It was a little over two hours before the group came across Robin and Raven, and they found themselves relaxing at a river just south of Southtown. They had been walking all day, and having not found any of the bandits they were looking for, Chrom had called for them to take a break and eat. They had finished eating twenty minutes ago, and now found themselves bored out of their minds and were now, with Lissa having been the first one doing it, throwing what rocks they could find at the river to see how many skips they could get.
"Hiiyaaa!" Lissa yelled as she tossed a small stone towards the nearby river, and succeeding as the rock skipped twice before sinking. "Well it's better than nothing."
"Seeing as you don't get much practice, I'd have to agree Lis." Cecil commented as he sat on the bank of the river. "That's two for Lissa, three for Chrom and I, and none for Frederick." Cecil said as he looked over to said knight, who was organizing the saddle bags attached to his saddle. "You sure you don't want to join in Freddy?"
"I appreciate the offer, Lord Cecil, but at least one of us must be ready in case an enemy shows up." Frederick gave him a small smile before returning to organizing.
"Well can't fault you there." Cecil shrugged as he looked around him and found another stone to toss. Finding a fairly flat one, he grabbed it and wound his arm back, flinging it forwards and launching the rock. It skipped four times before sinking near the middle of the river.
"And that's four for Cecil. Damn, was really hoping we'd tie..." Chrom commented, who was resting his head on his hand. He sighed heavily before he stood up and dusted himself off, checking himself to make sure he had everything. "Right, we should get going before something fun happens."
"You know something's going to happen now right?" Cecil asked as he jumped up.
"That's what I'm hoping for. It's been a boring two weeks." Chrom chuckled as he started walking over to Frederick. "Where should we head to next?"
"We haven't gone west in a few days, we could recheck through that area before maybe going south again." Cecil replied as he and Lissa followed behind him.
"Sounds fine to me, let's get a move on then." Chrom nodded as he turned and started west, stopping as he got a few feet away. "Do you hear that?"
"What?" Cecil asked as he walked over to Chrom, going silent to see if he could hear anything. He could, it sounded like there was a group of people back on the main road, which was obscured by a large line of bushes. "Yeah I hear it, should we check it out?"
Chrom nodded as he started off towards the main road, the rest of the group quickly following behind him. As they reached the main road and were able to look behind the bushes, finding a group with a few more people than their own group had. There were two people, a young man and woman, wearing bleached white armor and for some reason not wearing shoes, a woman wearing what seemed to be a stage performers dress, a maid and butler, two mercenaries if their armor was any indication, and a dark mage.
"Weird group set up." Cecil commented as they looked at the other group.
Chrom snorted, "Not like we're much better. They seem to be lost, let's go see if they need any help." he said as he started walking over to the group.
They surprisingly got right next to the group without being noticed, quite the feat as they were just standing in the middle of the road, and were able to overhear some of their conversation.
"The Halidom of...Ylisse? Where are we?" the man in white armor questioned as he read a sign on the side of the road.
"A deeprealm maybe, we did walk through the Dragon's Gate to get here." the woman besides him replied as the butler sighed.
"Wonderful…"
"It could be worse Jakob...I think." the maid said weakly, honestly not so sure of their situation herself.
"Excuse me, are you alright?" Chrom called out as they got close, the woman in white armor jumping out of her skin as she quickly turned around to look at them, the rest of the group turning to look at them as well. Cecil only saw it in the corner of his eye, but he swore he could see the two mercenaries and dark mage's jaw almost hit the floor.
"Gods you scared the hell out of me." the woman complained with a frown.
"Heh, sorry about that. It's just you lot look lost." Chrom replied with a smile, Frederick looking at them with a frown.
"And on top of that strange as well. I've never seen your kind of clothing in this area, could you please…" Frederick had started ranting before Cecil cut him off.
"Easy Freddy, you're acting as if you want to toss them in a cell." Cecil sighed as he side looked at him, Frederick being as stoic as always.
"Nonsense, I am doing my duty, nothing more." Frederick replied, but stayed quiet anyways.
"Sorry about him, he gets anxious whenever new people show up. But hey he's right, your clothing is a bit weird. Are you guys travelers?" Lissa asked, smiling brightly.
