youronlyhope: Awww! Thank you and I will do my best! :)

Okay I have a correction for Amaranthus' physical appearance back in chapter one. His hair is copper brown and his eyes are caramel brown. SO SORRY! :/ As for his physical appearance… He really looks like Gladio minus the beard, eyes and hair. XD

Another thing! I said in Chapter 2 that I would be posting on a monthly basis… Well I finished Chapter 3 now and as for the future chaps, I can't comprehend on when I'll be posting due to my college schedule (And midterms are near and they will be after our University Week instead of like the one last year where we celebrated University Week after our midterms!... *cry cry*) but I won't be stopping that I can be super sure!

I do not own any of the adorable official Final Fantasy XV characters… Just the OCs!

Here it is for Chapter 3~~

CHAPTER 3:

TO START AGAIN

"You can never turn your back on something that has already happened. Moving into the future takes a lot of courage to build in the present."

"Damn it!"

He was walking around, cursing… Noctis couldn't make a hold of what he just heard.

Noctis was too blinded by his own thoughts that the two girls with him cannot usher and convince him to calm down… Even if it's just for a little.

Some of the royal guards have entered through when they heard loud noises but the girl by the name of Briseis gestured for them to not interfere and made them leave the room momentarily.

Their guest was still too preoccupied that he broke and made a mess of the dining area.

'This is getting out of hand! I must stop him.' Mysti concluded inwardly, walking forward to resist Noctis from his further actions of lashing out in the royal dining area.

"Mysti."

"Your Grace?"

The Queen shook her head, taking a step forward without breaking eye contact to the King. "Let me take care of this."

Mystearica was hesitant. She had images of the possible scenarios that would happen if the Old King won't be able to settle down and now, her queen, who is going to take care of the guest, will step forth to do it herself… It made her think of the possible scenarios with the queen interfering and one of them are not ending in good ones.

It was against her will as a long-time friend but as a loyal follower of the empire ruler, Mysti decided to silently comply with Queen Briseis.

Around this time, Noctis fell down to his knees, physically tired but his eyes and focus hold strong emotions that Briseis understood.

If there are things that Briseis really understand, it was misery and resentment. These are the feelings that she can clearly see through the eyes of Noctis but they didn't falter her one bit in her step towards the emotionally and mentally blinded King.

When Briseis slowly crouched closer, Noctis only responded with a glare. That same glare that he held when he faced his old enemy, whom he knew he finally destroyed.

For the first time ever since, Briseis shuddered with fear at how intense his look was. "Please be at ease… I mean you no harm." She whispered, making sure to reach out to him as calm as she has to be. 'Calm down Bry… Calm down…'

"King Noctis… It must have been hard for all of this. Please let me help you." Briseis continued, trying to comfort and to sympathize with him.

She squeaked in surprise as Noctis grabbed her by neck, he is now angrier than ever.

"Your Grace! Noctis let her-" Mystearica runs to them both in desperation to stop him from choking Briseis.

"Shut up!" Noctis raged, eyes still locked upon Briseis. "And you!"

Now both standing up, Briseis narrowed her eyes in signal to Mystearica to back away a little, knowing well that Noctis will demand a talk and space. Mystearica was forced once more to follow her, slowly backing away but her eyes of disdain grazed upon Noctis.

"P-please… Calm d-down… K-king…"

"Don't tell me to calm down… And are you fucking kidding me? 200th Queen?! HOW DID I GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"

"I…"

"Where is this? Who did this? Why is this happening?! Where are my friends?!"

"K-king-"

"Are you Ardyn Izunia in disguise?! I have deemed you at rest! Snap me out of this!" Noctis choked, almost at the verge of crying.

To Briseis, she wasn't angry at all but she was more saddened at the actions of the King but nonetheless, Briseis grasped this time on using self-defense by hitting his arm thus making Noctis immediately letting go of her neck and then, she hit her leg, stumbling his balance and falling backwards. She made sure that he wasn't badly hurt but just enough to let herself out of his choking grasp.

