Author not: I'm just going to keep clean non-bold type, k? I like it like that. -Smiles.-So, here's another shorty.
Title: A Knight's Tale.
Pairings/Characters: Erutis, mentions Chris and Rae briefly. No pairings.
Rating: PG
Summary: Erutis gets to realizing that she never lived out her dream of being that big knight that killed the demon lord.
After her afternoon nap, she sprawled out on the grass to watch Raenef and Chris duel with each other, a smug expression on her otherwise relaxed face.
"Is that what you call defeating a demon lord, Chris! You're nothing but a little sissy!"
The glare and the wooden sword that gotten thrown at her was enough to make her laugh outright, her legs kicking at the ground at Chris' poor aim.
"It's not like you can do any better, Miss I-Broke-My-Sword-On-A-Dimwit's-Head," Chris huffed at her, while Rae just watched the two, his eyes pooling in tears at being called a dimwit.
Of course, after calling Raenef that Chris immediately regretted it, his mouth becoming an oven for Eclipse's familiar demon fire.
Erutis laughed as she watched Chris run off, yelling "It burns!" while Rae disappeared to tend to his regular lessons, the castle going back to its normal procedures.
Erutis sat back down on her rump, sighing with frustration as her mind worked over what Chris said, even though she knew fully well that she shouldn't take that stupid monk's words to heart, but it hit her soft spot.
She's living as life has been hittin' her, just like old times never regretting a single minute, but now she doesn't really know what has happened to her. She's gotten real soft or something, because she's sitting here, in a demon lord's castle, and not chasing after the demon with fury and determination.
'What ever happened to me being the big-shot knight?" That's what was going on through her head. She's befriended a demon lord and she's even eating his food. Soon, she'll be greeting them like they are her kin or something. Wasn't this against her life long dream? Didn't she work all her life to achieving the skills she had gained to go and kill demons like Raenef and Eclipse?
Erutis shook her head in mild exasperation, before settling back into a lying position, her hands automatically coming to rest behind her head and act as a substitute pillow.
"Not worth ponderin' now," she said aloud, before a snore could be heard all about the courtyard.
That's Erutis for you. Handling life's problems as it gives them to her and moving on.