Chapter 828 – Day 95 – The Truth Told by Tsuyuya Breaks Sabas’ Heart.
“This fairy!”
Faced with gorgeously prepared food and alcohol, Sabas couldn’t resist and pulled out a long knife.
“Princess Kaguya! Princess!”
Sabbath could never hold back the anger that dangerously flowed from deep within his heart. She stood up and aimed her sword with the intention of slaughtering Tsuyuya, who had clearly killed Princess Kaguya.
“Ah, that’s why I didn’t want to talk about anything from the beginning.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! How dare you! A monarch of the Great Plains! Killing Princess Kaguya! For a demon!”
With her trembling hands Savvas held her sword and raised her arm high to swing it wildly.
“Sabbath!”
Surprisingly, the princess grabbed her hand and her arm and stopped her.
“Why?! What are you doing now? Venus Holympia!”
“What are you doing? Can’t you understand what the situation is?”
“I don’t understand! It’s not like that! This fairy! She killed Princess Kaguya!”
“When on earth did Tsuyuya kill Princess Kaguya? You said she was dead!”
Instead of regaining his senses at the princess’s words, Sabas’ eyes shook even more.
“Uh, why are you taking the side of this fairy, demons, etc. Isn’t it better for the princess?”
“Sabbath!”
“You’re a member of the royal family! You’re supposed to protect humans! Aren’t you supposed to take my side?!”
“I want to take your side too! But! In order to judge right and wrong, shouldn’t we at least listen to Tsuyuya’s entire story!”
Sabas burst out laughing as if he was dumbfounded.
“Don’t play around! You want me to listen to the story of an enchantress who isn’t good enough to kill me? I want you to listen to me burning strange incense and whispering sweet words?!”
“Who will stop such evil acts? It’s me! If there’s anyone who knows the last words of Princess Kaguya, it’s Tsuyu! Shouldn’t we take the time to listen to the story and make inferences!”
“Don’t be ridiculous! I don’t have time for that! No! Right now!!!”
Savas clenched his molars and trembled.
She had come all the way here to somehow find the precious Princess Kaguya. But the result was the death of Princess Kaguya.
Sabas, who found it impossible to digest this situation and emotions, was so upset and even shed tears.
“Without Princess Kaguya…!”
Sabbath couldn’t control her emotions.
She boasted that everything would go well once Princess Kaguya returned, but she felt ashamed of herself and felt like she was stuck in the abyss without knowing what to do without Princess Kaguya.
The driving force that has somehow driven me up until now, the place where I thought there would be a reward for my efforts, is only an empty truth.
Sabas truly thought that if he did not kill Tsuyuya in front of him, this feeling of tightness and futility would never be relieved.
“First, let’s listen to the story. Sabas. Isn’t she Princess Kaguya, whom you love and did your best to serve?”
“What does it mean…”
Savas, looking desperate, dropped his sword from his hand.
As she regained her senses just a little, she slowly realized that there were soldiers enjoying a drink and two guard warriors beyond the fancy tent.
If they cannot control their anger and fight Tsuyuya, their lives will disappear like a candle in the wind.
“Well, I don’t think anyone will believe my story, but I don’t know where to start.”
“I will do my best to judge whether your story is true or not, so speak without a single lie.”
“Hmm, you’re telling me to speak to this enchantress without any lies or embellishment.”
Tsuyuya took a delicious drag on the cigarette she was holding in her hand and blew out her pure white smoke.
“30 years ago. Princess Kaguya came to the Great Plains.”
“30 years ago? Wasn’t that before I was even born?”
“What is the job of Princess Kaguya, a member of the moon clan? It is to keep this wide, wide eastern land peaceful.”
Tsuyuya repeatedly lit her cigarette and exhaled her smoke, her eyes filled with sentimentality, as if recalling a long time ago.
“The princess was incompetent, but…”
“This fairy!”
Sabas couldn’t hold back and shouted, but Tsuyuya’s face didn’t change at all.
“Princess Kaguya was incompetent. She would be better off as a general. She didn’t have a special body like the royal family, and all she had was a slightly longer lifespan.”
“How dare you! Such a dirty tongue!”
“But that’s why, even to me, a demon, I found her to be a girl who did her best to the point where it was pathetic.”
Savas twitched his eyebrows at Tsuyuya’s words that felt sad.
“For a subject who does not have the power to become a god, for a subject who cannot win a hundred battles with us. How long has he wandered around with that small, ungainly body trying to somehow unite the monarchs of this vast land?”
“What do you want to say?”
“Princess Kaguya was incompetent, but she was a wonderful leader.”
Tsuyuya paused her words for a moment.
“Why did the princess die? I can roughly guess the reason.”
“What, how do you know?”
“Is there any reason for Tsuyuya to kill Princess Kaguya, whom he considers incompetent?”
Sabas blinked for a moment and then bit his lip.
“Yes, yes. It’s a shame that you seem to be able to see through our sisters’ way of thinking.”
“Speak properly.”
“Princess Kaguya came to visit her in the great plains. None of her sisters thought of touching her. Although we thought of her roasting and boiling, we prepared her sumptuous food and good things…”〈 Br〉
Tsuyuya sighed and lit her cigarette again.
“Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do about human anger and resentment.”
“What are you talking about?”
“It means that the person who killed Princess Kaguya was a human.”
“That can’t be possible! Why on earth would we kill Princess Kaguya!”
“The Moon Clan would not even think of setting foot on dirty ground.”
