Chapter 5
Later that night.....
"Fio, are you sure with your plan? Will it be ok to bring him into our war?" Felicia asked to Fiorentin in their room. They are staying a night at Peco Inn, using 2 rooms. Felicia and Fiorentin sharing the same room while George and Olivia sharing the other room (Felicia was hoping they wouldn't do anything irresponsible, though).
"Why not? Isn't he having a war with Valdomir too? Besides, Alberta isn't managed by one of Valdomir's guild. It should be safer to act here rather than any other place." Fiorentin replied calmly.
"No, I mean can we trust him? Yes, his country is currently having some war with Valdomir. But, he is an outsider. If I may remind you Alexandria, he doesn't belong to Midgard, he belongs to the Republic of Schwaltzvalt" said back to Fiorentin.
"But he helped the owner of the inn, right? Judge by the way speak, the owner is possibly from Midgard just like us. Didn't the thing he does prove anything to you, Felicia?" Fiorentin asked back. Felicia didn't give a reply, she was a bit surprised by her princess answer.
"And to tell you the truth, I think I've seen him somewhere before. But, I couldn't recall when and where" Fiorentin continued. "His face looked so familiar to me. And, I didn't feel anything bad from him. It's like, he's an angel or something like that" Fiorentin finished.
Felicia seemed to surprise even more. She had known Fiorentin since their childhood. It's only natural because her father and George's father were the top two generals among many generals back there in the once great Prontera Kingdom led by Fiorentin's father.
She, George, and Olivia are her childhood friend, even though they are more like a guardian than a friend, maybe that was the reason Fiorentin trusted them to accompany her in this mission.
During their childhood, Fiorentin was a cheerful girl, more so like a spoiled little girl. Felicia had noticed that since Fiorentin lost her father, she had changed into a much colder and calmer girl. Felicia could barely see her smiling. And, as alonga s she can recall, Fiorentin always tell them to be protect each other in every situation they experienced, every mission they had, every war they fought.
Maybe, Fiorentin didn't want to lose another person close to her. So, it's hard for Felicia to believe that her great Alexandria trust a foreigner they just met this afternoon. But, Felicia didn't dare to debate Fiorentin's decision any further. The least she could do, was protecting her princess' back.
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Meanwhile, in one of the ships in the port....
"DAMN!! That kid embarrassed me in front the whole town!", Geckar shouted to his underlings. "The whole town laughed at me! And the worst is, you two morons didn't help me at all. How are we going to carry our pride as the biggest pirate in the sea of Alberta, huh? Had I known this would happen, I'd bring a dozen men", Geckar continued while accusing his two underlings.
"But captain, did they even notice that we were pirates? I was sure they though we were just a...small thugs?", one of his underlings asked. "SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!", Geckar shouted again. "I don't need your stupid question right now!! Not only him, but this whole town will have to feel my wrath!!", Geckar continued.
"How are we going to pay them back, captain? If we try to attack the town, the soldiers will demolish us. We are outnumbered", one of his underlings asked again."Huh? Oh, yeah right. I wonder how", Geckar replied stupidly. "Can I offer you a help?", a voice suddenly interrupted. The voice belongs to a 6'6 tall white haired man who was entering the room, he had on a high wizard attire in white from head to toe.
"Huh, who are you? How do you get in here? What do you want?" Geckar asked. "Your underlings didn't lock the door upstairs. Let's say, I'm your good fella? I just want to help you, Geckar" the white haired man replied. Geckar looked to his underlings who were trying to look innocent "How do you know my name?" Geckar asked surprisingly.
"I know a lot, good fellas" the white haired man replied calmly while smiling. "Anyway, didn't you say you want to take a revenge on this town? I can help" he continued.
"How?" Geckar asked. "By using this" the white haired man said while giving two bloody branches to Geckar. "This red branches are called the bloody branches. You can summon one S-Class monster by using this. In this case, you can summon two", he continued.
"Wow, where did you get this thing?" Geckar asked. "You don't need to know that" the high wizard said. "And in case two bloody branches aren't enough, I have them to assist you" he continued while smiling.
"Them?" Geckar asked. Suddenly, Drake and Turtle General entered the room they're in. "WAAAAH", Geckar and his underlings screamed. "It's Drake, the king of Alberta sea." one of his underlings shouted. "And the other is Turtle General, a powerful lord of turtle monsters!!" the other shouted.
"Insolent mortals!" said Drake. "Show us some respect, if he didn't ask us to assist you, we wouldn't even come here" Turtle General continued. "Well then, I bid you farewell" the white haired man said while walking away slowly from the ship, leaving the scared pirates.
Outside the ship he was greeted by an Assassin Cross. "Thanks for guarding the ship, Eremes. We couldn't let anyone now we were here", he said to the assassin cross. "It's my honor, master" the assassin named Eremes replied. "Let's get going before someone notice us, then" the white haired man said to his underling.
