Author's notes: At last I can update the Fifth Chapter! I'm very very sorry for kept you all waiting. X( My mid test finally over but now I have to do some homework and work. I'm in university and I'm in Japanese literature, therefore I must translate this manga for Final Test with my group and it got me busy for a while! Thank God it's finished halfway and I'm still having a long way to finish it completely. :D By the way, I'm giving you thank you for the reviews you have sent to me. And please don't hesitate to keep review this story because I love reviews. And for the reply time:
For Liquid Twilight; I didn't mean to forget Tim since he's also an important character. I guess since he's small as golf ball, that make me forgot to add him. T_T;;;; And yes grammar mistakes, it kept me irritated on how I wrote them. Since English isn't my first language, I'm trying as much as I can to write them. And here is the new chapter. I hoped you like it.
For kitsune630; Glad you like this couple. :D I'm still not sure about putting Ellen and Tyki in sibling relationship but I've decided to make Tyki and Ellen's relationship as one side love. I'll thinking about the sibling relationship, okay?
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Warning: Gender bender, spoilers which will start right before the Phantom G Thief Arc, few swearings, and bad grammars, English isn't my first language, if you want to know. T_T; (I wish it is.)
The God's Clown and the Prince of the Sky
Story04: NIGRI ORDINIS
NOCTIS P.O.V
Noctis introduction with the exorcists, excluded Ellen Walker was rather... quite interesting despise that it was an awkward introduction session.
Unlike the people in his country who used Latin names, these people had different names he never heard before. The old man with black circles around his eyes was named Bookman, the red haired young man with an eye patch was his apprentice some sort named Lavi, the dark green haired girl with friendly smile was Lenalee Lee, the stoic young man with long hair was Yuu Kanda, and the blonde haired man who kept his mouth shut was named Link Howard.
Later after a short explanation from the old man, he then acknowledged that they had came here none other than to ask him regarding his sudden appearance in this place once he was woke up.
The Bookman had asked him to come to their supervisor office and talk in there without being disturbed and with a bit of warning. He didn't need reading mind ability for this. They were obviously curious at him and how he could show inside this place from thin air. If what was Ellen did tell to him was right, then he really in serious trouble for entered restricted place and he certainly would get a punishment for this. But rather than thinking about the punishment, Noctis was more than eager to find out where he was and what this Black Order was exactly for he never heard it before. He was aware that they suspicions at him but in the same time he need to knew where he was now and the way to go home. He had no time to hesitate.
So Noctis came with the agreement to follow them and answer their questions but as in return, he wanted them to allow him to ask his questions. Except Lavi and Bookman, they weren't quite approved it at first but when Noctis said he would hold onto his word and he wouldn't betray his own vow, they finally accepted it. Lenalee –if he spelled correctly- then excused herself to get the Head Nurse and discussed few things. Not long after she back with the nice old lady beside her. After checked him, the old lady came out with a decision that she would let Noctis go. It wasn't without trouble of course, he must face some lectures from the Head Nurse which gave him a bad headache. He didn't mind he got one or two lectures but seriously she had been talked since half an hour ago! Well, she did it as she checked his condition but still. It felt like forever to him and he wouldn't deny that it was a pain in the ass. This was why he didn't really like hospital and their assimilations.
And here he was. He was walking at the huge corridor with them to their mentioned supervisor office. Of course he was nervous but he hidden it well. Moreover Noctis was taken a look at this building's design. He found it pretty fascinating since it had a different yet same style from the buildings in his kingdom. It craved quite detailed and he liked it. The black prince then was catching a glimpse of gold from the corner of his eyes. He shifted his head to find the gold thing; Timcanpy was flying above the silver haired young woman before landed on her head. Noctis narrowed his in curiosity, somehow quite disturbed with this.
"Ellen? Can I ask you something?" He finally asked the white beauty who walked beside him.
ELLEN P.O.V
Ellen Walker tried to walking normally as she and her friends were in a way to Komui's office. She tried to look anywhere but at the young man, Noctis who happened to walking alongside with her. Unfortunately to her, her attempts failed pretty much.
