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Chapter 21: The Hoax Of Tarbes
"This is what we came here for?" Yuudai asks with a sigh. It is night time Amanda the group of teens are sitting around a fire. He is holding a bronze necklace. Supposedly it is supposed to protect you from anything. "This thing couldn't protect someone from killing themselves from the disappointment of finding the treasure."
"At least someone is thinking the same thing as me." Guiche says sighing as well.
Yuudai turns his attention to Kirche frowning. "I thought you said this was going to be our big break." The black haired teen says. "I'm ready to call it quits and start thinking on ways to actually support myself." The group has been traveling for ten days and found nothing that can amount to valuable.
"Same here." Guiche agrees. At this point Guiche and Yuudai are fairly good friends. Though that may be obvious.
"Well I told you two that not all these maps will be spot on." She reminds them. She said this as they left the school though. "However, I understand how frustrating this is. So I have one more map to suggest before you give up." Kirche smirks. "An item that can allow you to fly called the Dragon's Raiment."
Siesta gasps catching all of their attention. "You mean the one in the temple near Tarples?" She asks. Kirche nods. "I know exactly where it is! After all, Tarples is my home village!"
"Then you can fill us in on everything on our way their tomorrow, right?" Kirche asks.
"Yeah, but why not now?" Siesta wonders.
"Because we are all tired from today and need our rest." Kirche answers.
"Probably because she doesn't want Yuudai find you more interesting than her." Guiche teases with a smirk. This causes Siesta to blush and Yuudai to deadpan.
"Y-you think that he would find me interesting?" Siesta stutters.
Guiche puts his hand to his chin closing his eyes with a bigger smirk than before. "Of course! She-" Guiche doesn't finish because Kirche knocking the blond out with several tick marks on her forehead.
Yuudai all the while ignores it. He is looking into the star filled sky once again. Every night since leaving he has looked up into the night sky. Always thinking about that emptiness inside himself. The only things that kept him from thinking about it during the day was the three with him, treasure hunting and killing creatures in his way.
He didn't know what the emptiness was until the third night. The emptiness is not being with Louise. He has been in her company for months then suddenly leaving her with only bitter words. He regrets every last word he said. The anger he felt was real, but uncalled for. He could have just tried calling her down, but he didn't.
He grits his teeth. "Damn it." He mutters to himself punching the ground putting a small crater in the dirt.
"What's wrong?" Siesta asks laying her hand on his shoulder. Yuudai calms himself immediately.
"Just thinking." He replies in a softer voice. He stays silent looking at the ground for a few moments. "I need to get some rest." He states resting his head on the ground and closing his eyes.
'Does he still miss Louise?' Kirche wonders. 'If I'm going to seduce him finally then I need to get him to stop thinking about her. Too bad that seem impossible at this point.' Kirche thinks.
The Next Day At The Dragon's Raiment (Yes, Siesta explained everything)
"No way." Yuudai says in awe.
"So this is the Dragon's Raiment?" Kirche asks skeptically. "It looks like a pile of junk."
"Yeah, how can this thing ever fly?" Guiche asks. "It doesn't even have wings to flap."
"So your grandfather is dead, right?" Yuudai asks getting into a serious mood. Siesta just nods her head. "Then I'd like to see his grave." He says.
"This way then." Siesta says leading them to the village cemetery. They arrive at his headstone to find things he could read easily. Something in his own written language. "This is it. He had written this on the stone before he died, but he refused to tell anyone what it says."
Yuudai rolls his eyes. "That was probably the best he could do. This dude was in the Navy after all."
"The Navy?" All three ask.
Yuudai nods. "Navy ensign Sasaki Takeo, rests in another world." He reads off. "This dude must have came here around the time of the second great world war (that is what the Japanese call World War Two, or so wiki tells me)." Yuudai mutters.
"You can read it?" Siesta asks surprised.
"That's what I just read. Your grandfather was a junior officer in one of my world's bloodiest wars." Yuudai explains. Siesta covers her mouth with her hands gasping with wide eyes. "But if he got here on that zero fighter jets then that would leave the question of how exactly was he sent here?"
"W-well in my grandfather's will he stated that whoever could read this could have the Dragon's Raiment." Siesta tells him attempting to calm her berves from the surprise information.
Yuudai slowly turns his head to Siesta. "Are you serious?" He asks.
"Yes, I read his will so many times when I was younger that it is ingrained in my head." She replies.
"What you're saying is…" Guiche trails off.
"I get my own jet?! Awesome!" Yuudai exclaims looking excited.
"But it hasn't ever been able to fly as long as anyone can remember." Siesta states.
"Oh well, at least I can say I have one." Yuudai quickly says. He returns to serious mode. "That being said, I wouldn't take the jet away from its home." He says. "So it'll stay here until I have a need for it. Is that alright with you?"
Guiche and Kirche stare at Yuudai with wide eyes. The idea of leaving such a thing is a concept they don't often associate with. "Of course it is Yuudai." Siesta replies. "Come on, I'll show you three to my house." She offers.
Later
"Heh. The setting sun is nice out here. Almost as nice as the night sky." Yuudai says to nobody.
He is sitting alone in front of a beautiful field of flowers. He left when Siesta's parents decided to start cooking. It isn't that he didn't like their company, but he felt like he needed some alone time. Time to reflect on some things.
"That zero fighter..." Yuudai says looking up still. "I think I'll call it Zero. Named after…" He looks down to the flowers. "After Blanc."
"There you are Yuudai!" Siesta exclaims walking over. "Dinner is ready and father insists that we eat together." She tells him. She notices his far off look at the field of flowers bathed in a beautiful orange light.
