*Chapter 12: Dark Reunion
"Alright, is everything ready?" Takumi asked his comrades as they have all gathered in Lilith's Temple, the time has finally come to commence their assault and capture King Garon of Nohr.
"You know it, Milord, I am so up for this." Hinata said with a huge optimism while wielding a sword neither of Hoshidan or Nohrian design.
"Is that one of Nestra's weapons?" Takumi asked.
"Yep, I always wanted to wield a Rapier, kind of like those OP Brave Swords Nohr has, and this baby here is design to penetrate armor and beat up Cavaliers." Hinata explained. "I asked Lilith to make me one using this place's power."
"But isn't that thing design to pierce and not slash?" Hana questioned.
"Yep, hence why I'll be bringing the ever so beloved Venge Katana along for the ride while I wait for the golden opportunity to use the Rapier." Hinata smiled. "What about you Milord, is the new yumi to your liking?"
"Skadi's… complicated but I can handle the wild ones, the question is if my targets can take a hit or three hundred." Takumi said confidently in his substitute as his true weapon is still recharging.
"There's no going back once we do this so I hope you're all completely up for this." Hinoka said, refusing to go along with anyone who's not entirely up for this.
"Yes, I-I promise to do my best." Sakura said very determine and as usual, refusing to be left behind and is keeping a tough front.
"I'm up for cracking open Nohrian skulls but I'm not sure how I feel about Robin's plan." Rinkah said, expressing doubts.
"Speak for yourself, I think it's solid." Kagero countered.
"Well, of course, you Ninjas would approve."
"It's not about personal preference but more about staying clear and we are almost certain that we're going to fight directly either way." Kaze said.
"Well, either way, it just might work as long as there are no shocking appearances." Subaki said.
"And pray tell, what do you mean by shocking appearances, we're already expecting to face the entire Unholy Family and a horde of their strongest soldiers and Grimm for Sephiroth's Sake?" Hana questioned.
"I don't know, I just can't shake the feeling that we've forgotten a key subject other than Garon that could potentially jeopardize this whole thing." Subaki noted.
"Let me guess, you're referring to me." Corrin said as she arrives at the temple along with Robin.
"Oh… Lady Corrin, no, no, perish such thoughts, I'm just expressing my concerns is all." Subaki dismissed.
"Why do I get the feeling that you're not here to see us off and wish us luck." Takumi guessed.
"Well, you would guess right because I made up my mind and I'm coming along for this." Corrin declared, getting mix reactions from the group.
"Corrin, are you sure?" Hinoka asked with much concern.
"I'm sure. I'm going to face him sooner or later and I rather it be sooner, and… I have to be the one to bring him in for his crimes." Corrin said stoically.
"You're not going to flip out and break upon seeing him or his kids?" Takumi questioned skeptically.
"Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but what I know for sure is that I don't want any of you to die any more than I want to do this and a lot of blood is going to be spilled tonight so why avoid the problem by looking away." Corrin said, continuing to be stoic and gave Robin a quick and brief glance before returning to her stepsiblings. "Besides, I'm the strongest one among us at the moment so why cut yourselves short."
"Be that as it may, Milady, not one of us can afford to hold anything back, nor allow ourselves to be hindered in any way." Kaze warned, wanting to make sure she fully understands what she's doing.
"I know but regardless I'm still going." Corrin said adamantly.
"Be ready then, because it's time." Azura replied.
"You sure this is a good idea, Bossman?" Hinata asked Robin.
"I gave it my best shot, same as Hinoka and Sakura but it doesn't seem like we made much progress. Her stubbornness is as big as a mountain." Robin said.
"Well, that settles that, she's definitely the Queen's daughter. You know how many arguments she's had ever since she became our ruler and how many she's won?" Hinata jokingly asked.
"No, but all of them." Robin guessed.
"Bingo."
"Fine, let's just get this over with already." Takumi sighed.
"Not so fast, we have one final manner to take care of." Robin said, and that last detail to take care of is Mozu, who they definitely cannot bring along for this as it is just too dangerous to bring her, though if Corrin is coming and so is Lilith, then they have to leave her in the Astral Plane alone and that doesn't sit right with a lot of them but they don't have much of a choice since it's all hands on deck now.
"Sorry to leave you here Mozu but this is important." Corrin apologized to the young girl.
"It's okay, I understand, I know you guys have more important things to concern yourselves than with me." Mozu said being very cooperative.
"Hey now, don't make it sound like you're a minority or an inconvenience. Saizo and Takumi aside, everyone is equal in my eyes." Corrin smiled at her.
"I appreciate that, Milady. So how long would you be gone?" Mozu asked.
"That's really hard to say if we are fortunate, an hour in our time because this whole thing is going to happen so fast so… two days maybe." Corrin can only guess. "Robin?"
"Only if we're lucky, though knowing your darker family nothing ever last long so Mozu will surely only have to wait two days for us." Robin concluded. "Which, shouldn't be so bad, there's plenty of food for a month in here so you should be fine and safe until we get back and while it will be lonely here all by yourself there will be no one around to hurt you."
"Don't worry about little old me, I'm used to being home alone whenever my parents would leave the village for a whole lot of things for two or three days, I'll be fine." Mozu said assuring the two main grownups taking it upon themselves to watch over the little villager the most out of everyone.
"Alright, see you later then." Corrin said, before giving her a bye hug and the two depart to meet what hopefully will and must be their final battle.
"No going back now." Robin sighed, a little dramatically. "To pissing off a demonic warrior king and creating conflict in neutral territory."
"I laugh at your sense of humor and attempts to make me smile if I wasn't so depressed and riled up at the same time." Corrin muttered.
"I keep telling you that I don't have jokes. I regret to remind you that I am a very unfunny man." Robin revealed sadly.
"Robin, if we survive this we are going to have a serious talk about your self-worth, it's already bad enough you hesitate to take my compliments because of whatever other troubles you have hiding from me." Corrin hissed at him for his self-proclaimed flaws.
Agreeing to Kaden's request, Azura will perform in Layla's place, Orochi has a scroll that grants her illusion magic that will allow her to disguise Azura as Nestra's famed songstress and Orochi has seen Layla performed so that's the easy part, the hard part was for Azura to act like her since Layla is a lot more cheerful and upbeat unlike the Hoshidan Songstress who is kind but unintentionally has a habit of appearing apathetic to those around so getting her to act as someone else was actually funny to watch, a nice change of pace from such a dark moment but she somehow pulls it off well.
