Chapter 213 The storm that is approaching. (6) Lilla stance.

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thanks to ys, the suffocating tension in the meeting room had finally started to fade. lilla exhaled a heavy, defeated sigh before waving her hand toward her escorts. "leave us. the rest of this conversation will be completely private." her guards hesitated, their expressions filled with concern, but after several moments of convincing and a stern glare from lilla, they reluctantly obeyed and filed out of the room. the heavy door shut behind them with a dull thud, leaving only lilla, rex, ys, and cleo at the table. now alone, lilla turned her full attention to rex. his golden eyes bore into her like burning embers; his anger was palpable, his jaw clenched tight. her gray eyes met his at last, though it took all her courage to hold his fiery gaze. "first of all, i want to say this wasn't my idea. i'm not saying that to excuse myself from the responsibility of being here, but i need everyone in this room to understand my stance on this matter." lilla said with her voice steady, though her hands trembled faintly at her sides. there was a reason she rarely opened her eyes fully around rex. she could sense his presence even with them closed, but the moment her gaze fell on him, the truth of his nature was laid bare before her, more vivid than she could bear. as her gray eyes widened, the image of the man in front of her shifted. the rex she saw was no longer the fiery, wrathful figure of the moment. instead, she saw a being of impossible beauty. his skin gleamed like porcelain, showered with a silvery light that seemed to emanate from within. his hair, usually a deep black, was now a radiant white, and his golden eyes had turned to shimmering silver, each holding the glimmer of stars within them. it was the same vision she had seen as a child, the same ethereal radiance she had once associated with the lady in white.nôv(el)b\\jnn even as she tried to steady her breathing, rex's voice thundered across the room, bringing her back into the harsh reality of the moment. "even if you say that now, it doesn't change a damn thing! you're all stabbing us in the back! how do you expect any relationship between us to remain intact when you bring us this... this abomination of a contract?!" his fist slammed against the table with a deafening crack, his anger spilling over like a tidal wave. ys sighed and placed her hand lightly on rex's, her touch a stark contrast to his violent outburst. "darling, please stop interrupting her," she said with her voice calm and soothing but with an edge of firmness. "i know how unreasonable you can be when you're angry, just like that kaelzar girl sitting beside you, but for my sake, let the little saintess finish what she has to say." her words caught rex off guard. he stared at ys in disbelief, his fiery temper momentarily subdued. it wasn't just her unexpected defense of lilla that struck him, but also the way she carried herself now, graceful, mature, and composed, so unlike her usual playful and childlike demeanor. read latest stories on empire with a heavy sigh, rex leaned back in his chair, his gaze cold and distant as he folded his arms across his chest. "fine," he said, his tone sharp as a blade. "you can continue, saintess of the human race." "you can't claim the other humans are innocent, saintess of the human race. if this contract were to go through, no matter what variables were in play, every single human would benefit from it. there are no innocents here, saintess." cleo's words struck like hammers, each one deliberate, each one sharp. lilla flinched slightly but didn't look away. even as cleo's cold tone sent shivers down her spine, lilla stood her ground, knowing that she could not afford to falter now. lilla couldn't find any words to refute what cleo had said. as much as she wanted to, the truth of her statement was undeniable. "this so-called human empire hasn't even lasted ten years, and it's already showing signs of internal infighting," cleo said coldly, her expression as unyielding as steel. with a wave of her hand, she summoned several holo-screens, each displaying damning evidence gathered by her spies embedded within the human ranks. the screens floated around the room, each one illuminating the dark truth. they showed rampant corruption among human officers and high-ranking officials, their greed and betrayal laid bare. there were records of secret deals made with alien races, pacts to sell military grade weapons and restricted technology, and equipment meant solely for human defense. the humans had bartered away their future for personal gain, undermining their fragile empire piece by piece. "as you can see, this has been going on for months," cleo continued, her voice cutting through the air like ice. "the ambition of your race is astonishing, even to me. so tell me, saintess, do you have an excuse for this as well?" lilla stood frozen as more holo screens appeared, circling her like specters of guilt. each one displayed a new layer of treachery, a new betrayal, a new failure of the system she had once believed in. her gray eyes scanned the damning evidence, her heart sinking deeper with every passing moment. she had believed, truly believed, that she was leading humanity down a righteous path. but what cleo was showing her shattered that illusion. it was as if the very foundation of her faith had been ripped out from under her, leaving her stranded and hollow. the overwhelming weight of the truth bore down on her shoulders, making it harder to breathe. cleo's words, sharp and relentless, reverberated in her mind. "do you have an excuse?" lilla's lips trembled as she searched for something to say, anything that could lessen the impact of what she was seeing. but no words came. how could there be? everything she was seeing was real. and the worst part? she hadn't known. she had been blind to it all. the room fell silent, save for the hum of the holo screens. lilla's chest tightened as the proof of humanity's sins surrounded her, their greed and corruption pressing in from all sides. her gray eyes began to water, her vision blurring as the truth became unbearable. her knees wavered, and her head lowered as a single tear escaped and slid down her cheek. then another. and another.

Chapter 213 The storm that is approaching. (6) Lilla stance.

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