Title: Cantus of Libera
Rating: Fiction T
Summary: One day, a gladiator who calls himself "Umbrella" breaks the rules of RHG battle and attacks the other gladiators. He gets his final mission to kill FLLFFL(ALFA) from the Division. This fanfic is about Resh's Umbrella. Thanks to Resh for making awesome videos.
Before you read: All characters (except Healer Pax and Healer Bonum) belong to their creaters(Umbrella-Resh, FLLFFL-Terkoiz, and so on...). I only have copyrights of my characters(Pax and Bonum). And, this is just a fanfic, so settings and backgrounds about RHG characters might be far different from the original one.
Cantus of Libera Chapter 7
My name is Umbrella.
I work under the military's Umbrella Division.
The head of the division is Commander Red.
The Commander assigns me targets.
And it's my duty to eliminate them.
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And I'm going on a final mission.
"I hope this is the last time we met! Take care."
"Um, sounds like 'Get lost!', Pax"
"Haha. How did you know?"
This morning, it was decided that Franky be transferred to the general ward. So, healers who belonged to ICU were arranging the cables around the bed and hanging a portable oxygen tank to bed.
"We are ready. We can go now."
"Ah, okay. Alfa! Take care! See you upstairs!"
"You shouldn't be here until then. Discharge. Understood?"
"Uhhh…"
Franky also say goodbye to Alfa even though he'd never talked to Alfa since he admitted. Alfa was still unconscious, and Franky didn't particularly expect his response. Right before he and healers get in the elevator directly connected to general ward, Franky spoke to Pax.
"Pax."
"Yes?"
Pax looked at Franky.
"Don't blame yourself for what happened. If I were Alfa, I would do the same. He made the right decision."
"…Thanks. Stay healthy, Franky."
"I'll do."
As Franky and Pax finished saying goodbye each other, the elevator door opened. Healers moved into the elevator with the bed which Franky seated. Between the closing door, Franky gave a little wave.
"Peaceful, hah? Only one patient left, no CPR, no MRSA or VRE patient… Actually I don't understand why the gladiators love to battle. See, no battle, no duty!"
Bonum said as the door closed. As she says, there were only a few battle for these few weeks. So there were less healers on duty than usual. And now, because other healers went to general word with Franky, so in the ICU were Bonum, Pax, and Alfa.
"I agree. Ah, Bonum, why don't you go and get some rest? I know you used your healing super powers too much for days to cure Alfa. I can take care of him."
"Are you sure? You must be tired, too."
"I'm fine. Go and get some sleep. I'll rotate my shift when other healers arrive."
Bonum looked into Pax's unhealthy face. Pax hasn't gone home since Alfa admitted. There were other healers on duty, but she insisted that she should look after him. It wasn't a good idea to leave Pax alone, but thinking about healers who went with Franky… they'll be back soon, anyway.
"All right. But promise me. Go home when they come back, got it?"
"Yep."
Bonum put one hand on Pax's shoulder. Then, she turned around and walked toward the exit. She dimmed the lights of every bed except Alfa's.
Seeing Bonum walking out the door, Pax turned her attention back on Alfa. He's still unconscious. Pax stared at the bed Alfa's lying for few seconds. Next to bed, there was a long sword belonged to Alfa.
Seemingly, the jet sword which Alfa uses looked similar to other swords. What's unique about this sword was that the hilt is fitted with jet engines. These engine can only be manipulated by Alfa. Yoyo, who battled with Alfa before, had once tried to use the sword during the battle, but he pressed the wrong button on the hilt so that he fell backward. Even for Pax, who had been trained by Alfa for few years, it was difficult to use it skillfully.
Thinking about memories of training, Pax gave a little giggle. When she was young, she was impressed by Alfa's swordsmanship. Because she really wanted to imitate the performance, she constantly begged him for allowing her to manipulate on her own. Alfa reluctantly gave her his sword, and right after she received it, she lost her balance, fell down, and rolled forward. Alfa couldn't keep his laughing by the funny situation before his eyes, so he rolled with laughter. Offended by his reaction, Pax declared that 'I'm just inherently(Alfa laughed more at this word) unsuited for the swords!' and she disappeared.
At first Alfa assumed that maybe she's crying somewhere in Dojo, but she didn't reappear. The missing caused quite the ruckus in Dojo, and gladiators searched the whole place of Dojo for 3 days. But it hadn't produced any results. In the last resort, they put a notice for a lost child on the Stickpage. Right after doing so, Oxob, the leader of Clan Style contacted Alfa and announce him that Pax is with him. It turned out that right after she ran from Alfa, Pax went straight to the headquarter of Clan Style and asked Oxob(who was famous for hand-to-hand combat) to teach her how to fight without weapons. Oxob thought Pax was a pitiful little orphan(as she described herself), so he accepted.
In the middle of recalling her childhood, it suddenly occurred to her that she should let Oxob know Franky's transfer to general ward. Oxob was supposed to be here soon, and he probably don't know about this. Pax got up to make a call to Oxob.
And she could feel the coldness of the sharp metal on her neck.
"Don't move."
Pax was about to scream when the low voice ordered. She closed her mouth.
"Turn around with your hands on your head."
Pax did as she was told. She turned around.
A gladiator with scars around his eyes was pointing an umbrella at her.
Author's note
It took me over 6 hours to translate this chapter. I don't know how many chapters I can translate before Monday. Next Monday I have to go to hospital for clinical practices as a student nurse. Then I'll get busy again so I'm trying to do as much as I can.
Thank you for reading my fanfic. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me!
