(Disclaim: I do not own Elsword.)
Main Character:
Elsword Sieghart - Lord Knight
Ara Haan Sieghart - Asura
Eun Sieghart - Millenium Fox
Ara Haan(Young) - Little Xia
Aren Haan - Fahrmann's Frontline Commander
Chapter 3: Trouble at morning.
- Unknown Location -
"I see, very good." The masked man nodded after receiving report from the mysterious knight.
"I'm still curious why you overestimated Elsword even though he hasn't reached his full potential yet?"
He chuckled "He's just like you, an idiot who would recklessly risks his life to protect his precious persons that his power will release accidentally."
"Screw you, Glave!"
The communication shut down forcefully from the other side. Glave walked around the platform of what seems like a giant blue cube, pondering what would happen next after Elsword his girls were sent back to the past.
He raised his hand and created the portal to see if they reached the final destination. He could find the three still floating in the Time and Space tunnel and they were in the sleeping state. His eyes focused only on Elsword.
"Hn… Seems like it's gonna be fun, kekekeke."
- Northern Empire - 7 years ago -
At the South of the Fluone Desert stood the giant Northern Empire. It developed independently at the south of the once whole Elrios continent during the period before the El's explosion without any particular exchanges with the Elrian Kingdom. This was possible because of giant El's influence and the powers of native Spiritual Beasts that dwelled in this region. El's influence made each year's harvest bountiful and Spiritual Beasts protected the people that treated them sacredly and followed them from invaders.
- Fahrmann Village - 9:00 PM -
Somewhere within the Empire, there was the sight of the young black haired girl sparring with the silver haired man on the backyard.
The silver haired man swung his sword strongly as he attacked the girl without a slight pause, leaving the girl no chance to counter.
The girl was being pushed back slowly by his fiery attacks until her back touched the giant tree behind her. The girl tried to find an opening to dodge to the wide area but his sword struck her again. As the miracle came, she found the slightest opening in the man's attack. She quickly blocked his sword and attacked on his side with the back of her spear before turning around and raised the spear on his neck.
The girl gasped, unexpected that she won the spar. The man smiled at her and dropped the sword, pushing her spear one side before patting her head. She stared at his face as he encouraged her in devoting herself in training.
They both finished sparring and was about to go back to the dojo, the man saw the faint light glowing inside the forest not far from them. Curiousity got better of them and they decided to investigate the light.
"Ara, did you find something?"
"No, Aren nii-san."
"Strange… I saw it around here…" The dark haired man kept searching through the bushes and trees.
After a while…
"Nii-san!"
"?!"
Hearing Ara's scream, Aren rushed toward where she was. Once he arrived, he saw his little sister kneeling down beside the three bodies.
"They are still breathing." Ara informed "Though, they got injures and burnt marks. Nii-san…"
Aren stared at the two bodies and couldn't help but curious who they were and where they came from. His curiousity became greater when he saw the face of the dark haired woman. He stared at her face, then to Ara's face, and then stared back.
"Her face looks like Ara…"
Aren then turned his gaze to the person next to her, the man with his spiky hair. His body was covered with armor carved with a symbol he recognizes, Red Knight of Velder.
"Why is Red Knight here?"
Last person was the silver long haired woman next to him. He felt something unsual yet familiar, but he couldn't recall.
"Nii-san?" Ara asked him again, seeing Aren in his own space.
"Ah, sorry, Ara. What is it?"
"I think we should bring them to our house. These wounds should be healed quick before it got worse." Ara concerned.
"… alright," Aren nodded after thinking for awhile "I have to find out who they are."
- Haan Dojo - 8:00AM -
It's a beautiful morning to Fahrmann where people start working for a new day. The sun shines over the village and the infamous Haan Estate where it was located in the middle of the village. It was also where Aren and Ara brought the bodies back from the forest and cured them.
Speaking of them…
"Um… Ouch…" Elsword was the first one to wake up from a deep coma "Where… am i?"
He got up, rubbing his head which was bandaged well.
"Heh?"
He looked at himself. All wounds and injures were taken cared, his arms covered with bandage.
"Who did this…?" He murmured.
"Oh, you woke up, Red Knight?"
Elsword heard the male voice from his left. He turned his head and saw the dark haired male standing at the door.
"Eh… You are…?"
"Aren, Aren Haan." The man introduced and approached near him "How do you feel now?"
"I'm… fine… though I still feel weak." He replied.
"Take your time, so you remember your name? I can't call you Red Knight all day." Aren inspected.
"… Elsword Sieghart… Red Knight of Velder…"
"Glad you remember." Aren smiled in relief. He didn't want to deal with the amnesia problem.
"So um… Where am i?" Elsword asked.
"You are in Haan Estate of Fahrmann, and this is my room."
Elsword murmured 'Haan…' first before he recognized that name "Haan? You are Ara's brother?!"
"Yes, I'm her brother, but how did you that?!" Aren narrowed his eyes.
Elsword then realized his big mistake and looked away.
"You have to tell me who you and your women are, right now." He ordered while staring at him.
Elsword knew that he couldn't get away from this. He could feel his suspicious stare through him. Elsword had no choice but to tell him everything. But before he could say a word,
"Nii-San! Help!"
That snapped both men from their serious thing and focused their attention on the loud voice from outside. Aren heard his little sister's scream and quickly stood up, rushing through the door. Elsword was about to follow him but with the injures he got from last battle against the mysterious man, he fell on the floor.
