AMARANTHINE
BEYOND THE EVERLASTING
NIE
Chapter 3
Is It True? (2)
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“Dying in mal-order is not funny”
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[“Is it TRUE?”]
Recently, previous chapter also begin with this statement. San grumbled inside. She might have and might not have patience left. Wait, patience? More like, she cannot say for sure if she have the right mind to think rationally.
[“Yes.”] the other side of the phone replied.
Right now, San was taken aback. She counted how many bad things happened to her:
1. She met Zeeloreis. Wait, she remembered she should be grateful due to other matter related to this. Sorry.
2. Dr Dairis didn’t explain all the related information adequately. Surely, she is under-information and knowledges. Although with all the book she already read, sometimes hanging with her newly friend in Aelux realm more boosting her knowledges.
3. Empty scrolls. Hello? A package just arrived, and it’s for you. When you opened them, they said; ‘Sorry, you are not lucky enough’ or ‘try again’. How is your feeling? No No No, what if all your friends have letters dictated for them, but you don’t. (T.T)
4. Her training schedules. Should she lamented around this matter? Only by mentioned training she shuddered with the sequences of practice, it thick and very addictive like layer by layer cakes. But the sweetness makes fed-up. Really, fed up.
5. Sudden message. Enough for pumping heart and adrenaline. If you wanted to increasing your weight, do this, anaerobic sport is enough to gain weight easily, many athletes do this to increase their muscle mass. wait, this is not the right time to explain them.
San quietly wanted to jabbed the other person who replied from the middle-phone.
[“you should immediately go to your training.”]
Ugh. What time is it?
San swapped her hand and get to see her black-device, she scrolled the screen.
04.59 am.
[“nice, thank you.]
Thus, she hung-up her phone and closed her eyes as she was prepared to enter the realm.
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“About that matter, We just received the permission and forward the message as soon as possible. It quite hard to proposed this matter, as it nice to know, We have to inquired and discussed the matter with all the Guador. If it fit or agreeable enough, We launched the matter to get the permission from The Almighty, and should you—”
“Wait, okay, I get it.” San snapped. She took a breath and ask again, “Tell me about Trial.”
The sky looks greyish as the cloud seems fading.
“Trial is essential to trained your being. it’s a real different world where you will be placed. We called them Trial as in to your benefit. But, it’s a real world with real people and inhabitants. Another creation from The Almighty. Each student will have different world, depend on their capabilities. It’s also a good place to acquired advanced Faltea.”
“Faltea Arte.” San showed the blushes red crystals in her hand.
“Yes, We see you also have gained one.”
Yeah, one step each.
“Since you must have read about advance Fartea. Let’s begin to activate them.”
San nodded. The crystals soared above her.
“Um… what will the crystals become?”
“Depend on where and how you acquired them. You received the intercession from your relative. How is them? What and why the crystal appeared before you and your relative?”
San Oh-ed. She recalled her grandma told her to become her own, that she is overestimated and a little story when she is still a baby. She knew her grandma was a wise person. Does that mean the crystals will turned into a sage or guru??
The crystals gleaming for the last second and getting bigger. It formed a being and as soon as the light faded, a figure come to sight.
San was jaw dropped as she tilted her head.
“This is not what I was expecting… “
“Well, who knows.”
What stand before her was a tall figure, taller than her maybe similar to mostly basketball players. That figure wear black and full steel armor, there is slight blush red pattern in each border of the armor. The black figure wore a black-full helmet and there is red eyes in the center of the hole. Both of the arms holding a huge reddish sword that touch the ground. The figure more like a knight in black armor than a sage.
What San thinking when the figure come to the sight was incredible heroic, very epic, very rpg and very fantasy. very beautiful in epic way.
Well, now this is not what San imagined about her grandma, not in any macho nor heroic.
“Go on, introduce yourself.”
San lightly coughed. “Hi… I’m San Roel…” she is fidgeting since the knight figure looking at her thoroughly. The red light that San indicated as the figure’s eyes somehow dimmed and showed again, looks like the figure is blinking.
The somewhat-like-knight nodded and said, “I’m a Gazer. Pleased to meet you, Miss Roel.”
Oh, A Gazer? As in like observer or watcher?
Now San understood something. The figure, that tall like a knight and clad in black armor, is really like her grandma. Watching over her since she was a baby. No wonder the intercession become a gazer.
“Zeeloreis, pardon me, but how do I use this… Gazer?”
“Gazer. They have unlimited eyes, ears, and could give you depth-information. If you wish, you can ask them what is people thinking and they will tell you. They can observe as well as spying what your order. Simply put—”
“ULTIMATE-STALKING-MACHINE” San snapped loudly. Well, the ground was quiet enough so her voice somehow reached the highest.
Zeeloreis being silence while San could think just what will she get if she used a gazer. To her demised Zeeloreis denied her thought.
“Don’t do any reckless and useless stuff like that. A gazer is your Arte, you are being rude in the name of loyalty if you use for stalking-term.”
Tell her what should she do and don’t then ( =.=’ ), San continued to grumbling inside.
“But this is also a step forward. We would never though a human who never socialize before happen to get intercession. Normally, any social being who have closest friends or relatives already have intercession, around two or more. But you just get one, just now.”
Ugh, its slapping her internally. It’s true though, she never had close friend nor hanging around with her family. Wait, does that mean she still can achieve more arte?
“Zeeloreis, pardon me, how can I get more arte?”
She wished there is more way than communicating with human, she sucked at that.
“any other way than socialize with human, you can get arte from the plant and animal. That, if you are nature friendly. But both are taking too long. With your ability right now, We afraid we will not making in time.”
Ugh, another slapping internally.
“that’s way we got some arte prepared for you.”
(UwU)
San mouth slightly open and almost twisting. Really? That was nice Zeeloreis, that is kind of you. Preparing arte for her. My, San were never have been so lucky. Of all things that happened until now, this is the best. She does not need to interact with human being as she was worst at that. Since talking with her grandma is really helpful, is like every bad thing already lifted up from her. She got one intercession yesterday and today is her second big day Very Happy [https://www.royalroadcdn.com/public/smilies/biggrin.png]
“Gemenna, the keeper of Hell, already prepared them for you.”
“…”
HEAVEN.
San gasped. Her body freeze suddenly as her wide eyed looked up and she take a step-back unintentionally.
Seriously? San take back all her lucky and big day. Surely Zeeloreis wanted her to vanished soon hm? She made an umpteenth mistake, this is Zeeloreis, the Angel of Death we are talking about. There is no way a paradise-blissful-pocket from Zeeloreis. What lies at the end of Death? Only cold and piercing truth!
Gemenna. Oh my god, her elementary book said meeting that guador was an awful sight. Well, who wanted to see the gate to the depth of abyss, the purgatory of agony, the everlasting misery?? NO ONE!!
Now San was talking inside like a mad-poet. Zeeloreis, being all silenced and figured what she thought replied her,
“Gemenna ordered legius instead to give them for you, right now at the corner of the ground. You won’t get to see the abyss’s gate we assured you.”