One thing to contemplate about was to rather or not let Kaden in on their true intention since the kind Kitsune ended up being no more than a convenience for them.
A few minutes left before the show starts and the Hoshidans are now inside the Opera House and it is more beautiful than Corrin was told, featuring a large, grand stage surrounded by a pool of water and boats are the main things to gaze upon.
"Everyone is in position and it is unlikely that we've been spotted or will be spotted at all." Lilith informed Robin.
"Good, but it's almost time for the show to start but still no sign of Garon." Robin said as he, Corrin, Kaze and Lilith are in one of the roped-off areas, same with the rest but are at a lower parts of the opera house remaining on standby and keeping a low profile, too many Nohrian guards on guard tonight, there is hardly ever this much security since the house is all about the show business but since a King will be watching the performance this is to be expected and they have managed to avoid being spotted by them so far, and hopefully Azura's magic will work just fine like she did with the Blight Dragon.
"He should be at the center areas since they have the best view." Kaze said as he examines the areas before them and thinks he's spotted him. "There, I believe that's him."
"An old man in his early sixties who looks to be much older who's almost always seen wearing the most impressive black armor befitting for a king?" Corrin asked.
"He is extremely noticeable and gives off this bad vibe that he could eat us alive." Kaze noted. "Though it is hard to see well from our position."
"I can help with that." Lilith said as she summons her Dragonstone into her hands and points it at where Garon is sitting and from her 'stone' his reflection can be seen but very zoomed in to the point that they can see the so-called Demon King clearly and right next to him is his youngest daughter Elise, who has been mistaken to be a Demon Princess due to being able to control monsters because of the darkish sacred blood running through her veins as well.
'Elise.' Corrin mused sadly and longingly. She looks so sad, a far cry from the bright and cheerful girl she is so known for that seems so far gone now. 'Oh, my poor sister, it feels like a lifetime ago since I last saw you. I'm so sorry for choosing to stand against you. When all of this is over, I hope you'll understand the decisions I've made…'
"I curse my stars in bitter grief and woe, That made my love so high and me so low." Corrin's thought shifted behind her as she hears an unfamiliar voice speaking a quote she is fondly familiar with. "You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue."
The voice speaks again another quote that is of Corrin's knowledge and sounds like it is moving far away and this worries her more as she cannot help but grow worry for obvious reasons.
"Who's there!" Corrin called out with no form of concern or demand in her tone, however, the person outside did not respond, making her anxious to believe that perhaps a Nohrian really has spotted them.
"Active Evil is better than passive Good."
Growing more anxious by the second, unsurprisingly because of the stress of facing off against her former family, Corrin walks back on her own without informing the others to meet the stranger and once she does, she finds herself in a corridor devoid of sound and people, apart from herself and the stranger who she heard make the quotes and hears him again from her right as he speaks another quote.
"Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?"
The voice Corrin has been hearing all along is that of a man taller than her probably the same height as Robin, slender and young with pale skin, chin-length jet-black hair with long bangs swept to the left that obscures his eye. His clothing is unlike anything she has ever seen, the attire of a commoner perhaps but she wouldn't say he would count as a peasant per se. He wears a long, open sleeveless leather coat with the sides tied together by strings, inside pockets, and a sewn-in, corset-like vest in the front. He also wears black pants with a silver chain made up of skulls on the right side of his belt and a fingerless glove on his right hand and wears black sandals. He also sports many accessories, including a toothed pendant around his neck, silver ring on his left middle finger, and a plain leather bracelet and a spiked bracelet on his left wrist. He also carries a silver metal cane with a Japanese Jian blade design to it on his right, odd since he doesn't look like he has difficulty walking while in his left hand he carries a black book of poetry with the emblem of Nohr on the cover. He is standing before her that she can see his front clearly but he is not staring directly at her, being more focus on his book.
"Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there Gods are dwelling too." When speaking a fourth quote, the Mysterious Man closes the book and looks up to lock eyes with Corrin, revealing his silver eyes to her red eyes.
"Ah… greetings, I'm actually a little surprised to find company here, this section has been oddly quiet for almost an hour. A fine place to catch on a good read." He greeted the Princess with a genuine smile.
"Who are you?" Corrin asked bluntly but not unkindly.
The Man responds with a short light chuckle before quoting again.
"I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!"
"Someone is fascinated with the Shadow Comedy." Corrin uttered, familiar with the quotes as they are words spoken in Nohr's oldest poetries, and are believed to have been written by the Dusk Dragon himself as many religious men would claim that the God of Nohr had a split personality, as a dragon he was a force of strength and authority but while in his human form as the Gods were best known for speaking with their followers through shapeshifting, was also a poet, painter and printmaker, also being the co-inventor of the three alongside his twin brother. The Shadow Comedy has long since been one of Nohr's most guarded treasures and most well-known poems, even to outsiders, filled with quotes that are still used today and have amassed a large following that have inspired many to join the Dusk Faithful, Corrin herself being one of them and still sees herself as a Follower of Qliphoth's teachings despite her desertion to the kingdom of the Dark Dragon.
"It's amazing, isn't it. Dark Deities are usually depicted as beings who personify destruction, chaos and evil but never has there been a poet among them, let alone of a legit religion that teaches it's followers to value honor and fatherland above power and glory." He smiled at her. "But we're getting off topic here. Call me Quill."
"Okay… Quill, sorry if I interrupted you, I was just feeling a little on edge." Corrin apologized.
"I can understand why, every time the Nohrian Royal Family come here to be entertained by Nestra's beautiful dancers they partially ruin it for everyone else with them always tightening the securities, making them feel unsafe instead of the contrary and now that the War between Dawn and Dusk has begun again everyone's fears for the worse has only increased." Quill said sounding bothered. "Shame on the Royals, you think that as Carriers of the Dusk Bloodline, they would respect the beauty of dance. Singers and Dancers are their own kinds of artists, you know. And Art is the Tree of Light. while Strength…"
"… Is the Tree of Death." Corrin finished for him as she knew right away what he was going to say next.
"Ah… a Faithful yourself, or just a lover of poems?" Quill asked interested. "I'm the latter."
"The former, though lately my faith has been put into questioning, though is not the religion itself." Corrin muttered. "You know, not everyone believes that the Royal Family are really descendants of a god, and just see it as religious propaganda."
