THE FIGURE BEHIND THE BLACK GEM

The galloping of the horse's hooves enlivened the gripping horse carriage. Sharp gazes continued to stab at me, my heart pounding as the train screeched.

A finger poked out and touched my dry shoulder.

"Hah!" My startled squeak made the female soldier in front of me also startle.

"It's shocking," she said guiltily.

"I should be the one saying that!" I thought.

The woman stood up and changed her seat to approach me. Her white skin is spotless, with beautiful brown hair flowing down to her shoulder blades. she smiled, but I couldn't smile back.

Warm breath wafted right into my ear canal.

"What exactly happened?" The brown-haired woman whispered.

I wriggled to correct my position while looking at her face.

"Don't worry, I won't tell them." The woman kept urging me until I had no choice but to tell her what had happened.

I explained incident after incident, but all of that was only half of the truth. The woman continued to put on her stupid face listening intently to my story.

Seeing the soldiers beside her look away while this woman interrogated me was uncomfortable.

"Hmm, so that's how it is. Okay!" Then he returned to his seat.

"Where are we going?" I asked her kindly.

Shudder. My body froze as an icy gaze pierced my irises. Let alone answer, the woman's expression is already much different when she wants to dig up the information I have.

Night came. It was time for us to enter the noble area of ​​Zavax, precisely at the Hokers' residence. Delman stopped his horse and opened our door.

How surprised I was to be confronted with a room 20 times larger than Grandma's house on the edge of the slope. White pillars with snake statues wrapped around each side seem majestic and beautiful to look at.

"Enter!" rebuked the brown-haired woman who consoled my pleasure.

"You snake woman!" I screamed in my heart.

My shoulder was pushed hard and almost fell and hit the steps of the building, but one of the male soldiers in a black shirt supported me and took my hand to enter with him.

"Are you okay?"

I just nodded and followed behind him.

As the giant door in front of me opened, a flash of light began to blind my eyes. The walls, floors, and roofs began to reflect the golden gleam that hung majestically on the podium at the end of the room.

Inside, various people were decorated with beautiful jewelry on their bodies with arrogant and contemptuous gazes when they saw my shabby body covered in dust.

The grunts continue to hound me. "Worst, Bastard Child, Monster, Granddaughter of a damned old woman!"

Cring!

My hands were right in front of his face; I unconsciously moved my body and almost squeezed his frightened face.

"What are you doing!" The man with me immediately pulled my chain and stepped forward to reach out to the unknown noble.

When the noblewoman woke up, she warned the nobles. "Ladies and gentlemen, we beg you not to provoke the suspect with your chaotic manners." Then continued with her tweet, "You look pathetic!"

"Tch!" replied a fat noble who belittled his words. But the man let go of the noble and preferred to take me to the King.

In front of the throne chair, in front of the golden podium, is a golden prison box measuring 1x2 square meters. When I approached the horrible thing, the brown brown-hair dying woman grabbed my hand and threw me into the prison until my temple hit the cold hard iron bars.

"What's their problem?!" I muttered as I gently stroked my temples.

"Stand up! King Hajj Thor and Queen Samanta Kaef have entered the room!"

In unison, the Hokers stood up and bowed their backs.

"Long live King Hajj! Long live Queen Samanta!" A chorus of a chorus that roused the feathers echoed through the room.

Then they calmed down and sat down.

My eyes kept staring at the Queen, whose arrogance was incomparable with a gaze that symbolized who shy was.

The brown-haired female soldier stood beside me. Just then, someone came dressed in a Toga, his right hand holding a hammer and his left hand holding a book.

And behind him were at least ten Mages holding Hawthorn. When I saw the stick, an image of Jervin flashed through my mind. "I miss Jervin."

After the opening of the embers, they began the trial.

"With this! The Grotbear family has been suspected of the murder of one of the Duke Hokers of the Margaret family and hiding a cursed creature. Is that true?" asked the judge.

"Right!" replied the brown-haired woman.

She looks at me, and I tilt my head at her wide-eyed. She just smirked and looked away.

After all the questions had been answered, a man with me raised his hand.

"Any instructions?" asked the judge.

The man stood up and roared. "I've never seen her do any of that. Is there any evidence regarding the case that was thrown at her?"

Breck!

The sound of the Queen's throne. Instantly the Queen's face became scary like a witch. Then she got down and grabbed the guard's spear.

"Do you want proof? I'll show it to you."

She quickly came to me and grabbed me.

Jleb!

"Aaa'a—!" The point of the sharp spear plunged right into my thigh.

My scream could not come out because of the shock and pain of the stab.

"Dear! What are you doing?!" shouted King Hajj, surprised by his wife's behavior.

"Didn't you see it?" replied the Queen.

Her gaze made the King shudder and mute.

My body ached to see my thighs were parted so deep that they almost touched my bones. The pain made my body hot and cold, and I vomited all the contents of my stomach.

"Now! Show who you are!" whispered the Queen threatening me.

My eyes are blurry, my voice is hoarse, and my mind is confused. "I can not take it anymore!" my spine is no longer strong enough to support my body; I spontaneously fell and hit myself against the iron bars.

Some of the nobles were taken aback, but the Queen looked at them and made them sit back down.

"Do you want to hide your true identity, cursed girl!"

Then the Queen continued to shower my feet with spears until they hit my jugular vein and nearly slipped off.

"Haaaaaaa!" My moans boomed in the palace.

Magic soot began to gather and fill my legs like food covered in ants.

My screams didn't stop until my leg healed again.

"Look! This is the true form of the cursed village girl. Ha ha ha!" The Queen chuckled with satisfaction when she saw the result she wanted playing before her.

"Hadun karamzi kal aimanik kudaf!"

***

I'm drowning. In my mind, I only felt Grandma's warm embrace. Beside me was Piko, who was still gentle as ever, and Jervin's hand soothed me.

Dark. Silence. There is no light or lamp to shine on me. "Where am I?" That's all I could think of. A tiny light at the corner of my eye began to light up my daydream.

When I touched it, I was thrown in front of a large black ball floating in front of me.

"Are you 'That' person?" asked a mysterious voice that whispered in my ear.

"Who?"

Then the ball softens and shrinks. Unknowingly I had inch-backward rds. How terrible the formation of the new form of the ball.

I was terrified. "Please don't take anything else from me, please!" I put my forehead in front of him.

My tears won't dry.

"Help! Grandma is gone, Jervin, Piko. They have all been snatched away. Just don't take anything else from me!" I complained so he would listen to me.

"Put your face up!" His voice was dignified.

Slowly but surely, I tilted my head and saw a man with a body full of spears.

"What is -?"

The man looked at me with his black eyes. His body is black, his eyes are black, and his whole body is as black as oil.

"This will happen when humans no longer use their minds, when they no longer think about their sins, when they no longer know what is good and what is wrong.

They are blinded by lust, wealth, thrones, women, and children. Until destruction comes to meet them. Look!"

Then the man threw black soot onto a big screen, and I couldn't help but blink my eyes as the man showed me the secret about the hatch in the soot.