Afterward, at the corner of the ground, the should-be greyish turned to be red colored, like the sun going to set at evening. She though, that place where Gemenna’s legius waiting. Thus, she walked in slow paced as she gazing at the entire two different setting, one is greyish where she just been talked with Zeeloreis and the other side is red where the meeting with Gemenna will take place. Her gazer, that stalking machine. following her right behind.
Come to think of it, she didn’t name her stalk— gazer properly. San turned around and face that tall black armor figure. They stared at each other for a while.
“Saga.” San break the silence among them. “Yes, Saga will be your name. Sa for Star and Ga for Gazer. In short from Star-Gazer.” The other side doesn’t give any response, thus San added, “I was going to call you Sassy you know... Sa for starry and the second for sky, in short of starry sky. My first time playing otome game. But, you with that gung-ho and masculine figure won’t fit with that name, meh.”
Finally, that gung-ho figure nodded as if understand and acknowledge the name given by San. She think that is enough and continue to walk.
She arrived at the corner. What lies ahead before was a dead end, in short there is cliff where she standing right now and only red sky filling the entire corner.
What to do? Should she greet first?
Like ‘greeting your majesty, ruler of hell, keeper of the everlasting flame’. Haha, as if she had enough bravery and lives to do so.
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One minute, five minutes, and ten minutes already passed. When will the meeting begin? San already attempted coughed a bit, waved her hand while jump, and shouted ‘eiyoo’. Trying to catch attention, but failed. There is none, only breeze that come through and the waving weed.
Did she is being played at? Is this fun, bullied the outcast?
“is that how you greet new people? Because that’s inhumane.”
A voice, somewhere. San turned left and right as she found nothing new.
“Miss Roel, above you.” Saga pointed above her and San looking up. Surely there is a person wearing red robes that soaring above her. A legius approached her. Once arrived, even with close gap between them San still could not distinguished the face part as the shadow diligently covered the entire area.
“… Hi.” Yeah, she sucked with introduction.
The legius replied, “no wonder Gemenna prepared them for you. The guador must know how hopeless you are.”
Stingy mouth!
The legius soon swayed the robes and crystals forming a huge glassy-mirror between them. “I was ordered to give them for you. But actually, there is more than that.
Gemenna asked me to give you five question. Should you answer them right, you will get what is prepared for you. But if wrong, then none taken. Are you ready?”
Adapting with environment, she knew this would never been easy as breathing. She gulped and stared at the glass mirror. If she failed, she would have to get another way. But if she got them right, all five arte will be hers.
She nodded. If it related common sense question, she might able to. There is a chance.
“Alright. Here we go,
Number one: if you face a three-head-wolf, a monstrous octopus, and a flaming huge bird. which one will defeat you faster?”
“…”
GOOD GRIEF. EVERY ONE OF THEM.
San wanted to ranted and jabbed this person, she meant this legius formerly was a human right?
Facing them? Even before that, those creatures will attack her surprisingly. Not giving any chance for her to facing them. Furthermore, what with this question? It did not contain any common sense nor mathematics. This is sickening.
Well, whatever it is the— wait, she should think clearly right now. this might be a trap.
First, three headed wolf? Cerberus right? They are likely to attack in group. Second, an octopus, must be Kraken then. Last, a bird which flaming, does that mean a phoenix? Among them which one will defeat her faster. Surely, all above them will. But if San check thoroughly, those three represent each nature. First is mainland, second is sea, and the last is sky. next, defeated in the mainland was a commonly found. Defeated in the sea, well died because lack of oxygen furthermore your body will be depleted since it eaten by sea creatures, worst stated of death huh. Defeated in the sky, this is like ‘dream higher and you will fall between the stars’, not bad. Defeated mentally speak loudly than physical.
Thus, San replied, “a flaming bird will do.” The mirror wrote her answer.
“Question number two:
A gigantic tsunami was about to come and you are in the shore that time. You have a choice to run fast to the mainland, climb a huge building and ride a submarine. Which one will sink you faster?”
“…”
GOOD GRIEF. Not again, not faster again.
This legius, this stingy hooded figure is extremely disliked her. She is making sure the questions will be all about her being downer and hopeless.
Alright, keep composed. San pinched her nose and tilted her head slightly. Like Conan do, but since she doesn’t wear eye glasses, her nose will do.
Hang on, this is will be easy when there is fourth option: stay at the place as if facing the tsunami. Surely, she will sink faster right? All the three option is like a useless attempt to survive (T.T)
Run fast, well she is not very athletic so this one is a dominant choice right now. climb a building, there is a probability to sink if the building wasn’t strong enough. Ride a submarine, this is the safest choice and she might surviv—
Wow, wait a minute. San sensed a trap here. Surely, if she wanted to sink faster, the submarine will do. Aren’t submarine naturally will sink? She meant, submarine work under the water right?
San grinned. Good question, well answer.
“ride a submarine will do.”
The mirror added her second answer.
“Question number three also conclude the remaining question. I won’t repeat the main part and only ask the question for the remaining. keep in mind the main part.
Main part for number three, four and five:
You meet with a Guador. The Guador will give you power. But you can only choose one.
Question number three: what power you desire?”
This… it seemed like the real trial, so the first two question was only to pissed her off?
San scrutinized her eyes as she thinking hard. There is no option, that’s meant she can answer her desired-power freely right? This is difficult. Honestly, she never taken an interest with any power and if she recalled back when she read mostly manga and anime; the heroine always has unique power and miracle but they never think power is everything for them. That’s what she likes about them anyway. And now San at their position. If she can get a power, which one would be?
Alright, lets get to the basic need. What is she need right now? surely, she hopeless in every aspect. But there must be something that could minimalize that hopelessness.
First, she can choose the power to be time controller. Duh, she can redo any mistakes. But, if she keep re-doing when will she mastered them?
Second, she can choose the power to enhanced her physical skill or self-power. this is pretty good, really nice cheating as it hurt her pride.
Third, she can choose teleportation or time travel. Haha honestly, she chose this as entertainment. Who wish to travel the world instantly? Everyone wishes.
Fourth, she can choose levitation or ability to flight. Again, this is for entertainment.
Fifth, she can choose illusion control. Well, if mistakes should happen, then illusion can cover them.
Sixth, she can choose shapeshifting. If she cannot be—
“Just claim one. come one.” the Legius interrupted and San snapped back.
“It’s difficult to choose when there is no opti—” San almost finished her statement when it get to her.
Yes, it is.
Human. A sublime creation, different from the other being. they can choose whatever and whenever they wanted. Choose, yes. There will be options, multi or only, important or not, related or not, and so on. If it break the boundary, it will result inhumanness such as savagery, cruelty or greedy. Strayed from one purpose or object.
Just like this question happened. There is no option and she almost strayed from her purpose. Desire is unlimited.
Maybe this is the answer, but San doubt it. It’s an obvious one.
Alright, this is just a sequence of question, there is two left if this is failed. Here we go,
“a power to selection, preferences or option from among choices. That will do.”
Silenced filled among them.
San gulped and a sweat break through her back. Why the legius didn’t comment them.
“that’s dumb.”
Yeeha, San feeling grateful over stupidity.
“not my business. Onto next question.
Question number four: with that power, how will you breaking through number one and two?”
“…”
WHAT.
