I Was Not Meant To Exist-Chapter 53: bad day for thomas

A purple crystal sphere wrapped inside a glass cube floated above the sky in a room capable of holding tens of thousands of people, every pair of eyes present staring at that purple crystal sphere, except for one person.

Alex, who stood in the stands, was not looking at the purple crystal sphere, but instead at Katarina, who was sitting near the trial arena.

Their gazes met for quite a long time, no words came out from either of them, there was only the voice of the king trying to explain about the purple crystal sphere.

But even with the king’s voice echoing through that massive room, Alex did not hear it with focus, he only stared at Katarina.

Katarina moved her lips, a sentence escaped her mouth without sound.

One of Alex’s eyebrows rose when he saw Katarina speaking without a voice, he repeated what she said.

"We’ll...talk later?"

Alex only looked at Katarina with an expression of disbelief, he held himself back and slowly sat down again.

Ken and Aril, who saw Alex like that, felt confused.

Ken nudged Alex’s shoulder, he spoke to Alex who was now only sitting in silence.

Ken’s voice reached Alex, and now he could also hear the king’s voice in the trial arena.

"What’s wrong with you? Your mood changes way too fast, it’s making me scared, damn it..."

Alex only held his black hair, he lowered his head, his chest rising and falling quickly.

"I’m fine..."

Alex calmed himself and tried to hear what the king was saying.

In the trial arena, the king swept his gaze across everyone present at that grand trial.

He slowly rose from his seat, and walked to the place where Clay and the prosecutor had been standing earlier. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

He pointed toward the purple crystal above his head.

"What you are seeing right now is the bone of malakar..."

Everyone listened solemnly to what the king was saying.

"....it is an artifact that was recently found, after we lost it centuries ago."

The king continued without hesitation.

"As the name suggests, that artifact came from the bones of the first dragon king, Malakar."

Everyone tried to focus their hearing, because what the king was saying was something ordinary people rarely knew.

"The bone of malakar inherited the will of the first dragon king, its power resides within it..."

The king took a deep breath and exhaled it.

"...a power capable of repairing or creating openings in the mystical barrier of the silent mountains."

Everyone who heard it got chills when the king spoke about the bone of malakar, and gradually whispers could be heard among them.

"If that’s the case, then the Overmas family was clearly framed..."

"Was Dark Side the only mastermind behind all this...or..."

The whispers of the audience now brought wild theories among them.

The king calmed those whispers, and the room fell silent again.

"We were asked to guard it until the dragons came to retrieve it..."

The king extended his hand toward Clay, who was sitting at his table.

"...and Clay volunteered to keep it in his mansion..."

Gradually, the people present began to connect the story they had heard about the Overmas mansion being infiltrated by komodos.

But Alex, who was in the stands, clicked his tongue, he massaged his forehead, a whisper escaping him.

"So they’re not talking about the train incident after all..."

The king, who was in the trial arena, continued what he was saying.

"You all should be able to draw your own conclusions about what happened next..."

The audience slowly nodded, understanding what the king meant.

The king pointed at the bone of malakar.

"....all the losses and suffering you have experienced were caused by the bone of malakar..."

The king’s blue eyes turned cold, his voice sounding heavier.

"Dark Side, who serve the demons, tried to steal it several times... but they failed, and we also suffered no small amount of damage."

The audience nodded as they listened to the king’s words.

The king let out a breath.

"They even created an evolved demonic energy, now even people who possess mana can be infected."

The atmosphere in the room became heavy.

The king continued in order to lighten the heavy mood.

"But even with all those trials, a small light still appeared... among us, someone emerged with a potion that can cure demonic energy."

The atmosphere in the room became lighter and confidence was once again etched onto the faces of those who heard it.

The king was not finished, his voice now sounded softer, but his tone was colder than before.

"This is a warning! To those who betray us, whoever they are. I will sever their heads with my own hands..."

The king’s words carried a wave of mana that blew across everyone present.

Adan, Russ, and Clay, who heard that, nodded their heads, except for Thomas who only stared blankly at the king.

Katarina, who saw that, chuckled slightly, she spoke in her heart.

’What will you do now, traitor.’

The king’s words gave confidence to the people present.

The king pointed at Clay again, his voice becoming loud once more.

"With everything that has happened and the evidence regarding the manipulation of demonic energy on the subordinates of the Overmas family..."

The king wanted to finish his words, but his smart bracelet vibrated in the middle of his breath.

Everyone waited to hear what the king was going to say, but the king did not finish his words for some time.

He looked at his vibrating smart bracelet, the king’s blue eyes trembled as he saw a message on it.

From the seats not far from the arena, the dwarves stood from their seats and slowly approached the arena.

The king looked at them, one of them had a white beard, he spoke to the king, everyone looked at those dwarves, and the dwarf spoke, his voice was not loud but the people nearby hearing it caused a chain reaction.

"The northernmost fortress has fallen...."

Only one sentence from the white-bearded dwarf, but that sentence caused an uproar in the courtroom.

