The next morning, Monika, Noel, and Kira arrive at the Vermillion mansion. It is enormous even for Monika's standard. Needless to say, from Kira's perspective this might be the god emperor's palace in Holy Terra. Just when they are waiting for the grand gate slowly opens and there are two rolls of maid bowing themselves waiting for Noel to enter the gate.

"Welcome back, Lady Noel!" they said in a well-rehearsed manner. Kira subconsciously holds the edge of Noel's uniform. The reason Noel is wearing her uniform is that in the Vermillion family it is crucial to meet relatives with profession and status. Monika and Kira also wear it because of the same reason.

The way to the main building of the mansion is long, Monika can see dozens of gardener workers carefully fixing the plants which they are in charge of. While they walk past them, they all greet Noel with a smile. Noel also greeted them back with a smile and nod combo. Monika always knew Noel is rich, but she never realized that she's on a level where they might own a portion of the planet. Kira couldn't even dream about any of this until this moment.

Until they finally arrived, Edgar Vermillion and Claire Vermillion awaited them in front of the main door. They are the parents of Noel. Monika met them once while she was in the Academie. It was the time when she and Noel got into trouble while fighting with other students. Of course, they kicked their butts, but they also got detention together.

"Mother, Father." Noel salute in the Imperial navy way. Unlike the time when Noel is with Monika and Kira, Noel seems to be a bit distant with her parents at least while greeting each other.

"At ease. Welcome back, my daughter." Edgar Vermillion said it while sounding very happy. Because behind Noel is the new emerging Lieutenant colonel

"I see you brought your friends with you. Welcome." Claire Vermillions said.

"Nice to meet you again. Mister and Misses Vermillion." Monika salutes as well.

Kira doesn't know what to do here, Monika signs Kira to also salute her.

"What is your name young trooper?" Edgar asks Kira.

"Kira Vartrix. Lord Vermillion." Kira recognizes the royal uniform Edgar is wearing.

"Nice observation, Ms. Vatrix." He compliments her, apparently, Kira gives a good first impression. "Come, let us talk in the living room."

While walking towards the living room, Claire Vermillion patiently explains the history of the Vermillion family history. Kira feels like she's in a museum instead of someone's house. Edgar Vermillion is at the same time being friendly with Monika, apparently, he's trying to get along with a high-rank officer, but Monika didn't dislike the way he approaches things. Even though Monika doesn't like bootlickers or suckups.

Noel however is walking silently behind them; she isn't saying anything not because she's jealous of her friends stealing her thunder. But glad to see that her parents aren't treating her friends badly. Because she was a bit skeptical about bringing Monika and Kira along but now, she sees that she made a great choice by doing so.

"Thank you for taking care of my daughter for so long," Edgar said to Monika.

Monika scratches the back of her head: "I don't really feel like I've been taking care of her. It was Noel who bought us the food and stuff along the way."

"Glad to hear that, anyways how's your family? I heard that recently Major Nova has been punished due to leaving her post. Is she doing well?" Edgar seems to know a lot about the inside news within the army.

"She's doing fine, it was just a special operation that was conducted by higher-ups. That's why we need to act like Nova is being punished by leaving her post." Monika lied, she's a bad liar but not when it is about her work. In her line of work, there's a lot of lying that needs to be done.

"Any news regarding your parents?" Edgar asks

Monika shakes her head. "No, at least not from my knowledge."

"I am sorry to hear that...Miller and Maria are my friends. If I ever hear anything about them, I'll have people contact you as soon as possible. I promise that." Edgar's tone is full of righteousness.

"Thank you, Mr. Vermillion." Monika kind of likes this person, he's powerful yet still cares a lot about things surrounding him.

"Call me, Edgar. Our family's relationship goes a long way, so it's natural that I lend some hands while you guys need it." Edgar smiles.

