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                                                                Scarlet

The man looks into my eyes and glances at my ears for a few seconds before looking into my eyes again as he applies pressure on my throat. And right away, it begins to hurt like hell. As if he’s actually trying to take my head off.

Right before it can get to that point though, I see a strange white light shine from his hand, and the pressure vanishes in an instant.

Blue looks up and to the right as he finally speaks, “So you are protecting her after all, sister.”

My eyes widen at that, because it’s clear what just happened. After all, the only humans on Earth who can fight toe to toe with Blue are Red and White, the other two Knights being a stealth assassination focused Guardian and a seer.

And Red’s magic is very obviously not white.

But… sister? Blue is White’s sister?!

Wait, doesn’t that make him my uncle? And he just tried killing his niece… oh, hey! That means Aria is my-

My thoughts cut off when the man simply tosses me aside like trash and then turns around to leave. But right when he reaches the window, he pauses and glances back at me, still with that dead look in his eye as he says, “You’re the one who has been spending time with Aria.”

I rub my throat as I climb to my feet, having landed against a wall, denting it in the process several meters away from where we were just seconds ago. And with a frown on my face, I silently nod my head.

He stares at me for a second before turning around again and leaving without another word.

Several seconds pass and I find myself looking between the shattered window and the flesh paste that was a Class III Rogue, only to eventually realize that he left the shield after entering it.

I rush over to it, only to sigh as I realize that somehow – without me noticing – the Fracture’s core was shattered, and the Fracture was ended. Likely after he entered in the first place.

Actually, I wonder if he did it himself? It’s possible.

Anyways, I’m still not sure what just happened.

Was Blue looking for White or something?

I walk up to the window before standing there for a few seconds, only to shake my head as I get a message from the others.

Guess it’s time to meet up again.

I turn back around and begin heading back down the building.

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                                  The Balcony of a Skyscraper Not Far Away

It’s been a long time since Amelia was able to hold her daughter. So long that she can barely even remember how it felt, despite that being the one feeling she’s been clinging to ever since this whole seer nonsense began.

A prophecy is always bad news… but why did it have to be about my daughter?

Amelia shakes her head at the thought, simply turning around to face the doorway of the balcony she is on. The woman known by many around the world as the White Knight of Humanity sees her reflection in the glass next to the open door where she is wearing a simple black outfit consistent of a jacket, a shirt, pants, and a belt, with her long white hair simply flowing straight.

She lets out a sigh before turning around again and grabbing a baby picture of Scarlet from her pocket, sometimes sincerely wishing that she could turn back time and redo everything that’s happened since her birth. But her sense of duty to the world stops that thought from fully forming every time she feels this way.

And this time is no different.

Amelia hears a thump behind her, followed by the voice of her brother, “So this is where you’ve been hiding all these years?”

“Sometimes,” Amelia answers while turning around to find her brother staring at her with no emotion in his once beautiful eyes. “I’m guessing you were trying to find me?”

Alexander, otherwise known by many as the Blue Knight of Humanity, nods his head and steps forward, reaching the railing next to her as he asks, “Father has been ordering me to find you nonstop and it’s long since become annoying. Visit him.”

“And why would I do that?” Amelia asks, raising a brow as she looks out over the city, her eyes straying towards the building where Scarlet can now be seen walking out of.

“Because I will owe you a favor in return,” Alexander answers without any hesitation, startling Amelia for a second. But she doesn’t show it and simply continues watching Scarlet until her daughter rides away in that large limo of her teammate’s.

A favor from him… that could work.

Amelia looks up at him and answers, “Very well. But I would like my favor now.”

Her brother doesn’t say anything, simply staring at her as he no doubt waits to hear what she has to say.

“I want you to protect my daughter during the next Class V Fracture,” she asks a rather selfish request of one of the five Knights of Humanity. And her brother knows that, despite having lost the ability to feel true emotions long ago.

He stares at her for a second before holding up one finger and answering, “I will protect her life one time. No more.” Alexander lowers his hand again. “Do we have a deal?”

Amelia purses her lips slightly, but she eventually nods her head and looks out at the city again. “We do.”

“In that case-” Alexander begins, only to be cut off by Amelia saying, “Wait.”

He narrows his eyes as she finally turns to face him fully, and not just turning her head. And what he sees in her eyes is pure anger that has him tensing up, at which point he realizes that she already has her null magic coating him from head to toe without him having even noticed her doing it.

Alexander tries to break it, but soon realizes that even for him it would take too much force to do that. Not without causing a scene and getting him into even more trouble with the government.

“If you ever touch my daughter again, I will erase you from existence,” Amelia says, her cold gray eyes glaring daggers directly into Alexander’s own. “Do you understand?”

She waits a few seconds to let the intimidation sink in before letting his head move, to which he nods and answers, “If you had a way to contact you, there wouldn’t be a need for such things.” Amelia clenches her fist slightly in front of her while still leaning on the railing a little, making the white shimmer over his body begin moving slightly inwards, erasing some of his armor in the process to his displeasure. “Fine. I will not harm a hair on your daughters head.”

