"Seems like we're close to the end huh?" i asked angela.
"Indeed. Just a few more receptions and the light will be complete. And we can all put the project behind us and you can keep your promises to the sephirah." angela said.
"What about you? What are you going to do once this is over?" i asked. Her response was to hug me.
"I wish to stay your assistant…and be by your side. You coming to lobotomy corp was one of the best things that ever happened to me. You did what ayin couldn't and finished his work without sacrificing others. You saved your employees. You saved the sephirah…you saved me. You made me happier than i ever i could be. Every day by your side was the brightest my life has been. I love you jon." angela said. I hugged her back.
"If that's what you truly want. Then I won't say no…and i love you two angela." i said. She mustered up the courage to truly tell me how she feels. She kissed me on the lips. Before warping us to the main room, her cheeks still red. Angelica and roland was looking at us with smug grins.
"Not a word you two…so who's next on the chopping block?" I asked. The big screen showed up again. And it's as expected the very association who has absolute control over everything fixer. The hana association. We see three members of south section 3. The director mirinae was chatting with two fixers named harold and olivier. However olivier said something that caught my attention. Saying that his two old friends were in the library after going missing. And after hearing that famous line "that's that and this is this." it was obvious oliviers friends was roland and angelica. However what they said next shocked me to my core.
"We kept the head from tracking him down and this is how the white messiah thanks us." harold said.
"We didn't do it for his loyalty. After all. Jon despises powerful associations as shown with the destruction of the middle and the revealing of the truth of w corps warp trains. He proved that both of them aren't as untouchable as they believed." olivier explained.
"And this has sparked hope in the people of the backstreets. However this has disrupted how the city operates. And thus the head has deemed him an disruption to the system that needs to be destroyed. However, even we have been swayed by his compassion. And thus we have been keeping him safe by giving the head false information." Mirinae said.
"Yeah. but that's not gonna work anymore. After all. If he's in the library as well. And if we fail. No doubt the head will be the next one to go after the library." harold said. Afterwards they explained their plan sector 3. Their sector will focus on the library. While section 1 focuses on gathering fixers while section 2 deals with another big problem at the moment. Nikushimi and the syndicate of distortions that he stole from argalia after his death.
"The hana association was hiding me from the head?" i asked in utter shock and confusion. I looked at roland and angelica. "Did you two know about this?" i asked.
"We didn't even know you existed…so we didn't bother asking." angelica said.
"Still. Quite impressive that you even managed to charm the hana association to get the head off you by giving them false info…something that will lead to them destroying the whole association if the head found out. And you wonder how you got our dear librarian director. A long survivor of l corp and the freaking red mist herself all to be in a polyamorus relationship with you." roland said with that smug smile of his.
"It really is a no brainer. You're just that much of a charming young man." angelica said with a teasing smile. I fought back the urge to groan and tell them to shut up…there was something more important to talk about at the moment.
"Sounds like you two and that olivier guy have some history…sounds like you were close friends. Are you guys going to be okay? We're asking you to kill an old friend you've probably known for years." i asked. Angelica just giggled.
"What? You're not gonna do what you did over a hundred times at this point and resurrect him with an offer of money that anyone would be downright insane to say no to?" angelica asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"Touche angelica." I said.
"I'm also fine with it as well. I have something to work out with olivier." roland said.
"Does this have to do with why you were away from home when the pianist appeared?" i asked. Roland nodded and explained that before the pianist appeared. Olivier called in a favor and roland was doing a job with him when the pianist manifested. Of course he came rushing back when he heard what was going down in district 9. But he would have been too late. Can't say i blame roland for bearing a bit of anger towards his old friend for that. It's a bit immature. But understandable. "I could have been there to protect her if it wasn't for you needing my help." That's the kind of thought that would probably go through my head. After the explanation. It was time to due the usual greeting to our three new guests.
"Did you know that the library is now visible from anywhere in l corp's nest now?" mirinae asked.
