"Where I am?"
Noctis is standing at in the middle of nowhere that is tinted in dark blue, fog shrouded the area. He could see a mysterious figure holding a cane, this figure seems familiar. The figure seems to a man in his 50s, gray hair and beard, green eyes, wearing a black suit with thin, white stripes and a black cape, gold braces on the right knee.
"Noctis." The figure said the Chosen King's name. This voice seemed familiar to Noctis, no the word "familiar" is an understatement, in fact, he recognizes this voice.
"Dad?" The Chosen King answered back to the figure, turns out that this figure is the Chosen King's father, Regis Lucis Caelum, 113th King of Lucis, bearer of the Sword of The Father. He went closer to his father.
"It has been too long since we last spoke, my son." The Father King said.
"Where are we?" The Chosen King asked.
"Where we are now needs none of your concern, Noctis." Regis said.
"So then, why are you here?" Noctis asked.
"I'm here to give you a warning, my son." The Father King replied.
"A warning?" The Chosen King asked in confusion.
"Yes. This Goddess you met, Eris, sent you to this world to defeat the Demon King, right?" The Father King asked.
"Yeah, she did. Is this what this warning's all about?" The Chosen King replied and asked.
"Indeed. The Demon King is making a weapon, Noctis, a weapon that harnesses the power of the Lucii." Regis said.
"What?" The Chosen King asked in surprised.
"I do not know what this weapon is capable of, my son, but I know that it harness the power of the Old Kings and only you can stop it."
"I thought the all souls of The Old Kings were gone, I used their power to kill Ardyn." Noctis replied.
Noctis is now the task of defeating the Demon King more seriously than before. He already had to fight 3 of the Old Kings back at Lucis and now this? Things just got real for Noctis now. Noctis is looking down thinking how did the Demon King has the souls of the Lucii in his possessions. Then the Father King of Lucis came towards Noctis and put his hands onto The Chosen King's shoulder, Noctis looked at his father.
"Noctis, wheresoever you should go, the line of Lucis goes with you." King Regis said.
"Dad…" Noctis said faintly.
"Walk tall, my son." King Regis said.
Noctis' vision became white, but Noctis didn't want to go yet, he wanted to stay with his father just a bit longer.
Back into reality, Noctis suddenly sat up on his bed, his body was covered in sweat, and his breathing got heavy.
"Can't tell if it's a nightmare or a dream." Noctis thought to himself.
The Chosen King changed back to his Prince's Fatigue and went to the living room of the mansion, where he would find his party members. Instead, he only found the Arch Wizard, Megumin, sitting on a table playing with her cat, Chomosuke. The Arch Wizard turn towards Noctis.
"Finally! You should really work on your sleepy habits." The Arch Wizard said. Back in Eos, everyone from his friends to his dad's associates knows that Noctis doesn't like to wake up early.
"Where is everybody?" Noctis asked the Arch Wizard, trying to avoid talking about his sleep habits.
"Kazuma's probably flirting with girls, Aqua's probably getting drunk and Darkness' probably praying to that Goddess of her." Megumin replied to the Chosen King's question while playing with her pet cat.
"So… Why are you here?" The Chosen King asked The Arch Wizard.
"Usually, Kazuma and I would go somewhere and train my Explosion Magic." Megumin replied.
After saying this, Megumin stood up.
"Since you're the only one in this house with me, would you mind training with me?" Megumin asked the Chosen King, The Arch Wizard is getting to Noctis' face, invading his personal space.
"Sure, why not?" Noctis replied. This Arch Wizard keeps going on about Explosion Magic, the Chosen King wants to see this "Explosion" magic. The name is self-explanatory but its power is a mystery to the Chosen King.
The Chosen King and The Arch Wizard left the mansion and went outside the wall of Axel. They went pass a sign that says to not use Explosion Magic in this area.
"Hey, shouldn't we be somewhere else cuz' I just saw a sign saying we shouldn't train here." Noctis said.
"Its fine, Kazuma and I do this all the time." The Arch Wizard. It's actually not fine, Kazuma got blamed for damaging environmental property.
"Well, if you say so." Noctis said.
They stopped at a plain of grass. The air is fresh, the grass is swaying back and forth because the wind but that's not going to continue because the Crimson Demon Arch Wizard's intentions.
"We're here." Megumin said.
"Do what you gotta do." Noctis stepped back.
"Right." The Arch Wizard responded.
Megumin raised her staff into the air and begin to chant. The sky turns dark and the wind starts howl. A magic circle appeared under her and her staff starts to assimilate some sort of dark energy
"The sky turns dark and the wind starts to howl, Mother Nature cannot rival me, for my might knows no equal. All feeble beings of this world, fear me, Megumin of the Crimson Demons, for I shall cast, EXPLOSION!"
