The culprit was unknown, the weapon looked real, but the hand wielding it was just a shadow. Rage and pain ravaged his mind.
'Is that a f*cking Abomination or even this damn vision doesn't know who will do it?' Even if he understood none of it was real, Lith tried to stop the blade with spirit magic first and to heal Phloria later, but to no avail.
No matter how much he struggled, he found impossible to move from the spot he was forced watching from.
The vision moved back to Lutia. The village was quiet, but a shadow fell from the sky. One after the other, the members of the Queen's corps patrolling the zone fell, their bodies dismembered or disintegrated.
The shadow reached Lith's house, killing his family in the blink of an eye. This time they would not suffer, no unnamed soldier would kidnap and r*pe his sisters, but they would die nonetheless.
'No! Why? What did they do to you, you f*cking bastard?' Lith inwardly screamed.
The corpses of his family danced in front of his eyes. Even Rena and his husband wouldn't get spared. The shadow was careful and meticulous, leaving no witness behind.
Panic invaded Lith's heart. According to the new vision, he wasn't collateral damage anymore, his loved ones were now the intended target.
"Lith, what happens? Why are you screaming?" The King asked, his voice worried.
Lith discovered he had fallen on the ground and Linjos was at his side checking his condition.
Lith froze, searching for a proper answer. The Headmaster knew of the dryad's gift that led to his past vision, so Lith could freely share it with him.
Lith stuttered some words while recovering from the shock, not being able to make any sense. He didn't just see things happening, the magic bonded to his soul made everything real and painful. It was like being forced to live those events before time rewinded.
"It's all right, calm down and tell me what's wrong." Linjos helped him to get back on his feet. Lith pondered about the vision, searching for the best way to describe it, when his paranoia cranked up to eleven.
'The future is much better for the Kingdom, but much worse for me. Whatever happens to the academy will surely take top priority. Between the toxins and the traitors, the Kingdom's resources will be stretched thin.
'I can't trust them to protect my family out of the goodness of their heart, nor I want to owe the Crown favor that big. I need to play this smart, but I don't know how.'
Lith was on the verge of panic. Lying about the vision to make it more convenient was easy, the hard part was finding a way to force them to help him without twisting the vision's meaning.
It was the first time that he had to face such a big issue alone.
'I can't afford to make any mistake here. F*ck my pride. Solus, I need your help!'
'Yes?' She answered timidly. Solus was afraid it was once again a butt call that would end shortly. Lith shared with her all the memories of the last 24 hours up to that point.
'By my maker, this is terrible!' Thanks to the mind link the events became part of her memory too in a split second.
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Hearing her talk about them still using the "we", helped Lith to regain his cool, soothing his anguish. Solus pondered for a few seconds before answering.
'You must say that after your family dies, you will die too and so will the royal couple.' Solus said.
'What? Why?' Lith wasn't able to understand her reasoning.
'No time, Linjos is already calling for help, you have remained still for too long, please trust me on this.' Their mind link was fast, allowing the whole conversation to last just a couple of seconds, but they would still need the time to think.
"I'm all right, Headmaster." Lith noticed that both Linjos and the King seemed to be extremely worried.
"Good to hear." King Meron replied. "Bring Manohar here anyway. We need him to devise a new diagnostic spell for the infected students. He can also check on Lith while he is at it. Just to be safe."
Lith used those few moments to decide what to do.
'Please, explain your plan to me.' He asked while the King was still talking.
'Adding the death of the Royals after yours it's a double failsafe.
'After all, they know the vision shows what your soul craves the most. Putting the Royals in there while you are still alive would make you a suspect. If you die first, however, they will be forced to protect their investment, you.
'Also, if you are allegedly dead, they can only think that whoever will attempt to kill your family will come for them later, making it their problem too.'