It was felt weird for Ellen at the first time to had the guy who she only met in the dream, suddenly appeared for real and now walked alongside with her to Supervisor office and gave the furthermore report.
She tried few times to stole a glance at the short black haired young man beside her, made sure that this wasn't a dream like before and each time she did it, his figure always in there, walked calmly beside her.
This time, Ellen eyed Noctis from the corner of her eyes, who was looking around with this fascinated look as they walking in the hall of the Black Order.
He seemed interested with the building's design and everything around him. His magnificent euclase eyes wandered to every direction and he took notes as much as he can. Noctis seemed to enjoy this; even the said young man did it unconsciously. Ellen didn't miss the stares which Noctis received from the scientists and the other Exorcists they had passed. Ellen didn't know whether he realized it or not but they stared at him in bemused while the females stared in fascinating, even few of them blushed with red and giggled quietly, and clearly admiring the young man handsomeness. Yup, the young man handsomeness, sometimes she forgotten that the young man indeed handsome since she was too preoccupied with his presence within this place. Especially on how and why did he getting here.
Recently, they had just went from the infirmary and brought the mysterious young man along with them to Komui's office as they were going to ask him further. It was still a mystery to them on how he could appear suddenly inside the Ark and let alone inside the Black Order. They had suspected there was something more on this youth. So Bookman decided to question him further, he asked him to come with them if he wants to cooperate with them and if he still wants to alive. Ellen would be lie if she wasn't worry at the young man seeing as he was in unknown place. Quite unexpected to them, the young man, Noctis as he introduced him self, didn't really mind it. With unbelievable stern face and voice they never thought he would have it, Noctis himself had agreed to come; in fact he willingly came with them in one condition.
Noctis wanted them to answer his questions for he would only answer their questions if only they were also answering his, so in other words, equivalence exchange. Except Lavi and Bookman, they weren't quite approved it at first but when Noctis said he would hold onto his word and he wouldn't betray his own vow, they finally accepted it. After they went a properly introduces to him, Lenalee went meet and discussed with the Head Nurse some time later, the old lady let Noctis go since he suffered no injury although he still exhausted a bit. But not without get some lectures from her. At that moment Ellen felt sympathy toward the euclase eyed young man who could became stressed at any second when he received the Head Nurse's lectures. He looked hopeless at that moment.
It was quite a long moment before the Head Nurse finally released him and Lenalee told him to follow them meet their Chief Officer, and here they were now,walking in silence. Timcanpy which flied above her head then landed and nestled on her soft white hair. Ellen smiled softly at the golden golem's behaviour. She aware that this action had the black clad young man beside her as his sky blue colored eyes fixed on the nestled Timcanpy.
"Ellen? Can I ask you something?" Noctis decided to open his mouth.
Ellen head lifted up at him and her lips curved into a smile. "Yes. Go on."
"Timcanpy is its name isn't it?" At Ellen's nod, he then continued. "Was it...your pet?" He asked unsurely as he eyed Timcanpy. Ellen who saw where did his stare went then understood, it wasn't everyday you seeing golem.
"Actually it was my Master's. And it's not a pet, not quite. It's called a golem and we are usually using it as communication tools, there are many of them. It's just like a telephone but it is wireless. Timcanpy is special is special from the other golems. He also can eat and produce holographic projections from his mouth."
His lifted his elegant eyebrows, seemed intrigued. Noctis had this weird look in his handsome face which Ellen couldn't really describe it. It could eat and made projections when it was actually a communication device? He never heard anything like this before, not even from Niflheim, his arch enemy kingdom. Looks like this place was weirder than he had guessed. But talking the wireless and projections things, he pretty much baffled because those abilities were similar with…
"Communication tools? And wireless? Why don't you use cell phones in that case instead of these golems?"
Ellen did stop walked and clueless silver eyes met curious euclase. "Cell what?" She asked back, her tone was confused.
Noctis stopped in his track and stared at her as if she growing more heads. He knew that it was rude to staring like that however the young woman before him acted as she never saw cell phone before and it disturbed him.
