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Ok I am right smack in the middle of my social life but at the same time I keep running back to my laptop to write about all of these spouting ideas that keep flowing out of my mind. lol so be prepared for the attack of monstrously fast updates! ah and btw thanks so much to moon-chan for filling me in about the whole 'beta reader' thing, hehe;3
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Lina groggily climbed out of bed, and wandered over to the washstand. She was a bit out-of-it as she absently splashed the cold water onto her face and stared into her reflection.
After putting on her clothes, she left her hotel room, still tying her cape when she walked into the dining room below. She spotted the odd trio of Xelloss, Zelgadiss, and even little Hiyo seated in a corner table.
They all greeted her with warm smiles except for Zel, who stood up to speak, "Lina, listen, I'm sorry about last night I-" Lina waved her hand nonchalantly, cutting off his apology with a cheery grin. "It's fine Zel, I'm sorry too."
A look of relief passed over Zelgadiss's stony features as they both sat down with bright smiles. "And isn't that just sweet?" Xelloss commented dryly, a cruel grin plastered onto his face. He couldn't help spoiling such a sickeningly cheerful moment.
Lina's small, but quick fist came swiftly in contact with his face. She gave him an angry growl before turning away to give her order to the waitress standing patiently next to their table. He had made her mad again, not that it wasn't something that happened frequently upon many of their encounters, but for some reason an odd knot twisted his stomach uncomfortably and he saw no reason to smile about this particular occasion.
As soon as the waitress had scurried off to fill Lina's unnaturally large order, the perky Hiyo spoke. "Ms. Lina, where do you plan to go now that you have the lance?"
Lina blinked. That was good question. Where did she plan to go? She didn't plan at all, actually. She really had no idea where to go from here. Now that she had the spear there wasn't anything else to do. If she were still traveling alone then she'd simply go around blowing up bandits till someone, like Xelloss, came to inform her that the war had begun.
Now that she had traveling companions again, she had to 'plan' everything out. Keh.
"Well…err…that is…" She stuttered, trying to rack her brain for idea on where to venture from this point. Unfortunately she had nothing.
A crash sounded at the front of the diner and ominous stomps were heard all the way to the door. "Lina Inverse!" All heads turned to the sudden male voice in the doorway, and Lina squinted. He didn't look familiar…
"I challenge you, evil sorceress! You may be able to spook dragons but I shall pose as a greater threat than any mere dragon!" The sound of his sword being drawn made Lina roll her eyes in annoyance; this seemed to happen more and more everywhere she went.
"Have nothing to say? Hah! That is the might of my tremendous power, and you shall face it head on! I will have my revenge, sorceress!"
Revenge? What the hell was he talking about? She hadn't done anything that bad lately, in fact she'd been keeping a pretty low profile.
"Alright, alright. Just tell me what I did to make you want revenge, before I start to get mad."
The supposed knight blanched, not expecting such a calm approach he was a bit dumbfounded, but he quickly gathered himself again.
"You corrupted my humble village with your hateful essence." He spat.
Lina snorted. "I did what?"
"Corrupted! You corrupted my village!" The man was reaching near-hysterics now, and his eyes started to look a bit wild.
"What are you babbling about, baka? I did no such thing!" Lina was started to pass the stage of being annoyed, and was venturing into the grounds of being pretty pissed off.
"The head priest in my village said so himself! Just a month or so ago, as soon as you passed through our village, everyone started to fall ill and some even died! It is blatantly obvious that it is your doing, as you yourself are a plague to the entire world! You will pay for your sins, demon!"
Xelloss chuckled at the misuse of labeling, these humans could be so stupid.
Lina was mad now, and she slammed herself out of her chair. Hiyo placed a hand on her arm, attempting to calm down what now represented a small ball of fury. "Ms. Lina! Don't harm this man; it is obvious that he has been horribly misled if what he speaks is not true. It is not his fault!"
Lina contemplated that for a moment. Never had she been faced with such solid logic in an attempt to soothe her temper. She looked down at the maiden sorceress and felt that she had gained a new respect for her companion.
Xelloss nodded. "Yes, Lina-san. Maybe it is this head priest you should confront instead of his blinded puppet?"
Lina gently removed Hiyo's hand from her forearm and sat back down, still eyeing the crazed knight.
"What is the name of this head priest that told you these things?" Zelgadiss spoke this time, not really knowing why he had bothered to ask such a question.
The knight brought himself up to his full height and spoke with proudness, obviously beaming for the respect of his head priest.
"He goes by Rezo, The Red Priest."
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Lmfao, I just knew as soon as I saw the first season I was going to write a story with this sort of plot twist! Hahahaha. Next chapter up soon! Actually I might just post it in the next hour or so…lol.