Vonruil Tells How He Got Betrayed
Sitting on the chair, Vonruil takes his shirt off. As Sam picks the packet with the medicine and dressings he says “Brother, can you tell us what you meant by losing your powers.”
Seeing the wounds, Peter says “Seeing the wounds, do you really need to ask?”
“It’s ok Peter,” Vonruil says as he keeps his shirt on the side chair “When we…(Vonruil goes quiet for a while) me and them, the allies managed to make a wall and gather everyone behind the wall. We also managed to gather supplies for a year cause we knew Rival would not be easy to deal with. After we sealed the gates we gave Rival a truce offer. Since I had four allies, we decided to divide the work. Ethor was in charge of the humans safety, Keona was to ensure everyone was taken care of, Xanbis and Mavros were patrolling, while I dealt with Rival. They all were designated a job. And, even if not Xanbis was on the north, Ethor was on the east, Keona was on the west and Mavros was on the south side. For me they were like four pillars. And I went to deal with Rival. Rival sent us a message that he was willing to meet us, but only me. So, according to our plan they would take care if anything happened behind while I would deal with Rival if he did anything out of the way.”
“But Brother, Rival is the demon king, and you went to meet him alone?” Sam asks in a confused tone “Like really alone?”
Placing his hands folded on the table Peter says in a stern tone “Ahm, Sam do you really think brother needs anyone with him and at that time when he was the ‘Warlord?”
“Brother, one thing has always been intriguing to me, you and your allies, you aren’t humans. Your love Xania, also…”
Cutting Sam’s sentence midway Vonruil says “Yes, I’m an angel, or rather Duke of Artmitis, while the allies are gods and goddesses. As for Xania, she’s not my love, she was my fiance and our marriage was purely political.
Surprised Peter says “Duke? You’re a crown prince!!” Wow…”
Intervening, Vonruil says “Don’t think of dazzle and glitz. (As Peter gets back into his chair) Being a normal angel is a hundred times better than being the duke. As a duke the only thing I can remember was rules and duties to do in the day. Lessons on how to fight, how to control the elements, magic training, learning different types of fighting techniques. I even tried to run away once, but was caught.”
Smiling Sam says “Your parents must have been really angry with you.”
“Parents?” Vonruil says in a surprised tone “We angels don’t have parents. We are raised as a group. According to our results, we are designated ranks. It is cause of my abilities that I rank second to the King of Artmitis. As for our creation, we are born during different moon phases, which decide our abilities. The king got impressed with my abilities and declared me as the duke, second in line to the angel king and successor to the throne. I was ten at the time. Since then my entire life has changed. Once nobody became everything in everyone’s eyes. Training, lessons, recitations, orders, were the only things I knew. Rival used to keep threatening so, my training has always been done with beating Rival in mind. That’s why it was extremely important for me to train in kung fu so I could control the Yin-Yang elements and make myself better and more powerful.”
“Hey, isn’t one of them considered dark? Why did you learn the dark part too?” Sam says in a rather hurt tone
A little surprised on his cute sad look Vonruil smiles and says “Well, she’s not actually evil or bad just has a dark side.”
“She? Isn’t this yin and yang an element, representing good and evil, when did they become girls?” Sam says in a cute lost tone.
Vonruil laughs at Sam’s cuteness and says “They aren’t girls but are considered female and male. Yin symbolizes earth, passiveness, femaleness, and darkness, while Yang, symbolizes heaven, light, activity, penetration and maleness. That’s why Yin is always considered hard, negative, wet, dark, and feminine. While Yang, anything light, soft, positive, warm, dry, masculine. So, basically kung-fu is the skill of living in harmony with dark and light. Not being too pessimistic or over optimistic. Do right when you need to do right and wrong when you need to do wrong for justice. (Seeing the boys are going to ask) Wrong as in, it’s wrong to beat anyone, but at times like with Rival, it was the correct decision. Banishing someone is not good, but with Rival, it was the only option. Just like putting people in jail may not be a nice thing humanity wise, but for some deeds that can’t be forgiven, jail is the only answer for them.”
Sitting back in his chair Peter says “So, you’re the duke…”
“I was the duke….” Peter cuts Vonruil’s sentence midway and says “Then who's the duke now?”
“No one, though I have been banished on the earth, they didn’t make anyone else the duke, yet at least….” Again Peter cuts Vonruil’s sentence and says “Aha, so you're still the duke, so you’re the duke and those loser allies, what are they?”
Smiling Vonruil says “Xanbis is the God of the Ice realm, Ethor is the God of freedom, Keona is the Goddess of spirits, and Mavros is the God of Logic…”
This time Morris cuts Vonruil’s sentence and says “What Ethor, freedom, who made him the god of freedom, he sold us off to that place.”