"Kuh!" He groaned, leaning the wall for support "Ara…"
Another scream appeared. That scream sounded like his wife.
"Ara!"
Elsword used all of his strength to move his legs while using the wall. He stepped outside the room and met the cherry blossom tree and hall way through. He tried to locate the voice coming from and chose the left way.
"Nii-San!"
Luckily for Elsword, for once, he chose the right way. He found a few guards surrounding the small gang gang consist of 4 people and they got the dark haired girl as hostage.
"Let her go!" one of the guards ordered, pointing his spear at them.
"Like hell I will!" the man yelled "You Will Give Us The Sacred Beast Right Now!"
"Tch." Aren clicked his tongue, realizing their intention for this kidnapping "We thought the decision had been made after the tournement who has the right to guard the Nine-Tail Spirit for 4 years?!"
"I will never accept you or any Haan to lay a hand on it!" He screamed in anger "It was supposed to be us!"
"Nii-san…" Ara was scared.
"You will be ok, Ara." Aren raised his hands to calm her down.
"Watch your move, Haan! Step closer to her and she's as good as dead!" He threatened, putting the knife closer to her neck "Bring me to the Nine-Tail Spirit, now!"
Elsword reached the guards and passed through them, who were confused about him. He stared at the kidnappers and the girl in his arms. Elsword could tell she was Ara but her face looks younger and her body seems to be smaller than he remembers.
"Sieghart you shouldn't be here." Aren warned "You are not in good condition right now."
Elsword looked around the room and found no sight of his wives, that is until he saw a faint dark fire on the right corner of the room. He smirked.
"Oi, kidnappers, I recommend you should leave this place immediately before you get yourself in trouble." Elsword spoke.
"E-Elsword…" Aren was shocked by his words "You know what you are saying?"
"Ha! Me? Trouble? Don't make me laugh- Mmmff!"
The kidnapper suddenly got kicked by an unknown force and slammed on the wall, leaving a crate. Ara was confused what's happening as well as the guards and Aren except Elsword who knew. The other two kidnappers turned back and tried to capture her but they shared the same fate as the first man as they felt a powerful kick hitting them from their back before they got knocked out by a punch on their abdomen.
"W-What's going on?" Aren asked in shock.
"You don't have to worry about." Elsword told "My girls took care of them."
In a moment, the two women showed up before them. As Elsword, they were injured from the previous battle against mysterious knight but had been taken care of thanks to Eun's healing ability. They regained their strength to use - Specter Walk - which allowed to cloak themselves in the shadow, avoiding their vision.
"Nice works, Ara, Eun." Elsword commended.
"Heh?" The young Ara asked in confusion "W-what did I do?"
"Ara?" Aren was confused as well "Just… just what's going on?!"
"I will explain later." Elsword spoke, staring at the knocked out attackers "After you clean up the mess."
A moment later, Aren had ordered guards to bring those intruders to the Empire where jail is waiting for them. He brought the three to Aren's room closed the door to make sure no one hears what they gonna tell them.
They confessed they were from the future and was forced to travel back by the dark knight whom they encountered. Aren understood why they had those injures.
Aren didn't know why but he could tell they are speaking the truth.
"I see…"
"We have to find that man to return back to our world." Ara spoke.
Aren stared at Ara who was nervous under his gaze, then to the young Ara who was amazed by her future form.
"They sure look alike." He pondered.
"Alright. I will let you three stay until you find out anything about this dark knight." Aren said.
"Haii, thank you, nii-san."
'Plus, I need to verify something from them. Seems like they are hiding something.'
- Unknown Location -
"Looks like they failed to capture the Nine-Tail." The cloaked man spoke.
Somewhere around the Northern Region, there was a small area including few people who covered themselves with a coat and hood over their head.
"No doubt the Haan Family has tight security." Another man said "No matter, they are up to no good for us. We need a plan."
"Stealth is not a option right now. Our option is busting in and taking it away by force."
"No good. We will draw the Empire's attention and other Family since they want to have Nine-Tail all for themselves. What about we kidnap one of them as hostage for it?"
"I don't think so. After those idiots caused a mess, I believe they start rising their alert around them. It won't be easy to carry out that plan."
"Maybe, or maybe not." One of the cloaked man suggested "Our intel told me that one of the Haan's members is hated by the rest because she has no blood related to them. Even we manage to capture her, I don't think they will pay attention to her."
"Hn… Good idea. We will start our plan to quickly get the Nine-Tail for the Ritual." Soon the man let out a smirk.
Before they could concluded their meeting, they heard handclaps echoing.
"Nice plan, you have there, gentlement."
"Who's there?! Show yourself!" The cloaked man screamed.
They then saw a figure appearing from above and landing in the middle of the meeting.
"Who Are You?!" He demanded.
"Just call me mysterious knight." The man spoke in boredom.
"You heard everything, right?" The cloaked man narrowed his eyes, withdrawing his sword.
He shrugged "And what if I did? But I have to admit that the plan is good, but you won't get her so easily."
"Shut Up! Since you knew our plan, we have to kill you!" The man roared as he charged at him along with others.
"Hn… Stupid human."
- Infeno Apollyon -
(Sorry for my late update, i'm gonna have incoming challenge called Final Semester III which means more exam, so the progress maybe slower than it used to be, but i won't stop writing. Also, this part gave me troubles since i'm not good at explanation.)
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