Disclaimer: Nope, not mine. Slayers, I mean. Eruk is mine
Trouble in the white capital
Eruk and Sylphiel had finally made it to Seyruun. It was a magnificent city. Eruk wondered a bit about the city wall, it seemed like there was no plan in how it was built. Sylphiel explained how the city itself was made as a huge magic circle to shield it from any magical attacks.
They approached the palace, it usually was no problem for the common people to enter. Prince Phillionel was know as a ruler that held the peoples opinion in high esteem. If any of the townspeople had anything to say they could go to the palace and make their wishes known. Sylphiel had told Eruk as much of Seyruun as she knew. They decided to go to the palace at once. As they reached the gates, they royal guard was blocking their way.
"We need to enter" Sylphiel explained " We have to see princess Amelia". The guard didn't seem to care "There is no one that enters the palace at the present time, please turn back now". Sylphiel took a step forward " but the princess and I are old friends. I'm Sylphiel from Sairaag". The guards attitude turned more hostile and he raised his weapon "I have no proof that you are who you claim, so turn back now". Eruk placed his hand on her shoulder "Come on, there is no way they are letting us in". They turned and started to walk to the palace inn. Sylphiel was a bit amazed. Eruk was not a person that gave up that easily.
They found a table at the inn, and ordered some food. "I didn't think you would give up that easily" Sylphiel said. Eruk looked at her, it was clear to see that he had planed something. "Tomorrow I will get into the palace, problem is that my plan isn't exactly legal". Sylphiel was confused, she started to speak, but was cut of by Eruk "It would be best if you didn't ask any questions, if anything goes wrong then at least you can claim you knew nothing of my plans".
The night came and it was dawn again. Sylphiel woke up. There was a letter standing on a small table. She opened it and read:
I have left to get into the palace. If I succeed, the guards will take you to there.
She didn't know what to do, she wouldn't want Eruk in danger, but it could be important to his plan that she waited at the inn. To top it all of, she was surprised that he had entered her room without her permission.
Eruk was standing in front of the palace, if only he had guessed right about the guard. The moment he was waiting for came some time later. The guards from the nightshift was being replaced. This was the time he had been waiting for. He ran towards the palace gates and pushed by the guards. He was inside the palace, now he just needed to find the princess. Something that was easier said than done. He ran down a huge corridor, trying to be as much out of sight as possibly. "Man, this is a REALLY big palace, what have I gotten myself into?" Eruk was in trouble, he was inside the Seyruun palace, and he had most of the guards on his tail. "This is really the way to start your day" he thought.
He ran on. From the shadow of a huge stone pillar he saw a well armed group of guards head away from the entrance. He decided to follow them. It was a bet, but there was a small chance that they were the personal guards of some important person, perhaps it would be the princess. He managed to stay out of sight. The guards were heading for a certain door, and formed a line of defense in front of it. "looks like I was right about this important person business, now if I'm lucky…" He looked around, there was no way to get through the door. He was a pretty good fighter, but he didn't stand a chance against that many guards. He entered a nearby room. It was empty. He looked out the window, it looked like he could get to the roof from there. As he ran over the roof, he tried to figure out exactly were the guarded room was. He got to a spot where he thought the guarded room would be. He looked down the wall, there was a window there. "Here goes nothing" He thought, and jumped down the wall.
He had been practicing levitation, just before he fell by the window, he levitated inside. Even though he had gotten better he could only maintain the spell for a few seconds, but it was enough. He landed without making a sound. There was a girl standing in front of him facing the door. She was somewhat short, at least a head shorter than Sylphiel. She was wearing a night-gown, like she had just awoken. "This could be the princess, at least she matches Sylphiels description somewhat. Gotta take a chance". He quietly walked behind her, careful not to make any sound. He put his left arm around the girls neck, and pressed his right hand against her troath. "Don't move princess" he whispered. The girl was shocked, and let out a scream. This was not going exactly as he had hoped.
The guards had heard her, and was now entering the room. "PRINCEES AMELIA!! WHAT'S THE MAT… " the first guard shouted, but as he saw Eruk, he went silent.
"YOU!! Get away from the princess!!" He yelled, after he regained his voice . "So this IS the princess, I guess this is pretty lucky" He knew he had to react quickly. He moved his right hand a bit, and shot his blades out, just a few centimeters from the shocked girls face. "You better call back your guards princess, next time I won't miss", Eruk tried to sound as serious as he could.
Amelia nodded, and made a small gesture, the guards started to move out of the room. "Not so fast, I need one of the guards here" Eruk said, he knew that it was just a matter of time before he made a mistake. As he had demanded, one of the guards stayed. "I have only one demand. I have a friend, a girl at the nearest inn, you must bring her here, and your princess will not be harmed. Don't worry, she's expecting you".
In the meantime, Sylphiel was finished cleaning both her and Eruk's rooms. Not that she felt like cleaning at a time like this, but it gave her something to do, and she knew it would cost more money to have the rooms cleaned by the maids. She was sitting at a table in the restaurant, when a squadron of soldiers entered. They started to question all the women in the restaurant. A soldier approached Sylphiel. She figured that it was her they were after, as it seemed they were looking for someone special. She decided to make the first move.
She handed Eruk's letter to the soldier and said "I think I'm the one you are looking for, sir" The soldier was surprised, he had expecting a somewhat different type of girl to be the one they were after. It seemed to her as they were upset by something, but nobody said a word to her. She was taken into the palace, and she got to think, that even though she had heard a lot about Seyruuns royal palace, she had never actually been there.
She was taken into a room. Inside she saw Eruk holding Amelia hostage. She was shocked, she had never thought Eruk was capable of something like this. Eruk was relived, now that Sylphiel was here, this whole mess could finally be sorted out. He could almost feel the princess's surprise when one of her old friends entered the room.