The king immediately took action, he stopped the trial right then and there, and the people present slowly left the massive courtroom.

Katarina, who was also leaving, was stopped by Alex, and the two of them went somewhere.

After some time, the courtroom that had once been crowded with tens of thousands of people now only had a few people left, they were now standing in a circle looking at one another, even Clay, who was still handcuffed, joined them.

The king looked at the dwarves, he asked them.

"What are the details?..."

One of the dwarves spoke on behalf of the others.

"The magical barrier was only breached this morning, we handled it according to procedure... but the northernmost fortress could not even hold for a day..."

Adan and Russ swallowed hard, while Clay asked the queen to remove his glass handcuffs.

Tony Adams listened while stroking his chin, and Thomas remained silent, his golden eyes trying to find an opening.

A rough sigh came from the king, everyone looked at him.

"What came out? Did the mystical creatures come out too..."

The dwarves were silent for a moment, one of them spoke.

"The situation is far worse, the mystical creature is leak..."

Hearing the name of that mystical creature, everyone fell silent, the king scratched his forehead.

Meanwhile the dwarf continued.

"...he is controlling the corruption giant, namely buto ijo and its horde."

Thomas spoke before anyone else.

"That could flatten dwarf territory if help does not arrive quickly enough..."

Thomas combed back his neatly styled black hair, his golden eyes fixed on the king.

"....the problem is that we are also guarding the bone of malakar, and the damage we are still suffering..."

The king looked at the dwarves again.

"What is the elf queen’s response? Is she already there?"

The dwarves shook their heads, and the white-bearded one spoke.

"The elf queen cannot come... the western sea is also in turmoil because of the leak that came out..."

Clay cursed upon hearing that.

"Damn it... can its influence really reach thousands of kilometers?"

Adan clicked his tongue when he heard Clay.

"Did you never study? He’s a mystical creature..."

Tony Adams, who had been silent the whole time, began to speak.

"I think there is no other choice..."

Tony Adams looked at the king, who still had to weigh everything.

"....you have to go there representing humanity, Max."

The king looked at Tony Adams, a sigh escaping him.

"Damn it... I don’t want to leave the territory at the worst possible time."

The king looked at the white-bearded dwarf, their height difference making him bow his head slightly.

"I will go there, ambassador of the dwarves. You can prepare yourselves first..."

The dwarves agreed, they slowly left the giant courtroom that was now quiet and nearly empty.

The king looked at the people who remained.

The queen, Tony Adams, Clay, Adan, Russ, and Thomas waited for his words.

"All that remains is the bone of malakar..."

Thomas’s golden eyes trembled slightly upon hearing that, his blood heated up but his palms felt cold.

Unfortunately, when Thomas spoke, Clay also spoke at the same time.

"I think I can guard the bone of malakar..."

"In my opinion, it would be better to guard the bone of malakar together..."

The overlapping voices of Thomas and Clay echoed around the trial arena, the others looked at them, but Thomas and Clay only stared at each other.

Clay scratched his neck with his hand, now no longer shackled.

"What are you thinking? Don’t you see what state I’m in?"

A sigh came from Thomas, he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I know... but I’m different from you, right?"

Clay chuckled, he pointed at Thomas.

"What’s the difference, damn it? If bad luck strikes you, you won’t be able to avoid it..."

Thomas and Clay argued for a while, their voices now not only echoed in the trial arena, but also slowly spread to the empty audience seats.

Thomas looked at the king, his golden eyes looked unwavering, but there was a glimmer of hope there.

"I can guard it...."

Clay could only shake his head.

Meanwhile Tony Adams glanced slightly at Thomas, who was still looking at the king, he remembered what Katarina had once said.

’The person who kept mentioning the bone of malakar, huh?....’

Tony Adams closed his eyes and let out a sigh.

’...but the proof is still not enough.’

Thomas kept staring at the king, but his life seemed ready to collapse when the king shook his head, his heart beating fast, his golden eyes widening as if disappointed.

Not disappointed in the king, but in himself.

The king spoke, he looked at everyone, and everyone listened except Thomas, who now only heard ringing in his ears.

"The bone of malakar will be guarded in the palace by the queen..."

The king looked toward Clay and Thomas.

"Clay and Thomas will help together with Black and White."

The king’s gaze shifted to Adan and Russ.

"Adan and Russ will come with me to the north..."

The king shifted his blue eyes to the last person, he smiled faintly.

"I would be glad if you were the one to replace me in watching over the entire territory for a while, old man..."

Tony Adams chuckled, he stretched his body.

"Even though I’m already old, there’s still so much work..."

The king chuckled, he shrugged.

"What else can we do... but I’ll also keep Kirana safe there..."

One of Tony Adams’s eyebrows rose.

"Yeah... just throw that kid and the other third-year students if things get worse."

The king nodded while his right arm was held by the queen.

"You must not let the third-year students join the fight..."

The king held his queen’s hand.

"Of course... what do you think of me? The old dwarf in the north and I will handle them."