"A cell phone. It's also a wireless communication tool, and in these days, it also can make something similar like projections. Don't you have it?"
The young woman didn't say anything but her eyes spoke much volume. The golden golem also seemed to look at him although it didn't had a pair of visible eyes to him. At this clue the others also stopped walking and instead watched the two of them. Meanwhile, after his brain processed this information, later Noctis's eyes widened in disbelieve, he was stunned to hear it. It somehow made him felt uneasy for unexplainable reason.
"You...don't have it at all?" Noctis felt no more incredulous than this. It didn't feel right to him. Seriously what kind of person who didn't know cell phone at modern time like this? Almost everyone in the kingdom knew what a cell phone was. Most of them even had it at least one. Same thing occurred with the other kingdoms. But to not knowing what a cell phone was...
It was beyond Noctis understatement. But then he was in the place he didn't recognize for this moment. And he began to worry about where he was now. Was he in some isolated area from the outer world? But that was not possible. He would know it since he was a prince and prince was got an education about countries or rather the kingdoms in all over the world even it was just a brief.
"What the h*ll are you talking about?" Kanda narrowed his eyes, felt more or less annoyed at the older boy's ramble. His speech didn't quite made sense to the stoic samurai after all.
"I'm talking about cell phone. It's small, has a keypad and a small monitor, sometimes touch screens, et cetera. I'm sure at least you have heard it."
At the blank faces he received, well, except Lavi and Bookman who looked at him with unreadable faces, Noctis was gaped, or flabbergasted to say at least. Once again it was not possible.
"...You're all...really didn't know?"
...or was it? Was he really in an isolated place like he had suspected? Noctis shut his mouth and trying to find another way to explain to them. It troubled him a lot. If only he had a cell phone… He stopped abruptly at the thought. He blinked once and then he kicked himself inside his mind for not remembered earlier, how stupid of him. How could he possibly forget that he had his own cell phone? He had it one and he always brought it to everywhere and he recalled that he put it inside his pocket pants.
"Wait." Noctis poked his pants and tried to searching for his cell phone. Once he found it in his left pocket, he pulled it out carefully. Noctis held the sleek and black device in his grip and he showed it in front of Ellen and the other Exorcists.
"This is a cell phone I'm talking about. Almost everyone in my place have it. Are you sure you never had it, let alone hear it?" Noctis's head tilted to right in deep confusion.
Lenalee eyed the cell phone and blinked her purple eyes few times. She went frowned then shook her head. "I'm sorry Noctis, but I don't think I'm ever seeing a device similar like this."
"Never see it." Kanda stated flatly, followed his fellow Exorcist.
"Either me." Link replied tonelessly, despise the glint of suspicious flashed for a second in his eyes.
Noctis held his breath in constant. No way...
Ellen's silver eyes that stared curiously at the sleek device then moved to the black prince.
"Noctis? Can I see it?" She asked carefully, slightly hoped that he didn't mind her to examined the odd tools from close.
At first he stared at her with this weird look, or blank face to be exactly and it made her suddenly felt like a moron for asking such a thing and ashamed. She was about to apologize and dismissed her previous request when she saw his lips twisting into a warm smile –did Ellen also saw a dim light of amusement in his eyes? - and to her surprised, he handed the said device to her. Ellen blinked repeatedly as she looked between the cell phone and the owner with surprise. Noctis couldn't resist his amusement as the young woman before stared with her big and beautiful pair of silver eyes.
"Just don't drop it. It maybe durable and waterproof but it still can break with full force." He reminded her.
In feelings of embarrassed, she accepted it as she muttered an apologize to him, in which he just smile as a response. Ellen then was taking a look at the strange device. Her fascinated grew more as she took some notes from the called cell phone. Timcanpy which sat on her head did the same. Lavi, who also had this curious expression on his face then approached her and also take a look at the device from behind her, one green eye scanned it critically. Lenalee followed her friends as her lively purple eyes stared to it in full of curiosity. The samurai, the Inspector, and the Bookman only glance at it from a far although they showed some interested and they hidden it very well.
