"Tea?" asked Estelle.
"Sure..." replied Jin, sitting down on a small chair opposite to another young man comparable to his own age. "Your name is Flynn is it not? Estellise said that you did help in bringing me here so I should be thanking you." He said.
"Correct." The young man in front of Jin said, taking a small sip from the tea that Estelle poured in both of their cups. "But regarding your explanations on where you came from, that part confuses the two of us."
"But we're still going to try to help you, right Flynn?" Estelle asked her companion, that same smile still on her face.
"I don't recall asking for help." Jin frowned, still not touching the teacup offered to him but instead, leaving it on the table. "Whatever it is that you want from me, there's no way I wish to be part of it." He continued, closing his eyes.
"We're not expecting anything from you. And if what you say is true, you have nowhere to go and probably wouldn't last long outside the city should you decide to leave. Worse, you may be thrown into the dungeon for...disturbing the peace." Said Flynn.
"Flynn wait." Estelle said quietly before turning towards Jin. "Umm...Jin, please reconsider our...my offer. I mean, I really do wish to help after you saved my life. I can make sure you get into the knighthood under Flynn's command for a bit if you want?"
Jin merely smirked at the thought. "The knighthood. Guess that's all I'm always going to be in. Dispatched in mankind's darkest hour, we are knights of the blue flame." He whispered.
"Mmm?" Estelle wondered at his mumbling.
"One condition. I will not be anyone's subordinate. I'm willing to work under him, but never order me around." Jin looked at Flynn.
"Only if you know what you're doing. Do you even have experience in this sort of thing?" the other young man replied.
Standing up now and looking away, Jin took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Why don't you show me, what you can do?" he asked quietly, placing one hand on the handle of Yukianesa.
"Not here!" Estelle interrupted. "Umm...the courtyard. The damage should be kept at a minimum there." She suggested.
"Estelle, you stay here and watch. We'll be the ones heading downstairs then." Flynn said, getting up and staring back at Jin.
"Huh? But I want to watch close up." She complained.
"It's not going to be that entertaining. This demonstration would probably only last thirty seconds at most." He said quietly.
Frowning, Flynn continued to glare at Jin. "I'm sure she wouldn't mind watching us closely. It's not like there'd be much of a difference watching from up here."
"Lead the way then." Jin replied, "I want to see what the people here are capable of."
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Sure enough, the trio made their way down towards the courtyard below. Just a bit outside of Estelle's room and down a staircase or so. Once they reached the place, Jin and Flynn took a step back from each other, preparing themselves for their little 'sparring' match.
"Umm...begin now?" Estelle called out, watching the two as she stepped away from the area.
Flynn acted first. "Sonic Thrust!" he shouted, making a stabbing motion with his sword just to see how Jin would react.
"Gale." Jin said quietly, waiting for Flynn's strike before he suddenly ducked. There was a flash of silver, Jin drawing his sword and a clang of metal. Something went flying off, and Flynn was shocked to see his weapon fly away towards the other side of the courtyard.
"Didn't expect that." Flynn said, walking over to his weapon.
"Come on, don't tell me that's it? You weren't even trying." Jin taunted, smiling now.
Frowning, Flynn picked up the sword. "Would be much easier if I had my bodhi blastia again." He whispered, getting himself into his stance. The two didn't even say anything else before both attacked simultaneously.
Flynn attempting to overpower his opponent with clear, swift, strikes with his sword. And at the same time, Jin was parrying each and every strike without even fully removing Yukianesa from its sheath. Both certainly had something to prove to each other, their eyes locked as if to threaten the other.
They broke away, neither of them tired just yet. This may take a while.
"Yukianesa's power..." Jin whispered, part of the gleaming edge of the blade being shown now. "Experience it firsthand!" He finished, the blade radiating something...cold.
Flynn was prepared, so he thought until an icicle appeared underneath Jin, speeding straight at the knight with Jin riding atop it. And it was fast...he barely had time to dodge before Jin took another slash with his sword, disarming Flynn yet again.
"What kind of blastia is that?" Flynn wondered, down on the ground and looking up at Jin...who was pointing his sword straight down at him.
"What the hell are you talking about? This is my Nox Nyctores, Yukianesa. But it doesn't seem to be working properly for some reason." He muttered, walking away from Flynn. "Using its power is not supposed to drain me this badly..."
"I think that weapon is using the Aer directly as a power source. Though maybe its not accustomed to it just yet." Said Flynn. "Anyways, I concede. In a straight up sword fight, I won't be able to beat you."
"I wouldn't say that. You were just holding back for the most part after all." Jin replied. "I'm still going to be working under you for a while. Just remember the deal, don't order me around too much."
"Don't worry. I'll make sure not to do anything of the sort unless it's absolutely important." Flynn answered, extending one hand towards Jin. "Welcome to the knighthood, Jin Kisaragi. Just talk to Estelle about where to get your uniform, I'm sure she'll be able to find someone to make one just for you."
"Thanks." Jin said in the same expression he always had before walking towards Estelle. "Well, you heard him. I'm supposed to get a uniform from you. Or something like that."
"Huh? Oh, uh...yes, of course." The young woman replied with a smile walking away now.
"Brother....where would you be now?" Jin whispered quietly, making sure that no one else could hear him.