"Of course, it's only natural, without proof of divinity, the feeble minds of men only see gods as exceptionally powerful mages, which they aren't exactly wrong but at the same time they're in denial." Quill mused. "Though, I have to question why you of all people would be troubled by the unnecessary amount of security."
"Huh…"
"There aren't too many who wear armor like yours. White or silver armor of Nohrian design is reserved for Nobles who have been honored by the Royals, or commoners who have made quite an impression that they are deemed worthy of a noble status, and armor like this is given as a gift by the King, Queen, Crown Prince or Crown Princess of Nohr as a gift and used as a symbol of sorts as proof that they are an ally of theirs and have their support more so than most, prompting all soldiers and knights to be respectful of those who have earned such privilege to wear such armor and be more tolerant of any mischief but with no real sort of immunity of the law." Quill noted, examining her armor as there is symbolism to Corrin's Princess attire.
"Well… me and my siblings have wisely chosen to stay away from the Capital during it's more crowded moments whenever we got the chance." Corrin lied, doing her best to show no sort of signs on her face that she's lying.
"Makes sense, though I advised you start getting used to it. If you and your family have come to Nestra to flee the conflict it might be short-lived. Sooner or later, the Twilight will engulf all of Horus the longer it prolongs." Quill warned, thinking the same as Takumi regarding the possibility that nowhere is safe from Nohr's Conquest.
"Thanks for the advise, Quill. It's funny, I've been feeling on edge ever since coming here, rarely does talking with a stranger ever make me feel at ease." Corrin confessed.
'Why am I talking with him so casually, for all I know he could be one of father's men posing as a harmless poet.' Corrin questioned herself over her sudden extreme carelessness.
"You're welcome, though it would only be fair to know of who I am helping be set at ease." Quill requested kindly.
'Crap, I can't give him my name, just because I was sheltered my whole life doesn't mean I'm not well known, I am, or was a Princess of Nohr now Princess of Hoshido. Corrin is a definite no.' Corrin thought, quickly coming up with an alias that should suffice.
"It's Kana." Corrin replied with a fake name.
"Kana? That almost sounds gender-neutral." Quill noted.
"I like to think it does." Corrin said fond of the name, mostly because it's a name Elise came up with, though the reasons why she brought it up were more embarrassing for Corrin but still appealing.
"Regardless, Kana, I suggest that you do get more used to a large crowd because when the time comes, all who can fight in Nohr will be called to arms, even the ones choosing to take a neutral stance will be dragged, with chains if need be, and when that does I hope you know your way around with at least a sword." Quill advised.
"Yeah, thanks for the tip." Corrin replied appreciatively. "Though, there's something I have to ask, being someone who looks to have no ties with neither Nohr or Hoshido and might have some words of wisdom to share."
"You mean about your King's reasons for starting this war?" Quill guessed.
"Yeah…" Corrin mumbled. "Is it true of what the Hoshidans are saying, are we… the bad guys?"
"Wars are forged through hatred and greed, opposition motivated by religious belief, desperation for resources, or just to respond to crimes too unforgivable for Justice to be met accordingly. Some battles cannot be solved through words and understanding, the human mind can sometimes prove too fragile and think irrationally." Quill responded as best he can
"That doesn't even answer my question." Corrin muttered.
"When you fight a war, you spent every day hating the opposition, you are taught to demonize your enemy. To your side their evil, their subhuman, and that your cause is the right and you're a hero. And after spilling so much blood and ending the lives of so many enemies, you can't help but believe that it's true. That it has to be true, otherwise what does that make you. One side wants to preserve their way of living while the other wants to improve theirs. At the end of it all, every battle needs a villain to hate, to put the blame on for all their suffering and destroy, believing that it will make everything better. And when in a conflict of this magnitude everyone always pays close attention to the execution, the method on how they operate and fight, whoever's execution is the most… ''unappealing'' becomes the villain."
"That sounds more like a script of a play than anything else." Corrin replied, unsure of his words.
"As I said, the human mind is a fragile thing, for all we know, I might be on to something." Quill said more sure of himself, making Corrin contemplate some more and remember something most unpleasant.
"Your father sends his regards." Wrath's final words to her come rushing back into her head, at first believing that he must've meant Garon but Sloth said something else that made her faith in her nohrian dad less shaken.
'The whole thing was a set up for me and start the war, I won't deny that and there is a third party involved; the Sins but if Wrath's was being literal, could he had been referring to my actual father?'
"Hatred? I can't tell you how many societies, friendships and families were destroyed because of it, I know so many and I wouldn't know where to start, especially when my thoughts have been so focused on one weeping maiden in particular." Quill said changing the subject.
"Who, the treacherous adoptive daughter of the Nohrian Royals?" Corrin asked sarcastically and bitter.
"No, someone else. There is a land, very, very far from Horus, a land with a lot of history of gods, men and war but with much grander stories, and it is currently ruled by a very young Empress. Born a prodigy of the mystic arts and swordsmanship, she dedicated her entire life to one sole purpose, and that is to live up to the expectations of her illustrious father. A hero unsung by himself and never acknowledged how grand he truly was, except that he was loved by so many up until his death." Quill explained this tale. "The one thing that he excelled at the most was as a master tactician, something his daughter was desperate to surpass him as, lusting for his approval even though she already had it. Her smile was truly something precious, though she remains a symbol of peace and goodness like her father, her hyperactive attitude and upbeat demeanor is what really made her so noticeable, so amazing and loved."
"And… she's not anymore?" Corrin asked, intrigued by this story.
"No, the smiles she shows nowadays are false, facades to hide her grief and everyone knows it. Accepting the role of Empress, agreeing to help millions with their turmoil and fix their homes is just an excuse for her to run away from her own problems, her grief and rage, and of course, her inability to look past her hatred for those she holds responsible for her father's death and sacrifice, the people her father trusted to his dying breath and who still mourn for him but the poor young Empress unknowingly dishonors his grave by pushing them away." Quill said now with a bit of sadness. "Even when pointed at the right person, hatred can be so poisonous and misguiding, and justice is equally corruptible, and there are no right answers to wars, what I am truly concerned with is that will the hate prolong even after everything is said and done, is there no way for true peace that can benefit everyone. Can love prevail, does the answer to the salvation of Horus lie with the Wayward Princess of two nations? That, I believe is what we should be looking forward to the most."
