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Chapter 3: Fairy Castle

Chappie 3 is finally posted it took a while to finish It went longer than I thought it would be. Nah what the Hell I don't have readers anyway XDDD

If anyone does thanks!

NOTE: In Iris Memory fragments, It always an Iris POV but the thoughts that are Italicized are Kyiin's thoughts

Disclaimer: Doesn't own Latale

Kyiin's POV

Elias city, the center of all trade and industry, it happened to be the center of the alliance of all the cities with exception of city of Aioch, who desired to live independently from the alliance,

By midnight we arrive at Elias city, the city was still huge and full of lights by that time. I was so sleepy I hardly noticed that Corelle was already asleep; her magic wings carry her only on a straight path. I guided her to a nearby inn where we were accommodated. After the transaction has been completed I was guided by the servants which room we were assigned. The room was a simple wooden room with two beds a table and window overlooking Elias city.

I slowly placed Luli on the bed near the window. After which I guided Corelle to the top of her bed. Her magic seemed to fade as the wings started to vanish, she fell on the bed laying on her side her hair covering her face, and I wipe it away from her face. And returned to the window looking at the people who seemed happy walking to their destination. Although I was exhausted and tired I couldn't sleep at all I tried laying on the floor where I'm supposed to sleep but to no luck; I still couldn't sleep so I decided to take an early morning stroll to the city.

"Young traveler, would you be interested to visit the space-time zones?" A black merchant asked me.

"Space-time zones?" Although I heard it before from Corelle I still had no idea what it was so I decided to ask the merchant.

"Huh? You don't know?" "These are areas that are stuck between a temporal loop not only in time but space as well. Instance dungeons are areas stuck on a temporal loop of time. That would explain why the monsters there only die temporarily but will keep on reviving until the source of the loop is destroyed." The merchant said

"That would explain why Invoke won't die?" I asked

"Invoke is only an example of a monster stuck in the instance dungeon where the temporal loop is present, the lair of the evil dragon is a type of instance that would revive the dead after the cause of the change of its pattern has left the loop. But there are other instances that can revive the dead monsters inside the loop immediately after they die, the best example would be-" "Oh, I'm sorry am I hurting your brain?" The merchant said

I grinned at the comment. And the merchant laughed at me.

"The space-time zones have a temporal loop in space as well. That the reason they aren't connected to the land mass we are in and can only be entered by drinking a capsule that defies the space and time frame and take you to them. But each of the capsule can only take you to one specific part of the entire space-time loop, the Fairy Castle is the nearest and has a small area of the loop. Therefore not much of my secret ingredient for the drinking capsule is needed to travel there. The more you went further into the space-time loop the more amount of my secret ingredient is needed. And so the prices for these capsules increase as well." The merchant said

"Wait. Your secret ingredient? You sell those capsules?" I asked

"Yes, Yes I do." "Would you like to buy one?"

"I wish I could but I have no money to start with. Perhaps I can borrow money from Corelle but then again she might not give some" I frowned

"Wait did you just say Corelle?"

'Yeah?"

"Then I'm giving you a capsule for free I owe my life to Corelle, I should have died in Orca Beach if it wasn't for her." He said giving me a pack of capsules with a label of Fairy Castle.

"And If you like to earn some money. I can offer you a quick quest if and only if you want to" He said to me.

Luli's POV

When I woke up from a comfortable bed. I examined where I was, I looked out the window and saw Elias City. Kyiin must have carried me towards this inn. I looked at the other bed and saw Corelle still laid in a comfortable position she was chewing on her pillow and murmuring something I can't understand. I looked for my brown-haired companion. But wasn't able to find him. I started to get worried on that no-good-for-anything boy I stood up looking for something to eat.

Maybe I'll eat Corelle

I thought and laughed to myself. The door swung open revealing a tired and sleepy Kyiin on the doorstep.

"There you are! How long were you gone? And why do you look so tir-" I shouted only to find him putting a piece of bread at my mouth to shut me up.

"How long were you up? I took care some business from a merchant last night. And manage to earn some money for us." He said

After finishing my first meal after deciding to go on this journey I answered only with a smile.

Corelle started to awaken as well. She stood up and went to the bathroom, afterwards she took one of Kyiin's bread and ate it.

"Everyone ready for Fairy Castle?"

"Yeah" I answered

"Well I hope you two have enough money, because I certainly am not gonna pay for the transport of the both of you." She said

"Come again? What transport? Can't we walk there?" I asked completely unaware of where we are going

"Taken care of" Kyiin said showing a bag filled with some sort of orbs that are labeled Fairy Castle.

"Woah, How did you get all these?" she asked Kyiin

"The word Corelle did the trick. And some errands too" Kyiin said smiling.

Corelle stood and smiled I guess were going now?

"No were not!" I shouted

"You guys haven't paid the bill for the room" I said

"Oh yeah I completely forgot" Kyiin said. Turning away but Corelle took him by the shoulder and shove him away from the door.

"I'll do it, since it cost you much trouble just to get those capsules."