Monika knows what he said means occasionally they will ask Monika to do something for them due to her rank. Monika dislikes the trades below the table, but she has no choice but to accept the reality.

Later on, they chat about various things in the living room. Then they had dinner. Kira never saw the things on the plate. For the whole dinner, her eyes are shining like stars because of how impressed she is by the food. Monika and Noel sit next to each other while facing the Vermillion parents. You wouldn't think this is a family meeting among one of the richest families on the planet if it isn't the luxury backgrounds.

Before the dinner finishes, Claire and Edgar invite Kira and Monika to join their prom. Monika and Kira didn't want to accept it because they don't have the appropriate clothes for the event, but Noel said she can arrange the clothes issue.

The grand hall of the Vermillion family is where the pride shines. The ceiling is full of classic art from the old times and luxury decoration which spares no cost. Bands from the top of the planet sit here and play the classic music which is composed just for today's special occasion. Monika changed herself into a white silverish dress while Kira changed into a dark blue dress. Kira is nervous about the dance because she knew nothing about it. Noel assures her that nothing bad is going to happen so just have fun.

"May I ask for a dance?" It is a voice that Monika immediately recognizes. A voice that she's been finding for months. It is Wednesday. Ever since she got back from Mirrodin, Monika has been searching for Wednesday across the continent. The reason she's finding him is half that she got gunir and the other half is because she at some point blames Wednesday for what happened to Trazyn and thus wants to hear an explanation from him.

"Of course." Monika tries her best to keep her anger inside, but her eyes sell her out better than any words. Her eyes are glaring daggers. She holds Wednesday's hand and walks on the dancing floor. Then she puts her other hand on Wednesday's shoulder while he holds the other hand on Monika's waist.

"Didn't really expect you to be a dancer." Wednesday smiles.

"Didn't really expect you to be here as well, how do you know the Vermillion family?" Monika's eyes are still full of killing intent.

"Does it matter? You and I both know what's the correct question to ask on this occasion." Wednesday is still very good at smoothing the situation.

"What would that be?" Monika's expression loses a bit, but she still has visible anger on her face.

"Let's just say that I know a way to bring your companion back." Wednesday signs Monika to spin. Then he pulls her back to their original dance position.

"I am already working on it with someone else." She refers to Lucifer.

"Oh, please. You would rather trust a demon than an actual god?" Wednesday knows about the meeting.

"Let me recall what happened to me the last time I trusted you: I went to a completely strange world which you didn't warn me about." The more she thinks about it the more she gets angry.

"Well. you reunited with Trazyn didn't you?" Wednesday replies.

"What about sending Nova to the world and ruining everything?" Despite Monika and Nova having a decent relationship with each other but it stops at just being decent.

"Major Nova was a great asset during the last battle against Elesh Norn. Without her, you would be gone with Trazyn as well." Wednesday said it calmly.

Monika feels a bit frustrated because all Wednesdays said were true: " Then, what about Trazyn? He's gone!" She said the last part in a higher voice, which led the people around them to look at Monika for a few seconds but then they continued the dance.

Wednesday is still having the slight smirk on his face:" Who said he's gone? I know damn well that he's still out there."

"Then show me," Monika said coldly.

"Only when the job is done."

"Then we don't have a deal." Monika is sick of doing work for others while she is losing everything she cares about.

"Trazyn would be disappointed in your choice."

Monika suddenly squeezes Wednesday's hand. Her expression didn't break, but Wednesday looks like he just lost his hand. She just whispers to Wednesday: "Do not play with my emotions. The next time you do so, I will be sure you are the next on my list."

"You little shit." Wednesday is angry. For some reason, the weapon Monika retrieved for Wednesday suddenly appears in his hand. He hits the ground with the blunt tip of gunir and time suddenly stops. " When I give you a job, it means that you are going to finish it. I will force you to do so if you do not comply."

"We are in an alternative mirror dimension. All damage done will not affect the real world." Vegas reports to Monika.

