Bab 253: Forgive my old age

When Zero usurped the throne, he had killed all his kin; even children and women, no exception. He was a real tyrant, feared by many, but also a wise ruler, as the Spade Kingdom flourished than ever before.

"Doesn't he have a Queen?" I asked at Yul as we clashed sword in the training grounds. We had decided to return directly to the training grounds as our alibi if ever someone asked.

"He had, or so what I had heard." Yul hopped back, and so did I. "As far as I know, although he was known to play around with women, he married twice."

"What happened to them?" 

Yul swung his sword before leaping towards me. I blocked his attack and our blades trembled between us.

"Dead," he said as his eyes glinted, gliding his blade up before thrusting it to my throat. 

Fortunately, my reflexes were fast enough to block his attack by my sword's flat. My palm supporting the other side of my sword.

I tilted my head to the side. "Dead?"