Welcome dudes and dudettes! What is up? I'm freaking out and you should be too! Wait…didn't those aliens kill us last intro? Huh…death has no hold over us! Hahahaha!
Anyway, I'm back again. Nobody reviewed, but we got some new friends! Say hi! They're good people. I'm sure. Let's start this thing!
Chapter 18: Feelings Of The Zero
A soft sigh emanates from Yuudai. He is sitting on the window sill again. It is his personal area. He knows Louise stays in her bed at night and she knows, or thinks, he stays in his own area at night.
Tonight he isn't looking into the night sky though. He is watching his depressed master. He has been for the past few minutes since they arrived to her room. She's been acting depressed since class, so he stuck by her side silently the whole time. There wasn't anything he could say that felt appropriate for the moment.
"Want me to get your night gown or something?" Yuudai asks calmly.
She blushes. "N-no. I will do it myself." She says pulling out her clothes and going to get some privacy.
"She is a strange one." Derflinger says from beside Yuudai. The sword is leaning against the wall next to him.
"I want to say that, but she is now acting similar to how normal girls act. I can say she's been unusual, but can't say weird." Yuudai replies calculating the events leading up to her acting nice.
"All your smarts at hand yet you are dense." Derflinger mutters.
"I don't think I'm dense as much as curious at the moment." Yuudai says.
"Is there really a difference?" Derflinger asks.
Yuudai stays silent for a few seconds. "Pretty sure there is, but I don't feel like explaining."
Louise walks back in sight with her night gown on. Derflinger decides to stay silent. The sword would tell Yuudai about her feelings, but that wouldn't be fun for him. Or so it thinks.
"See you in the morning Blank." Yuudai says trying to get comfortable.
"Yuudai…" Louise starts nervously.
"Yeah?" He replies curiously.
"It must be uncomfortable there. Sleep next to me." Louise orders nervously. Yuudai smiles a bit. "I swear if you start talking about the night sky again I'll change my mind." Louise threatens. Yuudai laughs a little bit because the way she said it didn't sound threatening at all. Sounded kind of shy.
"Well a nice bed does sound nice." Yuudai mutters wondering if it feels as nice as the bed back at where Newcastle castle once stood.
He watches her sqirm slightly embarrassed for for some reason. He nods. Yuudai stands up then walks to the half of the bed that isn't occupied by the small girl. She squeaks a little bit, but otherwise is silent.
"Hey Yuudai…I was wondering. What was your life like before arriving in my world?" Louise asks sounding remorseful.
Yuudai just sighs. "I know what you're thinking Blank. We went over this at Newcastle." He states. "But I don't see any harm in telling you a little bit more." He relents. "In my world, I was just a normal guy. Mostly a loner, but normal nonetheless."
"What about your family life? What was your relationship with your parents?"
"Well my mom and I always had the bond a mother and son should have. My father is just more reserved. He doesn't openly display affection, but when he does it means you are very dear to him." He explains. He chuckles. "Everyone respected him despite him being reserved."
"What about mages? Surely there had to be some." She says.
"Only if they believed in that kind of thing." He replies.
"What do you mean?" She asks.
"Mages in my world are refered to as wizards, whitches or magicians. Even then, magicians are known to just used visual tricks. No real magic, just practiced tricks." He tells her. "Then there are the ones that are commonly practice black magic." Her eyes widen. "Those that showed signs of actual magic…let's just say Kirche would likely hate using her magic for a very long time."
"So it's pretty much a taboo in your world?"
"Yup. Other than that, nobody really believes in magic." He then sighs. "To be honest, I never really thought magic was real either. I had a small thought in my mind that it's possible, but could never actually be real."
"But you are here now. Magic is all around us. You even have a talking sword." She says unsure of his feelings towards her. After all, he is telling her about himself a lot. 'Does he like me?'
"I no doubt believe magic is real, but it is still kind of surreal.". He replies. "I've done things I've only day dreamed I can do now."
"Hey Yuudai…why can't I use any magic?" She asks quietly.
"You can obviously use magic. It is just exposive and uncontrollable. Kind of like you." He answers comparing her magic to herself.
"I just want to use simple spells…is that too much to ask?" She wonders. Yuudai is silent for a few seconds. There isn't anything he can think of that would cheer her up.
"At least you have your personality." He adds after some silence. She laughs lightly.
"That's the best you've got?" She smiles sadly. "Even my own personality is explosive and uncontrollable like you said."
"Do you know anyone else that is like you?" He asks.
"No…" She replies slowly.
"There you go then. It doesn't really matter if you can control your magic if you can't do things without it. Eventually there will be a day when magic will be useless or not enough." Yuudai explains. "It'll mean I have a huge advantage, so that'll be awesome to see if I am to be honest." He goes on more to himself than to Louise.
He waits for a response for a while hearing nothing. He turns his head to find her sleeping. Yuudai deadpans towards her. Instead of sighing he gets up from the bed walking out of the room grabbing Derflinger on the way. As he closes the door the eyes of Louise watch in silence. The silence that forces feelings to the surface no matter how happy, sad or mad.
Yuudai walks himself outside stopping just outside the entrance to the building. "Is there a reason that we are out here?" The sword asks popping up out of its sheath a little.
Yuudai shakes his head. "Not really." He replies. "I just wanted to get out of that room for a while. I brought you just in case I decide to practice or something."
"Are you sure it wasn't just to talk to me?" The sword asks in an egotistical tone.
