Disclaimer: On chapter 1
Setting: WKC, post Bunker Lode Caverns.
The moon lit canyons of the Flanders lit up as Alastor cast a powerful fire spell in the face of the ice giant he had come across. As the light of the flames dwindled and the smoke began to thin, the ice giant toppled forwards crashing into the ground as dead as its front was charcoal black.
Not content with just leaving the ice giant corpse where it was, the azure spellcaster unleashed a second volley of fire spells on it scattering the corpse across the entirety of the canyon he was in.
"Wow. Somebody's got some anger issues."
Blinking in surprise at hearing a familiar voice, Alastor looked over his shoulder to see Yulie sitting on a boulder watching him with a look of amusement.
"What are you doing here?" Alastor grunted turning his back on the girl and walking off in search of more monsters to use his magic on.
"Isn't it obvious? I wanted to see what you were up to." Yulie replied honestly jumping off the boulder to chase after him.
She had spotted the silent spellcaster leaving the mansion as she was returning to her own room Caesar had graciously loaned her for the night before their trek back to Balandor. Curious as to where he was going, the archer quickly grabbed her own weapon before following after the taciturn mage catching up just in time to see him turn an ice giant into bite sized carrion.
"Couldn't get to sleep so I figured I might as well practice my magic." Alastor shrugged off.
"Really?" Yulie asked skeptically glancing back at the little remains of the ice giant. "Looks to me like you're letting out your frustration at having to stick with us a while more."
The lack of a verbal answer from the spellcaster, other than the overpowered ice spell he just cast at a swarm of vespid, was all the reply Yulie needed to smile in victory behind his back. It was no secret that, while he harboured no ill will towards her or the others, Alastor did not like travelling with others much preferring his own company and doing things his own way.
It was going to be amusing to see how well he would put up with their newest member of the group come sunrise.
"What about you?" The spellcaster asked after checking to see if he had missed any vespids with his spell.
Yulie's reply was to blink in confusion.
"We failed in rescuing the princess, again. And while he may not show it, Leonard's surely kicking himself for failing her which in turn-" Alastor began to explain before three arrows shot by his cheek pinning the vespid to the canyon wall. "Now who's the one venting their frustration?"
"Shut up!" Yulie snapped as she lowered her bow.
She was still sore from her earlier talk with Leonard about the princess and had secretly hoped that following after Alastor to see what he was getting up to could distract her from her own woes not get more salt thrown on it like it was an open wound.
Sensing that he had inadvertently struck a nerve, Alastor raised his free hand up in a placating manner to show he was not going to broach the subject any further. Seeing that Yulie was not going to lash out at him, the spellcaster shouldered his staff as he walked off in search of more monsters to hunt.
"You coming?" He called over his shoulder to Yulie.
Confused for a moment, Yulie's face quickly broke out in a grateful smile at the invite as she followed after Alastor with her bow primed and ready to take out whatever monsters Alastor's spells were either too slow or unable to kill.
"Alrighty! Let's get to Balandor on the Balandouble!" Caesar rallied as the group left his mansion towards Central Station a little after dawn had come.
"Sounds like someone's in a good mood." Yulie noted sounding quite chipper herself.
"We'll soon see how long that lasts." Kara remarked curious to how the young lord would cope with the high heat while passing through the Lagnish desert.
Thinking along similar lines, Yulie let out a quiet giggle before glancing at Alastor to see if he had any comments to add. Unsurprisingly, there was no words to slip passed his lips but Yulie could have sworn there was a slight upturn of the corner of his mouth suggesting that he too was thinking the same as them.
"By the way." Kara began as they followed after the currently enthusiastic Caesar. "Why are you in such a good mood yourself? You seemed rather upset yourself after your chat with Leonard."
"Doesn't anybody sleep at night?" Yulie asked incredulously before shrugging off the blonde's inquiry. "I went out and vented on some monsters before turning in. Believe it or not, it actually helped."
If Kara believed the purplette, she did not let it show on her face. Sadly, before she could inquire further into what Yulie had really been up to, the recently bestowed Pactmaker of the Dragon Knight had decided to whittle away some time pestering her once again.
You have to wonder how they could let Cisna get recaptured so many times. First was reasonable, since Kara was a double agent at the time; Second, they could have done more than just watch Caesar kick Belcitane's ass & third well surely they could have made a two-pronged strike to both rescue Cisna (the real one) & get Talion even if Kara revealed her true colors.
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