"So the mist is gone…that means we're open to anyone even without an invitation. Luckily we won't be here much longer. You guys are the last reception we need to finish the light and after a week we can kiss the library goodbye." i said.
"The white messiah…oh if you knew the risks we took for you." harold said. I took a deep sigh.
"I heard your conversation…and I appreciate that. Especially considering the risk involved with getting the head false info. If they found out that you were protecting their most wanted criminal. They would destroy all of you in a heartbeat. I assure you. Once this is over. I'll be sure to show my appreciation thoroughly." i said. I shook their hands. Hana association way to show respect to stars of the city. Hopefully they do it with just ones like us. Cause i could see them losing fixers in a few really dumb ways by doing that. Mirinae told olivier that section 2 had a need for him. Not sure why.
"Prepare yourself. For a star of the city falls tonight." mirinae said. To the hana association. That's as high as it goes. An impuritas civitatis is for something that breaks the city's taboos and gets the head pissy. And there's four reasons for that. The library itself for reaching a body count that goes even beyond a star of the city. Angela for being a machine that can think and feel like a human. And that's a big no no for the head. Even if she's human now. That won't matter to the head because she was born a machine. And that means she must die for trying to be human in the head's eyes. Kori for being an ice titan. Essentially an alien and the head's not a fan of aliens coming to the city. And finally me. With the destruction of the middle and the truth of the warp trains leading to no one wanting to take them anymore. Essentially leading w corp to ruin. I proved that the common folks of the backstreets aren't as powerless as the syndicates the associations and the wings wants them to be. And in doing so it brought hope to those people. But messed up the city's awful system. Therefore disturbing the so called natural order of the city. Which is the biggest taboo you could break. Making me the head's most wanted.
"Bring it on." i said.
"May you find your book in this place." me and angela said at the same time.
Starting off with hana association grunts and moving onto harold and mirinae. normally going up against the hana association would be an extremely difficult fight. But after all those battles to awaken the sephirah's E.G.O. this was nothing compared to that. Olivier came back and he came swinging. Trying to take angela's head off. I blocked the blow.
"Your strong olivier. I'll admit that. But against me. You stand no chance." i said as his blade cracked when it came into contact with mine.
"There are ways to defeat a foe without fighting." Olivier said as he pulled out a device. An assassination device that traps the target within their own mind…reliving their worst memories over and over. Before he could use it on me roland grabbed it from his hand and broke it…there were a few times I felt fear…and this was one of them.
"T-t-thanks roland." I said shaking from fear.
"Just returning the favor. Hey angela you mind taking jon somewhere else. He's not doing too well at the moment." roland said. Angela warped me back to gebura's floor.
3rd person pov.
"It's been a while Roland, angelica. I was waiting for you two to show up. So you've been helping the white messiah protect that monster pretending to be human?" Olivier asked
"Clearly you see the kid's potential. Considering you risked all of hana association to protect the kid. Once he was under this nasty devices spell. You were planning on capturing him? Sorry but i can't allow that. I owe the kid for saving angelica and orlando." roland said.
"Right…sorry about that…and I do appreciate you coming to help me that day." olivier said.
"I'm still alive and orlando was born without issue…though clearing our debt to jon was only one reason…i had another reason to follow the white messiah here…i wanted to try to understand him…i thought he was some starry eyed kid with delusions of what being a fixer was. But i was wrong. He's been through hell. Losing everyone he cared about. yet he still kept going being the light in the darkness…yet i for the life of me can't figure out how. How he has been through so much. Yet still holds onto hope…even after all this time. I still can't figure where this strength and determination of his comes from…hell I'm not even sure if he isn't an abnormality…everything about him is abnormal." angelica said.
"Quite…yet that compassion and strength is what draws so many people to follow him…and it's that abnormal determination and compassion that makes him a threat to the established order of the city. Making him the head's most wanted." olivier said.