For the longest time that Noctis lived, he never felt more angrier and open when it comes to losing his steam. It was out of his character to do such a thing but as of now, he is blinded by confusion and anger that he did something that he would never actually do.

The Queen made note of all his words, narrowing her eyes at the mention of 'Ardyn Izunia' that Noctis said before moving fast to prevent a fight from starting. Not only it would disturb the people in the dining area but other people outside of this as well. She wouldn't want to worry a lot of people… Especially those who are her beloved ones.

Not only did the Queen became forbearing at the words of Noctis but Mystearica did as well. Remembering the name 'Ardyn Izunia' all too clear.

Noctis quickly gained himself and activated his weapons in thin-air, standing tall for a fight when Mystearica materialized her spear first and menaced it towards Noctis.

When Noctis sees this, he was a bit taken aback by the form of the spear. "T-that looked like Aranea's…" He intended for this to be a thought, realizing it too late when it came out of his mouth.

He was cut-off one more when Briseis took another open chance of Noctis' distracted form on Mystearica's spear by punching him in the face and in a second step faster, Briseis materialized a dagger on her right hand and seized it near to Noctis' throat for him to prevent from moving any further.

In that moment, the 114th King and the 200th Queen fixed their gazes on each other.

The king froze in his tracks, eyes of astonishment upon his face.

First, the spear from Mystearica and second, Briseis' same ability as his, her capabilities and quickness in a small brawl and third, her eyes... Her eyes that reminded him of the same gentle yet valiant eyes of his father and a king before him.

'Dad… You…'

"You really know her?" Mysti pointed her spear at Noctis, a stare of alertness but a bit of shock in her eyes as well.

Noctis took a momentary pause to click on her question as he was distracted by the splitting image and sparkling emotions of the eyes of the current Queen and his father's eyes.

"Aranea? Y-Yeah. I do. How do you know her?" Noctis questioned, now much calmer and seemingly has forgotten his rage due to the fight the two put up and the position now.

He became distracted by Mystearica's summon of spear and Briseis' much faster movements than him and her eyes that held strongly against him.

With the tense atmosphere piped down, Briseis cleared away her dagger and Mystearica lowering her spear but still pointed at him, just in case.

"Aranea Highwind is my direct ancestor. I am Mystearica Highwind. This is a Dragoon Spear in shape similar to hers." Mystearica informed, eyeing the spear that she clutched proudly.

This time, it was Noctis' turn to be stunned. "Ancestor?!"

"Yes, King Noctis. And I don't mean to intrude you both but let us make this conversation somewhere else if this is going to be the case because the palace chefs are getting agitated due to our previous exchange." Briseis suggested, worry etched on her tone.

"Oh." Noctis finally took hold of the surroundings. Dining wares shattered, some decorative plants destroyed and the windows that made the room vibrant is now light-dimmed. The Royal Dining Area wasn't destroyed but it was still a messy sight enough to make others think that a fight ensued.

The weapons that surrounded him now disappeared by his own command.

"Follow me, King Noctis. Mysti. Put that away… Now." Briseis ordered as she walks her way towards the elegant double doors.

Mystearica vanished her weapon at will and gestured for Noctis to follow Briseis, eyes of contempt still present in her.

With what happened earlier and resurfacing them into his mind, Noctis now felt really blameworthy for letting his emotions run wildly and almost killing the woman he is currently following. He knew that it would sufferable consequences on his part and he is too ashamed to apologize for his actions right now as he could do nothing but walk-off in complete and uncomfortable silence with the queen in front of him and the follower of the queen at his back.

He is never the type of guy who would result in a violent way when he gets angry… Sure he gets into his anger and fights but not like this… Not letting himself lose stoop this low from his typical cool and shy façade to being a raging monster. For a 30-year-old who already has made peace with everything now became bothered by how immature he was. The first impression of the people here of him are probably already bad enough to bring shame to his pride as a man and as a King.

He wanted to observe the surroundings more to rid of the exchange before but he is too occupied on being guilty. All he is aware is that the place he's in are all new to him. Scratch that… Every bit of the place starting from his room are all new.

