5th August 2015
Warning: Grammar errors, Spoilers, Out of Characters, and Original Characters.
Disclaimer: Gensou Suikoden belongs to Konami, but this fanfiction belongs to me.
Summary: What if besides Sarah, Luc has another apprentice and after the war that apprentice only wanted to have a peaceful life, but with the Harmonian looking around, it was not easy to remain hidden.
Hi everybody. This is chapter 9 for this story. Thank you for everyone who reviews or favourites this story. I hope you like this chapter.
"If you can just stop loving her then you never really loved her at all. Love doesn't work that way. If you ever truly love someone, then it never goes away. It can become something else. There are all different sorts of love. It can even become hate- a thin line and all that- and, really, hate is just another kind of caring."
Blakney Francis, Someone I Used to Know
Previous Chapter. Sasarai's Apprentice.
"I understand, where will you go?"
"I will stay in Marid for a few days."
"Caesar, please don't do anything suspicious, we can't save her." Sasarai pleaded.
"Do I have another choice?" Caesar said more to himself.
Caesar then looked at Sasarai. "I have one more question."
"What is it?"
"That girl, Amiyah. How long has she become your apprentice?"
"I just found her a few days after the attack that happens here."
"All right then, thank you for everything, Sasarai. I am leaving now." Caesar then left the room.
Sasarai wanted to stop him but something else stopped him to try.
Chapter 9. Execution.
SY 475.
A girl in a green dress walked into a room, inside she saw a man in a chair was reading a piece of paper.
"Master, can we talk?" The girl requested.
The man looked at her and nodded. "What do you need to talk about?"
The girl walked to him and sat in the chair in front of him. "Master, why do we need to fight?"
"Why do you ask?" The man inquired.
The girl seemed hesitated at first until she finally talked. "I don't like it, so many people die." The girl turned down her face.
"You don't have to follow me." The man stated.
The girl looked at him. "No, Master. I will follow you." She continued. "It just, don't we have another choice?"
The man looked at her seriously. "Yes, we have."
The girl perked up at his words.
The man turned away. "But, it isn't good enough. So, I didn't choose it."
The girl slumped down at that.
The man turned to look at the girl. "Everyone has a reason to fight, don't you forget that."
The girl nodded. "Yes, Master."
The girl thought the man was finished, but he continued.
"A long time ago, I met a girl. She was the strangest kind and we had the strangest interaction. One day she fell in love and I found out about it. She insisted to keep it hidden. I kept telling her otherwise, but she won't listen, because she thought she wasn't needed."
The man sighed while the girl listened to his story.
"A few days later, she left me a letter, from it I found out she was dying and she told me to keep everything happen a secret because she didn't want the man she loved to feel sad."
The man turned away.
"Um, how did she die, Master?" The girl asked shyly.
"That time we were at war, she sneaked into the army to help."
They were silent until the man spoke again.
"Until now, I still think what she did was foolish. Even though I understood she had a reason to fight."
The girl observed the man in front of him and noticed the longing in the man's eyes, and she saw the man's right hand shook while holding the piece of paper that she suspected was the letter he was talking about.
She excused herself because she knew her master needed some time alone.
She barely picked up a murmured from the door. "Eden, I still can't forgive you for being a fool."
{G~S~III}
SY 481.
Present.
In a deep basement, inside a prison, a girl was staring at the ceiling when in truth she was deep in thought while recalling her conversation with her master a few years ago while doing her part as the masked magician in the Second Fire Bringer War.
Then, a man entered the basement and looked at her curiously.
"How are you doing?" The man asked curiously.
His voice snapped her back into reality. Then, instead of answered his question, she asked him a question.
"Master Sasarai, please answer me honestly. Do you think what Master Luc did is foolish or not?" The girl asked with a faraway look.
Sasarai stared at her for some times as if he would find the answer hidden in her feature. Instead of answering it, Sasarai asked another question.
He sighed dejectedly. "Why do you ask?"
"Master Sasarai, your answer won't bother me, I just want to confirm something. So, please, answer honestly." The girl stated tiredly.
After much thought, finally, he said. "Yes, it was foolish to try to destroy a true rune. Well, it's understandable, considering that Luc was desperate."
