Arc of the Souls Chapter 114: Arc 3, Chapter 37 - Satono Eria

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Satono's gaze didn't leave Asheera, even for a second. The Testharian's shoulders shivered. Satono wanted this, to finally get what she always wanted. But the sheer disgust on Asheera's face told her everything. These two people were loving sisters at one point, what the hell happened for Satono to look down on Asheera so much? Or so, that Satono was looking down on herself. For being part of a family that threw her out like trash. Something that Asheera simply couldn't understand. She'll never understand. That disgusting look on Asheera's face... That look. That look. It burned. "..." "..." The silence grew deeper. Darker. Quieter. Filling. Taking. Ruining. All-consuming. Their eyes never wavered, focused rock-solid. This is what they were waiting for. The reason for their existence... and why one of them was about to die. "... Care to explain what's going on, Princess?" The captain turned to Asheera. She didn't move at all. Satono remained the same, waiting for any sudden movements to occur. "... I do not know who she is." A laugh. A hearty laugh came from Satono's lungs, as if she just witnessed the most hilarious joke in her entire lifetime. "Really? Aha! AHAHA! Are you really saying that? After so many years, I'd thought you'd still look at me with those eyes, sister." Her smile widened even more, showing off her teeth. "Those eyes that looked down on me, always! ALWAYS!" A small crater formed beneath her feet. The Soul-Energy was seeping through her body like water. A dam waiting to break loose from its confines. "Satono... I..." "Spare me your worthless bullshit!" "..." Those eyes. That mouth. Stop looking down on me like I didn't matter. Stop looking down on me! Stop laughing at me! Don't you see!? Don't you see what I've become? Aren't I beautiful!? Strong!? I've surpassed you... Sister... I've gotten what you've wanted! "You people took everything away from me. You took everything from me when I had it all! It was just a stall! That was it! Why did Greatfather throw me away when I... when he- When- I..." Satono shook with such intensity, the tremor could be felt by everyone in the area. "Why... Why couldn't you understand me? Why!? I've given everything! EVERYTHING!" Asheera knew everything that she could say to Satono. All the horrible stuff that she did herself that made her stoop down to Satono's evil deeds. All the things Asheera held dear to her but still threw all of it away because of a mistake that will cost millions of lives. She had no right. No absolute right. To look her in the eye, to even be equal with her. Because what Asheera was, Satono was, but worse. The sheer cruelty Satono faced was much greater than any words could say, any books could tell. To tell her story was to break her will to live, that's how painful it is. "..." "Why was I thrown out? Why can't you tell me anything, Asheera? You... and your fake sympathy. You act like a saint. You think you understand how I feel, like you can speak to me with any level of respect. You're the same as that man! You never understood me! YOU NEVER WILL!" She was crying. "... Greatfather... Azrael... He said that you were going down a dark path like Uncle Fursan did. I thought-" "Don't you DARE bring my father into this!" Satono's roar thundered through the clearing. Her fingers dug deeper into the grip of her katana, the tremors in her hands increasing as well. "I didn't say those words, Satono! None of it was from me!" "You're all the same, all of you!" "..." Asheera's head turned toward the floor. "Do you know what they've done to me!?" Asheera was afraid of what Satono had to say. "You never cared! I begged and pleaded to come home but did anyone answer my call!? Did anyone care!? I burned down the fucking library just so you guys could LOOK at me! Acknowledge me! Act like I exist!" Satono then grew quiet. "... I was nothing more but an enemy to you, weren't I?" Her tone dropped an octave, it felt so heavy, like a mountain of dread and fear weighed down