The silence finally broke off when Briseis stopped and faced them both. "Mysti. Stay outside. I and King Noctis will be having this conversation. Wait out here and guard this entrance. If there is someone who is looking for me, tell him or her that I have my schedule filled."

Briseis can see the unwillingness of Mysti but she just lowered her head eyes still fixed upon her, "That's an order."

Mystearica eyed Noctis, slowly nodding to Briseis. "….As you wish, your Grace. But if anything goes wrong, I will not hesitate to enter in especially if this man had nearly choked you to death a while ago." Mystearica swore, her alert and threatening eyes boring into Noctis.

"I won't do it again. I swear." Noctis stuttered, shame gradually filling up his every fiber of being.

"Hm. Do not swear on words you cannot hold upon to yourself, Noctis Lucis Caelum. You may be the 114th Old King but my loyalty will not waver to the 200th Queen before me." Mystearica dictated, not a single ounce of hesitance present in her.

Noctis felt downgraded even more rather than being insulted. On another part of his mind, he was relieved that the current ruler of Lucis has passionate and trustworthy followers… Like his sworn brothers did with him.

Briseis cut off everything, taunting her. "Now now, Mysti… You look like Rylli right now. I'll be fine!"

"S-shut up… Don't go comparing me to her. Just go inside already, Your Grace." Mystearica huffed, turned her body around snappily and resting her hands into her hips.

Briseis chuckled, amused by her friend's act but she immediately brought her attention back to the Old King and motioned for him to come inside as door was opened by Briseis for him to which Noctis nodded in compliance and went in first.

"General!"

Somewhere in a forest, a huge monolith straightened up and saluted at the presence of their high commander.

"At ease, men." The said high commander affirmed, walking on ahead. "Where is she?"

General Amaranthus made no time to waste as he stood at the sight of their battle against the Magitek Army last night, observing and eyes trailing everywhere while a Lucian soldier stood by him. "She's en route for Lestallum and as per ordered by the Queen, she will head off to Tenebrae next. It seems that the occurrences here has also led the investigation there in Lestallum, sir."

"So she decided that while on her way to Tenebrae, she'd stop by at Lestallum for this?" Amaranthus concluded, frowning all the while.

"I'm afraid so, General."

This made the general very tensed on the recent happenings and on the information he received.

He took note on the first attack last week. It was a genocide in the small community at the borderline of Tenebrae and Cleigne started by the Magitek Army, like what happened here.

"Now Lestallum too… Analysis stated that the enemy came from Gralea. Was the Niflheim informed about this?" He grumbled.

"Yes. Countess Highwind took care of it. The Niflheim Empire are taking serious matters into this as well, General Amaranthus." The younger Lucian soldier confirmed.

'Although that small community there became a battleground, it didn't leave a lot of evidences that might lead to the one who started this so it's either Gralea in Niflheim or Lestallum in Cleigne. Whoever orchestrated this, he's one smart son-of-a-bitch.' Amaranthus fumed in his thoughts. "Okay. Good." He nodded as he contemplates on what is going to happen in this investigation.

Another disturbing thought for him is that someone he knew is going to investigate the source in Lestallum despite being aware that she can take care of herself, resulting himself in puffing a breath out in uneasiness.

"Is everything alright, sir?" The Lucian soldier asked, concerned.

He quickly smirked to hide away his nervousness, "And here I told her that I will take care of it and she should be worried for the safety of the Queen since a guest arrived."

Amidst all the growing issues of Eos, he still haven't set aside the 'guest' that made a huge entrance in the battle last night. He would make sure to introduce himself properly once he comes back from all of this… After all, Briseis told him that he should too.

As Amaranthus is in flashback mode, the words that he said trigger something in the Lucian soldier, fumbling through his armor. "Speaking of her again, she left a note for you, sir." He handed over the small piece of folded paper to the General.

"Got it. Thanks." He got out of his thinking-mode easily and opened the folded note, reading every word and at the same time, imagining her snappy and stern voice.

"Don't you dare follow me, blockhead. I'll be back by tomorrow morning. Keep on tabs and don't dilly-dally or I'll have to cut your head off."

