In an instant.
Strange ripples spread throughout heaven and earth. In his daze, Dago seemed to hear an exceptionally clear, beautiful birdsong ringing in his ears.
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At that moment, even time seemed to slow countless times over.
Then a soft, burning-hot hand reached over his shoulder and gently caressed his cheek from behind.
To anyone watching, two slender, pale arms belonging to a young woman suddenly emerged from that enormous fiery-red mass and gently encircled Dago's neck. Then, with the intimate gesture of a lover reluctant to let him go-
She dragged him straight into the enormous fiery-red crystal!
The next second, a dazzling blaze erupted. Raging flames descended without warning, sweeping across the surrounding land in an instant.
Beneath a sky where black and gold clashed like thick, tainted blood, Michael stared blankly ahead.
Drip, drip.
Someone slowly walked toward him.
With every step, copious amounts of milky-white light, thick as blood, dripped from the man's body, leaving a long trail of "wet" footprints in the empty air behind him.
"I hated you when you first arrived. I still do."
"What right does a child born of someone so lowly have to enter the royal court?"
"Incompetent, yet you overestimate yourself. Stupid, yet you don't even know it. All you ever do is cause trouble. And then there's that loathsome face of yours."
The man spoke softly as he approached Michael, step by step.
Michael stood rooted to the spot, dazed, as two streams of clear tears slid swiftly from his eyes.
"Look. You've given me another reason to despise you."
The man reached out, brushing his fingers across Selena's face as he said slowly, "How can someone with the blood of House Lucien flowing through their veins shed tears so easily?"
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