Tales of Faith

Main Arc

Chapter 11: Elazul's Past

The roar of the ship's horn echoed through the harbor area at R.D.S as it began to take off to its' destination. As usual, the harbor was crowded with Pokémon both departing and arriving at the harbor at R.D.S.

"Seven tickets to Costa Island, please." Luca said at the counter.

The ticket vendor nods, producing seven tickets and handed them to Luca, who in exchange, handed over 700 pieces of Poké. Luca returns to the party and hands a ticket to each of the members.

"So it will take us three days and two nights to arrive at Costa Island." Van said.

For a strange reason, Cress looked at the ticket with dismay and quite an elaboration of fear in her face.

"…We're not getting on a ship, are we?" Cress questioned, taking a step back.

"Huh? What's wrong, Cress?" Luca asked. Cress shakes her head, taking more steps away from the harbor. "Tell me we aren't getting on the ship. Please, tell me we're not taking a ship!" Cress said.

"But it will take way longer to get to Costa Island on foot." Luca explained. "Taking a ship will be the fastest way to get to Costa Island."

"Are you scared of ships, Cress?" Elazul suddenly said, causing Cress to twitch.

"N-No! I'm not scared of ships!" Cress shouted. "It's just… that…" She huffed furiously. "…Fine! I'll board the ship! I'll show you that I'm not scared of ships!" She said, storming off to board the ship that they would be taking. As the group watched, Cress has made it to the prow of the ship.

"Uh…" Luca wondered why did Cress reacted that way.

"Hmm, I guess we should board the ship as well." Arturo said.

The rest of the party soon boards the ship and stands near Cress. She didn't pay any attention to them, looking fairly prideful against the earlier accusation that Elazul said to her. They heard the ship's horn roar. The ship has started to set off from the harbor, and sails on the seas.

"…This is my first time taking a ship…" Vanille said. She looked down from the ship's prow and stared at the ocean beneath her. "…The ocean's beautiful…"

Luca stood beside her, looking at the ocean as well. "Yup, what a sight, right?"

"Uuugggghhhh…"

Luca and Vanille turned around and saw Cress suddenly in an unwell state, as compared to her neutral state before the ship has departed. The Flaffy held on to the bars as she struggled to maintain her sense of balance. In fact, her face had green gradually appearing around it.

"Someone… have mercy and save me…" Cress mumbled before she suddenly belched to the sea. Luca and Vanille looked weirdly at Cress before Heart begins to talk.

"Cress suffers from seasickness." Heart explained. "I first noticed it when we took a ship once, which Cress was hesitant to board on the ship. When I returned to bring some food to Cress after the ship had departed, I found her unwell at the prow of the ship, where she has decided to wait. Apparently, the sea causes her to be nauseous and when she moves through these water bodies, her head would suddenly feel dizzy and she can't focus on anything else… But Cress has her pride as a Paladin… actually, on herself. So she is stubborn to let anyone help her overcome her seasickness…" Heart begins to walk away from Cress.

"Uuuuuuhhhhh…" Cress groaned, belching again.

"We should help Cress, right?" Vanille wondered.

Everyone else didn't say anything, and dispersed from Cress. Arturo sat down on a chair, taking his sword lute out of the scabbard and started to play a serene tune. Elazul brought out his spear and started to practice with it. Van gazed to the sky, sighing. Vanille looked at Luca. "Umm… what should we do…?" she asked the Mage. Luca rubbed the back of his head. "I dunno… Hey, maybe we could check out the ship's interior for the time being!" He suggested, grabbing's Vanille's hand and taking her around the ship, not noticing Vanille's flustered face.


The first day soon arrives to night, and the party has decided to sleep. This excluded Elazul, who has decided to continue his training through the night. The party decided to split between males and females into two different rooms. Luca's sleep was rather disturbed, as he was experiencing a strange dream…

"THIS ENDS NOW! INDIGNATION!" A voice shouted. Then, lightning suddenly crashed down on the area…

"AH!" Luca screamed. He quickly sat straight on the bed he was resting on. Looking around, Van and Arturo were still sleeping, undisturbed by Luca's scream. "J-Just a dream…" Luca mumbled. "I wonder whether Elazul's still training…?" Getting off the bed, he left the cabin room, walking along the corridor to the ship's prow. As expected, Elazul was still outside, thrusting his spear around and quickly drawing it back. Luca watched afar from the corridor, staying near a wall so as not to be seen by him.