“Good,” Amelia says, letting go of her magic and freeing her brother as she looks out over the city again.

Right before Alexander leaves though, he stops and looks at her one last time to ask, “Is her father still alive?”

Amelia doesn’t say anything for a few seconds.

“Yes, he is. And he is back on Tartarus.”

Her brother nods at that before vanishing in a splash of water, leaving the ground beneath where he was standing wet to the touch.

This is all I can do for you, Scar. Please stay safe.

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Aurora1325

thanks for the chapter

Quendolayne

Meh 🧐 that sounds like the explanations adults always give for justify their shitty behaviour - it couldn’t be easy like her being a waste of human potential like Blue. No, we got our heart string plucked by a forced separation … as I said “Meh”. Anyway, thanks for the chapter and hard work and time you invest, which allows me to “moan” about the characters you bring to life.

Aurora1325

eh, blue is less of a human potential then white. at least Aria benefits form his statues and he has no illusions that he doing it for the greater good

Kristeen Livesay

I liked a perspective chapter from Amelia Asger, even if she can’t be be there for her daughter because of some BS prophecy she still does what she can to keep her safe. Such as threatening to kill her brother, allowing demons into the higher levels of government, colluding with demons to to in exchange for information. You know, the whole traitor to humanity thing.

Aurora1325

she should form her tail out the blood of the knights of humanity specifically those related to her.

Anonymous

Tier II incoming; the time of ascension may soon be upon us!

Anonymous

How powerfull are the knights exactly? Is there any capable human oposition other than themselves?

Yandron

well, that is the problem with prophecy. What if it was foretold Scarlet would die if White raised her herself? Would you fight it or give up the child? Even if the line with duty to humanity makes this murky, I give her the benefits of a doubt until the wording is revealed

Captain2003Rex

No. The five knights are the only Class V humans on the entire planet, if I remember correctly. And if the class tier-ups are anything like the class evolutions in other fics, then the difference in power going from Class IV to Class V is probably way more than you would get going from Class I to Class II

Aurora1325

false, knight are just so much stronger then any other tier fives as their is no level limit for tier 5s

WolfWrites

Aurora is right. There are other Class V Guardians on Earth, but none of them are anywhere near as powerful as the Knights.

Quendolayne

Nah, most prophecy shit works mostly bc people adhere to it to the letter or active fighting it. But if you just ignore it, it is like any other foretelling of the lottery numbers. It could come true or not. So a real mother would lift a car, jump in front of a bullet or take on the world to be with their child. But not give it up based on the rumblings of a so called seer.

Quendolayne

A pity it orphaned Scarlett and robbed her of her mother … so I guess the mother can feel good and the daughter got the shitty end of the stick. At least she should let someone adopt her as a baby so that she got a chance of a real family. Then the womb donor would be free to play traitor and demon toy as much as she want bc Scarlett wouldn‘t even know that she was abandoned.

Kristeen Livesay

I mean White probably knows that scarlet will never see her as a mother because of this and that is likely why it hurts so much for her. She got a prophecy about her daughter that basically said you can’t have a daughter because of some major reason.

Iacon

I feel like Scarlet would be more forgiving of a self-fulfiling prophecy over a selected one. One is a force she can't fight which she's been seen to usually accept or at least work around(stigma around Orphans). The second is others controlling and making decisions for her for some "best" outcome which she would vehemently dislike.(her loner and independent streak) so it depends on which happened here.

Yandron

Ah, but here is the thing, for us, that is totally true. But in a world with magic? Who is to say a prophecy can't be real? And maybe she did defy one prophecy and it ended REALLY badly? And only the author knows .. so lets be surprised.

Quendolayne

I guess the worst case would be, if she is just a tool, which had to be conceived, born and raised to fulfill a single purpose. Like: “To end the war there need a child between a Knight of humanity and a royal demon. This child will bring eternal peace … yada yada yada”. Then she would be nothing more like a tool to be used … and I guess would hurt her much more the a shit head womb donor who abandoned her.

Konner Morris

What a shit mom lol. Like actually terrible. 'I abandoned you cause this seer told me you'd saved the world if I did it. I love you though!' Legit she shouldn't have had a kid.

Konner Morris

@Yandron She just implied she'd save the world over her daughter. So she made the executive decision/as well as her ass father; to abandon her. It quite literally is the dictionary definition of a shit mom/dad. They legit shouldn't have had a kid if their priorities were always their job. I'd hope your parents would do the same thing. Sacrifices are okay, concessions are fine; but completely cutting off contact is so asinine it's hilarious.

Eifer

The prophecy excuse is always such a cop-out. Granted, we don't really know if prophecies in this world are always factual and will 100% end up the way they've been foretold, but in almost any other book and magic system, prophecies are more like a guideline for the most likely future and results, not set in stone. It's all about that free will aspect. Prophecies can literally only be accurate if there's no free will and everything is already set in stone. Either way, I'd have more respect for White if she didn't feel sorry for herself. She made the choice to not only abandon her daughter, but actively work to make her life worse. Fuck her and everything she is.