The device was thin and sleek; it also had a wide and big screen and a small logo written on the above of the screen. She noticed a few of buttons on the wireless device and assumed this must be what he called as a keypad. But it just symbols and it puzzled her. Lavi visible red eyebrow was raised.
"That's a cool communication tool. By the way, how you're using it?" He asked in carefree tone.
"Here." Noctis reached out his hand, motioned to Ellen to give the phone back and she did return it to him. Watched by the others, he was slide the cell phone to reveal a complete keypad with numbers and alphabets. He unlocked it before the screen was turned on. His head turned at the Exorcists, the young man didn't notice their blank faces.
"It's function more or less like a phone. You only need to slide the phone and press the numbers you want to call, though I don't know how you contact with those golems you've mentioned."
"Just like that?" Lenalee asked in disbelieve.
Noctis nodded. "Just like that. But it needs complicated components to do it and I'm not a technician unfortunately so I can't explain much, I'm sorry."
Lavi hummed thoughtfully. "I assumed it can only contact the same device?"
"Not really. If you want to, you can also call to the normal phone but again, I don't know about the technology in this place. It is so different with the one in our place." The prince was slide the cell phone back and pocketed it.
Link frowned as he processed this piece of information. "Don't tell me that this device is common in your place."
Noctis then stared him with unreadable emotion however he still did give the reply in short explanation.
"It is and in fact it's not only my home, the other places have this kind of technology as well."
And with that Link didn't say another word since he now shut his mouth yet his sharp eyes didn't let Noctis figure one second.
Bookman was stroking his chin as he hummed quietly.
Well, wasn't this becoming very interesting now? He had this strong sense that the young man was more than he appeared. So far he lived as a Bookman and record the world's history from the shadow, there didn't exist a technology like this one. There wasn't any record about this kind of technology. It did even not exist yet in this time. It was indeed similar with golems but this one in entirely different level. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that his apprentice wore that thoughtful face, meaning that he also noticed this oddness. And it only made his assumption strengthen. If his assumption was entirely correct, then this young man…
"That's quite unique technology you have in there." Bookman complied calmly, his dark eyes narrowed in thoughtfully. "However as much as it's a fascinating tool, I'm afraid we are wasting our time in here."
"Oh right, Brother is waiting." Lenalee said in realization but then she sighed tiredly. "I hope he isn't sleeping in his work again."
Noctis looked at Ellen with questioning look. Ellen also sighed softly before she started to explain to him.
"The Chief Officer is Lenalee's big brother. And despise his position, he's often forgotten his paperwork, so don't be surprised when you see large amounts of paperwork with dusts once you entered his office."
Noctis flinched at the mentioned of 'paperwork' and 'dusts'. It was made him slightly uneasy at least. Was this Chief Officer really that bad? Don't ever start with lazy because he hadn't met him yet so he had no right to judge for now! He hoped she just hyperbola it and in the same time he hoped that this person was better than Ellen had been descript.
How wrong he was.
It was when they arrived at the office and entered, Noctis couldn't but gaped at the ridiculous amounts of paperwork around him as they walked through those. He had imagined that there would be good number piles of paperwork but this...
This was terrible, not even Ignis or his father had these amounts of paperwork! Yes, he also got pile of paperwork sometimes but at least it was still in normal quantity. If you look closer at these mountains of paperwork, some of them even had a lot of spider webs on them. Noctis shuddered at this sight. He couldn't imagine himself being in here and did those mountains of paperwork; he rather faced one battalion of soldiers. Heck, he even rather died in honor in front line due to the duty than doing this many paperwork. Ellen and Lenalee didn't miss his horrified expression and they felt sorry for him.
"I'm sorry about this. My brother is actually a nice person but sometimes he's not really...willingly to do his paperwork." Lenalee apologized softly.
"I...see..." Noctis replied uncertainly. He didn't know if he should pity this man or not.
