Chapter 15: Garfiel Tinsel
While Garfiel had confronted the nobleman in order to help Reichnott, Naofumi had awakened Raphtalia to alert her that there were knights in the mansion.
The two search around for Filo and Melty though end up encountering the maid that attempted to stop Garfiel.
"Sir Hero!"
"Hm?"
He turned towards the maid with his shield ready for battle only to see the maid looking in distress.
"What's going on?" Raphtalia asked. The maid responded quickly:
"Sir Garfiel attempted to help Lord Van Reichnott however the nobleman from the next town wasn't having it and is now arresting the two."
"That idiot!"
Naofumi prepared to help Garfiel only for the maid to get in his way.
"You can't, Sir Hero. It's bad enough that Sir Garfiel exposed himself. Having you be found as well would make it seem like Lord Van Reichnott guilty."
"..."
As much as he didn't care for the nobleman of this mansion, he knew that the maid had a point.
Garfiel's mess up already makes Reichnott look guilty.
Having him appear would only make the nobleman look like a traitor.
"Where's the second princess?"
"She was in the attic with her friend right before those knights appeared."
"Understood."
Naofumi and Raphtalia nodded at the maid with the raccoon girl asking if she could lead them to Filo and Melty.
The maid nodded before quickly getting the two into the attic.
As they were making their way there, the three could hear knights making their way to the second floor.
Just as they were arriving into the stairs leading to the attic, they saw that Melty was getting onto the floor after climbing down.
"Princess, where's Filo?"
"Naofumi? What are you still doing out here? Go hide!"
"Is Filo up there?" Raphtalia asked right as Naofumi was about to ask that as well.
"Yes. You should head up there and hide with her."
"And what about you?"
"I'll stall them and get them to leave...wait, where's Garfiel?"
"The moron is doing exactly what you are trying to do."
"What?! I need to help him—"
"My lady." The Maid interjects into the conversation, "If you appear, it'll only cause Idol Rabier to assume that Sir Hero is here as well. Sir Garfiel is already captured, we can't afford you to also be captured by that man."
"But—"
"I heard something over here."
A knight shouted from a distance, forcing Naofumi to say:
"Look Melty, we don't have time. You need to hide with us. Now."
"..."
The second princess thought quickly on her options before nodding at what Naofumi had said, understanding that if she gets spotted or if she makes her presence known, they will assume that Naofumi is in hiding.
She can only hope that this doesn't cause trouble for Reichnott if they can't find either her or the Shield Hero.
As the three of them manage to get into the attic, the maid quickly looks at the door and makes sure that the path into the attic is hidden from the knights before looking busy.
Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Melty go into hiding in the case the knights manage to enter the attic though while on hiding, they can hear the knights speaking amongst one another.
"Did you find anything?"
"No, it seems like nobody's here."
"Damn. Hey, maid. What are you doing here?"
"I'm cleaning."
"Get over here." One of the knights said, implying to Naofumi and the others that he's being hostile towards the maid. This angers all of them, with Melty wanting to stop the knights.
"We have reason to believe that the Shield Demon is in hiding. We already have one of his lackeys, so he must be close."
"Are you going to be in our way?"
"N-No..." The maid with a nervous voice spoke, not wanting to be harmed by them but at the same time not wanting Naofumi and the others to be caught. One of the knights spoke with an aggressive tone:
"What are you hiding here?"
"Nothing..."
"Don't lie to us! We know you are hiding something!"
From what the Shield Hero and the others can tell, the maid was thrown into a wall as they heard a loud thump sound.
"This is your last chance to come clean, where is he?"
"I—I haven't seen him. He's not here!"
"I guess we shall arrest you as well as your master."
"No!"
Filo got out of her hiding spot as she wanted to help the maid however both Raphtalia and Naofumi stopped this by getting out of their hiding spots to hold her.
"Don't. Stay put."
Filo tried to struggle her way out of Naofumi and Raphtalia's hold.
"We can't, otherwise they will hurt her."
As Raphtalia said this, they heard someone else saying:
"Now Now, no need to be soo harsh with the maid. It's not her fault that she serves a pathetic excuse of a man like Van Reichnott."
"..."
The two areas were silent as this new person entered the scene.
Raphtalia froze in place when hearing this voice, knowing exactly who it was.
Naofumi noticed her tail suddenly go straight as well as noticing her face turn pale.
"Raphtalia, are you okay?"
"...Yes."