Noctis looked at sky to see a bunch of magical circle appear and released a large beam of orange tinted energy, the magical energy is powerful enough to create an explosion that could surpass even the most destructive magic spells that Noctis could think of.
"Even a Flare spell has nothing on this." Noctis thought to himself, he could see the smoke coming from the grass plains which is now reduced to ash.
Noctis turns towards Megumin to see her lying on the floor. Noctis became worried and ran towards the fatigued Arch Wizard.
"Megumin, you alright?" Noctis crouched down next to the Arch Wizard.
"Every time, I cast Explosion Magic, it takes away most of my magic point, rendering me numb. This is why I need someone to come with me."
Noctis took a moment to sigh.
"Say no more." Noctis said before he picked Megumin and carried her on his back. If only he had a potion from Eos, that stuff could heal wounds and negate fatigue.
Megumin is not that heavy, so Noctis' task at hand of carrying the Arch Wizard is a cinch. Noctis never once in his life have to carry someone around his back. In his young times, he did saw Gladiolus carrying his sister, Iris, that's because they are family.
"Noct?" The Arch Wizard called the Chosen King's name faintly.
"Yeah?" Noctis responded.
"How would you rate that Explosion?" Megumin asked.
"How would I rate that Explosion?" Noctis ask himself faintly.
He took a moment to think.
"I gotta admit: that was a pretty good explosion, even my best Fire spell can't compete with that." Noctis responded.
Noctis didn't see it but Megumin wore a smirk on her face. Ever since Noctis joined her party, all she wanted to show Noct is the beauty of Explosion Magic.
"How many point would you give it?" The Arch Wizard asked.
After hearing this question, he took another moment to think on how many points he would give for that Explosion that Megumin casted.
"150 points. That's a pretty good score if I say so myself." Noctis said.
"Thanks." She gave Noct a thumbs up.
"Hey, would you mind showing me your best magic spell next time?" Megumin asked.
"Sure, why not?" Noctis said.
The Chosen King carried the Arch Wizard back to Axel. The town is very lively today, Adventurer talking to each other, people selling and buying things from merchants. This kind of reminds Noctis of Lestallum, a very lively town with very lively people. Noctis could hear people murmuring, he is not a nosey person but sometimes there are conversation that can catch his attention.
"Hey, is that the crazy Arch Wizard girl?" A person said.
"Oh yeah, that's her. Why is she with that beginner? I thought she always hanged out with that guy." Another person said.
"What's that beginner's name again?" The person said.
"It's Noctis something-something, nobody knows really knows who he is other than he has a cool ability." Another person said.
Noctis made his way back to the mansion with Megumin on his back. The Chosen King saw someone at the main gate. A young girl with crimson-colored eyes, dark brown hair at mid-length tied into 2 twintails at shoulder's reach, wearing a low-cut pink and an ultra-sort pink miniskirt. Noctis doesn't know why but her facial appearance look almost like Megumin. The girl saw the Chosen King and The Arch Wizard and came up to them.
"Who's that?" The Chosen King asked.
The Arch Wizard looked up, her facial expression turned from tired to annoyance.
"Oh no, not her again." Megumin said.
Noctis assumed that Megumin knew the girl or otherwise she wouldn't say "Oh no, not her again."
The Chosen King put The Arch Wizard back on her feet, she now has enough energy to walk on her own.
"There you are, I've been looking for you all day." The girl said.
"Can't you see that I'm out of energy, Yunyun? Can we do this next time?" The Arch Wizard said.
"Aw come on, Megumin! You always said that when every time I challenged you." The girl cried out. Yunyun was the name of the girl.
"I'm sorry but who are you?" Noctis asked the girl.
The girl clear her throat before responding to Noctis' question.
"My name is Yunyun. An arch wizard and Master of Advanced Magic. She who will one day lead the Crimson Demons." Yunyun said while making a Chuuni pose.
"Anyway, this is Yunyun. Daughter of the Crimson Demon's leader, and my self-proclaimed rival." Megumin explained.
"Well, I'm Noctis. I just joined Megumin's party just yesterday." The Chosen King said.
"Hello, Noctis. It's nice to meet you." Yunyun replied.
"Likewise. Anyway, Megumin just casted Explosion Magic onto a plain of grass and it took all of her energy. So if you want to fight her, it's best to do it in another day." Noctis said.
The Chosen King turned towards the Arch Wizard.
"C'mon, Megumin, let's get inside." The Chosen King said.
Both The Arch Wizard and The Chosen King went inside the mansion.
"See ya later, Yunyun." Noctis turned back and waved goodbye to the other Arch Wizard girl.
