Chapter 45: WS: Dungeon Illusion [6]
The room was full of screams and Eugene tried his best to save Chantall from the hands of his brother. Fearing that if this continues, Chantall's life will be in danger.
Even his brother's secretary held his brother, trying his hardest to separate the two.
"Ack-- *cough *cough."
Eugene breathed a sigh of relief when Chantall was let go by his brother. However, the next second, he was grabbed by his brother and pushed hard, causing his head to hit the wall so he whimpered in pain, curling on the floor like Chantall who is gasping for air: "Ngh."
"President He calm down!"
"Calm down? You told me to calm down after seeing my little brother playing inside a room with a woman whom I didn't know when he got to know. Do you think I can calm down in this state? Are you kidding me right now Hellion?"
"President He, if you don't stop, you will end up killing someone."
"Kill? Yes, I kill! Who cares?! Whoever tries to touch my little brother can go to hell with me!"
Kaizer grabs Eugene and forces him to stand before punching his little brother's stomach causing Eugene to pass out. Eugene still couldn't believe that his brother would hurt him to the point that it was not his body that hurts but his heart.
Here he is believing lies, unfortunately, it's too late to wake up, he can already forsee his ending, this time he won't be killed by some stranger or what, but in the hands of his brother.
He saw it, those bloodthirsty expressions...
What he did in the past is being done to him now.
His brother is obsessed with him.
Damn it.
——When he woke up, he saw the familiar ceiling of the room of his brother.
He couldn't move his body because his stomach is aching, however, when he tried to move his feet, a clank of chain was heard. Lowering his head, Eugene laughs but tears are falling from his eyes. He's really right, his brother no matter what, won't let go of him.
He can't do anything about it.
It's probably the heavens playing with him.
"You're awake."
Eugene's eyelashes tremble as his brother enters the room and sat on the bedside, staring at him, saying: "I put one of my subordinates in your company to act as the president and inform them that you are sick and won't be coming personally to deal with business. For how long?..." Kaizer leans and whispers, "It depends on your performance to please me."
Eugene's face turns pale.
"Brother, this is wrong."
"How is it wrong? Obviously, you mess it up first. I'm being careful here but what did you do? Try to bed someone, whom I don't when you meet? If it weren't for me finding out that you left the hall, I wouldn't know your tricks! Tell me, are you just playing with me in all those years and secretly flirting with people behind my back?"
Eugene choked and held his brother's hand that is gripping his neck.
"I-I'm not!"
"Are you treating me blind?!"
"Cough..." Eugene breath..."I-Is this how you treat your little brother?! Like a prisoner? B-Brother I've been obedient to you but you always misunderstand me. I-I tried my best to cater to your wants b-but what are you doing to me? Y-You have no trust in me, I'm sick of it!"
He rather dies than stay in this messy relationship.
"Who says that I treat you as my little brother?!"
"That's more disgusting to me! Even if we are only five years apart, we grew up together, it's an illness to love the little brother you raised! You are the sick one! Not me!"
Kaizer's eyes turn red.
"Now you are hating me?! Because of that woman?!"
Kaizer removes his hand and grabs Eugene's chin..."I'll make her suffer." and force a kiss.
"Mmnh."
Eugene put his hand on Kaizer's chest, pushing the person who almost crushes him into the bed but no matter what, with different strength, he can only cry while being forced to be kissed by his brother. No wonder in those days of growing up even a little skin contact with others would make his brother lock him in his room. No wonder he can't accept love letters and talk to others. No wonder his brother forces him to mature when he was just fifteen years old.
Because his brother...
His brother has been seeing him sexually.
His brother has been looking at him romantically.
It's the worst.
Eugene stares at the ceiling while panting. His brother who let go of his lips stood and said: "I won't touch you yet because I wanted you to give yourself to me. But Eugene, don't test my patience. I can do you if you continue to irritate me."
"You won't be stepping out of my room starting today."
——Eugene was locked inside his brother's room for a few days.
