The World Went Silent

Chapter 18

Meiko looked up at the clock tower. Five minutes until 3 o'clock. They had captured the princess and sent her to the dungeons where guards awaited so they could bring her out to the guillotine. The daughter of evil was going to be executed at three, when the church bells rang. People were gathered all around, calling her a hero for capturing the princess. But how could she be a hero when her hands were tainted with yellow blood? The blood of her own birth country? The brunette sighed. There was still so much to think about. Who would rule the kingdom once the princess was gone?

"Yo, Mei-chan." Meiko blinked and glanced over at Dell who was giving her an encouraging smile.

"Oh, Dell."

"Just wanted to say, good job," the gray-haired man said, resting a hand on Meiko's shoulder. The brunette smiled weakly at him. She needed to talk to Kaito. Giving Dell an assuring nod, Meiko walked off to find the prince. It wasn't hard to find him, because he was standing right in front of the now empty castle.

"Kaito-nii," Meiko cleared her throat, causing the younger man to jump and turn to her.

"Mei-chan?" he asked, brushing some of his hair aside. He now had her full attention.

"The princess…" Meiko started, looking down at the ground briefly and then back up to Kaito. "It's not the princess. The servant traded places with her." The blue-haired man's eyes widened a little. Meiko knew it was the servant, because of the voice. She had heard the princess enough for her to recognize her voice. It was off. There was no other explanation but for the servant to have traded with her. But why?

"Let him die."

Meiko looked up at Kaito in disbelief. It was rare that the kind prince had ever said something in that tone of voice, let alone letting a mistake happen.

"He was the one that killed Miku…" Kaito whispered, clenching his fists. "The princess needs to know, wherever she is, what it feels like to lose someone."

The brown-haired warrior nodded. Then she heard the crowd in the distance start to get noisy. They were bringing the 'princess' out for execution.