[NERO is calling …]
Neoma finally reached the throne where Yule and her other ancestors were waiting for her.
Fortunately, Crimson had fallen asleep while in her arms earlier. Hence, she was able to bring him back to his dragon form. She wasn't just sure if her Soul Beast would wake up as Tteokbokki or Crimson later.
But that was the least of her concerns at the mont.
[The fuck is happening to my baby brother?]
Neoma was pretty sure she heard Nero call her for help earlier.
Everyone knew that Nero's pride could pierce the heavens. Plus, that brat still liked acting like a big brother to her. Hence, there was no way in hell Nero would ask for her help unless he was in grave danger.
And that made Neoma nervous.
[Fuck it. Just why did I have to die when Nero needed the most?!]
"Nene, why are you glaring at ?" Yule asked nervously. "Did I do sothing wrong?"
"There's a long list of bad things you've done whether accidentally or not, Grandpa Yule. But that's not what's pissing off the mont," Neoma said, tilting her head to one side while glaring at the throne. "I can feel that Nero is in danger. Since he's facing the Third Calamity, I'm sure the throne is giving a hard ti."
The throne and the Soul Beasts' Cage, to be precise.
[After all, the throne and the Cage are in the sa place.]
"You can't coddle Roro forever, Nene," Yule reminded her gently. "This is a test that he and Dahlia must overco on their own."
Neoma fell silent while rembering the Third Calamity of the first tiline.
[Ruto and I fell for the trap laid by the Cage. We released the Soul Beasts without knowing we were actually releasing the Third Calamity back then. But, of course, we resolved the problem easily because we were OP.]
"I don't think Nero and Dahlia are on the sa level as and Ruto when we dealt with the Third Calamity, so they must be having a hard ti now," Neoma said, sighing. "When am I going to get revived? I can't relax knowing my baby brother is in danger."
"Neoma, you should be worrying about yourself right now," Primo, the first emperor, said worriedly. "Are you okay, dear? You've just seen the Thirteen Madn's heinous cris."
"Of course, I'm not okay, Grandpa Primo," Neoma said bluntly. "That's why I need to move and get violent on sothing or soone evil. If I stay still, I'll go crazy. And once I snapped, I may end up destroying the world again."
Her ancestors suddenly fell silent.
"You did well, sweetheart," Gwen, Primo's wife who was also the Demon Queen, said while smiling proudly at her. "We were waiting here because we thought we might have to stop you once you reached the last step."
Neoma tilted her head to one side. "Well, to be fair, I've always known that most of our ancestors were the most scumbags out of all the scumbags in the world. Hence, I was kind of prepared ntally. Of course, seeing their atrocities with my very own eyes was still different. But it only strengthened my resolve."
"I can tell you've made a powerful resolve, Nene," Yule said, getting up from his fancy seat. "May we know what kind of resolve you made this ti, my dear granddaughter?"
Instead of answering the Moon God right away, she just walked towards the throne.
It felt surreal when her ancestors– her GREAT ancestors, at that– made way for her as if they were making way for a queen.
[Heh.]
"I won't break the throne this ti, unlike what I did in the first tiline when I crushed it with my very own hands," Neoma said, her red eyes glowing. Then she raised her leg in a straight line and gave the seat of the throne a dropkick. She didn't put that much force into it, so the throne just broke a little and didn't get destroyed completely. "Nero Roseheart de Moonasterio will be the LAST emperor of the Great Moonasterion Empire."
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EXILE AND Eternal Damnation.
Those curses didn't only work on the de Moonasterios.
Hence, Dahlia could also use those techniques to exorcise the hundreds of vengeful Spirits possessing Prince Nero's body at the mont.
But there was one problem.
"The Rosehearts' wrath is too strong and heavy," Dahlia said worriedly. "I… I have to release my seal."
If she had a choice, she didn't want to do it.
Unfortunately, that was the only way for her to save the Crown Prince.
Lapiz asked curiously.
Dahlia didn't only receive a piece of the Eternal Fla as a gift.
Princess Neoma of the first tiline also gave her sothing more personal.
"Yes, I will use it now," Dahlia said, closing her eyes. "It's ti to et Empress Dahlia of the first tiline."
And when Dahlia opened her eyes again, she was surprised to see her other self.
The Empress Dahlia in front of her was beautiful, mature, and lancholic.
"So, we finally t, little Dahlia," Empress Dahlia greeted her with a sad smile on her face. "Is it ti for you to make a vow with Nero again?"
Dahlia was shocked to hear that. "Uhm, what vow?"
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"PATHETIC."
What?
Nero raised his head, his eyebrows furrowed, when soone called him 'pathetic' in the most taunting way possible.
[Who dares to…]
His thoughts trailed off when he realized he was looking at himself.
No, he wasn't facing a mirror.
The Nero in front of him at the mont was older, bigger, and looked more miserable than he was at the mont.
[Where did the male Rosehearts go...?]
Nero thought he was going to die while the male Rosehearts ganged up on him. But, suddenly, soone pulled him away from all those vengeful Spirits.
The next thing he knew, he was already in that empty room with an unwanted companion.
"Emperor Nero," Nero said, addressing his other self with a scoff. "I didn't ask for your help, did I?"
Emperor Nero scoffed back at him. "You may not know it because you're so stupidly weak at the mont, but you actually cried for Neoma when you were on the verge of dying earlier." Once again, the emperor scoffed. "God. You're supposed to be older than your twin sister. Why the hell would you cry for her help?"
Nero's face turned red from embarrassnt. "I did not cry for Neoma's help."
The emperor laughed. "Oh, you sure did."
"I did not."
"You did."
Nero let out a frustrated sigh, then he smirked. "Fine. You may be right about that. But you're wrong about one thing."
The emperor raised an eyebrow at him. "And what is that?"
It was his turn to smirk and destroy the arrogant emperor.
"We're not the older brother here," Nero said, smiling triumphantly. "Neoma is actually the First Star."
The look of disbelief on Emperor Nero's face brought Nero so much joy.
Hah!
[I win.]
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NOTE: Have you read LET'S NOT DIVORCE yet? It's the Alternate/Parallel Universe of Royal Secret: I'm a Princess! where our beloved de Moonasterion Imperial Family is now a chaebol family. Kekeke. And, recently, Lewis is finally introduced in the story. Go read it if you haven't already. ;)
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