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騎士の犠牲義務 - Sacrificial Duty of a Knight

Written By: Sousuke Yamazaki

Entry #1

Watching the Magic Six (especially Rin) leaving was a bit heartbreaking, but I know they will manage to survive. After all, they have done exceptionally well so far. I cannot lose faith in them. As much as one of them sort of drives me a bit crazy at times (yes 'him'…), I have grown to accept that fate can be a bit of a bitch.

I don't know why I feel this way…is it jealousy? Or is it just idle worry? Or is it something of…love? I don't know…I just wanna know the reason…why I am the way I am.

I feel like it could be a song of some sorts but for now though, I need to reflect on a few things…especially after what Rin told me. And I hate to admit this but Nanase does have a point too about Makoto and Alexa.

It pretty much all began on that 'day' during the last hour of their sacred ritual…someone unforgivable has dared to enter to our lives and taking the advantage of our weaknesses.

I think someone is at the door but I will definitely write more about the past when I can get some rest after fulfilling today's duties.

Entry #2

A duty as a "Water Knight" is not an easy job. However, I am not alone at this job; I have Momotarou and Nitori with me. Sometimes, Aki comes by as well but she's got different duties such as blacksmith and marine biology. Heck, I don't know how she maintains both of those jobs.

Anyway, Water Knights are given the job to defend the kingdom from any external threats. There was an ancient historic moment long ago that some monstrous entity that was a cross between a slug and something of an Ancient Sea Behemoth. It supposedly smashed through the walls and unleashed a slimy, gooey substance that poisoned the people, killing many lives. However, the substance dried up and it was surprisingly used as bricks and stoned-jewelry.

As for this land itself, I don't know how it even formed but some say we are over an underwater volcano and the island is slowly growing.

Back to my writing anyhow. The Water Knights were formed after that terrible incident and are tasked into guarding the island all around. However, there's a division of them where they help the kingdom maintain peace and order.

However, I wanted to swim…which was going to be difficult to let go because I've always wanted to compete during the festival. Already it's the 5th annual and Rin's not even here…

Ah well, hopefully all goes well with him and the others…anyway I have to get back on duty for tonight. See you later!

Entry #3

If I could only described what happened last night; it was beyond horrific!

The Festival was happening as usual as I was on duty to guard the staged area by the shoreline for the magical shows. All of a sudden, the waves churned and grew dangerously large. We thought it was a natural tsunami but it was far worse.

The monster that I wrote about, it was real! The beast surfaced out to see us and we were not so sure how it was going to attack. But this time, it was really weird; the monster stared at us simply but it had a cloud of darkness around its head with a sinister laugh coming from it.

I readied my pole arm while Momo and Nitori were fighting some minion-slugs that were being unleashed from this monster. Kazuki Minami, Takuya Uozomi, Shouta Nakagawa, and Toru Iwashimizu helped the people to evacuate from the scene. However, the monster didn't really attack at the people or us directly though we were trying to back it off to the seas.

However, it spoke:

"One of your children…soon…will become just like us…a monster!"

I had no idea what it was saying but all of a sudden, I felt like I gained magic and I unleashed a blast of water that was strong enough to propel it back a little. After that, I don't remember what happened. Momo told me that I was unleashing a rainstorm that was almost like Rin's magic or the others.

In fear of what was happening, the Water Knights were put on double duty for the evening hours and the remaining kings; Magnus, Tatsuhisa, and Toraichi decided to push the ceremony back a week.

Other than that, peace has resumed in the kingdom...