"Sylphiel, this is for you" Eruk said, and pushed Amelia over to her friend. Sylphiel barely had time to catch Amelia, but managed to get hold of her before the dazzled princess could hit the floor. Amelia quickly recovered and turned around "Now that I, Amelia Will Tesla Seyruun, are free once again, you'll feel the wrath of justice. Prepare yourself Mr. Bandit!". But before she could use any of her magic, Sylphiel grabbed her from behind "NO, miss Amelia, don't". The energy she had gathered fizzled. "But why miss Sylphiel? Why are you helping this guy?" Sylphiel got in between Amelia and Eruk, "Please, miss Amelia, I can explain it all".
Amelia didn't know what to do, but finally decided to listen to the explanation. Eruk stayed as far away from the 2 girls as he could, in case his being around would make the princess nervous, he did take her hostage after all. From where he was, he could see the frightened look gradually vanish from Amelia's face. As she calmed down, she also stopped making glances at him, every few seconds. It looked like she accepted Sylphiels explanation. Eruk decided it was his time to make a move. He slowly took of his gloves. It was a funny feeling, he had gotten used to wearing them at all times, even when he slept. He took a step forward " Sylphiel, catch" and tossed his weapons to her. The shrinemaiden held the weapons, and then handed them to Amelia.
Eruk started to move towards the girls. He moved slowly, not making any sudden movements. He stopped in front of Amelia, and knelt down. "I'm sorry about putting through this princess" he said "I hope that you understand now, why I did it". Amelia had secretly prepared a spell to fire at her attacker, but his word caught her off guard. She just looked at him, the finally answered "Well, I guess that you are not really a bad guy after all" Eruk was relieved. Amelia handed the wristblades back to Eruk, as a token of trust, he just nodded and slid them on. Just as he was testing to see if they were properly on place, the door flew open. In came a very big, and VERY angry man "YOU!! In the name of justice, get away from my daughter". Eruk was stunned, he had never seen a man that big. Unfortunately, The man took this as an indication of hostility. "PACIFIST CRUSH!!!!" Eruk didn't have time to think before he found himself flying towards the nearest wall. He hit with a loud bang, and the world became black to him.
When he came to his senses again he was lying in a bed. He looked around, Sylphiel was sitting on a chair beside the bed, she was sleeping. He started to move, when he noticed that she was holding his hand. He smiled a bit and was still once again. "This is the second time this happens to me, I should really try to avoid getting knocked out like that" He then moved his hand a bit, just to try to wake up Sylphiel. She mumbled a bit, but he couldn't make out the words, then she opened her eyes and yawned a bit. He looked her into her eyes "Good morning, sleepyhead" he said. She was a bit confused, but then she remembered what had happened. "Oh, you are awake now, how do you feel?" He rubbed his head with his free hand "I guess I have felt better, but I'll live"
She smiled, and started to get up, and noticed that she was still holding his hand, She blushed a bit, then tightened her grip, and started to pull him out of bed. "Come on then, We have to go see Phillionel and Amelia" she said. Eruk gave her one of his confused looks, "I'm okay with Amelia, but who is this Phillionel guy?", Sylphiel started explaining what had happened after Phillionel had entered the room before. Eruk nodded So, Phillionel was that huge guy that knocked me out?" It wasn't a question, more like a statement to himself.
The couple approached the throneroom. As they entered the room they heard a loud voice ordering guards around. 2 guards passed them, carrying a man between them. "What just happened here?" Sylphiel asked. " Oh, miss Sylphiel, you are here." It was Amelia. She gestured in the direction the soldiers had left. "Don't mind the chaos around here, but every now and then some bandits attack the castle, and we can't figure out where they attack from".
"That's right! Those evil bandits have been terrorizing us for a whole month" Phillionels voice boomed. Amelia took over the explanation "It would seem like those villains are looking for something within the palace, but we have no clue what that could be. They attack in small groups, mainly to get past the guards at the gate".
"That would explain why we couldn't get access to the palace" Sylphiel deducted. Eruk stepped forward. "Oh, it's you, young man. I'm so sorry about what happened before, but it was all in the name of justice" Phillionel said. Eruk looked a little sheepish "umm, no hard feelings, I was an intruder after all".
"Is there anything we can do to help?" it was Sylphiels time to talk. Phillionel shook his head, "I'm afraid not. These brigands seem to be quite well informed of all our plans. We have even tried to have some soldiers infiltrate the gang, but it's like they know all of our soldiers". There was an eerie silence in the room. "perhaps I could infiltrate them" Eruk said. They all stared at him in disbelief.
"I know I can do it" he continued "I'm new to this town, and the only information they can possibly have on me is how I attacked the princess". Amelia and her father didn't seem convinced. "I think he could do it too", Sylphiel agreed with her friend. "You really think he could do it, miss Sylphiel?" Amelia asked. Both Eruk and Sylphiel nodded. "Well, we could give it a try" Phillionel finally agreed. The four of them sat down together to plan their strategy.
Authors notes:
*Sniff* I haven't got any reviews since my last update… I'm so sad…. Review and make me happy again, ok?
Eruk seems to get a bad start with all of the original slayers, doesn't he? Well, with that bunch of weirdoes how can he anything else? (Here, weirdoes is positive meant). Is he able to get into a bandit gang?, and how will he do it?
Am I putting to much effort into my OC? I hope you like him so far. I have to make him believable, and this is his story after all. Don't worry, most of the slayers crew, both major and minor, will make an appearance. And I already have finished this story, I just need to get the errors worked out before I update.
Another OC will be introduced in the next chapter, so stay tuned.
