空とロマンス
Sola to Romansu (Sky and Romance)
Return of the Legendary Heroes
2nd Arc: The Lost Kings unite.
Chapter 27: Memories of a Life we´ve build.
Meanwhile on the Flying Salamander:
Beluga´s Pov:
If ever someone said to me, that I am emotionless and hard to impress, then I dare them to look at me again from another angle, for right now I am nothing but a weak mess.
The woman of my dreams and of my heart, the woman I love more than everything has vanished and I have already set every possible leaver in motion to find a clue where she is.
However I still had no possibility to find her, since the Electronical Field around the Island keeps me first from getting outside and second from detecting Merveille´s momentarily position.
The last known position of the Golden Roar was somewhere near Pharaoh, but I cannot be so sure since they would have been found otherwise and a message would have been broadcast by the Radio.
All what is left to me is mourning my own uselessness right now.
"Why did I had to leave you…., just for a stupid low-money job….., I should have stayed with you…., and now I cannot even meet the Kids…., what kind of father am I!" I mumbled, as I held a Photo of my own little Family.
"I just hope that Alpharia (15) can keep Betakin (13) and Cetalia (10) in check until I arrive, the latter can be quite a handful after all…., I must get out of here as soon as possible and check up on them before I can search for Merveille!" I stated to myself, as I stroke over the faces of my Kids and my future Wife on the picture.
Even when we are a family didn´t we decided to marry yet since I was officially only 18 years old, before 2 years as I finally began to age again, now 20 (+600 years), I could theoretically marry her, but she found it kinda strange since she was, from the looks here, 11 years older than me.
Merveille was not really someone who gave much on the moral opinion of others, if she ever set something in her mind she would pursue it until she reached the goal, regardless to which lenghts she would have to go, however that was one of the trait which I loved as well as hated on her.
She said herself that she disliked this trait since it brought so much pain to the Shepherd Republic, that she created Blank and Nero was a well-hidden secret, only known amongst Opera, Gren, Calua, Red, Chocolat, Elh and Myself.
Even though she didn´t cared much about what strangers were saying she do disliked it when someone close to her was badmouthed behind their back, same as with herself.
She too knew how the People would speak behind our backs, if we would go out with our Children, who look barely much younger than I do, despite me being their father.
All in all it more looks like we were all adopted by Merveille as our mother.
And yet I wish I could also show her my love while being in public.
I still remember how I met her, 17 years ago…., it was on Samoyede, I was asked to accept a Multi-Part-job of high risk, a job which most likely only I, Beluga the Gale, could accomplish back then, maybe Red would have had a chance as well, who knows?
I remembered it as if it was just yesterday….., well regarding my state of being immortal and frozen in my own time for 618 years, prior to 2 years ago, it might as well have been .
Flashback, 17 Years ago:
I was summoned, someone needed a job to be done, and it was most likely not an easy job, since I just don´t accept every 08/15 job.
After 601 years, life begins to become lonely and boring and if these dangerous jobs are but the only excitement in my life, then I might as well accomplish them and get myself a little fortune to someday, when I settle down, spend for myself.
I doubt that I can fall in love with anybody, since it´s just too painful to know, that the partner to spend my life with is slowly decaying, getting older and one day dies, withering away like a rose in the wild, while I stay the same for the rest of eternity.
I often thought how easy it might be to just jump off the cliff, to escape this fate and the resulting loneliness and mental torture…, and yet…, there was still the promise I made to them two…, that I would live on and find a way to erase Lares from existence, in order to put an end to the senseless sacrificing, in the Rite of Forfeit.
But until that happens, I would just do what I can to not become insane, which means that I take upon this job today.
"But why should I meet her in Mau instead of Airedale, apparently the Customer made the offer in Airedale…, she should have just stayed there?!" I thought to myself in annoyance while I saw the haven of Mau before me.
"Well then…, here I am!" I stated, as I docked my ship on the small Haven.
"Well then, where now…. ah yeah, I should meet a man called Ozir Armin!" I mumbled, as I made myself on the way.
"Strange, somehow this name sounds familiar!" I thought upon rereading the letter.
It had been a long time since I last was here, around 120 years I guess, but things didn´t quite changed in the slightest.
"So where is this guy now….., guess I should ask someone!" I mumbled as I approached an inhabitant.
"Hey, may I ask a question?" I asked the young man, who looked as if he was in training to become a Paladin, or at least a guardian, he wore simple clothes and ritual marking made of crystalpowder-warpaint.