His words have a profound impact on Corrin, not that he seems to notice, and making her assume the worse, does he know who she really is, is he just playing with her and did she blindly walked into a trap? But more importantly, why haven't the others notice her disappearance and come to look for her?
'Did I just make a huge mistake?' She mumbled to herself as if the answer wasn't already obvious.
"The show will begin very soon, I better get to my seat pronto, and you should return as well before your, I can only guess you're with your family, start to get worried. It was nice talking to you." Quill said as he takes his leave.
"Yeah… you too." Corrin muttered, unsure of what to do now that she may have very well put herself in an early grave, her thoughts now a raging whirlpool, trying to process what to do. On one hand, she can't help but trust Quill but for the sake of her friends she can't help but want to be cynical but she can't start a fight here, and she left Yato back with Robin, Kaze and Lilith. The only thing she can think of to be the logical choice is to play it cool and walk back, not like they don't already assume the worse. With that in mind, her thoughts become clouded by another thing that she can't quite toss aside.
"One last question." Corrin said, catching Quill's attention to turn back to her.
"What else can I help you with?" He asked, happily willing to oblige.
"What's the name of this grief-stricken Empress and the name of this far away land? I can't help but wonder that perhaps this tale might be able to help me with another problem I have." Corrin asked.
"Of course, though I doubt you have ever heard of it, the continent's name was called Valm, though a long time ago it was preferably known as Valentia. And her current sovereign's name is Morgan." Quill revealed.
In that very moment, time freezes on Corrin as she tries to process what she just learned. Morgan? As in, Robin's sister? Wait… they never confirm that Robin has siblings, she just assumed that to be the case and he blindly agreed due to not having a clue?
"And… is Morgan really all alone, no immediate family to turn to ease her grief?" Corrin asked next, wanting to verify.
"Not that I'm aware of yet. No mention of a mother, only a father who's been dead for three to four years." Quill affirmed, making the hidden Princess turn cold, though there is a sudden shift in his face that if Corrin knew any better she might accuse him of being dishonest. "Although last I heard, there is a rumor going around that she has a son already but there is no mention of her marrying, much less of having a lover. A night of pleasure with a stranger that went south real quick, I guess. Poor, foolish girl."
"Right… thanks for that." Corrin uttered, trying really hard to keep herself compose until she turns around and he can no longer see her face that now mortified over this information. Who in the name of the Gods is Robin, really? He's been in Horus for perhaps the same amount of time that Morgan's father's been dead. Are they the same person? But then how can he have a daughter old enough to become an empress of an entire continent and can apparently have a kid of her own?!
"Who have I fallen in love with?" Corrin mumbled before walking away.
"I hope to see you again; I couldn't help but enjoy our talk as well." Quill said his farewell. "Till then, Corrin."
That was the last straw as Corrin alarmingly turns around to face him, unable to keep it in any longer.
"That's him alright." Robin commented as Corrin is out of the blue back alongside her three comrades and in the same position she was when she saw Elise again from the gaze of Lilith's Dragonstone, leaving her even more shock as she frantically looks around if Quill is nearby, half tempted to go back to the corridor to look for him while half tempted to remain with her friends.
"It's just him and Elise, no Xander, or Arete at least. There are at least four soldiers that are standing guard of them but there are certainly many more that we can't see." Her Tactician continued as he examines the Nohrian King's current position.
"Two of them seem more colorful than typical soldiers." Kaze noted, examining two of the guards, one of which is a female knight wearing pink armor, silver hair with a tired-looking face, rather young, likely early twenties, alongside who he assumes is a Fighter dressed in bright colors than most with a much too happy smile on his face, who he can only assume is in his early thirties with blonde hair.
"That's Effie and Arthur." Robin recognizes the pair.
"Oh yeah, I remember them, they're Lady Elise's retainers." Lilith replied recalling the two fondly, especially Arthur.
"How long was I gone?" Corrin asked out of the blue, catching the attention of her three retainers.
"Gone? Never." Robin surmised. "You haven't left our side ever since we got here."
'Did I just imagined the whole thing up?' Corrin muttered sorely confused.
"Were you having another of your zoning out moments again?" Lilith asked in concern, as Corrin is known for sometimes having something akin to blackouts when under a lot of stress and locks herself in her own head to calm herself, though they are extremely rare and only happened when she is under A LOT of stress, and she sees her transformation for the first time to be her biggest example, though that one was an actual blackout for her.
"I do recall you having one like that in the afternoon after becoming livid over failing another of Robin's hypothetical situations." Kaze said recalling something like this happening before.
"Yeah… yeah, that was probably it, seeing Elise again is harder than I thought but with Garon… I feel nothing." Corrin lied, trying to brush the whole thing off, however, she knows this wasn't another of her subconscious attempts to escape the frustrations of her reality by going to her dreamland, the conversation with Quill felt so real, he felt completely real.
"That makes sense, and an improvement from what I initially feared but half progress will mean very little right now. You do understand that." Robin said with concern for her.
"I know, and I'm ready. I Just… need to stay away from Elise and focus on letting out years of frustration against Garon and cut loose." Corrin forces herself to keep a strong front and takes Yato back in her hands.
"That feels infinitely worse than you being paralyzed with fear and guilt." Kaze expressed doubt with her reply.
"Very." Robin nodded in agreement.
"Fuck off, you two." Corrin scoffed in annoyance.
"And she's all better now." The three of them said at once feeling more at ease, with the Princess rolling her eyes but with a smile, satisfied that she could keep them from being worried over her for now.
"Come now, child, you shouldn't look so glum now, you're usually upbeat when witnessing Lady Layla perform." Garon spoke to her somber daughter without looking at her.
"Sorry, I guess I'm just so caught off in everything that has happened." Elise said sadly.
"It is only natural given what needs to be done but try to savor this moment, after all, there will not be any more moments of peace in the coming future with the rest of your siblings being overworked." Garon advised.
"You know I can help out too." Elise offered.
"Do not be naïve, Elise, your aptitude for magic does not excuse your inexperience, you weren't even supposed to be in that first battle to begin with, and though I applaud your efforts and coming back unscathed you still have a long ways to go." Her father lectured gently, making the Princess pout.
"What're you talking about, I'm better than any of our Rod Knights apart from mother, and I'm the greatest healer ever!" Elise boasted arrogantly with an attitude befitting of the strong princess Corrin knows she is. Her bold claim makes Garon make a very genuine light chuckle.
