Chapter 18: Getting over 100 reviews celebration bonus chapter!!!!
"Hello fellow readers! Today this story. "The Heart and the Sword." Will feature a bonus chapter to celebrate its success of receiving over 100 reviews!!"
The happy swordsman Orpheus, who was currently dressed in what appears to be a cat suit. Along with Camus and Edward beside him each of them wearing an animal suit. Camus in a bunny suit and Edward in a bear suit.
"Yup! We want to thank all of the reviewers who read this insane story!" The acolyte said throwing both arm up in the air. (A/N: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY INSANE?!?!?)
"So in today's chapter we're going to do a short interview of some of the guild members. Mostly the people who are popular by reviewers." Edward said calmly not looking particular too happy being stuck in a bear suit.
"First up our favorite Assassin Cross! Griever!!"
(The interviewer is italic and the victim…I mean the person being interviewed is in regular font)
Interviewer: Camus
Guest: Griever
"So Mr. Griever. Why don't tell something about yourself?"
"Uh okay. I'm the top Assassin Cross in Rune Midgard and I'm the captain of the Assassin Division in Lion's Pride?"
"Do you have any hobbies?"
"Well I like to take quick walks at night and tease Julian from time to time. Oh and I play Poring Soccer with some of my assassin guild friends."
"Poring Soccer?"
"Yeah it's soccer, only you use a poring instead of a ball."
"Isn't that animal abuse?"
"I dunno. We've been doing it since we were little."
"Just out of curiosity…how do you get a poring to be a ball?"
"Oh we just grab one out of the wild. Kick it around and sometime accidentally kill it in the process. Then we just go grab another one out on the field."
"Yup definitely animal abuse…anyway, we're going to move onto more personal questions it that okay?"
"Sure."
"What is your favorite color?"
"…blue?"
"Your favorite flower?"
"Blue Violet"
"That's surprising. Why?"
"One because it's blue. Two, it means watchfulness, faithfulness; I'll always be true."
"Okay…favorite food?"
"Chile Shrimp Gratin."
"Birthday?""December 14th"
"Okay final question. Is there anything you really want?"
"Hmm……Julian's stuffed bunny she hides in her room."
"…..what?"
"Don't you know? She has a pink stuffed bunny that's usually hidden either under her bed or in her closet."
"……okay I think I'm going to leave now bye!!"
"?? Why did Camus run like he was scared? intense killing aura from behind (A/N: Guess who it is. Hint: Blonde) Aw crap…"
Interviewer: Edward
Guest: Xeonhart
"Mr. Xeonhart. Please tell the reader about yourself."
"Captain of the wizard division and half younger brother of Sir Xeno. Also the top graduate student from Geffen's Magic Academy. There's nothing more to hear fools. If you know what is best for you stop reviewing this god damn story already. You're making my life miserable."
"Mr. Xeonhart. Please be cooperative. We're trying to bring more readers to the story. Not threaten them away."
"Not that I care."
"……well I'm not going to be the one tortured by the authoress later on…"
"ON WITH THE QUESTIONS!!"
"Do you have any hobbies?""I read books."
"What kind?""Usually history related. Sometime books from famous writers such as Ralph Waldie Emerson, Shakepear and Nathany Hawthorne. (A/N: These are real authors modified for copyright reasons) Sometime the latest issue of Ragnarok Us magazine… I mean! The latest issue of National Discovery!!"
"……right…favorite color?"
"Silver"
"Favorite flower?"
"Vitex agnus-castus"
"Meaning?"
"Coldness; Indifferent."
"Favorite food?"
"Ascending Dragon Soup."
"Birthday?"
"January 28th"
"Final question. Is there anything you want?"
"…………Julian…………"
"………you should be glad Julian's taking her anger out of Griever right now."
"Yes, for once I'm saved by that idiot assassin."
Interviewer: Orpheus
Guest: Camus
"Why do you get to be interviewed?!"
"Cause I'm popular"
"……stupid acolyte…"
"What was that?" now holding a morning star
"Nothing!! Please tell the reader about yourself Camus-sama!!"
"Okay! Well let's see…Hi I'm Camus and I'm an acolyte! I live bunnies and cute things!"
"Do you have any hobbies?"
"Well I like to go around candy and cake shops! They usually give me free things saying nice stuff about me! I like to pet lunatics!……and then kill them with my morning star…evi laugh here "
"…okay…favorite color?"
"Pink!"
"Favorite flower?"
"White Camellia."
"Meaning..?"
"You're adorable!"
"……yeah…favorite food?"
"Chocolate Mousse Cake!"
"Birthday?"
"April 7th!"
"Last question. Anything you want?"
"World domination."
"W-what?!"
"Yes I'll become KING OF THE WORLD!!!!"
"……I'm leaving!!"
END OF INTERVIEWING (for now)
Now moving on to the real part of the chapter!!
"What?! What do you mean Lord Shinryu cannot participate in the play?! Why now?!"
An enraged yell came from the backstage. Today was the presentation day of 'Sleeping Beauty" (Ragnarok Style? Lol) everyone was bustling around in his or her costume getting everything set up. Sir Xeno, dressed in a king's garment almost making looks like if HE was the one ruling Midgard, was yelling at the poor swordsman scaring his little soul. That poor swordsman is none other than Orpheus.
"Well um…you see Sir…some of the people had food poisoning and…in a nutshell they're all in the infirmary." Orpheus replied nervously, fiddling with his thumb waiting for Sir Xeno's reaction.
"Wait SOME?"
"Um yes…there are some people beside Lord Shinryu who is also sick. Griever, Keiki and Richard, along with some people who are extras are also sick…"
"Oh for the love of…Yue! Yue! Come over here!!" The pissed off guild leader shouted. Yue, being well..you know…Yue, walked over to the duo with an innocent smile.