"Yeah…the kid took on an arbiter before. He can do it again." roland said.
"You actually believing in someone? That's a first." olivier said.
"What can i say. The kid is just that damn charming. But enough about jon. How are the others doing? Like ogier or astolfo." roland asked.
"Joining wings. Exploring the ruins. They've found ways to make a living for themselves. We just aren't how we used to be. We've grown too distant." olivier said.
"I see…remember that urban nightmare case…what was it again?" roland asked.
"The secret of the demi-glace sauce. Which occurred in the Backstreets of district 16." olivier said.
"Yeah that! We were just about done and your arm got caught in a blender at the last moment. Though thanks to me you didn't need to get a new arm. That was one thrilling job." roland said. Olivier sighed in annoyance.
"Let's set the record straight. None of that would have happened if you didn't try to taste the sauce to see how great it's taste must be to cause that incident." olivier said. Angelica giggled.
"Sounds about right. That wasn't the first time roland's foodie habits has caused trouble. And it won't be the last probably." angelica said with a laugh.
"Come on! Can't either of you let me come out on top for once? Beside angelica if it wasn't for my foodie habits. You would have never got to try that pajeon you love so much." roland countered.
"Touche." angelica said.
"Those were the days. We didn't have to worry about too many things and just stuck to the matters at hand." roland said.
"Yeah. but we can't go back to those times anymore. While i am glad you found something to believe in. after years of having nothing but resentment towards the city. But unfortunately. One of us won't see where this goes as one of our roads ends here." olivier said. Roland laughed.
"I know it's filthy rich coming from me. But don't be so gloomy. I'm sure that kid will bring you back after you're booked like so many others here." roland said.
"You being an optimist? Meeting the white messiah has changed you. Still i have a job to 's that and this is this right?" olivier asked.
"Right you are. That's that and this is this." angelica said.
"Hey angelica do you mind if do this alone?" roland asked. His grin giving angelica an idea of what he wants to do.
"Wanting to show off your new armor?" angelica asked. Roland nodded and angelica went to go check on orlando. Roland manifested his E.G.O olivier went wide eyed and backed up at roland's new armor.
"Is that…an E.G.O?" olivier asked.
"Let us begin." roland said drawing durandal. Even with roland's new found power. His old friend didn't go down without a fight. However he did. And with that olivier falling to his friend's blade.
Jon pov.
Roland returned after defeating olivier.
"I'm sorry that i was such a coward roland…if i wasn't you wouldn't have needed to slay your friend." i said.
"It's alright. I know that the memories of what happened the first time around haunts you. So the idea of reliving that day a thousand times…must have scared you something silly." roland said.
"Thanks for understanding…hopefully you can still fight. The worst has yet to come." i said. As the front door to the library was broken open. By the black ensemble. Lead by the black overlord. Nikushimi. I noticed they had another addition to their ranks. Pale skin person that looked like an older rob.
"So we meet face to face at last." i said.
"Yes…the ai and the manager of lobotomy corp who's combined scorn gave me life. Hatred is a powerful motivator. After all. Several of these distortions that argalia has gathered. Hatred has what kept them alive. Their hatred of you. Of roland and angelica…how about we bring one more back shall we?" nikushimi asked as he lifted his hand and in it came a book…the book of the blue reverberation. A red light coursed from his hand as he brought back argalia. But unlike when i revive someone they come back to their usual self. Argalia had lost all color his outfit was black. His skin was grey as if he was a zombie. And his eyes were black leaking a dark substance. He had a sad look.
"Quite the obsessive freak this one was. Such bitter hatred for roland for taking his sister from him. Never realizing it was his own actions that lead to you disowning him and dying here. And now he belongs to me." nikushimi said. Angelica shot argalia in the head with altier logic. But he blocked it with his scythe. nikushimi waved his finger.
