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New stats:
Mark: Shaman: Weapons: Flux, Nosferatu
Kuro: Lord/ Mamkute: Weapons: Harusame? Stone
Serene: Grappler/ Mamkute: Weapons: Bare hands, Blue Stone, (can also use swords)
THE TACTICIANS' WISH
Lyn's tale Chapter 7 Gaiden: The Black Shadow
"I'm back," Kyo greeted Eiji. "...Where's Fiaa?"
"Oh. She thought you were gone for too long, so she went out looking for you," Eiji told him.
"...I was gone for only 5 days...," commented Kyo.
"Apparently she's a paranoid one," Eiji replied.
Elsewhere:
"WHAT? You let your son and Serene out into the human world?" an old silver dragon asked Xiphias.
"You think I, or anyone else here, could stop him? If you did, you don't know my son very well," Xiphias replied.
"That's true, but...how about Serene!" asked the other dragon.
"Don't worry, Rodrek, they are far stronger than they look. Also, I think it will be a good experience for Kuro. He doesn't like being trapped in this land the most out of all of us," Xiphias explained. "Besides, he has the Harusame, one of the swords made from Lord Bahamut's blessings, right? He could take care of both of them."
'Well, what's this? Hmmm...Lord Alveen will be most pleased to hear of this,' thought a dragon that was listening to the conversation.
"Well, what now?" Serene asked Kuro. "We're butt naked, you got a boner from looking at me, and we don't know where to go."
"...Hush, you. We will rob the next passerby. Look, there comes a pair now!" Kuro exclaimed, as they hid in the bushes. A young man and woman, looking like a noble couple, walked down the path. Kuro used one of his sword's many spells, 'Crono Break,' he whispered. The Harusame, a silver bladed sword with a rainbow colored hilt, glowed a bright purple, and the couple was enveloped in a black veil, and then they stopped moving. Kuro took this chance to steal their clothes.
"I must admit, while streaking was fun, this is much better," Serene commented. She had a ribbon tied to the back of her short blue hair. She wore a short hunter's skirt, colored dark blue. She had a blue and white top, which revealed her navel. She wore long brown leather boots. "...No comment," Kuro said. He was now wearing a dark blue cloak, with a black shirt underneath, and white pants and black boots. He attached his Harusame to his new brown belt. He pushed his short white hair down to cover his purple eyes. "Well, we're off," Kuro said. "I can smell their scent from here, although it's rather faint."
Black Fang headquarters one:
"Where are we?" Serene asked her companion. "I don't know. But this place has their scent all over it. You can smell it too, right?" Kuro asked her.
"What the? Intruders?" a guard on the second floor of the building Kuro and Serene are in noticed the 2 dragons. "Hey...aren't those dragon wings?" another guard asked him. Mamkutes, or at least a few species of them, can't hide their wings while in their human forms. Yellow dragons (Myrhh from FE:SS), Fire dragons, and half-breed dragons can't hide their wings. Kuro was the son of a black and silver dragon, while Serene was the daughter of a yellow and ice dragon.
"We'll nab them for the boss. Maybe we'll get a raise," said the first guard.
Ice dragons have acute hearing senses. Serene heard the guards' conversation, and told Kuro, who put his hand on the hilt of his Harusame. The guards entered the room. "Halt! Who are you, and state your business!" The first one yelled at them.
Serene smirked. "Oh, but you already know who we are, and we also know your business. Good luck trying to catch us," she said.
The 2 brigands dashed at them. Kuro unsheathed his Harusame. "Heavensplitter," he said, as one of the brigands dashed up to him. Kuro dashed at the brigand at supersonic speed, and just before he crashed into the big figure, he swung his sword upwards, now glowing purple with anima energy, and flew up high with it, cutting the brigand in 2 neatly sliced halves. Serene dodged the other brigand's axe, then grabbed his head, and kneed it hard. The bandit reeled backwards, and Serene gave the bandit a flying kick to the stomach, making him fly backwards into a wall. Kuro then dashed at the brigand and punched him in the gut.
