Liu Vyh Fenrirus. A woman that was said to become the next head of the Fenrirus clan. However, Liu herself never believed in such a thing. She couldn't even imagine her father who treated her like a failure going his way to appoint her as the next head.
After all, her father, Zen Von Fenrirus was a despicable man. A man who only cared about himself, and nothing else, no one else.
Long ago, when Liu was still a young child, she used to spend time with her brother Kang. Kang was a free-spirited person, but he was also very caring, or so how Liu remembered him. She had never felt any distance between him and his brother despite him being much older than her.
She liked to hear about her brother's journey and about the things that he wanted to do. And when she talked about her dream, he would listen to her and give her advice.
Even though she was still young at that time, she could tell that her brother was a person that she could look up to.
"Someday, I will go and explore the world. There are many interesting things in this world, you know. Like that sea creature! Gigantic, wasn't it?" said Kang, one day while Liu and he were chatting in their family's beautiful garden.
Kang had just come back from a mission that his father asked him to perform.
"The Gi-gizolosaure?" Little Liu tilted her head as she couldn't quite remember the name of the creature.
"Hahaha. It's Gizolore." Kang helped Liu to remember with a kind tone. "This creature is as big as our mansion, you know?"
"If it's so big… What does it eat?" Liu asked curiously.
Kang was a little surprised by Liu's question, but then he smiled. "I heard that you are not obedient, the Gizolore will appear in your dream and eat you," he said, and grabbed Liu by her waist and lifted her in the air.
"Brotherrr! I am not a kid anymore!!" Liu protested.
Most of the time, their discussion wasn't that long or complex, but Liu just felt like she could tell anything about her brother. It might not be something special in other people's eyes, but for Liu, her brother was the closest person to her. She held onto all of these precious memories as she grew up, and they shaped her personality.
"Kang." Like every time, however, the voice of this man caused Liu to shiver. He always appeared as if trying to separate her and her brother.
This man, her father, had rarely called her name, and when he did, it was to remind her about how unwanted she was in his eyes.
Fortunately, her brother was there. She believed that one day, she would go with her brother on his journey, far from this place… That was why what happened next broke her. Liu was 14 at that time.
"What?!" Zen's voice echoed throughout the whole residence. The reason was Kang's declaration. "What did you just say, Kang?!"
"You heard me, father. I can't do this anymore. I have my ambition, and my dream, you don't have the right to take them from me. During these 20 years, I have always followed your orders, and did those… I don't even know why I had to do all of those things," Kang said with unwavering determination. He should have known what confronting his father head-on implied, however, he had his limits and he didn't want to let his father control other his life forever.
However, Kang was na?ve. His mistake was to believe that his father still had good left in him.
He knew that his father didn't treat Liu like his daughter. He didn't even acknowledge her existence, to begin with, and so he thought that it wouldn't make any difference if for his father if he brought Liu with him.
For some reason, Kang always felt that his father never intended to let him succeed in his place. And he didn't want to be tied down in one place too, so he thought that if he confronted him head-on, his father would have no choice but let him go.
"You disappoint me." His father muttered. It was at that moment that Kang, and Liu who was watching, understood.
"L-i-u…" The lower part of Kang's body began to freeze as he turned and looked at Liu. "So..r.."
"Brother!" Liu cried and rushed to his brother's side.
The man who just used his power to take his son's dream away just looked at the scene with apathetic eyes.
Kang's spine was completely frozen and then shattered. He never woke up again, and never will.
"Liu. You are a failure but you are not like your brother, are you?" The man, the monster looked at Liu, and she couldn't do anything but cower in fear.
From that day onward, Liu swore to herself that she would be the one who take down this man. As such she continued to bear with everything her father put her through, waiting for the day while continuing to find ways to become stronger.
However, at some point, she also realized that taking her father head-on wasn't something as easy as it sounded.
Years went by, but she wasn't even close to her goal. Her father was so influential, not only on the surface but also in the shadow. She had to rethink her plan again and again until she met a certain man.
Liu never believed in fate or destiny, and so she always worked hard more than anyone else to satisfy her desire with her own hands.
Despite how she acted, however, Adam left an impact on her. She couldn't deny it. Also, she didn't know how it happened, but she was now more powerful than she used to be.
She knows that she was pathetic, and in the end, she was just afraid of her father. She knew that her father wouldn't hesitate to inflict on her the same punishment as her brother if she defied him. However, unlike her brother, she continued to run away and hoped that a miracle would happen. She knew that her hard work would never be enough, but she couldn't do anything but put up with the tough act.
'However, sometimes, miracles do happen, so Liu thought as she parted ways with Adam on the airfield. She didn't look back because it was not his fight, and it was something that she needed to do alone.
Her uncle Haozu tried to hide what happened to her friends, but she know her father and his inhuman character. Nonetheless, she couldn't waver or everything would be in vain.
And so, she made her preparation. However, there was only one way to end things.
"So you have returned, Liu." Her father didn't look pleased, in fact, he didn't show any emotion at all even after knowing what Liu had gone through.
Of course, that was not something that surprised Liu at this point as she looked her father in the eyes.
"That look in your eyes. Do you have something to say?" His father continued, sitting on top of his throne-like chair.
The Fenrirus residence was constituted with hunters of Chinese-looking castles, and Liu and his father were now inside one of those. It was a place in which Zen, her father, met with representatives and envoys from other families. As such, the hall was spacious and exhibited the power of the Fernrirus clan.
"I challenge you in a death battle. If I win, I will take your place," Liu said without turning around the bush.
Her father was a little surprised, but soon, even that slight look of surprise vanished. "Why would I do that?"
"I don't give you the choice. However, you can always decide to let yourself be killed!"
Crystal wings appeared on Liu's back, propelling her forward, and then she was surrounded by white lotus-like petals.
This was her new power, given to her by the fragment. They appeared to be simple petals but they were the product of a bizarre phenomenon. Everything these petals touch would freeze in time.
"Foolish kid." When he saw Liu rushing at him, he didn't even move, as if he had already foreseen her move.
"Guah!" Before she could even reach her father, Liu coughed out a large amount of blood.
After that, she went sent crashing into a gigantic pillar. Boom!
Liu fell helplessly to the ground, and all she could do was glare at her father one last time.
At that time, she saw two people beside her father. One of them wore a lab coat, and he was holding something that looked like a heart in his hand right hand. The other one was a knight wearing shiny silver armor.
One last time, Liu thought about her brother's face. 'Sorry, brother, I couldn't do it.'
Then… The face of a particular person appeared inside her mind as she was about to lose consciousness. 'I wish I could see you again, Adam…'
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