Here's chapter 27!
~(later that night, Skyler's pov)~
Everyone except for Ronan and I had gone to sleep. Apparently Enna and the other girl, Emma, were orphaned sisters who'd both lived at the Erudon estate for a long time. Emma, the older of the two, had worked for a while and had paid for a small, one room house to be built off the back of the estate. The two of them lived there.
After they'd gone to bed, Elesis told us that their parents had been on the same team of trackers that her father had been on, and were MIA, like her father.(1)
Now, it was just Ronan and I, like I'd said earlier.
"You seem to have something on your mind?" Ronan spoke up.
"Yeah. The queen, and the guard at the city gate- you spoke to them as though you were preparing for invasion. Why is that?"
"It's because we are. Or rather, we're preparing to be invaded at any time. We need any person who can hold a weapon... However, it seems as though a lot of the enemy forces have been simply disappearing lately."
"Disappearing?"
"Yes. As though something has drawn their attention away from us- like they've found a bigger threat. What I don't understand is how that could happen- Kanavan currently has the highest number of highly skilled mages, knights, spell swords, archers and gladiators around. Plus, every single person ten years old and older can fight in some way. Do you have any ideas?"
I thought for a minute. He had a point- I'd never seen so many people with weapons strapped to them in my life... unless...
"Did you ever consider that maybe, just maybe, there's a person or group of people aside from the Grand Chase that has enough magical power and skill with weapons to be able to take on an entire continent?"
"Hmm... as far fetched as it sounds, that is the only thing I've heard that would actually make sense..."
'Could that make sense?' –Yes, it could. There are many people in this world- what's to say that one of them couldn't have that kind of power?– 'That's what I'm thinking...'(2)
~(Dio's pov)~
Emma left for a while, saying she had to check up on something, and came back with what looked like a shorter version of herself, except that, while Emma had shoulder-length dirty blond hair, this one had long black hair in a ponytail. Emma introduced her as her sister, Enna.
"Pleased to meet you."
"As to you, mister... ?"
I rolled my eyes and replied, "Skip the formalities and just call me Dio."
"Dio... got it."
Emma turned to me and said, "There's a group of freedom fighters called the Grand Chase staying in the main building over there*points through a window to a building*, You should meet them."
"I can tell someone's there... one of them is very powerful, and doing a good job of containing his power."
She blinked, confused. "Um... OH! That one! The guy's got dragon blood in him."
Alarmed, I ask, "Dragon blood? How did that happen!"
"Apparently, via blood transfusion- and an unwilling one at that."
"So you mean- !"
"Yep. Some mad scientist gave him a syringe full of dragon blood."
I sat down, thinking, 'Woah... a dragon in human form? I've never heard of that...'
And I could only hope that, if worse comes to worse, I'd be able to take him on...
~(Meanwhile, at the source of Ronan's confusion... [side story])~
"Roy! I told you to stop running out in the middle of the night!" Amy yelled.
"Well I wasn't the one who told you to follow me!"
You watch as Roy and Amy run like crazy people away from a giant stone golem.
"Roy! DO SOMETHING!"
"I DON'T KNOW ANY MAGIC THAT CAN BREAK ROOOOOOOCCCCKKKKSSSSSS!"
The camera pans out as Roy and Amy run into the distance.
~(End of Chapter)~
A/N: (1) MIA, for anyone who doesn't know, means "Missing In Action".
(2) For the purposes of my writing style, inner voices will no longer be identefied by -'s, but rather by –'s.
OKAY. I'm (finally) back on my computer!(I haven't been able to get on mine since Tuesday) Anyway... I got Rune Factory 3 yesterday. It's fun. I guess. Depends on what you like. Oh well. I don't own the Rune Factory franchise.
Sayonara!
