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Chapter 44: Julio
"Absolutely nothing, sir." The leader of the Second Squadron answers. Kirnumel has just repeated the question Yuudai had just asked. How they were able to escape and heal up completely. "Though, I can give you my narrative on what happened from my memory."
"That would be appreciated." Kirnumel says allowing him to continue.
"We were falling after the hundreds of Dragon Knights attacked us. Next thing I know, I'm on my mount coming here." The leader explains.
"You lost an entire week's memory?" The colonel asks disappointedly.
"I'm afraid that's the case, sir." He replies. Yuudai, still beside Louise close to the entrance of the tent, continues to frown. It just doesn't work like that. How can one survive like that? His only answer is they are possibly zombies to Albion.
"Is there anyone in your Squadron that remembers anything more?" The colonel asks. He looks around the returned riders still with a look of relief in his eyes.
The leader of the squadron looks around seeing nobody step forward. "It seems that way, sir."
Kirnumel hums to himself in thought. His eyes look over to the short pink haired girl. 'That's the girl that they want us to treat with great respect. The one that the queen has sent.' He thinks in his head. "I want all of you assigned to being guards for Louise over there. Except you." He points at one of the twin riders. "I want you assigned to the First Squadron."
Yuudai walks over to Kirnumel stopping right next to him. "I am glad they're back too, but is that smart? I don't think you should let him in the First Squadron." Yuudai whispers to not alert the possible enemies.
"I'd appreciate it if you stayed out of these matters, familiar." The colonel replies coldly. "However, I can't deny that it might not be a smart idea. In that case, we will search them over for any enemy magic that might be influencing them."
Yuudai nods walking back to Louise's side. "What did you say to him?" Louise asks.
The teen looks to her. "I'll tell you when we are in private. Until then, just be happy I won't be mourning for their sacrifice." He tells her. He doesn't want her to worry or give away that he is suspicious. Not yet.
A group of mages walk over to the squadron quickly. They check them for any signs, but turn up nothing. Yuudai doesn't drop his suspicion though. It just means he needs to be very careful around them. Until then…
"I never told you my name, did I?" Yuudai asks walking over to them with a fake smile. He must act as if he let his guard down too. "It's Yuudai."
The leader smiles back at him in return. "My name is Rene Vonke. It's very nice to meet you."
Yuudai holds out his hand as well as Rene. They then shake hands. "It is nice to meet you, Rene."
Louise watches this happen noticing the odd smile from Yuudai. To those that don't know him very well, that is a picture perfect smile, but when you know him like she does, it becomes a different story. She doesn't know why, but she knows that he doesn't trust them.
"Would you all like to come to our tent? Celebrate your survival, perhaps?" Yuudai asks still with the fake smile.
"Of course!" They all answer happily.
Yuudai grins showing an excitement that's not there. "Meet me there. Me and Blanc have to talk." Yuudai tells them. They hurry out fetching some wine for the celebration. Once out of sight, Yuudai goes back to his frown. He walks over to Louise again. "I want you to be near me at all times for a while."
Louise's face flares up blushing. She still tries to look upset, despite the blush. "W-what? Why?" She asks. She notices the serious look in his eyes. "What's going on?"
"Nothing you need to worry about right now." Yuudai replies walking away. "Now hurry up. Otherwise we'll have a bunch of drunken Dragon Knights wrecking our tent."
An annoyed look appears on her face. "That won't be happening. Not in my tent." She mutters marching quickly towards the tent.
Yuudai follows after her keeping up easily. It's time to observe. Though he doubts he'll get an answer tonight.
The two arrive at the tent in less than a minute finding the knights already working on getting drunk. "Do you plan on drinking?" Louise asks Yuudai. He gives her a deadpan stare.
"I haven't drank a drop of alcohol since arriving in this world of yours. I don't plan on starting now." Yuudai replies also hiding his other reason. Being drunk and off guard is a horrible combination.
"That kind of back talk get punishment." Louise states tensing up her leg.
"Try to go for my boys and I'll make sure you go into battle naked." Yuudai threatens right back.
"Yay! He is protecting us!" The knights cheer.
"Not you! My boys are connected to me! I shall not let any harm befall them." Yuudai exclaims pointing out the intention of his statement.
"How dare you threaten your master in such a way, dog?" Louise questions with her eye twitching.
"You're just forcing yourself to threaten me these days." Yuudai accuses. She pales a small bit trying to deny this. "I mean, it makes for less boring moments, but we all know that we're friends."
Louise sighs in relief. She thought he was about to call out her love for him. 'Wait...he just friendzoned me without trying!' She thinks with her jaw dropped.
"So before anything, you all will clean up the mess that you make when you all finish getting white boy wasted." Yuudai tells the group of Dragon Knights.
The entire occupants of the tent stare at him in confusion. "What...what is white boy wasted?" Rene asks scratching his head.
"If these guys are being controlled then Albion's knowledge sucks." Yuudai mutters. He proceeds to clear his throat. "It means to be very very drunk, usually the drunkest as possible, and a couple other things. Since I doubt you all do drugs, you only qualify for the drunk part."
"Stop using terms from your world! They are annoying!" Louise orders him.
"Yeah dude. We're trying to get a buzz from the alcohol, not a vocabulary test." One of the twins adds.
"Honestly, I'm surprised you know what that is." Yuudai retorts throwing shade at him.