"Who are you? Why do you want to capture us?" Kuro asked the brigands.
"...I don't know. It was our boss's orders to capture any dragons that came into this land," answered the brigand.
"You're useless," Serene commented, as Kuro left in the way of the siblings' scent again.
Black Fang Headquarters 2:
"You failed, Beyard. You know what the punishment is," a female voice said to him.
"...I know, but please, give me another chance. I'll get those siblings, milady," begged the mercenary.
"Make sure that you do."
Kuro and Serene finally reached Kathelet, as they soon found out after asking one of its citizens. They had a hard time hiding their wings under their clothes. Kuro had to buy Serene a cloak from the money he stole from the couple so she could cover her wings. "Damn, this is so uncomfortable," commented Serene.
"There was a battle here recently..." commented Kuro, noticing the faintest hint of charred flesh. "I...someone used one of the sacred swords here; I can feel its power still resonating. He was...angry, like he wanted revenge."
"There must be a lot of enemies inside, so we should be careful. We need to spread out our units. Florina, you go with Wil, Erk, and Rath, Serra, and Dorcas. The cavaliers, Lucius, Lyn, and I, will go in another group. We'll be protecting Nils and Ninian...actually, Erk, you guys take Ninian with you. Who knows what Sain's going to do if we have her with us," Hiro instructed. "Be very careful people."
Kuro and Serene flew in the woods following the siblings' scent. Just above the treetops, no one could see them except Pegasus or wyvern knights. And luckily for them, neither one were up flying in the area that day. They sped up when Kuro found that the scent is still new, and that the siblings were nearby.
Wil, Rath, and Erk, recently discovered a new trick. Erk can enchant their arrows with fire magic, so they could now fire burning arrows in a rain of fire. Wil and Rath shot their arrows, and as the arrows were shot, those arrows split into about 8 arrows each, and when they hit, they exploded on the enemy. They easily cleared their path for them to travel.
The cavaliers were having a hard time fighting in tight spaces. Lucius had to protect them with his lightning magic to fight off any incoming fireballs and flux spells.
"Odin, Lyn, you go for the leader. We'll hold the rest back. I think he's in that room with the double doors. Nils, I want you to go with them to give them support with your music, but I want you to be very careful," Hiro instructed. Odin put Lyn and Nils on the back of his horse, and rode towards the room.
'Getting closer...much closer,' thought Kuro. 'The sword wielder...he was with Ninian?'
'What's this? A type of energy similar to my sword and Odin's...another sword?' Hiro thought as he felt the Harusame's aura. He then cleared his path, and went towards the front of the temple to meet the other group. He could somehow sense that the sword's wielder was coming for Ninian.
Kuro and Serene descended and landed in front of the black fang stronghold. "...They're here, I can smell them. But so is that other sword user...wait, there are 2 swords here," Kuro said. "I'm worried. If those swordsmen are the enemy, we wouldn't stand a chance." A figure walked out. It was a black haired swordsman with red eyes and blue battle robes, but most importantly, in his hands, was the sword of fire.
"...Are you part of the Black Fang?" Hiro asked the 2 dragons. He was surprised to see that they had wings. Kuro shook his head. "Then why are you looking for Ninian?" Hiro asked him.
Kuro was surprised. 'How did he...'
"You also wield one of the sacred swords. I can, for some reason sense your motives. However, if you came here to capture her or harm her in any way, I can't let you pass," Hiro told them.
"...We're here to rescue her and take her and her brother back to their homes," Kuro told him.
"...I see. And where would that be?" Hiro asked, interested.
"...That's nothing to talk about now. They are just wanted back there, that is all," Kuro replied.
"Then come with us. We're doing what we can to get back this ring called Ninis' Grace for the siblings," Hiro told them.
'The Ninis' Grace was stolen?' Kuro thought, as Hiro waved for the 2 to follow him.
"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Serene asked.