You meant, with this power how will she defeat the flaming bird and survive a tsunami while ride a submarine??? (T.T)
If she knew this would happen, she would choose teleportation to avoid both that bird and tsunami. Or enhanced her self-power so she could stand facing them. Or regeneration if worst come to be.
Of all power, she chose the useless one, an obvious, added with dumbness like the Legius said.
Give her a break (T.T)
But what she could do? Rice has become a porridge or you cannot stop the stone that you just throw. She should find a way with herself. To defeat the bird and survive a tsunami.
San pursed her lips and clasped her hand behind her back. This is it, now or never.
“first, to defeat a flaming bird with my ability right now, I can choose to fight if I wanted to. I might not be able to win and defeated always exists. but I can't choose to quit. if I quit, the result is only failure. I can avoid them and fight in another chances. I can run away from them and trained myself so I can fight again. No matter, there should be a progress. Be it my defeated or the bird, if I lose, I still win.
Second, to survive the tsunami while ride a submarine. I know there is less probability to be survived after a huge disaster coming. Even with big and pricey assurance, if it meant to sinking along the tsunami and buried within, so be it. At least, I had tried to survived.
This may be a useless power. But, to felt the gamble, that feeling when you can choose, disappointed after you choose along with hidden satisfied. In the end, I choose to make it so.”
Thus, the mirror writes, exactly, every phrase she said.
“Next.
Question number five: why do you wanted that power?”
TRAP-SENSED.
This is also difficult. She just said, internally, that she regretted choose that power. If she agreed does that meant she get nothing? If she declined does that meant she will get another power? What if she declined and that is showed how greedy she was.
This question testing patience, determine and integrity at the same time.
Agree or object?
Whatever happen, once she chose, the result will appear.
Oh yeah, of course. Isn’t obvious, human being have the ability to do so, hahah.
AS IF!
This is what she sowed and she should reap them.
“Pardon me, but I cannot relate that. Be it something I wanted or not, it just happened as we exist. It’s natural if human searching their choices, I think.”
The mirror wrote them.
“Is that all your reason?”
“Sorry, in the end, I just wanted to get better.”
There it is. She finally said the most obvious between the obviousness.
“Alright, you had answered all the five question and the result is…”
San rubbed her hands and leaned forward, what is her result? How many arte will she gained? One, two? Or five!?
“Gemenna said you can have two arte.”
HEAVEN, THANK YOU.
“Thank you very much, that’s meant of all five question, I got two of them right?”
“don’t know, don’t care. Now, here.”
San pressed her lips together when the legius replied with such answer. Two gleaming crystals, one is green and the other is yellow. They headed and approached right in front of San.
“My job here is done. I will leave first.”
Thus, the legius faded along with the strong breeze making San’s brown hair fluttering. The red sky around her become greyish again.
Oh well, what done is done. At least, it’s not an empty result right?
“Zeeloreis, look at this!”
San smiled widely as she brimming those crystals.
“I could tell. You do great. Let’s activate them.”
Thus, the crystal soaring above her, ready turned to a figure. San was wondering, what kind of arte will she get? Right, she should ask about the questions. Which one is right? Does that it will influence the arte she had been given?
The green one turned to a figure which not too tall, around her shoulder. Wearing a simple white tunic covered with green robes. The green one forming an old man with long white hair and beard. The old man holding a twig decorated with white flowers and green leaves.
The yellow one turned to a figure which almost tall like Saga. Wearing a yellow blouse covered with knee-length black coat. The yellow one forming a lady with long curly yellow hair. The lady also wearing a black belt which pattern turned to be all kind of weapons.
San actually could take a hint to the green one, it’s a sage or guru. While the yellow one, she could only say; it’s a lady.
They are staring at each other at first.
“Good day, young Lass. I’m a Guru. Let’s do our best from now.” this is the green one, the old man who introduced first. San smiled and nodded at him. A guru, wow, she got the jackpot, a wise person is hard to get lately.
The second followed, “I’m a Warrior, War and battle is an art of beauty~” the lady somehow make a quite posture which we called as narcist.
“I’m San Roel. Nice to meet you all.”
“My, you look plain!” said the lady. Thank you very much, San appreciated she met a straightforward person. San was about to name them when suddenly the lady spoke again, “Call me Hera, Sweetie~” Oh, that’s convenient.
San nodded at Hera and turned to the old man, “wise person, what to name? Alexis? No, it meant helper or defender in Greek… something dessert, something free… Al… Alvey… will do?”
“As you wish, it meant ‘All wise’ from Alviss in Old Norse, I think?”
San nodded. Therefore, the arte already placed and named. San looked up, what will she do? More training?
“Let’s begin the training, now we will teach you how to use your arte.”
Yep. Zeeloreis even added more training list for her.
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three day had passed. It really fast, she though she can train more with her arte, strengthening the bond. Or spar with her friends, learn better. Unfortunately, day passed like that and today is the day.
Well, it’s still one hour left before the trial begin. Her ONLY trial.
San was sitting at the terrace after tended her garden. Lately, well not lately, since she began her training at Aelux realm, she always doing chores like tending garden, cooking, cleaning the house, morning and evening exercise, and many more. Activities that she rarely did before. Of course, each first time she did her family was bewildered. Even asking her if she have fever or hit her head somewhere. Well, it did and the truth is every mystery for herself.
It only happened two days ago, when she almost got hit by a truck, met Zeeloreis, goes to Aelux realm, met her friends from other Guador’s branch, training, training, and have her arte.
Surely having arte is really helped her. Saga the Gazer, Hera the Warrior, and Alvey the Guru. Those three is similar like trifle cake, there is fruits, creamy fillings and cake or cookies layers. Somehow San was feeling grateful to meet them, true they are loyal but they also have unique personalities.
Saga was more stolid and reserved, very very calm and quiet, but also rude. What rude? Sometimes if she didn’t stop Saga, it might be bad. The first time is when she attended a class yesterday, surely Saga can hear what is people thinking and it’s hurt when you know what inside their heart. Human’s heart and mind was never meant to be played at anyway. Thus, San always warned Saga to not overlook human’s heart and mind when it’s not ordered to. There are times when something is better unknown. Especially when you know they despised you.
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
Next, Hera. We did mention how narcist she was. Actually, we are being rude toward Hera, she just admired herself and other aesthetic things. When situation is normal, sometimes she is being playful, like to socialize, have a sense of humor. When situation is serious, she is very considerate, cooperative and very charismatic. She is the mood maker inside the group. San find this arte is very attractive. Hera is strong, she can produce million type weapons to San. But of course, to use them meaning San must practice hard to mastered them.
Last, Alvey. The wise one in the group. The old man always looked calm, although his mouth covered with long white beard, San knew the old man somehow smile calmly inside. The air around him is very clement, very comfortable. Alvey rarely talk, but when he did, he only said short statement or warning toward San. Until now, never heard Alvey talk loudly. When combat or training begin, he always said precise things and very earnest toward San. That’s way the other two arte and San herself paid high-respect to him.
San was thinking deep, she also wanted to know the reason why Gemenna give her those arte. Surely the reason about how hopeless she was, cannot be really that right?
“Oi, what are you being silenced about?”
