‘But a fate that has not been able to kill me must be a fake one’

  “Big words for someone who is about to die.” said Elenbel.

  ‘You know, somehow I always survived and I have a feeling I will do this time as well. I have already done it many times before so what's once more.’

  “Stubborn huh? Tell me why have you not given up?” question Elenbel.

  The kid calmly replied ‘Because I still have to thank someone for the chain.’ as he smiles when he was not even able to hold his head up.

  “Just for a chain? It is pitiful to see you hope for such a thing that will never come true with me being alive… Save it for the next time”

  ‘Pitiful? All I see is a pitiful king in front of me’

  “My subjects obey me. What do you know?”

  ‘All I see is a tyrant who they can’t question. Your crumbled throne and ruined pillars are proof of it. An empty room with no one to host…. No one dares question you for they are weak.’

  “That is exactly the reason… A throne is worthless when people are enslaved to their minds, when people can't themself. A throne is just a seat where the ruler is seated for its people. A seat that represents the kingdom and whom their people follow but a throne is useless when people can not think for themself as they are enslaved to the ruler and not the throne which represents them. Power is the reason why they flock around me. Even if I were to fall powerless at this moment, they would be too scared to attack. The majority will feed upon a person let it be good or evil for they are no humans but mindless beasts who follow the strong. This is the world we live in. Divided by power and self conflict instead of correction and thinking. A world made by people to oppose humans.”

  “They fear me for the strength I have. Love me to gain favor of mine. Hate me behind my back but that's all they can do. If they wanted, they could easily kill me yet they fear death more than they fear living enslavement. They dilute themself in their small world where they think of their little freedom granted by the ruler as they compare themselves to others and fight among themself not realizing the freedom they have is a lie to keep themself shut. The majority of people are like this and for a small number of minorities who still have their senses still intact can do nothing without power. Just like you.”

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  “They wait for a savior to come and rescue them from their own misery that was never promised to them, never existed for their time in the first place. Yet even if they come. I doubt even if they are from heaven or hell itself, they would follow him. Foolish Idiots would betray their own savior out of fear or to preserve their little freedom given to them not realizing the freedom they will gain back freedom larger than anything. Some try to gain favor never realizing they signed their own death to slavery while licking the boot of the very tyrant they could had killed with ease. People are irredeemable… I guess I went on for too long”

  Smiley spoke ‘You speak as if you care for your people so why?’

  “They will not learn until they change themself. For this is the true nature of a living. People who will drop humans and people alike around them but not the one who is making them push one another. People will no longer care for you when you are reduced to nothingness and the future will forget the past claiming the stupidity of people for not taking actions without realizing they also are enslaved just like them. Shame that this is what we have come to. A generation so obsessed with their safety that they do not realize that they are being enslaved and enslaving those that has yet to come.”

  “You see, there was once a kingdom that had fallen for the selfish wishes of nobles, so I slayed those nobles and took control granting them freedom. Yet the history repeated once again for me only to find them repeating the same mistake of the past that had enslaved them. What I desire is not a kingdom of people but a kingdom of humans. And for that, I shall become the very symbol of hatred that I cut down for their unity, even if I have to burn the ground to ashes and rebuild a new one… but I no longer can for I am trapped in here…”

  ‘Why are you using people and humans as different?’ questioned Smiley

  “People are those who only drown themself in praises of being the smartest creatures and take pride in the achievements of other humans. They are too blinded by your own sense of pride that they forgot they have done nothing worth being called the smartest. Yet a human is someone who takes no pride in the achievement of others and proves that they are worth being called the smartest, and not just inheriting the title from their birth. Even a Dog who has reached over his own kind is better than the humans who are stuck in their own praises. Pity, only if he was born a human. He would have achieved much more than most ever could.”

  “The majority thinks they are righteous and chosen. They act like they are different yet run away or freeze in the moment to prove themself as those who are correct get themself killed. No one truly cares for another misery till it comes to them. If this is what they call the smartest then I would leave my humanity behind and become a new existence of my own for they can only cry and talk behind injustice and never take actions in their own hands. Without thinking and unity, they are all just livestocks waiting for their death.”

  It was like the kid was talking to a whole different person suddenly. Someone who was calm and collective yet lost his mind to the world.