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Chapter Seventeen

Running forward, he caught up to Lusilla and grabbed her arm. She struggled to escape his grasp but in the end, she was dragged into the stands and noticed a boy in particular by himself still in the stands walking around, looking as clueless as ever. It was Elijah. But when he saw Isaac coming closer, and closer to him with Lusilla dragged by him, he had gotten furious.

"What are you doing!?" Lusilla yelled.

"Saving the kingdom," Isaac replied looking down at her, the determination in his eyes showed how legit he was.

"If what you're saying now is true Lusilla... I just killed over forty men... all who had families, friends waiting for them... What have I done?" he asked in a soft voice with an opaque tear dripping down his cheek onto his lap.

She grabbed his hand and put it on her cheek, tears dripped down her face and she clenched her fist onto his shirt underneath his jacket. She wiped the tears away and got up while carrying her dress up and while walking she said, "I trust you... make things right Isaac."

When they finally reached Elijah, Isaac gave him a hug and said, "Elijah... we're ending this today. We need to end this cult..."

"What?" Elijah replied in confusion.

"The tournament was a trap, all of it was... I can't give you in on all the details but... Elijah. I need you to catch up with the guards and the other people who are heading to the castle... you need to stop them, now... Lusilla told me that it was a trap and the castle will be burned down and everyone in it... lives will be lost if you don't do this. Evacuate as much as you can and meet us at the cult building and if you can try and stop the men who are burning down the castle... it's our last hope." Isaac said.

Elijah nodded but Lusilla looked down nervously as she caught his gaze upon her. Elijah grabbed Lusilla's arm and his eyes locked on Isaac as he tried to take her away. "What are you doing?" Isaac asked with a bit of anger in his tone however he didn't prepare for what would hit him next,

"Isaac" he paused then his eyes widened and his tone got louder and he said, "I only listened to you before and convinced the people because I had thought that you were sincere about this. But no, you destroy everything." he let go of Lusilla and began running as fast as he could and tried to catch up with the guards. When he was gone Isaac began apologizing to Lusilla.

"I'm sorry, everything is ruined because of me... but we need to get going now." Isaac said with Lusilla nodding.

"Follow me," she said, leading Isaac towards a secret part in the stands. It was dark and gloomy but when she fell down it, he knew it was another tunnel and he soon realized that it was leading to the library tunnels which led to the cult... They walked quietly and quickly.

"Years ago, my family used these tunnels as a way of an escape in case of, emergencies and overall a quicker way of transportation... These tunnels are strong and can last century but... the people of the cult did find out about it and built their own connecting to ours, but my grandpa signed a contract for them to leave Lazoreth alone if the royals paid them every month. The contract was soon broken by my father... " she said.

"Oh," Isaac replied.

When they finally got to the library, they noticed how quiet everything was. They looked down to see if any workers were there but there weren't.

Lusilla rushed down the stairs without any explanation and she rushed all the way upstairs. A few minutes later, she came back down with a dagger and determined eyes. "Let's go," she said, jumping down into the tunnels. Isaac followed after.

They walked for twenty minutes before finding the tunnel path that takes you to the cult. Isaac brought out his sword from its sheath and walked inside with Lusilla, but he hadn't realized how familiar it had looked since right now...

When he walked inside, there were people chained up, so he and lusilla had to hide behind a carriage and sneak around to the door... The room was filled with gas and other toxins but regardless, he continued walking and he walked all the way downstairs. When the upstairs door opened he reacted quickly as he thought it was another one of Edgards minions, but instead... it was Elijah gasping heavily while rushing down the stairs,

"I did it... they're all safe..." he said, "But nobody from the cult was there," Elijah said.

Lusilla looked at Elijah and turned back to Isaac. They all walked all the way down and Isaac began shouting and yelling. "Come out now Edgard! We're here to end this sick and twisted game of yours..." Isaac yelled.

"Where do you think he is?" Elijah asked while they got to the bottom.

Isaac shrugged but a second later Lusilla screamed out a warning for Isaac, however, he was too slow and a sword was put around his throat. "You saw straight through my plan Isaac... and you seemed to have destroyed it..."

"Shut up! We're stopping you now!" Isaac said kicking Edgard with his foot.

Edgard put the sword closer to his throat and yelled, "You won't stop anything, and our deal is off and I'll end your death right here, right now... But it would be a shame for you all to die without any answers" he said grinning.

"Let me tell you the origin of this building... and if you try to attack me, a snap of a finger is all it takes for thirty guards to surround you. Now... let's begin." he said.

"Quit the crap!" Isaac yelled.

Edgard grinned, "You're right... doing anything so you won't harm you as much as it will to her!" he looked over to Lusilla and walked over there. He grabbed her wrist and she screamed but his grip tightened.

"I'll listen just stop!" Isaac yelled,

Elijah looked over to Lusilla and hoped she would be fine while Isaac would make sure Edgard regretted wasting this time on storytelling while he could have just killed them...

