June 23rd, 845 A.D.
The sun had just shown off its happy face.
"Welcome to Ylisstol!" Lissa exclaimed happily. "The capital of Halidom of Ylisse. This is where we live!"
"Whoa…" June was amazed seeing the city.
"What? You never saw a city before?" Sully asked. "Did you live in a cave or what?!"
"It's not that, Sully," Lissa clarified. "She just doesn't really remember how a city looks like. Am I right, June?"
"Um, pretty much," June answered.
As the group walking, June's eyes looking around stopped at a woman passing by. June's first impression about her was a poised queen. She radiated a very graceful aura. Her side-curled hair was blonde, like Lissa's. She had some kind of birth mark on her forehead, kind of reminds her of the very same symbol at Chrom's right forearm he kept showing off. She was with another woman who was armored.
"That's Lady Emmeryn for you," Frederick told the curious girl. "She's the exalt of Ylisse."
"Exalt?" June asked. "You mean like, the queen?"
"Yes, kind of that," Chrom answered.
"Is it really safe for her to walk around commoners like this?" June asked again.
"She's fine, June," Chrom clarified. "She's guarded by her bodyguard."
"The people around here sure like her a lot. She's so friendly to the others."
"Yes. She's the symbol of peace," Frederick added. "Long time ago, there was a fell dragon who tried to destroy the world. The first exalt defeated the dragon. Then, the exalt ruled the halidom with peace. And until now, Ylisse is a peaceful realm."
"Whoa…" June was amazed by the story. "That's amazing."
"Yes! Emmeryn is sure a great exalt and a great sister too!" Lissa added. "We're so lucky to have her!"
"Well yeah, she sure is!" June agreed her. But after she got the 'great sister' part, she was like, "Wait, Lissa. If Exalt Emmeryn is your sister, doesn't that mean Chrom and you are, uh…"
"Prince and princess of the realm?"Frederick said. "Well, you got that right, June."
"What?! I thought… you said you were shepherds!" June protested.
"Well, we sure have a lot of sheep," Chrom joked.
"Then, that tattoo thing on Chrom's forearm…"
"That's the Brand of the Exalt! The Mark of Naga!" Frederick scolded her as if it was a really important. "How dare you to mock it as a lowly tattoo!"
"I didn't know it, Frederick!" June objected the great knight. "Then you're guarding Chrom and Lissa because…"
"It's my duty as a knight."
"Well, how about Sully?"
"I'm part of the Shepherds too," Sully clarified. "But I'm just a regular person, though. I'm no noble."
"And now so are you, June," Frederick added. "But that doesn't mean you've earned my trust as a companion."
"At least you've earned mine," Chrom continued. "Anyway, I think Emmeryn is already going home to the castle. We should go home as well."
"Well come on, June!" Lissa begged. "Let's go follow us!"
"Oh, okay."
Then, June followed the group to the Castle of Ylisstol.
"Ah, the Exalted Lady Emmeryn. She is such a poised and graceful lady with a pure radiant heart and true kindness. Her beauty is not merely on the outside, but also from the most inside of her heart."
"What the f—you're still here?!" Sully who was surprised with Virion's presence might already swear if Chrom and Frederick weren't around. "What the hell are you up to?!"
"Sir Chrom said I am able to stay as a Shepherd if I would like to," Virion answered. "And I would like to, so I am staying here. Now, if you may, milady, would you love to..."
"Get outta here!"
June and the others entered the castle. The first thing that was on June's face was her expression of both dazed and surprised. 'Fabulous' was an understatement for that castle. The wall and the flooring were covered of white marbles. The windows were made of stained glass. The lightings on the ceiling were bright and crystal clear. She didn't expect that Chrom and Lissa actually lived in such a vast castle. "Do you actually live here…?" June asked Chrom and Lissa without the daze disappeared from her face. "This is… this place is just…"
"Well, yeah," Lissa answered. "Let's go to the throne room!"
"For what?" June asked her again.
"To see Emm, of course!"
"Wait, I'm coming too?!"
"Yeah! We'd like to introduce you to her!"
"O, okay, okay."
"Welcome back, Chrom, Lissa, Frederick," Emmeryn welcomed her both siblings and the bodyguard. "I'm glad that all of you come back safely."