"Great." Monika changes the dress into her usual clothes in an instant. Her expression is becoming unreadable but surely it is not a good sign for anyone who dares oppose Monika when she's angry "It is all your fault…. The loss of Trazyn…. What happened to Kira… I know it was all your doing…" The air near Monika is getting thicker with crimson lightning appearing around her. " You are a god, right? Good. Because this way you can feel the pain longer." Monika suddenly charges in like a wave of a crimson lighting storm. Swords fly out from the smoke, but it is all blocked by Wednesday's magic shield. The first time their weapon clashes created an enormous wave of the blast of air as if a bomb blew up among them. Then comes the constant fast attack from Monika like a lightning storm.

Monika's swords break each time she clashes with Wednesday's gunir but she doesn't care. All her emotion of hatred and anger is infused with each hit. Then Wednesday blasts her backward with his force blast: " How does it feel? Does it feel good? If you work for me this is what you will get!"

"Shut up.." She mumbles, the second wave of Monika's attack is even stronger than the first. But this time she's using the weapons from Mirrodin. Magic flares out from each contact, but Wednesday seems like he's not taking an offensive stance, maybe he's waiting for something. Lightning, meteors, all elements are flaring from the fight. Monika literally has brought her entire arsenal towards Wednesday. There's a reason that she can erase half of the chaos threat in less than a year.

Despite Monika being a genetically enhanced soldier, her body couldn't handle the constant power attack. Her hands start shaking due to the intense force returned with each hit. She's breathing heavily, a bit of blood coming out from her nose due to exhaustion. But somehow, she still feels the need to attack, destroy and annihilate.

Suddenly lightning starts to attack Monika's position. She quickly doges away but just about Monika hit Wednesday again, she got hit by the lightning strike. It didn't hit her vital organs, but it did strike hard on her shoulder. Monika couldn't even stand up straight after the strike, she tried her hardest, but her legs just wouldn't respond to her, she collapsed on the floor while having her hands pushing against the ground. She feels pain, sadness, and anger. Tears coming out of her eyes, she hates herself. Because she's weak and unable to protect the people she cares about because she can't even fight for herself while having powers others couldn't even dream of. At last, she hates herself for being incapable of doing anything that would avenge her loved one.

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Suddenly her mind snapped, and it took her to somewhere she doesn't recognize. It is a realm that only has blood and crimson color sky with air current like the eye of the storm. "Do you seek power?" a deep voice echoes around the realm.

Monika didn't answer, because this is exactly what a deal with daemons looks like.

"It seems you are desperate for power, my child." The tone didn't change.

"Whoever you are, take me back now!" she shouts but there's no response.

Suddenly she hears a series of familiar metal noises walking towards her. It is Trazyn. But it is not real. He would never be in a place like this. This is what Monika keeps telling herself: "My love, I did not come for you, but it was you in the first place that summoned my help." It speaks just like Trazyn.

Monika tries to throw a sword on the fake Trazyn's face, but nothing comes out. She lost her power in this realm. Just as she's shocked by what happened, suddenly a sword flies towards Monika. She quickly dashes away but then she gets hit on the chest by a flying rock.

"Your mind is strong, but it is still breakable. Once you are gone, I will take control of your body then shed blood across this world." The fake Trazyn walks towards Monika with a bat that drags on the floor.

The pain is searing but Monika is trying to find a place to recover. But it's impossible, there's no place to hide. She tries to stand up, but she can't. It seems that the hit didn't just hit her chest but also broke some of her ribs.

After a bone-breaking noise, fake Trazyn breaks Monika's left knee, now she really can't escape from this nightmare. She screams in pain, but her spirit isn't broken. There's something in her eyes that blaze with endurance and rage.

"I always hated that look on you." He swings his bat again, this time he hits Monika on the side of her head. It wasn't as hard as the one on her kneecap, but it made Monika bleed on the side of her head and severely concussed her. She tries to drag herself away by crawling on the ground, but it was futile.

