179 TO THE EXPLOSION (1/2)

SOLIS looked back at the area of the forest where the loud explosion came from.  He could still feel the tremor from it.  They were just there a few minutes ago.  If he and his brother stayed there just a bit longer, they would probably be blown away by the explosion.  He frowned in dissatisfaction.  That Kazumi.  Solis would definitely ask Luc to punish him.

He hugged his brother's arm.  ”Brother, is it really okay to leave just like that?”

”Yes.  There's nothing we could do there anyway,” Luna said calmly.

”But doesn't it just make you angry?  We're the ones who found Argent Blackbourne first but Kazumi was the one who got all the fun.  It's unfair!”

”Let him.”

It's better if he ended up hurting Argent Blackbourne.  That way, he would definitely be punished by Luc.  Seeing how Luc gave special attention to that Albion duke, he'd definitely be mad if Kazumi hurt him.  Luna was actually hoping he'd kill the duke.  Because if he did, Luc would probably not only punish him, he might even kill him.  Wouldn't that be nice?

Truthfully, Luna was a bit grateful that Kazumi appeared.  Because of him, his brother's attention was diverted.  When he recognized Argent Blackbourse, he was already thinking on how to transfer his brother's attention from the duke.  Since he knew that once Solis found something that he considered truly interesting, it would be hard to dissuade him.  And that Argent Blackbourne being the creator of sPhones perfectly fit the bill.

But then, Kazumi came and Luna didn't need to do anything more.  If Solis continued, they might be the one ending up being punished.

Solis leaned his head on his brother's thin shoulder.  He's still dissatisfied.  But since they already left, he couldn't do anything about it anymore.  ”Then should we look for something more fun?”

”No.  The envoys from Anatolia would be back today.  You should stay at the Apostolic Palace just to be sure.”

Solis pouted.  He almost forgot about those guys.  Their arrival meant that he had to return to Anatolia tomorrow.  ”I don't want to go back to the Sun Palace.”

Luna raised his hand and ruffled his brother's soft hair.  ”You can always sneak inside my tower.”

”That's still not enough.  I hope the two of us could always stay together,” Solis said, his voice tinged with sadness.  Then he was suddenly filled with anger.  ”I wish that old goat would just die already.  Then the two of us could finally be free.”

Luna's eyes darkened by the mention of this 'old goat'.  ”Don't worry.  Soon, he could no longer affect us.”

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Viper almost lost his foothold because of the sudden shaking of the floor caused by the unexpected explosion.  It was much stronger than the earlier tremor from the Holy Temple.  Which meant that this explotion happened much nearer.  He glanced outside the window and, sure enough, he saw smoke coming up from a distance.

What if Argent was involved in that explosion?  When he realized that there's a high possibility of that happening, everything around him just became inconsequential.  Even the Pope he's currently fighting.  Of course, that included the wound he got during his last failed attack.

He turned to the window and was planning to jump over.  But because of his sudden movement, the wound on his stomach opened even further.  He didn't mind the pain.  He was quite used to such things, after all.  All he wanted right now was to check if Argent was safe or not.

”What, leaving so soon?” the Pope said, pulling back Viper's attention.