After a while Corelle came back and we were ready to leave. I drank the capsule first and felt a little odd. The floor that was supporting me was sucked into abyss. I fell and landed on a different area. I stood up waiting for them. But Kyiin was waving his hand to signal that their already a few meters ahead of me.

"Where are we?" I asked

"At Fairy Forest if we follow the path straight ahead we'll reach Fairy Castle"

The Fairy Forest was a glowing mystic forest. The variety of colors was so splendid it was starting to get weird. The mushrooms, trees, and bushes glowed at different colors, colors that usually aren't the proper colors for them.

We went straight to the right path to the Fairy Castle. Corelle casted her wings open and flew straight Kyiin was trailing behind her while I was following the both of them. As we went further to the forest the weirder it gets so weird that at first this is the type of place that six year olds want to go but eventually I change the thought to a place where crazy people can go crazier.

Well how many times in a day can you see a mouse dressed like a sorcerer, has a wand and summons trash cans to charge at you?

I put the thought on hold as I looked at Kyiin. We were following Corelle and because she is at flight she doesn't mind the mobs of creatures coming towards her. Kyiin on the other hand got the attention of the creatures and shoved them off out way. He seems pretty confident of what his doing now. Unlike before. I noticed that he was wearing a knuckle guard on his hands

"Kyiin? When did you get knuckles?" I asked while running

"Huh? I got this last night I bought it at the weapon shop. Pretty sweet right? The vendor Toma said it was called Lamia Golden Knuckles so I bought it."

"So you're saying that you are now a guardian?" I asked

"Huh? What are you talking about?" what guardian? I'm not guarding anything?" he said still shoving away the enemies that seemed to go to a traumatic sleep as they fall to the ground

"A guardian it's a fighter class they use knuckles as weapons they're pretty good at fighting hand to hand." I said starting to climb a very long ladder as Corelle flies higher

"Ohh.. Nah… I don't care what anymore my brain will just hurt anyway."

By the time we reached the top of the ladder. There was a huge tree that stretches up for miles and a small hole that is said to be the entrance. Corelle entered in and we followed her inside.

The Inside of the Fairy Castle were large holes that stretch upward going in circles. Corelle entered one of these holes and flew though them to the other side. We looked up on how we could climb a smooth surface without sliding back. Corelle then slid back to the area where we are.

"Wrong one. This must be the one that leads to the King's and Queen's room." She said pointing on one of the holes.

She slipped inside the hole and flew upward now when we looked up we could hear some rumbling sounds to the area above.

I immediately started to climb the holes Kyiin was behind me. But the surface was so smooth that I slipped back down and fell on Kyiin.

"Ouch! Watch it."

"Sorry." I said to him

After a couple of tries again and ending up the same. I finally gave up and looked at Kyiin.

He grabbed my hand and escorted me to the backside of the castle's lobby

"About time you give up. Now what does that look like to you?" He said to me

"Stairs"

As soon as we climbed the stairs Corelle was sitting in the floor waiting for us.

Oberon the Fairy King who was wearing a king's attire with a ridiculously large crown on his head was facing away from his wife Titania who wore a white torned dressed and decorated with flowers gleaming blue.

"Just because you guys are stuck in a time loop, that doesn't mean you can argue everyday with the exact same reason!" Corelle shouted.

The King and Queen only let out an hmph and look away farther from each other.

"That's your prize, even though I did all the work" Corelle said pointing at the red pillar across the room.

"Sorry about that Corelle, can you hand me the scroll?" Kyiin asked her and she handed the red scroll that I never knew about.

"Kyiin approached the pillar and placed his hand and on the pillar and the other on the scroll. Light glowed from him. And he closed his eyes as if in a trance. I watched him closely and decided to I'd like to see what he's looking inside the memory fragment. So I placed my hand over the scroll and the other on the pillar I placed my forehead on Kyiin's. I think it bothered him but he still kept his eyes closed, and so did I. and I fell to the memory fragment's contents.

A brown skinned guy with brown long locks talking to a fair skinned woman with short cream hair wearing a wool dress and studded black pants.

"Chon Palm, where is the Durendal? They brown haired guy asked

"Let it go. Iris doesn't know how to use it anyway. Only Serenne knows but as long as I keep her busy she can't help Iris to fulfill her duty. Gatia Sue only put the cold hearted monster to sleep. But it's ready to awaken real soon Kazno Nas, real soon." the cream haired woman laughed

"You Idiot! Are you trying to kill us all you can't let that monster to awaken again? That would ruin everything Iris worked for." Kazno asked

"I'm just bored. I want to mix things up for a change." Chon said putting a pout in her lips

"It was inevitable anyway. Just don't forget reality. This world's pretty cruel for the likes of you and me." Chon Palm said

"Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to remember kill you after were done." Kazno said

Chon gave an agreeing nod and laughed. And faded to black.

I snapped out of my trance. And looked at Kyiin his eyes are still closed but the memory fragment ended how come he hasn't ended his trance yet.

"You can't see the memory inside Iris' soul fragment. I'm surprised he did." Corelle said still scolding the King and the Queen.

"No one can see Iris' memory fragments except the iris seekers and they end up dead afterwards. Or so I heard" Corelle said as I looked at her in an angry grin.