Suddenly, fake Trazyn grabs Monika from the back of her head and slams it on the ground: " You still here? Sometimes you just need to give up… give up…. Give up... Give up." With each time he repeats 'give up' he slams her head on various objects. Then he kicks Monika against a broken wall.

Blood is all over her face, her jacket is torn and there's barely any more place on her body that isn't harmed badly. But she suddenly smirks: " I figured it out…. You are trapped in my head…" her lung is for sure punctured each word she says would make her feel like there's a hole ripping inside of her chest.

"So ? I don't mind doing this over and over again. It is me against you and you have nothing here." Fake Trazyn doesn't care about anything, he's trying to figure out new ways of letting Monika suffer more. He grabs Monika by her hair, she doesn't fight back, not because she doesn't want to but because both of her arms are already dislocated: "How does it feel to be hurt by the only person you cared for in this world?"

"You... are...not...Trazyn." She mumbles quietly.

"You are the only thing that makes me feel special about myself" Fake Trazyn spoke in a mocking tone. "You? Special?" He suddenly grabs Monika by her ribs but most of them are already broken so the pain is indescribable. "For him, you are just an animal that he takes in, he can take you in so he can also throw you out without caring." He throws her down on the ground and steps on her head.

"You wouldn't say that if you know how the first time we met." She tried her hardest to spill out this sentence.

"I don't know and I couldn't really care, I am here just trying to take over your body and your mind. I don't really want to know anything that happened before I came in." He shrugs then he kicks Monika on the stomach then crouches down and grabs her by her neck: " Aw... did I mess up your pretty face? I hope you could see how ugly you are."

While being humiliated Monika found out that fake Trazyn's memory doesn't have anything at least prior to the first time she and Trazyn met. She's trying her hardest to find the reason that all of this is happening. People say pain helps to stimulate memory, this is what Monika is trying to do. Constantly provoking fake Trazyn while finding the certain key or a word that would end all of this.

"Would you just break already? You don't have anything that's intact, I can't kill you here but I'll make sure that you'll be stuck in this place with me forever." Fake Trazyn sits on a boulder while Monika is lying on the ground like a warm corpse.

"Fine...by me." She mumbles.

Fake Trazyn jumps off from the boulder and steps on the side of Monika's head: " Why are you like this? What does this bring you? You will be a vessel for something great and powerful. People will remember you as a hero. All you need to do is just to give up. Would you do that for Trazyn? He wouldn't want to see you like this. You know? Being normal and boring." he taunts Monika with a burst of evil laughter: " Without your power you are nothing."

