Wicked Reincarnation - Chapter 214

Lia took a deep breath before saying, “I’m sorry but my teeth hurt, I’m not allowed to eat candy.”

The boy made an ‘Oh’ with his mouth and then retracted the case, “Sis, you don’t brush your teeth regularly?”

“I didn’t but now I’m taking more care of it.”

“That’s good, sis!”

Lia had no idea what she was doing having a conversation with this strange boy but for now, it didn’t seem like he could harm her.

Lia quietly moved to the window while making sure the boy wouldn’t run away. There were no soldiers currently.

“Sis, are you hiding?” from behind, Lia heard his voice.

“Why do you think so?”

Suddenly the boy’s eyes turned sad. His light brown hair fell over his face as he lowered his head, “Is sis a bad person? My sis is a bad person.”

What? Lia didn’t understand but for some reason the boy was sad. His sis… was it his real sister?

“For some people, I might be bad, for others I don’t. It all depends on where you stand and what you know about me.”

“Does sis think she’s good?” the boy looked at Lia but Lia didn’t know if he was asking about her or his real sister.

“Am I bad?” the boy bombarded Lia with more questions that were too deep for him to ask, then suddenly, “Is sis an angel?”

“Me?”

“Yes!”

“Why do you think so?”

“Because sis fell from heaven!”

Bump.

Lia slowly turned to fully face the boy’s smiling face. Her heart raced and her palms were sweaty. Just what was this eerie, uneasy feeling? This boy, just who was he?

“You saw?”

“I did. I was secretly eating my candy because my sis doesn’t allow me, then you fell. I was shocked but.”

“You followed me?”

“Yes!”

Then that cotton candy Lia smelled was because of him. Then the voices?

“Who else was with you?”

“No one. Sis went patrolling. I stayed.”

Patrolling? Lia had a bad feeling. She needed to get out of here. Immediately.

“Sis,” the boy grabbed Lia’s clothes as she wanted to leave, “Are you abandoning me?”

What in the world was up with this child?

“Don’t you have to go to your sister?”

“She’s probably angry,” the boy shook his head.

“Why?”

“Because I ran away from her.”

Lia had no idea what the boy was talking about. His story was too inconsistent.

“Then you should go back to your sister,” Lia didn’t know why she continued to humour the boy. Maybe because he looked so sad that she felt bad for him. One second he was smiling. The next he was sad.

“But my sis is bad… and so are you.”

Lia stopped and looked at the aggrieved boy, “You shouldn’t be alone here. Go back home.”

The little boy shook his head.

“I won’t stay here, so you shouldn’t count on me.”

Seeing that the boy didn’t move and only hung his head low, Lia bit her lip but walked away from him. He reminded her of Xavi and Zero, one was alive while the other one was dead.

“Don’t go.”

Lia ignored his heart-breaking tone and went to the door. Only for it to open on its own.

“Sis!” the boy’s voice called out but Lia instantly jumped back.

She had no weapons with her. The room immediately cooled down. An icy wind seemed to storm around. Lia wore a crooked smile, “Is this your sister?”

“Yes,” the boy nodded.

Lia was ready to charge at the sister but to her surprise, the female ran past Lia towards the little boy. She quickly embraced the young boy and coaxed, “I’m sorry. But you shouldn’t have done that! Didn’t I tell you how dangerous it is outside the house?”

Lia could’ve used the opportunity to escape but instead she only stood there dumbfounded and watched the scene.

Lia couldn’t believe that the icy beauty had such a warm and caring side to her. The ice captain of Min’s private army. Eri.

If Eri caught her here, then it was over for Lia but just when Lia moved towards the door, Eri’s eyes fell on her. The sorrowful look quickly cooled down below zero. Lia prepared herself.

“You,” it seemed like Eri recognised Lia. Icy storms brew in the air and Eri’s lifeforce poured out, “Sis, you’re bad again.”

At the boy’s words, Eri withdrew her lifeforce and coaxed the boy again, “I’m sorry. Don’t hate me please!”

For some reason, Eri’s words reminded Lia of Yano and she wanted to laugh but then realised that the boy also belonged to the H family. How was Elder H doing? He didn’t get involved with the K family’s incident back then but Eri still joined Min.