He rubbed his temple, mystified and amused by what he read. "Is what she wrote… Sheesh… She's being too cold, huh?"

Being aware that the younger Lucian soldier peeked at the note, the General teasingly asked him and the latter being unsure instead gave him an honest answer, "Uh… I think it has always been like that between you two, sir."

His reply was returned with a laugh from the general himself, "Is that right?"

'Well… She may be a woman but she's no ordinary one. She's even braver and cooler than I am. Nothing to worry about it then.'

"Guess so." He just muttered off as he walked further into the site, leaving the Lucian soldier bewildered but followed the general nonetheless.

His wide observances and strolling made him see traces of blood still left but some are being taken care of by the soldiers sent to sanitize the area.

'What could be the purpose of this? The Magitek Army here… And then at the borderline of Cleigne and Tenebrae. Analysis has led them to be hiding out in Gralea ordered by a group of terrorists. Another one is the Magitek Army is different… Much different than in the past according to the comparison between the past and now.'

"Seriously… I have a bad feeling about all of this."

"So you didn't know the cause of this…"

"I'm very sorry."

"No. It's not your fault. I… I'm truly sorry too. From before… I'm such an asshole for acting like one."

"Oh please… Don't burden yourself too much from what happened. The past is past. And do apologize to Mysti too for worrying her."

"Ah. Y-yeah. Will do."

All at the same time, Noctis and Briseis have already engaged in a conversation and both are seated into opposite sofas, facing each other. Noctis have asked about his situation, which led to Briseis not having any knowledge.

Noctis became more questionable and curious as to why all of this are happening. He still remembered everything from the day of his childhood to the day he wedded himself to Luna in the afterlife that the Gods and Goddesses granted upon them after the fulfillment of their destinies in the realm of the humans, Eos.

They are currently having their talk in the Royal Library. As both entered, Briseis ordered all the librarian staff there to have their break time so that Noctis and her can have a private one-on-one.

Briseis being more aware and alert, she doesn't want to have the news of the Old King here in the new world yet spreading out wide as this world is currently graved with issues of its own.

"Hey King Noctis?"

"Noctis or Noct."

"Really? I-I mean… I might really get rude for talking to… My… A-an…cestor." Briseis mumbled but her last sentences were in an almost-whisper.

"I'm sorry, what?" Noctis asked, bemused by her avoidance and mumbling.

"I… Uh… It might be rude for me to casually call…. My… Ancestor's name?" Briseis repeated slowly, wryly smiling in the process.

Noctis took his time to process everything she said before his eyes being shot with shock and amazement at the same time. "No way."

"Yes way. Wait here. I'll show you something." Briseis stood up from the sofa, trailing off to a bookshelf. An idea came up to her.

Noctis followed her decreasing figure into the distance, feeling happy yet a bit of awkward but mostly amazed and happy. He never thought that he'll be meeting some unexpected persons. He's now fully aware that he is a hundred years into the future from the time the Star Scourge ended after his decade of crystal-stasis but meeting a very long distant relative… He is not prepared. He only knew that she carries the name of 'Lucis Caelum' but her bloodline coming from him… Noctis is most definitely not prepared for that.

Not long after, Briseis came back with a book. "Here. A long history book." She gently put it at the coffee table in front of their each opposing sitting.

"History?" He repeated quizzically, slowly taking-in the sight of the book. "Lucian Archives Collection."

"Figured that you won't believe me easily and it'll be a lot to explain from what happened in the past hundred years so… Ta-da!" Briseis said, pointing out to the book she placed to the table.

He raised his eyebrow at the title. "Please don't tell me you'll be teaching me history? No offence but I get really sleepy during history class back then."

Briseis grinned at this. "Technically. You'll get to learn a loooot of interesting things after your victory here in Insomnia. And do call me Briseis or Bry from now on."

This made Noctis really pumped up now and might even find clues on how he got in this timeline, "Now THAT is what you call 'history'."

He opened the book and begun reading, Briseis remained quiet, ready to answer his questions if he has one or even tons.