"The power, that's it!" She thought. When she was in the ork bastion, it was the same Trazyn who gave her a spell or more like a command. It was on that day, she gained her power but also was hosted by the unnatural being. Thanks to the wound all over her body, she managed to remember the words she said: Ḟ̸̖͗̓̅̑͘͠ͅr̷̠̰̭̺̞̦̀͛̓̚ọ̶̤͔̪̖͍͗͝m̷̨̨̘͇̹̖̿ ̶͈̘͓̞̫̀̋̍̆̉̓d̸̲̲̺͕͛̈́ą̷̮̣̠̽̋͌̂́̕r̵̛̯̓̈̔k̵̪̖̫͕͕̫̬̋̿̿͘͘ḙ̴͈̩̈́̑ͅș̷͌͋̚t̸̜̠͗́̈̍̀̕ ̵̗̜̻͒̅̀̕͝͝ņ̴͇͚̬̊̿͛̿̽̏į̷̜̤̦̰̪̈͂͗ͅg̴̰̃ẖ̷̓̾̀̚͝t̴̼͎̘̰͖̃̐́̎͘̕ ̷̛̘͖͙͈̗̐̇͛̏ḍ̷͉͉͈͇̏̓͛͛̑͝a̶͙̳̠̭̅w̸͖͔̥̟̤̌n̶̙̍̐̅͂̓͒ͅs̶̹̅̓̇̓̓́̅ͅ ̷͉̱̩̩̜͈̎̃̕t̸̬͌͑h̴̨̧̯͉̞̝̓͛̂́̀̏̃e̴̞͐͐̀̚ ̸̘̃͛͒̓b̵͍͚̪̺̤̆̀̾̆͘͜͝͝ͅŗ̷̛̝͖̺̺̗͉i̷̦̩̙̔͑͠g̴͍̻͗h̴̛̳̲́̄̊̏̕ẗ̸̳͍̱͎̣̞́͂ế̸̢͑̾̌͘s̷̤̻̹̈́̔ṭ̸̬͆͒̔̀ ̵̫̹͎̿͗͗͋͝ļ̸̨̛̱̹̲̰̱̇̽͘ȉ̴͇͔̑̏g̷̛̮̍̑̈̓͐͌h̷͇͉̻̘͛̒̍̄̐́͝t̷͕̻̘͚̦̹̰̓̀̾͠.̷̨͍͑̋̅̚ ̶̧̩̯̺̾̃̊B̸̡͔͙͐̀́̆͝e̵̢̪͍͈͉̹̊w̵̢̖̗͚̣̌̍̓̊͝ȧ̷̢̡̨̗̫̳̪̒͘r̵̠̈̏͘̕͜e̴̱̼̬̼͊̃̚͜ ̸̛̮͍̝̉̓͑m̶̧͎̠͉̟͉̈́̂̀̎y̴̡͎̿ ̴̪̓̒̍̍͆̈̂p̶̡̘̺̼̆͝ͅo̸̖̮͗͑w̴̼̹͓͑̀̊̔͐ȩ̴̱̣̟̰̏̈́̿͜r̵͚͔̦̮̺̤͙̂̀͘ ̴̢̨͔̙̮͍̽̋̚ä̶̹̫͉̭̟́͒͛̃̕͝n̷̛͉͎̾d̷̡̞͔͖̓̎̚ ̶̡͎̣̌͘f̵̨̪͚̗̣̟̮͂̔͐̓̿̍̕e̶͈̜͋ą̴̠̹̮̜͋͜͠r̶̺͑͂̑́̀̇ ̸̡̢̙̓m̴͕̤͍̰̖̦͋̄͜y̴̮̰̾̈́͊̉͋̉́ b̷̪̜̱̳̗̘̣͒̑̉̓͋̿͊̓͑̚̚͝ļ̶̜̠̯͗͌̎͗͛̀́̍͒͊̍̍͘͜͠͠i̸̧̲͉͓̤͓͐̃̿̀́̈͐̉̚g̸̲̙̭̾͐̇̏̔̐̾̕͘͝h̶͕̱͇̳͂͋̓̊͒̇͂t̸̢̤̰̞̦̝̘̓̌̓̈́̊̄͑̊̏̌̕͘͠.̵̻̏̒͝ ̷̟̠̟̘͓͆ She takes a deep breath and repeats the spell in mumbles.

Fake Trazyn removes his foot from Monika, he grabs Monika by her hair and pulls her head next to his head: "Did you say something? You finally gave up?"

Monika suddenly grabs him by the forearm and instantly breaks it in half. Fake Trazyn is shocked. When he looks at Monika again, she's already fully recovered as if nothing happened to her. The realm starts to have lights shoot down from the sky then eventually it is all just a milk-white void. Fake Trazyn tries to run but there's nowhere to go. Suddenly he hits an invisible wall. Monika walks towards him slowly, she's taking her time just like how the fake Trazyn took his time to torture her. She will get her revenge back and the truth.

"Mercy please!" Fake Trazyn morphs himself into Noel.

