Upon opening his left, mostly white and faded eye, Kyll opened hers for the first time. She had the deepest emerald green eyes he'd ever seen, and he wondered why she didn't open them more often. Then again, the same could be said about his left eye, and the reason behind that was good, so he didn't doubt she didn't have her own. In that same instant, he was bombarded by images of varying, vivid colors. Large scars in the ground carved by nature were colored in oranges, reds, and golds, yet the sky itself was soaked in darkness. It was a deep purple by the looks of it. Also, it had three moons, three major phases of the moons with the full one being directly above.
"Sit"With that one word, Zenshin was forced downwards into a rather uncomfortable chair, no, a throne. He was forced to sit in an uncomfortable throne as Kyll gave him a vague idea as to what was happening.
"I have no clue what had happened, but you made it into my mind. So weird... huh. Let's go through the carbon memories.""You have no idea. This actually isn't your mind, it's my own viewing yours, if that makes sense. Just what kind of power do you have, Kyll?"He was honestly perplexed as to how she was with him inside his own mind viewing her memories from birth. Not all of them, as that would take much too long, no, his brain would instinctively 'highlight' anything important. Kyll took this time to go to his side and lean on the rock hard throne as the world around them deteriorated into something else, another scene. Era, twenty seven years prior to this very moment in his office, it looked like they were in a throne room. The scene was very quiet, but if his suspicions were correct, this would be the beginning of Kyll's life, birth.
Zenshin's suspicions were satisfied when he heard bloodcurdling screams echo throughout the acoustically perfect mansion.
I have to listen to that again in a few months... terrifying his thoughts echoed throughout the scene for both to hear, causing Zen's face to turn a bit red. This was his mind, after all, so his thoughts were played out for both to hear. The worst part was that he did this, a lot, so he couldn't just turn it off.
"What shall we call her?"The woman who had just delivered the child called out to the husband, someone who looked very familiar to Zenshin... he just couldn't put his finger on it.
"She doesn't have my eyes or hair. She has your magic, Kalister. You name her"Kyll's mother was Kalister...? Why does that name seem to similar... it's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't remember Again, the thoughts were played for Kyll to hear, making Zenshin wish he didn't think so much. This was a time where Zenshin was so confused that he stopped paying attention to what he was supposed to be paying attention to, redirecting all of it to try and recall something. It was futile, however, which sparked a bit of anger in him. That was a short lived spark, though, as he knew that if he couldn't remember, he shouldn't remember. There are few moments in his life where this same phenomenon happened, mostly in childhood, but if he couldn't remember something, there must be a reason.
"Her name will be Kyll... Kyll Rhianon Greaters."Kyll then spoke.
"She was a beautiful and strong woman. She healed me every time I fell with her magic. The magic I was born with.""Fell with her magic? What does that mean?"Kyll confused him with her vague statements, and he had definitely had enough of those when he was training with Aegis... Again, the scene around them deteriorated at the 'scene' changed, the memories fast forwarding so that he was viewing Kyll in her teen years. In this fast forward, teenage Kyll Rhianon Greaters was running to her black haired mother because her father yelled at her time and time again.
Why is he yelling at her just for looking at him? Judging from the fact that Kyll didn't explain it, more than likely, she still didn't know. This was a sad thing, as trauma from her childhood shaped her to have such a terrible habit of having such pretty eyes shut all the time. Eventually, the scene was reconstructed at a ball, where Kyll was introduced to a much older man, one whom he called "Harrigan".
People all around were clapping at the sight of the young Kyll dancing with the much more mature Harrigan, this was there first dance and meeting by the looks of it. Another scene, after another fast forward, this time a wedding. Five years after this 'first dance', Kyll and Harrigan were wed. This was arranged, as was custom with royalty looking to boost their family ties with other royals. For three years, they seemed very happy together. Three years of paradise, peace, whatever you would call it, and not a single nosebleed. That final realization dawned on Zenshin as he turned to look towards the present Kyll who refused to look during this whole 'scene'. One day, it happened, blood gushed from her nose as if trying to escape her body in a hurry.
