Disclaimer: Noblesse isn't mine.
The prompt was a story about Seira and Regis' fathers, and I used chapter 259 as the base.
I just used their last names. Loyard=Seira's father. Landegre=Regis' father.
"Loyard," Landegre whispered as he stretched out his hand to touch the other man. The distance was short, a mere arm's length away, but his whole body trembled from the struggle. He collapsed again, neither reaching his destination nor returning to his previous position. Both were more than he could accomplish in this state. "Are you still alive?"
"Barely." The words sounded like air, and he didn't try to move. "I can't breathe."
"I was just thinking about the children."
"Seira." Loyard's eyes cracked open slightly although the blood and sweat that dripped from his skin caused them to sting, and he looked over at his comrade. "I left her in the rose garden. She always waits for me there…. S-She'll be waiting…"
"My father will go to her. He will tell her what happened to us."
"That-that worries me." Loyard choked on a soft laugh. "Your clan is s-so forthright… pigheaded. Y-your clan leader will ju-just bluntly tell her that we died."
"Not even that. He will tell her that she now leads your clan without an explanation."
"I-I hope he-he says we s-saved the humans." His eyes closed again, too weak to even maintain that much effort. "I… want her t-to have… s-something t-to be proud of… I…want…"
"Loyard?" He extended his fingertips until they brushed against the fabric of the man's sleeve. "Are you…"
"I-I'm still alive." Loyard managed a smile, but it quickly transformed into a grimace as a cough ravaged his body until he tasted blood. "I-I think I p-p-punctured a lung."
"You don't have to talk. Save your strength."
"N-no… w-we're dead any… anyway." His chest tightened as he gasped. "I-I know your… your clan leader w-will look after S-Seira… S-she won't be a-alone… but Regis… y-your clan's s-so… hardheaded… he'll be o-overlooked."
"You choose now to insult me and then you worry about my son?"
"S-Seira w-will… she'll w-watch o-over-over him." Loyard painstakingly rolled onto his side, spitting blood onto the ground, and clasped his hand around Landegre's wrist. "L-let's g-give them s-some…something t-to be proud of. I-I want them t-to know we… we did every-everything w-we could."
"I think I might be able to move now." Landegre forced himself to his knees, quavering as his strength gave out, but too determined to collapse again. Blue power flickered from his fingertips like a dying flame.
"Y-you're clan's s-so ob-obsti-stinate." Loyard grabbed Landegre's shoulder to study himself, nearly pulling them both to the ground, and he lifted his hand to match Landegre's shot. "I-I'm re-ready."
"Let's not keep our opponent waiting."
A/N: Since we haven't seen either of these two, I guessed that Landegre would be like Regis and Gejutel, but I think that Loyard would be more like a mixture between Seira and Shinwoo. (Shinwoo when he's being sweet or protective-not when he's being funny.) I don't really have a reason other than that's the type of guy the Seira seems to take to, and I'm curious as to what these two are truly like.