She was trying to hold it together, knowing that if they do anything else it will cost all the people that live in this mansion their lives.
"Sir Idol Rabier, what do you wish to do with this maid? She's clearly hiding something."
"Doesn't matter to me. Leave her, it's not like she can do anything. I have the boy the King's looking for and a way to finally get rid of Reichnott the fool by just painting him a traitor."
"What about the Shield Demon and the younger princess? We need to find them."
"In due time. That boy knows where they went as well as knows secrets that can be useful to me. We got what we came for. We can leave."
"Understood."
As it seemed like the knights were leaving, they heard Idol say to the maid:
"You should be cowering in fear. If we find out you were hiding something, you won't like what comes next."
As he finished saying this, he began to leave with the maid left in fear.
After a good amount of time had passed, Naofumi and the others left the attic and checked on the maid.
"Are you okay?"
"Y-Yes my lady." The maid said as she was trying to regain some of her composure back.
"I'm sorry for how you were treated." Melty said, feeling so infuriated that she couldn't help her. "I can't believe those knights! How disgraceful!"
"That's the reality, princess." Naofumi said as he also felt the anger she was feeling. "This kingdom is filled with nothing but scum!"
"Not all! There were the ones that fought alongside you in the waves!" Melty quickly pointed out.
The Shield Hero remained silent for a second before acknowledging this information from the younger princess by saying:
"Right. Not all are scum, however those that took the nobleman friend of yours and Garfiel are beyond scum."
Naofumi took a second before starting to walk.
"Come on, we need to get our party member back."
As he said this, Raphtalia and Filo didn't hesitate to follow him as they were eager to save Garfiel Tinsel.
Melty paused for a moment before joining them, wishing to put a stop to Idol Rabier.
Naofumi noticed her joining right by her side, prompting him to ask:
"Aren't you going to stay here where it's safe?"
"No." The younger princess spoke with confidence, "I won't just abandon Garfiel after he gave himself up for us. I will help out."
"Hmph. Alright but you better not slow us down." As Naofumi said this, Melty's tone change as she gave an angry expression towards him:
"How dare you say that! I'm not a burden!"
Naofumi didn't respond to this as he just smirked, finding it amusing her response.
Garfiel was slowly waking backup from what it seems to be hours.
As his vision was being restored, he was thinking back to what had happened prior to ending up in this dark looking prison.
'What t'hell happened?'
As he questioned this, he thought back and started to slowly remember. He had a small conversation with Reichnott before the two were knocked out.
("I've heard about you. How you assisted the Shield Hero when he was in a battle with the Spear Hero.")
("Yea, had to. He was 'bout t'be cheated by th't bitch." The moment he said this, he received a hit in the back of the head by one of the knights.)
("Keep your mouth shut, both of you. This isn't social time!")
("Then what?! Just sit here till we die from boredom?!")
("..." The knight remained silent before hitting Garfiel again. This only pissed him off and made the demi human boy tempted to attack the knight only for another to remind him what happens if he doesn't behave.)
("This is the last warning; you act up again and this nobleman will die.")
("Tsk." Garfiel bit a part of his lip angrily before sitting down, being forced to listen. As it seemed like the rest of the way was going to be silent, Reichnott took one last chance to say something.)
("Hm. I believe that you are a good person, Garfiel Tinsel. Whatever you did, it must've been for the right reasons.")
("Pretty bold of you to say that." The knight said that was right next to the nobleman. Using the bottom of his sword to knock him out. "That should teach you.")
'Right...they knocked him out then th'assholes knocked me out.'
As he was reminded how he ended up losing conscious, he took the chance to explore his surroundings properly.
He could tell that whoever owns this place is a sick f*** since there's not only blood on a few items around as well as underneath him but also from what it looks like bloody hair and pieces of flesh.
'Sick pieces of shit!'
He not only wanted to beat the ever living shit of the person responsible for this bloody mess but also wanting to throw up due to the scent of death.
"Who th'fuck did th's shit?!"
"That would be me." A sinister voice spoke out as a door was opened. Garfiel's heart began to beat fast, his blood raising as his anger was increasing.
"So, yer th'sick bastard th't did th's?!"
"Mind your manners, boy!" The voice spoke sharply at him, dispising how lack of fear Garfiel was showing. "Don't act all high and mighty, stupid fucking demi human scum!"
"Pfft. Sounds like yer scared 'f my kind."
