"Speaking"
""Thinking""
Summary: after legion mate hen and stride gate crisis
I only own the plot and I don't own the characters or the game.
on with the story
United Sanctuary
Royal Paladin base
In the majestic kingdom of the Royal Paladin, its brave leader, Blaster Blade Exceed was overlooking from on top of the palace from above as he holds his legendary sword in front of him
In has been a year since he had come to earth and saved his vanguard from his self-sacrifice and ever since then peace returned to his vanguard's world
"Blade"
A voice spoke behind the knight as he turns to look and saw Alfred walking towards him
"Alfred-dono" Blade kneeled down to the mighty king who nodded to Blade and motions him to rise up
The mighty king then stands beside the knight as he joins him watching the scenery
"a long time has passed since the war with the void" Alfred spoke as he saw the sun starting to set as it was sinking from a far
"indeed" Blade said as he squinted his eyes upon remembering the hardship the inhabitants of Cray had endured to protect Cray from the invaders
"the time of peace shall not last long" Alfred said as he turns around and started walking away
"we must be ready for the time of war to come yet again" Alfred took a step to stop as he turns to look at Blade
"for now, rest is needed for everyone, even you Blade" he spoke with a smile to the knight as the king then takes his leave
"rest…." Blade said as he looks to his sword as it shines to him
"I do not think there is time for rest at all" Blade said as he leaves the scene and walks back into the kingdom
But unnoticed to him, the gates to the kingdom was opened and came in a squadron of a famous all female knight's group
Within the castle of the Royal Paladin
Blaster Blade Exceed made his way to the mess hall where all of his comrades were there to have a meal while conversing about their day and skills with the stories, they have
He reached to the door of the mess hall as it opens without an effort done by the knight
Blaster Blade Exceed walks in and was greeted with the sight of all of his comrades of the Royal Paladin Kingdom in the mess hall where everyone was eating and chatting with each other
"Blade!"
A shout of a call was heard as Blade turns to look to see the Little Tactician Marron waving for him to come sit by him
He nodded as he walks towards his comrades and sat down beside Marron as a basket full of bread and fruits were pushed in front of him, courtesy of the Champion of Silence, Gallatin. His friend
"seeing the setting sun as always?" Gallatin spoke in a guess as he was peeling the skin of an apple with a little knife
"yes" Blade said as he cuts off a piece of bread and took a bite of it
They then started chatting a bit before they heard the door to the mess hall opening once again
Some turn to look on who had entered as in a few seconds some female knights squealed a bit
"Look, it's them!"
Everyone turns to the squealing then to the entering squadron as they all saw the Jewel Knights stepped into the Mess Hall with the young grandmaster, Pure Heart Jewel Knight, Ashley in the lead and the second-in-command, Leading Jewel Knight, Salome right beside her while the rest trailed them from behind. A few male knights greeted the leader and, being the kind-person she is, Ashley waved at them back with a gentle smile, making them have a dreamy look on their faces.
Blade looks to where Salome was walking to their seats as she turns to lock eyes with him
Their gaze upon each other lasted for a few seconds before they break off their gaze to each other
Blade then focus back to his friends who were talking about the recent activities of shadow thieves spotted near the vicinity of the kingdom
With the Jewel Knights
Ashley and the rest of her squadron were eating their meals while exchanging some conversations
Right now, our attention is upon to the Leading Jewel Knight, Salome who was absentmindedly eating her meal without a spoken word to her comrades
She kept taking a peek towards the white knight who was listening to the conversations of his fellow knights and friends
"Salome?" Ashley called out to Salome who snapped out of her mind trance
"yes?" Salome spoke in reply to her leader
"are you alright? You seem to kept looking towards Blaster Blade" Ashley said with a bit of a curios look on her
"i-i-I am!?" Salome squeaked in a stutter while blushing before she quickly recomposed herself
"is that so? I'm very sorry"
"Alright then" Ashley said with a bit of a confused face on her
"anyway, since we've returned from our long mission, Lord Alfred has given us all a three-month times holiday for our hard work and we've been planning to go on shopping tomorrow, would you like to join us?" she asked with a smile
"I would love to but I must decline the offer, Lady Ashley" Salome replied in an apology
"my body is feeling a tad tired from all the traveling we've done and I would like to rest for the whole day"
Ashley nodded in understanding to her
"alright then, maybe another time" Ashley said as Salome stands up from her seat while carrying her plate of her already finished meal
"well then, I'll be excusing myself, have a good day, Lady Ashley, everyone"
Salome then walks away as Ashley and the rest of the jewel knights looks at her
"well there's no helping it then. Let's invite Salome on another time" Ashley said to her comrades as they all nodded to her
The day then passes as it turns night with the moon appearing in the night sky
At a bridge
Blaster Blade was surveying the area for any signs of the rumoured shadow thieves that were said to have been spotted here
"there's nothing out of the ordinary" Blade spoke as he stops by the bridge and looks to the river down bellow
He gazes upon the reflection of the moon in the water as it swayed in it
The fireflies come out of their home and started flying around the area as the white knight kept looking on the reflection of the moon
""it must be nice to have such a free life"" Blade looks to the firefly on his finger as it crawls around his finger before flying away
He then gazes upon back the river as it glowed in the moonlight
"Blaster Blade-sama?"
