The Replicas And Cute Moments
Sharena, as the lab assistant she was, passed to Kiran any tool he asked her for and raised the blueprints Kiran himself had drawn using his limited knowledge about technical drawing. The young scientist used a saw to give form to some pieces of wood. Lilina was again using her fire magic powers to create more lenses. The difference this time was the fact they were building a counterpart of the telescope, the microscope.
Kiran only spoke when it was completely necessary. Even though he knew what he was creating would be a primitive version just like his other replica, he still felt he had to do a job good enough that would have made proud Anton Van Leeuwenhoek. The problem was the fact that making a microscope is even more complicated and he didn't have previous experience. The arm and base weren't too much problem but the eyepiece and objective lenses were a completely different story.
Due to the limitation of his knowledge about this specific area of the optic. the magnification would only be from 20x to 300x in the best case. Enough for scaling up some bacteria which was what he wanted to do but ridiculous compared to a more modern model. As expected, his first attempts were a fail. All the lenses suffer severe optical aberrations. Either the image was defocused or the colors had different focal lengths. Kiran facepalmed at least three times when he noticed he had made a mistake when he calculated the result of the numerical aperture.
Once he fixed that, he found another dilemma. Would he prefer more resolution or more magnification? His amateur lenses didn't allow him to have both things in good proportions... in the end, he chose the magnification. Maybe in the future, a better optician will fix the fails in his design.
The process was more tedious, slow, and boring but after what perhaps were four hours. Kiran could claim he had got it.
Feeling a massive headache after investing too much mental effort at something that someone else who actually had gone to university probably would have ended it in less than thirty minutes. Kiran sighed in relief after watching some bacteria on a water sample.
"Okay, that's it." he took a cup and drank what he loved so much, coffee.
Lilina and Sharena, who already were almost sleeping, blinked. "Already?" asked Sharena.
Kiran made a confirmation noise, stood up, and walked a little. "I'm not an expert, but I guess that's the best a miserable amateur like me can do... it works for its purpose... take a look if you want" he yawned and drank more.
Both girls took turns watching the sample. It was hard for them to believe those weird tiny things were life forms. Were they like diminutive plants?
"Can they sick us?" asked Lilina, looking at Kiran.
"I'm not sure about these ones. Bacteria and other diminutive life things are everywhere. In our bodies, we have at least 48 billion of them. We should thank that nobody has brought a dangerous one from their world... especially me considering that for you I am an alien." scientists usually feared the existence of alien microorganisms inside meteors that impacted the planet... who knew what could they do? sure, the biochemical barriers may be a decisive factor in determining whether they could become threats or not... but for extra precaution, it was better to do as if they always represented a possible future pandemic.
Lilina scratched her hair. "I still have problems understanding that concept"
Sharena smiled and said. "Well, we deserve a break, come on! let's have fun!"
"That's a good idea," commented Kiran.
He really needed to rest.
The Next Day
While Raigh had an uncomfortable facial expression, Lugh smiled as if he was a little child again.
They were at the dining room of the castle used by the order of heroes. Somehow they were obligated to be there.
A cute voice was heard by both twins. "I hope you'll like it" Nino brought a cake she herself had cooked... well, with the help of Lilina and Florina.
She placed it on the table. Her angelical expectant look that touched the heart was giving problems to Raigh to keep his indifferent face.
Lugh took a slice and bit it. The boy nodded slowly closing his eyes. It tasted good. "Thanks, mommy."
Raigh tried to look away, only to feel pain on his shoulder as Lugh poked him. His twin was mad. He ordered him with his head to look at Nino. He noticed the sadness that emanated from his 14 years old mother. He sighed in frustration, taking his own slice. He kept his eyes closed while eating... but he was unable to show he was angry or anything. "Thanks..." that was the only thing he said.
He opened his eyes when he felt Nino hugged them again... Lugh hugged her back happily. Raigh didn't want to until his brother poked him once more.
After Nino left. Lilina and Florina had had their own learning to cook moment. Curious was the fact this Florina didn't know how to cook at that moment of her life. Causing a funny situation when the student was now the teacher and Lilina was too happy to "give back" the knowledge to her mother.
But there was a thing Lilina wanted... to ride a pegasus.
They went to the barn where those special animals lived. Florina patted his partner with much love. "I'm happy he came here with me... who knows what could have happened to Huey if I lost him."
Lilina smiled, offering an apple to Huey. The animal stared at her for three seconds until it accepted the present. It also didn't show any sign of angry or being uncomfortable when Lilina caressed its wings or head.
"It seems he likes you." smiled Florina, then she felt the needing to ask something "What happened to my Huey once I... well... you know." asked Florina.
Lilina gave a more sad face and answered. "He remained at the castle barn, papa ensured he always had food."
"Hector..." Florina closed her eyes, smiling.
A few times later Lilina was riding the pegasus while Florina explained to her what she needed to do.
Ephraim always had enjoyed training. He wished he could live more than an average human so he could become into a master of both governing and fighting. But what was happening made him understand that even if he had defeated the demon king, there were stronger heroes in the other worlds.
He had been trying to block the attacks of a certain blue princess but all his attempts were useless. That sword hit him again, and again, and again, and again! she was too fast...