The voice didn't respond to what he said, if anything the one speaking eventually revealed themselves to the demi human boy.
"Tsk. Not surprised it's you, asshole. Ya seem like th'type t'be fuckin' jealous th't everyone as their shit together."
"Feisty, aren't you?" The nobleman said before turning his attention to his tools. "I'll teach you some manners."
As the nobleman Idol Rabier said this to Garfiel, he approached one of his whips on the wall, excited to put him on his place.
"It's been a while since I had someone arrogant as you. This'll make it fine."
"Ha! As 'f I'll let ya break me."
"That's what the foolish think until I break their spirits."
The second he finished saying this, the nobleman with his whip began to hit the demi human boy's back with intense force.
Although there was a sting, Garfiel was able to push through it since he's felt even worse pain than this.
Hell, he was able to make the scar on his forehead out of complete rage, not even thinking of the pain from doing self-harm.
"Ha! Ya suck ass!"
"Oh really?" The nobleman questioned as he hit him with another whip before pausing for a moment. "I guess we will have to step it up a bit."
The nobleman Idol Rabier put away the whip he was holding, seeing that this was not being effective on his prisoner.
He looked around his inventory to see what could work, prompting him to notice a knife and another whip with some spikes in areas of said whip.
He was tempted to use the knife since it would be satisfying to flay his new overconfident prisoner though he doesn't want to kill him just yet.
He still needed him alive in order to get the reward from the king for having captured him.
"You are a lucky son of a bitch. I would skin you alive just for the hell of it, but they want you alive. Perhaps for an execution or to be the trap for the Shield Demon. Doesn't matter to me, it just mean that I'll have to do something else to punish you."
"Punish me? What th'fuck r'ya? Some kind 'f twisted fuckin' pervert?!"
"..."
Idol remained silent for a moment before grabbing the more deadly whip, seeing that he can still do severe damage to the demi human boy while also making sure he's in a condition that doesn't make him look inhuman to the public.
He waited for a moment before hitting Garfiel with this new whip, doing some serious damage to the boy's back.
Although this was quite painful, he held his pain in, not wanting to give him the satisfaction.
"Come on you piece of shit, scream!"
"Tsk! Ya better take me t'dinner first fer th't weird shit!"
Idol was pissed off by that remark, prompting him to hit the boy with more force which nearly caused Garfiel to cough up some blood since these hits were a bit more than he had expected to handle.
This happened for a while as Idol was growing more and more frustrated by how Garfiel was staying strong despite his back covered in his own blood.
"You annoying demi human scum! This isn't fun if you don't scream! You remind me of that boring bitch!"
"...?"
Garfiel was barely conscious though the last words the scumbag of a nobleman had said caught his interest.
"Th'hell...r'ya...talkin'...'bout, ya fuckin'...bitch...!"
"Still stubborn I see." Idol said as he was out of breath, annoyed as hell that Garfiel was even still conscious after the amount of harm he had done to him. "I understand now why the king wants you alive. No normal demi would survive this. What the hell are you?"
"..." Garfiel remained silent, not wanting to speak with Idol or give him any information.
Although he can't really find the Sanctuary, which would be a bad thing if that was possible, he knows that the place is safe.
Idol looked at Garfiel for a moment before putting away the whip he was holding onto.
"You really are an annoying piece of garabe scum."
As he said this, Idol began to leave the room, thinking that it's fitting for Garfiel to be left bleeding out.
Once Idol closed the door, Garfiel looked up at the ceiling as he thought about Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo, and Melty.
'Sorry 'bout th's but now y'all will have a chance t'get th'little princess t'safety.'
He took a moment to close his eyes, completely numb to the pain now before passing out, feeling that he can now.
Though everything was darkness for a good few minutes in his mind, he was suddenly awoken when he heard a familiar voice say:
"Are you okay, Garfiel?!"
"Huh?"
He slowly opened his eyes as he looked forward, surprised when he saw who was speaking to him.
"Petra? What're ya doin' here?" The second he said this, he shook his head as he knew this question was absurd. "No, yer not here."
"But why not?" Petra Leyte said as she pouted at him. "I want to help."
"How? Yer not here. Yer just...some hallucination in my mind."
"E-Even if that's true...I can't sit by and let you stay like that. You need help."
As 'Petra' said this, she approached him and tried to pull the chains in his hands.
"Hehe...yer not even strong enough t'do th't..."