"I don't know you anymore, Harrigan. Everything I felt was a lie. The marriage was arranged after all."That was a horrible excuse Kyll... absolutely dreadful Words he wouldn't dare actually say to her echoed around the two mages, causing Zenshin to dip his head into his hand out of shame. His thoughts are something that other people shouldn't hear... what a nightmare this was for the both of them.
"Yes... I was a noble. My father was a researcher. I had no clue what he was researching. Until now... really. I noticed that he yelled at me out of guilt and shame for what he had done to my mother... I didn't know it, but my world changed. In a matter of days..."And what could that be?Another scene change, the Spooky Forest this time, a familiar place. Kyll was fighting to just survive, a feeling Zenshin could empathize well with. The same thing had happened to him when he was in his early teens... as well as much later when Zeno left him for dead inside the rubble of the corrupted tower, something that no one except for Zeno actually knew about. Eventually, she collapsed on the ground, having some sort of reaction to something, but nothing he's ever seen before.
"Young master... Do you not know strength we have gifted you?" A cloaked figure came from the dark woods and towards Kyll's side.
We? Could that mean her father and the figure? Or could it be Kyll's father and Harrigan for leaving him? I wonder..."All you have to do is give me something in return, and I will grant your wish. Did you not know wishes come at a price?"This dark figure was trying to get his friend, Kyll, broken and defeated to try and make a deal with the devil. A smile crossed over Zenshin's face when she so determinedly refused to have anything to do with the figure. Unfortunately, minutes turned to hours, hours to days, and eventually, Kyll's steel will collapsed. She was on the ground, pleading and begging for the figure to grant her a wish. And her wish she made, and her wish was granted, causing Zenshin to turn his head, this was something he didn't want to see.
"I'm Einrich Flandre, a Heavenly Body mage. You are gifted young one. With the power of the Universe, you will learn to triumph over everything with your power."Zenshin finally began looking again at this part, right after whatever Kyll was being ailed from was sealed. He chuckled at the fact that this was Einrich, a Heavenly Body mage. Mostly because he was taught to look at the universe like everything else, as imperfect. It had flaws like everything else, and he knew it, and he used it. Nothing is every, completely, absolutely, true. The one and only rather contradictory rule of this universe he had learned, and this man was worshiping that same universe. Another scene, it was time for a rank up apparently. Just as the day was supposed to be started, though, Kyll's aura twisted into someone, something, else. She was possessed and Harrigan was trying to get her back with a wish of his own, offering up his own soul to...
The pink haired man shoved Harrigan just as he was about to wish, telling Kyll to recite the same sealing incantation that she said when she first met Enrich. All of the space around them was deteriorating just as he saw Kyll explode in a burst of power upon finishing the incantation, destroying the entire guild as well as vaporizing many... many mages. Using his origin perception to see the history of a living being was taking much more of a toll on him that he though, causing a piercing headache in the front of his head as well as causing his left eye to slowly become bloodshot.
"I made 60 graves... 60 Zenshin, because I am possessed. Because I'm a corrupted being. And that's not all... I'm a monster Zenshin.. a monster."Kyll truly believed she was a monster, but there were so many questions he had, such as, what caused the rash? For now though, he knew he had to tell her something.
"We all have blood on our hands, Kyll, some more than others, but the last thing you are, is a monster. What's inside of you is the monster, we just have to separate the both of you, and trust me, this is something I have experience with."He was standing now, embracing Kyll to comfort her for having to view her dark past again, in vivid detail. This was all he felt he had to see, as he knew most of the rest, except for the whole deal with Alexander. That, she would have to tell him, as he could continue with this. As a tiny trickle of blood rolled down from his left eye, he closed it, causing the scene to change one final time so that they were back in his office, his arms still around the crying woman.
This is the cost of looking into someone's past... things I shouldn't know. Just because I can, doesn't mean I should... and finally, his thoughts were back to being his own.
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