cheeks, Luther was like her best friend, even though they were only fiance's in name, she cared deeply for him
"You're all I need.." Luther touched her hands that were on his cheeks
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"The party is over!" Ivery shouted and walked up the stairs
She was done, her birthday party was ruined. She wasn't in the mood anymore...
Everyone understood, they did not blame her...they all bowed and took their leave.
Luther walked up the stairs, following where Ivery went.
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"Well that was a mess" Loki stepped out of a golden pink mist cloud
Ivery sat on her bed and laid down. Tired from today..
"I didn't think Xia would come after me like she did so openly today.." Ivery thought it was a stupid move to try and assassinate her in front of so many people, including her parents
"Well, she thought you killed her mother after all.." Loki licked the back of his paw
"It probably was more than that to her...I took everything she ever wanted, I stole her fiance and I took her position as the strongest princess in the Lilith Kingdom, is it all really fair to her who was rightfully born in this world?" Ivery asked with a slightly frown
"Is that so?" A voice said in her ear
She turned around and Luther instantly sealed a kiss on her lips.
"You certainly stole me, and I'm yours" Luther smiled
"Luther...can I talk to you..about something that has been bothering me" Ivery cleared her throat and sat up
"What is it?" Luther asked
"I think I'm...getting too attached to this world..and to you.." Ivery looked down
"What do you mean?" Luther knew where she was going with this
"After I change Inanna's fate...I'll be sent back to my world..and Inanna will get her body back, what will you do after that happens...?" Ivery asked with a shaky tone in her voice
"I've told you before, I never met Inanna, if you were to leave me...I could never care for her, I couldn't be with her..." Luther ran his fingers through her hair
"By the time I'm probably sent back...we'll probably be married...maybe with children.." Ivery's voice cracked and she looked down, she always knew how to hold back her emotions, she didn't want to show them and let people see the weakness in her...but now, she felt like she wanted to burst
"Ivery...do you want to go back to your world...to your family?" Luther asked, already knowing everything about her situation, and he already killed her adoptive family and her abusive father...so there was no one for her to go back to anyway
"I don't, I don't miss anyone there! No one in that world cares about me! There is nothing and no one there for me....but I have to leave the only world that has people I care about and care about me....I don't want to go back..it was as good as hell there..." Ivery burst into tears, and finally, let her emotions break free
Luther pulled Ivery close to him and wrapped his arms around her...holding her tightly as she cried.
"I'm sure Hecate wouldn't mind if I told you early..." Luther rubbed her head
"Told me what?" Ivery sniffed
"The truth is...you're stuck here in this world...forever...that was the price you paid for getting access to your infinite attribute early." Luther revealed to her
"It sounds almost like a curse that you can never leave this world after all...but overall it means that this body was completely yours from the beginning.." Luther said to her
"Really?" Ivery looked up at him with teary eyes
"Then what about Inanna's soul?" Ivery asked him
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"She was reborn when she had died, I sent her soul for reincarnation...into the family of a duke...in this world...and I'm sure you are very well acquainted with her" Hecate's voice sounded out in the room
"What do you mean?" Ivery looked up at Hecate who hovered above the floor
"I'm sure you are familiar with her new name..." Hecate smiled
"Her new name? I know Inanna's reincarnation?" Ivery was beyond surprised, she didn't think Inanna was in this world anymore
"Her name is now Beatrice Garciel"
"...." Ivery was speechless
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