A voice somewhere. It’s quite echoed but believe her, no one except her can hear them. it’s Hera’s voice. Talking with arte is different, no matter how loud they were or San was, no one will know. It’s like whispering, no wait, is like speak inwardly. Or maybe when they have conversation, they have wall around them, limiting the outer senses to approach them.
“Sorry, I just wondering something.” San replied and stood up, she already watered the plants, next she wanted to take a bath and have something to chew at before she goes to Aelux realm to begin her trial.
“O-oh~ I know, you. Are. Nervous! Aren’t you?”
San quickly walking upstairs. “No way, I’m not.” She denied.
“Just being honest, sweetie. You already trained enough, if I might say, you can conquer this house for yourself!”
San chuckle, she didn’t feel offended. Hera just trying to lift her burden inside. No matter, trial cannot be taken lightly. You will be sent to another realm, another world where you cannot meet with your family nor friends. You must survive and beat the quest to exit the trial. Of course, you will be accompanied with your arte but, for a teen like her, who never socialize or step to the real world, it’s difficult in every aspect.
Surely, she already trained. If San must say, she can do life-skill like cooking and sewing, she also learned battle or combat arts. Thanks to Hera’s aid, she also learned how to combined weapon and use them at particular condition. She also had number one stalking— observer, a spy to be truth. Added with a guru who will keep in touch with her if she lost.
Right, there is need to be scared. Yep, just taking this trial as leisure walk in another world. Yep. Everything is going to be alright.
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San was standing alone at training ground. Ready to depart. Well, almost.
“We’ve explained the trial yesterday, now we will explain things you should know:
Do not kill those who don’t fight, especially children, woman and elderly. Do not kill animal or innocent being, except for food. Do not torment enemies, use instant-kill and be sure to minimalize pain for enemies. Do not fight for revenge. Do not steal when fighting. Do not use poison as you are tormenting your enemies. Do not make decision when you are in high-emotion, especially too happy or angry. Make a decision with clear mind. Do not engage in battle, just apologize or succumb if it wasn’t worth to avoid unnecessary suffering, if forced, less killing.
Understand?”
What the—
Alright, San nodded. “Yes, Understood.”
“Last, hear this: your journey might take several years even thousands. Nonetheless, you will come back. be it fail or not, an arrive at your world in the same time you departed. The quest is not clear as you will search the answer yourself. What disrupt the world you enter? What lies beneath those? Thus, your decision, effort and strategy will affect the result.
Your trial will come to end in two conditions: first, you died whatever the reason is. Second, you get the answer.
Any question?”
“Well, this trial, what for? Why I’m taking them first while my other colleges don’t?”
“trial is necessary to measure your capabilities. How will you defeat Daelos being who life far more than million years before earth-dwellers? You have to be prepared. Our training is different than another disciples.”
Ah, right. She should get used to this.
“I know this is out of topic, but why Gemenna prepared arte for me?”
Please, not hopeless reason.
“we cannot say the reason for detail, since it’s wasting time. But for sure, it’s already get the permission from the Almighty, thus we trust the arte for you.”
Yeah, haha, it’s still THAT unknown and obvious reason. Oh well, sometimes something is better to be unknown right?
“We supposed there is no further question. May security and guidance within your journey.”
A flash light and strong breeze coming, it makes her body flying. San closed her eyes tighly as the light very sparky. As the light coming to fade and only darkness brimming within her closed eyes, San open her eyes gradually.
She doesn’t hear nor see anything at first, then slowly she could see shadow forming many figure and faint sound.
“…or…der…”
That faint sound gradually become clearer as the shadow forming many people in front of her. some looked at her with scowled and flushed face, some were whispering at each other and there is five persons right in front of her who looked at her with disgust and cold.
“Miss, they are angry at you.” Saga said and made it clear.
Right now, San was kneeling at the floor of somewhere grand hall. There were people circling her and their attention is straight toward her. She still cannot get the what situation right now as she was looked in front of her.
The five people right in the center attention other than San consist of four males and one female. The males looked at her with clenching hand and cold expression while the female look trembled and hugged by one of them.
Oh, my, San have a bad feeling.
Don’t tell me, this is THAT famous-line-scene-of-anti-climax-villain???
What was her crimes in this world? What is the destruction flag for her? exiled? Social discrimination? Mental abused?
Honestly, that kinda penalty is not cruel nor rising destruction at all, in fact, San was overjoyed to be exiled or damage her socially as she was anti-social, plain and all before.
San was about to predict what will they say when the center male among them who hugged the trembled girl suddenly point his finger toward San.
“In the name of Banec, the Deity who watch over our Regnum. Toward San Roel of Banec Regnum. As your crimes and treacherous. I, Kean Murray, the first Crown Prince of Banec Regnum, command you to beheaded tomorrow!”
“…”
!!??
GOOD GRIEF.
Beheaded?? Now, aren’t this is too fast?
The plot is too much. Too unbearable. What was her crimes? What was she did? And that Kean Murray is just a crown prince, you are still not age nor position enough to justify a villain! He said it loudly and clearly, so much that San herself could only panicked inside and stiffed outside.
Dude, that guy must be high. Too high.
“Yes, miss, Kean Murray said it clearly; you will be decapitated tomorrow.” Thank you, Saga. How lovely.
“WHAT?!” Hera shocked. “THIS IS… AMAZING!” huh? San sweat-dropped and smiled dryly inside. “Sweetie, let’s do our best to claim the Right! You and me, we will turn this hall into beautiful red dyed in bloo—”
“Stop it. I’m afraid we are being send into un-timid setting. Lass, the execution will be arranged tomorrow, I suggest we should wait. Also, there is something I need to tell you. When the situation is already clearer, we will begin our plan to escape.” Alvey denied them.
Alright, San agreed with Alvey. There is so many things she didn’t know, what crimes? And her name is still her original name, wow! Also, where exactly this place, except the name of Banec Regnum thought.
San take a deep breath. Inner peace, yes, she began to composing her heart right now. she can hear the hall full of whisper and shocked too.
“Beheaded? I can’t believe it…”
“it’s worth as her action lately. I agreed.”
“Poor, she must be desperate, she was an odd lady and anti-social before.”
Ugh, No No… inner-peace. San take a sequence of deep breath.
Two people come from between the crowd, they are most likely the soldiers here. They clad full with armor and spears. They come approached San and take her with them. San lowered her head and eyes since she doesn’t want to see nor hear the surrounding anymore.
“Miss, they talked how bad you are.” Saga, please. You are not helping at all (T.T) your miss is trying to find her inner peace.
Suddenly a push coming toward her, she only jumbled slightly and saw an elderly grabbed her shoulder.
“No! You cannot take my grand-daughter!”
Although San cannot see the face, she can feel how familiar the elderly who stand before her. This voice, this unlimited kindness. Yes, none other than—
“If you wanted to take her, face my corpse first!”
HEAVEN.
How can her sweet and kind grandma turn into GRANDPA in this realm!? her image about her grandma inside almost shattered, but that is not important right now. her grandm—pa was in dangerous stated to protect her!
