Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 1
It was so funny that she could no longer laugh.
Aria stared at him as he stretched out his hand towards her cage, but she didn’t move.
“Please sing!”
“……..”
“Aria! If you don’t sing, I’ll make sure you’ll never be able to walk again,” he fumed, threatening her into submission.
His strength was quickly ebbing, his madness near. After tons of threats and persuasion that lead to nowhere, he finally resorted to begging.
He was completely insane.
“Please sing for us. Siren. I beg for your mercy.”
“Please, Siren…,” the dancers pleaded.
Until just a few months ago, these were the people who wouldn’t hesitate to bring her misery. They laughed at her and whispered behind her back.
The musicians and conductors who played the song for the Siren. Even the knights who guarded the emperor.
They called her a monster.
But here they are now, begging on their knees, waiting for Aria to open her mouth.
Aria caught her breath as something lunged painfully up her neck.
“…cough!” she spewed.
It was blood.
The pain throbbed in her chest and the blood slumped all over her body
She looked at her hands which was now coated in blood, the red fluid loosening her grip.
With teary eyes, she clutched her chest.
‘Ah.’
‘So this is how I die.’
Aria smiled.
‘At long last.’
She can finally have her eternal rest.
Her tightly closed lips opened and she finally sang.
“Come to me, sweet death.”
As Aria began to sing, the whole audience became silent. Nobody could take their eyes off her.
She’s been abusing her voice so it became rough and tired over time. Nonetheless, everyone was still mesmerized at her singing. Her voice rolled over the hills in sorrowful waves. It was raspy and quiet yet so powerful as it was brought out in a fit of pain.
“Come and guide me into peace.”
The song, which started calmly, wrapped around them like a warm ray of sunshine.
They echoed amongst the masonry and up to the rafters, then comforted and stroked them tenderly as if it were the voice of an angel.
“Oh, my lord….” Someone said as they shed tears with a serene smile.
The melody purred to the soul, piercing through and touched their hearts from within.
“I am tired of this world…,” Aria continued singing.
This song she sang was a hymn about seeing heaven through death.
However, due to Aria’s dark tone, it became a completely different song.
The emperor was appalled. If he had a sword in his hand, he would have carelessly ended his own life because he couldn’t withstand the pain.
“Thi-this…..”
The dread creeps over him like an icy chill, numbing his brain.
“How dare this b*tch….”
But when he came back to his senses, that fear quickly turned into anger.
“How dare you try to kill me!”
Aria had little to no rights as she was the only Siren remaining on the land.
“I saved you from the brink of death, and this is how you repay my kindness?” he ranted.
Sirens live for the purpose of singing. They are not allowed to do anything else.
“Today, I will surely break your will to live. I shall punish you for disobeying me!”
He took one of the knight’s sword and lunged towards her.
Suddenly, a black shadow cast over her.
“…….”
“If there is a limit to madness, you must prove it yourself.”
The devil smiled and carried her body.
Having no strength left in her frail body, Aria finally closed her eyes in the devil’s arms.