'Petra' ignored him as she continued to pull these chains, even if her attempts are quite literally futile.
Garfiel looked at her with his vision blurring for a moment before shaking his head.
'Yer not real. Yer not real.'
"Even if we are not real, that doesn't mean we will leave you like this."
"..."
Garfiel opened his eyes again to look up, shocked to see his sister, Frederica Baumann.
"Big Sis...?"
"Hello Garf. It's been a while."
Garfiel couldn't help but have a tear slide down his cheek, having been so long since he's seen his big sister.
"Yer...not real either..."
"Yes, I'm not real. I'm just a figment of your subconscious, trying to keep you alive."
"What...does th't mean?"
"It means we won't let you die." A stern voice spoke out, catching the demi human boy's attention instantly.
He turned towards the direction of her voice.
Once he saw her, his eyes brightened as he ended up said her name:
"Ram!"
"Hmph. Pathetic. How could you allow this to happen, Garf? I expected better."
"..." Garfiel moved his head down, feeling shame since this was something Ram would tell him.
'She's right. How th'hell did I let myself get brought down like th's?'
As he began to feel embarrassment for disappointing his crush, she slapped him which caught him off guard.
He looked back at her, seeing her stern look as she began to speak with him:
"There's no time to dwell on what happened. You need to free yourself, now."
"You are being harsh to my brother, Ram." Frederica spoke with an annoyed expression, disliking how she's treating her brother. Ram ignored her as she continued to speak with him:
"There's people counting on you. You are no use to them trapped here, let alone dead. So free yourself."
"...how?" Garfiel asked.
"Use that amazing strength of yours, Garfiel-san."
"...brotto?" Garfiel questioned as he turned towards his right side, seeing the green merchant looking at him with a concerned expression.
"You are stronger than this. I know you are, Garfiel-san."
"...Ya think so...?"
"Of course he does." Another familiar voice spoke, "You are the strongest of the camp, next to Emilia-tan, of course."
"Cap'n!"
Garfiel shouted as he looked at the one he decided to follow, Natsuki Subaru.
"Sup, Garfiel."
The knight of the silver haired half stood right in front of the demi human boy, leaving him surprised enough to cause him to get up onto his feet without taking into the account the pain that came from this.
"Cap'n, what're yea doin' here?"
"Well, technically I'm not here. I'm just a part of your brains imagination, but even so I'm still here to help you."
"How?" The demi human boy asked, curious what his captain had in mind to help him out. Natsuki Subaru approached Garfiel Tinsel before turning his attention to the chains holding him in place.
"All of us can pull on these chains alongside you. Together we can break you free."
"Are ya sure somethin' like th's would work?"
"Of course but you'll need to provide some of that strength too. It's a group effort, after all."
"...Understood, Cap'n."
Trusting on his Captain's orders, he waited for until he and the others were ready to pull the chains down, or at least break them in order to free himself.
Once it seemed like everyone was ready, Subaru nodded to give Garfiel the go ahead to start pulling the chains on his hands towards his direction.
At first nothing happened except for Garfiel nearly passing out due to using too much energy.
"Shit...can't...give up..."
"Calm yourself, Garf. No need to push yourself." Frederica said, concern for her brother's safety.
"No..." Garfiel said with the strength he could muster. "I...I need t'be strong. T'protect everyone. I need t'be a shield fer those I care 'bout!"
He got back up on his feet, having been reminded of his trial in the Sanctuary as well as the promise he made to his grandmas and to those in the Sanctuary.
'I won't let myself be bait fer them t'use. I gotta get back t'th'others!'
Once back on his feet, he waited until everyone was ready before trying again.
As he pulled the chains with his strength, he started to think about when he first met Naofumi and Raphtalia.
Thinking back, he really didn't knew what the situation was.
The only thing he cared about was that there was a man with a shield, using it and some of his abilities as weapons to counter the Spear Hero.
He found him like an older version of his captain, though with a few more abilities than him.
Once he started to learn more about Naofumi, he couldn't help but understand that he chose to stand with someone that the world had rejected over fake allegations.
This helped him nearly be able to free himself since he did felt the chains starting to break though he couldn't do it.
He was closing in on passing out once again since he was still losing a bunch of blood.
He collapsed to the ground which caused Petra to worry.
"Garfiel!"
The little maid approached him, worried that he's passed out.
As she was close to him, Garfiel looked at her.
He knew deep down that this was all on his mind...yet, he didn't care.
