Chapter 15
I do not own Destiny 1 or 2, I do not own Rising of the Shield Hero
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To L and Guest; the fate of Malty has already been decided ever since Rino joined the party, I have thought about the most humiliating punishment to put her through that won't cross the line. I have to say it will be quite ironic her fate and though some people think it might not be that bad to her it will be a living hell.
And L as always I love hearing your feedback
I have also been doing a poll on what story I should do next, so far the winner is Harry Potter. So in a week I will take away the Harry Potter choice and start writing a story where Harry was adopted by a warlock (Callum) and a human female Titan.
Story Start
"I wonder what she wants?" asked Raph
"I think I can hazard a guess." I state dryly
We patiently wait for Melty to come over to us.
"Sir Shield Hero...I'd like you to return to the"
"No!" I interrupted quickly
"I want you to appol..." before being interrupted once again
"No."
Physically trying to keep calm Melty takes a deep breath and tries again
"We need your help to stop the waves. Also, you would be lost without the financial support of the king!"
At this Ar'na and I look at each other...and burst out laughing
"What is so funny!" demanded Melty
Laughing Ar'na manages to say "We have been using our own money that we earned as travelling merchants to buy anything that we need. We have only gotten a total of 800 silver from your father! After the second wave, the minimum that the other heroes got was 2800 silver...but I guess because he is the king we should be sooooo thankful."
"Besides after the shit the rest of your family has pulled I'm not interested in working with your sister or your father. At the moment we are on our way to the outside of this kingdom in order to see what has been happening and also to see what kind of person your mother is...and trust me if she is anything like your father it will not end well."
Shaking Melty continues "Why do both you and my father have to be like this! A hero and king can't be fighting like this! No absolutely not!" exclaims Melty shaking her head
"Mel chan." said Filo softly
"You agree don't you Filo!"
"Umm."
"See Filo agrees with me!" exclaims Melty
"She really isn't." I dryly reply
"Just go apologize to father! Otherwise, Mother will yell at him!"
"And I'm supposed to care why?" not really giving a damn
At this point, I notice that all the guards are all bunched up and are looking our way in an extremely creepy way, one of which was holding a glass orb. Soon though one of the guards started to run towards us drawing his sword as he went.
"Hey listen to me when I'm talking to you! What are you..." cried Melty as I brought her close to block the sword swing from the soldier before I turned my shield into a chakram shield to slice open his neck.
"Ar'na take out the orb and kill everyone!" I ordered
Ar'na quickly opened fire along with Raph while I darted in and started ripping through the soldiers, soon enough only one badly wounded soldier was left alive.
"You're going to tell me what this is all about!" I said looming over the dying soldier
"I refuse to tell the devil of the shield anything!" spat the soldier "You will pay of upsetting the natural order!"
Wiping the spit off my face "I'm sorry but you seem to think your compliance is needed." placing my hand on his head I proceeded to rip through his thoughts dragging everything of importance to the foreground and I saw everything. The greed and ambition of the three heroes church and the lengths that Malty would go to in order to sit on the throne instead of her younger sister. When I had finally seen everything I needed I stepped away from the now brain dead man
'So that's what the plan was...Malty you are such a bitch.'
"How...how could you kill them?!" demanded Melty
"They tried killing a 10-year-old girl in front of me, they signed their own death warrants."
At this point Raph runs off the path with a hand over her mouth.
"Ar'na get everything packed up we need to go now, these men were working for Malty to kill her sister and frame us for it."
Walking over to where I saw Raph run off to I catch up to her just in time to see her throw up
"I-Im a monster, I'm a monster." whimpered Raph
"You not a monster, those soldiers were going to kill a 10-year-old girl with no regret whatsoever. A monster cares only about themselves and doesn't care how much they hurt others. Malty is a monster, those men where monsters...Raphtalia you are in no way a monster." I said firmly as I put my hand on her shoulder "Now I'm sorry but we need to head out now." I said as I lead Raph gently to the carriage where everyone else was waiting and got in the driving seat
"What do you think we are doing!"
"Getting out of this kingdom."
"You can't do that, I need you to go back to the capital!" ordered Melty
"Your sister is workings with the Three Heroes Church to kill you and frame me for it." I said dryly
"What but my father." before once again being interrupted
"To be extremely blunt, if I ever see your father again and he tries to yet again pull some shit...I'm going to kill him!"
