CHAPTER 22

At Castle Crimea, after Lucia showed Elincia Ludveck's documents of proof for a rebellion he is intent on, Geoffrey swore to lead the Crimean Royal Knights into Felirae lands and seize the duke and exterminate his powers. But Queen Elincia was hesitant to resort to the sword without attempting diplomacy. She knew she had to stop Crimea's people from fighting one another and gaining civil war amongst themselves. Then, as Elincia continued to talk to Geoffrey and his sister, a Crimean soldier serving under the queen herself informed her that Ludveck has in fact readied a rebellion against her.

"What?!" asked Lucia.

"Not to mention it's growing quickly." said the Crimean soldier.

"Ludveck the bastard must have realized that the operation was no longer being kept a secret." said Lucia.

"We have to fight for Crimea!" yelled Geoffrey.

"Come on, Geoffrey!" yelled Lucia as she ran with Geoffrey.

"Ludveck…I am Crimea's rightful ruler…I will have you deceased by the sword in no time." said Elincia. She later stepped out of the throne room.

As Elincia's soldiers were marching forth, the Crimean soldiers began singing a repetitive fight and freedom song to rally their battle cries.

Crimea will fight,

For their graceful queen's right,

Elincia's rule,

Against a power-hungry fool,

The duke will be seized,

From his rights to be,

Crimea will fight,

For they know what's right!

For Crimea, For Crimea!

The same lines were being sung over and over again. As Geoffrey found the song catchy, he decided to join along with the soldiers. Nephenee and Brom then began singing with Heather and Asha.

"So, is that a song you guys came up with on the spot?" asked Elincia to the soldiers.

"Uh, one of the soldiers wrote it last night, Your Majesty!" yelled one mounted Crimean Sword Knight.

"May I sing along too?" asked Queen Elincia.

"Oh, you do have a good singing voice, Your Majesty!" said one mounted Crimean Lance Paladin. "Why don't you lead the vocals now?"

"I'm on it!" yelled Elincia.

Elincia began to sing along with her soldiers.

As the soldiers outside were singing, the Sage Calill and the Berserker Largo, who were now parents to a daughter named Amy, were busy eating breakfast that morning. However, the singing made Amy want to go outside.

"Amy, why don't you come sit back down?" asked Largo.

"Daddy, look!" yelled Amy. "Queen Elincia is marching towards our village!"

"The queen?" asked Calill.
Calill decided to check it out.

When Calill stepped outside, Elincia halted her soldiers.

"Yes, Calill?" asked Geoffrey.

"Why if it isn't General Geoffrey!" said Calill in excitement.

"Mommy, who are all these people?" asked Amy. "And what's with the costumes?"

Geoffrey laughed off, saying that he and the others were not wearing costumes. They were real soldiers going to battle.

"Mommy, what is Geoffrey saying?" asked Amy to her mother Calill.

"Oh, Amy, these are Queen Elincia's soldiers." said Calill. "They serve and protect our country and make sure everything is up straight."

"Your mother's right, young one." said one lance-wielding soldier.

"Lady Calill!" yelled Makalov who was visiting Calill. "You beckoned, I see! If I had known sooner, I probably would have knocked over something without knowing anything!"

"Oh, Makalov." said Calill as she blushed.

"Makalov!" yelled Marcia, "Have you been drinking again?! Don't you realize you have a battle to fight with us?!"

"Oh, Marcia, Marcia Marcia." said Makalov. "Have I should have known you'd show up in the midst of everything around here."

"...He's been drinking." said Geoffrey after a moment of silence.

"...Yeah." said Calill. "That man is a total embarrassment."

"Well, that's a damn shame that the man's an embarrassment!" yelled Isaac. "Ever since I left Tauroneo and them with my sister Izzy, I should have known we'd get ourselves dragged into more trouble!"

"Isaac? Izzy?" asked Lucia. "You're here too?"

"Of course!" yelled Isaac. "The age of war is what we're living in right now."

"He's been babbling on for months about war." said Izzy in a disgusting-like tone.

"Yeah, and with Makalov here, I swear he's gonna act like a drinkie." said Calill.

"Now that's not very nice!" yelled Astrid the Bow Paladin. "Makalov deserves more respect than that."

"Is it a whole party now?" asked Geoffrey. "Come on, everyone, let's sing!"

Crimea will fight,

For their graceful queen's right,

Elincia's rule,

Against a power-hungry fool,

The duke will be seized,

From his rights to be,

Crimea will fight,

For they know what's right!

For Crimea, For Crimea!

"Eesh…" said Largo. "I will stay here and care for Amy; you guys just go off."

"Yay!" cheered Amy. "Daddy gets to play more!"

Calill and her friends later joined the cause for Crimea. Makalov, however, was being too drunk to go.

"Stop it, Makalov, and let's go!" yelled Astrid.

Everyone began to sing again.

Meanwhile with the royal knight Kieran, he was busy catching up with the Royal Knights after running late. He knew Geoffrey wasn't going to be pleased with him. However, Kieran kept his cool, and cantered off into Felirae lands after hearing about the battle. The quest to seize Duke Ludveck from his power was just beginning.