Death to Power
Copyright© 2025 by TheSmartOne
Chapter 44: Just Me and You, Reditha!
After Kaden’s escape, everything looked the same inside the Forest of Eternal Sunshine.
The guards were doing their duties like always. The forest was still angrily hot. The sky still shimmered in that cursed golden hue, and the castle stood there untouched—radiant, eternal, unchanged.
Looking at it from the outside, you’d think Kaden’s presence hadn’t impacted a single thing.
But it did.
Because there were two people whose lives had been undeniably shifted.
Rome, because after what happened, he was now painfully aware of how weak he actually was, and how dangerous this world truly could be. Something he already knew, sure.
But there’s a difference between hearing about something and living through it.
There’s a difference between knowing ... and understanding.
And now Rome understood.
And for the sake of his little brother—and for himself—
Rome vowed to become stronger.
As for Kaden?
“Who again?”
Rome didn’t know. Or maybe he just refused to know.
But he wasn’t the only one Kaden had affected.
There was also Sora.
Sora’s entire life was discipline and monotony. A life ruled by training, politics, obligation. The only joy she had left was her secret—singing. Hidden behind golden walls, protected in shadows she created for herself.
But now someone had seen it.
Someone had dared to witness it.
Worse—he had touched her. Bound her. Blackmailed her. And the worst ... he escaped.
And she couldn’t even talk about it.
Because he might’ve recorded it.
That one thought made her burn from the inside out.
She couldn’t allow anyone to live knowing that secret.
He had to be silenced.
“He has to either die, or...,” Sora whispered letting her words unfinished, her golden eyes igniting with solar fire.
But first...
She stepped toward the teleportation portal.
She had already reset its destination.
“It’s time to take the Evolution Quest.”
Because before anything else, she would break through and step into the Intermediate Rank.
And then...
“I’ll come for you, red-eyed bastard.”
WSHHH—!
Sora disappeared.
Gone from the golden castle and heading back to the heart of the Celestial Empire.
...
BAAM—!
Kaden slammed into the ground, hard.
A wave of dust exploded around him as he landed unceremoniously in the middle of nowhere.
“Ah ... fucking hell,” he muttered, lying there without even bothering to move.
He was exhausted—physically, mentally, emotionally.
He had been a breath away from capture. From death.
And the fact he had just blackmailed a princess?
“She’ll definitely come for me,” Kaden sighed, staring up at the blue sky with the normal, warm, yellowish sun.
A normal sun.
With what little time he spent with her, he already understood—Sora was the type who never accepted loss. Arrogant, spoiled, with too much pride to forget.
“Ah ... how bothersome,” he whispered. “First step in Fokay and I’ve already made the princess of the fucking Celestial Empire my enemy. I must be cursed.”
But before he could complain more—
[DING! Quest Complete.]
[You have successfully escaped a highly dangerous zone owned by the Celestial Empire without being caught. Only two individuals are aware of your presence.]
[You used wit. You used power. You were decisive and efficient. You proved yourself worthy of the title Child of Blood—but more than that, you showed humanity.]
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