“Gr-Grandpa… please stop! I’m fine…”
“Keep quiet! You, ran and escape while—”
San’s pupil shrank when she sees something fast was about to hit her grandpa. With one leg, she easily swayed them and San’s body goes around, jump and hit that thing before it reached her grandpa. That thing is a wooden rod, although if getting hit by them wasn’t very dangerous but to throw that straight to an elderly was enough to call ambulance if there is one in this world thought.
How dare they.
San was about to angry when Alvey reminded her, “stay still, lass. This might be worsened if you let out even a word.”
“Jeez, what a surprise!” Hera looked very disappointed and could not stop urging San to start the so-called Right, Hera must meant justification.
One of the five person right at the center threw them. his looked very disgusted, he clenched his fist and come approached where San and her grandpa standing.
San lower her eyebrows.
“Be careful, Miss. He planned to kick your grandpa.” Thank you, Saga!
Thus, swiftly they both, San and that man, act at the same time. The man quickly jousted his leg toward them, straight to hit her grandpa. But he found a hand grabbed his jousting leg, San successfully swooped her grandpa and achieve the attack instead. This is better.
Well, better for her grandpa and his old-bones. As for San, she was straightly thrown back. Her hands placed right at his leg which make the impact of being kicked wasn’t very hurts. But, it’s hurt morally and mentally.
“Good, Lass. You save the day.” Alvey, please, the situation is not good neither the setting is already night outside. What could happen?
“Hey, this is not finish. Yanked him, Sweetie!” Hera followed.
“Miss, your back side and right palm was wounded. It’s better to see a physician or get some treatment.” Yeah, that is also lovely Saga. San wished she could get away from this situation and go to the physician to tend her wound.
The man who just kicked her, stood before her. His yellow eyes brimming with coldness and disgust.
“Get up. This is not over. A creepy creature like you should have been perished.” Said the man. That was hurt really, but over than hurt, San is confused, just what exactly she did till make him so disgusted to her??
San coughed, the impact after being kicked somehow make the way to her stomach and its ache. Her grandpa was being held with the soldiers beside her as he looked very worried to her.
“Pardon me…” San tried to get up when suddenly Saga reminded her again about that man planned to kick her instead (…)
She was on a stated to get up, she might be failed to avoid as her stomach and back side began to ache. She could see one of the man’s leg started to lift, ready to kick her forward. San is ready to achieve the impact.
(T.T)
But the impact was not coming, instead a hand hold that man and pushed him.
“That’s enough. Zoran, you are being too much.” A man stood before her wearing a huge golden armor. “Soldier, take her to the dungeon!” he ordered and the soldiers released her grandpa and bring her. San thought he was the general here.
…
Here she was, at the dungeon and both of her hand tied to rusty chain. She was sitting a moment after being sent here. The cell where she being held was very old and dirty. Not to mention the chain to held her was all old and rusty. One force and she can be released.
“Alright, now what?”
“Miss, there is two soldiers behind the cell and five soldiers wandering outside.”
“so, we are going to escape?”
“Sweetie, it’s okay. You are doing great job, saving an old gramp!”
“Thanks, Hera. But we should focus what we must do right now.”
“No, no, no. I meant, after that, someone at the hall wanted to help you!”
“Huh?”
“Lass, there is something I need to tell you. Once we arrived at this world, some information coming to introduced this world. Is not much. But we should use whatever the resources is.
According to this…”
Some crystals gleaming right in front of her, forming a blue screen. it said:
San Roel. a citizen of Banec Regnum. Her parents already gone due to accident when sailing. She lived with her only grandfather. Since she only lived with her grandpa, they decided to take children who lost their parent. Thus, they manage to build an orphanage inside Banec Regnum. San Roel is a teen who never goes outside nor hanging around with people around her age. She usually helping her grandpa tending the farms and raising the children.
This is her primary reason to attended royal School of Banec Regnum, since her grandpa was an old man who work as farmer, she should find an appropriate work. Thus, she registered as candidate of royal scholarship. She joined the medical division, there she rose and become candidates of the prime minister of Health.
And the remaining page from the crystals is about her personality, height, weight, short form curriculum vitae. It’s same and matched well with her in the original world.
San was wondering, do this ‘San Roel’ in this world is really desperate? So much that the incident just now was accusing her like this? She meant, did ‘San Roel’ here is a bad person?
Alvey broke the silence, “Lass, go get some rest. We will awake you if it already morning.”
come on, how can she rest when tomorrow is her execution. Her trial will come to an end in less than ten hours!
This should not happen. Is she playing as the villain? What stated right now? who is she right now? where her grandpa right now? who they are, those scu— people who shouted and throw at her? So many things yet so little informant here.
Unconsciously, she fell asleep.
…
The sun shines brightly. The commotion was standing circling the arena. They are going to see the spectacle of guillotine. San was being dragged from long stone corridor, she could see, above the podium was a huge guillotine and a basket. Ready to catch her head and blood.
Weird, San doesn’t feel any scared or trembled. She just dragged with usual expression, stoic and firm movement. She was standing and before her was the wooden to put her head through. She looked up and could see a high podium where usually the important position sat. Include those five people who looked down at her. A huge and golden chair in the middle was empty thought, the King doesn’t attend the execution? What happened? Do this execution have legal license? Dying in mal-order is not funny.
Someone began speaking at the corner podium. Seem like the MC for today event.
“Here you are, all citizen of Banec Regnum. In the center of arena, right now, stand a citizen who committed heavy crimes. San Roel. She tried to burned a mansion, stole noble’s belonging, seduced a royal citizen, even attempt to poison an innocent person. To atone her sin, an execution will be held shortly after the speech.”
“…”
Seriously, San Roel in this world tried to do what!?
Didn’t she is an odd and anti-social creature?? What is the motive? Have they tried to investigate this further?? She need justification!
All the commotion boo-ing her and throw some tantrum.
“Death you creepy!” yeah, Death already met her around two days ago, in another world. What good come when she died here? Her trial will come to an end!
“because of you, my children must see this tragedy!” not like she wanted to, and don’t bring you children to see the execution! Bad teaching.
“May your soul dying under Banec Deity!” she didn’t understand that part, the ‘dying’ part, when she must do the twenty-one hours/times to practices in Aelux realm, which she will said the fact: the fact is, if she count the time each of her session, around seventy-two hours each session, which meant if she multiplied with twenty-one times, that’s meant—… okay, not important. She grateful all her intensive-training will come to hand. She is not scared right now.
San lowered her eyebrow, she standing firmly. She looked at them with piercing eyes. right now, Alvey doesn’t reminded her, that’s meant she can act as she wanted right?
The sky turned cloudy as the situation somehow gloomy and cold breeze ringing around her body.
Her hands were chained behind her back, with one pull the chain suddenly teared. Thus, the spectators become loud again as the soldiers standing around her, ready to take her down if ordered to. The five people including that Kane Murray somehow jaw dropped.
“Halt! What are you doing!?” the man with golden armor said loudly.
San still glanced at each of them and being silent.
“How can a weak girl break the chain?? Even a lowly being like her!”
“Ka-Kane… I’m sacred…”
“someone, hold her tight! Bring her down!”
“how creepy. Enough with chit chatting, I will cut her by myself.”
What a loud mouth, she just pierced the chain, and they should know the chain already old and rusty before.
