The second last chapter of this story! I might write a sequel to this to expand the other parts of the story. As usual, pretty much completley dialogue based.

Disclaimer: I own only the story

Thanks for the review FieryFlames! Makes me happy to know people are actually reading this. Hopefully, this chapter will clear up lots of questions and stuff. Once again though, I'd like to remind everyone that this story is completely made up and his absolutely nothing to do with the real Kiel Hyre story.

"What…no…let him go! Stop it!"

"Al…i…za…"

In the stillness of the night, where silence filled the air and clogged practically every sense, the sharp voice of a woman cut through it.

Frozen in mixed emotions, Aliot just stood there. He couldn't tell what it was that froze him. Was it happiness that he had accomplished his goal? Was it fear of this omnipotent being? He couldn't tell. It could've been something else or perhaps every single one of his emotions reacting.

"Y-you're…" He whispered, stuttering on his words, "Here…" His sentence faded into a breathy word, "You're really here!" He turned around, seeing nothing behind him, "What…" Was it a delusion in his mind?

No…he definitely heard something.

His heart nearly skipped a beat as a shower of pure silver appeared before his eyes. Deep within the silver was a pair of snake like green eyes. Calming down, he let his senses observe her carefully. On her head was the famed Valkyrie helmet on her head, an exact copy of those on the statues and in the pictures. A beautiful silver haired woman dressed in pure silver clothing with long shimmering silver hair. They really did pick a good name for her. As soon as his eyes absorbed her appearance, a large pair of pitch black wings came from her back.

Aliot swallowed, casting away all the emotion that clogged his senses, "Thank you." The silver haired witch gave him a neutral look, "Thank you for saving me. I really mean it." He bowed to her, waiting for a response. After a long, awkward pause, Aliot looked up and took off his shawl, "This should be yours, right?"

She said nothing at first, only glancing down to look at the shawl. She then looked up, turned herself, and walked towards the cabin.

Disappointed that he didn't get a reaction from her, he decided to turn and head back. He really just wanted to thank her. Though he made many steps to find her, he never truly planned what he would do after he found her.

"Wait," He shouted as he turned around, "You…did you…bring me somewhere a long time ago? And…Maxwell's daughter as well?"

A gasp came from her as she twisted her head around. Emotions played on her face and for that moment, Aliot thought she looked rather human.

"You…you talked to him?" She gasped.

Did Aliot make a smart choice? He couldn't foreshadow what would happen to him just by reading her face so he continued to press on.

"Yes, I talked with Maxwell. He told me that the Valkyrie came and brought a girl named Aliza to him, telling him to protect her no matter what. And…now that I think about it, I never really knew why I was just found by a church."

"Aliza…"

Aliot nodded, "Maxwell said we had something to do with Kiel Hyre's robots. He said we were some sort of human prototype. I also talked with everyone in Juno. It seemed that Randgris has some bad connections with Kiel Hyre."

She looked at him, "You…put pieces together very well. How much did Maxwell tell you?"

"He told me that his suspicions came from Aliza. He told me that there was a research team of students that went down there with Aliza. The details aren't exact, but he thinks Aliza self-destructed and brought the team with her."

"No…"

Aliot gave a look of confusion, "Excuse me?"

"He's wrong…" She whispered.

"What do you mean?" He waited, "What…what do you know? What's the truth?"

There was a pause.

With a sigh, she began her story, "Randgris was Kiel's lover. Both of them had good intentions for this world and the two both had the power to do it. Randgris had her god-like strength, Kiel had his technological genius. When Kiel first created his first robots, Randgris was amazed by them. The two were in love. They shared everything…even…the horrible truth."

Aliot listened patiently, ignoring the freezing breeze that touched his skin, "Which was…?"

"The prototypes of Kiel's work were made from humans. He took in orphans from the street, he made it look like they had entered his academy but in fact…he took them apart and then rebuilt them. There were many tries and many fails. In the end, only four were successful. Randgris was disgusted by this. Kiel told her that his robots no longer needed humans since he had figured out how it all worked. This calmed her down. Then, one faithful day, Kiel found out that the robots will begin to develop their own free will when they were close to a prototype. He had to dispose of the four prototypes so this wouldn't happen. He destroyed Alicel and Alice. When Randgris came in and saw what he was doing, he merely said that he was killing off "monsters" like how an adventurer does so. The prototypes were not humans anymore. Before he could destroy the other two, Randgris came in, took the two, and ran off. She hid the two far away from Kiel, wiped their memories so they wouldn't think of even going to Kiel Hyre again, and gave them to people that she deeply trusted. Randgris and Kiel were deeply in love, past the point of marriage. She couldn't bear spreading the news to everyone and ruining Kiel. She couldn't live with herself betraying Kiel. So, in her cabin, she sealed all her memories into her helmet and took it off so she wouldn't remember Kiel after she became a true Valkyrie, and she hung herself."

Aliot was amazed by this story. Pieces began fitting in everywhere. Maxwell was right all along. Kiel held a monstrous secret that would've utterly destroyed him if it was let out.

"Wait…she hung herself?" Aliot murmured, "Then…who are you?"

She looked at Aliot for a long time, "A human can never truly connect with monsters. Monsters will not attack one another…and monsters will not assist humans. Its true for you, isn't it?"

Aliot nodded in reply. He then thought back in his life. Humans always avoided talking to him. A monster never came up to kill him. Only the homunculi that were dubbed not a human and not a monster attacked him. He also never helped humans but he thought that was natural. With a gasp, he began recalling what the couple at Lighthalzen had told him about the silver haired witch.

"Then…you…"

"That's right…I am just like you. I am Aliza."

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