"Sure thing man, how may I help you?!" The same replied.
"I search for a man called Ozir Armin, I am asked to meet him here somewhere around?!" I stated.
"You search for Master Ozir, well you just have to pass up the bridges towards the Pagoda on the end, at the crossroad, and around this time he usually sits there waiting for us students, to watch our progress!" The man explained as he pointed in the direction up ahead.
"I see, thanks a bunch, you really helped me!" I stated and he nodded before walking away.
"Well then here I go!" I stated, as I walked up to the Pagoda.
There I found myself in the company of an elder man sitting on a stone and shouting at some of his students.
"No, no, no, you brats need to concentrate, if you lose concentration then it´s all for naught!" He stated in anger.
"Why are you guys so damn untalented?!" He muttered.
"If you demotivate your students this way it´s no wonder they won't improve in the slightest!" I stated with a snarl.
"And you are…..?!" Ozir asked with a narrowed eye.
"Beluga the Gale, i´m asked to meet you for a Job!" I stated.
"I see…, you seem to know much about our practices, if you dare to question my trainings methods!" Ozir stated with a hiss.
"I know enough to know that you are a terrible teacher, you lack passion and leadership…, it´s plain to see that this job is but only a pain in the butt for you, you are doing this here most likely unwillingly despite being a Master-Paladin!" I explained.
"You seem to know much about Paladins as well, tell me who are you really?!" Ozir asked confused with narrowed eyes, while his students looked at us in confusion.
"I´m Beluga Damiens, Ex-Paladin and one of two survivors of the Ragdoll Massacre!" I explained.
"I see…, students leave us alone, go to the training ground and train some more!" Ozir ordered his students, which, without any sound, obeyed his command.
"Geez…, its really a pain in the butt, remind me of why I have to cope with these stupid kids, who think the high art of Nono-manipulation would be child´s play…, oh yeah I remember…., because King Iranuki had nothing better to do, than to rip me out of my well-earned retirement in order to train this sorry bunch of idiots to become warriors, geeez…..
Beluga Damiens you say…, I remember, I knew your father, before…, well, before Ragdoll fell!
You are here for the Multi-part Job am I right…, well I have to disappoint you son, but i´m not your Customer, however I have a hint where to find her!" Ozir stated and I groaned.
"Let me guess, she´s not on this island, am I right?!" I asked him and he nodded.
"I slowly have the slight assumption to be toyed and fooled by my wannabe-customer!" I mumbled in rage.
"Well she looked as if she was hunted and she had valuable information, valuable for you indeed, it´s about Ragdoll and Lares…, she did convince me after all, to help her and tell you where to find her if you arrive here, in case she had to travel further away to not be tracked by the enemy!" Ozir stated and I was buff, he did not looked like someone to be easy to impress and to help just everyone…
So whatever this customer has to tell, was maybe really important, and if she´s hunted then it is no wonder she constantly switches her location.
"Where can I find her now?!" I asked.
"She gave me this letter, apparently it is written with an ink which reacts towards Nono and also can only be read by a Paladin, it is to confirm that you are indeed a Paladin and no one to harm her!" Ozir stated once again with narrowed eyes, as he gave me a piece of paper.
"I see, she´s smart indeed, everybody who has a little knowledge can tell you he´s a paladin so it´s better to prove the worth of these words before you meet that person…, well then here I go!" I stated as I filled my Nono in the piece of Paper, just the way I was trained back in Ragdoll.
"Impressive, it´s rare to see a real-life Paladin nowadays!" Ozir stated, as letters appeared on the paper.
"Well I did anything I was asked for….., so I now gonna retake the students lessons!" Ozir explained.
"Very well, but as I said, try to not be so harsh with them, the youth of today has not lived in the times when we were born, so it´s normal that they cannot concentrate on the task of a Paladin, such as we could back in the past, well knowing that without this force the war might not be able to be won!" I explained and he nodded.
"You sure a right…, back then I could sit for days on the same stone without any sound, today they even complain after 20 minutes, these kids have no real discipline…, but well I was asked by her Highness to produce some strong Paladins, but it´s hard to find anyone suitable…., and their lack of motivation just makes it harder for me to keep my calm!" The Old Master whined and I decided to better return back to my ship, before being drawn in one of his endless stories about how good everything was back in the past.