The young man, who once kicked her yesterday, jump from the highest podium, he landed and approached her. She could hear the golden armor-man trying to stop him by shouted at him. The young man seem doesn’t care and take out his sword. Ready to attack her.
“Miss, be careful, he really wanted to kill you.” Thanks Saga. As always you could see what that ruthless man is thinking.
“Avoid offense, just defense until aid is coming.” Pardon her Alvey, but how long she must hold them? and what aid will come when she already at the tip of dire?
“yeehaa, come on Sweetie. Show your chummy fang!” Haha, San decide to only show him slicky and trickery movement as she agreed with Alvey, right now she didn’t want to engage a battle. Defenses is more likely her choices.
Hence, the man started the fight first as he jousted the sword straight to aimed at her neck. San easily dodged the attack. Herda urging her to attack him but Alvey denied and reminded her about the things she should know before transmigrated to this world: don’t engage in battle. Saga as always said what is the ruthless man thinking to kill her.
They battle just like that, one attacking and the other only guard herself. Even with self-defense, right now the battle is at her side. Thanks to the help of her arte, if she chose to attack, she will have a great opportunity to win, but that would be worsened her condition. She is only the prisoner ordered to death while the people around here are despised her. what good will do when you are bearing one voice facing thousand voices? You will only get beaten, no matter even when you are the rightful side.
Around five minutes already passed when suddenly a big tremor could be felt followed by the sound of explosion. The spectators suddenly become panic and chaos as they were heading outside, running for their lives, screaming and so on. The soldiers also scattered, trying to calming the crowd.
The battle stopped as they both looked up the sky, there is black and huge smoke from outside. The general quickly arranged his soldiers and goes outside. Not caring either the execution is still going or not. Kane shouted at him but the general doesn’t paid response, seem like this nation is more important than teenager’s affairs huh? Or seem like this whole event already breaking the ultimate-scene-ani-climax-villain?
“Wh-what?” the man before him was somehow shocked. He looked very cold, ruthless and merciless just now. but he turned like a chick left by his mother.
Saga started his observation, “Miss, there is a raid in this nation. Around five huge flying ship coming toward the palace, there is around ten medium size ship and over than ten small ship. They marched together. They also bombarding and destroying the states.”
Oh, so this is the ‘aid’ that Alvey mentioned huh.
“Lass, don’t waste this opportunity.”
San nodded she was planning to escape but it hit her, where. Is. Her. Grandpa!?
“my old man!” she shouted. San turned around the spectator chairs, but she doesn’t saw the figure she missed. She thought her grandpa would be around to spectate… wait, what kind of a family would wanted to attend his grand-daughter execution?
“Miss, your grand-father located at one of that big airship.”
“…”
What the— don’t tell us that her grandpa is the leader to cause this raid??
A huge shadow covered the execution place. San looked up again and saw a huge, very gigantic, colossal, tremendous airship flying right above the execution place. She jaw-dropped.
The ship is really huge, maybe if the ship landed where she stood right now it will be buried the place, buried them flat on the ground. The ship is colored with red and black, there is a golden pattern in each tip and a huge sail with symbol craved. San thought it was the symbol of the group who raid this nation. A symbol of red crescent moon and five flower petals inside.
San blinked a second when there is a familiar person waving hands to her from above.
It’s her old man! San feeling grateful and smiled faintly to him.
“Oh, so the creepy creature here is a traitor to this nation huh?”
Crap, she forgot about that ruthless man behind her. San was about to confront him again when suddenly there is a fast-black shadow fell right and crushed that ruthless man. The shadow, a figure appeared before her sight, the black robe flutter slowly as the hand covered with black coated glove and there is a light steel armor covered half of the figure’s chest.
The figure turned around and face San straightly.
“San Roel. Is that your name?”
That figure was a man, he is wearing red blouse with long black suit. There is armor that covered half of his shoulder and chest. He has long black hair and complete bright red eyes. they look like a bloodthirsty. He smiled at her with modesty, but San knew from the started her eyes met him. He is very dangerous.
“Yes.” San replied.
The man looked down at the person beneath him. With one swoop, he sent the ruthless-now-poor man thrown and crushed the wall that located far from them. at the same time, two figures coming down from the airship and landed beside her. not long, the subordinates coming down from the airship and each stand around the arena, guarding and observing outside.
“Pardon me for taking too long. I see your wound still not healed properly. Therefore, I invite you to my humble place to get treatment.”
Afterward the huge airship lowered, she could see her grandpa above still waving his hand. San still not replied when suddenly the man approached her in a flash, excusing himself and carried her with bridal style. She wide eyes at first but understood quickly when the arena where she stood just now was collapsed. The subordinates followed him, some of them still holding the higher place as they are ordered to secured the place.
They arrived at the dock of the ship, surely there is her grandpa and some people who might be his subordinates.
“San~ah!!” her grandpa hugged her tightly and not stopping his gratefulness. She could only chuckle and hugged him back.
Two maid and a butler approached them as they take them inside with humble and politeness.
…
Inside.
San could wash her body and changed into appropriate clothes. A green blouse and long black skirt. The maid also gave her a black coat since it’s cold today. Right now, San could have tasted some bread, creamy soup and warm tea. Despite the situation right now, the nation are at raid, a war and they are eating leisurely.
“Lass, eat more. You haven’t eaten since yesterday.” Alvey said, and it meant right now she can rest.
“Hey, can we join the war? Sweetie, you will look hot and hooked by males if you dressed like the man before~” Hera, as always trying to lift this bad feeling over the war situation.
“Miss, right now the raid is nicely done. We won, Miss. The nation has fell to our hands. Congratulation, Miss.”
San cannot make a comment right now. especially when Saga said nicely part, and what is ‘our’?? he is talking as if she is really did the raid when she didn’t know anything. She is innocent here. Just a prisoner who saved by a raid group.
Her grandpa stuffed her with lots of bread again.
“Dear, you should eat more. I know it’s terrible yesterday, but rest assured, Lord Reviel will freed us.”
Lord who??
“Grandpa, who is this person? And what with this raid? Tell me more…”
Her grandpa covered her again with his coat.
“it began right after they bring you to the dungeon. I was threwn out from the palace and had nowhere to go. I was in confused and panicked when a carriage approached me. There I met with Lord Reviel, who was the Lord of Syrr, a huge nation and kingdom far in the north covered with ice and snow. They are known like to conquer and savageness. He offered to help me, and tell me the truth: yesterday, at the banquet before that incident happened, Lord Reviel planned to raid the nation at night, but decide to hold back when he saw your struggling. Since then, he wanted to at least help us.”
Oh wow, cliché.
What is the reason? Surely, that is not the real motive right? Her grandpa is too innocent! There must be something more! This is suspicious, why would a stranger who ruled another nation help some lowly citizen of another nation? This is not right.
The door opened. The man before coming and all the servants lowered their head. San and her grandpa sitting at the chair, they also stood up. The man, which not too long ago appeared before her at the arena, crushed the ruthless-now-poor man and carried her, approached them with humble smiled in his face. His red eyes lock on to them.
Even the way he smiled and gaze them is not right. It’s like, possession? Obsession?