"Bye, Noctis. Next time we fight, I'm going to win, Megumin!" Yunyun called out.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Megumin said without looking at Yunyun.
Once Noctis and Megumin went inside the mansion, the other Arch Wizard girl went home.
"Noctis… Who is he, really? Why did he joined Kazuma's party?" Yunyun thought to herself.
Back in the mansion, Megumin and Noctis sat on a couch near the fireplace. They both sat on the opposite edges of the couch.
"I should really get more XP." Noctis said.
"Well don't worry, we're almost running out of money so that means we're going to have to do more quests later on." Megumin explained.
"Hey, remember how I asked you to show me some of abilities?" The Arch Wizard asked.
"Uhh… Yeah." Noctis replied.
"Well, I know we're at home but is there anything you can do that is harmless?" Megumin asked.
Noctis took a while to think of what to show The Arch Wizard that is harmless. After thinking for a while, he thought of something. The Chosen King stood up.
"It might not be much but this is what I can do." Noctis said.
He raised his right hand and fire came out of his hands.
"Woah, that's pretty cool." Megumin said.
"You think this is cool? Just watch." Noctis said with a smirk.
He took out an Elemancy flask. From Megumin's perspective, it's just a round object. He puts his right hand, which is imbued with fire, onto the Elemancy flask. The fire from is hand is absorbed by the flask and it now has orange tinted lines on it.
"This is what I call 'Elemancy'." Noctis said raising the Fire Elemancy Flask towards Megumin, the Chosen King could see that Megumin is impressed with his Elemancy skill.
"So you can just create fire out of hands and just pop it into an orb? That's pretty neat." The Arch Wizard said.
"Well, not really." Noctis said.
"Eh?" Megumin let a sound voice confusion.
"Back at my home, there are these deposits of elemental energy that I can absorb. If there are no elemental deposits nearby…" Noctis summons the Engine Blade, "I could get some elemental energy by stabbing this into a living thing." The Chosen King explained.
"How does stabbing a living thing with that absorbs elemental energy?" The Arch Wizard asked.
"I actually do not know, my dad gave me this sword on my 16th birthday without any explanation how it work." Noctis said.
Noctis dematerialized the Engine Blade and sits back down into the couch.
"With a guy like you, we could take on more dangerous quests and make even more money." Megumin said.
"Yeah…" Noctis said.
"By the way, what does your home look like?" The Arch Wizard.
"To be honest, I don't know." The Chosen King said.
"Eh? How could you not know what your home looks like?" Megumin asked.
Noctis took a moment to sigh, The Arch Wizard has a feeling that he is going to say something that will not sound good.
"My home was destroyed by the Demon King. After that, I made it my task to become an adventurer and kill that son of a bitch." Noctis said as he clenched his fist, it's the truth but it's not a lie at the same time. Insomnia, Noctis' home city was destroyed by the Niffelheim Empire, its army is made out of robots which originally were once Daemons, monsters that only come at night. These robots were a part of Niffelheim's Magitek, a type of technology made by Niffelheim.
"Oh, that got dark really quick. I'm sorry about that." Megumin said.
"It's Ok, you don't need to feel bad." The Chosen King said.
After Noct said that, Kazuma, Aqua and Darkness came home.
"Hey, we're home." Kazuma called out.
"Oh, Kazuma, you're back." The Arch Wizard said.
Aqua is very drunk due to her spending all day drinking alcohol. Darkness is OM because she was probably praying to Eris.
"So Noct, what did you do today?" Kazuma asked the Chosen King.
"Me? I just helped Megumin train with her Explosion Magic." The Chosen King replied.
"Oh, that's nice." The Leading Adventurer said.
"By the way, Kazuma, is there like a fishing ground around here somewhere?" Noctis asked.
"Well, there is a stream of water running across Axel, you could try to fish from there." Kazuma said.
"Sweet, thanks a bunch. Don't mind me, I'm just gonna go to bed." Noctis said.
"For a person who sleeps earlier than us, he is the last one to wake up in this party." Darkness said.
"Who knows? Maybe he has a very weird sleeping schedule." Kazuma said.
Meanwhile, Aqua is in the bathroom vomiting rainbows in the toilet due to excessive drinking.
Meanwhile at Noctis' room, The Chosen King got changed and threw himself onto his bed.
"It's bed time…" Noctis said, "Can't wait to go fishing tomorrow."
To be continued…
Nothing much is going in this chapter, I know. I thought this would be a great opportunity for Noctis to hang out with the protagonists of Konosuba. Next time, Noctis will meeting Chris, Wiz and other supporting characters of this anime. If you are wondering, yes, some of the beloved characters from FFXV will get a cameo in this fanfic. No pairings, by the way.