"Relax. I can feel that he isn't lying. The sword is telling me," replied Kuro.
"Oh, well in that case, excellent. I want to tell him he's hot and ask him for a date," Serene said.
"...Maybe we should have brought one of your girlfriends along..." commented Kuro, as he dashed into the building.
'Damn, pull yourself together, Beyard,' the mercenary thought. 'Don't let them kill you now.' Then Odin, Lyn, and Nils barged into his room. 'What luck, the boy is also here!'
Villa walked into the headquarters, and hid on a windowsill in Beyard's room to survey the fight.
Lyn jumped off Odin's sword, and ran at the mercenary. Beyard dashed towards Lyn; he was going to guard her blow and body check her, and kill her when she's stunned. However, Lyn rolled aside. Odin's horse galloped towards Beyard, and Odin has unsheathed his sword. He swung his sword with great power. Beyard tried to block it, but was thrown backwards by the sheer force of the swing. 'Damn,' the mercenary thought. 'That one's strong.'
Lyn dashed at Beyard again. Beyard did a horizontal swing, but Lyn slid through his legs as he swung. She then stood up, and gave the mercenary a jumping kick to his chest as he turned around. Beyard, however, was tough enough to take the strike, and grabbed her leg in midair. He then dropped his sword, and used his other free hand to grab Lyn's leg. Then he swung her around like a windmill, not allowing Odin to get near, then tossed the lord at the cavalier.
"Lady Lyndis!" Odin realized that the enemy tossed Lyn into him because he had his sword out, ready to stab Lyn when she crashed into him. "DAMN!" He dropped his sword, and jumped off his horse to grab Lyn. He made a perfect catch, catching the dizzy lord in his arms, bridal style, and rolled on the ground. Beyard dashed at him as he got up. He jumped away, and put Lyn on the ground. He then ran at the mercenary.
Beyard swung his sword vertically at Odin, thinking that the cavalier has gone mad to charge at him unarmed, and relaxed a bit. Odin, however, caught the blade with the palms of his hands, a trick he learned from Hiro. (Those samurai blade catching tricks) Odin held onto the blade tightly, and kicked Beyard in the gut hard, making the mercenary lose his grip on his Steel Sword.
'Oh crap,' thought Beyard. Odin then swung his newly acquired sword low at Beyard's leg. The mercenary couldn't dodge in time, and was severely wounded in the leg. He was unable to continue fighting, and he knew it. "STOP! MERCY!" he begged the cavalier. Odin stopped.
"Give us the ring back," Odin told the man. "And we'll spare you." Beyard took the ring out from his pocket, and gave it to Odin. "...Who are you people?" Odin asked the man. Beyard was about to answer, but was silenced by a dagger that went into the back of his head. "Who's there?" Odin yelled.
"Why, no one but a humble assassin," Villa said as he walked out of the shadows. Odin got into a fighting stance, he knew the assassin was there to fight. "Such a poor fellow. He forgot that failure means death. Oh well. Hmm?" Villa said, noticing that Odin is in a fighting stance. "Straight to the point, aren't we? This is amusing. You think that you would even stand a chance against me, The Devil's Talon?" Odin said nothing "You seem very determined to protect that boy. Why?" Villa asked the cavalier. "...None of your business," Odin replied. "...Or is it the beautiful maiden there you are bent on protecting? I would, if I were you, because I would love to taste the blood of young girls I killed when I lick that delicious liquid off my sword..." Villa commented. Odin raised his eyelids a bit. Villa noticed this, and said, "Bingo."
"Odin and Lyn should be done by now. Let's go check on them," Erk said, as he gathered the rest of the group. They split up to look for Lyn and Odin.
"AGH!" Odin yelled in pain, as he was stabbed in the gut. He never saw the assassin coming at him; he just disappeared and reappeared. Odin collapsed on the ground, clutching his wound, obviously in pain. "Now, come with me, boy," said Villa, as he walked towards Nils.