"Luca?"

The sudden voice made Luca jump, and he quickly moved his hands to his mouth to muffle the scream he made because of the sudden voice. Turning around, he saw Vanille behind him.

"V…Vanille?" Luca said, calming down and relaxing his body.

"I couldn't sleep again…" Vanille explained. "And… what are you doing here?"

"I… had a bad dream…" Luca said. "And I wanted to check on Elazul…" He resumes his peeking at the prow of the ship. Vanille joins in, looking at how Elazul was training. His movements were really quick, Vanille could notice. Elazul made a horizontal slash, quickly drawing his spear back with the nails that held the base area of the spear before making multiple thrusts in front of him. He performed a cartwheel maneuverer, swinging his spear down, but making sure it did not touch the floor before swinging it upwards. He continued on with his training session, swinging his spear with more speed as time passed.

"Wow… Elazul's training really hard…" Vanille said.

"Yeah… Ever since the Shadows took his–" Luca stopped saying the sentence afterwards.

Vanille looked at Luca. "The Shadows took his what?" she asked.

"…No, it's nothing." Luca said, then he suddenly heard something clatter. Quickly looking back at Elazul, they noticed that his spear is on the floor, and he seemed to be clutching on his wing.

"Ela–" Vanille started to say before Luca covers her mouth. "Mmmmmmph!" Luca soon released his hands from Vanille's mouth. "Why did you do that?!" she demanded softly.

"…Elazul's just fine. He'll just carry on even if we went over and asked him to stop…" Luca told Vanille. They looked back at Elazul, seeing him pick up his spear, and resuming his training. "See?" he said.

'…But why did I nearly blurt out Elazul's past to Vanille…?' Luca thought. 'As Elazul's friend, he didn't want anyone else to know what happened to him… And I nearly broke that promise to keep it a secret…'

"Luca?" Vanille asked.

"…We should get some sleep now." Luca said, heading back to the cabin rooms.


The next day was slightly different than the previous day. Cress is back at the ship's prow, belching again in reaction to her seasickness and Elazul is training at the same area where Cress is. Heart is now beside Cress, monitoring her state. Arturo wasn't sitting on a chair today, nor was any music that would come from his sword lute present. In fact, no one has seen him through the morning. Van has joined Luca and Vanille on their walk around the ship. "…So, what did you two find out on this ship?" Van asked.

"Oh, we–"

"Hold on." Van suddenly said, halting the two from speaking and turning over to a stack of crates and moving a few away. He looked through the crates, surprised to see Arturo hiding behind them. "Arturo? Why are you hiding behind the crates?"

"Oh, Van!" Arturo said, raising his head cautiously. "And Luca and Vanille. I'm now hiding from what I could have made as fans yesterday."

"Fans?" Vanille wondered. "What's 'fans'?"

"A fan's either like an object where you could flap it around to blow cooling air or a fan's a person who admires a famous person." Luca said.

"Which 'fan' is he referring to?" Vanille asked.

"But having fans on just one day isn't so bad, right?" Luca asked Arturo.

"Well, with too many people around me, I find myself unable to concentrate on playing my sword lute!" Arturo said.

"So, it's something like stage fright?" Van said.

"No… It's nothing like that." Arturo said. "Now I need to find a new place to hide and probably play without anyone hearing me!" Squeezing out from behind the crates, Arturo made quick steps away from the trio. Van folded his arms. "Huh, looks like Arturo can't tolerate an audience." He commented.

"…I still don't get what 'fans' is he talking about…" Vanille said. "Is it the item, or people?" Luca and Van looked at her with deadpan expressions.


After having dinner, Luca started to head over to the cabin rooms where the party was staying. He was about to open the door where the males slept before a female voice calls him. "Luca!" Luca turned around to see Heart behind him. "Could we have a talk together?"

"Umm…" Luca said, thinking whether he had anything else to do other than sleep, and nods at her question. "Sure, I don't mind." Heart nodded. "All right, come in." She said, leading Luca into the cabin room where the females stayed. In the room, all of the females in the party were present. Luca took a seat on the floor just like Cress, Vanille and Heart.

"So… what did you girls want to talk to me about…?" Luca said.

"Luca. Vanille told us that you had a jewel. I think it is similar-looking to mine and Heart's." Cress said. Luca looked at them, quite surprised that Vanille has talked about his jewel. "Oh, okay. I'll show you." Luca said, taking his Sapphire out from his robe pockets. Cress and Heart looked at Luca's Sapphire. "…It is similar… in the shape of my Topaz…" Cress said, reaching out for her bag and taking out a yellow-coloured gem from it, showing it to Luca.

