Location: Azure Palace, Throne Room
The golden throne room of the palace was shining, but there was a heavy echo in the air.
The fire of King Azure's anger was raging throughout the room.
King Azure (roaring in anger):
> "Dryan Azure! Are you crazy?! You want to marry your own sister Elara to the devil Ravit Drea from an enemy dynasty?! Are you even in your senses?!"
Queen Serefina, standing beside him, smiled deeply. Her eyes were shining as if she had received confirmation of a game.
Queen Serefina (smiling softly):
> "Now see, this fool has axed his own feet."
But Ravik, that is Dryan Azure, standing in front of the king, was calm - absolutely calm.
No fear, no remorse.
He slowly stepped forward. Walked straight into the king's angry aura.
Ravik (in a slow and calm tone):
> "Your Majesty... your anger is justified. But please listen to me completely."
The king looked at him quietly.
Ravik:
> "You consider Ravit an enemy, and rightly so... but think - what if the same Ravit becomes your son-in-law?"
The entire court was stunned.
Ravik (continuing):
> "If he is bound to our house, he will not fight openly. And if he does, the whole world will call him a 'treacherous son-in-law'. We can win this war without a sword."
King Azure (furrowing his eyebrows):
> "And Elara? Is she just a pawn in your game?"
Ravik (with fire in his eyes):
> "No father... she is the queen. But this is politics - where the value of every pawn, every queen is understood only when she thinks like a king. And I will give that power to Elara."
Silence prevailed in the court.
Queen Seraphina's smile had now turned cold.
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Scene cut: Palace gallery
Ravik was walking alone quietly. Then a voice came from behind -
Queen Seraphina (smartly):
> "Well played, Drian. Now you have become a real chess player."
Ravik stopped, did not look back.
Ravik (slowly but in a sharp voice):
> "This is just the beginning Queen Mother...
The next move will be yours - and the checkmate will not be mine."
"Tears of Compassion, Smiles of the Devil"
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Location: Azure Royal Garden, evening
The sun was about to set, and golden light filled the Royal Garden. The fragrance of flowers was in the air, but what happened there put a halt to even that beauty.
Ravik (aka Drian Azure) was walking slowly along the garden paths—quiet, steady, but with hundreds of plans running through his mind.
Then...
Crack!
The sound of a loud slap.
Elara Azure, his younger sister, was standing in front of him. Tears were flowing from her eyes, but her face was burning with anger.
Elara (screaming):
> "You devil! What did I do to you?! Why are you doing all this?! Why are you forcing me to marry a monster like Ravit?!"
Ravik (cold voice, no emotion in eyes):
> "Because I don't care what happens to you. This marriage will happen - whether you like it or not."
With that, he walked ahead without turning around.
Elara sat down on the floor behind him, put her head on her knees and started crying loudly.
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Cut scene: Elara's room, some time later
Amona Azure's room was quiet. Elara came running, and bent straight over her mother's bed. She put her head in her mother's lap and started crying.
Elara (trembling voice):
> "Mother... Mother... I don't want to get married. I will be ruined... I will die mother..."
But...
She didn't know that the lap she had put her head in... was no longer Amona's.
Ravik had already killed his mother — and now the one sitting there was just a Soul Servant, whom Ravik used as a living corpse.
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Cut scene: Ravik, on the roof of the palace
Ravik watched the pieces of his plan come together from a distance.
No regrets in his eyes, no hesitation.
Just a dark, devilish smile...
Ravik (looking up at the sky, slowly):
> "I don't want a heart...
I won't hold back my tears...
This world is a game —
And I... am the architect of the end."
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