A feminine voice spoke beside Blade as he turns to see Salome who was wearing a blue t shirt and a pair of black trousers, standing at the other end of the bridge
"Salome-dono?" Blade spoke back in a bit of surprise and confused face
Salome bowed a bit to Blade as he did the same to her
She then made her way beside Blade as she joins him in his viewing of the river
"it is quite a surprise to see you here" Blade said to Salome
"well I visit this place every single night because it calms me to see the river in the night" she said as she softly smiled to the scene upon her
Blade looks to her as he then gazed to the river flow
"a long time has passed since the war. I find it hard to believe that we have really attain peace on Cray" Blade said in a bit nostalgia as he remembered the hardships, they encountered in the war
"indeed" Salome said as the breeze blows her hair a bit
Silence filled the air as both paladins kept gazing upon the river and the moon
"I must take my leave then" Blade said as he turns to look to Salome
"it was a pleasure spending some time with you, Salome-dono" he said with a bow and a smile
"no, I feel the same, it has been a great pleasure to spending time to you, Blaster Blade-sama" Salome replied with a bow to him
"please, just call me Blade. Honorifics has never been such a custom for me"
"Alright, if that's the case, you can call me Salome, Blade" she replied with a smile
They then bowed to each other again and was about to leave before
"Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!"
The sound of an infant crying could be heard as it got the attention of both paladins
"this sound!?" Blade said with a bit of surprise as he looks around for the source
Salome however was able to find the source due to her enhanced hearing as she looks down the other side of the bridge and saw a straw basket flowing down the river
"there!" Salome exclaimed as she runs down the bridge to try and catch up with the basket
"Salome!?" Blade exclaimed as he runs to follow her
Salome runs down the river path as she tried to get to reach the basket
Her hearing then picks up the sound of a raging water as she could see that the river was flowing towards a heavy river stream
She runs as fast as she can to reach the basket and managed to get ahead of it as she runs into the water and stops the basket from flowing towards the raging stream
Salome then carries the basket out of the river and sets it down near the grass
She was about to come out of the river but she loss her footing as she slips on her heels
"Kyaaa!"
Salome falls into the water and got carried away in the river stream due to it being closer to the raging one
"Salome!" Blade shouted out as he drops his sword, and cape as he dives into the water to save Salome
Salome falls into the raging stream of water and almost got swept away if not for Blaster Blade who managed to reach her in time and gets her to the land
She coughs out some water as Blade helps her up to the land
"are you alright, Salome?" Blade asked her as he saw her coughing out some water
"yes" Salome replied to her while combing her wet hair behind her ear
Blade sighed in relief as he stands up and lends a hand to Salome who accepted the helping hand
They then went to the basket as the infant crying could still be heard
Salome kneels down and opened the blanket that was covering something moving in the basket
She opens it and gasped when she saw that in the basket were two infants one was a baby boy with brown hair and a baby girl with blue hair and pointy ears as the two infants only looks to be only a year old
"how awful" Salome reached in and took the girl infant and holds the child into her arms
"they're so young" she said in sadness as she could not imagined on how someone could leave these children in a basket and leave them in the river
She quickly rocked the child in her arms to try and calm her down
Blade looks to the other child as he saw that they were twins
He then takes his cape and sets it onto Salome's shoulders as he then took the other child
"they must've been floated down from above the river" he said as he looks upstream
"how could someone leave them like this?!" Salome said as she carried up the sleeping baby
"let's go to my home, we need to get them warm" Blade said as he grabs his sword and leads the way to his home
After a few hours
In a modern home
They reached into Blaster Blade Exceed's home as he opens it and lets them in
"I'll get some towels for them" Blade told to Salome as he walks into his room to find some clothes for them
Salome sat down to the sofa near her while laying down the two sleeping babies gently
Blade then comes back with towels and a pair of clothes
"here" Blade gave the set of clothes to Salome as he kneels down and changes the little infants' clothes with some make shift blankets for them
Salome excuses herself to Blade's bathroom as to change her wet clothes
Blade then finished up changing the infants' wet clothes with some towels
"that should do it" Blade said as he set down the little baby near his twin
He then heard the door to his bathroom opening again as he turns to see Salome coming out of it while wearing his clothes which were a bit too big for her
"thank you for the clothes, Blade" Salome said as she then sat back down to the sofa and looks to the sleeping infant
"for what reason these people have that they must abandoned these children?" Salome said in sadness as she took the two infants into her arms
"they can't just leave them behind like that"
Blade looks to her and smiled a bit to her as he could see that Salome was like the mother to the two children
He then takes off his helmet and revealed his short blue hair to her
"it is past midnight. we should get some sleep" Blade said as he gently carries up the two children
Salome nodded to him as she stands up
"I shall take the couch while you and the two infants take my bed" Blade said while reaching to his closet to take a pillow and a blanket
