Binding The Playboy

It was a stormy night when she pointed her sword towards the throat of a lady in front of her — wearing a  torn dress, a pair of beautiful brown eyes, and messy hazel hair looking at her with emotionless eyes.

Standing in front of her, the thunder roared and the lightning highlighted her pair of purple red eyes. The color of her eyes symbolizes her agony and madness towards her as she pointed the sword in her throat with a trembling hand.  She who had eyes that change colors with its emotion cries in tears.

She cannot believe herself or didn't even see it coming. She realizes she was an idiot for the life she lived. She thought she protected them, but she was the one who was tricked and abused by her kindness to them.

Eyes that once had a beautiful sparkling night sky expressing her emotion of love to them now filled with madness and pain as it made her emotionless. She had never once thought about this betrayal. She trusted them the most.

She has already lost someone she cherished the most, and now the one she hopes to not leave her side has also left her. She didn't lose them, they left her alone in the cold and cruel world.

Betrayals of friendship and love, she had already enough. She gulped, having hatred in her eyes as she glares at the lady with hazel-colored hair — she cuts her head in a swift second leaving no trace of the body.

She knelt down as she felt her knees get weak. The thunder roars again and the silhouette of the bodies below her appeared. The body of the friends she killed made her heart burst into pain once more. She has accepted the fate she doesn't want to, but she also had no other choice.

Losing sanity, she thought killing them is right. She was made into a villainess that no one wants.

A year passed, and another year until the present. Each day came after the accident and each day comes with a hope of telling, please save me.

Each day she comes with a regret in her heart. But also hatred towards them. Each day she was punished by the warm memories she made with them. She missed the old days when she can still smile brightly and have hope like the light she had lost in herself.

No one ever wanted on that day of the accident. Not even her friends also wanted it. They all have no other choice, they are all but victims of greed for power.

Another year passed and it's already the anniversary of their deaths. Each year of day, she imagines herself with them. Still happy and smiling, hoping for a savior to save them. But no one came, and no one approached.

She stood there in her window looking through the city she has built in the past years. She already has it all — power and men but she still wasn't satisfied.

Regrets creeping up on her, she decided to run away. "If she can run away, then I should do it too, right?" She thought of herself under the big old tree as she stares into Hiro's grave — her old friend.

The wind was a little chilly but she didn't care while the moonlight embraced her dark blue hair. She puts her cloak in and left the world she created from her power forever.

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[Present Day]

The bird's chirping from her window sill while the sunlight peeked through Elyse's window. She opens her chocolate eyes tainted with gold, hazel orbs shining as the sunlight reflected her beautiful eyes. She groans as she stretches her arms and body. She took a deep breath and look outside from her window.

She heared her little brother's voice from the garden which made her fell into curiosity. She peeked from her window to the garden as saw her little brother playing with their Father.

Her Father is a gardener and works on a botique shop while her Mother works at a cheapmarket place where she sells fruits and vegetables inside the city.

Elyse's home is far away from the Empire. A countryside with enough food resources that planted freshly from her Father. Even though he is a botanist, he also knows how to plan vegetables and fruits.

"Hey careful Luke!" Elyse shouted from her window when she saw her little brother playing with their Father. Elyse started her day bathing herself beside the waterfall from their house. After she bath, she puts on her clothes and came back to the house while her hair still wet.

The refreshing wind from the morning made Elyse even more happier. Today, she can feel it. Her day will be much more happier than before.

"Child, breakfast is ready!" Her mother calls her out when she entered the house. Elyse nodded and dries her hair with wind spells she studied last night. Her smile went ear to ear as her heart pounding hard. It's been weeks ever since she finally succeeded in using wind spell.

From childhood, she dreamt of being The Great Magician that will serve the Master of the Empire and this world. She dreamt of being on her side, protecting her from danger though that would be a distant dream.

The Master of the Empire doesn't want such a thing to protect her. She's powerful. Powerful enough to create another dimension to live on. The Master is also the one who taught the four leaders of the four districts spells and martial arts.

But still, having the title "The Great Magician" is one of the best thing that Elyse wanted to have. A kind hearted and warm person like hers deserve that. After drying up her brown chocolate hair, she goes down to the kitchen to eat breakfast with her family.

Everything in the morning went well. After breakfast, her father and mother headed to the city for work while she was left alone with her brother. They both played games like chess. And in the afternoon, she took her little brother on a nap while her brother is napping, she took a book that she borrowed from the City Librarian and studied magic again.

She's now on the 5th level of Magician. For Magicians, they believed that having these three things; mana, status and knowledge will make them stay beside The Master of the Empire and get the title, "The Great Magician" and have the "piece of Eternal Stone". It is a stone that came from The Master's power.

The other pieces of the Eternal Stone was given to the four leaders. But since The Master is now missing, the other nobles believed that if they showed their prowess at leadership and magic, they might be given greater power.

But for Elyse, it isn't something like that. She wanted the title, yes but not the Eternal Stone. Because she believes that if you wanted to serve The Master, status and power is not required to achieve such but serving The Master is much more better than getting the title. Like she always dreamed of.

For most young magicians, they can only attain the 3rd level of being a magician. For those whose talented will be those 4th magicians. In which case, Elyse - her magic's power is level 5 is a rare case. If she's already in the 5th stage, there's a possibility that she can attain the level 10th mana of magic. A level deserving for the Great Magician.

The night falls and Elyse decided to make dinner. She calls out her little brother and they both ate their dinner. It's already 9pm yet their parents aren't home. She's starting to get worried while the clock continues to tick in each seconds. It's 9:30pm and she started to walk back to back while biting off her nails. 10:00pm and there's still no signs of her parents.

She decided to find them. Determined, she took her cloak from her room and is about to open the door when her brother called her name.

"Sister Elyse, where are you going?" She stopped closing her eyes. Elyse doesn't want him to feel worried that their parents aren't home yet. Luke is a smart child but she still want to protect him. She knelt down facing Luke.

"Luke, i'm going outside. Don't come out okay?" She said and hugged her brother with her trembling arms. She can't lie to her brother.

"Are you going to search for mama and papa?" He asked. Elyse sigh. Sometimes, being too smart is scary. She nodded with a faint smile in her face.