"Emmeryn!" Lissa cheered.
"And I suppose you have brought us a new companion, Chrom," Emmeryn told him as she saw someone who was new to her. "And she probably has her own custom."
June who was bowing to Emmeryn knew that the exalt was actually talking about her. "Oh, yes. Pardon me, Your Highness."
"Oh, I almost forgot. This is June," Chrom introduced the new girl to his elder sister. "We found her in the middle of the field yesterday."
"She claimed that she had lost her memories," Frederick added. "But that's it, a claim. There's still a chance that she's also a brigand, or maybe a Plegian spy herself."
Now you're not calling me blasphemous, June thought while glaring at Frederick.
"Thank you for staying cautious as usual, Frederick," Emmeryn told him. "Chrom, do you trust this woman with your very own will?"
"I do, sister," Chrom answered humbly. "She helped us fighting the enemies twice. She's also such an able tactician. I believe that having her by our side will give us advantage in battlefield."
"If you say so, Chrom," Emmeryn said later. "You may stay with us, June."
"Thank you, Your Highness," June thanked the exalt as she bowed to her again.
"Anyway, June," Lissa talked to her. "There's another place that I wanna show you!"
"Huh? Where is it?" June asked.
"Just come with me!" Lissa cheered happily as she pulled the tactician's hand to follow her.
"Speaking about Plegia," Frederick reported when the two girls had already left. "Apparently they have been sending brigands to attack villagers. Yesterday was the third time this month. We may need reinforcements."
"But we don't have enough soldiers," Chrom said. "What do you suggest, Emmeryn?"
"Maybe we should negotiate with Regna Ferox," Emmeryn suggested. "They can have us backup soldiers we may need."
"I heard that Plegian brigands have been attacking Regna Ferox too. We may build an alliance with them," Chrom said. "We'll go, then."
"As you say, milady," Frederick obeyed as well.
"They will be back, they won't be back, they will be back, they won't be back," a copper-haired girl with pink-purple outfit was picking a flower's petal each one by one.
"There are too many flowers here, Sumia," said a blonde haired girl—most likely around Lissa's age. "You are still doing the flower fortune? I am also worried about my dear Lissa. I just do not think that the flower can actually tell what happened."
"But, but, Maribelle…" Sumia was desperate.
"Teach is basically worried about Chrom," a shirtless guy who called himself 'Teach' said. "But don't worry, he's a tough guy. That's why he's worth to be The Vaike's rival!"
That was when two young girls and a half (?) barged in.
"Oh! They're back!" Sumia said happily.
"TA DA!" Lissa entered the camp, still holding June's hand tightly. "Welcome to the Shepherds' camp!"
"Hey there!" Sully passionately cheered people around there.
"Uh, hi everyone," June also greeted everyone, but groggily, because she didn't know what else to say.
"Oh, hi! You girls are back!" Sumia happily waved her hand. Then she walked towards June, but she tripped. "KYAAA!"
"Um, you need help?" June offered her hand to Sumia, still nervously.
"Oh, yes. Thanks," Sumia thanked June as she reached her hand and got up. "Wait, where are Captain Chrom and Frederick?"
"They're still in Ylisstol," Lissa answered. "They should catch up later."
"Lissa my dear! Are you alright?" Maribelle asked her dear Lissa frantically as she ran towards her.
"Oh, hey Maribelle," the cleric happy-go-luckily responded. "I'm great. See? No scratches."
"'Oh hey' yourself!" Maribelle replied. "I was dead worried about you! I thought… I thought… Uh… never mind. At least you're safe and sound now, my dear."
"So who's this stranger?" Vaike asked as he glanced at June.
"Well, no one's stranger than you, Vaike," Lissa joked on him. "But behold! Ladies and gentleman, and um, Teach—"
"Wait, who's the gentleman if Vaike is 'Teach'?!" Sully half scolded. Once she realized Lissa's point, she yelled, "WHAT?!"
"Anyway, I present to you, Your Gracefulness Lady June! She's our new tactician! Seriously, she's awesome! She can do like, anything! Swords, sorcery, tactics…"
"No, really, Lissa," June blushed. "I'm not like that, I'm just—"
"Great! Can you do this?" Vaike burped very loudly, it almost can be heard by people in downtown Ylisstol. "If you can, then you'll be Teach's new rival!"