"I see, well I have to go before the Customer leaves its new Location, I have no interest in chasing her across the entire Republic!" I stated and he nodded.
"Then you better hurry, she´s gone for 2 days by now!" Ozir stated and I nodded before bowing and walking away.
"Visit me when you have time, I would love to speak with someone who can actually understand what i´m talking about!" He stated with a toothy grin.
"I will surely come!" I promised.
I made my way back to my ship, before I read the letter.
"Dear Beluga the Gale, i´m sorry to let you chase me across the Republic, however I am most certain that I am under surveillance of someone, who I would most likely not piss off until my plan is in motion.
The one to survey me is someone who could shut me up for all times after all and not only me but many other people as well, he did it before, so long ago.
I wait for you In Samoyede and I am disguised as one of the inhabitants, all for my own security and the security about the important informations that I have.
Informations about the Massacre at Ragdoll and about the Whereabouts of the Medallion for the Rite of Forfeit.
I need you to find me and take these informations from me and hide them at a secure place, the Money will be given to you in advance but I hope I can count on your trustworthiness and your secrecy which is high praised.
This will be the first Part of the Job and so also the first part of your loan.
Greetings, Merveille Million!" I was buff to say the least.
"Merveille Million…, the young genius…., what can she probably know about Ragdoll?!" I thought in suspicion and yet….
"The lengths she goes, to get away from the surveillance and to come in contact with me is quite impressive and it might be worth to follow this trace…., still it is sketchy, she said I would be paid in advance but until now I got no money…., well we will see what this is all about….., as long as she pays somehow, it´s all good I guess…., well then, here I go!" I said, as I was about to start the motors.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Suddenly it knocked on the door of my Aircraft.
"Hello, i´m coming from Master Ozir, he said you forgot this!" The young man from before stated, as he gave me a suitcase and a letter.
"I see, thank you very much!" I stated and he bowed before he went away.
"I have a bad feeling about this!" I stated, as I closed the door and took the letter out, it was again an empty piece of paper at least on the first look.
I filled Nono in the paper, only for a combination of number to appear.
"I see, a number-code…, I bet it´s to open the suitcase…, I have the slight assumption that I was not randomly chosen to do this job!" I mumbled, as I opened the suitcase and found many bundles of money inside.
"Well she did paid in advance so I got no reason to not accept her request…., well played Merveille Million!" I thought, as I closed the suitcase, sighed in annoyance but also had to chuckle in mild amusement, and made my way back to the cockpit.
"Well then off to Samoyede!" I stated and so I flew away from Mau with the silent promise to someday visit again.
It didn´t lasted long until I arrived at the Island with the cleanest air and ground, to be honest Samoyede was as much as a Paradise as it could be.
I often thought about someday settling down there, if only it would not have been related to my own personal Demons.
It has been a long time since I was last here and it still looks mostly the same as back then, it is kinda an island which hardly ever changes, if it´s not due to a drastic catastrophe.
"Well then, now I have to find this woman, but how am I supposed to find her, I hardly know her anyways, I guess I saw her the one or the other time in the newspaper, not that I really take much interest in scientific magazines or radio-programs at all!" I thought in annoyance.
And still, it might be useful someday, after all Lares is supposed to be some kind of machine, so I guess knowing a little bit about technology might not be wrong here.
"Anyways, I guess I just have to thoroughly observe every single Inhabitant…, however if I just run around I probably won't be able to catch all of them…., I need a place high up, where I can observe a larger scale!" I thought, as I looked around, before something caught my eyes.
A large tower in the middle of the island, surrounded by forest and ruins.
"This might work!" I said to myself, as I walked up to the forest.
To say I attracted attention was an understatement, it was as if all eyes were suddenly cast on me, the moment I sat foot on this island, it made me kinda uncomfortable.
"Do I really stand out that much…., must be the cape, I guess?!" I thought as I sweat-dropped as a few elder women went past me, giggling like little girls, while eyeing me.
"My son…, you seem lost a little, may an old man like me help you?!" An elder man asked me, as I was about to pass by.
"Well…, i´m searching someone here, but I neither know how she looks like, nor where to even begin with searching…, you not might have seen a female stranger in the last few days?!" I asked.
"….. let me think…, In fact I think I did, however I cannot tell you where she went, I just found it odd that a stranger was buying local clothes.
