At the time I wrote this part, my friends were obsessing with Kingdom Hearts. I borrowed a weapon design from the game for the new blade in this part. Yeah.
カイヨウイエンデイジャー
Log 18: Kaiyöiandagia
"Duchess Fallon told me you were coming," Tamara said, sipping at some rosehip tea. She sat in an armchair in the parlor, a teal cougar sleeping by her feet. Kathryn and Derrik sat together on a sofa next to the Herald; Keith stood by a hearth, finding he could not sit in the remaining armchair. "She said you needed an audience with Queen Anya."
"Yes," Kathryn replied. "We need to stay there awhile - there is trouble at home."
"I see." She smiled, scratching the cougar's neck. "That should not be a problem. Anya would allow any royals to take refuge - especially you, being her granddaughter." She set down her cup. "Tomorrow the snow should be decent enough for riding. I'll get my coach ready. Rest here tonight, in the meanwhile. I'll treat you to some bubbleberry pie."
The next morning found Kathryn, Derrik, and Keith seated in an ornate coach outfitted with sled runners. Another girl was in the coach - Tizigane, the one who greeted them yesterday. A bare keyblade was in her lap.
"Good morning," she said. "Mother is driving the coach to Denbridge now - has been since before dawn. We will be there at noon."
"Thank you," Kathryn, Derrik, and Keith muttered. Slowly the two humans fell asleep again; Keith looked at the strange girl beside him, and the blade in her lap.
"It's the Herald's sword," Tizigane said, as though she knew what Keith thought. "It was called Heartstone by Guinever when Avalon was founded, but the Heralds Annals say the god-angels called it Kaiyöiandagia." She smiled. "Heralds have to be versed in legend, too."
"I understand," Keith smiled. He turned away from Tizigane, looking out the coach's window. He could see a city in the distance, and the support wires of bridges leading to it.
"Denbridge," Tizigane sighed. "Named for the bridges that lead to it. It was called Camelot when Avalon was united, then New Camelot after a fire destroyed the city. But this land around the city has always been called Denbridge."
"It is a ... unique city," Keith remarked blankly.
"You have not even seen the greatest part of the city, lord angel," the Herald's daughter beamed. "Wait until you see the palace!"