[ To start with, Clarith with lay out a golden key. Heart will definitely recognize it. ]
I... Didn't know what this was when I first found it waiting for me. But I understand it now. There's... A story to go with it. Arianna and Nari will know more of the details, I only know what I've read of my own autobiography. Ardyn knows some things, too, but...
[ She takes a deep breath, as if she's a bit unsure. ]
...After I fled to Aceid, I know Mikaela and I were employed by Lord Freezis and his family as maids. There, Mikaela met King Kyle Marlon. He... Fell in love with her, and eventually broke off his engagement to the ruler of Elphegort's neighbor: Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche.
[ Those from Earth who know history would recognize that last bit, because that's exactly Marie Antoinette d'Autriche. ]
She was the ruling princess, and... She was very, very angry. Nari and Arianna read about it. She... Committed genocide upon Elphegort, ordering the deaths of all Elphe women. And her army was strong. I read how we hid Mikaela, but she was... Still found. I was apparently captured at some point and held prisoner.
[ She is quiet for a bit. ]
...The Green Hunting, as it was called, was ended with Mikaela's confirmed death. Soon after, revolution sparked in Lucifenia and the princess was beheaded by her own guillotine. Or... So the story went. I know my autobiography cut off talking about a girl who was just as lonely as I was, but... I didn't realize until last night what that meant. There is still a sizable gap in my memory, but...
[ ...She's nervous and she fidgets a bit, staring down and boring a hole in the floor. ]
...I remember being on a beach at night. There's a girl with long, golden hair kneeling, sobbing, with her back turned. She threw a bottle into the water, and I recall Mikaela's voice demanding I take revenge. The feelings I know then... There's pain and anger and despair. The girl is... Riliane. A fallen princess who somehow survived a revolution. I nearly killed her, and then there was... A boy who looked like her before me. And he smiled sadly at me. I was thrown off, so I looked to Mikaela for help, only to realize she wasn't Mikaela. She was a demon wearing her face, tempting me. Riliane--Rin--turned to me and begged me to kill her. She had razed my home, my country, and purposely killed numerous people to kill the woman I loved, after all.
[ Clarith is quiet. A bit uncomfortable. ]
...I couldn't do it. I cut her hair, but I couldn't kill her. The knife became silent, and turned into this key. I... Don't know if it can still do that. I'm scare that they sent me a potentially demon-possessed object. Don't touch it. Don't listen to it. Please. And I felt you all should know... What happened. So I don't have something to hide.
Meeting Sharesies Time
I... Didn't know what this was when I first found it waiting for me. But I understand it now. There's... A story to go with it. Arianna and Nari will know more of the details, I only know what I've read of my own autobiography. Ardyn knows some things, too, but...
[ She takes a deep breath, as if she's a bit unsure. ]
...After I fled to Aceid, I know Mikaela and I were employed by Lord Freezis and his family as maids. There, Mikaela met King Kyle Marlon. He... Fell in love with her, and eventually broke off his engagement to the ruler of Elphegort's neighbor: Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche.
[ Those from Earth who know history would recognize that last bit, because that's exactly Marie Antoinette d'Autriche. ]
She was the ruling princess, and... She was very, very angry. Nari and Arianna read about it. She... Committed genocide upon Elphegort, ordering the deaths of all Elphe women. And her army was strong. I read how we hid Mikaela, but she was... Still found. I was apparently captured at some point and held prisoner.
[ She is quiet for a bit. ]
...The Green Hunting, as it was called, was ended with Mikaela's confirmed death. Soon after, revolution sparked in Lucifenia and the princess was beheaded by her own guillotine. Or... So the story went. I know my autobiography cut off talking about a girl who was just as lonely as I was, but... I didn't realize until last night what that meant. There is still a sizable gap in my memory, but...
[ ...She's nervous and she fidgets a bit, staring down and boring a hole in the floor. ]
...I remember being on a beach at night. There's a girl with long, golden hair kneeling, sobbing, with her back turned. She threw a bottle into the water, and I recall Mikaela's voice demanding I take revenge. The feelings I know then... There's pain and anger and despair. The girl is... Riliane. A fallen princess who somehow survived a revolution. I nearly killed her, and then there was... A boy who looked like her before me. And he smiled sadly at me. I was thrown off, so I looked to Mikaela for help, only to realize she wasn't Mikaela. She was a demon wearing her face, tempting me. Riliane--Rin--turned to me and begged me to kill her. She had razed my home, my country, and purposely killed numerous people to kill the woman I loved, after all.
[ Clarith is quiet. A bit uncomfortable. ]
...I couldn't do it. I cut her hair, but I couldn't kill her. The knife became silent, and turned into this key. I... Don't know if it can still do that. I'm scare that they sent me a potentially demon-possessed object. Don't touch it. Don't listen to it. Please. And I felt you all should know... What happened. So I don't have something to hide.