“Sis is ok.”

“Why are you calling her sis?” Eri shot an angry glare at Lia. What? Did Eri actually understand what her brother was saying?

“Do you know what a person she is?” Eri seemed to remind the boy of the evil Lia was.

“I know, she’s the one from the broadcast.”

So the boy knew but then why?

“She’s not as bad as you, sis. At least she tries to resist.”

Lia seemed to understand now. The boy didn’t like Eri working for Min, was it that?

“Sis, let’s go home,” suddenly the boy said and tugged on Eri’s clothes.

“Ok,” Eri instantly agreed. Lia was shocked to see that Eri was letting Lia go so easily but when she took a closer look at Eri, Lia could see the warm glint in her eyes as she looked at her brother.

But Lia could also see the lonely figure of Eri. It reminded Lia that she had to visit the hidden families and apologise to them. This was a task Lia dreaded to do. How would the left behind loved ones react? Lia was too scared to even think about it, after all, it was her fault that everyone died.

“You,” Eri’s voice pulled Lia back and now she stood face to face with a captain of Min’s army. Lia didn’t know why Eri joined Min but they both stood on different sides, they were still enemies. It didn’t matter if Eri let Lia go or not.

“Regard yourself as lucky. I don’t care if you die or lose. However since the Ghost King isn’t present, I don’t have to waste my time,” with these words Eri passed Lia but then stopped at the door.

“By the way,” Eri spoke slowly, “As a thanks, I’ll tell you something.”

As a thanks? Lia had no idea what Eri was hinting on. Lia did nothing to earn Eri’s gratitude. It should be Lia who was grateful that she didn’t need to fight against Eri.

“Inside the palace,” Eri looked at Lia with a complicated look, “There’s someone captured you care about. Maybe you might want to think about bailing that person out.”

“Wha-” Lia walked after Eri but only a gust of wind was left behind. Eri disappeared with her brother while Lia stood perplexed in the house alone.

Someone she cared about was captured inside the palace? But who was it? Everyone has died. She has seen all of their corpses. There should be no one left. Did Eri mistake someone? Could she have seen wrong or…. Was it perhaps a trap?

A trap didn’t sound too unreasonable. After all her brother was acting weird and has silently followed Lia without her noticing. There was also the strange thing that Eri found them so easily and let Lia go.

Even if her assumption was right and Eri’s brother didn’t like Min and Eri doted on her brother, it was still too naïve for Lia to believe them so easily.

Lia thought about this topic for a while longer before she realised she had to quickly move and get back to Neverland.

Suddenly a voice appeared, “Lia?”

***

Meanwhile, Eri was on her way back to her home with her brother on her back.

“Sis, did the right thing,” Eri’s brother hummed and stretched out his hand.

“Are you proud of me?” Eri mumbled but inside she slightly panicked. She didn’t know if that was the right move to make, the right path to take.

If found out, the consequences were too severe. Eri could only place her trust in Lia.

Although that trust was unfounded since Lia’s side was badly destroyed. However, Lia still managed to survive and escape but for some reason, Lia was back in the capital.

“Yes, I am!”

“Did she really fall from heaven?”

“Yes, she did. It was a funny sight.”

Eri slightly smiled hearing her brother’s giggle.

“You’re right, it might be the best choice. The Ghost King, he will…. Yes, he will,” Eri held her brother tighter and leapt across the roofs. There was no need for Eri to worry about anything. Even if things went wrong, it couldn’t be traced back to Eri, because if Lia was found out, then she’d die anyway and no one would believe what she said.

Yes, Eri has done a good job until now. There was no need to panic.

***

“Dammit,” Lia cursed under her breath as she ran across the streets. She has spent too much time talking that she aroused the attention of the soldiers.

“Get her!” a small group of soldiers were chasing after her.

Lia had to quickly get out of the capital. If things went on like this, sooner or later the whole city would be after her.

The bad thing was that there were neither weapons nor corpses. But it didn’t matter. Lia poured out her lifeforce and let it fly behind her while she made her way back to Neverland. Hopefully, it wouldn’t take long.