"So… you are a shapeshifter...Before I completely destroy you from existence, tell me…. everything." Monika crouches before him, with a grin on her face. It's not because she's being a sadistic person but she feels relieved like she never did. She tried to use her power but apparently, it's not working.

"We are the crimson daemons. We take hosts of every living being then consume their mind."

"Show me what you really look like." She said it calmly.

Suddenly Noel turned into a white smiling mask on the ground. It however can still talk without any problems. "Whatever you are going to do, please do not kill me. I was never trying to kill you but to take over you."

"Don't worry about it, you'll see what's going to happen. Anyways, how do I get my power back?" She sits on the ground, having both of her hands supporting her cheek. While she's staring at the mask.

"You mean my power? You somehow banished me from your mind. There's no way that I can give you the power I have." The mask said it seriously.

"I'll take it as you do not want to live." She suddenly lifted her fist up.

"WAIT!" it screamed: " I can restore your power but please let me live!"

"Give it first then I'll think about it." Monika at this point is holding all the bargaining chips, she's going to enjoy what she can get out from this little encounter.

In the end, Monika did not destroy the mask, instead, she contained it. Without the activation spell, the mask will do nothing to her. But she's happy that she got her ability back and she knows everything about the crimson daemons. Then she suddenly woke up.

She found herself on a hospital bed. Wednesday was reading newspapers until she woke up: "Good afternoon, Ms. Terra."

Monika still remembers the time when Wednesday provoked her, she wants to strike but her hand is handcuffed to the bed: " What the hell are you doing here?" She sounds like a person who's just undergone some serious operation.

Wednesday pours Monika a glass of water, she took it but her expression isn't appreciating this little gesture. Wednesday moves his chair closer to the bed and looks at Monika in the eye: "I am sorry for my poor choice of words earlier. I assume that you already met your other half."

"Wait, you are telling me all of those actions were just trying to let me meet up with that crimson daemon?" Monika sounds surprised.

"Yes, you are indeed a smart person. Everything I did was to thank you for retrieving my weapon." Wednesday grins.

"So… what now?" Monika asks.

"Continue your life I guess. The debts between us are cleared, I wish you good luck until the time we meet again." Wednesday puts on his hat and goes in a blink of an eye. The moment he's gone, Noel and Kira rushes into the room and start nagging Monika. When she's trying to move her hands, she realizes her handcuff is gone as well. After a few minutes of a mix of cry and laughter, they finally settled down and Monika finally asked them some questions.

"What happened to me?" Monika asks.

"You just suddenly collapsed in the middle of the hall. We were worried about you. And you've been unconscious for the past two days." Noel said it while holding Monika's hand. "We thought it's because you've been doing too much work alone these days, so we waited for you to wake up by yourself."

"Oh… thanks." Monika doesn't want to tell them about what happened in her head the past two days. "Anyways, do you guys want to do something later? I feel like doing something now." Monika stretches her arms, she hasn't been feeling so refreshed for a long time. Apparently having two people living in your head isn't an easy task for your brain. The reason Monika isn't going to worry about the crimson daemon is that she told him that she will kill him later but without giving a specific set of time. It all depends on her mood what's so ever.

"We didn't really expect you to wake up so…" Noel pauses while looking away. She glanced at Kira.

Kira got what Noel wanted so she cleared her throat and said it for Noel: " Noel has gotten a date, she met him at the party."

"Oh my." Monika looks surprised, she feels happy for her friend but she also knows that Noel isn't a person who's easily accepting a date from someone. "Who's the boy?" She asks.

"How do I put it nicely…. He's a bit older than me…" Noel doesn't look very confident about the information of the date.

"Why do I have to know it at first…?" Monika is curious.

"Well… he's basically a demon called Justice…" Noel couldn't hold it anymore.

"What in the world…" Monika is confused and angry. She's confused because Noel is not as stupid as she thought, but now it has reached a new level. Angry because the demons that she needs to deal with apparently have already come towards her friends. It is unacceptable. But Monika tried her best to keep a straight face: "How did you know he's a demon?"