"Um...yes, I suppose you could say that. So no offense, but...who are you?" the woman asked.
"Oh, right, probably should introduce us." Chrom said as he rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. "My name is Chrom, I'm the leader of the Shepherds, a small band of warriors that help protect this land. The small delicate one is my little sister, Lissa…"
"I am not delicate! Ignore him, he's a bit of a dunce. But it's nice to meet you." Lissa said with a small growl towards Chrom.
"Ehem, the towering questioner of all things holy is our knight, Frederick." Chrom said as he gestured to him, Frederick giving a short bow. "And this snarky creature is my second in command and long time friend, Cecil."
"I'd prefer the term 'Snark God' thank you very much." Cecil gave a mock salute to Chrom before turning his attention to the other group. "Kidding, it's a pleasure to meet you all." he said with a genuine smile.
"I see...well my name is Kamui, and this is my brother Corrin." Kamui gestured to herself and the man next to her.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." Corrin smiled at them before gesturing to the maid and butler behind them. "This is Felicia and Jakob, our maid and butler who have saved our hind ends more often than not." The butler bowed to them after the compliment, the maid trying to do a quick curtsy but almost fell over in failure, being caught by Jakob before she hit the ground.
"Uh..sorry, I try my best but I'm really clumsy most of the time." Felicia apologized timidly.
"It's fine, you remind me of our local Pegasus Knight, she tends to trip on thin air a lot." Chrom commented with a nod.
"I still blame that on her lack of confidence. We still have to work on that with her." Cecil frowned.
"Moving on, this is our close friend, Azura." Kamui gestured over to the woman in the performer's outfit.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all." she giggled.
"Oh, and these are some friends of ours. Selena, Laslow, and Odin." Kamui said as she gestured to the other members of the group, who were standing back a bit and staring at the Shepherds. "Um...are you guys alright?"
"Wha..oh, yes Lady Kamui, but this bright plain reminds us of the lands of our birth!" Odin said dramatically before moving closer to the group, Selena and Laslow following.
"Ignore him, he's being an idiot like always." Selena huffed.
"It's not a bother Selena. But you'll have to tell me more about your homeland when we get back, I'd love to hear about it." Kamui smiled at Odin. "And I told you, none of that Lady business."
"Uh..right." Odin smiled awkwardly.
Chrom smiled at the antics, it reminded him of the Shepherds on some of their outings. "Well it's a pleasure to meet all of you, now is there anything we can help you with?"
"Well...the truth is we are in pursuit of a group...you haven't seen anything strange lately have you? Like some warriors that kinda look...invisible?" Corrin asked.
"Invisible warriors?" Chrom questioned, a look of horror coming to Frederick face.
"Warriors? Have we been invaded, perhaps Plegia has started…"
"You're rambling again Freddy. So about…" Cecil started as he looked over, the butler whispering to Kamui and Corrin before he looked back at them.
"I'm sorry, did I say invisible warriors? I meant warthogs, our prized set of invisible warthogs escaped and we're trying to find them." Corrin said with a broken smile, all the while Jakob facepalmed.
"Invisible warthogs?" Cecil deadpanned with a raised brow.
"Yes, they're quite dangerous animals from where we come from, but they make good guard animals...but they can make quite the ruckus if left alone. We don't want anyone to get caught in their rampage if they get angry." Kamui tried explaining before Frederick spoke up once again, a large frown decorating his face.
"I'm sorry to say but your behavior is highly suspicious, and your story is suspect at best. What are you up to, if you intend any ill will towards this land I'll…" Frederick started rambling again, causing Cecil to glare at him.
"Knock it off, or I'll sign you back up for Richard's Hellish Fitness Month." Cecil said sharply, quickly shutting the knight up much to Chrom's surprise.
"Yes sir." Frederick replied as he backed away slightly, fear filling his face.
"Is it really that bad?" Chrom asked as he looked at Cecil.
Cecil pointed to the knight standing next to him, "It can make him stop fretting over everything around in just by mentioning it, it's bad." Cecil sighed before looking at Kamui. "Sorry, He gets overly worked up when it comes to his Lord and Lady."
"Don't worry, we understand how it is." Corrin said as he and his sister looked at Jakob.