He was happy that he can see them again.
"Let me help you." She said to which Garfiel nodded, not shying away from getting help.
As he got up on his feet with Petra's assistance, he turned towards Subaru and Ram.
"Let's do th's, one last time."
As Garfiel Tinsel said this with a confident tone, the two nodded and waited until Garfiel tried to pull the chains once again.
This time he didn't hesitate to use a bit of his beast form transformation to try and break the chains completely, knowing that this would probably knock him out cold due to just how much energy this takes out of him.
'Come on! I–No, We can do th's!'
With this motivator, he uses everything he had in him to finally free himself by breaking the chains holding his hands in place.
'F-Finally...'
He collapsed to the ground after managing to free himself, feeling disoriented due to the little strength he has left.
"You did it!" Petra shouted, happy that Garfiel's now free.
The demi human boy turned towards he but in a split second she suddenly disappeared.
"Eh?! W-Where'd...she go...?"
"She wasn't here, Garf. We all aren't actually here."
"Th'hell do ya mean...by th't?"
As he asked his sister this question, she also disappeared in a blink of an eye. Otto approached him to answer his question that was intended for Frederica.
"We are just a part of your imagination. Think of it as your subconscious creating us so you don't die in a place like this."
"..."
Garfiel didn't comment, understanding fully now that this conversation with them was all in his mind...though it doesn't hurt seeing them again.
He was beginning to fall asleep only for Ram to shout at him:
"Don't you dare go to sleep! You will die if that happens!"
"..."
Garfiel took note on what the pink haired oni maid had said, prompting him to look up at her.
"...Yer kinda cute, lookin' all worried..."
"..."
Ram slapped him in the face for that comment.
"This isn't the time for such absurd comments." As she said this, she turned towards Subaru. "Barusu, I should pumble you."
"Wait, why?!"
"You have been influencing him in your scummy habits."
"They aren't scummy!"
As Garfiel's hearing this, he can't help but laugh.
It always amuses him when the two argue, more specifically how Ram insults Subaru and the way Subaru responds to said insult.
"Aight ya two, I'll get my ass back up."
Garfiel tried to get up though at first his body was refusing to, causing him to be annoyed by this.
'Come on, stupid body 'f mine! I've handled way worse than th's!'
He tried a second time yet the results remained the same, his body felt extremely heavy and weak.
"Fuck!"
He collapsed to the ground once again, unable to get up.
Right as it seems like he's going to attempt this once again, he felt both his arms being grabbed by two separate people.
"Eh?"
"You are so hopeless, Garf. It seems I'll have to help you once again." Ram said on his left side.
"You aren't alone here." Subaru said.
Garfiel looked at the two before looking at the ground, thinking to himself about them as well as Naofumi and the others from this world.
This helped him push himself to try and get back up, having Subaru and Ram by his side this time.
On this attempt he was able to get back on his feet though his body felt even heavier than before.
"...thanks, Ram, Cap'n."
As he thanked them, he noticed that they disappeared as well.
'Right...they weren't real. Still though, it's thanks t'them I managed t'get back up.' He looked up at the ceiling, thinking to himself about home. 'I'll get back home someday. Once I know th's place is safe without my amazin' self, I'll find my way back.'
As he thought this, he nearly collapsed since he felt his legs slightly give up on strength though he managed to prevent this by grabbing onto the table nearby.
'...I gotta get outta here.'
He looked around and noticed a door. It seemed to be locked by the bastard Idol Rabier.
'There's gotta be some way t'get outta here.'
He thought of breaking the door down...though that would alert any guards of his presence which he's in no condition to fight at the moment.
Not to mention that he probably doesn't have any strength to break the door down, even if he wanted to.
'Shit! Th's sucks ass!'
He was left puzzled since he didn't know what can he do.
This prompted him to think how his captain or Brotto would got themselves out of the room he's in.
'Think. Think. What would they do in th's situation?'
As he was thinking, he decided that perhaps he should search around for a possible key.
'Considerin' how arrogant th'bastard acrs, it wouldn't be surprisin' if he left a key somewhere around.'
Garfiel began to search around, attempting to find a key that can help him get out of his current predicament.
During the search, he ended up collapsing to the ground due to his leg strength giving out.
"Shit!"
Once again he was on the ground, being covered in blood.
He would be grossed out by this, however his mind was focused more towards getting out.
This as well as thinking of everyone he cares about allowed him to get up once again.
