Chapter 13

A Demon and A Weapon?

It was about another month since Will's encounter with Yuki in Gainos's marketplace. He finally had the chance to get a new lead on Anne's whereabouts in Zanef. Its a merchant city on the eastern coast of the continent with a unique resemblance to Venice and his lead would bring him to one of the gondoliers working in the city that started working around his return from the Swamp lands. Will and Nyx soon entered the city while testing the new transport Ymir developed to get there. Once there they asked for this woman and were led to a home at the corner of town and they were greeted by a man who seemed suspicious to Will's standards. He led them in and told them his wife will be returning shortly.

Will's POV

This guy just had a strange aura around him; he was just to calm about letting us in, I can't describe him beyond his teal hair for some reason, and there was some kind of aura about him that screams that he isn't some average husband to a former warrior turned gondolier. That's when he asked, "So what is it that you want to talk to her about? If it involves her joining Queen's Army. I will not allow you to force her into that life". I just couldn't help but feel tense around him for some reason but I had to answer, "We're not recruiters so don't worry about it especially since she found a good job" then I stated stated towards him "and a reason to stay". I explained my reason for wanting to talk to his wife about her and how she could've been involved with involved Anne some time ago. He chuckled as he answered, "And you think she would what: put your story about this Anne and hers together. Sorry but my dear Aldra lost her memories when I found her and they haven't come back to her yet" I managed to figure out this guy as he continued "So why should I leave her to enter back into a life that is best forgotten especially what happened to her". I convinced Nyx to take a little stroll through town before I continued by saying, "I never mentioned that her name is Aldra and if she had amnesia why would you know about her past". He just chuckled some more before he asked, "Then what do you think that would mean, boy?" I answered, "It would mean that your someone who wouldn't want her to go out looking for her sister. Someone who might have caused her condition in the first place right sir, or should I call you Delmore. I'm just wandering how a dead demon is right here in front of me". He just started laughing as he said, "That would be a long story but I don't mind entertaining you with it". That's when he explained it all to me about how it happened in Hinomoto.

Apparently he was resurrected by a group of corrupt officials there that had decided to use Aldra as a replacement for their current emperor by merging him with her. Since she was going there to look for her sister they decided to take advantage of the situation and grabbed her when they got the chance. Fortunately their plan failed and Tomoe supposedly banished him but he ended up merging with a fresh corpse instead; restored all vitals, made as though the body was never a corpse to begin with, and the rest was pure patience for his opportunity to be with Aldra again. At least this explains that strange aura he had but I can't believe what was going on here; me of all people here having a conversation with a demon. While I was thinking of what could possibly next he continues by saying, "So I'm gonna make you an offer; I'll tell you what you want to know about her, you'll leave, and I will never hear a word about you and anything involving my dear Aldra again even if it means that she will never know about her sister being found by you"

"You mean that Anne is her sister".

"I did not say such a thing".

"And you will agree with that if I accept your offer".

"That's correct".

"And If I say no?"

"Then I want you and your company to leave Zanef before tomorrow morning".

"Is that a threat?"

"I don't do threats"

"And I don't like taking orders from demon scum like you"

"Like I would stoop so low as to spare some pathetic majin of a deserved fate"

"And yet you would marry one"

"My beloved Aldra is above such standards"

... ... "Hypocrite"

The argument went on for what felt like hours until Nyx came back from her stroll. I decided to joke with him by asking for his name and that's when he answered, "Its Atlas. Now would you kindly get out of my house". I told him that we would come back tomorrow to finish the conversation.

POV Ends

It was around the time that Will and Delmore's conversation when a small group of bandits laid waiting outside Zanef when they were approached by Knight. He said to them, "You understand your assignment. Bring the Heroic Thug to me alive and anyone else he's with will be up to you". The leader of the bandits, Fraser, steps forward and says, "It will be nice to give that albino elf a little payback after what he did to us". One of the other of the bandits said, "I hope that stupid dwarf is with him. I would enjoy making her pay us back the humiliation and coin we wasted with her". Then another one yelled, "Figures you bring her up with your lolicon issues Biff. I hoping that Inquisitor is with, I wouldn't mind giving her a chance to worship something better than God". He yells back, "Can it Breckin, no one wants to hear an ego that's bigger than their dick, and for the last time I'm not a lolicon! A dwarf's appearance and age are drastically different" Another one yelled, "Yeah, Biff is actually into Ba-chans!"

"ENOUGH!" Knight yelled to help them focus on what he was trying to tell them, "First of all that boy isn't some albino elf. He's actually a majin, a being born from the union of human and demon which means the ass kicking you guys got wasn't as humiliating as you thought, it was a disgrace. But I can offer each of you a little something that should help you fight this abomination, a gift if you will".

Fraser demanded to know what kind of gift so he answered, "I will show you but first hand me your claymore" . He handed his weapon to knight thinking of how his goons outnumbered him. With the claymore in his possession Knight revealed to them what first appears to be a small and glowing wizard stone, he placed it on the pommel and it started to fuse with the it until the claymore was completely transformed into a demonic blade. As he returned the weapon to its owner he said, "I give you Muramasa's Will". One's it was given to Fraser his eyes soon became lifeless and then replaced by bloodlust. "I need to hear it" he mumbled as turned towards his men, "I need to hear the song. I need to make out the words" he finally yelled, "I NEED TO HEAR IT!"

As Fraser began to slaughter his men Knight said to himself, "I guess my gift was too much for him" he then focused his attention to a nearby tree as he says, "Your going to stick to the sidelines on this one Baroque". He stepped out from behind the tree as he answered, "No women to break especially when a demon like you is in charge of these things".

Knight simply chuckled as he said, "I just find the ideas of how mortals can justify such actions towards each other to be too dull, so why not something to give their actions a little extra kick and entertainment. That claymore will now drive any mere mortal into madness and only those that I deem worthy are immune to this madness".