June was awed by The Vaike's really, really, loud burp. Then she said, "Whoa, that's… that's quite… bizarre, I would say, uh, 'Teach'. You kinda sound like a frog, hee hee."
"Vaike! That is such an unspeakably horrific thing!" Maribelle scolded. "And June, do not encourage him like that! I hope you were made of finer cloth!" She threw her face away from June and Vaike as she walked away, leaving everyone else.
"Uh, nice to meet you too?" June awkwardly, but sarcastically replied. "Why, excuuuuuse me, princess…"
"Maribelle, you're not supposed to act like that to someone you just met!" Sumia protested. "Sorry, June. She's always cold like that to strangers. But don't worry, she'll warm slowly."
"Or she burns too quickly! Ha ha ha," Lissa added.
"Hi everyone!" Chrom greeted as he and Frederick entered the camp.
"Oh! Captain! Frederick!" Sumia welcomed them and ran to them, but she tripped again. "HUAAAH, sorry! I'm sorry!"
"It's alright, Sumia," Chrom calmed her down. "Anyway, I have news for everyone in Shepherds."
"News? What news?" Lissa asked.
"We're departing to Regna Ferox tomorrow morning," Frederick answered. "We're going to ask them for reinforcements. Everyone in the Shepherds is coming."
"We need reinforcements?" Vaike said. "Get outta town! The Vaike is strong enough to handle brigands."
"Uh, I'm not sure about it," Sumia hesitated. "What if all I do is messing up?"
"I believe that you won't, Sumia," Chrom ensured her. "Some things can only be learned in battlefield. You can only gain experience if you have been in a real battle."
"Besides," June added. "I'm actually glad having another girl just around my age. We can share our stories in free times, Mia."
"Did you just call me Mia?" Sumia asked June.
"Do you have any problems with it?" June asked back.
"Actually, no," Sumia answered. "Anyway, is your name a short of Juniper or…?"
"No, it's just June. As long as I remember, at least."
"Uh, can I come too?" asked someone who was around there.
"Oh, and don't forget to tell the others who haven't known yet!" Chrom told the others.
"Sure!" Vaike exclaimed confidently.
"Hello? Anyone?" the previous person asked again. June heard him as she remained frozen for a second. She said, "Is this just me? Or did anyone else hear voices around here?"
"Nah, it's just you," Sully told her.
"But, but… but I'm right here," the 'voice' that June heard said.
June 24th, 845 A.D.
"Ah, milady, here you are. I have been waiting for you to…"
"What the f—you're still here?!" Sully who was surprised with Virion's presence might already swear if Chrom and Frederick weren't around. "What the hell are you up to?!"
"Sir Chrom said I am able to stay as a Shepherd if I would like to," Virion answered. "And I would like to, so I am staying here. Now, if you may, milady, would you love to..."
"Get outta here!"
"I believe that we have been through the very same conversation earlier yesterday, milady."
"You think I give a damn about it?!"
"Milady, if only you give me a chance to—"
Before Virion could finish his sentence, Sully's foot had already landed on his face.
"Ah, love does feel hurt, does it not?" Virion said about getting kicked by the mad woman.
"What?! You want some more?!" Sully shouted at him.
"Why, those two are getting along," June commented about them.
"Waaah, wait!" a guy with green armor and messy charcoal gray hair ran to the Shepherds' group. "Why am I the last one to know about the expedition to Ferox?! I didn't even get to finish my breakfast yet! There were pies, muffins, cookies, bacons, salads, cereals, curries…"
"T, those, those are your breakfast?!" June hardly believed what she just heard. Somehow, that was the thing bothered her the most.
"Oh, sorry Stahl," Lissa apologized to him. "It's Vaike's fault for forgetting to tell you earlier."
"Forget? The Vaike never forgets!" Vaike objected. "The Vaike just, uh, don't always remember."
"Just admit it already, Vaike," Lissa objected back. "You always forget things, like where you put your axe! I'm sure that you'd even forget your own name if you don't keep mentioning it like that!"
"Hey, I only forget my axe once! Training sessions don't count, okay?!"
"Why, those two are getting along," June commented about them. It was three second before June realized something terrible had just happened. The round head of her fluffy doll had already inside Stahl's mouth. June was shocked, but she was still quick enough to save her little friend from the devilishly good looking beast who was trying to devour it.