"A bold claim that each of your siblings can support but you have yet to demonstrate such talents to me so you have to wait for my judgment before you are allowed in the battlefield ever again." Garon declared.
"Oh, that's not fair." Elise pouted again in silly dejection.
"That's… more generosity than I've ever seen him show to anyone… ever." Lilith muttered, coming close to speechless as she has never seen the King of Nohr act close to casual as they can also hear them with her magic.
"Well, I suppose it is natural for any man to show humanity before their loved ones while seen as a monster to the rest of the world." Kaze concluded though he be lying if he said he too wasn't surprised by seeing Garon act this way when in comparison to all the evil rumors about him.
"Makes sense, though I imagine we'll see which side is the real Garon soon enough." Robin said as he looks to see Azura as Layla enter the stage.
"Ahem…" Azura prepares to begin her song with her necklace glowing with power, though none but her can see it at the moment.
"~You are the Ocean's gray waves…~"
"~ In the white light, a hand reaches through. A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two~" As the Songstress sings, water starts to manifest from thin air around her as she begins her majestic dance.
"Huh. Isn't that mother's song?" Elise gasped, all too familiar with this song as it is the one Arete would sing to her as a lullaby. "Where did Layla learn it?"
"What?!" Garon's demeanor becomes completely stern and hostile, seeing this as an obvious bad sign.
"~Waking dreams fade away. Embrace the brand new day~"
"~Sing with me a song of birthrights and love. The light scatters to the sky above~"
The water Azura controls spread majestically across the opera house above all the boats in the pool.
"~Dawn breaks the gloom, white as a bone. Lost in thoughts all alone~"
"I feel… sleepy all the sudden…" Elise starts feeling the effects of the song making her docile, same with every Nohrian within the vicinity.
"Damn… this isn't the hindrance I was expecting to have tonight." Garon cursed, resisting the song better than everyone else but still too feels docile.
"It's working! The Nohrians are enthralled by the song." Corrin said, watching in awe but then begins to feel a disturbance herself as if the song is also affecting her with black miasma coming out of her body. "What… what's happening…?"
"Now's our chance, let there be Light, you two." Hinoka ordered the tribalists standing beside her.
"On it." Rinkah replied as she and Hayato begin to channel the power of the Light Scroll and in mere seconds more than a hundred beings made of tangible light in the shape of Hoshidan soldiers are created all around the Opera House right beside the Nohrian guards all under the control of the two channeling from the scroll, though they aren't controlling them all at once with Hayato controlling half of them and Rinkah with the other half. The Light beings begin to assault the docile Nohrians, though with different methods since the ones Rinkah controls kill her targets with weapons of light, while Hayato instead resorts to further incapacitate his with knocking them completely out cold.
"Holding back a lot I see." Rinkah objected while both hers and his eyes have turned completely white, as the scroll also allows them to see everything through the eyes of the constructs.
"Piss off, you barbarian." Hayato shouted.
"Hey, no arguing you two, what matters is that you're doing your part." Hinata lectured. "How is everything so far?"
"The constructs are capable of understanding basic orders due to their semi-consciousness, assist and protect us, capture or destroy Nohrians, they're no different than well-trained animals but they get the job done even better." Rinkah informed. "This seems almost too easy."
"What about Garon?" Takumi asked, also there with them.
"They almost got him and luckily for Corrin, mine will be claiming tonight's trophy." Hayato informed as his soldiers are moving in on Garon, quickly pinning down his guards, as well as Arthur and Effie and approach the supposed Demon King to restrain him but shockingly, the old King is not so easily restrain as he strikes at the Light Soldiers first with his signature ax that he always carries with him, Bölverk and cleaves them almost instantly, causing them to evaporate into white smoke.
"WHOA!" Hayato snapped in shock.
"What happened?" Takumi demanded.
"Old bastard is diligent, that's what." Rinkah said as she and Hayato see King Garon push the light soldiers off his men. "Let's see how diligent."
Garon turns around as he hears the flapping wings of a Kinshi approach from behind and sees that there is also a Kinshi Knight of Light construct preparing to attack and throws a spear of light seemingly at Elise, though this was a ruse done by Rinkah to hit Garon and the King takes the bait as he uses himself as a shield to protect his daughter and gets stabbed in the back of his right shoulder instead but surprisingly, the spear of light dissipated as soon as it touched his armor.
"How dare you!" The King growled furiously but still falls to his knees as the effects of Azura's song are making more progress against him but at least Elise remains unharmed and nearly asleep and more light soldiers move in.
"Holy Hells, Rinkah!" Hayato shouted in shock over what she just did.
"It was a ruse and he fell for it, I'm nowhere near that savage, and he's predictably wearing Anti-Magic Armor." Rinkah hissed, justified.
"Please tell me you didn't use Princess Elise as bait to make Garon an easy target." Hinoka uttered as she noticed the light kinshi knight throw the spear from their distance but not to who exactly.
"Fine, then I won't say it." Rinkah shrugged.
"Corrin is going to kill you if she finds out and we're not going to defend you." Takumi sighed, just because he hates Nohrians doesn't mean he doesn't have standards and would never hurt a kid, not even he can deny that Elise is adorable and surprisingly pure for a Nohrian Royal, especially after witnessing her be so participant in the Battle on Kurosaki.
'What an odd family.'
"I'm going to kill Rinkah!" Corrin shouted, already guessing that it was her who threw that spear at Elise.
"Well… you can't say that Flame Tribalists aren't effective." Kaze muttered.
Just as hope seemed lost for the Nohrians a black and red portal opens up from Garon's left and from it his oldest son, Prince Xander comes out and swiftly eliminates the light soldiers threatening his father and sister.
"FATHER! SISTER! Are you alright!" Xander cried out in desperation and dread.
"You three took your time…" Garon muttered.
"Xander just arrive!" Rinkah warned the others.
"Then the real show can begin, and we need to pull Azura out now!" Takumi ordered.
"Kagero and Orochi have her covered." Oboro replied.
Out from the portal that Xander came from comes out a blue energy blast that flies off at the center and above the Opera House that releases a shockwave that completely dispels Azura's magic, including the illusion that makes her look like Layla.
