What added to his confusion was the extreme darkness of the room, and in moments of paralyzing fear he called out the servants and the butler to see if anyone would answer him, but no one answered him, and it would be foolish for waiting anyone to answer him at this late hour of the night!
He almost burst into tears from fear, but swallowed his voice when he heard the door open
He moved out of bed and got up in anticipation, hearing the sound of the key turning on the door, and he could hear a lot of shouting and noises coming from afar as background noise.
The door opened and an intense light poured into the room, but the light was frightening rather than comforting to those who were like him in the darkness.
Whoever opened the door was crying with a bleeding wound on his forehead, and as soon as he saw Cass, he rushed to him and embraced him, unconsciously repeating in a trembling voice,
- I didn't want to, I didn't mean to burn the whole house down, brother... I, uh..... I... I burned down the house.
It was the only thing Cass could confirm at this moment
Cecil set the house on fire, so he was confused, it's just a normal fire, shouldn't it be put out immediately?
With amazement and fear he looked at his brother, he really knew from the beginning, he knew that Cel would commit madness one day so he himself was afraid of Cel's actions.
He never actually denied Cel because he knew he was the only person Cel trusted and that Cel was an unquestioning person.
He knew that if he refused his brother, his brother would ostracize him.
In this moment, whether it was the fire consuming the house or his brother, Cass's heart was filled with fear of both...
Still, he couldn't find the letters to form the words to speak at this hour for long moments, and then finally he spoke one word with trembling lips and a frightened voice, knowing that perhaps the cause of the fire, No... certainly the cause of the fire, was Cel's innate ability and not just ordinary fire.
- Let's run away.
So at all costs they must escape...
At the sound of Cass's voice, who didn't scold him but offered him a solution, Cel smiled palely, then grabbed his brother's hand and they moved together, but they didn't dare to go past the door that the fire had wrapped around as a decoration, however, the two were quite sure that if they didn't move they would be charred inside, and could still get out, so Cass pulled Cel's hand urging him to move.
The two moved timidly as the fire slowly began to dance around the door and spread into the room, then another explosion shook the house. The secondary ceiling of the room fell, and in an involuntary reaction, Cel pushed Cass away and the ceiling fell on top of him, severely injuring him, crushing him, moaning under the rubble and screaming in a deafening voice as the fire consumed him.
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- C... C.... CEL.... Cecil.... CECIL....
A voice trembled as he called his brother's name...
He took a step forward as he cried out in terror, screaming Cel's name. No, he didn't understand. Isn't that Cel's innate ability? Why is he burning? Why is he in pain? Why is he screaming? Did he make a mistake? He doesn't understand, what's going on here?
- Cel.....
He tried to move the debris away from Cel, but the fire engulfed the room and its black smoke stifled his breath and blocked his vision, and his brother's painful cries remained his only clue.
As more explosions rang out, Cass fell to the ground, though he could see Cel in front of him in a blur and the fire that seemed to be melting his body and emanating from him obscured any other visions and his brother's voice was finally silenced...
The effects of being an outcast
To be alone.
Cassian can truly in this moment describe what it feels like in all its bitterness and cruelty...
Pain invaded his heart
His eyes burned with tears of terror and helplessness.
and a searing sadness that cauterizes his helplessness as he watches his brother his twin die before his very eyes.
- Cel..... Please...
The fire surrounded him, choking his breath with polluted smoke that filled his lungs and flames that burned his emaciated body with caustic heat.