"What are you doing?!" June was surprised. If she was Sully, she would've explicitly sworn and cursed on Stahl like crazy.
"I'm just tasting it!" Stahl answered innocently. "Turns out it's delicious."
"That's a rhetorical question!" June scolded him again. "It's not a food! It's…"
"It's… what is it?" Stahl wondered about June's words that hadn't been finished yet.
"Ugh, screw it," June dismissed the topic and hugged her doll tight, instead of finishing her previous sentence.
"Oh, okay," Stahl accepted. "Hey, that doll is actually kind of cute."
"Said a greedy monster that just tried to eat it," June countered him, pouting.
"By the way, you're June, right?" Stahl asked. "So you're the new Shepherd whom Miriel said about."
"Miriel?" June asked back, hearing a new name to her.
"She's one of us, too. She should be catching up later."
"I suppose you do not forget about me, do you?" Virion who suddenly appeared out of nowhere asked Stahl.
"Uh, who are you?" Stahl asked back.
"I am Virion, the archest of the archers," Virion started bluffing again. "I am the man who puts 'arch' in 'archer'. I am myth and legend! I am he who strides large across history's greatest stage!"
"…I don't get it," Stahl said with a bubbly tone.
"You don't have to, Stahl," June told him. "Just leave him be."
"Ah, milady," Virion talked to June. "It is an honor of mine to be working with such a graceful queen of tactics like you. Now, will you marry me?"
"No, Virion," it was Lissa who answered him instead of June herself. "I'm pretty sure she's already in love with Jumpy, even if she doesn't remember. So she wouldn't just marry you that easy."
"Who is this Sir Jumpy?" Virion asked again. "Is he noble? Or is he a mere commoner?"
"Noble or commoner, June loves him for who he is! Right, June?" Lissa said.
"Uh, yeah," June answered, despite her lack of certainty. "But, Lissa—"
"Oh, now that Lady Lissa is also here, I cannot decide between you, Lady June, or Lady Sully to be the most beautiful woman in the realm."
"Forget it, Sir Virion," Stahl verified. "Every woman is just beautiful in their different ways."
"I do know about it, Sir Stahl. That is the precise reason I cannot decide between three women."
"Pffffffffffffffffffffft…" Lissa then stuck her tongue out and burst it out to Virion.
"Lissa, you're not supposed to do that!" Chrom intervened. "That's not what a princess does! You said you want to be a graceful princess, don't you? Then stop doing that!"
"Hmph! Okay…" Lissa puffed her cheeks like a blow fish.
That was when the enemies came by.
"Uh, what are those?" Stahl asked. "They look… hungry... Aretheygoingtoeatus?!"
"No way, Stahl," Sully objected. "The only one who looks hungry is you."
"Which I always do," Stahl replied while. "I know! Maybe I can just eat them before they eat me!"
"What the—"
"Wait, aren't those the ones from last night?" Lissa who was still in the same pack was confused as well. "They're here again?"
"Apparently they now have name, milady," Frederick clarified. "They're called Risen."
"Risen?" Chrom asked.
"The providence named them, milord."
"So we have to fight them?" June asked no one particular.
"Oh yeah! The Vaike was born to be ready!" Vaike exclaimed confidently. "Teach is always ready to swing his…uh…" As Vaike tried to grab his axe, he realized a bitter reality.
"My axe! Where's my axe?!"
"This isn't time to play around, Vaike!" Chrom scolded him.
"No seriously, Chrom!" Vaike said again. "My axe's gone!"
"What?!" June was surprised as well. If she was Sully, she would've explicitly sworn and cursed on Vaike like crazy.
Battle Area: [The Northroad]
Victory: Rout the enemy
"Vaike, are you good in bare hand combat?" June asked the Teach. "You know, so you won't have to be completely helpless while the others are struggling."
"Of course I am!" Vaike passionately exclaimed. "Oh yeah! The Vaike was born to be ready! Teach is always ready for battle!"
"Good then. Liz, you stay with him, just in case he got wounded!"
"Sure!" Lissa obeyed June. "Uh, you meant me by Liz, right?"
"Yeah. Oh, Sully. You, Fred, and Chrom can go to the western side."