As he was on his feet, he continued to search around though he was stopped when he saw someone that seemed like a young demi human girl.
"Hm? Who 'r ya? R' ya real?"
The young demi human girl didn't respond and just stared at him, making the boy slightly uncomfortable.
"…what do ya want?"
"…"
"Say somethin'."
"…"
Garfiel was a bit disturbed by the demi human girl, how she was just silent.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before the demi human girl moved away from a drawer before pointing her attention towards it.
He was uncertain at first though his instincts were saying that he could probably trust this girl, despite how weird she's acting.
He slowly makes his way to the drawer she was pointing him to before opening said drawer.
"Huh...a key. Not surprised." He shook his head, unsurprised by this discovery.
He turned towards the girl's direction to thank her before grabbing the key.
As he was making his way back to the door, the demi human girl finally spoke.
"Do you know the Shield Hero?"
"...eh?" He turned around when hearing this question.
As he looked at the girl, he noticed that he can truly see her true form now.
She was a young girl that looked to be around ten years old, with pink hair with weasel ears and tail, and was in slave-like attire.
"What did ya say?"
"Do you know the shield hero?"
"Eh, yeah, I know Shield guy."
"What is he like?" The girl's voice sounded very curious, as if excited once she was aware that he knew the Shield Hero.
Garfiel paused for a moment as he looked up at the ceiling to think before responding to her question.
"A bit rough 'round th'edges. Can be a bit strict and a pain, but someone th't can be counted on."
The girl smiled when hearing this, as if happy that in a way Garfiel's saying the Shield Hero is a good person.
"Good. Then can I ask you for a favor?"
"Sure but first let's get outta here."
As Garfiel goes to open the door, he hears the girl say to him:
"Tell her that I'm happy for her."
"What?" He was confused by this but when he turned around to try and question the girl, she was suddenly gone.
'Wait what? Where'd she go?'
As he looked around, he heard a door from a distance open up violently, prompting him to be ready for a possible fight.
He knows that he's not in the best condition to fight though he also knows that he has no real say in the matter if he does have to fight.
He slowly moves his way towards the noise of the other door, mentally ready for an unfair battle.
While he's walking as fast as he could, he noticed that there were many demi humans imprisoned.
Some looked to be near death, others for sure had the scent of death on their lifeless bodies.
'Fuck these people. Callin' my kind disgusting and yet th's fucker's th'sick fuck harmin' innocent people.'
It infuriated Garfiel when in some of these cells he saw that there were children there. This motivated him more to reach the other door.
'I hope yer th'one who's comin', cause I have no problems killin' ya!'
Determined to kill Idol Rabier, he continued to move towards the exit.
As he was closing in, he made sure to promise himself that once this conflict is done, he'll free all of the prisoners here since none of them deserve this fate.
'Come on body, we gotta get outta here! Now!'
He was slowly running towards the other door, hearing some footsteps nearby.
This instigated him to move faster until he reached whoever was approaching.
Once within close proximity, he made one last gamble of strength to try and take out his opponent with one punch.
As he swung for a punch, his speed was nearly enough to land a hit on the person in front of him yet they were able to avoid him.
'Well...shit.'
As he was about to hit the ground with such little strength to even stay conscious, he noted that someone had managed to catch him before he hit the ground.
"Huh?"
"Garf? Is that you?" A female voice spoke out, catching his attention.
"T-Talia?" He questioned this, he was barely able to keep himself up any longer.
Raphtalia looked over Garfiel, having some trouble since it's dark yet she could feel the blood all over him.
"What did he do to you?"
"Tsk. He...tried t'break me...yet, I managed...t'piss him off...hehe..."
Raphtalia couldn't help but shake her head with a small smile, seeing that even though he was tortured, he's still acting his same old self.
"You dummy. He could've killed you."
"I know...but they helped me t'not die."
"Them?" She asked in a confused tone. Garfiel took a moment before changing the subject.
"Where's Shield Boss?"
"He's going to save Melty-sama's friend."
"Hehe...aight, then let's free them before we leave..." Garfiel attempted to get back up on his feet yet he truly couldn't move anymore.
"Stop! You are badly hurt!" She protested. He knew that she was right, which prompted him to ask while he can even muster any strength to speak:
"Take...m-me...outside...n-need...ground..."
"What?"
"T-Trust...m-me..."
Garfiel no longer could talk as he finally ran out of strength.