General Thompson looked at prince Sébastien and as expected he thought he was looking at prince Edward. Prince Edward was already dead for so many years. So seeing him would only mean one thing.


    "I am already dead," He whispered to himself as he continued to look at the prince, who was looking back at him calmly.


    "Is this hell?" General Thompson asked. He did not expect to end up in a good place after death. He also did not expect the prince to answer his question either.


    "you can call it that," prince Sébastien nodded his head. He love to call this room hell, after all, it was the last time this man would be able to see the sunshine.


    General Thompson nodded his head. He was quiet for some minutes. He could not explain why he still felt the pain from the Queen stab. If he was dead, he should probably stop feeling the pain right.


    Does this mean, prince Edward was still feeling the pain in his heart from over twenty-five years ago?


    "Are you here to take revenge for what happened twenty-five years ago?" General Thompson asked. He was been a man of war and so he decided to test the water and see if prince Edward was still very angry.


    "Indeed, one of the things I like about you is the fact that you are smart," prince Ericsson was the one who spoke this time. It was also at this time that General Thompson noticed that they were not alone.


    During the time he was still alive, prince Ericsson had escaped from the room he was locked up. He disappeared into tiny air and no one knew what happened to him. ''So he was dead too, '' general Thompson thought.


    "Prince Ericsson" General Thompson''s s voice shook slightly when he called his name.


    " Are you ready to pay your debts? " prince Sébastien asked. He was enjoying the confused look from General Thompson


    " What debt, I killed you before and now I am already dead for a crime I did not commit. Carma already took its course on me," General Thompson said. He did not know what to expect but he did not want to live in an afterlife of torture.


    Prince Sébastien click his tongue when he heard his analysis. "Do you think that stab is enough to pay for your sins? Because of your actions, four people had to suffer. Who told you that your miserable reputation is enough to ransom for your sins." prince Sébastien chuckle as though he had heard the funniest thing. He did not bother to clarify the fact that he was still alive.


    " What do you mean four life, my action only affected you and your brother. Besides you are to blame, if you had treated me sincerely like I treated you things would not have turned the way they did years back," General Thompson said. He was unwilling to take the entire blame.


    " you are sure are thick skin. You still dare to talk about not being treated sincerely when you are the one that digs a knife into his heart. Tell me how has me or my brother ever mistreated you?" prince Ericsson roared. He had waited far too long to have this conversation.


    Now that he had the opportunity all his emotions were all over the place and he felt like punching the man before him to his death.


    " Do not act like the Saint. You and your brother were only using me. You never saw me as a friend," General Thompson replied.


    "nonsense, even if we did not treat you sincerely, you could have ended our friendship. You did not need to kill my brother. How can you not even have enough dignity to accept your fault!" prince Ericsson said his hand was already balled into a fist and he really wanted to give the man before him some good beating.


    General Thompson opened his mouth to argue but he did not know what to say. He did not need to kill the prince, after all the brothers had never done anything to hurt him.  The truth is said to be bitter, it was worse to face that truth when you were standing before it helpless.


    "So what if we used you? Do you not consider Rodrick your friend even when he used you to commit a crime?" Who are you not to be used? After all, you care about benefits,"


    Queen magret on the other hand has been standing beside prince Ericsson. She did not even know what she felt at that moment. Over and over again, the image of how her husband was killed the morning after their wedding played in her head.


    She should have returned to her kingdom that morning and the war between Avalo and the four kings would never have taken place. She would never have been so desperate as to offer up her son to save the kingdom.


    Innocent people had died, during that war. She had also soured her hand with blood to survive. The more she thought about it the angrier she was.


    She wanted to cut off his tongue, as his voice disgust her. No, she wanted to cut off his right hand. The hand that had pressed the dagger into her husband.


    Now that she thought about it, she regretted not cutting off his hands years ago. He would have become useless without it.


    She felt more irritated hearing him try to act like a victim. "Sébastien," Queen magret called. She did not walk all the way to talk with him. She was there to give him pain. The type that has been living with her all the while.