"Roger!" Sully replied.
"Stahl, you go with me to the northeast."
"Ditto!"
"I suppose I am going with you too, milady?"
"Okay, whatever…"
"Now listen, everyone," Frederick told everyone around there. "Especially those who brought weapons. The weapon triangle is very important here! Swords have advantages against axes, axes have advantages against lances, and lances have advantages against swords!"
Everyone around there obeyed the great knight, except their beloved tactician girl. She questioned, "Uh, exactly what's a weapon triangle?"
"Really, June?" Stahl asked her back. "I thought you're a tactician. Didn't you learn about it?"
"No, not really. I, uh… it's just everyone else who concluded me to be one, okay? I never claim myself as a tactician. Besides, where's the logic about it? What I know is… swords have best accuracy but least damage, while axes have most damage but worst accuracy. Lances are in between."
"You do know about it, huh?"
"Yeah, but I don't really care about which beats which."
"Milord, may I say something?" Frederick asked the prince.
"What is it, Frederick?" Chrom responded.
"June maybe an able tactician, but we have kept her working relentlessly," the lieutenant answered. "Sometimes we should give her some rest, and we take decisions by our own."
"No, Fred, you get some rest," the tactician objected. "If you don't believe in me, then I won't believe in you either. I mean, just because I don't understand about weapon triangle…"
"Then I'll believe in you, June," Chrom told her. "I believe that your strategies will bring victory for us, and also protecting our safety."
"*sigh* you're not really helping, Chrom," June replied. "Anyway, I'm not going to believe anyone around here to take their own decisions. Stahl, we get the [soldier] over there! Also the ruffles, uh, what's your name again?"
"Virion it is, milady," Virion responded her.
"Oh yeah, Virion! We go to northeast!"
"But that's a lance user!" Stahl protested.
"Well…" June protested back. "I also have a tome! Plus Virion is an archer, so the swords won't be big deal for now!"
"Whatever…" Stahl dismissed as he stumbled on something. "Eh? What is this? Is it edible? I haven't eaten anything in minutes."
Stahl found a [Log].
"That's a log, Stahl," June told the green horseman. "You're not seriously going to eat it… are you?"
June was too late. Stahl's small mouth—not that small, but the log was a big one—had already devouring that log, and his jaws were already crunching a piece of it. Her face turned dumbfounded as if she had just seen a dancing snowman.
"Hmmm… it's yummy," Stahl commented about the taste of the log. He offered the hooded tactician his meal. "Hey June, you want to try some?"
"No thanks. Anyway, you're supposed to use that log as a lance, not eat it!"
"Great. Then I can have it for myself, since I didn't get to finish my breakfast due to this expedition to Ferox. Not to mention there are these… uh… what's the name again?"
"Risen?"
Unlike those two, Virion turned out to be actually serious. He shot the soldier without getting countered—he's a long-range specialist, after all. June realized Virion's circumstances, then she double-casted her Thunder against the very same soldier lethally.
"See? Swords aren't big deal!" June showed off her point to Stahl. "Anyway, that's a fighter over there. You can get that one, since weapon triangle is a big deal to you."
"Okidoki!"
"HYAAATT!" Sully shouted as she attacked a [myrmidon] with her lance. The myrmidon still countered her with its sword, but Frederick was quick enough to protect her. Frederick then helped her by attacking it as well. Chrom who wasn't really far from there countered a fighter. But he got counter-attacked.
"Milord!" Frederick yelped. Then, he attacked that fighter. He wasn't hesitated at all when it comes to Chrom.
"HEAAAAH!" Vaike head-butted a cavalier's horse and kicked the rider. Lissa also helped by smacking her staff—yeah, she did—to a soldier. "Yeah, the staff is awesome! Weapon triangle isn't valid!" Lissa passionately shouted. That was when a red-haired woman with spectacles—respectively Miriel—came while bringing an [iron axe].
"Splendid!" Miriel said. "I wondered what manner of ignoramus would mislay their weapon. Now I know."
Miriel went to catch up with the owner of the axe—Vaike it is. Before another Risen could bear an attack on her, she casted her [Fire] magic first. Then she gave the axe to Teach.