Russ and Adan narrowed their eyes as they looked at the king and queen.

Russ whispered first.

"Must be nice... having a wife at work."

Adan answered Russ in a whisper.

"Are you crazy? They’re the king and queen."

They talked for a while, until a gust of wind struck them.

That gust of wind brought Black, who now appeared in the trial arena.

"The Kentaro family is ready, Your Majesty..."

The king nodded, he looked at his people once more.

"Then, let us all do our best..."

Everyone slowly left the giant courtroom, and now the courtroom was truly empty.

Thomas, who walked last, lowered his head, his footsteps sounded sluggish, there was no longer any sound in the courtroom but his ears kept hearing a disgusting voice.

His sluggish steps brought him to his private car, a driver opened the door for him, Thomas simply entered and sat in silence.

The driver then drove the car through the city streets.

Thomas rested his forehead against the car window, the sunlight was now covered by thick clouds, coldness spread across his forehead, he did not move at all even though the car swayed slightly.

The reflection in the car window showed Thomas’s empty expression, his golden eyes looking as if they had already lost their life.

The driver, who felt the cold atmosphere inside the car, began to ask kindly, but no voice answered his question.

Thomas remained silent, his mind drifting through all the things that had just happened.

His breathing became faster, his heart pumping blood more quickly.

His cold hands slowly clenched into fists, the car that had once been silent was now disturbed by the rough sound of Thomas’s breathing.

Thomas’s body trembled, the driver tried to look at Thomas through the reflected mirror.

In the back seat, Thomas lowered his head, both of his hands clutching his neatly combed black hair.

A growling sound escaped Thomas, and gradually that sound was followed by a small scream that grew louder, Thomas punched his own face with his clenched fists.

The sounds of Thomas’s screams and his blows to his own face now became the background noise inside the car, the driver could only glance at it briefly, he did not dare stop Thomas, he could only try to drive faster.

Blood slowly dripped from Thomas’s forehead, his screams continued to echo but they were not screams of pain.

He threw himself to the side and kept punching the car seat, the car shook with every blow, the driver could only hold his breath.

Thomas kept screaming while punching the seat, gradually his screams began to sound sorrowful, each blow mixed with anger and regret.

Tears also fell, soaking the seat along with the blood that was still flowing.

Every punch and scream from Thomas painted what he had experienced that day.

Where Tony Adams had brought a potion that could fight demonic energy, the potion Thomas had searched for for years, the potion that had made him willing to do anything, even to wallow in the dark side if necessary.

As he sank deeper and deeper into it, he had been promised that he would get what he wanted, but today all of that had vanished, and he returned empty-handed.

Thomas’s screams kept echoing until the car stopped at its destination, the driver wanted to speak but Thomas ignored him.

He stepped out of the car expressionlessly, a cold gust of wind striking him, his messy black hair swaying, blood and tear stains still visible on Thomas’s face, Thomas’s empty golden eyes looking at his own mansion.

He moved his feet forward with an empty expression.

The large door in front of him opened, a servant greeted him politely.

But the servant’s politeness changed into worry when he saw Thomas’s disheveled state and the blood on his face.

The servant tried to tend to Thomas, but the intense gaze of Thomas’s golden eyes made his body freeze.

Thomas spoke for the first time after all his screams during the journey.

His voice sounded hoarse and cold.

"Leave this mansion... all of you, go away for now."

The servant could only swallow hard, he was silent for a moment, but Thomas’s pressure made him leave to inform the others of what Thomas had said.

Thomas slowly walked through the quiet corridor, with every step the air felt colder.

The sound of his footsteps became the only sound that could be heard, and Thomas’s steps brought him to a room.

He wanted to grab the door handle to open it but hesitated, his hand trembling.

But a voice he heard from inside the room made his heart beat rapidly.

Thomas immediately grabbed the

doorknob, he opened it roughly, and the scent of flowers immediately struck his nose.

Thomas’s golden eyes immediately swept

across the room, his eyes trembling violently followed by his shaking body.

There, two people were sitting facing each other on the bed, one was a girl with golden eyes and black hair, while the other was an adult woman with black hair, her skin looked pale and the bones slightly protruded from her thin body.

The girl shouted as she looked at Thomas opening the door, she was too happy to notice Thomas’s condition.

"Father! Father! I did it! I managed to make the potion!"

The girl’s happiness immediately shrank when she saw Thomas’s condition.

Thomas’s body trembled, tears now falling once again from his golden eyes.

The adult woman looked at Thomas, she wanted to stand and go to him but her body had no strength, Thomas’s crying was followed by the crying of the adult woman, and the sound of her voice made Thomas’s breathing catch.

"Thomas... Mira succeeded, Mira cured me."

The adult woman paused for a moment, she looked at Thomas closely.

"Why are you covered in blood? What happened to you?"

Thomas moved his trembling legs toward Mira and his wife.

But a voice echoed inside his head, a disgusting voice laughing at him as he tried to walk toward his family.

’....you...failed...Thomas...’