"what? No! I shall take the couch while you will take your own bed!" Salome retorted to him
Blade shook his head to her
"I shall not allow a lady to sleep on a couch in my home, please. You be the better person to handle the children for if they wake up in the night" Blade said as he looks to the sleeping infants
Salome tried to retort back but came with no words to come
"they are in need of rest and so are you" Blade said to her as he carries both of the children up into his arms
"come" Blade motions Salome to follow to his room
Salome nodded as she followed him
Next morning
Salome woke up on Blade's bed with the two infants beside her as they were looking at her
"good morning you two" Salome said with a smile as she gives a peck to the two infant's forehead
She then heard the door knocking as she turns to see Blade coming in with her clothes
"I've cleaned and dried them for you" Blade said as he sets them down to the table near the bed
"thank you" Salome said as she stands up from the bed
She then takes her clothes and was about to go out when he saw Blade looking away while holding his hands up to his eyes
"I'm sorry if my clothes were too loose for you" Blade said to her as Salome got confused
She then looks down to see her short pants were on the floor and saw that she was only wearing Blade's shirt
Salome blushes as she quickly excuses herself to the bathroom, leaving Blaster Blade with the two children
After a few minutes she came back into the room all dressed up
They didn't talk at all as they then took the infants with them to the kitchen where Blade had already made breakfast for them
Blade ate his meal and saw that Salome had not since she was feeding the two children
"let me help you" Blade said as he took the little baby boy in his arms and rested the little boy to his shoulder
He then takes a glass of warm milk and gently leans it to the child's lips for it to drink
But it failed miserably as the child did not want to drink the milk
"why won't you drink?" Blade asked the child as he sets down the glass to the table and got confused
"here, let me" Salome said as she gives Blade the other infant and took the baby boy into her arms
She then pats the boy's little back a bit while feeding the little boy a glass of milk which he took vigorously
"the little ones like to be patted on the back when they feed" Salome explained as she finished feeding the child his milk as she then leans the child to her shoulder and patted the little one's back gently
"*burp*"
The little one burps as Salome then carried him back into her arms
"what are we going to do with them?" Salome asked while rocking the child in her arms
Blade tried to think while holding the baby girl in his arms
"we could go to an orphanage near my home" Blade suggested as he looks to the two children
"they would be able to find a family who will take them in"
Salome got a sad face as she looks to the two children
Blade noticed her sadness as he sighs a bit
"it is for the best, Salome. We can't afford to take care of them since our duties to the kingdom comes first"
Salome nodded with a bit of a sad face as she looks to the little boy in her arms
"yes, it is for the best" Salome said as she traced her finger to the child's little nose as he giggled to her
They then left Blaster Blade's home and made their way to the orphanage where it was near Blade's home
Orphanage
They were now in front of the orphanage as they could hear the screams of children playing
"let's go" Blade said as he walks to the building with Salome
They got into the Orphanage as they met with the nun mother who runs the orphanage as she was quite surprised to the see the leader of the Royal Paladin clan here with the famous Leading Jewel Knight as well
Blade then explains the whole story to the nun mother who quickly understands the whole story
"I see…" The nun mother said in a bit of sadness as she looks to the two infants in Blade's arms
"we would gladly take them in" she said as she called out to the staff in the orphanage
She then takes the two infants from Blade into her arms
"we shall give them the family they need" the nun mother said with a smile as Blade nodded in grateful
Salome who was silent the whole time looks sad as she was about to leave the two children forever
"thank you" Blade said as he bowed a bit to the nun mother and the staff who was there with them
"come, Salome" Blade said as he started to walk the entrance of orphanage while looking to her
Salome nodded to him as she followed him outside
They then bid their goodbyes to the nun mother and the staff as well as to the two sleeping infants
"have a nice day" the nun mother said with a smile
Blade and Salome then walks to the entrance of the orphanage and was about to leave before suddenly
"Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!" "Waaaahhhhh!"
The two infants started crying hard as Blade and Salome looks back to see the Nun mother and the staff trying to calm the crying children down
Salome looks to them and saw that both of the infants were flailing around in the nun mother's and the staff's arms while crying hard
She bit her lips as to see them crying with Blade looking the same
Both of the children cried out while reaching for them as Salome was crying in tears
Salome could not take it anymore as she then bolted to them and takes them into her arms
"Salome!?" Blade exclaimed in surprise as he went to them
"I cannot do it! I just can't!" Salome cried out as she holds them into her arms
Blaster Blade's face got surprised to her statement as he could see that she was holding them like a mother would
"I know I have only known the two of them for a day but I just can't leave them!" Salome cried out as her tears falls down her eyes
Blade looks to her then to the nun mother
He then thought of something as he sighs
"very well then" Blade said to her as he then started talking to the nun mother about few things
That's a wrap!
Bye bye!