"And my Tourmaline." Heart said, reaching for her robe pocket and taking out a white-coloured gem. Luca looked at the two crystals. "Hey… those gems… I've heard of them before… That's right! Those gems are part of the Crystals that were used to save the world from the Shadows from a millennium ago!"

"Crystals?" Cress asked.

"Uh, yeah! Long ago… the Shadows came to plague our world into darkness… until the gods have decided to create crystals with magical properties to fend off the Shadows. These crystals would then find their owners, which were given the term 'Crystal Bearers'. The Crystal Bearers would then fight against the Shadows to defeat them once and for all." He looked up thoughtfully. "Come to think of it… Arturo's Emerald, Van's Ruby, Vanille's Opal, my Sapphire, and Elazul's Aquamarine also have the same name as those Crystals from that legend!"

"…Could it be a coincidence…?" Luca wondered. "That the reason we're gathered together was because we have a Crystal…?"

"Speaking of Elazul…" Vanille said. "Yesterday, you said that he had some sort of connection with the Shadows, what did you want to say?"

"Uhh…" Luca gulped. "I've already said it was nothing serious…"

"Oh, I am interested about Elazul as well." Heart suddenly said.

"Elazul must definitely have a bone to pick with Dhaos back there at the Fulger Spiral. I would like to know why did he react with such rage." Cress added.

"Umm… Well… The Shadows… err…." Luca started to stutter.

"…The Shadows killed my younger brother."

Cress, Vanille, Heart and Luca turned towards the door to see Elazul standing there. "Gah, Elazul?! How long have you been there?!" Luca said.

"…Since this conversation started." Elazul replied, entering the room. "Looks like everyone's now thinking about why I suddenly let loose back then at Fulger Spiral." He sat down beside Luca. "…Now I guess that I needed to tell the truth sooner or later. Listen, because I will only say it once and I won't say it again. Talk during the story, and I won't bother continuing it. About six years ago…" Elazul said, as he began to recollect on his past.


"This should be enough."

Elazul, six years ago, was still a Noivern. He never really knew his father since he rarely saw him through his life. His mother, a Dragonite, passed away ever since his baby brother was born. For six years since his brother's birth, Elazul has been taking care of his younger brother up to this day…

Elazul made a soft hum after placing the stack of wood at one place. He turned around, walking towards a door. Opening it slowly, he entered another room. There were two beds in the room: one was large which was for him and the other was small, which on it, was a small Dratini sleeping peacefully under a blanket. Elazul walked towards the small bed containing the Dratini and sat beside it. Continuing his hum, Elazul reaches out for the Dratini, brushing it with his wing. The Dratini started to fidget, hinting its' awakening.

"…Hnnn…?" The Dratini murmured, waking up slowly. "…The lazy hum…?"

"Hey, show some respect for the hum that Mom made, Allen." Elazul said. "That hum was the only thing that could help me sleep when I was your age. It's nice and peaceful. There's no other hum that could beat this in a million years."

"But Mom's not here…" Allen said. "And Dad's not here either…" Elazul closed his eyes. He remembered the day his mother passed away, and that was the day his younger brother appeared as an egg. For his father, however, he didn't really know what has happened to him. Opening them slowly, he reassures his younger brother. "Don't worry… I am here. And I will remain by your side no matter what."

"Promise?" Allen asked.

"Promise." Elazul replied, letting Allen's tail coil around one of his nails for a makeshift pinky swear.

After two hours, Elazul leaves the house, trusting Allen to stay inside the house no matter what. He did what his everyday life consisted of: hunting. Taking down a wild wolf with the spear he was accustomed of using for a long period of time, he prepared to head home with the wolf held on his wing. He looked up slowly to the sky. "…Today's the same day as usual." Elazul said. "Wonder whether Allen would be okay with wolf for dinner?"

Then, something struck the back of his head. "Gah!" He shouted, rubbing the spot where he was hit. Turning around, there wasn't anyone behind him. But on the ground, a small sky-coloured crystal laid there. "What the…?" He said, picking the crystal up. "When did this appear…?" He shook his head, holding on to the crystal and heading back home.

Later, after Elazul has fully prepared dinner, he and Allen were both munching on roasted wolf meat. Allen looks at his brother, and then looks at the sky-coloured crystal that he had laid on the table.

