"Do you have training? I didn’t bother to take my maids along. "
G:“Mom used to make us clean around the house… a lot…” F:“Mom…” G:“It’s fine, Flame. You know that’s what we needed to do.” F:"…y-yeah, you’re right…" He heard Flame sniff. G:“We can clean stuff pretty quickly. Not sure about the rest, though.”
“Good enough, maybe. I should ask him later.”
He waves at them and leaves the dungeon.
Falone walks into the dungeon, alone. He notes Iskandar, but strangely does not make an arrest for trespassing.
“Hello… Prisoners…” He sees the two prisoners, the only ones in the entire dungeon.
“…” The two staid silent. He could hear Flame sniffling quietly in her cell.
The Assassin dodges the attack, putting her index finger to her lips. Everyone’s attention is on the dead man, who expires.
“I’ve always wondered why my father never allowed me here…” He says wistfully.
“What happened to you two?” He turns to the two prisoners, showing that he was not here to hurt them.
G and F: “We killed our parents.” F:“They deserved it.” G:“It was what we needed to do.”
G and F: “As for the looks… it was our dad’s potions.”
Glass:“…at one point in my life, I was humain. Like you. Flame was humain too. We had a dad and a mom, like everyone else. One day, mom tried to kill me. Flame, like the hotheaded sister she is, used and experimental potion my dad had bought to protect me. And a few days later… my dad that liked the two of us… took revenge on Flame for having killed mom. And that’s how I used the potion that came with Flame’s and froze him to death, to protect her. And that’s why I’m down here with Flame.” Her voice was monotone, she couldn’t hear a shred of emotion as she repeated the story. Flame curled up lightly on the ground.
“…”
These two… that’s harsh…
“I’m sorry.” Falone said, remembering various cases of homicide. He however, is impressed with their loyalty to each other.
He ponders.
“From what I’ve heard, you acted out of self defense. However, the majority of the kingdom considers you as murderers.”
He pauses, before reaching to his conclusion.
“I want to know. What do you want to do if you get the chance to go outside?”
Flame’s eyes widened at that and she sat up. glass let out a low sigh. F:“Well, I’d get some new clothes first, and then, I’d order some good food and!-” G:“Don’t get too excited. He didn’t free us yet. I’d probably just get out of this damned city as quickly as I could and go live in the forest.” F:“You know I wouldn’t live in the forest with you…” G:"…hmph. That’s an issue…maybe we’d need to live underground, then." F:“But…why…?” G:“I don’t think people would want to see us, and honestly ,I don’t want to see them either.” F:“Glass!”
“That lady with the blue hair… has a good mind. I would listen to her…”
“While I would let you go, there are people out there who would… want you for their own gains… To control you against your bidding…”
“Well… There will be conditions. But I can let you free.”
G:“Can I ask why you’re being so vague? We can’t exactly tell anyone, you know. As for…conditions… I think I can handle anything. At this point, even… whatever slavery that whatever people you have in mind is better than jail. But if we can be free…what are those conditions?”
Slavery?
“These conditions…”
“1. To listen to my orders, at all times. 2. To not commit a crime while free… and lastly…”
G:“Lastly?” Glass looked up at him. for once… he could see some emotion in her eyes. Hope.