"We should go check up on Odin and Lyn now, they should be done by now," Hiro said, motioning for Kuro and Serene to follow him.
The group, except for Hiro, of course, didn't know where Lyn and Odin were. So they split up. Ninian limped towards the double doors with great difficulty, as the other people went searching for Lyn, Odin, and Nils.
Shortly after Ninian went in, Hiro arrived at the double doors. "Ninian...she just went inside. I can smell her," Kuro said instinctively. "...Smell?" Hiro looked at him, puzzled.
"Um...yeah. Um...woops," Serene said, while thinking up of an excuse, her wings spread out. She always did that when she was thinking up something.
"...Cool," Hiro said, "...I'd like you people to tell me who the hell you are after we're done with this."
Kuro sighed, 'Busted,' he thought. At least he wouldn't have to explain now.
The sight shocked the newcomers. Ninian was clutching Nils, horrified at the sight of the injured Odin. Lyn was still out cold. Villa slowly walked towards them, a wicked smile on his face. "Don't you dare move!" Kuro yelled at the assassin. Villa turned towards him. Hiro recognized the assassin's face.
"...You again," Hiro said coldly.
"...Hiro, wasn't it? I see that the one we assigned to kill you hasn't found you yet," Villa commented, then walked towards the siblings again.
"Don't you dare touch Ninian!" Kuro yelled, and the siblings looked at him. They have never seen the Lord before, but from his voice, they knew it was Kuro.
"...Kuro?" Ninian meekly said, blushing a bit.
"Ah, yes, the girl," Villa said. "No, I won't harm her, but only take her." Serene took this time to get Odin to drink up a vulnerary.
"Don't move an inch!" Kuro commanded.
"...Or what?" Villa asked him coldly. Hiro put his arm out in front of Kuro to hold the lord back.
"No. You get Ninian, Nils, and Lyn out of here. He's mine," Hiro told him. Kuro resisted the urge to just go attack the assassin, but he knew better, after seeing the big cavalier wounded so badly and that the enemy hasn't even been hurt. He went towards Ninian. He carried her in his arms, and beckoned for Nils to follow him.
"Good luck, Hiro."
"Are you all right, Ninian?" Kuro asked her.
"...Yes, thank you," Ninian replied. "Why did you come?"
"We thought you two were in danger after being gone for so long, so Serene and I decided to look for you," Kuro explained. "I hope everything's okay."
"...Now that they're gone, I want to learn about this other assassin," Hiro said to Villa. "Ah yes, I thought you might be interested," replied Villa. "Beautiful girl. Part Sacaean, part- something from another continent, I believe. A myrmidon just like yourself, but she also seems to be a pretty good fencer. Long, jet black hair, pretty and innocent face, and purple eyes. Good sense of fashion too, I might add."
"...Why me, of all people? I'm just a lowly tactician," Hiro asked.
"...Boss's orders. Can't really go against them, or we get killed. But this girl, your assassin. She seemed really determined not to fight you. Well, since I'm the one who's going to kill you now, I might as well tell you who she is. She was sold to the Black Fang by her father when she was just a baby, along with her brother, who escaped a few years later. We had the perfect plan set up for this girl... her mission was to take over the throne of the Chijan empire, and then we could use its powerful magicians and swordsmen to our might."
"Chijan? ..." Hiro asked.
"You look Sacaean, but there' no doubt that you're originally Chijan; bracelet screams out Chijan warrior. Anyways, her name is Karla. We gave the girl eye lenses to change her eye color to blue. We told her of the plan, we sent her to live with a Lord Yamato of Castle Nagasaki, leader of the Chijan alliance," Villa explained.
Hiro raised his eyebrows.
"And all she had to do was play the part of a little princess until her adoptive father died. We were grateful that Lord Yamato died in a bandit raid, but that hired army from Bern had to get in our way. Power hungry Chijan nobles bought their services. So, the girl, unable to continue her mission, set out to Elibe to get help, and find her adoptive brother. This adoptive brother was a young green haired wyvern rider, I believe. And the girl's alias while she was there was...hmmm...it escapes me at the moment..."
