In a vast snow-covered plains, two figures stood by and they are surely bound by trust and the weight of someone carrying a burden after a gruesome task. The air was heavy around them and they can see their breaths coming from their mouths. As the snow continued to fall they faced the inevitable with a mixture of resignation and sorrow. For in the heart of the storm, amidst the icy tendrils of winter's grasp, death loomed over closer and closer to them, it is a specter that could not be denied. This white colored veil yet fluffy ground was then started to get tainted with gushing red color.
"How is it? Getting killed by the one you taught?" he said grinning from ear to ear.
I looked at him with so much betrayal but I don't want to show him that. I burst out laughing while I was bleeding to death.
"AHAHHAHAHAHHAH you did grew up as great assassin Rabidstain or should I say my dear Vincent" I said while smiling as I reach out to his cheek. He did bend down a little and help me while placing my hand on his cheek.
As expected he really loves me.
Blood started bursting out from me coughing it all out.
"Remember this Vincent. I do not regret dying in your hands but I am rather thankful because I can now escape this misery for years" I told him while I was catching my breath and I felt him hugging me tightly.
"Do your job properly… I am your target anyway" I said smiling while putting a gun on his hand and pointed the gun to my forehead.
"I can't do it~ I cannot kill you master crimsonblade" he said while I felt his hand loosened.
Oh right! He doesn't know my name yet or asked me and he never did do a background check on me.
"Since this is the last time, I will see you, Vincent. I'll tell you my name, make sure you remember it" I told him while I pulled him closer to me. I know my body well and I am almost at my peak of losing my life. I did drink the poison willingly a while ago, and I wasn't fighting him at my fullest.
"I won't do it" he said while his eyes are full of tears.
"Don't cry Vincent… I am just sick of the smell of blood" I told him while looking at him fondly.
I don't know what I am feeling right now but my heart breaks while leaving him behind.
"Remember our promise?" I asked him.
"I d-- do… Since w-we both don't h-ha-have someone to remember us or t-to burry us then we sh-sho-should at least remember each other and give each other a proper burial" he stated and I smiled at him.
"Good boy" I patted his head
"Listen very carefully… I am--- aha! I am Cianne Zielle… haaaa… Cianne Zielle Kinsmith" I gave him a last farewell smile and a final remark before I am out of breath "I love you my one and only family." I pointed the gun on my forehead again and I used his hands to pull the trigger myself.
As I was getting closer to death, running out of air to breath and constantly gushing blood out of my body, all the memories I had with him was starting to flash before my eyes and I eventually realize the truth that I had long been blind to. Amidst the haze of my final moment, his face seemed so vivid bringing warmth and comfort in the dark world I lived through all these years. In that fleeting instance, I understood the depth of his care, sincerity of love that I constantly turned a blind eye on. Every step I took alone had been a missed opportunity to accept the connection we had and to enjoy the warmth of each other's embrace as we walk hand in hand in a peaceful land. As life slipped away, I found solace in the knowledge that in his heart, I had always mattered, and his love would endure beyond the confines of time.
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Everything was dark and I feel like I am falling for all eternity. A voice was emerging out of the blue.
"In a far distant realm, a prophecy was told, woven by the threads of destiny. A woman who grew up in the shadows of a distant land is given a second chance by the almighty to prove herself was then born to change fate of the empire. She is prophesized to either destroy the world or saves it from the hands of evil. She is a lone individual, pure of heart and untainted by deceit, she wields power beyond mortal reckoning."
When I opened my eyes, it was a bit blurry and I still feel my ears ringing
"The individual's innocence shall become a catalyst for change and a beacon of hope under the uncertain darkness that lies ahead. Through her, the assassin shall unlock the gates to greatness, forging alliances, and unraveling the threads of fate that bind the realms."
I don't know what this person is talking about but I am just curious of how is Vincent? I know that Harper is scared of me and that he will kill me someday. I just didn't know that he will use Vincent to kill me.
"As kingdoms tremble and empires rise, the woman assassin shall navigate the treacherous currents of intrigue and ambition, her actions echoing through the annals of time. For in the union of darkness and purity lies the key to unlocking the potential of worlds yet unseen."
"What are you talking about? Union of darkness and purity?" I whispered and I can now see a light shining brightly towards me.
"You shall live as Celestia Seraphina de Everhart. Good luck on your journey" the calming voice stated and when I opened my eyes. I was crying on the arms of a cold woman.
I can't stand up and I am alive? How am I alive when I put a whole on my head?
"Your highness" a woman said embracing me while she was trembling.
Your highness? Is this some kind of joke?
"No matter what happens I will protect you with my life" she said while she took me out of the wide place.
Uhmmm… I don't know what's happening right now.
"I thought I said that thing will live here until I feel like killing her" a man stated and his aura, I recognized it because I was like that before. Those bloodthirsty eyes and cold presence.
"I am well aware your majesty but exposing her with the smell of blood after she was born is cruel. We will cleanup the Celestial Heights Palace" she stood her ground even though she is trembling nonstop.
"You know her sins are unforgivable and she deserves death. Killing the empress soon after she was born is a form of treason. I only spared her because of the empress' desires" he said with those cold gazes of his.
I couldn't speak to him "Gooo… ahhh--- gahhh" those were only the things I can say.
"Let us see how long you can live" he said never even look at me and walk back after looking at the fully bloomed Eastern redbud with the full moon which lights the tree.
I am an assassin in my past life and now in my second life, I killed my mother as soon as I am born? What a stupid fate and life I have.
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