"What…" Azura muttered as she can feel the pendant's power leave her. Another energy blast is fired directly at her this time, but at the nick of time Kagero arrives and pulls her out of the way while Orochi steps in and counters the attack with an Ox Spirit to clash and cancel each other out, though the resulting explosion did knock the Diviner to the ground. The next thing that comes out from the portal is none other than the Queen of Nohr, Arete, who the Hoshidans can mistake for an older version of Azura but with shorter hair, which is most accurate since she is her mother, wearing a black dress befitting of a queen among Nohr's Warlocks.
"Mother…" Corrin uttered in shock to see her adoptive mother again.
"Huh… what happened." Elise muttered while making a deep sigh and she is finally free from Azura's magic with all her energy coming back and is surprised to see her brother and mother here so suddenly, alongside her father with all three of them looking aggressive. "What's going on?"
"The ambush was not exactly how we expected it to turn out. To think they would actually manage to deceive Azura to be a part of this." Arete spoke in a somber tone, looking down at the stage and sees Azura with the Hoshidans with both her arms surging with a dark aura full of malice.
"Then let's get her back." Xander declared fiercely. "Take my sister out of here, now!"
"Wait, what?! I don't get it, what's happening?!" Elise panicked.
"Into the portal Milady." Effie said with haste as she takes her hand and rushes her to the portal, unfortunately, the portal closes up on them before they could get the young Princess to safety.
"What are you doing, you fool! Open it up again!" Garon demanded as the Warlock that manages the Warp Tome panics as he tries to turn it back on but for some reason the spellbook isn't responding.
"I'm trying to sire but for some reason, the tome isn't working, it's lost all power." The Warlock explained in horror.
"What?! But the ones we brought in are brand new and recently forged a week ago, they couldn't have lost power so soon." Xander argued.
"So they've cast a Nullification Spell." Arete quickly deduced the real problem and checks to see if she can still use her magic and thankfully, fire surges through her right arm. "But only for our most important magics, perhaps. We were unable to become the predators instead after all."
"Clever, little princess." Garon mused, already suspecting Corrin to be involved in this. "Though, I suspect the other one is more to blame for this interesting development."
"Robin." Xander growled in outrage and vengeance.
"So be it then, though they have yet to realized that it was lions that they've caught in their traps, not rats." Garon said ready for battle.
"HA! The spell worked, every warp tome in the Opera House is inoperable." Orochi cheered over her achievement.
"Couldn't you have done that a little earlier, we could've delayed the arrival of more enemy soldiers and Prince Xander for a little while longer, and he's as strong, if not stronger than Lord Ryoma." Kagero uttered.
"Hey, a spell like this requires time and I was put on guard duty as well."
"The Nullification Spell I gave Orochi to cast is a go, they're all right where we want them." Robin declared in half-triumph; the hard part now is keeping the targets detain.
"Wish she had stalled a bit longer for Elise to be escorted to safety." Corrin muttered regrettably.
"Nothing we can do about that now so we better get a move on, Rinkah and Hayato haven't yet mastered the scroll and those soldiers will only last for thirty minutes and Orochi's spell will only last for twenty." Lilith noted.
"No going back then. Onward!" Corrin declared, regrettably but her voice held only conviction to see this night through.
"We might want to jump first." Lilith said as she notices Xander turn around to stare at their immediate location, and while he can't see all of them from his distance he does spot Corrin's visage well enough, giving him more than enough motivation to attack as he points Siegfried towards them and fires a powerful dark magic blast at them.
"Jump!" Robin yelled as the four of them have no time to run and just jump and fall into the water below but the Tactician holds on to the three and safely flies them down to one of the boats.
"He's pissed off." Robin muttered, fully aware how obvious that is but still felt like saying it.
"Question is, which of us is he going to lash out at the most." Corrin mumbled.
"Not me, that's for sure." Lilith uttered as she assumes her dragon form.
"CORRIN!" Xander roared as he jumps off and down to the pool and boats with his mother casually following downwards and uses wind magic to safely propel them down on one of the boats.
"Definitely me…" Corrin uttered dreadfully.
"Behind us then." Kaze said as he and Robin step forward expectably as her shields. Several light soldiers surround the Queen and Crown Prince but the latter makes short work of them with his Dark Holy Sword, swinging the blade ferociously and releases a dark wave that swallows up the light and annihilates all who stand between him and his treacherous sister.
"Want something done right, you have to do it yourself." Robin sighed.
In other areas of the Opera House, the spectators and workers have already begun to panic and flee upon witnessing or hearing the attacks, while plenty of the Nohrians that have snapped out of their trance begin to defend themselves against the Hoshidan ambush but fighting off the Light Soldiers is no easy task considering how badly they were caught off guard, which is shameful considering that they were supposed to be in top shape to defend their King and Princess, with only a few among them holding their own, one of these knights being Silas, who is currently defending a fellow knight, a grown man with heavy black armor lying on the ground with a black shield on his left and a silver spear in the right, still trying to snap out of it. Hard to say if he's in his twenties or thirties by his face alone. He looks so intimidating, like a brute who has zero qualms about killing anyone, heck even is blonde hairstyle makes him intimidating.
"Come on, Ben, get up, I need you." Silas called out to the Knight as he clashes with a Light Samurai.
"I'm trying… just give me a few more seconds." He mumbled, though it almost sounded like he might actually be timid and at the worse time as more light soldiers are approaching them.
Luckily for Silas there really were Nohrians hiding among the spectators and weren't affected by Azura's song as she was solely focused on the actual guards, and one of these hidden soldiers is a very beautiful woman in her early twenties with long wavy blonde hair and assaults the Light Soldiers with a Berserker Axe and cleaves them just as swiftly as King Garon.
"Charlotte, you're a lifesaver." Silas sighed in relief.
"Oh, Silas, you know you can always count on me." The Female fighter said in a girly tone while blushing. "Now come on, we got some naughty bunches to punish." She declared as she tears off her Nestrian dress just as easily, showing off her actual attire, which is that of a white scantily clad outfit that makes the fishnet suits of Warlocks look modest. Seriously, how can she fight in that, sure the less fabric barely restricts her movement but she is so exposed.
"I really wish you wouldn't dress up like that." Silas mumbled while looking away with a deep blush.
"Oh, don't be shy, you know you like what you see." Charlotte replied seductively.
"I am not obligated to answer that and come on, you have to show more dignity than this, you're one of the Queen's retainers for Qliphoth's Sake."
"Speaking of our perfect Queen… BENNY GET UP! It's showtime!" Charlotte roared in a more vicious tone that is a far cry from her previous attitude, quickly snapping the down knight out of it.