"...Mitsuna..." Hiro muttered.
"Ah, yes, that's it! I'm amazed that you knew! Oh...wait, she also learned some strategizing skills at the tacticians' guild. You must have met her there. Only in her fake identity, though," Villa thought out loud.
"...No.. She would never do that. The Mitsuna I know would never work with the likes of you..." Hiro said in disbelief. "I don't believe it."
"Well, believe it, boy. She has to work to pay off the debt her father has to us," Villa said.
"...Even if she was, she would never kill me..." Hiro said.
"...That little problem has been fixed by something we would like to call mind control," Villa grinned. "You know, I wondered why she was so bent on not killing you, or even fighting you! You would be an easy kill, as you would be for me! So then after some thought, I figured out that you two are lovers, am I right?"
"...Damn...DAMN IT! This is all a lie! You're...just lying to me!" Hiro shook his head.
"Heh. You look pathetic. Looks like you two are lovers. Well, this just makes it even more interesting. Looks like I'll spare you for today, and let her kill you instead," Villa said, as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"...No... It can't be true...can it?" Hiro asked himself, kneeling on the ground. Kuro walked in to check on the myrmidon, to see him kneeling, in shock.
"...You okay?" asked the lord.
"...No...I'll be out there in a moment," Hiro replied.
"So that's your story, huh," Kuro commented. Hiro told him and the other dragons about his past, Mitsuna's side of the story, and what Villa said.
"I...I don't think it's true. It can't be true," Hiro said.
"But it probably is. What that assassin said fit perfectly with your girlfriend's story," Kuro replied.
"..."
"Heh, damn. Looks like he's taken," Serene said to Ninian as they walked away from the campfire. The girls then moved to Lyn's, Serra's and Florina's fire, and gossiped.
"I'm okay now. I just need some sleep," Hiro commented, and went to his tent. 'It can't be true...' he thought as he fell asleep.
"So he's your tactician? I must say, he's good, if what you tell me is true. Heh. However, I didn't think he would be one to give you advice on girls, in the state that he's in now," Kuro commented.
"I know. He's taking this really badly," Erk replied.
Karla was fiddling the Hero Crest and Ocean Seal the old man gave him. Apparently, he was a collector of these things and he wanted her to have these. Now, Karla only needed money to survive. She decided she'll travel around the continent's arenas, hoping that she won't run into Hiro.
"...Mark?" Hilda knocked on the shaman's room's door. Mark got out of bed groggily.
"...Oh man, don't you know what time it is?" he grumbled.
"...Please, open the door. It's Hilda."
"All right."
Mark opened the door, and then Hilda immediately ran inside and closed the door. When Mark was going to ask her what was going on, Hilda put her finger on his lips. "Hush, or they might hear you. I overheard the guards today. They said that they were going to attempt another rape today. It seems that the castle guards are part of a bandit group that's here to rape women. This is really bad; the marquess and his son are out on errands and we can't call on them for help," she explained.
"...What do you want me to do?" Mark asked her.
Kyo left again for Pherae after packing up to catch up to Fiaa. He's now already near Pherae. On the way, however, he saw a group of brigands in the forest, heading towards the castle. 'That's not good...but why? Oh, wait, the marquess and his son aren't in today,' he thought, hurrying towards the castle. 'I can probably warn the castle of these brigands.'
Fiaa arrived a few days ago to find that Kyo already left. She decided to stay to do some shopping. When she went back to her room she rented at the castle, she saw something move in the forest. '...Torches? Who could that be?...Bandits?' she thought, noticing that all of the people moving with torches were carrying weapons and large empty sacks. She headed towards the stables.
"...Hey, isn't that Mitsuna's brother?" Hilda asked Mark, as Kyo arrived at the castle gates. Mark was going to attack the disguised bandits before their whole gang arrives.
"Oh, crap," Mark said.