"It's alright. I'm also experienced this when I came to the Black Order for the first time. Don't worry, you'll get use eventually." Ellen encouraged him.
"We're here." Lavi said nonchalantly.
They were stopped a few feet from a desk which both of the desk sides filled with tall mountains of paperwork. Sat in the desk, where a bespectacled man in his early thirties with white clothes and white beret, dark blue hair that reached shoulders, and on top of that, much to Noctis devastate, he was sleeping peacefully with head leaned to the desk.
The black haired prince heard someone, he couldn't sure who, was muttered in low voice. He couldn't really catch it but it was something like, 'Oh no, not again'. It was not coming from the Exorcists, so he turned his head to saw a group of people with white coats and those outdated clothes. Some of them looked annoyed at this, while the others sighed.
"...Is this normal to you?" Noctis looked at Lavi with wide eyes.
The eye patch guy grinned widely. "It's so fun, isn't it?"
The older young man blinked, not completely understood with what the red haired said.
Lavi's grin went mischievous. "Watch." He continued.
Not waiting for Noctis's response, Lavi then went to Komui's side and leaned a bit.
"Lenalee is getting married." The red haired boy whispered.
Dark blue eyes snapped from the sleep, Komui stood up and cried, almost bawled from Noctis's view.
"NOOOOO...! LENALEE, WHY YOU DIDN'T TELL YOUR BROTHER...! DON'T DO THIS TO MEEEE...!" He wailed with tears that began to appear in his eyes.
Noctis sweat dropped at the ridiculous event held before him. He took a step back unconsciously. Alright, this man maybe didn't better than Ellen had told him. This man was proved to be a sister complex. At this moment, Noctis had a half mind to take back his word. Well, half mind, not completely, he still wasn't sure how to react to this.
"Chief Lee, I'm very sorry to interrupt you rambles but we had brought the young man." Link finally decided to interfere before Komui's rambles became worse and made this matter longer than necessary to him. He want to finish this as soon as possible reminded that he didn't trust the odd haired young man completely.
Komui blinked rapidly at Link's explanation. He face was somehow funny with the blank and verge of tears. It was then the Chief Officer catching a new figure a little behind Ellen, Lenalee, and Kanda, which was none other than Noctis. The man stared at him quite long but the euclase eyed young man didn't say anything as he stayed stood and quiet; instead he also scanned the man. He was as tall as Ignis and although he quite odd, the man had a similar aura with the prince's friend, not to mention both of them wore glasses. He reminded him a lot with Ignis to say, only this man more comical and friendlier appearance. Noctis heart clenched at the memory of the spike haired man. He wondered if his friends were fine, it made him slightly worried over his friends and his kingdom.
As for Komui, he was taken a note that the young man had fairly striking differences, even from the normal people. First, it was his clothes. As Ellen had once told him, he wore a clothes that didn't match the recently season for now it was winter. Second, the model was peculiar and it was different from most clothing currently. Third, his movement didn't like civilians for sure, it has some grace within. Fourth and at last, it was his aura which made Komui puzzled. It was like he was someone from the nobility class despite his odd yet seemingly civilian attires. This was sparking Komui's interest and he really intrigued by this. He decided to greet the young man.
"Ah, hello there! My name is Komui Lee and the Chief Officer in here. It's nice to meet you, Mr..."
"Noctis Caelo, but just Noctis is fine." The black prince said hurriedly and used a false surname. He really didn't need this kind of addressed right now. Not while he was clueless and had an urge to find out where was he and going home as soon as possible.
"Alright, Noctis. Please come and sit in everywhere you like. I want to talk about few things if you're not mind." The older man was motioning his hand to a set of coach and chairs not far from his desk.
Noctis stole a glance at Ellen and seek for reassurance. Ellen gave him a soft and warm smile. He then looked at the man again, this time more confident and cool. Sky blue eyes narrowed and gave him a stern look which quite surprised the bespectacled man and the others. Noctis was wearing his prince mask.
"I don't mind it. Shall we?" His voice was calm and quiet for a normal civilian who didn't kow where he was.
Komui couldn't help but to narrowed his eyes slightly.