"I live to serve the Prince and Princess, I will not slouch in my duties." Jakob replied to their looks.
"Oh, you two are royalty?" Chrom asked with a surprised look.
"Uh..yes, we're from…" Kamui started, before being interrupted as they heard a scream from down the road, Corrin and Kamui's group immediately reacting by pulling their weapons out.
"Think we found your warthogs, Kamui." Cecil said as the Shepherds drew their weapons.
"Unfortunately I believe we have. Let's go everyone, before anyone gets hurt." Kamui said as she turned and headed off in the direction the projectile came from, her group and the Shepherds running after her.
"This is our fight, you guys don't have to help." Corrin called out over his shoulder towards the Shepherds.
"No can do Corrin, these might be your beasts but this is our home. It's our duty to make sure any threats to our people is dealt with." Chrom said back, running slightly faster than before.
"Then we happily accept your help." Kamui smiled before hearing Cecil snicker.
"You'd get it even if you didn't Kamui, we tend to be a bit stubborn." Cecil joked as they ran off towards the coming battle.
As the large group reached a section just north of where they had come from, a large clearing in the nearby forest with a stone bridge crossing a northern part of the river the Shepherds had been resting at. Being hardly visible, the 'warthogs' were situated in small groups around the area, with a few traveling merchants running off in the distance from the creatures. Due to the splintered cast of enemies, the group spilt up to take care of them. Chrom and Cecil went with Corrin and Azura, while Frederick and Lissa went with Kamui and Jakob. Meanwhile, Selena, Laslow, and Odin ran off in their own group, with Selena and Laslow currently squaring off with two 'warthogs', while Odin was tossing spells at another 'warthog' that was trying to hit Laslow with a thunder spell.
"Gawds, what kinda crap did we get into this time." Selena complained as she dodged out of the way of a sword being swung by one of the 'warthogs'. "We're already dealing with these stupid invisible soldiers, and now we're back home for no gods forsaken reason."
"And at a time that none of the things we tri...succeeded in stopping have happened. I mean, Uncle Chrom and mother look so young." Odin spoke normally, tossing a Archthunder spell at an invisible soldier that was charging at Laslow, hitting it dead in the chest and it dissipated into nothingness.
"Well whatever is going on is second fiddle at the moment." Laslow grunted as he did a quick step forwards, stabbing his sword into the chest of the soldier in front of him, tearing it out and blocking a trike from another with a shield on his shoulder, Selena spinning and taking it out with her sword before turning around again to block a strike from the soldier that was now behind her. Odin tossed a thunder spell at it, causing it to flinch and allowing Selena to run it through, finishing off the small group of invisible soldiers they were engaged with. "I suppose that takes care of that." Laslow said with a sigh.
"Yeah, great, too bad there's still a bunch of them." Selena complained as she looked over towards the bridge, where Corrin, Azura, Cecil, and Chrom were fighting several of the invisible soldiers.
"Heh, I think we're used to that at this point. Come on, let's go help Lady Kamui finish up what's left of her opponents." Odin smiled as he turned and ran off towards the edge of the forest, where Kamui, Jakob, and Felicia were making short work of the enemy. Laslow and Selena started after him, but Selena slowed down and stopped, looking back towards the bridge once again.
"I think Odin and I have this side covered, go help Lord Corrin and our family." Laslow's voice piped up behind Selena, causing her to jump slightly before glaring at him.
"At least let me know you're there…" Selena said with a huff, looking away. "Thanks." she gave a slight smile, not being seen by Laslow, as she ran off towards the other group.
"Still the same old Severa." Laslow chuckled as he turned and hurried off towards Odin and the others.
A sharp whistle rang in Cecil's ear as what seemed to be a metal blade came close to chopping his ear off, Cecil barely dodging to the left as he sliced in front of him, killing whatever the creature was that attacked him. He quickly jumped back as another charged at him and knocked into Corrin, who was also holding off another one of the so called 'warthogs'.
"Naga damn it...Duma too." Cecil whispered to himself as he blocked an oncoming strike from the creature, locking its blade with his own. "Corrin, spin!" he said as he kicked the creature back slightly, allowing him to spin around Corrin and kill the unsuspecting creature that was engaging Corrin with a quick uppercut with his sword, Corrin following his example at the same time and decapitating the other one as it righted itself.
