Watch out, this contains some suggestive humour. Courtesy of Geis.

Chapter 2

Upon coming back, they saw their brother was coughing blood as usual, but he was standing. He was standing again after three months of lying in the bed, seemingly unconscious!

"BROTHER!" Geis cried out and almost tackled him.

"Ernst! You're awake!" Erina cried in the brink of tears, as she hugged him.

"Yeah, thanks for taking care of me." Ernst, their eldest brother said as he coughed up even more blood. Soon enough, the little piece of cloth he had, was dripping wet with his blood. Vincent threw another piece of cloth to him.

"Thanks man." Ernst said as he caught it and began coughing on it again.

"You, wait, no. You're still not well; get back on the bed and rest." Erina said demandingly.

"Don't talk to me like that. I'm your older brother mind you." Said Ernst with a voice not too demanding yet encouraging enough to make Erina apologize.

"S-sorry, I just..." Said Erina.

"It's alright, don't worry." He said as he patted her head.

Later that night, Ernst sneaked out of his room and wandered into the mountain woods. Deep in the woods, he took out a sharp knife. He hissed as he slit his wrist, and blood poured on the floor. Then as the blood poured on the floor, it formed a circle with runes on it. From the seal, there opened a portal. Ernst stepped into the portal.

"Brother, I have your...brother?" Erina gasped. Ernst was nowhere in his room, as a matter of fact, nowhere in the house! Erina began to panic when suddenly a knock was heard from downstairs.

"Who is it?" Asked Vincent as he opened the door.

"Hey champ." Ernst was at the door, all sweaty and extremely pale.

"W-whoa man. What happened?" Vincent asked, almost scared because of how pale Ernst was.

"Err, just my morning jog..." Ernst answered uneasily.

"A 'morning jog doesn't leave you pale as a ghost!" Vincent said.

"Huh? Pale, me? Eh, whatever. Just get me to a shower." Said Ernst.

Erina dropped the medicine, and Ernst's breakfast. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?" She screamed.

"Relax, relax. I'm fine. Just get me to a shower." Ernst said as he pushed his way into the bathroom of his room.

"No, no, no! I told you not to go anywhere! What's wrong with you!?" Erina yelled.

"Just get me to a shower..." Ernst said as he went into the bathroom of his room.

"YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN!" Erina yelled at him. "UGH!" She said, irritated, and began to prepare his medication and breakfast again.

Ernst took off his shirt to reveal hideous scars across his muscular body. He turned on the shower and almost yelled, were it not for the fact that he bit his lip. The water glided across his skin and reached his every wound, the pain was incredible. He said aloud an incantation, and his wounds healed almost immediately.

"Ugh..." He turned off the shower, and wiped himself. His vision began to get blurry when he was putting on his sleeping robe. As soon as he hit the bed, he blacked out.

"Brother...brother...it's time for your medicine." Ernst heard Erina's gentle voice.

"Oh come on, why don't you just punch him awake?" Went Geis' voice.

"Oh shut up!" Erina said.

"Eh, what? Oh, thank you Erina." He gulped down the medicine greedily; he didn't realize he was this thirsty! "Ugh, how long was I asleep?" Ernst asked.

"Um...about...six hours?" Replied Erina.

"Hey, brother. Who's Alamarion? She someone we need to know about? Or I dunno...maybe he's someone we need to know about." Geis snickered, with a wicked smile.

"Geis, I swear, shut up!" Replied Erina. "But...brother...you have been muttering that name in your sleep...and...well...Geis and I were just wondering who this Alamarion is..." Erina said, uncertainly.

"Oh, I have, have I? Haha..." Ernst gently laughed. "Don't worry. I assure you no one's gonna part me from you both...and you too champ." Ernst said as Vincent entered the room.

"What?" He asked holding their dinner.

They ate a hearty meal, fit for warriors, and they all went to bed. That night Ernst couldn't sleep. He got up and went into the forest. Deep in the forest, he stopped walking. He clenched his fist and a cut formed from his wrist. Blood dropped down and made the same seal. The portal opened and Ernst stepped in.