The girl smiled behind her mask and she laughed. Sasarai raised his eyebrows at her unusual reaction.
After a while, she stopped laughing and began to talk, for she knew Sasarai wanted an explanation.
"Yes, even I thought Master Luc was a fool back then. But, he told me everyone has a reason to fight, even if it is foolish." The girl explained.
"So, what is it you want to confirm?" Sasarai asked.
"I want to confirm what the reason for Master Luc to fight." The girl stated.
"Didn't he fight to escape his fate?" Sasarai said uncertainly.
"Yes, that was a part of it but I think it was more than that." The girl said. "Master Luc once told me, a long times ago his friend died because she did something foolish, even though she did have a reason. And I heard he said that he can't forgive her for being a fool."
Sasarai raised his eyebrows, he was mildly interested now with the reason for his brother's action. "So, what do you think was his reason?"
"I think it was because of that friend of his. Master Luc was mad at her but he also couldn't ignore her action. I think Master Luc wanted to understand her reason for being a fool, then perhaps he could forgive her, no, he wanted to forgive her but he just couldn't let her go." The girl said while having a longing look.
He was amazed by her thought about Luc. He was happy to know some part about Luc's personality that the girl captured so perfectly.
For a while, they were surrounded in comfortable silent until the girl removed her masked and looked at the man contently.
"I still don't understand. Why do you show your face to me?"
"Because, I trust you Master Sasarai, as much as I trust Master Luc." The girl replied casually.
Sasarai thought about Luc dejectedly. "But, Luc hates me," Sasarai said more to himself.
The girl smiled at him. "Yes, that's right, but, isn't it a common thing for brothers to hate each other. Besides, I think Master Luc did care about you. He just didn't show it, because he was mad and jealous at you."
Sasarai smiled. "I hope you're right."
"Don't worry about it, I know Master Luc, I was his apprentice after all."
"So, how are you're doing lately?" Sasarai asked remembering his first question.
The girl laughed. "Is that the right question to ask a prisoner?"
Sasarai face fell. "I am sorry. I can't save you."
"It's all right. You have done enough for me. I am glad that Caesar is safe, thanks to you."
"You never did explain to me, what really happened?" Sasarai stated.
The girl was in silent.
"Why did you attack Harmonia?" Sasarai asked.
"I have to, even if I don't want to." The girl said.
"You're holding back, aren't you? That circle you made during the attack is teleportation magic, isn't it?"
The girl sighed. "I also added some spell to the circle which causes the mental breakdown. So, no one would notice about the circle until I made them come back to their sense. Also, I only teleported the civilians that didn't have anything to do with the attack." The girl explained.
"Then, who was that another person who helped you in Caleria?"
The girl looked at Sasarai in the eyes. "That was Yuber."
Sasarai looked shocked.
"Yuber is the one who wants the war to happen. He forced me to do it." The girl said.
"Caesar is right about you, you're innocent." Sasarai smiled at her.
The girl looked down. "I am far from innocent. I deserve to be punished." She added. "Don't tell anyone what I told you."
"Why? It will help you. They might even spare your life?"
The girl smiled. "If I am still alive, Yuber would only force me to start another war."
"Did you let yourself get imprison on purpose?"
"Yes, with that, I am and the world will be saved. At least, from my own power."
"If that what you really want, then I have good news for you," Sasarai stated.
Sasarai looked at her in the eyes. "You execution will be held tomorrow."
"Ah, finally. I get tired with this prison." She looked happy.
Then, she looked at Sasarai and realized he was not expecting her to feel happy. He looked really sad. The girl approached him and held his hands.
She smiled. "Don't worry. I will be free like I told you the last time."
"Caesar will be heartbroken if he hears this news," Sasarai stated.
"Please, make sure he doesn't know. At least, until the execution is done." The girl pleaded.
{G~S~III}
Meanwhile, in Sasarai's office, a girl with a girl version outfit of a bishop complete with the hat was eyeing all the paperwork in Sasarai's desk. Then, the door opened and a man entered the office.
"Hey, what are you doing in Lord Sasarai's office!" The man demanded.
