Intermission, pt. 3 "Slave's Loyality"
I was mentally destroyed. The one person in this world who had helped me out, even cared for me is dead. I was sitting in the Blacksmith's shop, face buried in my hands. I even felt a little water on my palms. It came from my tears.
"What's up with you today kid?" Erhard asked me "I guess you really cared for him, huh?" he added.
"He was the one to rescue me from that Slave trader's cage. Even if he didn't see it as a rescue, I'm still thankful to him." I answered, my voice shaking "And now... He's gone. Gone forever." I added, tears forming in my eyes.
"I'm sorry kid..." He said, rubbing the back of his head "But his body was never found. There's still hope."
"I saw the armor myself." I replied "There's no way he could have survived." My mind had a picture burned into it... The cape... Tattered and covered of blood. The armor looked relitaveliy untouched, but it had a reek of blood coming from it.
"Well, if he's really dead, then you should carry on his duty. You're the only one who can." He said.
"How? I'm only his companion. I don't have the power to do it." I replied
"Then you should carry on his legacy." He countered. "You knew him the best. You knew how much he cared about villagers. Go traveling and continue doing that." He said, and added "The Queen returned, and her first command was to post a bounty after his supposed killer."
"Oh?" I said, confused."Why'd she?"
"The rumor has it that Siltvelt is outraged from his death and is preparing to attack." He explained after thinking for a second, and then sighed yet again and added
"In spite of his evil appearance, he was a good kid at heart. I've seen this once good part once when he first entered the shop with his female companion-"
"That he then supposedly raped?" I cut him off, and he nodded.
"Yes, the same one. He even bought armor that she recommended.' He then rubbed his chin and added "Come to think of it, I've never seen this armor again on him."
"And I saw a flicker of it when he thanked me for the second armor that I made for him." He added.
"Well kid, I heard that the Wave is coming in 2 days. Go and preapre yourself... If you still want to fight."
"I do!" I replied."If it means clearing his name postmortem.. I will do it." I added with a light of determination in my eyes.
He chuckled and added "Good Luck to you."
As he said it, I left his shop and departed. 'Lord Naofumi... I wasn't able to tell you how I fell... And now you'll never know.'
A.N: Sorry for such a long wait. I got a really bad case of writers' block, which I overcame.