Yules stood before the noble house of Niftwinter, whose youngest daughter he tutored. The Crown prince was also standing by, looking at the confused teacher with disgust and unbridled hatred.
"He led me into the room before dark and forced me to consummate…"
Lady Isle, the student in question feigned sorrow and despair, retreating into the arms of her soon to be husband, Prince Lucian who comforted her.
"It is okay, My Dear. Guards seize him."
The Guards from both houses instantly surrounded the frightened Yules who armed himself with his grimoire ready to defend against any incoming attacks.
What followed was a brutal battle between thirty battle mages and the one, Yules.
One which ended when the father of Lady Isle, coming forward and asking him to surrender. He was a powerful mage, that much was obvious as he easily and effectively countered every attack thrown at him. This genius level precision and insight was why he was selected to educate the young miss.
So escaping wasn't an issue. But the problem came with his family, they too will be implicated if he ran.
"What is the meaning of this? I did no such thing."
Yules yelled angrily at the Lord, who with a pleading expression begged him to stop. Let an investigation be held first, if he truly was innocent then he would go free.
In the spirit of their past friendship, he allowed himself to be cuffed and dragged into the dungeons where for the next three weeks, he was questioned and put through various lie detecting magic items. All of which deemed him, innocent.
The Night before the final verdict would be given by the Imperial court. Lord Niftwinter and his daughter came into his cell, their faces stern.
"When I heard of your actions towards my daughter. I knew on some level that she wasn't being honest but why she would tell such a deplorable lie was beyond me until I realised that she was in love with you even after you rejected her."
Yules still angered by the girl's presence said plainly,
"Then the kingdom will know of my innocence soon."
Lord Niftwinter sighed,
"Unfortunately I cannot allow that to happen. If my child is exposed for such a fraudulent account then her bright future with the Prince will be thrown out the window and our family left in disgrace."
"I don't think you have a choice in this, especially after the Imperial court was involved."
"Yes, that is true but if you are to plead guilty then this mattered will be settled in our favour. For all our l shared history, my family still takes priority. So I will have to ask you to honour this arrangement."
"If I refuse?"
"Then certain underhanded tactics will be used, after all I hear that your brother is expecting a child soon with his wife.
It will such a shame for an unprecedented tragedy to strike before their happiness comes.
Regardless of their situation, they are still peasants of course"
Yules understood what the Lord meant, if he pleaded guilty then he will receive the wrath of the whole kingdom and possibly the royal family while Lord Niftwinter's daughter will be sparred.
But if he pleaded innocence, then his family will be dealt with silently. Lady Isle stood at the side with her face downtrodden, she had obviously been backed into a corner by her reckless behaviour and now had to pay for it.
The Typical Veneer of a spoiled noble brat. No care in the world about consequences till it escalated to such a critical level.
"So what is your choice then?"
...…
The Imperial court had assembled with Yules standing before them with utter gloom written all over his face.
Lady Isle sat down with her father wearing a similar expression. The Pontiff read the allegations, the results of investigation and finally asked the judge, the King for his verdict.
"Yules Nouveau, you have been found…"
Yules interrupted him with a proclamation,
"I am guilty Sire"
Gasps escaped the mouths of all present. King Ludwig was dumbfounded by his words despite the rows of evidence saying otherwise.
"Yules Nouveau is this accurate?"
"Yes. My Lord"
King Ludwig nodded before proclaiming,
"The Guilty has confessed"
The Crowd roared ready to tear Yules to pieces if allowed to. Lord Niftwinter nodded and took his daughter away, the Prince stared at Yules enraged.
As Yules was being taken away, the Prince called for him to be brought back.
"I would like to defend the honour of my bride. If I may Father"
Since Yules would most likely be executed. Ludwig gave his son, the get-go.
Yules knew that this was an unexpected turn of events but it was too late, his fate was sealed.
'Colour Magic: Bright Shades of Red'
Prince Lucian manifested four massive pillars of energy that emitted a strong reddish glow. He commanded them to attack by waving his hand towards Yules.
With near sonic speeds, the pillars manveured through the air before descending upon Yules with deadly force.
Someone leaped in front of Yules, protecting him. It was Yules' younger brother, Mikael Noveau.