"Elazul, what's that?" Allen asked, gesturing his head to the crystal. Elazul tears a piece of meat, swallowing it before speaking. "I don't know. It quite literally fell from the sky… and hit me on the head."

"Oh…" Allen looks at the crystal curiously. "Maybe you should keep the crystal." Elazul nods, finishing the meat that he was eating. "Okay. It's time for bed." He said, clearing up the table. Allen nods, slithering over to the bedroom. Soon, after a few minutes, Elazul returns to the room. "Okay, time for you to go to sleep." Elazul said.

"Elazul…? Could you sing me that lazy hum…?" Allen asked, rather shy of his words.

"…You want to hear the hum?" Elazul asked out of surprise. Allen nods. Elazul smiled. "Alright." He exhaled before he started to hum again. He continued his humming, watching his younger brother's eyes slowly closing until they were fully shut. Elazul gave a small smile, returning to his bed and letting the night pass for the next day.


"…Huh? There isn't anything about the Shadows yet…" Vanille said.

"I already said to keep quiet, didn't I?" Elazul warned.

"O-Oh… Sorry…" Vanille apologized.

"As I was saying…"


"I'm going out. Stay at home." Elazul said the next day. He grabbed his spear and was ready to head out, until he saw a sudden flash. Quickly turning around, he was sure it came from the direction… the direction where the sky-coloured crystal rested on the table. He looked at it confusingly, until he remembered that it hit him on the head yesterday. He reached out for the crystal, grabbing it and placing it in a small pouch.

Leaving the house, he departed from the village, heading outside to begin his hunting. Strangely, after wandering for a long time, he hasn't even come across a single wild animal at all. "Strange… why aren't there any wolves here?" Elazul muttered, arriving at the spot where he knew that wolves roam around. "I could have caught anything just before I reached here… where are all of the animals?"

Shaking his head, he spread his wings and took off from the land. Flying back, he noticed… smoke?! Quickly hurrying back, the next scene that he saw was a harrowing one. The entire village was set ablaze. Through the flaming village, he could spot strange black blobs scattered all around the village. One of the black blobs was summoning flames just outside the village. Landing quickly, he made sure to land on the black blob, impaling it with his spear. The black blob dissipates into black substance that vanishes from sight. Hurrying over to the house, he could see several of the villagers lying dead on the ground, slain by those black blobs which he quickly took care off as he cleared the path to where Allen was. Finally entering the house, which was also the same state as the rest of the houses, he looked around worriedly.

"ALLEN! ALLEN!" Elazul shouted through the blazing house. He started to cough through the smoke, quickly holding his breath. "Elazul?! *cough*! *cough*!" a voice shouted through the smoke. Elazul quickly hurried over to the voice, finding his younger brother. "Allen! Don't worry! I'm here!" Elazul shouted, holding Allen.

"Ela-?! *cough*! *cough*! *cough*!" Allen was interrupted through rough coughing. Elazul turned to head out of the bedroom, but quickly avoided a sudden fall of debris from the ceiling. Looking around, there was still one way to get out, but it would risk a major injury for him. Shaking his head, there was no time to think. He prepared his right wing, rushing towards a wall, smashing through it. He screamed as the flames scorched his wing. Rolling on the ground, he looked at the house, which soon collapsed on the ground.

He quickly looked down to his younger brother. "Allen?! Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly. Allen tried to respond, but started to cough again.

'He inhaled too much smoke…' Elazul thought, flinching from the pain in his wing. He looked around the blazing village. He was unable to fly now because of his damaged wing. He begins to notice a figure in front of him. His vision wasn't hallucinating through the searing heat. A Hydreigon wearing a black mantle was floating in front of him.

"Who are you?!" Elazul demanded. As far as he knows, no Hydreigon lived here in this village.

"…My name is Dhaos. I am also known as the Demon King." The Hydreigon replied. "I have come in search of a strange thing that fell down near this place. I am sure that this object was in this place somewhere, so I requested some assistance from the villagers, but they didn't know. So I have made a response to their answer."

"And your answer is to BURN DOWN THE VILLAGE?!" Elazul shouted.

"Haaah. You seem like you know something about… a sky-coloured crystal that fell from around here." Dhaos answered. Elazul flinched, his eyes looking down at the pouch he held. "You do have it…" Dhaos said, noticing Elazul's action. "Now, I will request a battle in order to determine the rightful owner of the Aquamarine."