Usually tourist only come to take pictures of the various Ruins around or to buy some souvenirs…., it´s rather rare that someone bothers to spent money for an entire wardrobe!" The old man stated and I bet that this could be only one person.
"I see, I bet that´s the person I search!" I stated.
"What business do you have with that person, you don´t look like someone who would chase after someone for no reason?!" The old man asked curious.
"It´s about a job, I was hired by her and here I am chasing after a literal phantom, across half of the Republic…, I got to say that I slowly lose my patience…!" I stated.
"Does that mean you give up, before even being able to meet that person, are you that weak-hearted?!" the old man asked me with narrowed eyes.
"Hah, I couldn´t give up even when I would, after all I was paid in advance and I accepted the quest because she needed someone who can keep quiet and someone who is able to endure some hardships!" I muttered.
"So basically you do it for the money?!" I was asked again.
"No…., that´s not entirely the case….., when you lived as long as I do you search for every possible enjoyment, to spice up your boring life.
So I do this hunter job because it always brings me something new, something which I might haven´t see before…., that´s the real reason I do this job, the money is only second-rate to me.
Sure.., earning a huge sum is nice, since I want to someday settle down as well, but right now there are some other things about this job which are valuable for me and which picked my interest!" I explained to him.
"I see …, well as long as you don´t just do it out of ulterior motives, I am sure that this job might reward you with much more than enjoyment and money, new experiences are important to make after all, I can tell you stories about that!" The old man stated with a smile.
"I would love to hear them but right now I am busy, I must find her before she skips to the next island, it gets annoying to chase after her even if it is understandable in a way, I really want to finally get on the details of this job!" I stated.
"Oh I see…, well all I can tell you is that this person must have a good reason of why she is on the run, otherwise she would not make you chase after her, when she asked for your help!" The old man stated and I nodded.
"I thought so too, whoever is after her must be extremely dangerous!" I stated, while thinking before I suddenly felt a gaze upon me.
However it has a different feeling as the ones I got from before, it was not a curious glance…, but rather an analytic and criticizing glance.
The glance of someone with a real interest in me, someone who does not just looks at me out of curiosity or because of finding me attractive like the old ladies from before.
"It´s her!" I thought as I looked around me, before I saw a hooded silhouette fleeing in a side-alley.
"I´m sorry but I got to go!" I stated as I ran after the person.
"No problem my son, catch her and make sure she´s alright, this women can really need someone to trust and care about her, also isn´t it exciting to chase after a women who is hard to get!" The man shouted after me with a laugh and a toothy grin.
I was certain now, that guy was not speaking to me out of self-interest, at least not entirely, it was more as if this was all staged, it all went according to a plan, I bet this Merveille observed me thoroughly, while I was occupied with speaking to the old man.
"Impressive indeed, I didn´t managed to recognize her glance until the last second, she found the perfect field of action, a field where I would not easily filter one particular glance, from hundreds of curious glances!" I thought with a smug grin.
The old man was right, it was kinda exciting to chase after this women.
"There she is!" I thought, as I found her walking ahead of me, mimicking an inhabitant, but she made a fundamental mistake.
"Seriously, your disguise is not nearly as perfect as you might think, Merveille Million, for since when do Female Anjuists wear high-heels?" I asked loudly.
"Dammit!" I heard her snarl, before she tried to flee again and now I was certain, this person in front of me was definitely Merveille Million, Anjuists don´t swear.
"Why don´t you stop already!" I asked her after running through most of the ancient town and she did stopped, I almost bumped inside of her.
"Haaa, Haaa, impressive, I heard you were good, but I had no idea how good you really were, I honestly didn´t thought you would catch up so fast on me!" She stated, as she leaned on a wall, trying to catch her breath.
She took the hood off, only to show me the most beautiful Caninu Woman I had ever seen before…, well woman was honestly exaggerated, she was not more than a teenager, perhaps only around 14-16.
"I honestly expected more, as I heard that it was Merveille Million, which asked for my help!" I stated with a deadpanned voice.
"Well excuse me to disappoint you, for not being your average bombshell of a woman and for meeting you in a side alley, but I am on the run and I got no time to meet with you in a fancy restaurant!" she explained.
"Well it´s not like I expected that, after your letter from Mau, and it´s not as if that matters much, I came to fulfil my part of the Job, so what exactly is it you want to talk about with me?!" I asked.
"Not here…, follow me!" She replied before she led me through the side alleys, towards a well-hidden trapdoor which led to an old tunnel which much likely leads towards the inner of the island´s underground.