"I'm up, I'm up! Please, no more yelling." Benny said quickly getting back on his feet nervously and pleading not to be yelled at again.
"Suck it up, it's time to kick some ass!" Charlotte declared as she charges into battle.
"Is it strange that I prefer your partner when she's like this." Silas asked.
"The former does feel toxic after a while." Benny replied more casually.
Complete carnage erupts within the Opera House as one of Cyrkensia's pride and joy succumbs to the madness of the Twilight War with both armies clashing and killing each other, well, the deaths are in this case reserved only for the Nohrians as the true Hoshidans have yet to suffer any real casualties with their construct warriors taking all the blows for them and rival the adversaries fairly well.
"Burn! You Nohrian Scums!" Rinkah roared as she charges towards a Nohrian Knight and bashes his head as hard as she can with her maze, easily cracking open the skull while setting the whole body ablaze and sending the grown tall man crashing into a warlock, setting him on fire as he screams in agony. Hinata and Oboro are beside her as they clash with anyone who gets near and forces them back.
"Man, it feels good to turn the tables around." Hinata cheered.
"Not so tough now that we finally have our own super army, I see." Oboro said smugly.
Four Warlocks gang up on them and attack with wind tomes but once they fire their tornados, an even bigger tornado comes crashing on them horizontally, consuming the smaller tornados and blowing them away. The one who fired it is none other than Hayato who is currently floating in the air, using his divine power over wind to fly by surrounding himself with his magic. He then creates six large arrows of tangible wind and fires it at six incoming knights.
"Robin's plan is working out so far and we got the aerial advantage and there aren't that many archers." Rinkah said.
"We should still watch out for Grimm; they could be underwater for all we know." Hana said arriving at the scene with Sakura closed by while Subaki, Hinoka and Reina lead the assault above while riding light constructs of Pegasi and Kinshi since they didn't bother to sneak their actual rides inside and so far they seem to be riding these things as good as the real deal.
"I don't think there are any, I mean the King and Princess of Darkness were just assaulted and those demons should've immediately sensed the danger and arrived as quickly as possible, which suspiciously seems to be almost on time and yet there are none yet so it seems that we have a bigger advantage than our newly Tactician predicted." Azama concluded.
"They must've chosen to heavily rely on the Warp Tomes and not hide them here with the risk of them being spotted and start a panic." Setsuna guessed.
"Wonderful, all the more reason to go all out and make extra sure that this doesn't go to waste." Takumi roared as he raises his new bow, pulls the string and manifest a violet arrow, radiating with dark power and fires it at three Berserkers, striking them with an explosion that not only blasted them away but also disintegrated their bodies, leaving only their skeletons behind. Satisfied with his first kill of the night, Takumi aims his bow at more targets, which are a few Warlocks, Outlaws and Dark Knights who arrive at the scene and he aims Skadi at them and fires a much stronger arrow that none of them can react against in time, but someone else does as an oak tree manifests from the water and is used as a shield to block the arrow and instead of blowing it up, the trees seems to be absorbing and containing the dark magic of Skadi.
"Fall back, fall back!" One of the Outlaws shouted as he knows what's about to happen and urges his comrades to back away and in the nick of time, the tree explodes but the energy surge is blow up into the sky that Hinoka barely notices and manage to evade in time while said blast bursts through the ceiling, causing a pillar of dark magic to be briefly seen across most of Cyrkensia.
"Did… a tree just do that?" Setsuna asked unfamiliar with this kind of magic.
"Forget the tree, it's who created it that matters." Takumi said with anticipation as his rival finally arrives, Prince Leo, and is the one leading the outlaws, warlocks and dark knights right now, and alongside him are two who stand out from the rest that Takumi recognizes as his retainers; Odin and Zero. Odin is the blonde man taller than Leo, wearing the fishnet bodysuit all Warlocks wear but he has a yellow design to his own. Zero is a bit shorter than the Dark Mage, with messy white hair, the right eye covered by an eye patch and a blue cloak covering most of his tanned skin. Both looked deadly and not to be trifled with.
"You filthy apes want us so badly, we're right here." Leo said more than ready to punish the fool Hoshidans who dare attack his father and King.
"Good! Because I'm about to end this war right here, right now!" Takumi swore.
"Leo…" Corrin mumbled as her group regroups with Takumi's at the same time that Azura's and Hinoka's group gather up.
"Hello, sister." Leo greeted but unkindly as the scorn in his tone is very evident even though his expression looks as composed as ever. "Nohrian Law is blunt on the subject of traitors, however mother is adamant on making this an exception, but that doesn't mean this will be pleasant for you."
"That look on her face is so full of despair. This will be most satisfying indeed, Milord." Zero said with a malicious tone and smug, readying his Killer Bow to fire.
"Holdfast, villains, for the day of reckoning is at hand and I, Odin Dark shall deliver it to you." Odin declared so dramatically and lightheartedly that it's hard to take him seriously.
"Don't let your blood turn too cold, dear, I rather your image not be too determine by your performance." Arete said also arriving at the scene with several more soldiers at her side, among them, being Charlotte and Benny who just barely made it and now stand beside their Queen.
"M-M… Mother…!" Azura managed to utter, rapidly trembling with a mix of emotions upon seeing her mother again after so long.
"My dear sweet daughter, at last, I've found you." Arete turns to her true daughter and now smiles at her with compassion. "It took opening the guts of Hell but you're finally within my grasps."
"I… I…" Azura cannot find the right words to speak. Just as Robin foresaw, she is not prepared at all for this as she had initially assured herself.
"Corrin." The hissing sound of Xander is heard to her left as, now facing her older brother once again, beside him is, oh gods, why, Silas. Followed by two others who must be the Crown Prince's own Retainers, Laslow and Peri. Laslow being the slender man with gray hair like his eyes build with standard Nohrian pauldron that is common among their mercenaries, and a chainmail of heavy armor. Peri has a childlike smile on her face that makes her seem innocent, marine and pink long hair wrapped in pigtails and white version of the standard Nohrian armor for female Cavaliers that is usually black but it's not to be confused for one such as Corrin's armor, too inaccurate.
"Xander…" Corrin muttered weakly, quickly looking away from him, unable to bear to be looked down by him so coldly.
"Big sister!" Elise gasped in shock to see her sister again after that fateful day still alongside the Hoshidans, while she is standing in the area she was previously at with her father but now it's just her, her personal retainers and several other guards.
