Hero Or Villaness

"You will forget about Athan and just remember that I just tried to disobey you from not leaving and escaped..." Nerezza said to Amaranthos.

'No...' Amaranthos thought but still said "Y-yes."

Amaranthos tried to resist again but failed. Then suddenly, Amaranthos couldn't move once more and heard a voice in his head "Amaranthos Da Valde Dragosten, please remember everything once more. "

With that, Amaranthos was transported to an old memory.

Amaranthos saw himself standing in a large altar filled with many people and then he saw Arista, still looking beautiful in her purple dress.

"The day, I married Arista as my Empress," Amaranthos said he felt a large pang in his heart.

Amaranthos then saw his younger self smiling happily and heard himself saying his vows to Arista.

"When the sky falls, I promise I will still hold your hand," Amaranthos said along with his young self.

"When the rain is gone and the crops are all gone, I promise l will still hug you like everything is okay..." A tear fell from Amaranthos eye as he heard the voice again saying: "Child, remember your promise to her... remember everything and don't stray from your right path. "

With that, Amaranthos heard himself say: "But when the Empire falls..." Amaranthos heard the gasps of the people in the ceremony but saw his younger self ignoring them and continued:

"I promise I will still forever by your side and love you, all the same, Arista..."

---

"W-what happened?" Amaranthos said as he snapped out of Nerezza's mind control. "Ugh..."

Amaranthos held his head in pain and everything was blurry, then he saw a woman in front of him as he heard her say "W-what?"

Suddenly, Amaranthos hair all stood up as he recognized the same voice from four years ago. He wanted to stand up but couldn't as he felt his legs shake.

He couldn't see her face so he tried to look at her spirit but couldn't because of his headache.

Then he heard another voice said "A-arista?"

His eyes widen as he heard the Captain of the Royal Guards Dior say the forbidden name.

'F*cking, stand up Amaranthos!' Amaranthos thought to himself as he tried to stand up yet again.

"Oh Dior, it's just you." Amaranthos heard Arista say.

"Your majesty." Amaranthos heard Dior said.

'W-what is happening here?'

"Dior, I need to ask you another favor." He heard Arista say. Then Amaranthos thought to himself 'No, it can't be her. She's dead and Dior- No...'

"Ugh..." Amaranthos heard some of his guards snapping out of Nezerra's mind control.

"Dior, I will meet you tonight. Okay?" Amaranthos heard Arista and heard Dior said "Yes, your majesty. "

"Good. Now, I must leave before Amaranthos snaps out soon." Then suddenly Amaranthos felt Arista's presence gone immediately before he could see her clearly.

The only thing Amaranthos saw was her leaving figure and Dior bowing in front of her before Amaranthos could see things clearly again.

"Your majesty, are you okay?" Amaranthos heard one of his guards saying to him as they lifted him up.

"I-" Amaranthos stopped what he was saying when he saw Dior removing the dirt on his pants when he kneeled down.

"Perhaps it was Catherine he was talking to?" Amaranthos said to himself as he denied the thought that Arista was really alive but he felt something in his gut that he didn't like and said "Dior..."

Dior, who was in deep thought immediately snapped his head to look at Amaranthos and walked towards Amaranthos. "Yes, your majesty? You called?"

Amaranthos looked at Dior and thought 'I need to check later on him. It might be best to stay silent for a while before I know the whole story... yes unlike when I was... ugh."

Amaranthos suddenly started to hear a strange ringing in his ears and held his head in pain.

"Your majesty!" Dior said as he tried to hold Amaranthos up as he saw Amaranthos in pain but Amaranthos slapped Dior's hand and said "I am fine... just make sure everyone is okay and then we can assess the situation after I-"

In that one moment, all Amaranthos saw was black.

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"Wow, he really is-"

"Shhh... you would wake him up!"

"But he really is the 'One'!!!"

"I said shut it!"

Athan heard them saying as he pretended to sleep. Athan heard three different voices and one of them was Nezerra's.

"For the goddess sake, will the two of you stop babbling nonsense again and again!" Nezerra said to the two.

"B-but Nezerra he is the not only a Yeuía but also has powers of a- mhmhmmmmm..." Athan heard the guy said and then suddenly everything went silent for a while.

Them he heard Nezerra saying "Wake up boy, I know you are awake so stop let us stop with the shenanigans. "

Athan then suddenly sat up and rose his arms and said "I guess you caught me..."

"Of course, I would," Nezerra said. "Unlike these two idiots right here I am smart. "

When Nezerra said that, she pointed at the two people that were behind her. Athan looked at them and saw a blond-haired man with black eyes.

Athan then saw a woman who is probably in her middle twenties smiling at him. She had red hair and beautiful brown eyes.

"Now let's get straight to the point shall we, Nezerra?" Athan said to Nezerra as he narrowed his eyes, trying to imitate the rare scary glare that he saw his mom doing when some thieves are trying to skill her food.

"Oh?" Nezerra said while she laughed a bit when she saw Athan's eyes. "I thought your eyes are just like your father's because of the color but it seems you have the same look your mother."

"Because my mama is not some pathetic people who steal kids like you guys," Athan said as he crossed his legs. Athan expected to get hit or Nezerra will get mad at him but he only saw was the pure amus.e.m.e.nt on her face.

"Wow, she raised such a loud and opinionated boy how wonderful..." Nezerra said as Athan glared at her.

Athan looked at his surroundings and the room was almost empty except for the bed he was sitting on and the large desk just beside his bed.

"Yes, she raised me to be like this because my mom said I should not suppress myself like many people in this world. " Athan said as Nezerra just stared at him, giving him a look of pride.

"Athan, did your sweet little mommy ever tell you her past or your father?" Nezerra asked Athan suddenly, who shook his head as he started showing a grim expression. "I see but do you want to-"

"NO," Athan said, interrupting Nezerra firmly and loudly.

Nezerra rose a brow and held one of her h.i.p.s while looking at Athan. "Why? Don't you want to know?"

"Yes, I want to you know..." Athan said while still having the same grim expression on his face.

"So-"

"BUT!" Athan said, interrupting Nezerra again. Nezerra looked at Athan and saw the look on Athan's eyes and her eyes widen.

It was the very same eyes she saw a few years ago.

Then she heard Arista's voice when she heard what Athan had said.

"I would wait for her."

"𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮..."

"Because..."

"𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦..."

"I want to hear it from himself until he is ready," Nezerra said, interrupting Athan. She looked at Athan and smiled. "Yup, you are really that crazy woman's child. "

Athan stayed silent and just observed Nezerra with tiger-like eyes.

"Well then because you said so I won't but that won't stop me from training you," Nezerra said.

"What do you mean?" Athan asked Nezerra, who was turning to leave.

"It means you better sleep again, pretty boy because I won't go easy on you even if you are only four years old you know," Nezerra said as she waves her hand making Athan sleep again as he heard Nezerra say:

"You really are the Evil Empress' son..."