The Villainess Wants To Go Home

Chapter 55 - A mother's Heart

Lykos threw his little sister into the room, she stumbled back and fell on her butt with a thud. Hot and

salty tears was streaming down her cheek while she hugged her wrist that was stinging from the burn

Lykos gave when dragging her out to the garden so aggressively.

Lykos glare down at her with no guilt of hurting her, the pure anger and humiliation she pulled towards

one of the ladies in garden out of anger.

"Do you have no morals. No princess should act the way you did in a measly conversation between

two people" he hissed, the flame encircling in his eyes. He wondered how this snotty girl was his sister.

No respect, no manners, no common sense, or patience just the bad habit of clinging to Neil and

causing such scenes that tarnishes his family name and shaming the royal family of Drakon for raising

such ill-mannered crown princess.

"Do you realise what you could have done if I hadn't come in the way. Katherine would have been burnt

even worse dead and you would have been charged with murder and I wouldn't be able to get you out

of trouble like always" Lykos scolded her with a slash of his hand that left a trail of flame.

"I-I'm s-sorry" she as in a stuttering mess. Bedelia knew she went out of line, but Katherine started so

why was she getting scolded for something Katherine provoked her to do.

"There is no sorry, Bedelia. There was none in the beginning." Lykos fisted his hands.

"Does it not go through your thick skull that Neil does not love you or want you. Whatever you try to do

he will never look in the direction of such an incompetent, bratty and fool like you" he fumed. "He

revolts the sight of you, yet you come back like an annoying bug annoying the shit out of everyone

around you."

Bedelia squeezed the hem of her skirt and glared back at him. "You don't understand" she growled.

"There is nothing for me to understand when I witness it myself. Now go home before I decide to kill

you myself" he looked at her in revolting manner before the slamming the door shut and leaving her in

the room by herself.

"no one does" she hugged cried in her hands. "I just want Neil to see me the way I see him. Why is it

so hard?"

"Mother" a pair of beautiful lavender eyes darted to the entrance of the room where Neil stood, a

handsome young man with eyes just like his father stared back at her in worry.

"Dear Neil, you startled me" she put a hand on her chest feeling her heart settle down a little from the

early jump scare.

"How is Ben?" Neil approached the Empress who sat beside his little brother's bed with her palm on

Benjamin's hand.

"He isn't doing well" the tears that she held back betrayed her. Neil embraced his mother with a hug,

letting her cry on his shoulder and to wash away the grief she held within her heart for so long.

For the Empress of Ventus she had to keep her head up high for her people even if it meant keeping

the agony of her youngest child sickness locked up.

"I have failed as a mother" Arabella wept. "I have failed to protect my youngest son. My dear little boy is

suffering all on his own while I watch from the sidelines. It should be me on that bed not Benjamin"

The maid and butlers in the room felt their heart sink at the sight of their loving empress cry in despair

yet they could not do anything to make her feel better but watch in pure guilt of being useless.

"Mother please don't blame yourself, it was never your fault" Neil comforted her wishing it had been him

instead than Benjamin who had gotten sick. He blamed himself for failing as a big brother.

"I miss his smiles, Neil. I miss his voice. What I will give to just see him smile again and hear his voice

waking me up in the morning to play dragons and dungeons. I wish I had laid all my work aside and

spent more time playing with him" she felt so much regret of putting her queen duties first before him

instead of spending more time playing the adventure games Benjamin loved so much.

"Why couldn't the gods choose to curse me instead of him? What has my little boy done to disprove the

Gods" His mother wailed within her oldest son's embrace.

"I have regretted many things in my life my dear Neil but never I have I felt so much guilt and remorse

for choosing duties over family" she fisted the back material of Neil's suit. "Neil what shall I do? What

shall I give the Gods to return my son's health back to normal?"

Neil released the hug and stared into her beautiful yet teary violet eyes of his mother. The dark bags

under hers told him that she head stayed up all night beside Benjamin without getting any sleep.

He felt even more worthless that his father spent his days in the temple praying to the Gods to have

mercy on Benjamin, forgetting all of his duty of Emperor and his duty to his people to have his youngest

son back to health.

Seeing his dear mother like this hurt him, it made him feel worthless as the oldest son. With a tear

falling down his cheek he lay his forehead on hers. "I promise I will find someone who will cure him. I

will look all over the world even it if kills me just to see his smile again"

"M-mother, b-big brother" a raspy voice got the attention of the two royals in the room.

Benjamin glanced at them with pain in his violet eyes. His face was pale, whiter than snow itself and his

lips dry with a hint of blue. He looked worse than yesterday "My little boy" the sight of her sick made

her cry again.

"I don- HUGH!" yellow and red liquid came gushing out of his mouth, spoiling the red the blanket the

covered half his body.

Arabella and Neil jolted up in worry. "GET THE DOCTOR" Neil commanded one the maids.

One bolted out the door and yelling for a doctor. "Mother" tears streamed down his cheeks. "It hurts" he

sniffed between his words. "I know sweety, I know" she wiped his mouth with her handkerchief.

