TBATE: Love through time

Dirty work

Arthur POV

I felt bad for lying to Tess, but even then, I didn't want her to know what I was about to do, and that's why I pretended to sleep

Getting out of the bed, I regrettably had to leave the naked Tessia in there alone, feeling more than sad that I wouldn't be able to hug her through the night, but I had to do what I had to do

Kissing her one last time before covering her beautiful body with bed sheets, I put on some clothes and left the room using Godstep

Yesterday, we had sex for the first time, and Tess was able to finally lose he virginity in her second life. I know I said we wouldn't do it until we grew up a bit more, but the passion and temptation got the better of us, so here we are, doing it the second night in a row

I planned to do this " job" yesterday, but it's not really gentlemanly to leave the girl on her first night, right?

Looking down at Xyrus Academy at night gave me a weird feeling as if I was the one in absolute power, above the director, nobles, Lances, and even the council. This wasn't the first time I felt like this, I felt it a lot back when I was a King Grey in my past life, and even when I used the third stage of Sylvia's beast will back when I was able to activate it in battle with Nico and Cadell

But being familiar with the feeling didn't mean I was very fond of it. Truth to be told, it was only bringing back bad memories, like losing my best friends Nico and Cecil on my path to becoming the king in my past life or losing Sylvie, and soon even Tessia when I used the third stage

The loneliness of being a king, and the resurfacing feeling of emptiness I felt back when I realized that even though it felt like Sylvia was right next to me, I would never be able to see her again

' And even now, nothing good will come out of this feeling ' I thought as I once again activated the godstep and let the aetheric paths lead me to my room

For the last couple of days, ever since I came back, I avoided this room, knowing that the moment I stepped in, my roommate would be here, and that meeting him would just make things that much harder for me

I was even avoiding our classes together, just to be able to steel my heart for this moment

Looking at the bed, the snoring could be heard from, I saw my best friend in both lives. Nico... no, Elijah was sound asleep, as if there was no worry in the world

Conjuring a sword made out of pure aether, I pointed it at his core, prepared to stab him at any moment

Even with the sword pointed at him, he slept as if there was no danger anywhere near him like there was nothing in this world that could harm him, even though that was as far away from the truth as it could be

His death won't be quick, I was very well aware of it. The only way to kill him quickly would be to stab him in the heart or take the head off his shoulders, but I didn't have the luxury of doing so. With soul fire sleeping dormant within him and its ability to heal him and kill everyone in this building, I couldn't let myself make a slip-up, even if it would mean that his death would be painful - that's why I was aiming for his core

' I wish there was another way, I truly do ' I thought as tears streamed down my face, clouding my vision to the point I couldn't even properly see the face of my best friend moments before I would kill him

Bringing my sword down with its full speed, I stabbed him

The moment my sword penetrated him, destroying his core in the process, he woke up and tried to scream, but even if someone heard him, there was no helping him. I made my sword bigger than usual, making sure that even the greatest emitters in the Dicathen wouldn't be able to heal him