Sprites are the living structures that create balance within the world. Ones who are able to witness such forms are considered to be blessed by the Mother Earth and gifted by Fate. And such people will either turn out to be an Alchemist, a Holy Priest, an Inscriptionist, a Ruler… and a Magnus.
Even for just a brief moment, once you see a sprite makes you a being who is loved by life. This is the way of power back then… now that everything has changed and humans dominated the world, a single sight of it makes you a great person.
"…Luffy, what would you want to be when you grow up?" this was the shortest way for me to answer my questions. A single answer from Luffy will tell what he will turn out to be in the future. But the wish of him not to walk the same path as I do is so strong that I would even try to yield against fate forcefully.
"I want to become a cool Pirate like Shanks!" hearing the name of that pirate made a vein pop on my head. But it's quite better than anything else in this world. He would be very annoyed at the restrictions that the rules that the Marines uphold and hurting people for money isn't much of his character. Piracy huh… I guess he could be a close candidate for that throne.
"I see… if Luffy becomes a pirate then I will become a pirate too." after all, there is someone in this world who still needs to savor the taste of my revenge. But I will make sure that Luffy will never get caught up with my mischief.
"Cool! Let's be pirates and find many treasures!" it's really quite relaxing to see such an oblivious person in high spirits. Roaming around the world isn't always milk and honey. There are things that we call obstacles and sacrifices. And such things I have already experienced… and probably experience once more.
"Yes, let's become pirates Luffy…" I managed to crack up a smile while looking at the laughing boy in front of me. Luffy is one of the blessings that the world gave to me. Even though it could be treated as a small thing, a cheerful person's laughter can be very contagious. And I don't even have anything to complain about it.
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It has been year… many things happened since then. The Pirates have continued their voyage after they created a scene that gave a big impact with Luffy's life. After Luffy's declaration, he finally gave the hat to its rightful owner and left with the promise that the two made. As for the persistent man Benn, he said his good bye to me with a heavy shoulder. I know he was hiding something from me, but such things are currently none of my concern. It may be something related to me, my father or anything else. He was suffering it in my stead, so before he left I gave him a gift that one cannot obtain easily. It was a charm that can interfere with fate. Since I have created something like that, I have to stop making more Inscriptions or else I will be weakened and be an easy target of death.
"…Chaos~chan? Are you feeling lonely?" I looked at Makino who seemed to be concerned of me staring at the nothingness of the air. It has been a week since Luffy was taken to the mountains. Garp made a sharp instruction on not to go to the mountains no matter what since I will be safer down here. He was a fool, he separated me to the person who can make me feel safe when I sleep.
"I'm… okay… just feeling a little worn out. I haven't slept for days from worry. Luffy is the type of boy that would rather be hurt than be alone." a smile appeared on Makino's face which was actually pretty nice to see. She seems to understand the sadness and worry that I feel at the moment.
"Do you want to go to where Luffy is?" I nodded meekly knowing that Makino has an idea. Unlike me, she can change Garp's mind with her sweet talking.
"…yes…" her smile couldn't get any wider. Before I knew it, the room was occupied by many villagers with baskets of food and a small backpack for children. I was confused but then understood instantly what their intentions were.
"You can't get the bandits to accept you without anything to please them right? We have sake too!" they all cheered happily which made me crack up a smile.
"You guys…"
"Chaos~chan really helped us a lot so we thought that we should help you too." so… they have really been worried about me huh? I am really thankful that such people still exists at this time of the world. Now, they are one of the people who will help me push forward and reach for my final destination. They are no chess pieces… they are more like fireflies that will lead my path from this darkened world of mine. And with them, I shall soon witness what fate wants to show me.
|To be Continued…|