"Corrin, I'm sorry for saying it but you and your sister are horrible liars." Cecil grunted as he rolled back from another creature that lunged at the two of them.
Corrin sighed as he blocked one of the attacks from the other creature before pushing forwards offensively. "I know…"
"We can get actual explanations later, let's focus on what's in front of us for now." Chrom as he charged towards another creature off to the side.
"Right." Both Cecil and Corrin agreed as they quickly dealt with the creatures in front of them before teaming up as a larger creature started running straight for them. Cecil ran forwards and slid past it and spinning around for a strike at what he hoped was its leg. His sword met resistance as it ripped through its flesh, a scream of pain bellowing out from the almost invisible creature as Corrin jumped forwards and pierced the creatures skull with a spear...that was attached to his arm. Or was it his arm?
"Corrin, the hell is that?" Cecil questioned as they both hopped back to the others, the creature melting away into nothing, and he stared at Corrin's arm/lance thing.
"Oh...sorry I guess I'm not used to using it around people who don't know my sister and I. We are both dragons...as weird as that may sound here. So we can transform our bodies with various pieces of our dragon forms." Corrin smiled nervously as his arm changed back to normal.
"Huh." Cecil tilted his head. "Well it's not common, but the stories of manaketes have circulated the world for a few thousand years. Move your head to the right please."
Corrin tilted his head but did as asked, Cecil shouting 'Elthunder' as a flash of lightning streaked by his head and killed one of the creatures behind Corrin. Corrin looked behind him to the creature before looking back with a smile.
"Thanks Cecil. What is a manakete, by the way?" Corrin asked as another creature ran at them, though it was tripped by Azura with her lance as she danced around it before stabbing it in the back. The two warriors got back in a ready stance in case anything else ran at them, which is what happened.
"Perhaps that is what they call dragons here." Azura pondered as she joined them, jumping behind Corrin and stabbing at the creature he was fighting.
"In a sense. How many creatures are left?" Chrom asked as he joined them by killing a creature that Cecil had seen coming towards him.
"Uhh…" Corrin mumbled as he looked around after blocking another attack from his enemy.
"Around ten, I believe. They're grouping up over there." Azura pointed over to the edge of the tree-line, the faint outlines of the creatures warping the trees behind them. They could see Kamui, Jakob, and Felicia running over there with Laslow and Odin, and Selena had just reached their group while glaring at a creature that was about to attack Cecil. She jumped forwards and sliced its head off before it could strike at Cecil once again.
"Damn things always pop up everywhere." She huffed as the others finished off the remaining creatures in their group.
"Gods know thats true." Corrin chuckled. "Come on, let's finish these things off and go home." he said as he ran off towards the final group of creatures, everyone else following him.
The groups converged on the creatures, spells flashing and metal ringing as swords, lances, and knives hit their targets till the opponents lay dead at the feet of the Shepherds and friends. The last one standing, an overly large creature with heavy armor, was killed as Cecil and Chrom distracted it so Corrin could leap over it and slice its head off, finishing off all of the invisible soldiers.
"Whooo, that was a lot easier than it is normally." Corrin breathed out as he sheathed his sword.
"Normally, so this happens often?" Chrom asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, uh, yes. The warthogs easily get out of…" Kamui started to state before Cecil cut her off.
"You know, we have warthogs here. Specifically in southwestern border next to Plegia. They come up to our knees, if they're large, and they walk on four legs. Kinda hard to hold swords when you don't have hands." Cecil stated, giving her a small smirk.
"...oh." She relied, blushing heavily as she noticed their lie had been caught.
"They say the best way to get to know someone is to fight them, either as friends or as enemies. Having done so I believe you all don't have any ill intentions for our home. But an explanation would be nice." Chrom stated as he looked at them. "First off, where are you from?"
"I doubt you would know of them, Hoshido and Nohr probably isn't on any of your maps…" Corrin started as Chrom eyed him.
"Did you say Hoshido and Nohr? As in the mythical kingdoms?" Chrom asked.
Silence filled the area as the twins stared at Chrom, Cecil sinking to a hip and Lissa tilting her head as the twins tried to figure out what to say. Azura, Jakob, and Felicia looked just as shocked, but Selena, Odin, and Laslow were passive to the knowledge.
