4:"The Smile That Shouldn’t Exist"
The Smile That Shouldn’t Exist”
[Mid-afternoon at the coffee shop. Sunlight spills through the windows as soft chatter fills the air. Callen—no, the Emperor—is finishing the last bite of your strawberry cream cake.]
Callen
This is dangerous. If you keep baking like this, I might never leave.
Natasha
(smirking):
Then don’t. I still have lemon tarts to test.
Callen
(chuckles softly):
I’ll be back in a while. Business to attend to.
[He tips his head in a half-bow and walks out, his cloak fluttering behind him.]
[Ten minutes later, the café bell jingles again. Her coworker peeks her head into the kitchen.]
Friend
Natasha…
Was that man really someone important?
Natasha
(wiping hands):
You could say that.
Friend
Well…
*She leans in closer, eyes wide.*
He was smiling. Like, genuinely. People say the Emperor of Solare never smiles—he’s cold, ruthless. They say he once burned an entire village to ashes for insulting the royal crest.
Natasha
(blinking):
What…?
Friend
(whispering):
But when he looked at you… he smiled.
Like… he wasn’t a monster.
[She feel a strange chill creep down her spine.]
[Evening falls. She lock up the café, humming softly to herself. The street is quiet… too quiet.]
[As she turn the corner toward her apartment, a gust of wind whooshes past.]
[Standing at the edge of the alley is Callen… or someone who looks like him.]
[His cloak is gone. His royal uniform replaced by flowing black and gold robes. His eyes—once warm—now burn a glowing, ruby red.]
[And his hair… it spills down past his waist like a midnight river, glowing at the tips with golden fire.]
Mysterious Man
(voice deeper, colder):
So…
You really don’t remember me.
Natasha
(heart pounding):
Callen…?
Mysterious Man
(stepping forward):
No.
[Her breath catches as she step back, her mind spinning.]
Mysterious Man
Try to remember harder.
Natasha
(whispers):
What… are you?
Mysterious Man
Not What. But Who. Evelyn D’Arvane
Natasha
(thinking )
What did I missed... It was chapter 52 when I died at it's season finale.... Wait.... (Looked at him) You've got to be kidding me.... He's that Rune Kaiza
Achilleus.
Mysterious Man
Does it ring a bell?
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