"What the? 'The four men of Insomnia did a huge key in saving Eos. The 114th King sacrificed his life to save the world from darkness and the three men, the best friend of the King, the shield of the King, and the guide of the King… His three sworn brothers stood by his side and walked tall at their final breath of fight against the daemons created by Ardyn Izunia. The four great heroes of the Eos… Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Gladiolus Amicitia and Ignis Scientia are the symbols of the rising Golden Age.' And whoa whoa… Iris, the Marshal, Talcott, Cindy, Cid… Everyone that I know and those who helped me out is written here!... Even Mysti's ancestor, Aranea, is here." Noctis echoed, his eyes scanning and reading the content of the history book and not hesitating on slowing down.

Briseis laughed by Noctis' actions as to the sight of the biologically 30-year-old king but chronologically more than a hundred years old? He looked just like a 10-year-old kid who caught his first fish.

At that moment, Noctis suddenly became still and quiet, reading out loud on one of the paragraphs of the book he sighted with interest, 'Little did each every one of the humans know on the fate of the four heroes… Some say that despite sacrificing his life, the King survived and lived in hiding to lament for his fiancee's death by the name of Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, who died in Altissia at the peak of their almost wedding, and also on the guilt of not being able to meet with his friends ever again. Some say that he died and now lives at the realm of the Gods reunited with his beloved fiancée and got married there in the afterlife while the other three heroes lived by the darkness, remaining loyal to their true King and true friend until the end.'

Briseis was unable to say anything other than offer him an apologetic and awkward shrug which made Noctis grin, "Oh man. Whoever did the 'history' sure is cool."

"And by cool you meant being called as one of the great heroes of Eos?" Briseis asked, now her turn to be amazed.

"Yeah. That and some others too." Noctis laughed. He was still perplexed on the content of the history books but one made him stand up on his toes and sit beside Briseis, surprise certainly written in every expression of his self.

"Niflheim? In a Peace Alliance? For many decades now? Is this true?" Noctis fired away, disbelief in his what he read to which Briseis just answered enthusiastically with a continuous nod.

The last time Noctis was alive, the Niflheim wanted his head and even his friends. Although he already had made peace with everything before embracing his fate, he still couldn't believe that the Peace Treaty has finally came true.

The last time he remembered before his fate at ending the Star Scourge, Talcott told him that the Emperor and High Commander got killed by Ardyn, resulting at the fall of the Empire.

Noctis could not sit still as he read another paragraph once more. "'After 30 decades of restoring and renewing the world of Eos from the nationwide Star Scourge, the new Niflheim Empire and the new Kingdom of Lucis has finally come to a true peace treaty. Due to the Peaceful Alliance, the Kingdom of Lucis, Insomnia, is no longer bound to the Old Wall and has freely reigned over its many territories once more. The regions surrounding the Kingdom are once more under their territory. In the years that passed, Lucis blossomed in all aspects that it is now in equal with its allied empire… The world would call it the Lucian Empire.'… That is really something huh?"

That feeling where you would feel light-hearted and butterflies fluttering within you when you're in love? Noctis is feeling it right now. Although he had a rough experience in his youth until his fated demise, he could not explain how happy he is with everything that occurred in the century that he missed.

"What's with the smile?" Briseis cut-in, a smile crept up to her as well but a glint of question is instilled to her eyes.

Noctis blinked at her question, "Wha?"

"You're smiling in case you haven't noticed." She giggled, amused by the Noctis' facial expression.

"My face slipped." Noctis defended, looking away from her line of sight.

"Psh. Suuure you did." Briseis mocked, all more convinced that he was really smiling. "So… You're not really angry?"

"With what?" Noctis asked, his attention once more to Briseis.

"With your common enemy turned allies now." She revealed, inwardly referring to the Niflheim Empire.

The Niflheim Empire and the Kingdom of Lucis has been in a long-time war but ever since the sun rising again, signifying the end of Star Scourge, both sides have resolved to start everything anew.