"What...what do you mean by mythical?" Corrin asked shakily.
"Those kingdoms only exist in myths and fairytales here, ones that are widespread and known by most inhabitants of both this content and Valm. The stories of their great war have been published all around the globe as thrilling adventures with war and romantic drama...but the theories on if it existed or not always continue. At most, it's thought that the two kingdoms exist several thousand years ago." Cecil responded to the question.
Both Corrin and Kamui blanched at the statement, fear swallowing both of them as they questioned to themselves what happened to their home. Corrin slightly recovered first, before trying to defend his explanation.
"I...I promise you we're telling the truth, please don't think…" Corrin started saying desperately, stopping as Chrom started laughing.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to pry into your matters, your reactions show that you were, in my opinion, being entirely honest with us." Chrom smiled at them, the other Shepherds doing the same.
"Did you come through one of the Outrealm Gates to get here? It would explain a lot if you did." Cecil asked with a smile.
"Outrealms? No, we…" Corrin started saying before looking at Jakob, who sighed and shook his head in defeat. He gave him a small hand gesture and Corrin continued on. "We came through a Dragons Gate, it connects our home with things called Deeprealms. The...creatures, we fought are ones we're fighting to defeat and bring peace to our homes. We found this group running through and gave chase, not wanting anyone getting hurt. And we somehow ended up here."
"Sounds like you've got your hands full then, Miriel would have a field day with this." Cecil laughed. " Anyways, do you know where your gate dropped you off?"
"Yes, it was maybe several hundred feet away from that main road we met you at." Kamui replied.
"Then we'll escort you back there so you can all head home." Chrom smiled.
"T..thank you, Chrom. But you don't have too, we can handle ourselves finding our way back." Corrin stated.
"I'm sure you can, but as hosts to our other worldly guests it's the least we can do. Now come on, let's get you home." Chrom said as he gestured for the two of them to join him as he turned and started heading back the way they came. They did, Lissa hopping over to join them as Cecil and Frederick held back a bit, Azura and the others joining them as the Lords and Lady's talked. Both Frederick and Jakob started talking, apparently hitting it off fairly well if the smiles both of them sported meant anything, while Azura moved closer to Cecil, a question tugging at the back of her head.
"Cecil...you said that all tales of our home are merely legends here. How...how do they end?" She asked timidly.
"Well...there's two main tales that have been past down. The Tale of Birthright has the hero join with their blood family in Hoshido, defeating the Nohrian army and to the hero's dismay, the death of the youngest princess and High Prince of Nohr during the onslaught of the Nohrian capital. In the end the hero and their siblings kill the evil king of Nohr, but their best friend, a songstress, gives her life to allow them to kill said king." Cecil started, noting that Azura started fidgeting at his words of death. "The other, the Tale of Conquest, has the hero join with their adoptive family in Nohr, defeating the Hoshidian army and, unfortunately, killing both princes of Hoshido in the process. But neither tale ends in peace, several years after both tales end, both kingdoms are utterly destroyed as an unknown enemy leapt from the shadows...killing the hero, their family, and friends in the process."
"I...I see." Azura responds sadly, while the other three looked away, not wanting to think that their mission might've ended in failure.
"I would suppose you should be thankful then, Lady Azura, that you do not seem to be of either tale...if your reactions to the deaths of the royals say anything." Frederick piped up, separating from his ongoing conversation with Jakob for only a moment.
"True, I would reason that you and your friends are from the lost tale, one that most have not heard of. One where peace is restored, and the unknown enemy is defeated by the hero. But I don't think going over the details of it would be a good idea, I'm sure your adventures still have a way to go until the end." Cecil smiled at her.
"I would suppose so. Thank you, Cecil." Azura smiled, nodding her head as Selena quickened her pace behind them, walking up to both of them and placing a hand on Cecil's shoulder.
"Hey, I want to talk to you...privately." Selena said sternly. Cecil raised an eyebrow at her, but smiled as he shook his head.
"Alright then, lead the way." Cecil motioned for her to walk ahead of him, which she did as he quickly followed along, walking almost exactly in between the two groups. "So…?"