"He told me about himself and I can't help but be attracted to him! He hits all the spots that I like about man! He has red eyes, white-silver hair, and dress in a very formal way! Like a gentleman. He talks funny and he knows a lot about all sorts of things!" She kept listing how awesome Justice is while Monika is looking at her in a concerning way.

Kira doesn't really want to be involved in this kind of thing, she's texting a friend she just met. Apparently, the person was also on the same stage with Monika during the promotion ceremony, her name is Lucie Morningstar, a chemist who works for the headquarters. She's going to meet up with her to hang out. That's why she doesn't really have time for Monika.

Looking at both of them, Monika for the first time feels that she's been left behind but she can't really stop her friends in their pursuit of happiness: " Fine... Good luck with whatever you guys are gonna do. I'm just going to rest more until tomorrow then." But Monika is just saying that she's not going to let her best friend be tainted by some kind of demon. She secretly plans to follow Noel at night.

But before that, she wants to buy some rose cake first. Her mouth feels kinda tasteless and it doesn't feel right until she gets her favorite dessert. She quickly changed to her clothes with her ability then started walking towards the dessert shop. When she arrives, because it is a rush hour there's a lot of people waiting in line to get food for the night. She thought about abusing her power here but she quickly got rid of the thought.

"Looking for this?" Suddenly Ria stands next to Monika while holding a bag of rose cake.

Monika isn't in a fighting mood: " What do you want?" She sounds annoyed.

"I just want to talk, nothing more. Come with me on the bench over there and this bag is yours." Ria hands over the bag.

"You think I will be bribed by this?" But her body is more honest than her words, she grabs the cake and starts eating it bit by bit. It is her favorite way of enjoying it.

Both of them sit on the bench, they are not looking at each other because they have a conflict of interest. "Do you know why I hate Trazyn?" Ria drops the conversation bomb at the beginning.

Monika is still enjoying her cake, she knows the reason but she's not interested in engaging in the conversation.

"Not because he took my dagger and caused us to lose to Elesh Norn. It is war, losing happens. I couldn't really care more about it. It was when you guys were taking down Vorinclex he summoned a meteor that destroyed his hideout. But in it, my people who are forced to serve Vorinclex were also in it. They were innocent people who we were trying to save." She sounds a bit sad while thinking about all of those poor souls that could be saved. " Then I started to work for Imotekh the stormlord. From him, I see so many horrible things Trazyn has done in this world. Trazyn is not a good person nor merciful. He's a cruel collector that will take any action to claim what he wants. The reason he's nice to you and your surroundings is that he thinks that you are one of his collections."

Monika puts down the rose cake. She heard all of the things Ria said but she refused to think more into it. She's in love, and she thinks the feeling is mutual between her and Trazyn. Even with all of those facts that's been laying in front of her, she doesn't want to hear about them. But to be fair, Monika isn't remotely good as well, she's a tool for the emperor's will. She condemned thousands of heretics' lives yet they are all human, at least for the most part. Maybe that's why unlike others who would be scared or disgusted by what Trazyn did, she doesn't really care about it.

"You guys are really similar to each other…" Ria turns her head to Monika: " Not from how you look but from the soulless eyes. You just don't care, isn't it? Even it happened for the very people that you are supposed to be protecting." Ria shakes her head. She then stands up and starts walking away, there's really no point trying to save or help a person who's sunk so deep into the swamp of being a heartless person.

Monika puts away the rose cake and cleans her mouth with a tissue. She didn't move, hell, she's not even going to check on Noel anymore. Ria did get her thinking about things. Not about killing innocent lives but she wants Trazyn to be more possessive of their relationships. That of course if she can meet with Trazyn again. At some point, she really hopelessly fell in love with Trazyn. Now She however is more determined than ever to find Trazyn, not only because of love. Because she needs a lot of answers from him.