"Don't worry yet little bard that kid still have some fight to offer us." Who's memory fragment was in the pillar.

"Kazno's I think, it was just a conversation with a girl named Chon Palm." I said to her.

Corelle's hands clenched into fists. "Chon Palm? Don't worry we'll get to her." She said keeping her head down trying to control herself.

But why?

Iris' Memory Fragment

"Muwen!" I said he answered me with a smile

"I want to fulfill my role in this world. And I would love to have you with me along the way." I said to him

"I would love to come with you Iris! But you have to promise me when we get back you'll play with me in the meadows!" Muwen said to me.

"Sure! I would like that Muwen!" I shouted.

Things start to go a bit vague. I couldn't see anything clearly.

"Muwen! Start lowering the lever!" I shouted

Muwen lowered the lever and the gates crashed down the escaping monster that looks like a gian turtle destroying parts of its shell and the gates' spikes punctured the insides of its shell. The monster roared in pain. And the space was starting to get distorted. A huge black hole appeared out of nowhere. Sucking the monster inside along with the entire area. Muwen and I tried to hang on to something but the suction was too strong we were bound to get sucked. Just then when my hands slipped and I was eventually sucked into the abyss our scarlet haired friend came and grabbed my hands. Muwen was still hanging on my foot crying.

"Hang on!" the scarlet haired woman. Shouted at us.

She used all of her strength to pull us up out of the balck hole and into the soil after where climbed up the black hole closed.

"Thanks Shaowee!" I said to her. She only manage to smile because of her exhaustion

Shaowee?

Kyiin's POV

I snapped out of my trance. And opened my eyes. Corelle was sorting through the loot present inside the room of the King and Queen. Luli was looking at me.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"The King and Queen wants us out of here they offered a prize to pick one of there treasures and get out." Luli said to me.

I looked at the couple that is still angry at each other and with us.

They only looked at me with awe, pride, anger, and something like pity.

I sorted the looted looking for something quite unique but all I can see was gold watches jewelries, crowns, coins, and chalices. But out of all those I found a blue framed sandglass it looked different from the rest of the loot since the loot were all gold and white. So I took it and placed it in my satchel. Corelle got a diamond necklace that she wore and ask to have it from Titania. She agreed Luli asked something from Oberon but I couldn't see what it was. I went to the young couple and asked permission to take the sandglass but…

"I said take one and leave you Idiots!" Titania said throwing gold coins at me.

"Okay guys take one Elias capsule and let's get out of here." Corelle said to us giving us a capsule labeled Elias.

I took the capsule and drank it I end up on Elias city in front of the Palace. After a while of walking we finally made it back to the inn we where accommodated before.

"Hey guys? Where are we going now?" I asked

"I don't know you're the one who wanted this journey. Didn't you think this through?" Corelle said to me

"I guess I didn't I'm sorry. The only thing in that memory is some scarlet haired girl named Shaowee. I'm sorry guys looks like I'm on a dead end."

"Not just yet. Shaowee you say?" Luli asked

"Shaowee is the musician at the city of Yong Gyoung, it's just a couple of miles from here we can get there in no time." Corelle exclaimed

"Great now we have a destination for tomorrow Now let's go get some shut eye please." Luli answered delightly. And Corelle lay by her bed and started to fall to sleep.

At early morning I roused up to sleep only fo find Luli sitting on her bed.

"Luli what are you doing still up?" I asked my voice was still hoarse from the face that I just woke up.

"Huh? Oh you're awake. Go back to sleep" Luli said to me.

"Not until you sleep first." I said

"Okay then let me just finish this."

She was holding some kind of music box the brown box that are plated gold has four vaults that hold the metal cylindrical pins. But only one out of the four vaults has their respective cylinder pins. The Music box comb teeth weren't arranged from a high note to a low note. Instead it is divided into a four sets of the same pattern of the metal combs.

"What are the other vaults for?" I asked her still rubbing my eyes to see clearly.

"The music box isn't complete. Oberon said to find the other pins and complete the music box He said It will unlock something. But I don't know where to find it, He said to ask musicians" Luli said

"Then ask Shaowee she's a musician right? We'll be meeting her tomorrow."

"Maybe but the music box's secret I wanna know it so badly." She said to me pouting her lips.

"Sure you can. Soon but for now can you just go to sleep?" I asked her and she nodded

She rotated the ratchet lever and winds it up to its fullest playing the music contained in the music box. It was a soothing music but it ended but quickly after a while it started playing again. I think it needs to find the three other cylinders and complete the music piece but for now I looked at Luli now laying on her side her hands still holding the music box. I wiped the stray hair from her face and smiled. I relax and lay on the floor and let the soothing music lull me to sleep.

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Hope you enjoy it! I just wanted to add the music box thing so bad. I got LSS on the tune for the Story of Evil(Music box) GO VOCALOID!

The Music box tune was Story of Evil divided into Four parts. the one playing was Daughter of Evil tune. the 3 other pieces are yet to be found.

Just to let you not get confused with the tune that Luli was playing.

Disclaimer: I do not own the tune in Story of Evil (But it's so cool!) go listen to it!

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