The black smoke of gunfire bellow managed to climb its means up the cliffside, virtually obscuring the gorgeous nighttime view of the town.

After all, that ‘lovely nighttime view’ was fully absent at this time.

Even when that black smoke was not obscuring the view from atop the cliffs, then the one sight one can be greeted with was the sight of a metropolis on fireplace.

Not actually on fireplace, troopers of either side tried their finest to keep away from collateral injury, however as a substitute ‘fireplace’ in a metaphorical sense.

And but, not one of the above succeeded to have any type of impact on one of many few individuals atop stated cliffside.

Rose Phlorear Finaflor.

And all she did was simply wander round facet cliffside aimlessly.

Together with her pistol again in her possession, she wandered aimlessly across the high of the cliffside, searching for her older sister.

The chaotic sounds of loss of life that when rocked her ears as she rode to Finaflor mansion didn’t register into her thoughts as she pressured herself to stroll.

Why was Rose searching for her sister?

It was as a result of Rose wanted to kill her.

It was not an exaggeration to say that Rose had been eagerly anticipating for this second for an extended, very long time.

And but, for some inexplicable cause, it was additionally the second that she was fearfully dreading.

Why?

That single phrase saved repeating itself inside Rose’s thoughts as she trudged alongside.

Why did she really feel like this?

Why was she like this?

Simply why?

Nevertheless, Rose by no means received the chance to have that query answered.

For she had lastly discovered Orchid, standing close to the cliffside. Orchid’s eyes had been glassy as they gazed off into the far distance, into the seas past the docks of the town. It virtually appeared as if she was oblivious to the city battle going down throughout the metropolis proper underneath her.

Nevertheless, it was quickly confirmed that Orchid was not fully indifferent from this world.

“The sky is gorgeous tonight is not it?”

Rose ignored Orchid’s ambiguous line as she drew her pistol type her coat and aimed it at Orchid.

“Have you learnt why I am right here Orchid?”

Orchid continued to stare out into the space when she replied to Rose.

“Sure. Sure I do.”

“And do you’ve gotten any final phrases?”

When Orchid heard Rose, she chuckled and scoffed earlier than she gave a sarcastic comment.

“Actually now? Are you actually going to offer me that probability? Since when had been you that sort of particular person?”

Inside moments, Rose felt her coronary heart seethe with anger as she was reminded of one of many many causes that she hated Orchid.

“I do not care about what it’s important to say! It is simply… it is simply that…”

Nevertheless, Rose’s voice involuntarily trailed off earlier than she might end what she wished to say. And in the same method to how she felt quite a few instances earlier than, she didn’t know why.

“…”

“…”

A brief second of silence occurred as each of the Finaflor sisters stood in silence.

Quickly, stated silence can be damaged not by Rose, however by Orchid as a substitute.

“Then I assume I will take you up on that provide. Maybe my closing phrases offers you solace or one thing… who is aware of anymore?”

Lastly, Orchid turned her physique round and confronted Rose as she spoke.

“Though I hate to confess, I… I do not hate you.”

“What do you imply that?”

With out even realizing it, Rose began shouting when she responded to Orchid’s phrases.

“After all you hate me! You hated me ever since I used to be born!”

When Orchid witnessed Rose’s sudden outburst, she sighed solemnly as she replied. The look in her eyes displayed combined feelings of contempt, disappointment and weirdly sufficient… unhappiness.

“Please do not let your feelings override goal and demanding pondering once more Rose… If I actually did hate you you then would already be rotting in some ditch already.”

Orchid paused to chuckle to herself in what seemed to be a self-deprecating method earlier than she continued talking.

“You recognize, for those who had been maybe extra like me in the whole lot excluding our elementary ideologies then maybe you’ll have even gained Lily over to your facet… no matter… theoretical situations that didn’t occur do not matter anyway.”

Rose could not assist however really feel compelled to stay silent as she let Orchid escape right into a monologue.

“I’ll say it once more Rose. I do not hate you. I hate your ideology. I hate your beliefs. I even hate components of your character. I hate the whole lot about you besides you as an individual… as a result of… effectively as a result of it is not these issues by themselves that outline you… it is your actions…”

It was that final sentence particularly that struck Rose. In particular the phrases ‘your actions.’ Was Orchid conscious of what Rose did? Or was it just a few odd coincidence?

Both means, Orchid nonetheless continued talking regardless.

“And I admit that I as soon as hoped that you would maybe flip issues round… Possibly even turn into an individual I might ‘love.’ I do know that I’ll have generally been… ‘considerably impolite’ to you at some factors previously and I apologise for these moments however… I am solely human. I can solely take a lot earlier than I snap ?”

As Orchid spoke, her eyes began to turn into an increasing number of teary, but her voice continued to stay regular and calm.

“I can solely tolerate our variations a lot earlier than you push me over the sting. All I’ve ever wished is for our household, the Finaflor household to stay on, to prosper. I simply wished to do my half as a member of the Finaflor household. I by no means involved myself with glory or discovering that means in one thing greater than myself.”