"All of your secrets will come out soon, don't worry, Lusilla..." Edgard said smiling and touching her silky and smooth golden hair.

50 years ago, in the secret tunnels of Lazoreth.

"We can't stay here, It's too dangerous." the girl said looking at the boy.

He looked at her and frowned. Then, he suddenly heard three voices, each coming closer to them. Out of fear he got up and grabbed her arm. "We need to go, now!" he yelled.

He got up and pulled her up using all his strength. When she got up she bent down, then grabbed her making it easier for her to run. They both ran, taking a left turn each time there were two separate paths. Then after a while, a path displayed, with an open field on the right and what seemed to be a cult to where the path led. The cult was big and there were mountains surrounding the area they were in.

They both bent down, breathing heavily. So heavily that while sitting down on the cold stone path with many rocks on it, they tasted blood in the deepest end of their throat. It felt almost like they had gotten a cut on their hand then sucked it. But after a while, a man wearing a thin black cloak appeared from behind them and grabbed the wrist of the girl.

Her fine jewelry and necklaces all fell off of her and were buried in the dirt. His hand went to her mouth, depriving her of any air she had. The man beside her struggled to protect her. He grabbed his sword from its sheath and leaped in for a slash but the man in the cloak brought out a dagger deflecting the hit.

Then, his leg was grabbed and the man in the cloak threw him on the ground. The girl soon fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Her body was left there along with the man she was with. The man in the cloak dragged them both by their foot to the entrance of the cult.

He dropped their legs and opened the door, then when the doors were opened four men rushed to grab the boy and the girl. Two men for each person. Both of their bodies were dragged inside the cult and their bodies were dragged on the dirt all the way to a line that had many others just like them. Each chained up and at the front of the series of people, there was a door. Letting out many toxins and gases.

As the girl woke up a while later, she witnessed herself and the boy she was with being chained up. All power was drained from her. Looking at a front, she noticed that a man had been collecting jewels and expensive items from each of them and she then realized that these people were not only taking slaves... but stripping people of their wealth.

Walking forward she panicked more and more, and with each breath she took, she and the boy she was with had gotten closer to the front, and when they did, the boy was stripped of all items he had. He finally woke up and resisted but he and she were thrown down a door and the door was shut.

As they arrived at the bottom there was another girl and another boy there, both prepared to look the same as them. The hair, the right shade, outfits, the exact same, and they were all put in machines. The boy and girl had masks given to them by the person leading this experiment and they wore it so nothing could affect them. However, the gas and smoke soon affected the boy and the girl, and they choked up, then fainted.

When the operation was finally done, the other boy and girl got out of the machines and walked to the man leading the operation.

"It worked!" he yelled looking down at both of them.

"After all these years, we've experimented with gas and toxins to make a substance erasing your memory."

Then the girl said, "So..." then she was cut off by him saying, "We can become rich! If we kidnap the prince and find someone who's suitable and looks just like him... we can use carbon monoxide on her, which a... can either kill her or, b, she'll lose her memory and have brain damage. And she will be replaced by you guys. The lower classes."

The guy nodded, "so... this new method. It steals their memory and not ours, so we will have to pretend to be them?"

"Correct!" he laughed and both the boy and girl laughed and exited the room.

Present time, at the cult...

"My grandparents always lived in poverty... this whole experiment that they made helped us get riches out of it. But soon, we got more greedy and wanted more and more."

Elijah and Isaac brought out their swords from its sheath and walked forward. Isaac leaped in first slashing him in the foot. But many men stormed downstairs and began charging towards Isaac.

"Kill the prince!" they yelled.

"The prince? The prince died years ago..." Isaac said in confusion.

"Isaac, deal with Edgard, I can hold them off," Elijah said.

Isaac nodded at him and looked back at the man. He attacked his arm, but he quickly grabbed out a dagger, stabbing Isaac's right arm. He groaned in pain and yelled. He tried to attack his chest but he deflected it.

"What... do you mean the prince?" he said struggling for air.

"Oh, she hasn't told you..." he said looking at Lusilla.

He turned around to Lusilla angrily but slowly, "Told me what!? What happened!?" he asked.

"SHUT UP!" she said using her dagger to attack Edgard but he blocked it with a grin.

"Lusilla, what are you hiding from me!?" he asked.

"I'm sorry..." she paused then looked at him... "Kozert..."

Two years ago, in the cult

"Father, you want me to investigate the cult?" Isaac said bowing down to him.

"Yes... one of our spies found out they're going to attack the castle in a few days... and they're responsible for the captures of the princes years before you... I simply need you to investigate if this is true... if you're caught... if you're caught I simply don't know what'll happen. Kozert... can you do this for me?"

"Yes, father." Isaac respectfully replied, keeping his head down.