"Gee, thanks, Miriel," Vaike said to the [mage]. "Uh, for the axe, anyway…"
Miriel sighed and continued, "I presume that the axe is yours, due to you being most likely the one to blasphemously misplace their weapon. You ought to properly secure your possessions, Vaike."
"Well, you're right about it," the blonde fighter replied.
June who was northern from them slashed with her sword stronger. "Time to tip the scales!" she said as she blew a critical hit to a [mercenary]. Then she got a new [iron sword]. Yes, she thought to herself. I'm close enough from D-rank swords by now. My tomes still have to wait, though.
Stahl and Virion had gone more northern, away from her. After clearing up the Risens around them, Virion went into an empty fort to eventually heal his wounds, since he was less defensive than Stahl. At the western area, Sully, Frederick, and Chrom had already finished as well.
"I think we should take a rest for now," June told everyone. "Let Liz heal each of us, it can be her training. Plus I'm quite sure that those from far north wouldn't make any moves yet."
"Right, if you say so, June," Chrom confirmed.
"Yeah! You're our top percentage tactician, after all," Stahl added on.
Lissa then went to everyone else who were gathering northern away from her. She healed any possibly hurt Shepherds with her staff.
"Thanks, Liz," June thanked the young cleric. "I owe you."
"Well," Lissa wink-winked. "It's just not as much as Jumpy owes your heart."
"Eh?!" the tactician could feel her face reddened up.
"You must be madly in love with him. Last night, when I was still awake, I misheard you mentioning 'Jumpy' several times, in your sleep. I thought that you were dreaming about him, either good or bad. He must be really, really special to you if he still appears in your dreams, despite of you don't remember your memories of him."
"LI, LISSA!"
"Ahh, love is in the air," Stahl commented about the blushing girl. "I love food…"
"Studies have shown that ambition nourishes even the most logical minds," Miriel added on. "I believe your dream about Jumpy holds a peculiar phenomenon."
"Anyway, since everyone is now fully healed," June changed the topic as if to save herself from farther embarrassment. "Let's just clear all the remaining Risens at the north!"
Besides, why is everyone suddenly talking about Jumpy as if they know him so well?! June's inner voice spoke. It's not like I even remember anything about him. Not to mention 'madly in love' like Lissa said. Even if I am…
"You heard what she said!" Chrom exclaimed. "Let's go!"
Sully was the first one to move forward. She landed her lance to a different barbarian. But the barbarian could still counter her. Stahl went to catch up with her and he lethally attacked that barbarian with his sword. Stahl continued eating his log as he thought, June said that the log can be used as a lance. But I want to eat it! It's too delicious! Also the opponent uses axe and this log is too weak as a lance. So I decided to use my sword instead.
"HOI, STAHL!" the red cavalier scolded. "Why the hell are you eating a log during a battle?"
"Because I'm hungry!" the green cavalier simply whined about the same thing.
The brunette tactician sighed, as she casted her thunder to a fighter. While the 15-year-old cleric smacked another Risen with her staff, Teach continued axing, punching, and kicking nearby enemies. The smart mage also helped by casting her Fire as well. Chrom slashed a mercenary with Falchion and Frederick stabbed it with his lance.
"Teach just did 1000 sit-ups and didn't even break a sweat. Oh yeah!" Vaike passionately exclaimed. "These enemies are nothing to the Vaike!"
"I'm so hungry…" Stahl still complained about the very same thing. "Battles are very exhausting. I wish I can get some cream soup, grilled ribs, mashed potatoes, and fruit cocktail for lunch."
Then, the most ferocious looking Risen—presumably the boss—struck June with its [hand axe]. June shrieked, as she fell to the ground and grunted for the pain. Fortunately, June could still counter the boss with a Thunder cast. Helped by Stahl's sword slash and Vaike's sucker punch, the Risen boss was finished.
STAGE COMPLETE!
"So these 'Risen' things have been seen in Northroad too," Chrom said. "This is obviously not good."
"We should stay wary, milord," Frederick added on.
By the sun was on its peak, June was walking around the campsite while mumbling a particular song she didn't seem to remember. Chrom had told everyone that they would camp there since Ferox was still way too distant from their current spot. That was when she spotted someone on the top of a tree, and he was most likely up to something peculiar.
"…Vaike?" June asked that someone. "What are you up to out here?"