"Tsk. tsk. He may be a dark puppet now. But he's still the blue reverberation. Bullets aren't gonna work." nikushimi said. Angelica gritted her teeth in anger. Clearly despite what happened between her and argalia. She still wasn't happy about her brother being used like this. "It's time jon…the fate of this cursed world is decided today. You and your friends win. The seed of light project will finally be completed. If we win. The destruction will begin…now the finale on this story…BEGINS!" nikushimi yelled as darkness flooded from him.
3rd person pov
Malkuth was up against that older looking rob guy. Who turned out was named freed.
"Welcome! I'm the patron librarian of the floor of history and your opponent. Malkuth!" malkuth yelled. Freed snickered.
"Well aren't you adorable? I suppose if i want to punish my son for his treachery and finally prove our superiority to the karakuer. Guess i have to go through you first huh?" freed asked.
"Sounds like you and jon's family has a bitter history…" malkuth said.
"We've been enemies for years girlie! Honestly I thought a false promise of love would motivate rob to be one to win for us. All that training all those beatings to make him the toughest could be. And now he turns his blade on us." freed says with disdain.
"Is that really a surprise? Why should rob fight for a family that clearly doesn't love him and only cares about some stupid feud that jon's family clearly thought was pointless? I won't allow you to hurt either of them you…bastard!" malkuth yelled. Probably the angriest she's ever been. Rob has told her about his awful home life. And to see the disgusting mind set that his father pushed to put him in his place. For rob and jon.
"You think you can look down on me you little bitch! I'll gut you like a trout!" freed yelled with rage drawing his sword. Despite being an armageddon knight. Malkuth was not alone and with her E.G.O she won albeit barely against rob's awful father as she ran her sword through his chest.
"I lost…to this brat?...was i really this pathetic?" he said before becoming booked.
"Good riddance!" malkuth yelled before pulling down her eyelid and sticking out her tongue at the book.
The ensemble lost one by one. Yesod ended the church of gears with eileen. Hod made shark special out of greta. Netzach ended the performance of the musicians of bremen. Enoch and lisa turned the 8 o clock cirus into a tragedy. Though it already was an unfunny joke. Gebura being the hunter to the big bad wolf known as tanya. Chesed cutting jae-heon's strings. Binah ending the suffering of the vermillion cross and sending elena the blood red night back to the grave once again. And finally hokmah burning the contracts of yesterday's promise.
Roland and angelica faced argalia once again.
"Sister…i beg of you…kill me…i have no control over my actions…i'm sorry for everything i hope the family you create with roland is as beautiful as you are…and please be happy." argalia said. Angelica gritted her teeth and trying and failing to fight back her tears.
"Where was this when you were alive huh!? Why instead of accepting my relationship with roland. You hated it so much that you tried to kill our son!? By then it was too late argalia! Why couldn't you find something or someone to live for like i did!?" angelica yelled. Tears going down her face.
"Because i'm a fool dear sister…an insane fool. Now please fight with all your might. The dark power used to resurrect me has made me stronger. So go out if you wish for victory." argalia said. And the two did just that. Roland manifesting his E.G.O. during the fight. Determined to end her brothers suffering and living for her family manifested her own E.G.O. which looked like a white version of rolands. They defeated argalia once again. On top of his book was a note.
"Dear angelica.
I'm not sure if this note will reach you. But I wanted to say i'm sorry. I never liked roland. I thought you were two good for him. And I could never accept that you loved him. Especially when the pianist came and you almost died…the fear of losing you made my mind snap. I'm sure roland felt the same. Losing you would have broken us both. Made us both monsters. We both love and care for you very much. And it's only now. Maybe we could have become friends through that. But alas it's too late now. I'm sorry for trying to kill orlando. I was a really terrible uncle. Just another of my many sins. But knowing you're alive and living with a smile. I'll gladly burn in hell with a smile. When we meet again. I hope you'll tell me how great your life was. I love you sister. And roland. I suspect you'll make her happy. If you hurt her in any way I'll come back and make you suffer, I swear. When orlando asks about me. His uncle. Tell him the truth. I don't deserve to be remembered fondly. I know being happy in the city is not very likely…but i want you to try. For you deserve a happy life goodbye sister.
