Inside the dense forest where Arthur, Maule and the girl of royalty was finally making their way outside the forest and onto the plains and fields of the planet.
As they walked, the girl, who was finally awake started screaming, yelling, shouting, and ranting on Arthur and Maule.
“Dammit, this girl is pissing me off, I don’t know if she’s swearing at me or anything, ‘cause I don’t understand a single bit.”
I was already annoyed by her ranting that I almost wanted to just kill her now. I was tolerant of how she was acting, but for a royalty to be acting this way.
“Admiral, she said something about [you will be beheaded and responsibility]?... that is just my rough translation, I am still getting used to the planet’s language, but it would help if you find me a book so I can just analyze and record it in my database.”
“yeah, yeah…”
I just talked to my nanomachine as if it was just some normal insult, but then sudden realization came to me.
“Beheaded and responsibility… I’m going to get executed while I need to bear responsibility for my actions on her… is what she meant? This girl is getting on my nerves.”
Slowly but surely, I was already losing my composure and was about to aim my plasma pistol at her, and immediately pull the trigger, but I needed to remember, that she was a very essential asset to me.
I hate this girl… if she wasn’t only royalty, I would’ve already killed by now her.
That was until my nanomachine suddenly translated a rant that I was unable to understand.
“Admiral, she is currently saying [did your family even educate you? And something about respecting?]”
Family…
I lost my composure, I took one of my swords from my waist and pointed the tip at her neck, piercing her neck that slowly started to bleed, I looked at her with my red, bloody eyes, my intent to kill had spiked.
Seeing how I was reacting, she immediately stopped her ranting and became frightened, I saw fear in her eyes.
“Admiral, there has been a spike in your brainwaves, and an increase in blood pressure, pulse rate, breathing, etc, please control your mental state, Admiral.”
I was normally a very composed person with a powerful sense of self-control, but when she said ‘family’, I remembered something that made me lose my composure, was it anger? Rage? I didn’t know what it felt like, I never experienced it.
But if it was, the anger and rage I felt in that moment, as she said ‘family’, I couldn’t release it. I was not my normal-self, I lost control.
“Admiral, breathe, breathe, your mental state will only worsen, you must control yourself.”
I heard my nanomachine, yet why didn’t I listen, I just stared at her directly, my hand was shaking, my breathing was fast, and yet, I only looked at her.
Why? Why?! What’s is happening to me!
In my mind, I yelled.
Family? What is that?
I was a genius and a brilliant strategist and General, yet one word made me collapse and lose.
“Admiral! Breathe! Control yourself!”
When my nanomachine yelled at me, I finally regained control on my body and mind, I saw her neck started bleeding from the tip of my sword and started dripping from her neck and onto her yellow dress.
I retracted my sword from her neck, and sheathed It back at my waistline. I only looked back at her with a straight and blank face, I didn’t dare apologize or say anything, instead I just turned around and continued our walk.
I noticed that Maule had kept his composure as I lost control earlier, good thing he didn’t get frightened or anything, maybe he already knew what my personality was from the beginning.
But I couldn’t help but wonder why I lost my control.
Family? I forgot all about them? what were they again?
so... Here is a special chapter that shows more about Admiral Arthur Kliest past and personality.
nice.