There was something definitely not ordinary with the young man, and he was going to find out what it was.
Few moments later, they were sat in their respective place. Link stood near Kanda who took a seat across Bookman. Lavi was taken a seat near his master. Before Komui's desk at last were Ellen, Lenalee, and Noctis that sat on the couch. Ellen really didn't mind it at all since Lenalee was on her right. However, to Ellen's uncomfortable feeling, Noctis was sitting on her left. They were sitting close at each other and served Ellen more uncomfortable. Ironically, her uncomfortable went notice by the very same guy who sat beside her.
"Ellen? Is there something matter?"
Ellen a bit startled yet she gave him a reassurance smile. "Um...No, nothing. I'm just thinking about something. There's nothing to worry."
Noctis raised his elegant eyebrows in question. He wasn't completely convincing by her, but didn't ask much further as Komui began to chat to him.
"Would you like some tea?" Komui offered.
"Thank you very much for your offer, but I'm not really thirsty right now. I'm appreciated it though." Noctis replied politely.
Komui nodded. "Oh..."
"And if I recall correctly, there is something you want to discus about." He didn't continue as he was waiting for Komui's reaction. The beret man didn't say anything but his dark blue eyes spoken much volumes. He allowed the young man to kept continue. Noctis waste no time went to the point since he kept thinking about Ellen's and Bookman's words when he in the Infirmary.
"...This is about why and how I'm getting here somehow while this place is somehow restricted, am I right?" Noctis voice was calm but filled with seriousness.
The dark haired man left eye twitched ever slightly, he didn't miss the sharp tone deep in there. He also sensed that the Exorcists tensioned a bit. Stood few feet away, Link even seemed ready to secure the young man in any give second. This young man definitely was not stupid, Komui thought dryly. One more prove that he was anything but normal young man. The tenseness slowly began to build in that room.
"Pretty much, yes." The older man glasses gleamed under the light. "May I ask you few questions?"
"Go on." The euclase eyed prince gave the allow gesture.
Komui went silence for a moment before he threw his first question.
"I guess you're aware that you're in a place where normal people can't enter, right?"
Noctis nodded once.
"I'm very much aware of this although I have no idea why." Noctis answered dryly. "If I may asking, where am I exactly and what kind of place is this?"
There was a long moment of uneasy silence once the question was out from Noctis mouth.
"Noctis," Komui began in serious tone that Noctis attention immediately. "Be aware that the story I will tell is not going to leave this room and do not tell this to anyone for it will endanger them. Do you understand?"
Noctis felt weird at the rather peculiar and commanded tone request yet he chose to stay quiet and nodded his head in understood since this man was serious.
"This place is The Black Order Headquarters, a place or more precisely an organization that has a goal to defeat The Earl, The Noah Clan, and his army of Akuma. Therefore this place placed a barrier and seals so no one, except the Black Order members can enter this place. Yet you could and what make it interesting, you're came from the Ark."
Noctis didn't say anything but inside he was quite confused about this important information. Of course he didn't know who were the Earl, a clan named Noah, or the so called as Akuma, but from the way this man talked, it was clear that it supposed to be a bad thing. He would and can ask it later. But did he just say that he was coming from…
"Ark?"
"The Noah's Ark. We found you in there out of cold. We have no clue why you're in there, moreover we found you in main room where we can control the Ark. It's kind of weird since except me and few others, no one actually can enter that room." Ellen explained very carefully to him.
Noctis watched the silver eyed young woman with frown. There was something bothered him and kept disturbed him but he didn't know what was it.
"…What's so special about it? You're talking as if it was nothing but normal ark." Suddenly Noctis had a very bad feeling about this.
"There is something more from Noah's Ark, Noctis." At Noctis stare, she then added more. "It was some kind of...extraordinary vessel. You can't see it in here but there are some portal named as Gate to enter it in here. Without using the Gate, you can't enter it, furthermore they are guarded tightly by our guards. Yet you're in there and nobody knew if you're in the inside until we found you, as if you're entered that place through the Gate. However when I checked it, there's no sign of gate being used at inside at all."