"Eh? Me? Up to? Nothin'! Har har!" Vaike replied the brunette girl. "Yessir, just a whooole lot of nothin'."
"Nothing? Really?" June didn't believe him.
"Oh lookie there! Pretty flowers!" Teach distracted the tactician as if to save himself from further embarrassment. "I sure do love me a pretty flower, don't you? Yep! Love 'em. All of 'em!"
"Yup. Pretty flowers."
"Say, what's your favorite flower, June?"
June blankly stared at Vaike for a few seconds, stayed silent for a while as if to think about something, and then she said, "Okay, Vaike. Now I know you're up to something."
"Har har! Nope, not me! Just lookin' at all them pretty flowers is all," Vaike still tried to defend himself. "Nice, ain't they?"
"Liar," June accused. "You're trying to see who's bathing in the spring over there, aren't you?"
"S- spring? There's a spring? Why, I had no idea!"
"Don't play dumb with me, Vaike! Now stop leering and get back to camp."
"Aw, come on now!" Teach protested. "You don't understand! You ain't a man! Sometimes a man's just gotta… see what can be seen, ya know?"
"No, I don't. I'm not a man, thank goodness."
"Right little goody two shoes, ain't ya? Interrupting my fun just when… oh, fine. Guess I'm done lookin' at them flowers. But don't you think you can keep me—huh?" Vaike's eyes stopped at a particular animal. "What the heck is that?"
"That's a horse… I guess?" June wasn't certain. "A horse with… wings? Pegasus, maybe?"
"Pegasus?!"
"Pegasus. But… it's a fierce looking brute. Do you see how it's glaring at us? It's almost as if—"
"IT'S GONNA CHARGE! RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIFE!" Vaike howled like horror as he subconsciously grabbed June's forearm and pulled it.
"What the—but, but—I didn't do anything!" June objected, but then she realized her life—and Vaike's too, in this case—come first. "KYAAAAAAAA!"
Vaike and June were already running. Actually, it was only Vaike who tried to run as fast as he could for his life—June was only pulled by him without knowing what was going on. In the middle of their escape, June could feel someone else's body bumped right onto hers, as her foot stumbled on a stone on the ground, twisting her ankle. That body then fell on the top of June as the tactician could felt an elbow hit her ribcage, causing her half-recovered wound—due to the hand axe of the Risen boss—to reopen. June yelped as she realized that her forearm was already free from Teach's grab.
"S, sorry, sorry," a petite voice of a girl—respectively the owner of the body that bumped her—frantically spoke. Just as she got up and left the other poor girl still on the ground, she quickly approached the raging Pegasus. Then, she softly petted the creature. "Shhh, good girl," she said. "Calm down, Clair. It's okay…"
"Mia?!" June realized her bumper, but then she hissed of her pain on her ribcage. "Since when did you get here?!"
"Uh, just now," Sumia answered. "Please forgive Clair, okay? Sometimes she just rages when there's a stranger."
"Well…" June said again, interrupted by a grunt of pain, and then continued, "Say that to Vaike. I'm pretty sure he started it. I didn't do anything."
"Oh yeah…anyway, are you alright, June?"
"Why, I'm—ugh… sort of? Despite of the ribcage wound and twisted ankle—"
"WAAAAH!" Sumia shrieked. "It's my fault for bumping you, then! You're totally not fine! We have to get you to Lissa! Hurry up!"
Sorry if I'm kinda slow this time. It's reality's fault-_- Also, sorry if this one's kinda too long._.
I don't know why, but I keep calling a burp sounds like frog. Maybe because of whoever taught me back in my childhood, I can't forget it until now. Ha ha ha…
Speaking about Stahl's hair, it's charcoal gray to me, yes, not green. My Stahl married Cordelia—best way to find out his real hair color because Severa sure has so much hair. It'll be easier to see Stahl's hair color on her: charcoal gray. While Sumia's hair is harder to conclude, because my Cynthia's hair is blue—you get it, right? Let's just say it copper, hahaha.
Did any of you actually depend on weapon triangle? To be honest, I don't really remember about it. Moreover, when my army is mostly of swords and lances, I was pretty sure that the users are strong enough to beat the weapons 'above' them later on.
Anyway, thanks for reading :)
-Ellie