He never expected to suffer such a beating... and from a woman wielder of a sword! Even though Eirika was as strong as him, she never had left him on the ground as if he was just a novice.
Or perhaps he just lost because he had lost some power after coming to Askr? He wasn't sure about the answer to that question... but he was sure about something.
Lucina extended her hand to the king. "Sorry, I didn't pretend to be so... aggressive."
He just knew the voice of the Ylissean princess was now similar to an angelical singing and she seemed to be like five times... no! twenty times prettier...
"Do-don't worry!" responded the king, accepting the help to stand up. Instead of his usual serious face, he was smiling stupidly like a teenager. He began to wonder if that's how Lyon felt about Eirika.
Lucina gave a confused look. "Um, prince Ephraim?"
Ephrain noticed he had been looking at her for like twenty seconds without saying anything. "Oh! sorry! sorry! em... Lucina... I was wondering if you... if you..." why he was having too much trouble to speak? he had defeated a powerful beast and countless monsters! this was nothing compared to that!
The princess now was scratching her hair. "Yes?"
Coughing, giving a more determined face, and taking the hand of the beautiful blue princess. Ephraim asked. "Would you like to have a dinner with me?"
Lucina wasn't as naive as she was when she arrived to the past. She understood perfectly what the meaning of that question was. However... she wasn't ready. Her heart still hurt due to what happened to Robin a year ago from her perspective. It also was naive to believe she even had a possibility to be by his side but... she didn't feel good to go on a date with Ephraim.
She explained everything to the king of Renais. He didn't get mad at all. After all, that didn't mean he didn't have any possibility... he only needed to be patient.
Kiran walked to where the best blacksmith of the capital was. Due to the fact he had spent almost a month in the world of Binding what he had asked for must be created already.
"You're gonna pay it, right?" asked Anna, who was walking by his side. Kiran growled. "Yes Anna, yes... I've already paid him the half of what we accorded... damn." he shook his head as he facepalmed.
The more time he spent with Anna, the more he hated her...
Once they were in the sword store of the blacksmith and the man gave the weapon to Kiran. Anna could see he showed the biggest smile she ever saw from him.
Kiran didn't waste time, he held the sword. Kiran felt euphoria! It was identical! Of course, if many people from his world were able to make a copy with wood for a cosplay, nothing could stop to a real blacksmith from making a real one!
Well, totally identical would be exaggerating, the weapon had some modifications to make it slightly more light.
The sheath had all those details he had drawn on that page as an example of what he wanted, he really thanked those were simple designs... it was blue with those metal sections of golden color. In the center, the magnificent Triforce.
He unsheathed the sword happily. The blade was a very good copy of the original: a double-edged longsword with no fuller and a blue hilt that looked like folded wings. The crossguard was noticeably large and elaborated in relation to its pommel and had embedded a yellow gemstone. Just like the sheath, the sword had the Triforce engraved on the base of the blade.
He slashed three times and then raised the weapon skyward, admiring it for some seconds. This made laugh to Anna and the blacksmith.
"It's an art piece... you really have earned the gold... thanks sir," said Kiran with a voice tone so relaxed that was enough to explain how he was feeling. placing the bag with the rest of the money on the counter he sheathed the weapon and left the place... nothing could make him stop smiling.
"You really like it, don't you?" asked Anna, feeling curiosity.
Kiran sighed in pleasure and responded. "You have no idea..." he unsheathed the weapon again and looked at it as if he was in love. "Countless persons from where I come from usually dream everyday about having one of this in their hands."
"But I thought in your world they don't fight with this kind of weapons anymore." Anna crossed her arms, inclined her head and raised her eyebrow.
"That does not mean we don't like swords, especially this one." Kiran then imitated a cat that was rubbing itself on a person.
"What... what makes it so special?" Anna had never seen Kiran so... happy about a single object...
Kiran's eyes narrowed as he looked at the weapon with respect. "This is a replica of the Master Sword, a legendary weapon that belongs to one of the most famous fantasy heroes. We don't have magic in our world but in books and all that kind of stuff it is a good topic to write about."
"Oh! I see... it has magic powers? the original one I mean."
"Yeah." He frowned. "Well, something happened with the description of its power when it was translated into other languages like Spanish or English. While in the rest of the world it is the blade of evil's bane used against the king of evil... in Japanese, it's the sword with the anti-demons power used against the demon king... the original one is better if you ask me about it... it sounds more epic and less childish." he sheathed the thing again.
"Fascinating." said Anna rubbing her chin.
Did you want more interactions between the heroes? there they are.
Some of the best battles from the voting gauntlet will have a representation in the story. In this case, the final of the very first one. Lucina vs Ephraim... well, in this case, I only wrote what happened after the battle (and more than a battle it was a sparing time... but the next ones will be better).
And yeah, the power to repel evil of the Master Sword is a translation error. Its real power is the power to destroy demons.
I kinda feel worried about JP I'm Italian... I don't know if he has reviewed this again since July 27 2018...
Time to answer reviews.
Half-BeastDragonSoul2013:
Actually, if Eliwood married Fiora and Hector married Farina or Florina, Lilina would be Roy's first cousin.
Guest:
Hahahaha! I know right.
Is there a grammar error there?