    Prince Ericsson stepped out of the way and the queen stepped forward. General Thompson was surprised to see the Queen. "was she dead too?" if she was how? He wondered if all his enemies had gathered together to torture him in the underworld.


    He was so surprised by the Queen''s appearance that he did not notice that she called Sébastien instead of Edward.


    "This place is too neat for him, I do not plan to give him any form of comfort," Queen magret said. Now that the General was in her hands she wanted to do more than stab him in the heart. She wanted him to wish for death.


    "What do you mean? All these years Queen magret I have never done anything to hurt you. If anything you owe me my life for lying against me," General Thompson could not come to terms with the fact that the Queen still wanted to punish him.


    He could not remember ever offending her in any way. His daughter even told him how well the Queen treated her.


    " What was that you just said? " Queen magret paid him attention for the first time.


    "I did you no wrong," General Thompson said with full confidence. He had really done her no wrong.


    The Queen raised her brows. "you did me all the wrong there is in this life the moment you stabbed my husband in my presence," She replied.


    "What are you talking about. King Roderick was my friend, I never for once hurt him," General Thompson replied.


    "My mother is not talking of that fool, she is talking about my father," prince Sébastien spoke seeing that the Queen was losing control of her emotions.


    General Thompson was beyond confused. He could not understand what the two were saying. He never killed king Morgan. Since he still thought prince Sébastien was prince Edward he naturally did not understand the mother and son.


    "They are talking about my brother prince Edward who you stabbed with my dagger," prince Ericsson helped the confused man. General Thompson was surprised by that statement. It took him a while to understand the meaning of the statement.


    He felt someone who was poured cold water, a shiver run down his spine. This revelation was too much to understand. Prince Edward that he remembered never got married.


    Why will the Queen refer to him as her husband? He suddenly had a million questions but these people did not look like they will give him any answer.


    No matter how he thought about it, nothing made sense. Except there was a man who looked so much like prince Edward who called the Queen mother.


    General Thompson did not know what the crown prince looks like. No one did. So he was confused.


    "Mother, do you want to dirty your hand or shall I get someone to do the torture while you watch?" prince Sébastien asked.


    "I will like to dirt my hands a little," Queen magret replied. Just then two men walked in with a few torture tools.


    "Are this to your satisfaction?" prince Sébastien asked.


    Queen magret looked at the table that was brought in. There were different weapons arranged on the table. Her eyes light up seeing them.


    "Have I ever told you that you are the best son ever?" Queen magret was grinning mischievously. Prince Ericsson seeing this interaction could not stop himself from shaking his head.


    "shall we start from cutting off the fingers that held the dagger?" Queen magret asked as she picked up a blunt knife from the table. She did not wish to use a shape knife as the cut will be too fast. She wanted to do it slow and steady.


    "Why don''t we start from the tongue, that way our ears will not go dumb from all his screaming," prince Ericsson said.


    "Good idea, I will let you do that. After all, he used that tongue to cause a misunderstanding between you and your brother," Queen magret said.


    Prince Ericsson could not contain his excitement as he picked up the right tool. General Thompson scream in horror when he watched the prince coming closer to him. He unconsciously took a step backward but before he could take another one. The two men who brought in the tool catch him and pin him to the floor.


    "it will be over before you notice," prince Ericsson smirked as he bend on his knee. He imagine how his brother died and his heart turned into stone, he was unable to hear all the pleading and begging that General Thompson was saying.


    "it is too late to ask for forgiveness," he said as he forced open his mouth.


    "You should have expected this if things go wrong," Queen magret said. The man was crying and begging for mercy but the Queen felt really satisfied with his cry.


    "Would you have stopped that day if I have begged you to spear him?" Queen asked. Prince Ericsson paused and looked at the man.


    Although, General Thompson heard the Queen''s question he choose not to answer.. If had known that someone saw him when he killed the prince he would have killed her too.