Hello all its ry and here is chapter 2 of Templar, so without further ado.
Ave Imperator.
The Templar's Wrath:
The Templar studied the girl with his trained eyes and noticed some details, her canines are far longer than they were supposed to be and face was like Porcelain which shocked him but he could chalk it up to a skin condition which was common in the imperium of man where people could burn under the direct light of a star.
He stands to his full height and hefts his shield up his helmet still secure to his hip and looked down to the small girl to his side and noticed something the red changing to a black colour and her eyes took a darker hue to almost crimson "may I ask why your marks on your face change colour?" As he pulled out his sword for the silvery blade to reflect her face so she could see "I… don't know" she muttered.
He heard a beastial howl and the girl fearfully hid behind his massive form "he's here" "who" roman question his gaze remained forward "He's called 'father' but he's a monster" as soon as this sentence was finished a 10 foot tall monstrosity that had a from of a man but the head was that of a spider
'Daughter' POV:
She watched as the black armoured giant of a man stood his ground and a subtle blue glow enveloped his sword and suddenly he charged "WAIT!" She called but to her surprise she saw the man take 'father' head on and was pushing him back with blurred hand movements and the blue trail of his sword cutting through flesh like paper, all of a sudden a boy wearing a green and black checkered Haori came in and sliced off the head while the massive monster was distracted and a dull thud could be heard as the head hit the dirt and started to fade away before the boy turned to her.
Roman's POV:
He saw the boy turn to her and frowned as he clearly recognised something about her and made to draw his sword "Wait" Roman spoke and the boy faltered as the sword sword stopped and he glanced up to Roman "What business do you have with her?" And the boy sheathed his weapon slowly and stood straight before speaking "she is a demon sir but it seems that shes just as tortured as the other one" the boy spoke 'demon?' Roman thought 'she looks like no daemon I've encountered before' "Wait, what happened to mother?" The girl still hiding behind him questioned "she's at peace, she welcomed it'' his tone took a sad one
Roman Turned to the girl "Now, on the name… how about Astea? Which means summer." The girls eyes lit up in joy once more and before she could speak a loud knocking could be heard before the door on the box behind the boy opened and a small girl appeared and looked at the pair curiously before walking over and petting the now named Asteas on the head with a soft hum, to Roman it was a reminder of what he fought for and something he could never forget, his own Humanity.
To the Templar he was never really zealous like his brother, yes he hated the traitor and xenos and their ilk alike, he could never hate mutants as they were a poor soul left to circumstance and especially considering he fought alongside honoured warriors of the blood Angel's and space wolves where mutation traits are prevalent but sometimes minor to major like the Angel's pale skin despite being on a desert and the wolves canine like traits, both first founding chapters and the emperor's very own designs, so to see mutation in such warriors was blasphemy but such could be also said for mortal human mutations.
"Asteas" he called as he kneeled once more so he could get closer to her height "do you have any information I should know?" And Asteas and the boy turned to Roman while the other girl just stared into space humming a small tune to herself "uh… other than I cannot stand in direct sunlight and have to eat…" she looked down and grabbed her sleeves "other people" asteas answered. Roman thought in silence for a moment while skin conditions like that were common in some forge worlds due to the pollution being so thick that the sun is blocked he never heard such a diet "I see" was all he could answer before he stood his full nearly 10 foot tall height and began trudging forward and Asteas mutely following leaving a confused pair behind.
Tanjiro's POV:
He watched the retreating forms of the Black armoured giant and the spider demon and blanked as he could a sudden thud as Inosuke landed beside him "So where is the big one!?" Yelling inosuke as he was itching for a fight against "dead" was all tanjiro could mutter as nezuko crawled into the box again and suddenly another demon slayer jumped down and this time It was one that Tanjiro didn't recognize.
Asteas POV:
following the black armoured man before they reached the house that tormented her and roman just looked at it before stepping inside and the floor groaned under the weight of the massive warrior as he stepped onward before he turned to Asteas "You live here?" All she did was nod and he glanced around him "Not very safe with these paper walls" she could see the very gears turning in his head before he nodded as to confirm something "once you have settled back in. I shall rebuild this house, I'm no tech marine but I can build a solid enough foundation for a light proof home so you can roam the halls even during the day, and I shall see if I can get perhaps even power up and running… yes that might work"
Asteas has a very bright future ahead of her and under the protection of the massive warrior in front of her, a very bright moonlit future indeed.
Yo its Rylanor and I hoped you enjoyed the chapter here, I tried to fill in some things that I may have left out in the previous chapters.
Reviews:
Anon: yes.
Garond: I like to think that some templars can gain the level headedness of their parent legion
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