The sound of footsteps continued to come near towards the cell Renji was confined in.
Until...
*Tap!
In front of the bars that prevents him from escaping was a young man.
This young man had a short brown hair.
With an excessive amount of jewelry in him as well as an extremely luxurious looking garments.
He was looking at Renji with a mocking face.
"Hehe!"
He laughed as he looked at him, then waved at the guard who was accompanying him.
"Go! I'll call you later!"
"Yessir!!"
Bowing slightly, the guard walked back towards the exit.
The young man then looked back at Renji.
Renji by now had seen the face of the young man in front of him and with gritted teeth and anger he shouted despite the pain in his body!
"IKEDA HIROSHI!!!!!"
"Hmmm?? What?! Don't shout I can hear you just fine, you know!"
"YOU BASTARD! WHERES RYUKO!?!!"
"Hmm..Ryuko?! Who's that?!"
Ikeda Hiroshi had feigned puzzle expression as he asked Renji back.
"I'M ASKING YOU! WHERE'S RYUKO?! IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HER, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU!!"
"Hmm.. you're still threatening me despite the situation you are in huh..."
Ikeda Hiroshi, then squatted down as he looked at Renji who was struggling to even get up from the ground.
"Well.. let me fill you up on what's happening... Or more like what would happen to you first okay!"
He was happily talking as looked down at Renji.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Renji gritted his teeth in anger as he looked at Hiroshi.
"First.. let's see... My father reported what you had done to the Duke, from abandoning a mission that was commissioned by the kingdom that was important, to slandering a noble, then finally attacking a noble!!
Wow! What a man you are! Nearly all of your doings can be a capital punishment!"
*Pak!pak!pak!
He clapped his hands as he stated the reports his viscount father had told to the Duke, although not entirely a slander, without knowing the full story, Renji would be the main villain in that story!
"YOU BASTARDS! YOU AND YOUR FATHER ARE THE SAME KIND OF TRASH!"
"Hahah! I'm not finished yet! The Duke did an investigation, but because of the Pirate mission and other important business, it was done hastily, and with a small cover up from my father, Well....
Let's just say, the evidence are clear! Now.... You are being executed! Congratulations!!! Hhahahhaha!"
"WHAT?!"
Renji's eyes went wide!
One of the reasons why he was very bold at charging the viscount's mansion was because he knew that the Duke of Breeze City was an upright man and was very friendly towards swordsmen even if they were of commoner background.
But because of the on going pirate elimination and the tricks the viscount had done, the odds were now against him!
And he was even gonna be executed!!
"Wha- you- "
Renji was so stunned and speechless that the words coming out of his mouth were nearly gibberish!
"Haha! Oh! I nearly forgot! It had already been two weeks since your brave actions as well as the report! And now! You are invited tomorrow! In your own execution! Hahahaahahahah!"
By now, Ikeda Hiroshi was laughing like a maniac as he told Renji that he would be executed tomorrow!
Renji head by now was blank. He didn't know what to say or even think!
He was just fourteen years old kid, and going fifteen this year!
He had worked hard in order to be as strong as he had become today!
And yet...
Tomorrow, all his hard work, all his dreams and his future would be obliterated just because of the man in front of him!
Renji could only stare at Hiroshi.
Hiroshi looked at Renji's blank look.
Then he smiled even more crazily.
Then he opened his mouth and talked in a hush voice.
"You know..
She was very delicious!"
*BAAANNNGG!!!
As if something had exploded in his head, Renji trembled as he continued to to stare wide eyes at Hiroshi.
"She had a very delicate skin! And her maturity was even more tempting!
Every move I make towards her just made me nearly explode!
Even when she struggled, I still enjoyed it and could still vividly remember her defiant face! Aaahhhh! How exhilarating!"
"Y-YOU BASTARD!! YOOUU-"
"SHUSH! I'M NOT FINISHED YET!"
Renji who finally snapped out of his trance shouted at first but was interrupted by Hiroshi who continued.
"For one whole day I played with her alone, then after I was finished, for the next three days, I let my friends play with her, then my swordsmen, then my servants, and finally, I even let those homeless people play with her!
Ahh! How noble I am, sharing my things to those that are in need!"
"BASTARD! BASTARD! BASTARD!!"
Renji could only curse at the man in front of him as tears flowed out of his eyes.
He did not know how much suffering she must have gone through from the hands of the bastard in front of him!
"And you know, by the end of it, she even has an ecstatic face by the end of it all! I guess she was really just a slut just as I have thought the first time I saw her!"
"YOU LYING MOTHER FUCKING BASTARD!"
"No!no!no! I'm really not lying! She looks so happy after the end of it!
Though she was dead when we found out about it!
Then we killed those two old things that was from the tavern, hmm.. was it her parents?! Well, anyway I had some people act as a bandit and killed them, they were annoying as they kept on pestering the kingdom's authority about what was happening, so I just eliminated them! Hahahah!"
"!!!"
'huh?!'
Something broke inside Renji when he heard what Hiroshi had said.
Renji knew that the manipulation and evilness of the Viscount and his son had already sealed his fate of death.
But hearing what Ryuko had gone through then ultimately dying, and on top of it all, even her parents weren't spared!
As Renji went out of breath thinking about Ryuko and her parents...
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
He could only shout in anguish and anger as he thought about them.
The days they spent together.
The Shibai couple accepted Renji and even let him stay at the tavern indefinitely.
Ryuko who was very gentle and beautiful who always happily waited for him to finish his daily tasks.
The day when Renji finally told Ryuko that he had fallen for her, to which she reciprocated his feelings!
The moment when he and Ryuko told the Shibai couple about their relationship and how happy they were when they heard about it.
How He and Ryuko would spend the night together and dream of living together till they are old and have grandchildren who will take care of them.
But all of that would be gone now.
Ryuko and her parents were gone.
And tomorrow, it would be his life next!
*Thud!
As Renji's anguished voice stopped, he fell unconscious and his head dropped into the cold, hard and dirty ground.
Hiroshi looked at Renji and was still smiling happily.
It was as if he had done the greatest good deed in the world.
Hiroshi then stood up and walked away from the cell.
He had told Renji everything just for the sake of watching his despair and breaking his spirit.
He knew that no matter what Renji would do, no one can stop his eventual execution!
And after tomorrow, he would then find another 'plaything' to ease his boredom!
*End Of Chapter.