"Who would have thought that it gives such complex ruins down here?!" I mumbled.
"I also just happened to find them by chance, as I stumbled down an old corridor after investigating the forest and getting lost in the fog.
They must have been sealed for aeons, I was glad to find that exit, otherwise I would have had no idea how to get back out!" Merveille explained, as she looked around with an interested glance in her eyes.
To be honest this sight of her made me kinda blushing, she was beautiful no doubt about it, but it seemed as if her curiosity makes her even more beautiful.
"How much of these old ruins have you explored by now?!" I asked her.
"Not much, I have not a right equipment for this and I must stay under the radar of Baion, if I would want to investigate!" She stated looking at me.
"Baion, isn´t that this human which once has been in the News, wasn´t he found and released from his prison 333 years ago, I though he died already?!" I stated confused.
"Believe me he is still alive, very much alive to be honest, and I came to the assumption that he is responsible for the destruction of Ragdoll!" Merveille explained.
"How do you came to this assumption, I mean it´s really a heavy accusation you make there, especially to someone who is unique and completely alone in his race here on this world, he´s so to say a relic of ancient times?!" I asked her suspicious.
"Without my knowledge, as I must say to my shame, he held two people hostage with which he experimented, I don´t know much about it and I only met them as they managed to flee out of our facility, in which we researched to create new humans.
Apparently one of these people, a female, was a so called Rosella Armin, a Master Paladin from Ragdoll, at least so said her files…!" Merveille explained and now it dawned to me.
"I knew I have heard that name before!" I thought.
"I asked Ozir if he knows about her, since they both have the same Name and he said that she was indeed a member of his Family, his little Niece, which went missing around the time as Ragdoll was destroyed.
So I thought that you, as a survivor from Ragdoll, might know about her as well!" Merveille explained.
"I see…, I do know about her, she is one of only a handful of Master paladins which were born and raised on Ragdoll…, but how do you know that i´m a survivor from Ragdoll in the first place, I never told anyone?!" I asked in confusion and she blushed a little.
"I hear rumours about a young hunter around my age, who always managed to accomplish the most difficult tasks without getting so much as minor bruises, I was of course quite interested in your work and your reputation, ever since I find out what Baion truly desires and therefore sought a way to stop him.
I asked Mrs. Financier Sr., the quest broker, about you and she told me that the rumours where indeed true.
I then tried to investigate about you but found as much as nothing, beside of your name, age and the things you apparently shall like and dislike.
I then began to stalk you for a little while and by chance witnessed how you used magic in one of the more difficult jobs to shield yourself from a giant bug with scythe-like claws.
I think it was a mantis-queen or something like this…!" She explained and I nodded, I only had that quest last week.
"After that I left the letter at Mrs. Financier´s shop and made my way towards Mau, to investigate a little more about Ragdoll, Paladins and a being called Lares, which Baion sought to unleash and use for his own purpose.
To my shame I must say that I even, unintentionally, helped him to create beings, so called Hybrids, created and born out of his and my own DNA, which he wants to use for controlling Lares, my children Nero and Blank!" Merveille explained and I was buff.
"Wait you have children…, excuse my rude question but how old are you again?!" I asked in confusion while she chuckled.
"I´m 14, not that it matters much since they aren't born naturally anyways, also do I have no parents anymore, who could deny me to give birth to a child!" She explained.
"You are an Orphan…, don´t you have siblings…, a least I heard so?!" I asked.
"Two older sisters, but they are missed, alongside my father, since about 3 years and my mother is dead since about 5 years, I was really lonely for a while…., until I met Baion on a science fair on which I was invited as the youngest genius in history…., it seems that for him the time runs different, at least he lives for so long without aging much!" She replied.
"How come you and him began to work together?!" I asked as we arrived in a big room, where she had built up a makeshift home.
It was clear to me, by watching her expression changing, that this question made her rather uncomfortable.
"I was….., I was lured in by his sad story, I have to admit that to my shame, he told me how it is to be the only human since 350 years and that he was feeling lonely and sought for a way to create more humans, but that he knew that he couldn´t clone himself with our current technology….., I thought to have found a related soul. Since us both had no one anymore.
He sought for someone who would help him, to artificially creating hybrids, beings which have his strong DNA and the DNA of a female being…., he was charming, nice and so…., I admit I was quite gullible and mentally vulnerable back then, shortly after I became an Orphan as the rest of my family went missing.