Orchid paused for a quick second to shut her eyes and sigh earlier than she continued.

“I simply wished the Finaflor household to proceed holding it is rightful place because the rulers of this port metropolis. Nothing extra… Nothing much less… However now have a look at it. Even after willingly turning into a beast of burden with a view to survive, our metropolis nonetheless falls prey to different monsters anyway… How ironic… However none of that issues now does it?”

When Orchid stated her rhetorical query, she as soon as once more sighed earlier than casting her gaze downwards as she concluded her monologue.

“The destiny of this metropolis. The end result of our feud. The results of this little ‘standoff.’ It doesn’t matter. None of it issues. Not anymore. Effectively at the very least to not me.”

Orchid paused for a quick second to look again up and stare at Rose proper within the eyes earlier than she completed.

“Trigger I will be lifeless.”

Like earlier than, there was one other brief second of silence as the 2 sisters merely stared at one another earlier than Rose spoke up for the primary time in a very long time because the starting of this ‘reunion.’

“I see.”

Seeing no extra cause for any delay, Rose drew her pistol earlier than aiming it at Orchid’s head and pulling the set off.

“…”

She pulled the set off.

“…”

She tried to tug the set off

“…”

Strive as she may, Rose simply couldn’t pressure herself to tug the set off.

It simply didn’t occur.

As a lot as she wished and wanted to do it, her finger simply couldn’t pull the set off.

It was as if there was some ‘invisible pressure’ that was stopping her from doing so.

[Damn it! What am I doing!] Rose could not assist mentally cursing herself as she repeatedly failed to hold out the deed.

Nevertheless, Rose wasn’t the one one the was confused by the latest flip of occasions.

“Effectively what are you ready for?”

Quickly, Orchid’s confused voice entered Rose’s ears as effectively.

“Kill me.”

However a lot to Orchid’s dismay, that bullet to the top simply didn’t arrive, inflicting her to talk in an much more irritated tone.

“Finish it.

Kill me.”

Quickly, Orchid appeared as if she might not tolerate Rose’s actions as she-

‘KILL ME!”

Exploded right into a shout, almost inflicting Rose to drop her gun.

When Orchid noticed this, she shortly quietened again down.

Like earlier than, she sighed once more earlier than she spoke in an exasperated voice.

“You recognize… this… that is advantageous… that is advantageous… As a result of like I stated… Nothing issues anymore…”

As Orchid stated her closing phrases, Rose was in a position to spot a single tear that was forming on the nook of her eye.

“Goodbye Rose. Till we meet once more.”

Earlier than Orchid unfold her arms out.

Closed her eyes.

And fell backwards, throwing herself off the cliff.

“…”

Rose was left in a daze in response to Orchid’s ‘closing actions.’

Her jaw was left hanging open before-

“What the fuck!”

She bursted right into a loud shout.

What occurred subsequent was all a blur to Rose.

All she knew was that she was now on the backside of the cliffside the place she confronted Orchid.

On the backside of the cliffside the place she discovered Orchid’s lifeless physique.

In some way, the sounds of battle continued to fail to enter Rose’s ears as she gazed at her now deceased sister’s physique.

Though her blood and viscera stained the ground to offer a ghastly picture, Orchid’s face was surprisingly… serene.

Her eyes had been closed softly collectively whereas her hair unfold out neatly onto the ground, as if she was merely sleeping.

On Orchid’s face, Rose was in a position to spot a faint, almost indiscernible smile, as if Orchid was content material together with her destiny, as twisted as which will sound.

Then again, Rose would solely stare silently on the ‘sleeping’ Orchid. With out thought, with out causes, she merely stared.

“I take it that’s your sister?”

Nevertheless, Rose was not given a lot time earlier than her second of solitude was interrupted by Sicilia.

With no cause to lie, Rose instructed Sicilia the reality.

“Sure it’s… what’s left of her anyway… she…”

Midway by way of talking, Rose’s voice broke and but she was nonetheless in a position to get better.

“She… she threw herself off the cliff after I confronted her.”

In response to Rose, Sicilia solely nodded her head repeatedly earlier than she replied.

“Alright then… then there is just one factor left for me to do.”

“One factor left to do? What do you imply by tha-“

Bang!

Earlier than Rose might even end her sentence, Sicilia abruptly shot Orchid’s lifeless physique within the head, blood and guts portray the ground as a gaping gap revealed itself from Orchid’s head, ruining her ‘sleek’ sleeping picture.

“W-what the hell!?”

Rose could not assist shouting in shock when she witnessed what simply occurred.

“W-w-why d-did you d-“

“Try this?”

Sicilia shrugged casually when she interrupted Rose.

As she returned her drawn pistol again into the interior pocket of her blazer, she spoke with a voice that was each chilly and unapologetic, as if she could not care much less about Rose’s ideas.

“It would look higher within the report this manner.”

Sicilia did not even hassle to forged Rose as second look as she left, leaving Rose to fall onto her knees.

As soon as she collapsed onto her knees, a single tear fell from Rose’s eyes.

A single tear, that was the primary of many.