"Forgive me for asking this, master. But, why did you help them? They're just worthless mortals" Eremes asked his master while leaving the port. "It's simple Eremes, I want to do an experiment" the white haired man answered. "I'm sure that Geckar guy will cause some mess and Elraven will try to stop him somehow. I would like to know, which path will the destiny choose? Mine or his?" he continued.
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The next morning, Fiorentin and her warriors tried to meet Elraven. When they asked his whereabouts to the owner of the inn, the owner said Elraven went to the peco-peco stable to feed the peco. When they arrived in the stable, Fiorentin told her underlings to wait outside. Inside the stable, she saw Elraven giving away some chicken food to the peco-pecos. She told her ompanions to wait outside, not barging in, no matter what happens.
"Hello, good morning", Fiorentin greeted Elraven who was feeding the peco-peco. "Huh, oh. Good morning miss. Can I help you?", Elraven replied when he noticed the girl was standing behind him. "Uh, yes. Can I talk to you for a minute?" Fiorentin asked. "Oh, ok. Sure", Elraven replied. They sat on a long wooden chair inside the stable which was usually used by Elraven to take a rest.
"What dod you want to talk about, miss?" Elraven asked to Fiorentin. "OK. First, what's your name? If I'm not mistaken, the owner called you El back in the inn, right?" Fiorentin said to Elraven. "Oh, yeah. My name is Elraven, but people usually call me El", Elraven answered. "Hm, ok El. I'm Fio, nice to meet you", Fiorentin replied. They shake hands.
George, Olivia, and Felicia were trying to peek their leader from outside the stable's door. "What are they talking about?", George whispered. "How do I suppose to know?", Olivia replied. "Ssh, quiet!", Felicia warned the two.
"Anyway, you defeated the thugs yesterday right? How did you do that? Do you have any fighting experience from an army or something?", Fiorentin asked. "Uh,no. It was just...an instinct", Elraven answered while readjusting his purple glasses. The stable fell for a silent in a moment
"Oh, I see. But, I'm sure your fighting style was really something. Could it be that you, by any chance, are a gunslinger from Shcwaltzvalt Republic?" Fiorentin said calmly. Her eyes stared to Elraven's, who seemed shock. This shocked her warriors (who was peeking) too.
Elraven tried to lie."What are you...talking about, miss?". "You heard me", Fiorentin replied his words.
"I don't know what do you mean" Elraven replied. "Oh? Look into my eyes and say that again" Fiorentin replied back calmly.
Elraven tried to look her right in the eyes to make her believe his lies. But something on Fiorentin's eyes fascinates him. It's like, she could see the whole truth just by looking into his eyes. Silent fell for a moment inside the stable.
Elraven finally realized, that he can't lie to this girl. "How do you know about me? Are you one of the valdomir soldiers?" asked Elraven. His tone was serious this time
"Don't worry, I'm not a Valdomir. I'm from Sagramore" replied Fiorentin. "Sagramore? The rebellion army?", Elraven asked back. "Yes" she answered shortly. "What is the rebellion army doing here? Having some food and taking some rest? Do you think I'll just believe you?" Elraven said back.
"You want me to prove myself as Sagramore soldiers? Not as a Valdomir?Fine, why don't you look at yourself?" Fiorentin answered. "Huh? Me?" Elraven said back. "Yes, you? You are still alive, right? Does that tell you something?" Fiorentin continued.
"I don't get it" Elraven answered. "See, if I'm one of the valdomirs why would I let you live when I realized who you are? I could have stab you while you weren't noticing back there when you was feeding the pecos, right?" Fiorentin explained calmly. Elraven didn't give a reply.
"If I'm from Valdomir, why would I let you live long enough after yesterday? I would have called the entire soldiers here to kill you. I could tell that you are most possibly on an undercover mission. If I were a Valdomir, my best conclusion is to kill you before you accomplished your mission. I wouldn't bother to do some interrogation on you since I have figured what you were doing here" she continued.
Her 3 companions and Elraven heard her deduction in awe. "Besides, if you are not a Gunslinger, why did I find two pair of automatic handguns, a gunslinger of Schwaltzvalt attire, and three metal boxes in your room inside the inn?" Fiorentin continued.
"Huh, you...you sneak into my room? You went that far?" Elraven shouted. George, Felicia, and Olivia dropped their jaw to the ground after hearing what their leader did. "When did she do that?" Olivia muttered to herself.
"Well sorry for doing that. But, I don't have any intention on harming your privacy. I only wanted to find some evidence" Fiorentin explained. "OK, this has gone too far! What do you want from me?" Elraven asked to Fiorentin. He felt so embarrassed knowing a girl sneaked into his room.
"I only want you to help Sagramore" Fiorentin answered. "Help? What do you mean?" replied Elraven.
But before he could get further explanation, the sound of an explosion came from the town.
GLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!
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The next chapter is the first big fight. Please R&R!!