Alvey suddenly barked in, “Oh, there is another data coming.” A crystals-screen appear again. Rest assured, no one can see the screen except San herself.
The screen goes like this:
Name: Reviel de Alta Au’ress Fete Van Renata
The last remnant of Renata lineage, the family who raised Syrr Regnum. The crown king of Syrr Regnum and now planning to secure all the regnum around the world to become another Syrr’s branches. Around fifteen of twenty five regnum was under his territory.
He has some twisted personality with twisted rational. He is twenty-one years old. Still single.
The last part didn’t help at all. The remaining page also mention his weight, height and short form of his CV. There is also his image. Long black hair, coated in black, red blouse, a half chest-plate and two sword scabbard each in his side. There is also revolver behind the coat.
Anyway, San could not help but didn’t give this man any trust. Simply because he is twisted, he may help her grandpa, but his motive is unclear. All sugar is silent killer.
“Psst, aren’t he handsome, sweetie?” stop it, Hera. She doesn’t know who and what is this all about.
“Miss, he wanted to introduce himself and said that the ship already landed in safest place and we will exit this ship.” Yeah, haha, keep monitoring him Saga. Reminded her if he suddenly back stabbed them.
The man sat across them as he ordered them to do so pleasantly. He doesn’t take his eyes off from them. he is eyeing the two persons. Her grandpa still looked respect to him, but San was grim inside and stiff outside.
“Pardon me for late introducing, my name is Reviel de Alta Au’ress Fete Van Renata, Ruler of Syrr Regnum in the northest region. Reviel is enough. It’s nice to make acquintance.”
Yeah, she already knew. San honestly like how the sound from ‘Fete Van Renata’ only part, you know is similar to said; te-ra-ta-ta-ta! (Note: sound from machine gun being shoot).
“My Lord, this lowly citizen was very grateful to your aid, many thanks to Lord Reviel.” Said her grandpa, bowing to him.
“I just get along with my plan. This is just a coincidence. Right now, the Banec Regnum already fall apart. We already secured the king, his royals and the citizens. Some estates have been crushed within the grounds so we wanted to rebuild them as soon as they are precious to the future Banec State, another branches of Syrr Regnum.
The raid is over successfully, you may alight from the ship.”
Her grandpa and Lord Reviel shake hand before her eyes met with those red eyes.
“Miss, he is observing you closely. He expected you to make conversation with him.”
Nah, no. better lowkey than involved with him and his twisted ambition.
“Jeez, up you go Sweetie. Looked how he look at you expectantly”
“Lass, I give you some option:
* Also thank him.
* Just smile at him.
* Keep silent and lower your head.
Choose your answer wisely.”
What.
Does they played her right now? is this some joke or game?? What is ‘wisely’ when there is wise person, Alvey, in her inner-group right now??
“Lass, this option it’s safest choice.” Alvey added.
Oh. Ok.
1. what safest!
Ugh, thank him would be common. If she acted it might pique his interest even more. Being all silent would be frustrating, this man even carried her with bridal style, if she is being silent and lowered her head that is meant how unappreciated she was! Then, NO.
Option 2 is more likely. Just smiled at him, yes, smile is also a form of sincerity and grateful.
San curved her lips and his red eyes blinked, somehow catch her lips movement. Sadly, she FORCEfully to smiled as she rarely smiled before. She could feet her muscle face twitch as they rarely used to smiled. Her smiled turned to awkward curve of lips, accompanied with being upside down her eyebrows since is like her first time to smile.
Oh God, why is she always failed?? She wished to buried herself somewhere.
She hear a faint chuckle. She looked and saw that red eyed man holding his small laugh.
Oh, he can laugh. Wow. It’s—
“sweet, right?” stop it Hera, San wanted to said; unbelievable, internally. Even the servants at dining room also kind of bewildered.
“You… doesn’t have to force a smile for me. But I appreciated the effort.” He is feeling satisfied as he accompanied them exit the ship.
…
If he said some estates, don’t believe them at all. It’s not some again, it’s almost entirely all the estates come to ruined. Just what is he? What kind of mass-weapon could alter almost-entirely-all nation to ruined? And why it takes only thirty minutes to conquer a nation? No, what’s right it only takes her to washed, changed and eat durations to conquer them??
How powerful.
San sigh-seeing the environment. She is standing at the high bridge inside the palace as she can see the entire Banec Regnum, well former regnum. From above, she could see a camp was being held to bear the former citizens. There is over than hundred tents and the Syrr’s subordinates still distributing food portions as the citizens queuing.
She hear her name being called loudly, it was her grandpa. He is coming toward her.
“Dear, let’s go to our tent. You must be missed your family!”
Thus, they exit the palace together.
…
San expected to meet a pack of children. They hug her as they were close. San was chit chatting with them. some data coming and said their name, favorite food, usual activities, age, et cetera. Alvey said this data or information will come so her original knowledge at least meet with ‘San Roel’ in this world. San was about to ask her grandpa what ‘San Roel’ doing in this world, her recently activities that become terrible in the eyes of Banec? Of course, her grandpa hesitated to tell her and the children somehow didn’t like the royals, they told her that they are the evil one, they told her that their ‘San Roel’ is the hero, and so on.
This is going nowhere.
The children fell asleep and San try asking her grandpa again.
“You see, San, you always been that kind person. You know, the silent type person. I know you are hardworking. You strive to be the best as well helping the others. You never told us how tired or complaint to us. You just there, bearing everything. You never socialize or hanging around with people around your age I guess that is my fault. I was concerned to our family until forgot that you are also grown up. This is all my fault, it never yours.”
San sighed. Grandpa please. Don’t give short answer. But if too detail, aren’t her grandpa will suspicious?? How come the main former prisoner doesn’t know their crime?
Saga, help!
San trigger some sentence, “bearing? Silent type?”
“Yes, you know they are using you as stepping stone, therefore when you had been throw they will make a new system where low citizen like us cannot register to Royal School anymore. This is their plan to make us living under their feet! They knew you have tremendous potential that sooner or later will make the royals lose: a low citizen who overpower than the royal? They scared just imagine their position will never save, thus they planned to wronged you.
But they failed.”
“Miss, the detail is here: you are one of candidate to become Prime Minister of Health. There is two in total, other than you, the second in rank is a royal; Kathie Evans. Kathie is a hidden bastard among the royals dog—”
“Stop Saga, where do you learn the following word?”
“Pardon me, this data acquired from your grandfather, allow me to filter them first:
Okay. Kathie Evans is the first daughter of Prime Minister. She is currently your rival. With her skill, she successfully attained many people trust, including all your subordinates and colleges in the same division. She also gained some relationship with the royal prince, the son of the General, both son of the Earl, which they are attended at the banquet yesterday with you. She is kind-hearted outside, including to you, but inside she is a rotten dog eating rotten tomato—”
“Ok, I get it about Kathie. In summary, it was her doing right?”
“Almost, Miss. She was jealous with your skill but cannot do anything since she was a noble lady. But the other royals using her jealousness, they will help her to rise as well as crushing you down. They successfully blamed all the misery to you.
burned a mansion originally Kathie was training inside to make a medicine but failed, stole noble’s belonging originally there is rare ingredients which they give them to Kathie to increase her research but failed, seduced a royal originally Kathie trying to make one of the royal to try her potion but the result is failed and to cover them you are the soft-meat here, even attempt to poison an innocent person also Kathie’s doing, continuation from before.”