Your best forgotten brother argalia."
After reading the note. Angelica fell to her knees. Her E.G.O disappearing. As her tears fell to the floor. Roland took her into his arms as she cried.
"Seriously blue sicko…why is it now when you're dead that you finally come clean with how you feel…then again. Who am i to judge on that front?" roland thought.
And finally jon vs nikushimi.
"Even if you kill me. You'll never be truly rid of me. For as long as that bitter hatred burns within your heart. I will never be truly gone." nikushimi said.
"I'm well aware. Those emotions I tried to bury and pretend don't exist will always be there. Running from them won't help me. All I can do is accept them and tried to look towards the future. Now let's end this" jon said and so the long battle began. Nikushimi was a dark mirror of jon. He knew all his moves and how to counter them. However jon had the advantage due to solemn lament and mimicry. Weapons and abilities that couldn't be replicated by nikushimi. However he soon broke them. However jon had another advantage over his dark reflection…he was not alone catt taii rose and rob gave there everything to win. Especially catt. Jon was the manager that answered her prayers. The one she should have preying too all this time. So she wishes to make up for that by winning this fight. Jon's other weapons and allies gave him the opportunity he needed cut off the head of the distortion born from his and angela's hatred and bitterness…and so the battle was over.
Jon pov.
"Looks like it's over. Great work guys…the light is finished all that's left to do is watch over for the week. And then we can say goodbye to the library." I said. Staring at the huge pillar of light that was now shining on the city.
"The fight isn't over yet jon." rob said as he pointing his sword at me.
"What the hell are you doing!?" i yelled.
"You that freed guy right? The guy who looked like me? That's because he was my father. Not sure how or when nikushimi got his hands on him. But i suppose that made sense. After all. My whole family was filled with hate. Hatred for your family. I was put through brutal training and beatings to make me tough as possible so that i could slaughter your family. Honestly for a long time i thought if i killed you then i would finally be treated like a person. To be loved. But who was i kidding? The hall family has no love in there hearts. Only hate…i'm the exception to that. Taii and rose treated me better in a day than my family did my whole life. And it was at that point i just said "fuck my family." espically when i found out desmond loved you and treated you like family from when you were born. Can't deny i feel a bit jealous. I asked him about the rivalry. And he revealed that it was because that bitterness between our families was not his kid's fight to continue….if only my family saw things that way." rob said tears going down his face.
"Is this why you're betraying me? Because if our family's feud i didn't even know existed?" i asked.
"We're still armageddon knights jon. And we only truly know someone's heart when we clash blades with them. I'm not planning on killing you jon. That would make me way too many enemies. And I don't want to lose taii and rose. I don't care which of us wins jon. All i want is to put the past behind me. And to do that. I need to clash blades with you. That way i can say farewell to my past and tell my abusive parents to kiss my ass." rob said. I drew my sword of light.
"You've been a great help in this rob. If this what you need to heal and move on…then let's go!" I yelled. We both gave our all at each other. One last clash of blades in the library. Which ended in a draw. "Neither of us was really at the top of our game because of our fight with nikushimi. Rematch when we're at hundred percent?" i asked.
"Nah…I got what I needed…now i can put the past behind me. My mother comes here to demand me to kill you. I'll take her fucking head off. Taii and rose showed me more love in a day then she ever did in my whole life." rob said as he sat up and looked towards the light. "So make sure nothing goes wrong with this big light show for seven days? I can do that. What comes afterwards?" rob asked.
"Well, leaving the library…after that? Not so sure. I was so focused on reuniting with my friends and finishing this stupid project of carmen's that i haven't really thought of what to do afterwards." i said.