"Hi guys what's the problem?"
"Yue…if you tell me that you were the one responsible for all this I will PERSONALLY cleave your head off." Sir Xeno said making Orpheus shiver at the angered Lord Knight.
"Sir Xeno, with all due respect. Why would I due something like that? For your information I'm the one having a hard time here. Rearranging all of the casts and trying to fill in the major roles right this minute!"
Although the High Priest said this with a smile, one could see the corner of his mouth twitching with irritation. Indeed, Yue was also not happy with this accident.
"………and? Did you come up with a substitution?" The angered expression of Sir Xeno was replaced with a worrisome one. This event was one of the most important events taken every year. If they cancel it now, who knows how much their reputation will fall…
"Sort of. I'm going to have Edward and Orpheus play as the two magicians. They don't appear as much and we'll have one of the extras hold up a cardboard with all the lines on it. The problem is…we don't have a prince…we can't remove Xeonhart from his role either…"
"The play is about to start in one hour! And the option of canceling is out!" Sir Xeno said as he put a hand through his white snowy hair and looked around in frustration. Failing was not an option but who is going to be the prince?!
"Whoa this looks like fun. Mind if I take that role dear brother?"
Sir Xeno froze. The last voice he wanted to hear. Slowly he turned around to see a Stalker leaning casually on the wall. White hair with a hint of light purple, if one looks carefully. A fox-like face as a smirk appeared upon his face. Rufus Xeno, full-blooded younger brother of Sir Xeno. Captain of the Rouge division, code name Night. (A/N: Yes he is also a vampire.)
"Night…"
"Yikes, what's with that deadly look your giving me? Aren't you happy to see your younger brother?"
The stalker said as he put a hand on Sir Xeno's shoulder, only to be brushed away quickly. Rufus just simply kept his smirk.
"Guess I'm not loved eh?"
"Not after what YOU did." Sir Xeno replied, his words dripping with deadly poison.
"What? Your still mad about what I did to her? That lowly human girl you took in as if she was your daughter?"
"SERAS WAS NOT A LOWLY HUMAN GIRL YOU BASTARD!!!"
At this Sir Xeno literally threw himself onto Night. He grabbed the stalker's collar furiously as he raised one fist. Orpheus and Yue stood by the side, nervously looking at the scene and debating whether to stop them or not. Sir Xeno's glare was ten times more deadly than the usual one and Night just continued to smirk.
"Ah so Seras was her name? Pity that you couldn't see her at the very end. Although she did taste quite good for a mere human."
"Why you little!!!"
He attempted to bring his fist down right into Rufus's face, only that it was held back by another hand.
"Sir Xeno!"
The enraged knight was snapped out of his infuriation as the one holding his arm none other than Julian. Fully dressed and ready.
"Please Sir Xeno. King Tristen will be here any minute now. I doubt he would be pleased to see this happening."
"Yes dear brother you should listen to your new toy." Rufus sniggered at the sight of Julian.
"toy?"
WHAM!!!
The guild leader planted a full on punch into Rufus's face as the stalker went flying across the floor some several feet before colliding into a wall. Leaving Julian gaping at what had just happened in front of her. She have seen Sir Xeno angry before but not PISSED.
"Getting defensive are we? Well, at least she looks more appealing to my taste….Seras was a bit too young." Rufus kept taunting barely scathed by the punch Sir Xeno gave him. Sir Xeno gave an inhumane growl as he put an arm in front of Julian defensively.
The blonde princess shook a little at the sound of her guild leader. However, what scared her more was the stalker in front of her. Ever since she joined the guild she have heard of another younger brother of Sir Xeno who was the captain of the Rouge division but never met him in person. Sure, he had a smile outside but every time he spoke it felt as if she plunged into a washtub full of ice-cold water.
And the way he looked at her……it was like a snake was wrapped around her waiting for the chance to attack.
"Sir Xeno!! It's King Tristen! He's looking for you!"
Julian whispered in alert as see could see the King dressed in his magnificent robe walking toward the group in the distance. Sir Xeno mentally cursed himself for this bad timing. Dear Odin must hate him today…
"So? Do I get the role of the Prince?" Rufus said as he stood up. Yue, who snapped out of his gaze immediately began to ponder.
"Well…I mean we are short on people so I don't see why no-"
"No." Sir Xeno replied curtly as he gave a menacing glare to his vile younger brother. "I will do the role of the prince. Xeonhart will fill in the role as King and Rufus you'll do the evil sorcerer."
"What?!" The blonde priest began to complain. "But we need Xeonhart to do his magic so he would look really evil-"
"If I recall correctly, stalkers have the ability to copy any attacks. Including magic attacks. Have Rufus do that. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE COMPLAINTS. Is that clear?"
"Y-yes sir…"
END OF CHAPTER!!
Time to answer reviews!!
Yumi Sakura- You'll be surprised who it's gonna be...hehehe
Cezaria- Whoa Xeonhart. Looks like you have another fan.
Xeonhart: Another one?! Curses!
You should be happy...
Ein Hazuki- Yessss I shallllll!!!!!!
Filir- Yes he reads those XD
Xeonhart: I wouldn't be doing lightning bolts if you weren't so pessemistic!
Yuleen75- Lol my mind is so random that no one can tell what's going to happen next XD
Steel Heart- If Griever keeps her sheltered. How is he going to answer when she asks "Where do babies come from?"
Anonymous- closet pervert is a person who is secretly a pervert and also literally the meaning the two words say. (Hids in the closet and spys on Julian time to time) XDDD
Attic-Window- Oh she's going to have her education...but knowing me it's not going to be any regular education...
Melodic Art- This is what happens when you have a over protective father plus an assassin cross who his head over heels for her. XD