I created my own system

Apollo's pov

There are three people that my brother holds dear in his tender heart. I already said their names before, but I will say them again: Liam Tenor, his loyal aid, Edmund Tower, his beloved, and lastly, the princess.

I desired to take her while my brother could do nothing; he wouldn't be able to save her either, for she is meant to be condemned for treason.

Ah

Would it be better to let him kill her?

Will that satisfy me?

I wanna see it

Your grief

Your pain

I want to see broke them in tears as you beg on my feet just like I did before

After endlessly tormenting his beloved teacher and ruining his precious reputation, I was sure that Emilia would become even closer to him. Become even more important that living without her will burn him to pieces. That kind of despair that will make him lean to another person, tha right his teacher, and when he felt the most safe. I will take that final pillar you are leaning on and let it crumble it right in front of you. Just like when I have nothing you will feel in to. My dear brother, your downfall will start from the love you have for her. That love you tried to protect, I will let you be devour by it, so much I wouldn't be able to hear you breath.

[Princess Emilia, was she someone you really hate?]

"Yes though it was because my brother began treating me differently when she suddenly entered the picture...yes when she keep visiting, everyone suddenly changes. It wasn't really bad at first but then it became worst when she arrives. You know there was a time when I thought I was putting the blame on her for everything I went through in that house. So I tried to get to know her, in my own means and thats when I found that corrupt personality of hers"

[So after that she was already included to the plan]

"Yeah I wanted to take everything from her, just like how will I take everything from my brother"

[Will that be enough, after all you never plan to kill your brother]

I went silent for a bit, my plan to kill them all changes as I remember my mother.

She was the only reason why I am holding back, there was nothing in that house that I hold dear nor will I ever miss. I have no sympathy for them but for my mother, who is willing to support me, even in knowledge of what I could do for her foolish eldest son. Sparing his life was the only thing I could do for her, for not stopping me, though sometimes she did beg me to reconsider my choices. But it wasn't because she was worried about her other son, but because she was worried that revenge is not the answer I should pursue. That I should discover more of the world, and not be stuck at the place I choose.

In the end with everything that happened my original plan to completely obliterate the Lionheart duchy changes. My heart that is filled with hatred slowly mellow down, a warmth I never know I needed came to my life, and so I never regret the changes instead I embrace it. The people I met made my heart yearn for more, and that is when I realized why my mother wanted me to meet more people. To see more of the world, she was right and I was happy where I am right now.

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Apollo move into the sky gliding in the air as he arrives at one of the places that said to be one of the warehouse. Apollo observed first and wanted to see if it was realy the warehouse where those fruits are being delivered to.

"I wonder what progresss did the tower did after finding the thing that I left behind"

[Well for starters they are looking for you, because the contact we used to send the message was yours, so the person they will look for is you]

"Its okay I already prepared the reason for it, I will just say that I use a mechanical soldier to find the source of the horde, and I already left the half broken soldier. I also made the battlefield look as if it was a fight between the soldier and that disgusting broodmother"

[Do you think that will be enough to fool them?]

"I don't know, but hopefully it work"

He then zoom into the warehouse, that warehouse was just an old hut, that is hidden in the middle of a dangerous forest. Strangely it doesn't have any damages despite the ongoing blood season, where evey higher ranking beasts is very feral and territorial. Curious Apollo enter only to see some supplies making the old hut a guard post instead. However similar to the castle he sneak into, there was another lab underneath. Hidden away so that no one can see it. And so like before went inside and there is saw crates of fruits, Apollo felt like vomiting after he saw this. For some reason he felt nauseous, this sight feel incredibly disgusting for him. As if what he is seeing is wrong, an extreme feeling of rejection swells from his chest accompany by an emotion he is most familiar with.

Anger

Bloodlust

It draw his senses to a single conclusion

Destruction

Then the power of the system run through his raging mind and immediately calm it, Apollo breath in relief as if his previous outburst didn't happened. He move his hand and a pair of black gloves envelope his hand, these gloves enhances his casting time like the chanting bracelets though there is one feature that makes it a bit different. Every spell cast using these gloves makes it untraceable, the mana signature makes it unreadable making tracing impossible.

"Charming," he muttered, running his gloved fingers along one of the crates. "That emotion a while ago, was definitely from the fragents, are they angry for being treated like this, but how exactly did a fragment end up in a fruit?.....sigh.....is this really her plan? This is what she built her power on. How uncreative."

Just to be sure Apollo looked around perhaps there is a inform here that might actually help him. While searching he found a map with several marks.

"So the next target beast is already decided and they plan to feed it right after the blood season"

Apoll just nodded taking a mental note to look for ths beasts. Then he flick his wrist, and a spell flared to life in the air. Pale blue and humming softly, Apollo cast the spell called the Gentle flame. A ceremonial flame meant not for harm, but for cleansing. Due to the sympathy he had for the fragments being absued he decided to use this flames, his fingers snapped, and the magic ignited.

The fire crawled eagerly across the floor, devouring dust and corruption alike. Unexpectedly Apollo didn't leave immediately.

He stood there.

Watch the flames devour the crates

Then it came the blackened fruits

Apollo raised his hand and gathered the tiny shards that came from the burned fruits. It was very tiny than the normal ones he sees but without hesitation he took them and put them in his inventory.

The dancing flames continue its performance as for Apollo he stood there and waited.

A moment later the boy thought he could peacefully watch the place burn down, but then fate always does something to make things interesting. The flames reach something deep within the warehouse. It turns out one of the sealed containers contains a volatile fluid cracked. Then another came...and then—

BOOM!

The explosion shook the ground, and a chain of detonations followed. The power of the explosion made it even to the sky suprising even Apollo.Crimson, violet, blue bursts of light danced across the night sky. The fire had even caught the stored spell crystals. Flammable fuel erupted, one after another, and turn into spirals of flame and magic, like fireworks made to brighten your day but yet made from madness.

Apollo seeing the fire he made couldn't help but smiled, just slightly.

Above the smoke and ruin, colors bloomed in the sky, it was like a flower letting go of its petals at the dark and snowy night. It was like a celebration of a successful destruction. A symphony of fire and color just for the boy watching underneath it.

"Beautiful," he whispered. "Now this is more like the new year i was expecting"

It seems more flammable materials were stored underneath the warehouse and a second blast hurled a shockwave outward, pushing back with the snow with its heat and powerful wind. Apollo caught himself midair as he was blown away though that didn't do any damages, gently he landed on a nearby tree.

As the fires continue to burn down the sky Apollo decided to watch more. He sat there, legs dangling off the edge of the branch like a child.