"Well…we're watching this massive light show for a week. Might as well think. Cause unless another attacker comes along. We're gonna have nothing else to do for a while." rob said.
The week passed as the light shined on the city. The occasional rat or fixer attacking the library. But they were dealt with easily enough. When the final day hit and the light was done distributing across the city. The distortions all began to fade away as the city would become brighter than ever before…carmen's project had succeeded. It feels unreal to me. That the project is finally completed. The ghost of it will no longer haunt me. It's over…it's finally over.
"So this is the library. And look at that. The little criminal who caused so much damage to the system." i head someone say behind me. I turned around and saw three people…an arbiter an executioner and a beholder…the head has found us.
"What do you want?" i asked.
"That should be obvious. A machine that can think and feel like a human. An alien. And the criminal who broke the way the city works. It breaks my heart to think that your actions would shift the ecology of the city we had cultivated with care." the arbiter said. My anger exploded.
"What…a load…OF BULLSHIT! The city you cultivated is a fucking joke! Innocent people are constantly being killed! The backstreets are always covered in blood! And the corps have too much freedom to get away with anything simply because they have the money! People who fought and suffered for those corps can be told to fuck off and die simply with a policy change that happen later down the line! Honestly. I'm glad i'm breaking the system! The city you cultivated is fucking corrupt! And you attack dogs of the head…can espically go fuck yourselves! Oh sure you'll sit in your ivory tower while mountain of smiling bodies turns the city you loving cultivated into rubble. But someone makes something like angela. That's what triggers to send you guys!? The system you corrupted is pure corrupt bullshit and the head can eat shit!" i yelled.
"Arbiter zena. There is no reasoning with this one. Let us commence our operation." the beholder said.
"Right….that's why we're here to expel you and the library from the city. And retrieve a degraded colleague of ours." zena said.
"Garion…i don't think she wants to go back to the head. After all, That would mean leaving her blue hubby behind." i said.
"So garion found love? Interesting…but it won't matter. He will be dead alongside all of you soon. Before we expel this impurity to the city. We'll do what garion failed to do an eliminate you all." zena said. Memories of that day came back again. Garion slaughtering everyone…kali dying in my arms….
"I won't…let THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!" i yelled as my E.G.O manifested. "I won't let the head take everything from me again! Executioners arbiters beholder…right here. Right now! I'm going to prove you can bleed!" i yelled as drew my sword. I was facing these three alone. Well two. After all, the beholder doesn't fight. I managed to rip off the executioners arm. However zena went for a killing blow. One i couldn't dodge or block. However something got in the way of her blow…mimicry.
"Gebura!" i yelled in relief.
"I could hear your screams of rage jon. Facing a an executioner and an arbiter by yourself. You have a deathwish dumbass?" gebura asked.
"Sorry…i just didn't want that day to repeat…" i said. Gebura readied mimicry.
"It won't…" gebura said ready to fight. The fight continued until the executioner grabbed me by the head and gebura was held down by zena's arbiter power. Just as it seemed I was about to die. Binah showed up.
"So finally managed to pull yourself away from chesed long enough to join in this fight binah?" i asked.
"Garion…" zena said.
"I no longer go by that name." binah said as she looked at me. "The arbiter who killed your friends before is now helping you save them this time." binah said. I stood up.
"The arbiter who killed my friends died a long time ago. The woman standing before me is binah. Tea expert wife to my best friend…and my friend." i said. This time in the library has given me the strength to forgive her.
"Hmm…" was the only response i got from binah. But i could see a smile on her face. The fight continued on but soon ended with the executioner being frozen and shattered by kori.
"Finally stopped kissing the gilf to come fight huh kori?" i asked. He rolled his eyes and put his staff on his shoulder.
"I've been with you since the lob corps days jon….and i'm sick of living in fear of these assholes. If your gonna fight. Then i am let's show these bastards that their not as invincible as they believe!" kori yelled. I grinned and nodded. However all of us were soon held down by that stupid arbiter power.
