Chapter 23 (1/2)

23 – Neko Monarch

My daughter

The day you were born

All of Lordaeron’s forests hispering the same name, Arthas …

Child, it ith pride that I watched you grow, and turn into an incarnation of justice

You have to always redom isdom and power

I believe that you will use your formidable poith prudence

My daughter, the real victory lies in inspiring hope in people

If one day my life reaches its end, then you shall be crowned as Monarch

Thewoman ascended the Throne, her heart was frozen cold, before cru

She as once a Knight sheltered by the sacred light lost her heart

Arthas Menethil …

Is my name!

“Hu ah!” She exclaiasped for breath …

In the dankness, in a frozen city covered in ice and snow, her people and her father fallen under her runeblade

Those are … my memories …

Arthas stared blankly at her hands, the hands which lacked even the slightest trace of blood Those hands didn’t belong to a human

Where … a in a warm bed, but her body didn’t emit any warmth; therefore, Arthas didn’t felt any warmth

“You’re awake?” A gentle voice sounded next to Arthas She turned her head, and saw Lu Qiu sitting on a chair He was reading a book After he saw that Arthas had awakened, he closed the book, before looking at her attentively

“Where … is this?”

Arthas’ expression and voice were ice-cold and without any fluctuation, they failed to convey her inner feelings Only the pair of drooping cat ears above her beautiful silver hair expressed the uneasiness their

“This is a private house in a se introducing the territory of New China Federation: “I arranged for you to stay here, and conveniently had dinner”

Arthas stared at Lu Qiu, and he was also looking at her

Dinner Arthas used her nose, before sensing the bloody tang in the air She glanced towards a corner of the room, and sahat appeared to be a bloodied human arm

This was the dinner of the one before her, the dinner of a Vampire

“Say” Lu Qiu watched the expressionless Arthas with great interest: “Do you know your current plight?”

My current plight …

“I’m already dead”

Arthas put a hand on her chest and found herself wearing nothing On her chest … on her immaculate skin, there was a hole

The heart that had once throbbed in her chest had disappeared

No … it hadn’t disappeared

“And you … are ra’s hand

Her heart hadn’t vanished, but was rather held by the Vampire in front of her

“You’re very conscientious”

Lu Qiu put down the book, and clasped his hands; the pupils behind the black-rilint

“I have thought ofup – an agent of God enslaved by a creature of darkness – I was expecting resistance, or suicide … but it sees towards the Church”

“Church …” Arthas lowered her head, contemplated about the word for a moment, and then shook her head Her eyes didn’t express any feelings, just like a doll’s

“Or should I say that you don’t have any feelings at all? Just like a puppet …” Lu Qiu pointed at her chest: “Your heart and your soul are in hty Dame Lich Monarch, ill You do?”

“In order to uphold Your honor as a Lich Monarch, will you kill this inferior creature of darkness?”

She was the Lich Monarch …

Lu Qiu was sure about that

As a Monarch, ill she do?

What … should I do?

She suddenly recalled a ; she had once personally destroyed everything which was hers

To have ain life, there seemed to be no need for that