Mother He who learns that his son locked Eugene again clenches her fists in anger but couldn't do anything because once she did and this matter goes out, then the Hesu Group will end. She didn't want her and her husband's hard work to go to waste just because they pick up a wolf of their blood to bite them.
"Madam."
Mother He receives the cup of tea with shaking hands.
"Do you have any idea how is Eugene inside?"
Butler Lu sigh, "Madam if young master Eugene is locked in his own room then it's still the usual but now young master Eugene was locked in young master Kaizer's bedroom. No one has been inside the room of young master Kaizer since then so we have no idea what's inside."
"Ah." Mother He put down the cup and wipe her tears.
"Butler Lu, I feel sorry for that child because I'm too selfish."
"Madam He it's too late to regret."
"How about your son? I'm sorry about your son too, If it weren't now, I wouldn't understand everything. I even visit our neighbor to apologize but too bad, their child was sent abroad for treatment and hasn't been mentally recovering since then."
Butler Lu also wipes his tears.
"No Madam, what you did to my son is the right decision because I'm afraid if he still stays here he would suffer from the anger of young Master Kaizer."
Madamn He sigh, "Did he tell you something when you asked him?"
"Wel, my son only said that young master Kaizer is a monster."
"A monster?" Mother He laughs, "Somehow, I don't feel mad, I even feel like it's not enough to describe the evilness of that child."
Mother He glances upstairs.
"Butler Lu, promise me that if you notice something is wrong, you will inform me right away. I'll think of something to get out my adopted son here and send him overseas. Please don't arouse suspicion and if you feel like Kaizer is noticing sometimes, stop observing and prioritize your safety. With all those child's evil records, I don't doubt he can create a play to deal with you. But most importantly, If you really don't feel safe in this mansion anymore, please leave right away."
"Madam--"
"Butler Lu, it's our mess, even if we treated you as a family, you are still an outsider and you have your own family. I don't want you to be in danger."
"Madam you can just report to the police---"
"Butler Lu, no matter what, that evil son is my seed. His wicked deeds reflected me."
——Mother He left the mansion when his son arrived.
Kaizer who doesn't care about his mother walks straight upstairs to take a look at Eugene.
Eugene would still entertain his brother but his eyes didn't show any emotion as if he was looking at an insignificant person which irritate Kaizer the most. Eugene's attitude is like back then when they were still at the orphanage as if nothing in this world can make him interested including his existence which hurt Kaizer the most.
He would prefer Eugene to hate him.
But Eugene is still talking to him and acting like nothing happen so he started to get confused but still refuse to let go of Eugene.
Afraid that Eugene is fooling him to run away.
Nevertheless, Eugene just really pities his brother because he knew himself nothing good will happen if you are too obsessed with someone. Just like him. Look at him so obsessed that he tried to destroy Yuinshiel Empire just to get that woman back in his arms.
In the end, he just suffer so much loss.
His brother is no different to him so instead of showing hatred, he shows sympathy.
He won't be able to get out.
He could just wait to die. Eugene knew it was coming because he's seeing how crazy his brother to the point he would cry while kneeling in front of him, holding his hand and begging him to hate him [Kaizer] but Eugene wouldn't do so because that's would make his brother's illness more severe if he acted to what his brother is expecting.
——Three weeks later his brother started to act strange.
Kaizer would stand at the bedside staring at him for as long as he knew days. His brother no longer forces intimate contact with him in exchange for that strange habit of staring at him every night which brings goosebumps to him, as if the god of death is waiting.
Eugene trembles under the quilt.
Every morning Eugene would talk to his brother but this time it was his brother who remain silent and just feed him breakfast while staring at him.
Eugene and Kaizer fought with silence.
It shows Eugene's rebellion and Kaizer's unstable mental health.
Sometimes, whenever his brother went out of the house to go to work, Eugene would knock on the door, and upon hearing some footsteps, Eugene would continue knocking until the person outside also replied to him with a knock.
It's Butler Lu.
"Young master Eugene, are you alright?"