"Well I guess you do have dual purpose, don't you?" Yuudai jokes. "In all seriousness though, I wanted to talk about wanted to talk to you about what happened to me at Newcastle."
"You mean when you were impaled?"
"Yeah. When I threw myself in front of Wales, was that really me in full control?" Yuudai asks.
"What do you mean?" Derflinger asks intrigued.
"When I threw myself in front of him, while I would have done it for anyone innocent, I felt as though I was pulled with invisible strings into blocking it." He explains. Yuudai holds up his hand to look at the ring. "I think that it has something to do with the ring he gave me."
"So you think he enchanted it to save himself with you as a body shield?"
He shakes his head. "My theory, if I am right about this, is that him giving me the ring implanted some kind of instinct to protect him." He tell the sword. "After all, it is a family heirloom. A royal one at that."
"You are quite the smart one, aren't you?" Derflinger says. "If you are right then that would explain why you were so defensive of him at the castle."
"Actually I would have done that no matter what. However, that is what a protector would say." Yuudai reasons to himself.
"Please stop you confuse me." Derflinger requests.
Yuudai lets out a sigh. "The reason I am mentioning all of this now is because the ring pulsed and I felt something inside it go dull as I watched Wales die, but now it feels as though it is like it was before he died."
"Maybe you're just tired." Derflinger suggests. "We both watched Wardes kill him. There is no way that he can just be alive without being revived with void magic and even then it hasn't been seen since Brimir's time."
Yuudai hums to himself a melody from his old world thinking. "There is a war on the horizon Derflinger. I can feel it."
"I know. I just hope we live to see the end of it." Derflinger replies.
Next day
"Sleep already you freaking night owl!" Derflinger yells as lunch continues in the large room.
"Never!" Yuudai replies yawning afterwards. After their serious talk the night before, Derflinger dared Yuudai to stay awake until twelve in the afternoon. To say the least, Yuudai is taking it seriously.
"Just sleep!" The sword repeats.
"You have no control on me Jeff!" He yells not noticing the stares he is getting from everyone.
"Who's Jeff?!"
"Jeff The Killer!" The teen answers hearing fangirls from his world screaming in delight.
"Fifty gold the familiar falls flat on his face from passing out." The same mage that started the bets before calls out.
"One hundred gold says he does it in five minutes." Another bets.
Five minutes pass quickly with bets flying around. And just like the second and first bets said, he falls flat on his face asleep. "We called it! Pay up!" Everyone mutters unhappily, but some decide to laugh a little bit.
Later
"This is going to feel so good." Yuudai says to himself.
A large cauldron is sitting on a pile of wood on fire. The fire is hearing up the water in it for a nice mini bathtub. A grin spreads on his face. He is doing all of this at Vestri Court.
He strips down then gets into the water. He lets out a sigh of relaxation. "How often do I get to get naked in nature and enjoy a nice bath?" He asks himself.
"That's sounds kind of weird." Derflinger says from the ground. "Actually that sounds really weird."
Yuudai just shrugs. "Speaking of weird, you haven't said one thing about your previous wielder."
"Why speak of someone I can't remember?" Derflinger asks as if it was obvious.
"I swear if you forget about me when I die, no matter for how long, I will have you cremated at my funeral." Yuudai threatens in a joking manner.
"You know we are being watched, right?" Derflinger asks ignoring Yuudai's jab.
"You finally noticed?" The black haired teen questions. "I noticed a minute or two ago. The did person didn't seem hostile, so I decided they'd just leave, but apparently I was wrong."
""Why must you be so observant with everything except with women?" Derflinger mutters.
"Plan on coming over anytime soon?" Yuudai calls out. A squeak of surprise comes from the bush along with the sound of something breaking. A glass object. "I have a bad feeling." Yuudai mutters upon seeing Siesta come into view.
"H-hello Mr. Yuudai." She greets with a huge blush.
"Hi Siesta, I haven't seen you in quite a while. Still quite the klutz I see." Yuudai jokes greeting her. He notices only one cup on a tray of tea ingredients. "Do you need any help?"
Her face flushes and quickly shakes her head. "N-no t-thanks!"
"Are you sure? I'll be more than happy to help." He offers. She points at his chlothes reminding him of being naked in a cauldron of hot water. "Seems I won't be helping I guess." She sighs in relief. "After all, I can't let any look at me naked more than once."
She blushes harder shaking her head more. "I swear I didn't see anything!" She says quickly.
Yuudai laughs a little bit. "I'm just joking around Siesta. I'm in a rather good mood."
"O-oh. I actually c-came here with some tea since I saw you come this way with that huge cauldron." She says. "W-would you like some?"
"Of course! That would make this so much better." He says. She smiles pouring him the only cup. She hands it to him carefully. "Thank you very much Siesta!"
"Your welcome Mr. Yuudai." She replies. He takes a sip from it then smiles wider.
"This is really good Siesta. Reminds me of the tea from Japan." He says happily. "I can't remember exactly which one, but I know it is very popular."
"Really?" She asks responding to the compliment. She steps forward as she says it, but trips over one of the wood pieces he left around...convenient.
End
AND WE FINISHED THIS CHAPTER! HAHAHAHA! FINALLY! WE MADE IT! GLORIOUS!
Anyway, I didn't leave. Nope. Read the top again to understand that. I hope you all like this since I originally stopped writing around the first five hundred words because I was busy, so the rest is fairly recently written.
I don't think there is much left to say, so thanks for reading, following, favoriting, reviewing and have a great day!