"...what?!"
"Listen, you can either come with us as we go to see the Queen so I can keep you safe or you can try to go see your father and probably get killed by your sister in the attempt...up to you."
A Few Days Later
"So what did you? How bad was it?" I asked Raph and Ar'na who had just come back from scouting the nearby village
"There are soldiers going everywhere trying to spread the rumour that we kidnapped the princess and killed multiple soldiers...which we did do." Said Ar'na
"But the good news is that the soldiers have not been able to give any proof when it is asked for...it seems news of our deeds have been spreading over the past few months which means that more than enough people are on our side to help us get past border towns. A group of hunters even gave us I map of an unused hunting trail that will keep us off the travelled roads."
"That's good news, we will follow that path to get out of here."
"Why can't you just work together with father!" shouted Melty
"Mel chan." whispered Filo
"Because working together requires trust and/or respect. And I know that if given a chance your father will literally stab me in the back and after all the pain your father has caused the people of this world I have no respect for him."
"You don't understand, this is no time to be fighting!"
"You don't understand that I don't need the help of your father or the three idiots to save this world, I have all the help I need in this party. But listen I've heard good things about your mother so I might be willing to work with her...as long as I get to see what the situation outside this kingdom is like."
"Very well I will accompany you until you meet with mother."
The next few days we travelled up the unused hunting trail with Ar'na trailing behind us erasing all evidence of our passage, eventually, we make our way to a small farming village.
"Any idea on where we are? The map the hunters gave us ended a while ago." I ask
"Hmmm...oh I know where we are! A friendly noble runs this domain, he should be able to give us some aid he was the son of previous Lord of Seyaette. who pushed for equality between human and demi. However when he died every noble that followed was sent to remote locations of the kingdom." said Melty
"And the king's mercy knows no bounds." I say sarcastically before noticing Raph fallen face
"What's wrong Raph?"
"The village I'm from was in the domain of Seyaette." said Raph sadly as she went on to tell what happened during the wave and...what happened afterwards. About how after their village was attacked by Melromarc soldiers.
"Another example of how corrupted and disgusting the soldiers of this kingdom are." I said angrily
"I'm sorry that such an awful thing happened to you." said Melty sadly "Raphtalia, please tell me all about those men that you can remember. I will make sure that they will be punished!"
"It's not your fault, the only people that can be blamed are the soldiers and the ones who support such actions."
"Still the royalties should have done something."
"Then do something, you are the next queen and you have the power to make changes. So start making a difference and help people like Raph have a better future." said Ar'na
"So where is this noble anyway?" I ask
"Does he wear circular glasses and a white and purple robes? If so he's behind us." Spoke up Ar'na
Turning around in shock we see she a sheepish looking noble.
"Sorry I wanted to surprise you."
"It has been too long Reichnott." Said Melty happily
"Welcome Melty-sama and I'm pleased to meet the rest of you, my name is Van Reichnott lord of this domain." said Reichnott
"Nice to meet you, and as a side note I wouldn't sneak up on us again...it could lead to an unfortunate accident." I warned
"I meant no offence, how about we take this conversation to my mansion?" asked Reichnott
After reaching his modest but very nice looking mansion we proceeded to tell Reichnott all about our story and what we have been through
"So your trying to leave the kingdom and wound up in my domain. Shield Hero, I was told by some knights that you kidnapped the second princess but from what I've heard that isn't true."
"Of course it isn't, some soldiers attacked us after we left the capital and tried to kill Melty as she was talking to us...it seems that her sister realllly wants to sit on the throne and the three heroes church is helping her out."
"Indeed, either way I was patrolling the surrounding area for concern for princess Melty."
"Patrolling were you? So you do have some fighting experience?" asked Ar'na
"Who me? But I am just a simple lord living a privileged life." said a smiling Reichnott as some maids came in carrying food "By the way you must be tired and hungry from your journey so please make yourselves at home."
And with that we enjoyed a hearty meal with plenty of chat and went to bed in some soft mattress in different rooms
The next morning
"Raph had a bad dream last night." Said Ar'na
"Any idea what it was about?" I asked as I look out the window
"I've some ideas that it's about what happened after she was taken from her village."
"Hmmm...well get every up and ready we have some unwanted company."
I always found it odd that when Naofumi found he copy shields out he didn't immediately go and find a shield that can be used a weapon or at least have a sharpened edge or large spike on it.