'Ice Creation Magic: Shield of the North wind'
Yules tried to stop his brother from further action, but the daring young man refused to leave his older sibling to perish.
He still had faith in his innocence though it would be much harder to prove now that he had been officially proclaimed guilty.
"Stop think of Liana, Mom, Dad and Sarah"
Mikael punched Yules' face, angered by his cowardice.
"Did you ever think about them when you said that!!"
During their squabble, Mikael wasn't at defense allowing the Prince to take advantage of the opening.
Before Mikael could continue his rant, long blue spikes shot up from beneath him, impaling him instantly. His eyes were destroyed, so was his abdomen and neck. The Blood soaked gore fell on Yules' face.
'Colour Magic: Blue Melancholy'
A Ringing started in Yules' ears as the world around him dissolved into a pitch Black, soon a woman's scream was heard. It was Liana, Mikael's pregnant wife.
The Guards held her back but she persisted firing her water magic at them to get through but what followed was a heart wrenching scene of her being torn to pieces by the merciless defenders of the royal family.
Yules' parents were caught in the cross fire, which also made the crowd stampede in an attempt to move away from the danger area.
The Poor man had watched the events he had tried to avoid happen right before his eyes. His mind broke.
The Prince fired another set of red attacks but Yules with his hand caught all of them easily and destroyed them.
The People were surprised given that Yules was supposed to have magic inhibiting cuffs on to prevent such an occurrence but it seemed that he had burnt through the cuffs with his willpower.
A Burst of Mana came from Yules before condensing into a translucent film around his body that with a blue sheen. Yules leaned forward as he raced with superhuman speed trying to cover the distance between him and the prince.
The Royal guards seeing the Prince in danger leapt out with their attacks aimed at Yules who weaved through them with bizarre efficiency, cutting each person down as he passed. Not a scream was heard as their heads fell cleanly to the ground.
'Glided Movements of the Winter assassin'
Everywhere he passed, the Temperature suddenly dropped without warning causing ice crystals and sheets to form on the ground.
Yules had come before the Prince, who stood with courage before his dangerous adversary, firmly believing in his righteousness.
Yules on the other hand didn't have any expression on his face, only the blood lust controlled him.
"Someone save the Prince!!"
These words were shouted from every soldier and knight present as they all ran to the battlefield ready to give their lives.
Just as Yules disappeared from his position, an invisible wall protected the Prince from the end of a blade about to penetrate his face.
Yules' figure appeared at the end of the blade, the earlier scene showed unholy speed and reckless brutality when pushed to the limit.
It was the King who saved his son,
"So you dare harm the crown prince, you degenerate peasant?. It seems I have been to lenient"
King Ludwig stood up from his throne and spread his hands about to cast a spell. But an old woman ran out begging him to stop, it was Yules' mother.
Seeing her in harm's way, his expression broke as he called out to her to stop but it was too late for both of them.
A Spiralling Black vortex emerged on the ground under Yules, followed with a magic circle and indecipherable patterns.
As the Light of the circle grew, the Vortex transitioned into a bubbling maelstrom of static. Pulsing and throbbing with unnatural energies, the whole kingdom stood in awe of the king's power.
"I will send you somewhere that will make you wish, you were dead"
The Space in the vortex contracted and then burst with enormous energy that ripped his poor mother apart.
Time slowed down for him as he watched the woman smile at him whispering something before she was sucked into the growing spatial rift.
Yules began laughing uncontrollably as inhuman howls and shrieks came from underneath him. Gargantuan tentacles and claws sprung up to devour him, the Prince after being teleported to safety, looked with pleasure, the king with disdain as the crowd cheered.
'Void Magic: Pathway to Eternal Damnation'
"I, Ludwig Grimdark, hereby Banish you from this realm forever"
Yules laughed as he was lifted up by an invisible force about to be thrown into the rift.
"Thank you sire and Farewell"
'Mana Zone- Deadly Midnight Chill'
His words were followed by an eruption of ice crystals from the King's neck, their sheer number caused the head to break from it's stem leaving him headless and lifeless.
The Whole hall froze in shock as Yules laughed even more violently than before as he fell into the rift. The Magic circles around the rift broke since the mage who drew them was no longer able to maintain them but the rift did not disappear.
Their Reality had been ripped at it's seams, it instead expanded consuming everything present as their portion of spacetime unravelled.