San deep sighed. She is face palmed. She doesn’t know either pitied Kathie or hate her.
“Is this information valid?”
“I have been searching, and its 100% information from the royal itself. your grandfather tried to intrude the palace as a gardener, and he overheard this himself.”
San feeling bad for her grandpa, to this this extent, only for her grand-daughter…
“Grandpa…”
Her grandpa was humming the sleeping children so they can rest in comfortable, turned to her. “yes, dear?”
Words won’t come as she hugged her grandpa tightly. Wide eyed, her grandpa also hugged her back.
“I’m home…” she talked with hoarse voice. Honestly, she didn’t want to say this, but thinking how dense she was both in the original world and ‘San Roel’ in this world, she will say it. “San Roel, you owe me one.” she muttering to herself.
Home, huh. They are currently inside a cloth tent. Which the space wasn’t enough if they both lay. There is nothing as the resident area have been ruined. There is five children sleeping while squeezing. And the remaining space is enough to both older being to sat. it cannot be called ‘home’ or place with roof again, in fact, one strong breeze can blow the tent. Leaving nothing.
Yet her grandpa replied, “Welcome back” not objecting either this is home or not.
Thus, tears dripping from her eyes, her brown pupil getting bigger and her mouth quivering. She lowered her head to hide her sniff and water nose.
‘San Roel’ in this world really owed her many things.
…
The Syrr Regnum have made decision. All the citizen will send to the capital, including the prisoners. There will be huge construction in Banec Estate, as the branches of Syrr’s Regnum. Gigantic airships assembled in wide terrain and all the citizen line up to ride the airship. This time, the gigantic airships have dominant brown than black, there is still red dyed and golden. The interiors is also different than the gigantic airships where San and her grandpa ride with that red eyed man. The interiors is filled with small rooms and lounge. One room consist of four bed stacked and a bathroom. Most likely this airship is purposed to public transportation for far place.
The journey will take around two days straight without stopping. With the speed of the airship, it might less than that.
Arriving at the capital terminal. Yes, the place where all the airships landed. It sure big to contain hundred multi size airships. The passengers soon come out and being guided outside. Some carriage already lining, ready to grab the passengers. They soon carried to the palace grounds.
It’s still morning, the sun didn’t hot than before. Some Syrr’s subordinates distributing the food portion as always. There is not very crowded as they began munching the bread. Three whole days straight they only given jammed bread, water and milk. The situation after a war was somehow gloomy when they hear news about the current head-general already died, the royals were taken inside the dungeon, the former king was ill before the raid and now fallen severely, some people also missing. Among the citizen, there is no mortality but since they already lost their home, is neither good.
The orphans munched their bread, still happy as ever. San glad the situation didn’t impact to her family. Her grandfather as usual, chatting his plans today and tomorrow. She knew they try to lift the mood. Their sister, San Roel, was almost beheaded around two days ago and they shocked that time. But now, they trying their best to bright the day.
San tried to give them explanation that she is fine, she isn’t angry nor sad, she is—
Huh?
San heart thumping loudly. She felt something fishy around. She quickly turned around. The refugees still eating calmly, but something seem fishy.
“Lass, keep your guard.” Alvey finally reminded her again, this past two days after alighted from the airship, Alvey stopped talking.
“Miss, be careful. Mana accumulation from the center.” with that warning from Saga, she looked to the center. surely there is some people circling at the center. there is some colorful aura emitting around them. “That is Mana. They are most likely will do something with Mana.”
“Sweetie, there is a big wall.” With Hera navigate, there is a wall standing not too far. “do protect your family.”
San stood up and urged her family to move aside.
“Why dear?”
“The sun is too hot. I think I’m going to faint.” She lied, but that’s for the best. The sun is not very hot as usual since it’s cold today. But they more worried her condition than climate thus, they obey to move.
They sat behind the wall there is also some people who leaned on the wall. San sat almost behind the wall, she still eyeing the people at the center. what will they do? What is going to happen? Should she alert the other people?
The mana. The colorful strain resonating, they getting bigger and bigger. San could not help but concerned with the surrounding. There is elder, children and woman. No, there is innocent people around. If they planning to—
“Saga!”
“Miss, they are planning to make clamor by using tornado and explosion.”
“!!”
San hurriedly stood up and dash to the center. her family shocked and shouted at her.
There is still time. She should smack the people at center, the Mana will stop and that clamor won’t happen. It’s fine if she must bear the pain, it’s fine if she must pay for hurting them, it’s fine if she called crazy and all, it’s fine if she will be prisoned again, it’s all fine if everything befallen to her, instead those innocent people!
The colorful Mana getting bigger and it’s almost reach it peak of power. Ready to be unleashed.
“Miss, they will do it.”
“Hera!”
“As your command, Sweet~heart~” thus, blue crystals forming quickly gleaming and twinkling as she grabbed them. with one pull something come out. A silver bowgun powdered with ammo. All the weapon using ammo can be filled either elemental or buffer.
San ran and stop suddenly near the center people, she stance her posture and her hands. Aiming the sky, one push and here we go. At the same time, the people at the center began to stood up. They suddenly leaped both their hand and muttering together. the sky turned to dark cloudy as a spiral and some black powder forming from the sky ready to touch the grounds and dancing to havoc. The refugees still eating calmly as they gazed the sky, including some Syrr’s subordinates who just finished distributing the food. They all bewildered seeing the terrific tornado and huge black ball from the sky.
San cannot waste time anymore. She cannot smack them as they already casting the magic. This AOE skill, either she guard herself or the opposite…
DEFENSE THE MANA.
She pulled the silver string and the faltea began to filled the ammo which launched to the sky, right beyond the spiral wind and black ball which can explode when touched the grounds. The ammo burst and red crystals circling both the spiral wind and the black bomb. Thus, it trapped them inside and—
KABOOM
The flame hurling spirally as following the tornado route, but the impact didn’t touch the ground, hitting all people nor expanses the whole sky. It trapped right inside the crystals. Forming a huge round shape with reddish flame, the surrounding become somewhat painted in red and black as the shadow from the explosion reflected right to their eyes.
All stunned and shocked for a moment, Including the culprits. Still wide eyed, now their attention was among the sky. San was about to alter the silver gun, this weapon should not exist since it will created more chaos than this. why would a refugee, moreover a merely citizen, holding a weapon? And based San’s observing; this type of weapon is used only for pirate and thug class. If someone eyed catch this weapon, even a glimpse. This will bad.
The weapon glimmering gradually as it was piercing the body and fade into thin ai—
San body froze as a hand suddenly grabbed her hand that just now holding the weapon. Her whole senses stopped as soon as she figured the person who grabbed her.
She did mention that this will bad.
Especially not him.
“What…”
Not that shimmering red eyes again,
“Are you…”
San lost the light of her eyes as the shadow that person backing the source of explosion, instead red that painted reflectively at all surrounding, this is black painted only to San whole body.
“…My Lord…”
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To be Continued
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