"Siesta...this field is so beautiful." He states.
"Yes it is. I actually wanted to show you this field sometime. Seems like you always find beauty wherever you go." She says smiling.
He looks up at her. "How so?"
She takes a seat next to him. "Well every story you have told me about yourself (Off screen conversations?! How dare they!?) always ended with you finding something to find comfort in. That, in my opinion, is beauty enough."
Yuudai stares at her for a moment in awe. He then gives her a genuine smile. "Thank you Siesta. I think I needed to hear that more than you may realize." He tells her.
"And my father was saying that someone from the same world as my grandfather must be fate. He asked if you could stay in the village. He also said if you did then I...could stop my work at the academy and return here with you."
Something in Yuudai's heart stops. He looks away into the field of flowers. His only wish to disappear into them and never return. He doesn't want to hurt Siesta, but he refuses to lead her on. Leading someone on when the possibility of him dying is so high. After all, if someone with his powers was left then it would cause problems in some people's opinions. Especially when he beat the crap out of one of their own.
"Don't worry Yuudai. I know it wouldn't work out. After all, you are like a bird. Meant to fly and never stay in one place." Siesta says in a sad tone.
"Siesta…" He starts earning her attention. "My reason for not being with you is much more complicated than that." He takes a deep breath. "The reason is because I could be attacked any day and you would be caught in the crossfire."
"If you don't like me then just say it." She says pouting.
"That is not true. I do like you." He tells her making her a blush. "Remember that secret trip I was on a while back?" He asks getting a nod from her. "Well let's just say that I beat the crap out of one of the new Albion officials."
"You did what?!" She exclaims.
"Last I saw him was when I gave him one chance and threw him out a window." Yuudai explains. "I can safely say I can protect us from a group of enemies, but against an entire army that had easily overtaken Wales…" His ring pulses at the mention of his name. "Sorry, but that just is something I doubt I could ever protect you from."
Siesta hugs Yuudai despite all of what he said. "I'll wait then. I may not be able to do much, but I can wait until your war is won." She says.
The phrase rings in his mind. 'My own war.' He hugs her back. "I don't plan on ever going home, so sure. But please don't depend on me ever being able to live a life with you. I can't guarantee my survival." He tells her.
They pull away from each other then look into the sunset. "So do you think that you can fly that jet thing?" She asks trying to use the word he called it.
"Wait a minute...did you say your father arrived from the east?" Yuudai asks ignoring her question.
"Yeah, why?" She asks curious.
"Well if he came from over there then it might be worth checking out. Maybe I could find a way to prevent people from being ripped away from their worlds." Yuudai grins. "Looks like I have a new goal. And it might require taking Zero after all." He explains.
"Zero?"
"I nicknamed it." Yuudai replies. "But first, I am going to have to take care of a few things."
Next Day At Tristain Academy
"Hey dragon riders, make sure you send your leader my gratitude next chance you get." Yuudai tells the few dragon riders who had brought the zero fighter jet over to the academy for him.
"Sure thing kid." One of them says.
"Hey, what is that!" Colbert asks as the dragons take off after setting the jet down.
Yuudai turns to Colbert with a smile. "Oh nothing much. Just something I wanted to talk to you about."
"Me?" He asks surprised.
"Yes you. I need some gasoline. Do you have any?" Yuudai questions.
"What is gasoline?" Colbert asks.
"I thought that might be a problem. Remember how your invention, the joyful snake, needed oil?"
"Oh, you need oil? That's a problem easily fixed!" He says.
"Not quite." Yuudai replies. "Let's continue this in your lab."
"Of course!"
In Colbert's Lab
"This place reeks of bad smells." Yuudai bluntly states.
That is the reason I'm single. There is not a woman I know of that likes the smell." Colbert replies in comedic sadness.
"So what do you think of the gasoline?" Yuudai asks trying to ignore all of Colbert's lab of oddities.
"Well it definitely has a strange smell without even being heated. If this was used in an explosive then it would definitely be very dangerous." Colbert assesses.
"You don't know the half of it." Yuudai mutters laughing lightly.
"So if I can duplicate this oil that thing outside can fly?" Colbert wonders.
"Not just that, it can fly three hundred fifty one miles per hour. Maybe even faster since it has a performance upgrade from magic." Yuudai replies just thinking of how he once thought looking up random information was all a waste of time.
"Stop saying so many amazing things! I already said I'd help!" Colbert exclaims. "But seriously, this is an amazing machine you have."
"Well in my world there are hundreds of them." Yuudai says.
"Your world?" Colbert chuckles to himself. "I should have guessed. All your rambling, exploits and achievements are all too strange for a regular commoner. Your demeanor and personality are not like others either."
"I'm glad you understand Colbert. Especially since I didn't want to explain the way I got here all over again." Yuudai states.
"Your machine you have. It strengthened my belief." Colbert states. Yuudai raises his eyebrow. "That magic isn't merely a tool. That magic can do so much more than act as traditional tools. If a world of machines that don't run on magic exists then we can accomplish that too!" Colbert rambles.
Yuudai grins. "I like your attitude Colbert."
"As long as you need my help with this kind of thing, I'll always be here to help!" Colbert promises.
"If you ever need something then I'll do my best for you too." He promises as well.
End
And another one is done! I love these creative juices! They are overflowing!
So yeah, not much action again, but we are nearing the end of the volume, so we'll start another volume soon after. And the Siesta and Yuudai moment is not a for sure shipping. Ship them if you want, but I won't confirm any until I feel like this story calls for one.
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