"If you're referring to Niflheim then nope. In my time yeah I did but right now… If what this book says the truth and with what you confirmed then it's a no." He affirmed, giving her a thumbs-up and a reassuring nod.

Briseis nodded slowly, still contemplating on the words he said. Noctis took this as her hesitance in the answer he gave her.

"So you're friends with the Emperor?... Or Empress?" Noctis fired in, trying to divert the flow of talk and he's interested to know as well.

"Yep. He's one of my childhood friends, Ricardus Coriandrum… And he's an emperor." Briseis answered, smiling at the thought of mentioning her childhood friend and having forgotten her thoughts temporarily.

Noctis caught that, his interest growing further, "You must have a lot of friends then?"

"I do I guess...? Well! I'm sure you can meet them soon… If it's okay with you since…." Briseis pondered but was cut-off by Noctis when he gave her a light pat in the head sensing her doubt again like before, "Sure thing. Like I told you before, now and then are two different things. This is the present for me now. No turning back."

She finally smiled at his kindness, convinced by his words. He looked definitely cool and awkward by appearance but his way with words made her happy to think that she has a cool ancestor. "So you have no intention of going back to your original place?"

"I have but I guess I can see that rushing everything won't help at all." Noctis shrugged, not setting down the history book and flailing back to the sofa.

He thought about the recent happenings earlier and he decided to not let his negative emotions get the best out of him ever again.

"Hey! Don't sleep here! This is the library."

"Okay okay… Fine."

"So… History did not mention that you are a sleepy King…?"

"Laugh all you want."

"So you admit it?"

Now he fell for that. He remained silent by this, not knowing how to 'coolly' respond to his descendant. Briseis instead laughed out loud in return. "Geez… I was just joking."

Noctis just lightly smacked her forehead earning him a pout but he changed the subject, "By the way… How long have you been ruling? You look young to rule that I'm kinda impressed how calm and carefree you are."

It's been bothering him at how young and frail she looks. He knows one thing that she can fight because of what happened at the dining area but she looks so slim that many would underestimate her in battle and even in ruling an empire of many countries.

"I'm not carefree, you know. I'm 24 years old. I've been ruling the Lucian Empire since I was 18." Briseis verified, her eyes seemed distant as if she is thinking about something which didn't go unnoticed by the 114th King.

He frowned at the thought of already ascending to the throne at 18. He knew that 18 is a proper age for a woman to rule but it still seemed too early as the ascension rites and trainings takes time but it feels like it made an exemption for her.

'Seems like she doesn't want to talk about this too. Time to change another one.' Noctis thought in observance.

"Say, Is your breakfast still in queued? I'm really hungry. Oh wait… More like brunch since it's afternoon already." He voiced out, staring at the wall clock. '12:33'

Truth be told, after the exchange earlier, he wasn't able to eat anything at all and the hunger he have right now spared him and her from getting into an awkward talk.

"O-oh! Yeah. I think the dining area should be fine now… Let's go?"

"Lead the way."

Briseis nodded as she walked ahead with Noctis behind her.

As the Old King has learned a lot from today, there are still questions haunting him. He still wanted to ask her a lot of questions but he'll save it for some other time.

'What will become of me?'

It also made him think of his other three friends whom has the world and everyone in it considered them four as the Great Heroes of Eos. Noctis. Prompto. Gladio. Ignis.

"What happened to them… Last I remember it was-"

At the process of thinking, something sparked in his head. Something that might be helpful to him. Something that can lead him to the questions he's been pondering endlessly.

"Briseis, wait!" Noctis called, running up beside her.

"Yeah?"

Stopping near the door, Noctis tried recalling the images in his head not wasting the time to say it to his descendant. The thoughts of his three dear friends sparked a memory in him before becoming aware that he's at a random forest a century into the future.

"Listen. I saw something… Three places… One… It's some sort of an old city… Like the ruins, two… Some sort of a place checkpoint and three… Another place checkpoint but the third one looks bigger…" He noted, still thinking deeply of the place despite not being familiar with it.

This got Briseis on a confused but curious mode too, "Places? What are you implying here?"