Fiaa notices that a wyvern has just landed at the front gate. '...Kyo? Did he come for me?'
"Guards!" Kyo called towards the guards. 'Damn! Our buddies will arrive soon!' thought one of the disguised bandits. "There are bandits headed this way! You might want to set up the castles' defenses."
The bandits took up their lances and attacked Kyo. "Hey!" Kyo tugged Noah's reins to fly. 'So these 4 are working with the bandits,' he thought. 'Damn it.'
"Let's help him," said Mark, coming out of the shadows. "FLUX!" he yelled, summoning a black ball of energy in front of one of the bandits, and exploding it.
"Looks like I'm not alone in this fight," Kyo said to himself, diving at another bandit, slicing him in half with the Ragnarok.
Fiaa dived down at another bandit at lightning speed, and impaled her Iron Lance on his chest. Mark blasted the last bandit with another flux.
"Fiaa!" Kyo called to the peg knight as he jumped off Noah to greet her. Fiaa jumped off Brilliante and glomped him.
"ACK! BONES!" Kyo yelled in pain, being hugged so fiercely by the Pegasus knight.
"I was so worried about you! Why didn't you tell me you were going?" Fiaa asked him.
"I didn't think I would take so long. Sorry if I worried you. I came back to see if you were all right," Kyo explained.
"...Thanks," Fiaa replied.
"...Could you let go now? My bones are hurting," Kyo pleaded.
Fiaa blushed a deep red. "...Right...um, sorry," she apologized.
"Kyoshiro Yamato?" Hilda asked the wyvern rider as she and Mark walked up to Kyo and Fiaa.
"...That's me," he replied. "How do you know me?"
"Mitsuna told us about you. Thank you for your aid in helping us get rid of these bandits," Hilda thanked the 2 flyers.
"No problem, but there are more bandits coming this way," Kyo warned them.
"...I'll stay here and help," Fiaa offered.
"If you're staying, so am I," Kyo told her. "I'm not returning to Ostia empty-handed."
"...What the? There's nobody outside? Could they have forgotten?" one of the bandits asked his leader.
"Impossible. They're probably just asleep inside. At least they left the door open for us. We'll just wake them up and start after that," said the leader.
The leader went through the gate himself. He looked around, and saw nothing. He was about to walk out when his head was sliced off by the Ragnarok.
"...Boss is taking too long. I think they got him. We should go inside and help," suggested a bandit, and they all went inside.
"Funny, nobody here. Not boss or any of those scouts," commented one of the bandits.
"What's that?" a bandit asked, seeing a gleam of green light from the ceiling. Then a whole group of bandits were sliced in half at the hips by a giant green gale.
"What the! What sorcery is this?" one of the bandits yelled in fear. He went into a dark corner, hoping that no one would notice him. He failed to see the shaman to his left, who cast a Nosferatu and sucked the life out of the bandit.
The bandits were spread out by Kyo's attacked. One went into a dark corner, and Fiaa jumped off Brilliante, straddling the bandit's face, and sat on it, until the bandit suffocated. Hilda whacked a bandit hard on the back of the head with her staff, then impaled him with his own dagger. Mark silently sniped the bandits with Nosferatus. Then, only 2 brigands and 2 archers were left. They regrouped in the middle of the hallway, very scared.
Fiaa came out of the shadows and tossed a javelin, killing one of the archers. Mark drained another brigand's life, and Kyo sliced through the other brigand. However, the other archer saw Hilda and shot at her, and she was shot in the leg, and she had to retreat.
"Hilda!" Mark ran towards her.
'Okay, only 2 fliers left, this shouldn't be too hard,' thought the archer. He took out an arrow, and aimed for Fiaa. Brilliante saw the arrow, and panicked, making Fiaa lose control and fall off.
"Fiaa!" Kyo yelled, as he saw Fiaa fall off Brilliante thirty feet in the air, close to the hall's ceiling. Fiaa could survive the fall, she and Kyo knew, but she didn't know that the archer was aiming at her, not Brilliante. Then Kyo saw the archer shoot the arrow at Fiaa. "NO!"