Eugene leans on the door, trying to hear what Butler Lu is saying but only hears an audible sound. It's no wonder he was locked in his brother's bedroom because, unlike his room, his brother's room is soundproof. So to be able to communicate with Butler Lu, Eugene would just knock on the door. It depends if Butler Lu can understand his meaning but based on Butler Lu's action, he was probably understood.
"Young master hang in there, Madam is creating a plan to get you out of here and send you overseas to start again."
Eugene couldn't hear much of the words.
He just continues to knock indicating that he's still fine.
After that, he returned to his bed while fidgeting with the chain on his feet, looking at the sky outside from the mirror.
Sighing, he lay down and contemplate.
How many days?
When will this end?
It's kinda tiring for him.
Eugene doesn't know what's going on in the outside world because he is restricted inside a box. Is his company still operating? He wonders if the company he works hard for is still standing in second place in the Info-Tech industry. He just hopes his brother won't waste his efforts and take care of what he left after being locked up.
His adoptive mother...How about his adoptive mother?
He hopes she won't blame herself.
His adoptive father too.
He wished that he won't get sick after finding out the truth.
To the things he will leave behind and to those people whom he will no longer see. He hopes they'll be fine and won't bother much. Each has their own life. He is just an unlucky one, a lone soul in the universe that had nowhere to go. He doesn't belong anywhere.
It's sad.
——Eugene's body started to collapse for some unknown reason.
He could only end up lying in the bed, letting his brother feed, and bathe him. After that, his brother would make him drink something before sleeping which will make him sleep even after waking up in the morning so he ended up sleeping until noon.
Because of that, he wasn't able to show some signal to Butler Lu because he can only barely move.
"Ah~"
Eugene stares at the ceiling and chuckles.
Why? Why is it like this?
Falling asleep, he dreamed about his past life. How he forces the woman he likes to love him, plans to destroy the empire to get his revenge on the grand duke, and even when his brother locks him in his room to avoid execution.
The former peaceful empire disappeared because he allows the traitor to infiltrate the empire causing a million people to lose their lives just because of his selfishness.
He's a sinner.
"Ack."
Eugene opened his eyes tiredly and vomited blood. His eyes are unfocused because of the pain he felt in his chest as he was stabbed by a knife. He knew he will die but he didn't expect his brother to kill him in his sleep.
But he woke up, he woke up and saw his brother's crazy face.
"Why?" he muttered painfully.
His brother let out a peal of loud maniacal laughter, along with those deep gray cordierite beautiful eyes that are full of obscure mixed emotions blocked by tears.
"I'm sorry," he said between laughter and cries, "And I'm happy, finally...I finally--"
"Got you."
Ah~ Eugene closes his eyes with a smile.
He knows. I know it brother, how much you love me.
So don't cry. You don't need to cry because it's your choice to kill me, just to have me.
He's not sad or angry.
He will not hate.
Because you and I are the same.
So brother, don't cry. I accept your love, so if you have a next life and we meet. In exchange for killing me. Please let me kill you too because that's...our love.
Full of dizziness, Eugene didn't manage to hear his brother's last word as he completely lose his senses. What he felt for the last time is his brother, pulling his clothes and the rest is unknown.
Brother...I'm crazy too.
I like you so much that I wanted to kill you too.
So I'll kill you.
I'll kill you before you love someone else. Let's kill each other until we can't let go of ourselves.
So brother, drown for my presence, don't let go. hahahaha.
Our love is destined for death.
People call it love, but for some, it's just an uncontrollable madness of being unable to reach the people they desired.
And Eugene...
...is the type of person who doesn't know love as he was deprived of that emotion and forced to let go of such a feeling after a failed affection in his past life.
How unfortunate...
When two people with different yet almost the same ambition collide.
One is once paranoid and the other turn into an obsessive madman.
But love is too strong and once was fed to those who were deprived, they can't let go. Resulting in a tragic ending of death.
A once crazy will always be crazy in their bones.
So only by having each other, they can have their redemption.