This is an extremely short chapter but a pretty important one so I hope that you will not be too disappointed. >_<

It is strange that he wakes up and everything seemed to have been dreamlike. He knew that yesterday – just before he hit his bed – that he had no qualms with how his plan is going. It was progressing slowly but a progress is still a progress. Regardless of how big of a leap something could do to everything. But now, as he lays awake on his bed, alone, he finds himself questioning what made him do these in the first place.

Minseok scoffed as he his side. How could he forget? He was doing this as revenge. Or it could be seen as something like living up to his parents’ and his previous home’s expectations of him. His parents didn’t bat an eyelid when Emperor Chanming has ordered for him to be exiled because he is an abomination to the Dragonians. How could a Dragonian have a Magic that goes against their nature? The Emperor believed that Minseok was an even worse curse than being the Fire lost from them.

The rage that came over him because of that was enough to fuel his desire for revenge to burn for years and even encompass the boundaries of the Portals. Minseok has learned to strengthen himself enough to confidently eradicate Dragonia and their foolishness. He has thought to sparing his brother and his friends, of course. But things don’t turn out the way he planned for those who he has planned to save were the ones tasked to find a way to stop him.

His fate might’ve been a very twisted one because they have found the Fire, the only thing that could ultimately stop him and his plans of domination. At the back of his mind, he knew that his chances of success were significantly lowered. But he shouldn’t stop there, should he? Where would all his hardwork go if he just gives up then?

But right now, all he could think about is how alone he is. He was annoyed by Luhan and indifferent to Sehun but without them lurki