Time slows down significantly. The arrow is moving at snail's pace. '...what's going on?' thought Kyo. He noticed that only he and Noah were moving normally. Then he saw that the Ragnarok was glowing. 'This must be one of its abilities,' he thought. Knowing what he needed to do, he guided Noah towards the arrow, and grabbed it. Then time went back to normal. He then spun Noah around to dive towards Fiaa. He dropped the arrow and caught Fiaa as she fell.
'...WHAT!' the archer thought. He just saw the wyvern rider grab his arrow from about 20 meters away, at lightning speed, and grab the Pegasus knight. "Grr..." he growled, frustrated. He prepared to shoot another arrow, but was blasted by a flux spell.
"Thank you for your assistance. You'll both stay here for the night?" one of the maids asked Kyo and Fiaa, and both nodded. The maid went to prepare their rooms.
"...I'm sorry, I must apologize for this. Apparently, the only bedroom left was the one Miss Fiaa was about to leave today, and it has only one bed. I'm afraid you two will have to both sleep there," the maid apologized.
Kyo and Fiaa gaped. 'I get to sleep with Fiaa! AWESOME! But I can't look like I want to do it, or she'll kill me,' thought Kyo, as he continued his fake gape, trying to keep it from going into a smile. Fiaa was red as a tomato.
They walked towards Fiaa's room. "...I'll sleep on the ground if you want," Kyo offered as they entered the room.
"Um...I don't think you should...There's no extra mattresses..." Fiaa replied still blushing.
"You know, you sound like you actually want to sleep with me," Kyo commented, smiling a bit. 'At least she didn't agree to the offer; this is a good sign,' he thought, noticing that Fiaa blushed a deeper red. He could feel the heat of embarrassment rising out of her face.
Kyo took off his armor and stripped down into his underpants, too tired to think if Fiaa will care or not if she saw him like this, and went under the covers on the side closest to the wall. He failed to notice that Fiaa's face became redder. "Um...can you turn around?" Fiaa asked Kyo, trying not to look at his abs.
"...Huh? Oh, okay," Kyo turned around, realizing what Fiaa wants to do. She stripped down to her bra and panties, and got under the covers on Kyo's left side.
"Good night," Kyo said while yawning, and immediately went to sleep. Fiaa replied with a meek good night, and looked at the sleeping wyvern knight beside her. 'He sleeps so soundly, the trip to Ostia and back right away must be exhausting. And he had to fight bandits, too,' she thought. 'He came back for me...'
Kyo was actually only half asleep. He's having a hard time keeping his libido under control with the beautiful girl sleeping right beside him. He couldn't really sleep, so he turned around to look at her. As he finished turning around, his left hand accidentally rested between Fiaa's thighs and his other hand on one of her breasts. Being half awake, he didn't notice this at first, until he felt it. '...Soft,' he thought. 'Wait...soft?' he asked himself, squeezing with both hands.
"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LOCK ME OUTSIDE THE ROOM YOU, KNOW! THE FLOOR WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH! AND HOW ABOUT GIVING ME MY CLOTHES, IT'S COLD OUT HERE! FIAA! Fiaa! ...Fiaa?"
Hilda was out in the hallway, looking outside a window, when she saw Mark, who asked her to take a walk with him. She agreed. They saw Kyo, in his boxers, get thrown out of his room. "...Let's go this way," Mark said, sweatdropping, and guided Hilda into a dark hallway.
"You wanted to talk to me about something earlier?" Mark asked the priestess.
"...Oh yes. I wanted to do this," Hilda grabbed his head and kissed him deeply.
"...Wow," Mark said, "...I'm speechless."
"I know," Hilda replied, and embraced him tightly, and Mark embraced her back, and they kissed, and didn't move from that position until the sun rose again.
End Lyn's Tale Chapter 7 Gaiden.
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