Neil examined the vomit, the same red liquid Benjamin vomited out months ago. The ounce of horror

that travelled through his body was indescribable. He watched the maids move the blanket off of

Benjamin and taking it away while another brought a glass of water.

"Mother I want the pain to go away" Ben begged. Arabella felt her heart sink to the bottom when

hearing the words that every child would say when feeling so much pain. It broke her that she was not

able to do anything to get rid of the pain.

"Forgive my dear child" she pulled him into a hug letting the flow of her healing magic go through him.

"Forgive me for being a useless mother"

\~Somewhere in the forest of Viridis\~

"Hmmmmmmm" stroking her chin, Artemis examined the flower planted within the very soil of the

forest. It's triangle shaped petals radiated the light of the sun within itself, making it glow a light blue

colour.

"You seriously flied us down here for that measly weed" Homura grumbled clearly annoyed with Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Artemis who suddenly told Demarcus to fly down because she saw something that caught her eyes.

"If my knowledge is correct, that is a Veleno flower" Demarcus huffed. Artemis looked down to the page

of her journal which resembled the flower she drew from one of the books of the library.

"Yeah, it is" she slammed shut the journal, making Homura jump.

"What?" Homura was puzzled. "It's a poisonous flower to humans if eaten" Demarcus explained to

Homura who suddenly went silent like he was planning something in his little head.

"Is it poisonous to animals?"

"Not quite but will make them sick" Artemis said remembering what she read about them in the book

and writing it down.

"I see" he said making Artemis question herself whether this fox was planning to poison Demarcus or

not.

"So, is that it? Just to see a poisonous flower that kills humans and makes animals sick, what did you

say before oh wait 'We must not waste any time and get to Ventus quickly'". Homura mimicked Artemis.

Artemis crossed her hands and admired the expression Homura tried to pull of her. "You hypocrite of a

HUMAN!" she rolled her eyes and as she took unsheathed her tanto, scaring the nagging fox who

suddenly zipped his mouth at the sight of the silver sharp blade that reflected the rays of sunlight.

"Relax Homura I'm not going to do anything to you" Artemis said, bending down and slicing the flower

clean off then to wrap it around with a cloth carefully and then shoving it in her backpack.

"Artemis, may I ask why you need the Veleno flower?" Demarcus questioned uncertain to why she

needed him to fly down for a poisonous flower to human.

Artemis smirked as if she was waiting for someone to ask her that question. "Back in my assassin

years, I loved watching my prey fall under the poison I injected in them" a hint of mischievous

glimmered in her eyes making Demarcus a little uneasy.

"I wonder how my victims would fall if I poisoned my blades with the Veleno flower?" she mumbled to

herself as a sinister grin appeared on her face while she examined her tanto.

Homura felt a sudden chill run up his spine seeing Artemis like this for the first time. She looked like the

devil had risen up from hell and poisoned her mind.

"Artemis" Demarcus voice rose which made Artemis snap out of her thoughts, the terrifying face she

had disappeared bringing back the normal cold expression.

"You reminded me of something" she wagged the tanto at Demarcus who glanced at her in ambiguity.

He didn't know what she was thinking or mumbling seconds ago, but he hoped it wasn't something he

thought Artemis was thinking.

"Where there is Veleno flower there is Zuiver flower close by" she searched for the same looking flower

but in a light-yellow colour.

"Is that like an antidote flower?" Homura asked which got her to smile, impressed with his answer.

"Finally caught up with Demarcus have we" she teased making Homura grumble in annoyance and

making Demarcus chuckle silently.

"What's so funny, dragon?"

"A fox will never reach the level IQ of a dragon" Demarcus stated as he hovered his head over Homura

who lifted his head up high face to face with the dragon, looking straight into the green-emerald eyes of

the giant lizard.

"So, what if I'm not smart like you giant reptiles. Who needs it when you got magnificent coat of fur?"

Homura purred while curling his tail around himself. He sounded so proud of himself for stepping up to

the dragon without fear. "I can't imagine sleeping with a body filled spike scales. What a comfortable

feeling that would be"

Demarcus huffed a blow of hot air at the snobby fox making his fur puff up into a ball "Magnificent fur

huh" Demarcus chuckled.

Homura lay still for a second before shaking himself to straighten his fur again as he stroked his head

with his non injured paw. "Don't ruin my fur, you giant yellow reptile" he narrowed his eyes at him.

"Don't insult my scales, you ancestor of a dog" Demarcus poke him with his giant claw.

Homura jaw dropped at the mention of being called a dog. The world around him stopped as he let out

a gasp. Demarcus grinned revealing the rows of sharp teeth.

"Mummy" he fainted at the sight of the sharp rows of sparkling white teeth. Demarcus closed his

mouth, suddenly feeling guilty of scaring the little creature. "Oops"

He poked the dead looking fox on the ground. "Artemis, I think I may have killed Homura again"

Note: Those flowers are made up by me and me only. Don't go around searching up the flower

because they don't exist. Remember this is a fantasy world so be prepared for a lot of made up places

and animals.