Of course I offered him my allegiance and so we began to research together, until the day as our Facility was attacked and myself being knocked out for a short while.
As I came back to my senses I found myself in a laboratory which I never before had been inside, I had been broken through the roof due to the violent quakes of the facility.
Upon investigating in that Laboratory I found the files and the gruesome data about the chirurgical and absolutely immoral experiments on the two people which had fled, the Caninu-man Carmine Canelé and the Felineko-girl Rosella Armin, I found various written files and even Videotapes with content which I had no time to watch by now.
I just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible, I knew I wasn't ever meant to see all this and after witnessing the true gruesome Nature of the man I idolized, my world broke apart, at first I had no idea what to do or what to even think….., but now, I want nothing more but to stop him.
I looked over the security cameras and found him fighting a man which could hold him back long enough for the other two to flee.
Meanwhile I investigated in Baion's private office and found files to those two experiments of him, and there I also found files about an ominous Operation CODA and that he would need the power of Lares and another being called Lemures for this and that the key to unleash them was a medallion and an ancient speech which only the People of Ragdoll knew about!" Merveille explained.
"Operation CODA?!" I asked suspicious.
"I don´t really know yet what this shall be, I haven't read all the files since I soon will be out of time and I must return to not blow my cover to him…., but whatever it is, I cannot think of anything good, which would justify to do something so gruesome.
So whatever it is, it can only bring disaster…., fact is he need Lares and Lemures for this and he has the Medallion for its activation in a secret house where he lives, somewhere on the Darven Islands, which directly links to my request for you.
I want you to bring these files which I stole to a certain Address, I wrote it to you on this Paper!" She stated, as she gave me a blank sheet.
"You know how it works…, also I want you to steal the Medallion from Baion´s house and bring it also towards the address!" Merveille explained, as she searched for something in a cupboard.
"Ah yes, here it is…, you probably will need this, to keep the Medallion from emitting any radiation which Baion might detect!" She stated, as she gave me a small but quite heavy black box.
"Afterwards you probably should keep yourself hidden for some time until I call you again, to give you the okay for Part 2 of your mission.
"Which is the finding of the 2 Persons that fled, I want you to give them a Letter from me, in which I tell them everything I know about Baion´s Plan, also they shall do something for me, something which most likely can only them accomplish!" She stated.
"And that would be what, I hardly believe that they would want anything to do for someone, who worked together with their tormentor, even if you shall be innocent of that crime?!" I replied and she nodded sadly.
"….It…, It exist a third Hybrid, Red, my only born son which was not created….,I-I-I let Baion artificially fertilize myself with his semen and so giving birth to a healthy baby, since we only ever created the Hybrids artificially I wanted to know what happens when I truly give birth to one of them, however he did not became a Human but a Caninu, Baion thinks of him however only as a failure!" Merveille stated and I thought to hear disappointment as she spoke about Baion, pain as she spoke about the experimentation and something like affection, as she spoke her Child´s name.
I am no female so I don´t really know it, but I think that she started to develop mother feelings for that Child.
"I just don't want him to be disposed of, due to Baion don't wanting him, I mean he just has been born for a while now and nothing shall be born only to instantly die again afterwards.
Red deserves to live and raise like a normal child, still I know that I am not the right one to be his mother, not after what I did, so it would be better if he can live under his conspecifics and live a happy life, that's why I want you to find Rose and Carmine and give them the letter in which I tell them about the situation of Red…, also I did something to him which I am not entirely sure that I should have done it… but seeing how the other were brainwashed by Baion, it left me no other choice!" Merveille explained.
"What do mean now, what more did you do to him?!" I asked curious.
"I told you about the man which rescued those two, the one who fought against Baion…, apparently the same lost much blood and I managed to get myself a few probes.
I investigated the blood and found out that what I thought was a Caninu, apparently was none, however it also was not a Felineko!" She stated.
"Now what do you mean by that?!" I asked even more curious.
"It seemed to me as if the blood I had was far too much Caninu, it was similar but it had at least 3-5 chromosomes more than the normal average Caninu…., after having read about the ancient history shortly after I found the files I also came across the legend of an Immortal being, a man called Maranell Wolvenra, a Lupycan.
Of course it was also said that the Lupycans were the precursors of the Caninus and that they shall have been lost ever since the fall of Ragnarök, their continent…., and so I came to the conclusion that this man might have been one of the last Lupycan´s which live here in the Shepherd Republic.