"Remain by our side Milady, things are about to get intense." Effie advised, holding her close as she and Arthur prepare for the worse.
"So it's come to this. You dare to point your sword at our king… The same man you once called Father!" Xander curses Corrin.
"Quiet, you! Your chains can no longer bind her, and nor will your poisonous words corrupt anyone ever again!" Hinoka shouted, refusing to stand for Xander saying anything to bad mouth her sister.
"Your words mean nothing, High Princess, and you have no idea at all what you've started by attacking us in a peaceful neutral territory." Xander scoffed at his foes for their ignorance.
"We know exactly what we're doing, and no risk is too high for when we deliver justice on you tyrants." Takumi declared.
"Raise your weapons and attack us with everything you got then, show us your conviction and your justice with your wrath." Xander dared as he draws his sword to them while maintaining his glare on Corrin and Robin. "You especially Corrin, Go on! If you would oppose us, then kill your brother with your own hands! Destroy the very friends and soldiers who once protected you like the Scourge you've become!"
"Times up for you Nohrian Scums! One way or another this War will end with your heads as our trophies!" Hinoka declared.
"Come and claim our heads if you think you can handle us, dear, though don't be surprised when things turn to our favor." Arete said unconcern with her threats.
Right above the Opera House, there is one individual who has been watching the events unfold that lead to this deadly fight happening right now and was aware of the plan of the Hoshidans to take down King Garon but kept quiet and allowed this event to occur solely for his own amusement and lies down on the edge of the building eager for more violence.
"Marvelous, things aren't going exactly how I hoped they would but still exciting. Still, unless things don't spice up soon, I might get bored, and I certainly can't let that happened." The Evil One declared as he stands up and manifests a flaming sword into his hand. "So I better go and spice things up myself. I just need a good opening but first thing's first, someone's got to make sure that Hoshido's message is made clear to all."
Smirked the sinister demon that is Wrath itself.
"You're not going to do a damn thing, you lousy ogre." Protested the whining voice of a newcomer, and once Wrath turns around he sees that it's his brother, Sloth. "I finally found you, Wrath."
"Ah, little brother. How fair you on this lovely night." Wrath greeted warmly.
"Don't even pretend you're happy to see me, that just makes this even more irritating." Sloth scoffed remorselessly at Wrath. "Do you have any idea just how much trouble you're in."
"What, is Pride finally mustering up the courage to actually put his ass down somewhere nearer to the ground and thinks I'm the one who destroyed his chair." Wrath asked mockingly and unconcern.
"No, but we all know it was you who did something to it. I mean wasting off on your own and causing a scene, exposing yourself like you did and starting the Twilight War prematurely." Sloth lectured.
"Prematurely? Last time I check, the old fart running Nohr was planning on assassinating the Hoshidan Royals the same day I made my move, all I did was make it more stylish." Wrath shrugged.
"And what, were you expecting a medal, maybe a few dozen hot nuggets for your trouble. I'm talking about the High Deliverer. You were supposed to ambush him back in Mount Garou and bring him to the hideout, instead, you went slacking off in the Canyon and attacked Corrin." Sloth protested.
"Lust wanted a crack at him alone, the fact that he's still banging with his new Lord is their own failure." Wrath shrugged.
"And how could we forget you're latest stunt in stealing one of my Drones and making it attack Suzanoh." Sloth hissed referring to the Blight Dragon that belonged to him. "Honestly, Wrath, do you have any idea how painful it is to build one of those things, Pride is going to be all over my arse in making me make one more just to have a precise number."
"It's what you get for learning how to conjure life like a Mage Dragon." Wrath chuckled. "Now if you excuse me, I have a date tonight that I rather not miss." Wrath said as he means to join in on the battle going on down below but is stopped by Sloth who grabs him using one of his giant hands.
"I already told you, you're not going to do a damn thing!" Sloth said with a lot of authority in his voice. "Now quit acting like a baby and suck it up because it's time to go home."
The older brother does not take kindly to Sloth's demands as the Sin of Wrath easily breaks free from Sloth's hold through brute force alone and with blinding speed, grabs the younger Sinner by his throat and pins him to the ground, a predatory glare now all over Wrath.
"And what makes you think I'll ever listen to you." Wrath scoffed, seething with a lot of suppressing anger over his brother's attempts. "Oh, Sloth, you still don't know your place, do you, little brother. If Pride has a problem with how I do things, then he can come and express his complaints in person." Sloth doesn't seem even remotely threaten by Wrath's assault and is just feeling unsatisfied, even after Wrath releases his grip on his neck. "Now go and be someone else's pest, like Envy."
"I come back empty-handed, Pride will be forced to dirty his hands and you know that will not go well for any of us." Sloth said wearily as he floats himself up from the ground. "C'mon, Wrath, don't be even more stupid and make another scene, we can't afford to be spotted by Qliphoth's Kin. At least try to make an indirect approach when assaulting these fools."
"Well, enlighten me then, on how you would want to play this game." Wrath dared, annoyingly.
"I would rather not play at all…" Sloth sighed, seeing no choice now other than to try and convince him to come by entertaining his bloodlust without them getting direct.
Sorry for the long wait. Now things are really heating up, with these long-awaited reunions, but which is the darkest? This chapter is less than the previous ones because for one I don't have a lot of time to myself at the moment but mainly because I decided to split Dark Reunion into more than one chapter due to how long it really is, or rather what I want to put in during the events of Cyrkensia, and I honestly don't plan on ever making a chapter that's around or over 20,000 words long, why, I like to read long chapters but not that long, there's much, and then there's too much but that's just me. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this one like the rest and are eager for more.
I decided to address Niles by his Japanese name, Zero because it really suits him and gives an unsubtle depiction about his life on who he was before he started working closely with royalty.
On to more important things, Azura and Arete have finally laid eyes on each other after so long apart with all of the former's walls that she placed around her heart start to finally crumble, making her question herself on where perhaps her loyalty really lies. Robin can finally cross paths with Owain and Inigo again, wonder how will they react to one another now that they are on opposite sides. Also, I'm not sure I will be able to write Owain/Odin's character perfectly so I'm just going to go as steady as I go when presenting him from this point forward.
Corrin has learned new information regarding her love interest and the family he has been apart from for so long by a mysterious figure. Things are spicing up real good, especially with Round 2 against Wrath as well. Also, Please send me more reviews.