When he got there, he snuck through the front door and hid behind a carriage that had nobody in it. As he continued to crouch down it ripped his dark crimson jacket which created some noise but when he looked under the carriage he saw a series of people who had been wearing metal chains that bound their wrists together.

Each and every one of them had been wearing something that revealed their wealth. Some had rings, made of the finest jewels in the land, and others wore fancy clothes. They were surely nobles he thought to himself.

At the front of the series, there was a young girl whose hair sparkled brightly and she had been wearing a shiny ring. He crawled to the front of the carriage as slow as a sloth and held his breath. Beside every hostage, there were two men on each side.

The girl at the front of the line was escorted to a weird looking door then two men beside her opened it and it let out a blast of air, using this as his chance, Isaac looked past the door and saw a huge spiral staircase that had been leading to somewhere, but whatever it was it displeased Isaacs's nose.

The girl at the front was pushed into the room and began yelling. "Please spare me!"

They closed the door on her and escorted the next person up to the door. This time there had been a man who seemed to look like he was in his twenties and he had been wearing a nice suit.

The two men beside him restrained his arm. He attempted to get out by kicking them, but nothing he tried worked. When they threw in the room it had been empty, the girl who was there before was gone.

"Where did she go?" Isaac said.

Then suddenly he had felt a great pressure on his waist, he turned around to see two men who held his legs. Isaac used his nails and inserted them in the dirt, and it worked for the most part, but then back-up came and dragged him away. "Help!" he cried out, but nobody did anything but stare.

Then, later on, he was taken down to a room that had someone who was prepared to look exactly like him. They filled the room with gas and he began coughing up, while the other person had a mask... Isaac's brain slowly faded away and he fell to the ground, and so did the other person...

"Kozert... don't worry... we'll ship you to a new family soon. And they'll surely adopt you... for now, we're going to change your looks." the man said giggling.

Then he looked at the other boy, "But it's a shame you died... you were gonna take the princes place but you put it upon yourself... put the mask on faster next time" he said.

Later on, Isaac was shipped to a new family and they adopted him. The kingdom believed he had died, and due to Edgard's plans failing Prince Kozert would be gone forever since the man who was with Isaac was going to replace him and rule as the new prince of Lazoreth...

Present time...

Isaac dropped to his knees. His body shivered and ached as he didn't believe anything Edgard was saying. He looked over to Lusilla who had been looking down at the ground crying and begging Isaac to forgive her. "How long have you known!?" Isaac asked.

"Ever since you came to save me and Elijah when they used the term "you royals" I knew immediately it was you but I wasn't sure until now," Lusilla said.

Isaac constantly shivered in fear and ignoring her, he got up and grabbed his sword in anger and ran towards Edgard. He tripped him and screamed in anger and aimed his sword straight towards Edgard's chest. He attempted to strike him but instead, his left arm was stabbed and his sword dropped down to the ground.

"I wasn't done with my story," Edgard said smiling.

He reached for Isaac's sword and laughed, "Make regards to the devil," he said, getting ready to stab him in the heart. "No!" a voice yelled running towards him and taking the hit.

Blood dripped down from Isaacs's mouth and he looked down and saw Elijah stabbed in the heart with a sword. He turned to Isaac and smiled.

¨My life couldn't have been any better. I've had so many good moments with you, and I've had a prince by my side..." Elijah said, blood dripping from his mouth.

"Elijah... you idiot!" Isaac yelled wiping his tears away.

"This is all my fault, I betrayed you anyways, so it's what I get..." Elijah said.

Isaac touched Elijah's cheek and said "Don't die on me..." but Elijah closed his eyes and gave one last smile before his life faded away.

"ELIJAH!" he yelled.

Lusilla rushed over to Edgard and grabbed her dagger. She attempted to stab him but instead, her foot was dragged by him.

"Help!" she yelled in an attempt to get away, Isaac immediately rushed over to help her and stabbed Edgard in the heart.

"This ends now you physco!" he yelled stabbing him in the heart.

Edgard smiled and then laughed. "One day, you'll know the truth... Mark my words, Kozert," he said, closing his eyes.

Isaac turned to Lusilla and rushed to her, "Lusilla are you okay!?"

"Yes... I'm fine, but I'm sorry for lying to you... the truth is that when Asagiri died... Edgard who has behind the attack revealed you were the prince... I didn't believe it at first... but your body supposedly dead body was never found, so it just added up..." she said.

"So... I guess... Isaac was the name given to me by my adopted family, huh..." Isaac asked.

She nodded and tears dripped down her face. She looked at the dead body of Elijah and she dug her face in Isaac's jacket.

"Everything is ruined. But we managed to save the kingdom, huh?" she said with bags under her eyes and smiling.

"We did, huh..." Isaac said smiling back to her.

Lusilla nodded and Isaac got back down to the floor. After he was sitting on the floor, he grabbed Lusilla and leaned in forward. He kissed her cheek and hugged her with tears streaming down his face.

"We're brother and sister now..." he said smiling.

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