Chapter 4 – Edgar – Captivated By Mystery
Such a fascinating day it has been. My faithful companion and informant has returned to me once again with a rather unexpected yet openly welcomed lady. She seemed to be trusting to her surroundings but at the same time afraid. She looked very meek and her sheer beauty left me without words so I nodded to her and assumed my position on my throne. I didn't expect for her to so quickly pick up on my temporary loss of manners, for I had turned my back to a lady. How could I have done such a thing? I've spent the better part of my life learning women inside and out. My carefully refined sense of chivalry must have been lost in her mystery.
We, me, Lock and the woman who stated her name as Tina, had a brief conference in the luxury of my royal hall. Lock, as usual, after giving me the details of the situation left to find somewhere to place himself. I took the advantage to properly introduce myself to Tina and express my interest in obtaining her ass…istance. I wonder, what's so captivating about this woman? This was the first woman to react the way she did to me. I told her my true interests in her, and she simply swatted them away. Perhaps I'm just losing my touch I had over women….
I gave her permission to have a gander around my castle to her heart's content. She's a very special guest. She may not know it yet, but she will have a lot of work ahead of her. I hope she's willing to trust us, or the world may never regain sanity. She has been wandering around for a few hours now; perhaps she's lost and needs help. Perhaps I should go find her…..Oh, there she is.
Before I could address her and answer any questions she may have accumulated I was burdened with another guest. The horrid Cefca has appeared within the heart of my domain. I know all to well that my castle being located in the desert shall only increase his aggravation before meeting me face to face. He doesn't seem in a chatting mood today. He's trying to threaten me into giving him "the girl" saying she's of "little importance" to them. Well, my question to Cefca would be if she's of little importance then why send the great Cefca himself, one of the leading Generals of the entire Empire, to ask me about her? I know more than even he what she will be worth, in time. She's scared now, but once she has regained, or gained, her fighting spirit to its fullest she may be able to do more than all of my soldiers here could. Deep down, I think the Empire knows this information all to well. Cefca has gotten fed up with me, once again, and is leaving in a huff. I know he was just blowing off steam so I'll just let this day end now and get some much needed rest.
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I woke to find my castle on fire. Everyone was in a panic and rushing to safety. Then, at the height of my desperation, Cefca and his men made their appearance at my doorstep. I suppose we brought this on ourselves for secretly turning our backs on the Empire, but we have a good reason indeed. Alas, we were expecting something like this to happen one day, and so the Chancellor and I made configurations to this castle, allowing it to submerge into the sands of the desert, keeping it safely hidden underground until the time is right to emerge from the desert again. In fact, we were able to get the tunnel dug all the way past the mountain range to the north. This allows us to reach Corlingen and the other towns of this continent unreachable because of mountains surrounding Figaro. So, my present comrades and I escaped the burning castle leaving Cefca and his men behind to eat our dust. It wasn't too long before we noticed Tina's abilities that we'd heard about. We encountered many enemies along the way to South Figaro town and she used what I believed to be the ancient "magic" that we'd only heard stories of when we were kids. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. It was incredible. She simply chanted mysterious phrases, then her whole body started to glow an eerie, fiery red. Then, out of nowhere, flames appeared and scorched the monsters to death. My god, if she could do this when she is weak, I….I can only imagine what she'll be capable of when we get the right fighting spirit in her…….
Author's Note: Ok, just gonna get right to the point...japanese version of names on the left, and american on the right...anything not mentioned is the same in both.
Japanese/American
Lock/Locke
Tina/Terra
Cefca/Kefka
Corlingen/Kohlington