(From Luc's Perspective)
I woke with a start. Small noises always woke up. That was supposed to happen as I was the master of the magic tower. I had been in wars and in different situations where I needed to be alert all the ti. No matter how powerful I was, if soone was not alert, they would be killed anyway.
Sothing was tickling . It took a while to realize it was the red hair that was tickling , falling over my face and chest.
I carefully removed her hair from my body and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. She did not look as scary as she did when she was angry. She looked cute.
The black marks beneath her eyes were alarming, yet expected. I already had eyes so tired and gloomy like that, but now, hers beca like that too, because of the lack of sleep.
Our condition was nothing to another person's condition. It looked like he was dying. He had been wandering relentlessly in search of his wife who had left him a letter. Or, should I say soone might have mimicked her handwriting and left a letter for him in a lavender field?
It was not just her letter that was found there. There was a dead body; the dead body of Detrius's aunt, Lady Caerlion. She was killed using poison- a poison that left no traces. But fortunately, I found sothing nearby that helped find out about it. If it was not for the damp soil nearby, I would have never found out about the poison.
Although the poison literally disappeared after doing its work, it was sothing that should not fall on the ground, not even a single drop. It made the soil damp, even just a single drop. That night, when Blue disappeared, it was raining. The soil was already damp. But fortunately, Lady Caerlion was killed before the rain started. So, the poison remained on the ground.
Because of the rain water, it spread and ruined a small part of the lavender field. Considering a small drop of that poison did that, it must be way too dangerous.
Detrius looked worse than he ever did- worn out, angry, and crazy. If what we suspected was true, his wife had been kidnapped by none other than her own father. We could not let the news go out, so Ruby and the duchess worked together to spread the rumor that Blue had gone on a vacation and would take a while to co back.
Although not many people believed it, since we played our parts well, it would soon be believable. It would be a problem if Blue was not found soon though. Besides, I suspected if she ever would be found. I could not say it out loud; Detrius would probably remove from the world. I also did not want to believe my own suspicion.
I did not have any doubt that Blue did not leave on her own. She would never do that. But her own husband did have that doubt which I believed was simply impossible. I had never seen him having any insecurities before, but now, it seed he also possessed so normal things. But those normal things were very abnormal in his case.
How could soone have insecurities about his wife leaving him when he knew his wife loved him like crazy?
There were things between those two that people usually did not understand. More precisely saying, people could not understand. It was far from normal and to be fair, quite toxic, especially on Detrius's part. Their relationship was not toxic all the ti, of course, but there were tis when it was a red flag.
"You are up?" Ruby asked groggily. Her brown eyes were never full of energy but were never less enough to call them tired as well. But this ti, they looked so tired that I wished she would just rest for a few days.
"The wind…"
"Ah, I kept the window open," she muttered.
It was not because the wind was cold that I woke up; it was because of the sound of the sudden strong wind. We always closed the windows before sleeping, at least tried to, for the sake of a sound sleep on my part.
"No need to close it now," I said as she attempted to get down from the bed. "I am already awake."
"Should I make so tea?"
"I will do it. You look tired."
"You think you look good? I will make it," she said, getting up. "Besides, your tea does not taste like tea."
"Are you mocking my ability?"
"You can think that," she said.
She brought the tea quite quickly. Her tea always hit differently. It was like I could feel it as well as taste it. It brought so comfort.
"Last night, the result…"
"… is the sa," I finished on her behalf. "No sign of her anywhere."
This ti, everyone was sure that if we could get a sign of one of those three missing people, we would be able to find the others. I had been searching for them myself, but to no avail. A lot of secret search parties had begun on the orders of the King. Detrius had been practically spending all the ti outside. The last ti he ca back was four days ago only to go out half an hour later.
I got letters from him only.
Blue's intention or not, if she was found, I could only imagine what would go through her life, thanks to her crazy spouse.
"His Highness… I know Her Highness would never do it. But His Highness is like hanging between two possibilities," she said. "I am worried about Her Highness and my brother. Sir Abel's safety bothers too."
"Her father is a powerful person, a really powerful one. I can't imagine his power… You can fight soone only if you have at least an idea about what you are facing. And we have none. I an, how powerful can he even be? It has been a long ti since this world has been created and after each generation, the dark mages lost power gradually.
The latter generation had less black mana than the previous generation. Thinking that way, he should not be as much powerful as he seems to be. It's all mixing up."
"His Highness ntioned soone nad 'Azure'. He said it was her father's na. Does it an anything to you?"
"Azure… I know this na. Blue ntioned it. She ntioned it to you too. You forgot," I said. "It ans bright blue. Blue's na seems to represent her eye color.
This na does that too. Maybe he has nad her in so way."
"Maybe left a letter to her mother?" Ruby suggested.
"Who knows? Who cares? But there is sothing I noticed. This person likes to value a certain color- blue. Her brother's na is Cyan. Cyan ans greenish blue.
Another reference to their eye color."
"Greenish blue?"
"If you look closely, Blue's eyes have hints of green, although very less, there is."
"Maybe?"
"I am right," I insisted. "I have seen it. I an, the color of her eyes is obviously blue, but it's a blue which has hints of green, very little."
"You notice a lot of things."
"Don't misunderstand, Ruby."
"No, I don't an it in any bad way. I know both you and Her Highness," she said, shaking her head. "I just have never noticed it before. That said, does this information tick any bell?"
"How will I know soone who likes color? Besides, how will I know her father?"
"I an, if she was born like a long, long ti ago, I would say that the black lord is her father," she chuckled bitterly.
"The black lord?" I repeated. "Isn't that the god from the legends?"
"Yeah," she nodded. "He had a thing for colors. He maintained an extre color code and sotis, would give nas to the lower-ranked mbers in his group following the color of their eyes. If soone had two different colored eyes, he would pluck one of the eyes out to give them a perfect na."
I was not good with the stories of the legends since they did not interest if it was not related to magic. But it seed she knew quite so details.
"He did not give any nas to the higher-ranked mbers though."
"Why not?" I asked.
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"Because he believed the ones who deserved to get the higher ranks also deserved to have their own nas," she explained. "Quite a dark story, isn't it?"
"The black lord…? He is from the legends and even if he existed, that was a long ti ago. We are going too far."
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