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Arc woke up at a start. He looked around him as he noticed that he was back in his room again. There was no one around.
'Did they drag me back from that demon? Most importantly, is the village safe from it?' he thought of many questions.
"Oh, you're awake." he was interrupted by a voice behind him as his ears pricked up. It was Elsword.
"Did you… Save me?" he muttered, his head looking down.
"You should thank my sister. If she didn't defeat that demon all by herself and drag you back, you would have been dead meat already." he sighed. "Anyway, it's a relief that you're safe."
"Where is she?" Arc asked.
"At the roundtable meeting." Elsword replied as he walked out. But he stopped, and said softly. "I hope she's okay…"
Elesis gulped as she looked around. All of the members in the meeting were high ranking commanders. She was in deep trouble. She was not even supposed to engage in combat outside of the school compound, let alone use her powers recklessly in town. But at least there were no casualties, right?
"Okay, is everyone here?" Vanessa said as she looked around to check the attendance for all the other members.
"Let's begin. Elesis Sieghart, you have been caught engaging in an unofficial battle. Although there were no casualties from the result of this, there has been huge amounts of damage to property. It has also been stated by the school rules that you are not allowed to engage into combat under any circumstances, unless under supervision or within school compounds. You have clearly breached the school rules, doubling the offenses you have committed. Do you hereby accept any form of punishment given to you?" Vanessa said firmly.
"Yes I do." Elesis said grimly.
"I say we just execute her. She has broken way too many rules!" A man wearing black armour, known as Valak, stood up and said.
"Yeah, we should just expel her out of the country!" Another man in red known as Edan added on.
Elesis could only keep quiet. She secretly hoped that she would still come out alive, and see her brother once more, given how brutal some of the commanders can be. She closed her eyes, and braced herself for the worst.
"Now hold on the second!" she heard someone interrupt the two. She opened her eyes.
"I was the one who saw her at the scene. If she hadn't defeated Berthe, there would have been more casualties and injuries. I say we should just let her off this time." Elesis looked at the man wearing a white fur coat. The man named Raven looked at her and nodded.
"But she breached the rules!" Edan argued as he banged the table.
"Yes, it's true that she did, but she also saved the lives of many. We can still compensate for the losses incurred."
"Compensate? We have to lose money again? No, I'm getting the money again for you! I say we just punish her!" the treasure hunter, Amelia said.
"The lives and safety of the civilians are more important!" Raven argued.
"Enough!" Vanessa stomped her spear on the ground, silencing the arguing trio. "We came here for a formal discussion, not to fight. Now let's continue." she said.
"I agree with Raven." a girl with purple hair clad in heavy armour started. "It has been a rare case that a student can single-handed defeat such a powerful demon. I say we let her off this time, since she might be of great use to us in the future."
"Thank you Noah." Raven said, approving her explanation.
"I agree with Raven too. She has indeed saved the lives of many, and her abilities would be a very interesting subject to study on." Apple added on.
"But look at the amount of property she has damaged!" Lime argued back.
"My company would be able to help in some of the funds." Apple replied.
The roundtable started to murmur amongst themselves. Some of them wanted her to be punished, while some were more lenient and said she should be let off. Elesis just stared at them, puzzled.
"Okay, I say we take a vote. Should Elesis Seighart be punished for the incident she has been involved in yesterday?" Vanessa said.
"Edan?"
"Yes."
"Valak?"
"Hell yes."
"Noah?"
"No."
"Amelia?"
"Yes."
"Lime?"
"Yes."
"Raven?"
"No."
"Apple?"
"No."
"Penensio?"
"No."
There was an equal number of votes for whether she was to be punished or not.
"It's all left with you now, Vanessa."
The next few minutes were intense. No one dared to speak, as all eyes were on Vanessa. Elesis could hardly breathe.
'What if she says yes? I would be dead already!'
After a long moment that seemed like ages, Vanessa sighed and started,"Elesis Seighart, you are hereby forgiven for your actions yesterday. However, if you are caught engaging in combat without authority again, you will be punished accordingly."
Elesis heaved a sigh of relief. She was finally safe.
"Meeting dismissed." she heard Vanessa say as the commanders streamed out of the room. Elesis followed suit, until she heard her name called. It was Raven.
"Elesis," he started. "Yesterday, when I was patrol, I noticed a white-haired male with those weird cat ears wandering around. I saw you carrying him out from the scene yesterday. Is he someone related to you?"
"Erm… Uh…" There was no escape. She can't lie to Raven. He would find out. She sighed heavily and whispered,"Would you mind helping me keep a secret?" At least Raven could be trusted, since he did offer to mentor Elsword in some of his sword combat. She proceeded to explain everything to him.
Raven nodded as he said,"I will help you keep this secret safe, provided that he does not cause any trouble to the town or harm the civilians. If necessary actions are required to stop him, I'll still do so." Elesis left the council building as she headed home.
'Man, what a day. I hope Arc doesn't run off on his own anymore, or I'll get into even more trouble.
I like the fact that the Epic NPCs are acting as generals in this story.:D As for Speka and Lowe, I left them out purposely because I have other roles planned for them. As for Proto, well, she's a destructive nasod, and acts like a weapon, I can't possibly put her as a general, I may or may not include her in the story.(depends on how the story flows.)
One thing here, the fact that Raven knows about Arc is important because he would be playing an important role in later chapters to prevent the other commanders from finding out about him, and as well as keeping Elesis and Arc safe.
There will be more Elesis x Add bonding in the next few chapters, and Eve, Chung and Ara will appear more too!
As for the other characters, if you're wondering, Aisha will appear within the next 2-3 chapters. As for Rena, her role in the story won't be big, and I'm still deciding what role I should make her play in this story, so she won't appear any time sooner. As for PT Add, that I've mentioned to be including in this story, and I've already hinted him in the flashbacks, will appear for a minor role in the next chapter, but not with the main cast. I'll slowly bring him into the main cast, that's what I'm planning on doing.
Do R&R if you like it!:D