Chapter 13
"Alyce." asked Lavi.
"What?"
"During the mission, I overheard you and Tyki when I was fighting near. You weren't really that quiet with your arguments with him. And with the way you talked, you've met him before, haven't you?"
"No."
"He seems to know you though."
"I don't know how he does but I don't know him. Leave me alone for now, Lavi. I'm getting tired."
"But …"
He was cut off by a finder who came towards us.
"Sorry to disturb the two of you but General Wynne is asked to come to the supervisor's office."
"Was it explained why?"
"No, it was not, General Wynne. They just told us to bring you there."
"I'll go."
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*At Komui's office …
There were a lot of people there besides the usual. Some people from the central were there.
"What is it this time?" asked Alyce as she came in.
"Have a seat, General Wynne."
"So what do you want with me?"
"Where's General Cross?"
"Why? Has he left?"
"He did and you were the last person he had contact with."
"Well, I don't know where he is."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Why do you doubt me?"
"He had this left for you. We can't open it though."
It was a small box and a note was attached to it. I read the note that left my eyes wide open.
"And that is one of the reasons why we think you might know."
The message read: This is a gift to the new general, my ex-
"Wait! That is just a misunderstanding. It's not like that."
Timcampy then showed a video of Cross writing the note.
"There's no space left. Leave it to them to understand."
"Told you, it wasn't like that. So what's inside?"said Alyce in a slightly annoyed tone since Cross had just left it like that for others to misunderstand.
"We told you that we weren't able to open it."
"That's cause you weren't supposed to open it."
I then looked at the box and then opened it. It wasn't even hard to open as they say. I looked inside. There was a small silver ball. I took it out from the box and then it started to fly. It was a golem. A tag was attached to it that read: Name it yourself, got tired of thinking anything.
"Do you know why he left you that?" said in a suspicious tone.
"He said it was to congratulate me on becoming a general. This wasn't the first time he gave me a gift so what's weird about him giving me one."
"He did?"
"Yeah, he did. He does that for girls most of the time even if he is that way. I'll be leaving then since I'm tired."
"We still haven't finished questioning you."
"I'm done with answering them."
"General …"
The door was slammed shut.
"Alyce!" said Lilia as she clinged to Alyce while holding her doll.
"What is it Lilia?"
"What's that?"
"A golem."
"Where'd you get that? What's its name?"
"From General Cross. I haven't thought of a name yet. What do you think we should name her?"
"How about Yin? The name means silver. And it is a pretty name."
"It is nice. I'm fine with whatever you would want to call her. Keep her for now, I want to sleep."
"Okay."
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*Tyki's point of view
Alyce seems to be doing fine. She's giving it her all into hating me. It's better that way, isn't it? I'm a Noah and she's an exorcist. The years in the past remain in the past. I was just playing an act out of curiosity and a whim. I should stop thinking about them. Nothing good will come from it. It is better to forget … and yet why is it so hard to erase? Why is it so hard to forget?
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*Alyce's point of view
Why wasn't Tyki fighting me seriously? He was acting strange. Oh … Why am I even thinking about that Noah? The Tyki I know is dead. The one I met is a Noah, a coldblooded murderer. They aren't the same. The one I knew was an act while the one I fought with is real. Why did I fall for his lies? I hate him. Cross was right that I am hesitating and I would die because of it.
I should forget those lies, remembering only brings pain. Remembering brings trouble. It could bring my end, my downfall. But it had already brought my downfall; the end isn't there yet only close.