I never really understood all these stories, tales and legends about their Magic and so far, all I saw was a man who fought on par with Baion, a Human which was not ordinary, in every sense of the word.
So I created a serum out of this Man´s Blood and, in an attempt to create a chance to stop Baion even when I might die, I used the serum on Red, at first I thought nothing happened, but I was wrong, it all happened inside of him, his genes and his body changed minimal, he became more Caninu, more than myself was, maybe more than any other Caninu, it´s fair to say that he might become a Lupycan and not an ordinary one, that's for sure!" Merveille stated and it was much for me to digest.
"You know I always thought that Researchers try to defy god…., but apparently I was wrong, you guys actually try to play god yourselves!" I stated and she nodded.
"I don't expect you to like or acknowledge my reasons, for what I did why….., all I really want from you is to accomplish the jobs for which I paid you for….!
Sigh…, I know very well myself how wrong I was and that I helped to create something evil with Nero and blank, but if you expect me to be sorry upon giving birth to them, then I can only tell you I am not.
A Scientist creates for creation´s sake, we research because we want to find answers and even when we make mistakes, we only made them because we failed to comprehend the nature around us…., call me crazy but whatever they might be forced to do by Baion, whatever gruesome thing they might do freely, after being brainwashed, I would never be able to hate them….., let alone kill them.
For I got only myself to blame for giving birth to them and letting Baion manipulate them!" Merveille explained.
"I see…, well in the end I am just a normal Hunter doing a job, so I got no real right to dive my nose into your business anyways, well then i´m going to do what I asked for!" I explained.
"Yes please do so, here are the files and the tapes and here is the letter for Carmine and Rose but as I said wait for my call before you search for them, the timing must be right.
Red is still not so far, his body must grow and accustom itself to the Gene-manipulation through the Serum, i´m though glad that his body hasn´t rejected it by now…., I bet it's because Caninu and Lupycan are naturally from the same Family!" Merveille stated and had again that researcher expression on her face.
"Anyways I will contact you over Mrs. Financier, I got to return to the facility in a few days, or else Baion gets suspicious, I cannot let my cover been blown yet.
I got myself free for a while, claiming that the shock about the attack 2 weeks ago was a little too heavy for me and that I would need some time to digest it, he allowed it to me but i´m not entirely sure of how much he still trusts me, that's why I tried to erase my trace and made you chase after me, I´m sorry for that really.
I hope you can accomplish all the task without much problems, Godspeed is all I can tell you for now and a big thanks in advance!" The young girl stated and a little I was impressed, I got to admit so much, I mean this Girl was so young but it seemed to me as if she carried the fate of the whole world on her shoulders.
"I will do my very best to not disappoint you!" I stated and bowed, took the suitcase with the Files and the tapes as well as the two letters, before going back to where we came from.
"I hope we will meet again someday, and I hope I survive my plan to stop Baion, it was nice to make your acquaintance Mr. Damiens!" Merveille stated, as she shook my hand like a grown up, upon parting.
"It would be nice to meet again, indeed, well then, farewell little Miss Million!" I stated before I turned around and walked back to my ship, the suitcase I provisory made invisible.
As I arrived back in my ship, I unfolded the note with the address.
"Huh…., well this is quite close!" I stated, as I looked at the Address, a small Island called Bordaussie, not far from Samoyede but practically not well known, apparently it shall be the House of Merveille's paternal Grandparents.
"I guess it was not so bad to chase after her!" I chuckled as I made myself on the way.
Flashback end:
"I admit it was a rather ruff start but after all through this we came closer to each other!" I mumbled as I looked at the photo.
"Crrrzzzzz…, Here Asmodeus calling the flying Salamander, I repeat, Asmodeus to Flying Salamander, do you copy?!" I heard a call from my Radio-station.
"Here is the Flying Salamander I hear?!" I replied.
"Beluga it´s me Chocolat, get in gear, we got the permission for an emergency depart!" Chocolat explained and my mood was from sad to enthusiastic in less than a second.
"Best news today, I will get ready in no time wait for me!" I replied as I ended the call.
"This surprisingly went quite fast, I would say!" I stated, as I began to start the engines.
"Merveille wait for me, I´m coming and find you, I promise I will rescue you no matter what!" I thought, as I lifted off as soon as the Hangar was open.
To be continued….