"You...do you know a woman named Cordelia? Crimson red hair, a Pegasus Knight, a perfectionist and all that?"
Cecil tilted his head at her, but quickly shook his head with a laugh. "I should ask how you know that name but I'm talking to someone whose jumped worlds so I'm not going to. Yes I know Cordelia, I'd call her one of my many friends but I've got no idea what she'd say on the matter, we don't get to talk to often. Why?"
"Humph, trust me she thinks of you as a friend more than you think...how's she doing nowadays?" Selena asked as she looked away.
"Decent, I suppose. Had a rough night a couple weeks ago that I had to help her out with, and I've noticed she's been a bit stressed lately, think of something to do with her parents."
"Good. I need you to do something for me...tell her that I'll surpass her someday, that I won't live in her shadow forever." Selena said with a cocky grin, a grin being her response.
"Well now I'm really curious on how you know her." Cecil laughed.
"Well you won't find out, a girl never shares her secrets." Selena giggled, the sight throwing Cecil off. "Whatever, but it has to be you to say it, got it? Grab a cup of tea with her or something, I don't care. She'll just like being able to spend time with you."
"Well I was going to see how she's been once we got back...alright fine, I'll let her know." Cecil shrugged, Selena snorting at the comment.
"Good...at least there's still someone I can rely on then. Thanks." Selena said as she slowed and fell back in line with Laslow and Odin. Cecil shook his head with a smile before speeding up and falling in line with Chrom and the others.
"My my, what's this all about?" Laslow snickered as Selena came back.
"Nothing, just getting a message to Mom. And if my parents get together a bit sooner than normal then it's a bonus." Selena smiled.
"Heh, the rare sweet side of the ice queen shows its head." Odin laughed before Selena smacked him upside the head.
"Shut up!" she growled, though she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Roughly fifteen minutes later the group found themselves where Corrin had said to go, surprisingly finding a glowing gateway hanging in the air. Chrom and his group stopped and gawked at the sight, not believing they were actually seeing it.
"I'd suppose that's your way home Corrin." Chrom mused.
"Yes, I believe that's our ticket home. You all go first, my sister and I want to talk to our new...friends before we leave." Corrin smiled at the others, who nodded and gave a quick goodbye to Chrom and his group before walking through the gate, with Selena looking back and shouting.
"Oi, Cecil, make sure you do what I asked, I'll know if you didn't." Selena smirked before hopping through the gate.
"Didn't give me a second to reply." Cecil smirked. "So, guess this is it." he said as he looked over to Corrin and Kamui.
"It was kinda short too. I wanted to hang out more, that Odin guy seemed pretty fun." Lissa pouted.
"He is very lively, that's for sure. Once again, thank you for your help today, it would've taken much longer to take care of our problem if it wasn't for you four." Kamui bowed politely.
"No need to bow, we would've fought those things even if you weren't here, it is our job." Chrom smiled at them, with Cecil laughing in response.
"Yeah, protect the kingdom, and be the center of attention whenever the townspeople notice that royalty is in town." Cecil smiled, both Corrin and Kamui looking shocked.
"Royalty, so you are…?" The question stuck on Corrin's lips, which Chrom smiled at.
"Yes, in fact I'm the prince of this Ylisse, my sister Emmeryn sits on the throne as Exalt of our country. It leaves us plenty of time to make sure our subjects are doing just fine."
Cecil smiled as well. "Since we unfortunately probably won't meet again anytime soon, I'm also royalty as well. I'm the High Prince of the nation of Valm, a kingdom on the continent to the far west. Due to...a hostile takeover, my family has been living in Ylisse for over a decade now. We lost my father in our escape sadly."
Corrin frowned at the statement. "I...I can understand that pain. I was captured and raised by the Nohrian king during a supposed peace talk, where my father was killed before my eyes by the same man I mistook as my father for many years."
Cecil smiled as he placed his hand on Corrin's shoulder. "Well it's nice to have someone who knows how it feels."
"Likewise. Well then, I believe it's time for us to go, we've got many things to do and little time to do it." Corrin smiled as he and his sister turned and walked to the gate.
