Queen Alisha of Hyland and her guard Maltran. The two stood in the hallway of the castle and welcomed the party. Well, it did take some convincing on Sorey and Rose to allow Arthur, Celica and Vanessa inside. After all, the three were newcomers.
"I'm glad to see you again Sorey." Alisha said as she continued to look outside.
"You look nice Alisha." Were the only words Sorey had in his mind at the time.
"Is something wrong your majesty?" Arthur asked.
"Oh, sorry, I'm still not used to that." Alisha blushed a bit. "Yes, there has been something bothering me. It's been harder to sleep lately, I think I've been thinking too much."
"It was the same for us last night." Rose said.
"Arthur said it might have to do with a hellion." Sorey mentioned.
"A hellion? Here?" Alisha had shock in her tone.
"Was there anything different that happened recently around here?" Arthur asked.
"Yes actually, there was a red moon a few days ago."
"Oh right, wait, do you think that it's connected?" Rose was almost in shock as well.
"It might be, if it has anything to do with a woman and the energy I felt from her, than it must." Arthur said.
That strange woman and her question, "why do you think birds fly?" Whoever she was, she seemed to be the cause of the strange energy that they had felt through the night. Even in the day, the energy was present.
Arthur looked outside to see what Alisha saw, and he knew it when he saw it, a strong energy just outside the castle gates. A mix of black and purple waves that flowed from a puddle of negativity. That was malevolence. The energy that turned creatures into hellions.
Vanessa held tightly onto her book, there was something she knew as well. She read the Celestial Records with Sorey, so recognized what that malevolence meant. It was known as "the Lord of Calamity".
"Queen Alisha, are you sure you want to go out?" Maltran asked.
"I'm sure, please, take care of the kingdom for me while I'm gone." Alisha said. She was out of her dress and into a cute blue, white and black outfit that looked fancy and elegant while being flexible at the same time.
"Of course, take care of her please."
"She'll be fine, it'll be like old times, right Alisha?" Rose smiles right at Alisha.
"Right." Was the only thing Alisha said.
"Where are we going?" Celica asked.
"Well, we all saw the hellion this morning right? We're going after it." Rose responded.
"You are all insane." Arthur sighed.
"You don't have to come if you don't want to." Mikleo said.
"Doesn't really matter." Edna opened her umbrella.
"But I like having the cutie around." Zaveid said as he looked towards Celica.
"It'll be so much fun to have more though!" Lailah was too happy for something like that.
"We'll stay, just for the excitement right Celica?" Arthur patted Celica on her head.
"And can I come too?" Vanessa asked.
"Of course you can come!" Sorey smiled which made Vanessa blush a bit.
"Well...um...thanks for letting me on board!" That sentence alone made the others laugh. "Oh what?!"
"She's really something isn't she?" Mikleo put his arm over Sorey's shoulder.
"I think this'll be fun." Alisha said with joy in her tone.
(A bit shorter than the last chapter, like half the last chapter's size. This was mainly to introduce Alisha, who is now joining yay! And the Berseria arc. Yes, if you haven't noticed the woman the party are talking about is Velvet Crowe, our lovely Lord of Calamity. She'll be introduced in the next chapter for a fun scene and another fight scene. And if you haven't noticed, Arthur and Celica share the same name as Velvet's brother in law and sister, so it will be pointed out.
I like the Tales series so take inspiration from it, and it just happens I'm using the two who have the same names as those two. This is a pretty self aware story, pointing out the similarities in the worlds and character names soon. Which I'm planning to be a fun scene.
I didn't choose Mileena and Shadow because Mysteria X RD was still running when I first created this prompt and I just ended up sticking with Arthur and Celica. Until next time for the Berseria arc.)