"You put up a good fight…but i'm afraid it's end of the line. Good night jon karakuer tensh." zena said as she readied to take my head off. Only to be shot from behind. The one who shot her was angelica. She aimed her arbiter power at angelica only to have her hand cut off courtesy of durandal.
"The black silence coming into the last second to save the day. Guess that means we're even now." i said as i stared down at zena. Who was on her knees.
"It's no wonder why the head was so weary of you…but alas. Your efforts are futile. Regardless of what you do. The library will still be banished to the outskirts. Your efforts were all meani-" zena said i ended her speech early by snapping her neck.
"Fuck. you." i said. However what she said was true. The expulsion couldn't be stopped. And the library was sent far far into the outskirts.
"The outskirts is more barren then i could even imagine." angela said as we all looked out over a balcony.
"Yeah…but this is a golden opportunity to begin my life's work." i said i jumped down and called upon the light within me. And i used to bring life. Beneath my palm that i put onto the ground i managed to create a flower with some grass. I jumped up back to the balcony. "This is only the beginning." i said with a grin.
"You created life…tell me. What is this life's work you have in mind? I will assist in any way I can."
"It's simple…an alternative to the city. There's a lot of good people that live in the city. But are stuck fearing for their lives and the lives of their families. Fear that one day during their travel to work. That they'll end up being harvested by a group of rats. Or end up as some cannibal freak's dish. But since they don't have the money to move into a wing. They're stuck living in fear. At first I thought doing so would be impossible. But out here this far away from the city. I have this land. Land I can use to create this new home away from the hell that is the city and the outskirts." i said.
"I see…how are you going to get these people to your new civilization?" angela asked.
"And also greed comes all to easy to people. So what's stopping the people you bring over from going bed and turning it into just another city?" angelica asked.
"The same way we've been getting people to the library. Just got to change them a bit. And I'm sure people will flock to my creation. And we have a library filled with fixers and proven warriors. Perfect for law enforcement." i said.
"A new place for the good people of the city to live huh? That's just like you jon. Crazy but i know you can pull if off." roland said.
'Thanks roland…by the way. A while ago. You said you had a secret you were going to share once we reach the end of the road…well end of the road. So spill it."
"Oh right…well i wanted to write a book. About what i've seen in the city and it's people." roland said. I couldn't help but chuckle at that. "Hey what's so funny?" he asked.
"It's just. Even with all those time you spouted flowery crap. And all the times you repeated loving sorrow. And the taste in really awesome food. As well as your skill with a sword that is definitely on par with the charlemagne paladin that your name came from. All of that. You forget. That the masked half of the black silence. Is an every man that came from nothing. And despite you being older than me. Your quest to grow and be a better isn't over. And it isn't for any of us." i said. Roland laughed.
"Now who's the one spouting flowery crap." roland said we both laughed. "Still i have no talent in writing." roland said.
"Ask any of the librarians to help you out. They're going to need something to kill time. Cause as the saying goes. Rome wasn't built in a day. It's going to be a long while of building before my civilization is ready to take in folks." i said.
"Did you come up with a name for this civilization?" angela asked.
"At first i'd thought i would call it the kingdom to reflect my armageddon knight heritage. But then I figured i would go with something that sounded more…inviting and telling of how full of life it is…so this place away from the darkness of the city will be known as….the garden." i said.
"The garden…a place full of life away from the cycle of death and misery from the city…i said i would be by your side through anything…but I must admit…this is something I can truly get behind." angela said
"Me too…this garden of yours sounds like the perfect place to raise orlando." angelica said. Everyone went back inside. While i stood on the balcony. With a big smile on my face. Here i am with everyone i hold dear. Ready to build something new and beautiful in this world that has only known darkness and misery for so long…time to head in to the library and rest. Tomorrow my lifes work begins.