The Dragon Knights laugh at the underhanded jab. Even the twin is laughing. Yuudai sighs. He is realizing he might be wrong about his assumption. He won't let down his guard though.
A boy from the back of the tent, Fernand, looks at the teen boy. With a knowing look on his face. "E-excuse me, Yuudai." He speaks up. "May I speak to you in private?"
Yuudai looks at Louise and the other Dragon Knights. If it happens to be a way of luring him away, they would do better than this. "Sure." Yuudai replies. "Remember Blanc, explosions are useful."
With that, Yuudai is lead out by Fernand. They walk over to a spot where they won't be disturbed. The two then stare at each other.
"I can tell...you don't trust us. About our miraculous return." He says starting the conversation.
Yuudai sighs again. "Is it that obvious?"
Fernand nods his head. "I brought you here to tell you something that has been buzzing around my memories."
"You do? Well then let me hear." Yuudai replies interested.
The poor boy breathes in and out calming himself. "As you know, when I crashed, I was thrown off the back of the dragon. I laid on the ground for a while after that. Not able to move anything. My body was paralytic. I thought I was about to die honestly." Fernand explains. "I then...I saw a fairy."
Yuudai raises an eyebrow at him. "A fairy?"
"Yes! It was a Wind Fairy." He replies in a pleading tone to believe him. "She had beautiful blond hair and a shining body."
"That...would make sense, in a way." Yuudai mutters. "If a fairy were to appear then they would no doubt contain healing abilities. How do I know this isn't a way to mislead me?"
"I swear on Brimier's eternal soul that I am not lying." Fernand swears putting his hand over his heart.
Yuudai observes him for a moment. The teen familiar nods seeing no deceit in his body language, eyes or voice. "I'll believe you, but don't tell the others yet. I want you to take a week to remember more then speak to Ginnumer about it."
Fernand's face lights up. "So you'll stop suspecting us of horrible things?"
"I...I will stop thinking it as much." Yuudai relents. "Thank you for letting me know. It takes a load off."
The two walk back to the tent to find the Dragon Knights all knocked out. Louise is standing over the group looking very upset. Her head slowly turns towards Yuudai and Fernand.
"My underwear is private. You let them in. You shall be punished." Louise states in a scary tone.
Fernand looks to his side to find nobody there. Yuudai already bailed. He is hiding in one of the abandoned buildings. Fernand looks back to Louise noticing her slow deliberate steps towards him. It was at that moment that he knew the fairy wasn't going to save him this time.
Yuudai watches this happen from the abandoned building. Through the window. Yuudai shivers feeling bad for the boy. He could have taken him with, but that would mean Louise would run after them both. He was a worthy sacrifice.
One Week Later
"So what's up?" Yuudai asks walking into Ginnumer's tent.
He and Louise has just been called in out of nowhere. Side by side, Louise and Yuudai stops after a few steps. The Second Dragon Knight squadron is there. It looks like Fernand had told them since they all look a bit shocked.
There is also a blond boy there. Yuudai looks him over seeing his eye colors. One side is bright blue and the other is red. It catches him off guard for a brief second, but he doesn't let it show.
"I had Ginnumer call for you, familiar." The blond answers. "After all, I wanted to meet the rumored Yuudai. The human familiar."
Yuudai raises an eyebrow at the blond. "There are rumors about me?" Yuudai asks. "I thought everyone already knew of me, therefore, rumors about me would pointless."
"Oh there are much more rumors than that." The guy, Julio Cesar, says smiling. "Sorry. I was being rude. I am a priest of Romalia, Julio Cesar." He introduces himself with a grand gesture. He then lays his eyes on Louise. "And you are Miss Vallière. As rumored, you are very beautiful." He takes her hand and plants a kiss on the back of her hand.
"Give me the signal and there will be one more gun on the bus of never having kids." Yuudai tells Louise.
The two ignore him, much to his annoyance. "You shouldn't." Louise says shyly.
"It is inexcusable! To discover such beauty outside Romalia, in the middle of the war! I was born just to meet such beauty! Marvelous!" He continues to compliment.
"I'm going to beat him if you don't get him away from her." Yuudai threatens Ginnumer.
The man sighs. "Aren't priests supposed to not touch a woman?" He asks as a way to stop any further complaints from Yuudai.
"Since I was going into the war, I received a temporary secular life permission from the pope." Julio explains letting go of Louise's hand. "However, what you said is true." He then turns back to Louise. "Miss, I am sorry. My body was not contained by my priesthood, and reacted on its own after seeing a charming woman. I look forward to seeing you every day."
"Keep digging yourself a hole, Julio. You're only hurting yourself when I find out where you sleep." Yuudai states thinking up different ideas.
Julio chuckles at the threat. It seems he doesn't believe him. That will be his downfall. And it will be Yuudai's enjoyment.
He turns to Fernand. "About the fairy thing, were you telling the truth?" Fernand nods. "Can you show me where?"
The boy points at the spot on the map. Rene answers in actual directions though. "About a one hour flight from the continent border."
"Around Saxe-Gotha." Julio mutters in thought.
"Perhaps it's time for you to tend to your dragon." Ginnumer says to Julio. A way of telling him to leave.
The boy spreads his hands out nonchalantly. "I envy those that do not have to take care of a dragon." With that said, he walks out of the tent, leaving most people there with disdain for him.
End
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