Tsuyuya waved the cigarette in his hand and said something.
“If you live in a tower that touches the moon and live in luxury, why on earth did you crawl here?”
“Well, like that…”
“As a general, don’t you know that there are people who criticize Princess Kaguya?”
That was the reason why I got so angry at being told that I was incompetent.
Sabas bowed his head.
“It’s a lie.”
“Princess Kaguya was brutally attacked on her way to the Great Plains.”
“None of the guards said anything like that.”
“Of course. It looks like the princess who came down to earth herself will show off her power if she brings a full body of warriors.”
“No, no! It’s a pieced together story! Furthermore, it can’t be!”
Sabbath’s hands trembled, and he grabbed his face.
“The people want Princess Kaguya…”
“Is there anyone who is loved by everyone?”
Sabas shed tears at the princess’s words.
“No matter how perfect a being is, if you look at it with a crooked mind, its strengths become flaws. If you hate someone, you will hate it even if you create a reason for it.”
“Princess Kaguya then…”
“I can’t believe all of Tsuyuya’s stories, but living here—”
Before the princess could finish her sentence, Sabas got up from her seat.
“No, this can’t be happening. It’s all a lie! It’s a lie!!!”
My beloved Princess Kaguya was fake. The princess who was loved by the people was killed by humans, not demons.
None of the princesses whom I had served for over 15 years were the ‘real Princess Kaguya.’
The overwhelming truth was not something Sabbath could handle.
* * * *
Sabas, whose makeup was completely ruined from shedding so many tears, was staring blankly at the nameless grave.
“The Crown Princess will get better…”
The princess was standing next to her.
“So. I…”
“What Tsuyuya said is true. I also asked humans, including demons, about this tomb.”
The princess spoke her words as calmly as possible.
“What the witch said is true.”
Sabas, with a vain expression, was leaning on the princess standing next to her.
“I didn’t believe everything either, but people who are drunk tend to tell the truth. I asked everyone, and they all told similar stories, so it seems like it was an open secret to those who lived in the Great Plains 30 years ago.”
“I can’t believe that the woman named General didn’t even know about the rumors that happened 30 years ago.”
Savas, who had a vain expression on his face, eventually placed his cheek on the princess’s shoulder.
“What should I do now?”
“Sabbath.”
“I thought everything would be resolved if I found Princess Kaguya. But no.”
She was crying and really had nowhere to go.
“Even now, there are many monarchs in this country who are fighting to expand their power even a little. There are many who will not listen even when the princess gives orders.”
“I know your suffering well.”
“This happened because I was incompetent and couldn’t recognize that Princess Kaguya was a fake. I made this country… So many people living in this land die without stopping…”
Savvas closed her eyes and sobbed.
Because she was a general, she knew how many people die in war.
For years, she had seen people weep over the loss of someone’s father, brother, or lover.
No, there hasn’t been a single day that she hasn’t seen him since she became general. What made her not go crazy was her belief that the moon clan, the great Princess Kaguya, would one day put an end to this chaotic era.
“I don’t know anymore. The Crown Princess will get better. I don’t know. I don’t know.”
“Sabbath.”
“Dress Naeuri did her best, but the problem of this country is…”
Nothing was resolved.
The princess did her best to show justice, and Savvas vaguely knew what it was, but sadly, reality was harsh.
Nothing has changed for the better. If anything, the fact that Princess Kaguya disappeared from the tower will make the civil war worse.
“Without Princess Kaguya…”
“Sabbath. Listen carefully.”
“I no longer…”
“Princess Kaguya, whom you have served until now, is ultimately Princess Kaguya, isn’t she?”
Sabas was surprised by the princess’s words and looked at her face.
“What are you talking about?”
“Wasn’t the person you’ve been following for over 15 years Princess Kaguya?”
“Of course not! They were demons! They were demons! Furthermore, they deceived me! That woman made the monarchs…!”
“Did Princess Kaguya, whom you had served for 15 years, start a civil war, abandon her people, and treat her with favor?”
Savvas couldn’t answer.
He didn’t want to do it.
“It’s not like that!”
“Look! Isn’t there a Princess Kaguya whom you have faithfully served for 15 years? A princess who has not abandoned her people! Isn’t there a princess who has even given you the belief that one day she will put an end to this chaotic world!”
“B-but! Don’t you remember?! The Crown Princess Naeuri tried to kill us as soon as she discovered her identity! She looked down on us!”
“That’s it! Isn’t it because I suddenly appeared, detected that you were a demon, and tried to capture you? Think of Tsuyuya! When you fought me, you fought, but in the end, I told you the whole story and even gave you food and drink!”〈 Br〉
Sabas was confused. As soon as she saw it, the princess’s face became serious, and she held her waist and made her look at herself.
“Sabas. Think about it. Who on earth is the person you have been calling Princess Kaguya for 15 years?”
“B-but. That woman is a demon.”
“Isn’t being a demon important? What’s important about being a moon clan? Isn’t the most important thing the virtue of sitting there and somehow trying to lead the people to a good path!”
Sabbath let out a rough breath and eventually closed his eyes.
“Fake… It’s fake Princess Kaguya…”
“Are you saying that even the thought that I thought you could take care of for 15 years was fake? Even the belief that it would end the chaos was fake?”
Savas was unable to give an answer right away due to his confused mind. She placed her face in the arms of the princess who gave her the answer she couldn’t even think of and let out her hot breath.
“That feeling is not fake.”