"I… I'm not sure yet but… I do remember something before I crash landed in a forest. My memories kind of lightened up in my mind now… What forest did I crash landed on by the way?"

"In Duscae." She stated and continued on Noctis' memories of places. "A ruins and a two checkpoints but the third one is bigger..."

"Yeah. Any particular place you know?" Noctis bombarded her with questions, eager for her answers.

Briseis raised up two fingers at his face, "We have two ruins in this world… One in Tenebrae and one in Insomnia. As for checkpoints… There's a lot in the world. You have to be more specific on those two. Anyways on the ruins, which one do you remember? What does it look like?"

This made Noctis think more in deep, trying to remember the image of the place.

"It kind of looked like the palace… The one where I lived but- Hold on… Are you saying that the one in Insomnia is-" Noctis quizzed more at the sudden disbelief of his conclusion to the ruins that he thought of.

Briseis nodded vigorously, seemingly reading his mind. "Yes. This palace that we're on is a far kilometer away from the original one. The Old Lucian Palace Ruins still stands but it is a "no trespassing area" for civilians. Only me, the current ruler, and the Oracle can enter there since the new Crystal of Lucis sleeps there."

Noctis snapped in the answers he found, "Then that's the ruins! Can I go there?"

'Oracle huh… I wonder who's the Oracle of this Era? She's probably living in Tenebrae… Like Luna.'

He sauntered off ahead to find the location of the ruins, keeping his thoughts about the Oracle within himself, when Briseis caught up to him and blocked him from the door.

"You. Stop right there." Briseis halted him, being sobersided suddenly.

Noctis sighed and stepped back a little by Briseis' act, "Move aside of the door and I'm not a civilian, Briseis. My head and my heart tells me to go there… I just don't know why."

He was ready to receive a huge amount of scoldings and negativity about having this trip but he was flabbergasted for the umpteenth time by the action of her descendant.

Briseis squealed in excitement to the point that she almost jumped, "I didn't tell anything that you're not allowed to, Noctis. I'm coming with you."

She pumped her fist in her decision and hummed happily to herself making Noctis' jaw drop and voice out his surprise by her straight-forwardness and outgoingness in her decisions.

Briseis tilted her head to one side by Noctis' puzzled declaration and facial expression. "What? Making me Queen doesn't forbid me on travelling. Especially when this is important."

Noctis didn't want anybody to be involved in the first place so he'll try to convince her that she can't come.

"You know I'm gonna be fine." He shrugged, pretending to be cool with it as his means of not involving herself with his information gathering.

Briseis shook her head in disagreement, smirking. "Nope. I'm coming and that's final. This is a new world, Noctis. You might get lost!"

"I can take care of myself." Noctis necessitated.

"Still coming with you. Anyways, come on now! Let's eat first and we'll plan it out laters! Chop-chop, King." Briseis said, firm and straight-on with her choice… A spark of huge excitement emitting out of her expression.

Noctis lost gravely ended up with sighing by the useless convincing of him.

She opened the door and went outside first leaving him on his two feet, still dumbfounded by the exchange between him and his descendant.

This is totally new with him… Travelling with her on a road trip… Sure! What's next on his bucket-list meeting up more people along the way? Getting to face-on-face with other new things?

Oh well. There's only one way to find out and Noctis is going to take this chance… Together with Briseis.

And as for Briseis, there is still a lot of things that she hasn't told him… Like she is in reality, partly Regis and Aulea Lucis Caelum's descendant and not directly from Noctis.

Other things she haven't told… A tons of them as well.

As she roamed on ahead with Noctis and Mystearica behind her to which both are engaged in a conversation, she is busying herself with her own mind as well.

'I wonder where the Stygian and the Blazian are as of now? They disappeared for a while now. It's very unlikely for them… Even the Valorian is acting strange and disappearing here and there. Last time the oracle proclaimed, the other Astrals are acting strange too. I can only hope for those whom I sent out there to return back safely along with the good news.'

How was it for this Chapter everyone?

Oh and there would be more OCs here so yep!... Expect that. :P

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