"In other words, you're appeared in there from nothing." Lavi continued as he glanced in calculation at Noctis.
"You're lucky that Walker found you quickly and brought you to the Infirmary or you'll get sick due to your low temperature. It can even worse if other people found you, for they can assumed you as a Noah and interrogate you with merciless." Link pointed out.
Noctis eyes widened ever slightly but gained his control back as in the same time his body snapped in tense. He could understand that reason but there was something within their explanation that didn't make sense at all to him and it was…
"You said nobody knew that I was in inside. Then how did you find me in there?" He asked Ellen.
The young woman Exorcist was hesitant at first. "I..."
"Now this," Komui fixed his glasses calmly. "Is where things are beginning to get interesting with, Noctis. You're not a normal human, aren't you?"
Sensed his point and to where this conversation was going, Noctis lips were pulled down to formed a deep frown, his euclase eyes became cold and sharp, and his face went emotionless. So emotionless that it almost match a mask. His aura changed drastically into a darker and threatening aura. And it did made the rest of the occupations were intimidated more or less with successfully. Ellen who happened sat close to him was caught off guard by the sudden change of the young man. Moreover, she was the one who the most clear could sensed the intimidation feeling radiated from Noctis. It was true she had felt his aura few times but now with his near her, it felt so overwhelming. And she couldn't help but went wary to him although she also worried.
"And what make you think like that, Ms. Lee?" Noctis blandly asked, he eyed the bespectacled man who sat in the desk.
"Simple. You're appeared from nothing and inside the Ark which supposed to be guard tightly. And Ellen's description about your aura was interesting itself."
Noctis head snapped at Ellen's direction with shock expression. Ellen resisted the urge to flinch at his look.
"What?"
How did she felt it? There was no way normal human could sense aura, except the holder of the crystal and the chosen one who could see the light of the death. Was she also same with him? But that was impossible. His kingdom was the only one which had the crystal now and as far as he knew, Stella was the only one beside him who saw the light.
"How?" Was the only question he could only thinking about.
"Ellen can sense aura with her left eye but it's only working on Akuma. But now she told us that she could sense your aura from the inside of the Ark..." Lenalee trailed off.
"Ah..." Noctis was speechless.
"We didn't want to make you uncomfortable and and suspected." Bookman began. "However we need to know who you are and what are you doing in here to make sure that you're not Earl's ally. So far you're have no affiliation with him and we need to know more so you're not being ended in...wrong hands and wrong treatments."
"..." Noctis sighed as he massaged his temple. Looks like he really had no choice but to tell them the whole story. "Can I trust you all for this?" He lifted his face and leveled his eyes with Komui.
"It's depend on how you honest to us." Link countered.
So he really had no choice at all. The black prince inhale deeply as he prepared to told them his story. He however intended to left the part that he was a prince, they didn't need to acknowledge that yet. He hoped they will believe him though.
"...Please keep this from anyone else besides us, for this story isn't something you can tell to the others. For this story...is supposed to become a secret to few people."
This request was made everyone not exception Komui were puzzled. Yet Komui nodded and accepted this young man condition. "Alright."
Noctis stared at them quietly before he began. "...You're right. I'm not a normal human. And I'm become like this for a reason. " After a slight moment of silence, he continued with stern tone which he forced.
"I'm one from few people who actually had the forbidden power and many people went after it. I'm one of those who can see the light from realm of death. And I am..."
"The person who have the power of the dead..."
"And I can control it, as much as I want."
So finally Noctis revealed his ability. And I'm sorry if this was cliff hanger. I thought the chapter would be too long if I added more. And if I do that I'm afraid that the readers will be bored before they reached the end of the chapter, so I ended it in here. About Noctis's cell phone, I'm decided to use LG CHOCOLATE BL20 as a reference. In fact Noctis cell phone was this, except instead of black and red, it's colored almost all black and a bit of blue. It had a cool design, you should check it out. Until next time! :D Please reviews and critics this chapter! :)