Tearmoon Empire: Volume 11 [Parts 1 to 10] by Nozomu Mochitsuki

Author:Nozomu Mochitsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 20: The High Priestess and Citrina

The Chaos Serpents made their base in the deepest depths of the forest, in castle ruins that had been lost to time. But today, Valentina Remno, High Priestess of the Serpents, was visited by a peculiar guest. She had been sat at her table enjoying some afternoon tea, and she addressed her visitor—Ka Kunlou—with a kind smile.

“It’s been quite a while, Kunlou. I didn’t think you’d return. I’m rather surprised.”

“Well, High Priestess, those are quite the words. You saw me off with a warm promise that this was my home that I could return to at any time. Where’d you think I would go?”

“Tee! You really are one for convenient misremembering, Kunlou. It was at the village of the Fire Clan that I bid you farewell. Of course, I will gladly welcome you, but...” She glanced at what lay beside him. “You can’t treat a young lady so harshly.”

On the other side of her gaze was a girl who had been strapped to a chair. The delicate arms of the honey-haired Etoiline Citrina Etoile Yellowmoon were bound, stopping her movements. She squirmed her body in discomfort, but no words fell from her lips—she had been gagged and blindfolded.

“You bully her, the poor thing,” she spat.

Kunlou looked truly upset. “Oh, stop it. You can’t compare me to Jem and Barbra. Their violence was malice, but I’m not doing this to be mean. I was just worried she’d bite her tongue.”

“There’s no need to worry about that. She perfectly understands that it would cause trouble from Her Highness Mia should she perish.”

Kunlou hung his head, confused. “You think? She won’t eat anything, and I’ve had to force feed her all her water. She seems like she’s ready to leave this sorrowful world...”

There was a stain on Citrina’s collar that seemed to prove those words.

“You still have much to learn of people’s hearts. Wasn’t she simply worried you would poison her? I’m sure you used something suspicious to knock her out.”

She took to her feet with an exasperated sigh, causing her beautiful hair to sway. Then, she bowed before Citrina and removed the cloth from her mouth with a kind touch. Citrina let out a gasp—she must have been in pain. Next, Valentina removed the blindfold. Having been covered for a long time, she squinted her eyes at the blinding light. She looked about the room with a scowl.

“Where...am I?” she croaked with a cough.

“This is one of the bases of the Chaos Serpents, located deep in the woods not far from the Kingdom of Remno. We’ve repurposed these ruins,” she sang with a peaceful grin. “And my name is Valentina. Valentina Remno. I am the High Priestess of the Chaos Serpents.”

“...Huh?” At first her response was dazed, but once she understood those words, her eyes grew wide.

“Hah... What a shame. I went through all the trouble of covering her eyes, but after telling her all this we won’t be able to just let her go.” Kunlou shrugged with little remorse.

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