Taking a big sigh Vonruil says “Morris, once a being is made a ruler, it depends on the being to keep his or her heart and soul pure. And, just cause you were made to take on a ruling position does not mean you have to be good. Yes, with position, duties come and you should deal with them appropriately. And, if they were my allies, meant they were pure. (Getting a bit sad) That’s why I don’t understand why or when they went towards the dark side. How could they betray me like this? I made sure there was enough so after Rival was dealt with, everyone could live as they were before, but they took everything. Now everyone has to work for their daily food. Small kids who should be in school are selling stuff so they can take money home so their families can buy food for the night. This is not what I planned for everyone. The time that I was unconscious cost everyone. And, no matter what, I am to blame for everyone’s suffering. You three as well. If I hadn’t been so badly injured, and not trusted them blindly, you would not have faced what you did.”
Sam places his hand on Vonruil’s hand and says “Brother, You fought till the end and managed to banish Rival. If something had happened to you, and Rival would have come for us, we all would have been zombies by now. So, don’t say that.”
“Yeah,” Peter says “if everyone knew the truth that you were almost dead in protecting us and your allies betrayed you, no one would have hated you like they do, matter of fact I think we should tell everyone so…”
Vonruil cuts Peter’s sentence midway and says “Guys, if it was as simple as just telling, I would have done so the moment I got my consciousness back. My savior would not have died. But, it’s not only about my name that’s tarnished. My identity that I lived with from the moment I was created, the duke of Artmitis, my own people thinking that I’m not worthy of being the duke, I need to change that. I need them to know they didn’t make the wrong choice. Not that I want to be the duke, but not cause they think I’m not worthy of it. The allies I trusted with everything dear to me, they betrayed me without any hesitation, I can’t accept that. I want them to know what they lost. The people, for whom I lost everything, I want them to know what I had to go through, what I went through, and what I’m going through now for them, and what I will be going through for them in the future. If as the duke of Artmitis it's my duty to protect the earth, then they should also understand my situation. And, the biggest stop, Rival is out of the portal hole and what he’s up to I don’t know. So, for me first I need to know about Rival’s plan, then I also need to know what they (the allies) all are up to and ….”
Cutting Vonruil’s sentence midway Peter says “Your fiance….”
Vonruil immediately says “She never was my fiance as in a fiance. The marriage was purely political. The marriage was a part of a constellation occurrence that was going to take place in a few months, anyways, now it’s over and I have no connection or concern whether she lives or dies. As the Goddess of Spring, she will always be a deity for me but….”
“And, who is she, I mean you’re the duke so she must be someone as well. Is being the Goddess of Spring mean a lot?”
Cutting Sam’s sentence midway Vonruil says “She’s the Goddess of Spring, of course she has importance.”
Surprised on hearing this Sam says “What? Spring? How can she be the goddess of spring, when she can’t differentiate between summer and autumn.”
“What are you speaking about?” Peter says in a confused tone “Can you please speak in English?”
Getting a bit frustrated Sam says “I meant how could she not understand brother and to leave him who’s like the warm summer and to accept marriage to a prince, who’s the autumn, falling leaves.”
Both Peter and Morris say in unison “Yeah!”
Vonruil says, gesturing to them to sit down and says “Boys, if he’s a prince and she is marrying him, then he must be someone worthy. And, till we don’t know who he is, we shouldn’t judge him. And, like I said, it was a political marriage. To be honest, we never spent any time together and we don’t love each other. The first time we met was on our engagement and then maybe I stayed for two-three weeks at her place, that’s all. In fact, my blood brother used to tell she’s only interested in my position and not me, maybe he was correct.”
“Blood brother?” Sam asks surprised
“Yes, it’s a ritual done when the duke is chosen. Two other boys are also chosen and made blood brothers of the duke, who will be like the left and right hands of the duke. For me, they are Xane, and Xiander, they both are biological twins and my blood-brothers. Xane told me she was after my position, but I didn’t get the time to clarify this.”
“Then your blood brother was correct.” Sam says like he’s making a point “If she loved you she would have understood you and would have known you are in danger. Not get ready to marry another prince.”
“Guys, we don’t love each other. Yes, after spending a few weeks together, she should have known I would not betray, anyways let’s forget about her and have dinner, I’m starving.” Vonruil says giving up.
Getting up Sam says “Oh man I totally forgot. Peter, you set the table. I’ll do brother’s dressing in a jippy (quickly).”
Sam picks the disinfectant and slowly cleans the wounds and then applies an ointment and then does the dressing.”
“Ah, can you go less on the wrapping, I look like a mummy.” Vonruil tries to state his point but Sam won’t listen and says “You’re lucky I’m applying minimally so you won’t feel uncomfortable while working. You should be in bed with so many deep wounds.”
“Sam was going to find a job, and Peter was also going to get a job the day we came here.” Morris says stating a point “We can work while brother takes some rest.”
“Guys, I told you, none of you will work and as for the wounds, now that Sam is here, I’ll get better soon.” Vonruil states his point.
“OK, we won’t work, but you have to follow our rules.” Peter says in a firm tone “You will only eat what Morris makes for you, no eating outside. I’ll take you to work and bring you back as well. And whatever medicine Sam tells, you will take it. From today on you will sleep on that bed and we’ll sleep on this bed. The weather is getting cold so we set your bed nearer…”
“Guys…” Cutting Vonruil’s sentence midway Sam says “No guys, honestly from today on we are a family. So, if you look after us, we will look after you.”