"The hell…? I can't even fight well in this state! And you expect me to-?!" Elazul said, before Dhaos raises a head to ask for silence.

"…Fair enough." Dhaos said. "I will spare mercy for now. You have only one day before the Shadows make sure that at least one of you doesn't live to see their next day." Dhaos turned his back away. "Run, boy. The only thing that you can do now is run. Besides, you think that you could save anyone with such a soft heart?"

Elazul started to take steps away. He was sure that he could just throw his spear to kill this mystery figure, but… he could sense a dangerous aura emanating from Dhaos… Dhaos was right: fighting him now would just be suicide. And with this wound, he wouldn't even last long against this guy. And he can't risk losing Allen during the battle. Heeding Dhaos's advice, he made a mad dash to get outside from the village. Dhaos just raises his left head, and all of the Shadows in front of Elazul dropped their hostile stances, letting him pass by them without resistance as he got out of the village. He took one last look at the blazing village, his home… before running further and further…

A day has passed, and Elazul was worried. Dhaos has told him that either him or Allen would die or even both of them. He gazed at his brother. Allen was coughing violently, and was running a fever. What can he do…? Elazul looked at his wing. It hasn't fully recovered. He needs to walk all the way to the next village, which is far away… and he is running out of time. He looked carefully around his surroundings, which is a forest. Standing up, he looked at Allen worriedly. He leaned down and whispered to his younger brother. "…Allen, please stay here… I'll come back soon…"

Leaving his brother, his heart was wrenched with guilt and fear. Was this still the right thing to do? He left his brother unattended during the days, but yesterday was far from a nightmare… and Dhaos's words… He arrives at a small stream. He needs to tend to his wound first… Looking up, he recalled that some of the leaves in a tree had medicinal properties in them that could have made as a makeshift medicine for wounds. Tearing a few leaves, he soaks them in the stream before pressing it on his wound. He flinched again in response to the pain. It still hurts like hell even when the leaves have started to take effect on his wound. But eventually, the pain begins to wear off. Moving his wing, he could tell that it hurt a bit less, and he was capable of using it, but still unable to fly for now. This will just do. He just needs to return to Allen and continue their travel.

"Allen, I'm bac–" Elazul stopped mid-sentence, realising that Allen wasn't anywhere from where he left. "Allen?! ALLEN!" Elazul shouted, looking around fearfully. He didn't want to think that it has already begun. Looking closely, he noticed a sign of weak struggle from a bush. Running over to that direction, his worst fear was realised. The black blobs had his younger brother surrounded. Allen was floating mid-air, whimpering as energy was slowly sapped by one of the Shadows, which had a mage-like appearance.

"ALLEN!" Elazul shouted, throwing his spear at the mage Shadow, piercing its' head and causing it to vanish. His brother immediately stops floating and lands on the floor with a soft thud. The rest of the Shadows in the area, surprised by the sudden attack, all faced Elazul, who landed beside Allen. Elazul quickly clutched Allen between his wings. "Allen… Allen…" Elazul said worriedly, giving a few shakes. "…. AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!" He gave a roar as the Shadows around him all jumped to attack him. Then, wind in the form of blades suddenly appeared around him, brutally slashing all of the Shadows into pieces. A glow present in Elazul's pouch soon fades away.

Elazul huffed weakly, shaking the silent and limp body of his brother time by time as he walked on the road. He was really scared… he will lose his only family… He was sure that the village isn't far now… Finally, after several minutes of walking, the village was in sight. He was relieved. Now he could bring Allen to the medical attention in this village and…

"…Ela…"

Elazul looked down to see his brother's eyes opened weakly, that they were slits. His breaths were very weak now. "D-Don't worry… the next village isn't far from here… You'll be alright!" Elazul said in a comforting voice. But he knew he was fooling himself. At this state… he was sure that Allen couldn't have made it…

Allen doesn't say anything, weakly gesturing his head to the ground. Elazul looks at him confused, but bends down. Allen then moves his tail to make a drawing on the soil. When he finally finishes, the word 'hum' was now on the soil. Elazul immediately looked at his brother's face. "…You want to hear the hum?" he asked Allen weakly.