"Relax Dios, Master Sasarai asked me to help him with the paperwork." The girl explained.
"Where is Lord Sasarai?" He asked.
"He went, I don't know where."
"I wonder why Lord Sasarai took in a brat like you."
The girl smiled. "Easy, it's because I am not a brat."
Dios left the office while saying something under his breath. She chuckled at him. She then grabbed another paper and read it.
"The Masked Magician's Public Execution." The girl read the title.
"The masked magician? If I remember it right, Master Sasarai said the masked magician is a powerful magician who attacked Harmonia recently and being imprisoned right now. I wonder what she looks like." The girl wondered.
The door opened and a man entered the office, the girl looked at the man and smiled.
"Master Sasarai, you're back." The girl stated.
"Yes, how was the paperwork?" Sasarai asked while looking at all the paper in his desk.
"Well, I almost finish."
"Good, they made me sick."
The girl laughed. "Where did you go?" The girl asked curiously.
Sasarai looked hesitated. "I went to make the preparation for the execution."
"This one?" The girl showed the paper about the masked magician's execution.
"That's right."
"You know, Master Sasarai, I felt really weird about this execution." The girl stated.
"What do you mean?" Sasarai looked at the girl with confusion.
"I don't know, I just felt the masked magician doesn't deserve this. I know it sounds weird, I don't even know her." The girl explained.
Sasarai looked at her with concern. "Don't worry, you will later."
The girl raised his eyebrows at Sasarai's words in confusion but said nothing.
{G~S~III}
A man with carmine hair sat in a chair alone in a room without anyone else there. He looked lost in thought.
I had gone to Caleria and Le Buque to find information behind that circle. The only conclusion I get was maybe the masked magician saved them. Then, why did she attack Harmonia in the first place? What is the reason behind all of her actions? I have to find out to save her from prison.
Suddenly, I heard someone knocked on the door. I said 'Come in' and looked at the man who entered my room. I stared at him in disbelieve.
"Hugo, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Oh, well, how will I put this? There is something I have to tell you." Hugo said with hesitation.
I became confused with Hugo hesitation. "What is it, Hugo?"
"Weird things happened in Budehuc," Hugo stated.
I raised my eyebrows. "Weird things?"
"A few days after Lime disappearance, the rest of her belonging also disappeared. And, you remembered the rumour about the Spirit of the Lake." Hugo stated.
I became confused, of course, I remembered about that, considering that was Lime's doing, but, what's that have anything to do with it.
"Sasarai came to Budehuc to investigate about that. Then, the next morning he had a mysterious girl by his side that looked ridiculously similar with Lime, apart with her hair. She has copper hair." Hugo explained.
I was shocked, what's the meaning of this?
Hugo continued. "Sasarai explained that she is his apprentice. Also, the green light that always appeared from the lake at night never appeared anymore since that day."
What's the meaning of this? Clearly, the girl Hugo mentioned was Amiyah. Then, what she had to do with the lake's spirit. After all, it was Lime's doing. Did Amiyah have anything to do with Lime?
My face fell in defeat. I did not know what's to do anymore.
"Hugo, can you leave me alone?" I asked.
Hugo looked worried at me. "Are you all right?"
"Yes, I am fine," I assured him.
"All right then, see you." Hugo then left.
I looked outside from the window, it was already dark. I walked to the bed and threw my body to the bed. I was just too tired to do anything else. I kept asking myself what Amiyah had to do with Lime. Until the darkness took me and I fell asleep.
{G~S~III}
The next day Caesar woke up feeling that once again his head was ready to explode. He could not seem to wake up, so he continued to sleep.
The next time he woke up, it was already noon. He went to the bar to get some brunch.
The owner greeted him. "Hi, lad, I get a message from your friend."
Caesar looked at the owner.
"He said he was going back and wants you to visit his village." The owner said.
"Uhm, thanks," Caesar replied sleepily. "Can I get some food?"
"Sure, I will get my wife to prepare it for you." The owner then left to the kitchen.
Caesar then sat in one of the empty tables. He kept yawning while waiting for his food.
After a while, a maid brought his food to his table. Caesar dug it up as if he had not eaten for days. After he was full, he began to think about everything he had to do. Until he heard a conversation that took over his attention.