"Hold on a sec." Cecil called out, causing the two to stop as he ran over to Frederick's horse and searched through one of the saddle bags, pulling out a black, leather backed tome before running back over to them. "Here, give this to Selena or Odin would you, it's a Ragnarok tome, should be helpful on you journey." he said as he handed the book to Kamui.
"Of course...thank you Cecil." Kamui smiled as she accepted the book before tilting her head. "...I understand Odin, but why Selena?"
"Can you not feel the magical power she lets off? She should be as good at magic as my mother is if what I was feeling is correct." Cecil questioned with a frown.
"No, I've never noticed honestly." Kamui shook her head with a frown. "Either way, I'll give it to either of them when I can."
"Thank you." Cecil smiled. "You probably should get going, I'm sure Jakob is fretting about how long you two are taking in getting back."
"I'm sure he is as always. It was a pleasure meeting all of you." Corrin smiled.
"Likewise Corrin. If you ever find yourselves back in Ylisse after your war has ended, please come by the palace to say hello, I'd love to talk to all of you again." Chrom smiled brightly.
"We will make sure to do that, Chrom. Thank you all once again, I hope we meet once more in the future." Corrin smiled as he and his sister quickly walked through the portal, which promptly disappeared.
"See, told you something would happen." Cecil snarked at Chrom with a grin.
"And it's something I didn't expect to happen either, what's next, we find a new tactician that's just perfect for our group." Chrom laughed as they started walking away.
"Well now that you say that, it wouldn't be so bad. Come on, we still got those bandits to find." Cecil smiled as they walked towards a grassy hill a few minutes away, not noticing the barely visible purple coats of their soon to be new friends laying in the grass.
"And that's what happened." Chrom stated, getting looks from both Robin and Raven as they neared the large gates of Ylisstol.
"Do you know how far fetched that story is Chrom?" Robin asked.
"Yes, I do, and if it wasn't for the fact that we saw it with our own eyes I'd believe it to be all horse crap." Chrom laughed. "Ask Frederick, if he agrees you know it has to be true." he said as the twins immediately looked at Frederick, who sighed.
"Loath am I to admit it, but it is all true." he nodded, gaining shocked looks from the twins.
"By the by, we aren't going to talk about that story to anyone else. Don't need the prince to look like some insane maniac like Gangrel to the people now do we." Cecil commented as he waved at the guards at the gates, who quickly scrambled to open them before they reached the entrance.
"Uh...right." the twins agreed in unison before looking down towards the ground trying to process the information they just gained.
"Thanks you two. Now that I think about it, Chrom, did Celica remind you of Selena? The hair color was off, but the attitude and physical appearance were a dead ringer." Cecil asked as he looked over to Chrom, who cupped his chin as he thought.
"Now that you mention it, yes they did. Perhaps they're related in some way, we'll have to ask Celica whenever we come across her again."
"Yeah...a question for later. Hey Sully, you mind taking Virion here to the barracks so he can get set up? Should still be some rooms left in their and if not we can clean one of the other ones out." Cecil asked the knight riding on her horse besides him.
"No prob, come on Ruffles." Sully said as she grabbed onto Virion's arm and yanked him up onto her horse with him giving an undignified yelp. They both said farewell as Sully rode off past the gates, timed almost perfectly as the twins looked at each other and then at Chrom, Lissa, and Cecil with shocked eyes..
"Wait, you're all royalty!?" Robin and Raven both yelled, the story finally sinking in and recognizing what had been said.
"I thought you said you watched over your sheep?" Raven questioned, mouth agape.
"We do, it's just we've got a lot of them. And before you do anything stupid just treat us like you have been, none of us are really into the high and mighty stuff." Chrom replied, the twins both swallowing and nodding their heads.
"And don't go around saying I'm royalty either, please." Cecil asked with a pleading expression. "No one besides Chrom and his family know who my family actually is, and we'd rather keep it that way for the moment."
Raven quickly nodded her head, Robin following as Raven spoke. "Of course Cecil, we wouldn't want to cause you or your family any problems."
"Thank you, well come on, we have to meet up with Emmeryn before we go to the barracks." Cecil smiled as he walked in front of them all. "Also, a proper welcome is in order. Welcome to Ylisstol you two, and your new home to boost." he smiled as they walked past the gates and immediately into the busy streets of the capital.