Allen weakly nods. Elazul gasps, gulping before he begins to hum. As he hummed, his voice begins to crack as gasps escaped from his throat. His eyes have also begun to leak crystal-clear water as he continued to hum. Allen makes a small smile, saying nothing as his eyes began to struggle to open, but as Elazul finished his hum, Allen's eyes were fully closed. His mouth no longer moved. Nothing of him moved at all…

The soil receives a teardrop, and then another and another… Elazul gasps as tears flooded from his eyes, now holding the lifeless body of his brother. He pressed his head on Allen's body, clenching his eyes and unable to stop the tears from flowing. "AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Elazul faced the dark skies and made a scream full of despair that rends the air…

A few days later, Elazul has been welcomed at his new home as a resident. He sat silently at a stone tablet which read the following:

Allen del Fable

Born: 10/3/00

Deceased: 9/4/06

Elazul stares at the grave which now holds his brother. He looks his spear, which he has stabbed it on the earth earlier when he arrived. Grabbing his spear, he pulls it out of the soil. "Dhaos… I won't run forever…" Elazul said, his eyes full of vengance. "I swear that when I am stronger, I will be the only one to kill you… Because I am an avenger. I won't stop… Until your blood is spilt!"


"…" Elazul didn't say anything afterwards, his face had hurt all over it. Vanille and Heart looked at him with shocked faces and Cress looked at him with a hurt face. "Elazul…" Heart said.

"…I should have just kept quiet." Elazul said, standing up and preparing to leave.

"Wait, Elazul!" Vanille said. "Even if you kill Dhaos, that… that won't bring your brother back, right?" Elazul immediately stopped. "…He must pay for what he has done… I'm an avenger… I won't stop until Dhaos is dead." He said, before leaving the room.

"Elazul…" Luca said. He quickly stands up. "…I need to sleep right now. Tomorrow's the day when we arrive at Costa Island. You should all get some rest too…" Leaving the females' room, he enters the males' room. All of the males were sleeping now, including Elazul. Luca sighed, taking off his robes and placing them near the bed where he slept. Grabbing the blanket, he snuggles in it and soon falls asleep…

Chapter 11 End


Current Party:

Elazul del Fable (Noivern) – Avenger (He must pay for what he has done to my brother…)

Weapon: Iron Lance (Spear)

Luca R. Ezperanda (Politoed) – Experienced Mage (A careful throughout learning of spells is a step closer to being a great mage.)

Weapon: Oak Staff (Staff)

Cloudia Vanille (Slurpuff) – Ranger (Further use of the bow has led to a more experienced grasp through the bow.)

Weapon: Composite Bow (Bow)

Van Grantieur (Monferno) – Broadsword Novice (A user of the heavy broadsword is gradually getting closer to mastering the weapon.)

Weapon: Protect Sword (Broadsword)

Arturo Carpaice (Servine) – Nimble Tune (The experience of using a Sword Lute shows a gradual growth of the fine music and swift combat.)

Weapon: Sword Lute (Sword Lute)

Cress LaVeda (Flaffy) – Paladin (A knight benedict by the holy gods)

Weapon: Spirus' Sledge (Sledgehammer)

Heart Burkwood (Audino) – Healer (A magic user capable of healing magic)

Weapon: Healing Rod (Rod)

Now we know the past of Elazul… His younger brother died and his life was ruined because of the Shadows… and to avenge his brother, he pursues Dhaos… If anyone felt that Elazul's past was rather… 'dark', feel free to review about it…

This is probably one of the chapters that I've put in a lot of stuff about… Next up, the party arrives at Costa Island! We can't let Elazul's past haunt us!

Skit: Elazul the Grumpy

Vanille: (normal) "Luca, you use a staff, right?"

Luca: (curious) "Yeah, so?"

Vanille: (joyfully) "A book once told me that a weapon may reflect on the personality of the wielder!"

Luca: (amazed) "Oh?! What does it say about staves?!"

Vanille: (normal) "If I remember… a staff-wielder is supposed to be curious and outgoing!"

Luca: (amazed) "Wow! That's incredible! I match that description!"

Elazul: (normal) "…Hmph. You believe in that nonsense?"

Vanille: (normal) "Oh, and spear-wielders are supposed to be grumpy and have a foul mood."

Elazul: (irritated) "Well. Excuse me for being grumpy and having a foul mood."

Vanille: (depressed) "Oh, sorry! I didn't know that you were sensitive of your personality…"

Elazul: (angry) "I'm not sensitive! It's just that…"

Luca: (nervous smile) "Elazul, don't pick on Vanille…"

Elazul: (growling) "You idiot… she's the one picking on me!"