"Have you hear the news?" Someone behind Caesar said.
"You mean about the execution." Someone else replied.
"Yes, it's really a pity that a young girl like the masked magician has to die."
"Hey, don't forget that young girl almost destroy Crystal Valley. That witch is dangerous, she deserves to die."
"I guess, you're right."
Caesar could not believe his ears. "No, no, that's not true." He muttered.
"When will the execution be held?" Someone behind Caesar asked.
"I heard it will be held in Crystal Valley this evening."
"Oh, man, we will miss it. I really want to see her. I heard she is a beautiful babe."
Caesar felt his heart just stopped. He could not think straight. He just ran hurriedly to his horse and motioned his horse to run as fast as possible.
Caesar kept saying to himself. "No, no, that's not true."
After a few hours, it began to dark. Then, finally, he could see the city from afar. He noticed the city was crowded than usual, but the crowd began to leave.
When he arrived at the entrance, he descended from the horse and ran to the guards.
"What happens to the masked magician?" He asked frantically.
"You're late, the execution is over." The guard said briefly.
Caesar's face became pale and he just stood there motionlessly.
He did not know how long he had been standing there, but with great hesitation, he went back to his horse and trekked slowly back to Marid. On the way back, he did not bother to wipe the flood of tears that fell from his eyes.
{G~S~III}
Caesar arrived in Marid at midnight. The tears had stopped to fall, but from the look of his red eyes, anyone could guess that he had been crying.
Caesar went to the bar and sat on the counter. No one was in the bar, just he and the owner.
"Give me something strong," Caesar said.
The owner gave him a bottle of wine. "You all right, lad." He asked.
Caesar took a long drought. "No, I felt like I just break into pieces." He added. "Very small pieces, another bottle, please."
The owner gave him another bottle. "What happened?"
"Someone very special to me just left me." He answered and took a draught. "It's really hurt that she left me before I know the reason."
Caesar hit the counter angrily. "Why did she have to leave? That girl always made me furious, then again, why I didn't want her to leave."
"Maybe, you have a reason why you want her to stay." The owner guessed.
"Why did I want her to stay? She was just a brazen girl. Oh, and she was also very smart for a flirty girl. Well, she was a historian, of course, she was smart, then again she was cute and there was something about her that reminded me about someone." Caesar said sleepily, it looked like the wine had affected him.
"Then, what do you like about her?" The owner asked.
"She always made me mad. It's like she wants to outsmart me. Not many people can outsmart me like that. I felt like she was a challenge that I had to beat. And, that made me feel content." Caesar looked calm, but then, he became sad. "Then, when she suddenly left. I was furious and worried that she might do something stupid and dangerous. She really was a pain, but I wanted her to stay, why?"
"You're in love, lad. You better find her and convince her to stay, before it's too late." The owner suggested.
"It's already too late," Caesar said under his breath.
The owner did not hear him because he looked at the figure that just entered the bar.
"Do you need something, miss?" The owner said to the figure.
"Mhmm, I was wondering do you have any room." She asked. "My master asked me to go here for an errand, but it's already midnight. I don't think I can get back to Crystal Valley."
"Of course, we have." The owner said.
The girl approached them and observed Caesar.
"Another broken heart drunkard I guess." She smirked.
"Well, you're right, miss." The owner stated.
Caesar turned to look at her. She wore a girl version outfit of a bishop with the hat. Caesar then hugged her and fell asleep in her embrace.
"Lime." He muttered and passed out.
"It seemed he confused me with someone else." The girl stated. "I will bring him to his room."
"You don't have to do it." The owner said.
"It's okay, and it's seemed I don't need any room. I will sleep in his room and leave him with the payment." She laughed at her evil plan.
"All right, then. His room is on the right side of the stair." The owner said nonchalantly as if he did not hear what she just said.
"Thank you." The girl then led Caesar to the stairs with little difficulty.
The owner looked at them and muttered. "Youngster these days."
I hope you enjoy this chapter. If you're wondering Eden is my original character in my story 'Talk to Me'. Please be kind to me and review it. Thank you for reading my fan fiction.
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