"E…Emilia?"
Looking at the distance, Jens noticed the square where the group, which existed of Emilia, Priscilla, Nathan, Haku, Julius and Meili, fighting a giant creature.
It was hard to describe whether it was a snake, a bird, a dragon, or something else.
However, Jens felt different from before… before he read the letter and met Satella.
He felt troubled. Anxious. Upset. Uneasy. Afraid. Provoked. Flustered. Angered. Pained. Irritated. Frightened. Disturbed. Concerned. Plagued. Confused.
The feeling that went through Jens was extremely unknown. However, he still felt like being himself.
[ Jens ]
That's the name of the boy that stood there. However, like the feeling, Jens was different from before.
Jens summoned the Spear of Vengeance and threw it right in front of Emilia.
He teleported to the Spear and the creature turned back.
Emilia : "J-Jens!"
Jens : "Please, stay back Emilia. I don't want you to get hurt."
Emilia : "Wh-What? You…. look different… You talk different."
Jens : "Don't be stupid. Jens remains Jens."
That moment, Jens threw and extremely harsh respond to Emilia.
Priscilla slowly walked towards Emilia. Haku looked shocked like everyone else.
Meili : "Jens? Brother? Is everything oooookay?"
Jens : "Meili… It's time to slaughter them."
Meili : "Ooooooooooh….. I get it."
Hearing this, the two of them talk in a very familiar way. The two of them, had the most least aquatinted relationship, but now responded to each other as if there was something going on.
Nathan : "J-Jens… what's going on?"
Jens : "Shut up. Let me finish this peace of crap."
Jens turns towards the creature which turned back to the girl with a dragon hand, angel wings and serpent skin and a snake tail. She also partly had Dragon Scales on her body. She was a true shape shifter.
Capella : "Oh? I guess we aren't known with each other, are we mister handsome? Please tell me, do you feel love—"
Jens : "Shut up…. [ Shit Bird ] "
Capella : "Oh! HA! THE BOY IS ALREADY IN OUR POSSESSION?"
Julius : "Jens? What is that woman talking about?"
Jens : "You stupid kids. You don't understand who this boy is, do you? He's the reason the world is how it is. He's the one that left this world in remnants. He's the one that exterminated the Garden of Eden's children. He's the one that created the Witches of Sin. He's the one that made the Seventh Kingdom disappear. He's the one that created the Witch Cult. He's the one that made Emilia go through shit 100 years ago. He's the one that made us search for Melissa Lestrange. He's the one that caused Priscilla go through her past. He's the one that caused Nymphadora to die. He's the reason why your sister died Meili. He's the reason why the Segmunt and Rosewald family got destroyed. He's the reason of everything and should die. So please, kill me."
Capella : "BAHAHAHA! HILARIOUS! TRULY HILARIOUS! AAAHH… It's so sad you're a pretty boy."
Hearing this, the group shocks. Emilia especially, starts to tear up.
Nathan : "Ah–"
Julius : "I would… assume Jens is possessed by the individual who speaks. Who may my enemy be this time?"
Jens : "I give you a hint. My birthday is on the 14th of May and I'm from Gu–"
Nathan : "That… can't be… The…"
Jens : "YES! AHAHA! YOU KNOW WHO I AM? RIGHT? YOU DO!? YOU THEN ALSO THAT I'M VERY VERY CRAZY AND I'M PAST THE POINT OF RETURN. NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHO I AM I CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP, NEVER STOP STABBING YOU IN THE HEART. YOU ALL WILL DIE AT THE HANDS OF The Crazed Prince."
Priscilla : "Wh-What? The Crazed Prince is here? I'm not speak lies, but I'm quite interested and frightened because of that. After all, he's the only one that can resist the heat of my Blade."
Jens : "HAHAHA I FUCKING LOVE THIS!"
Julius : "N-No… Emilia….?"
Julius looked at Emilia and saw her pointing her hand towards Jens while collecting Mana from the atmosphere.
Emilia summoned spikes of Ice.
Emilia : "I… I never thought this would happen Jens…"
Jens : "You filthy half witch bitch. AHAH. WITCH BITCH—"
Nathan : "WAIT! EMILIA! That voice of Jens…"
? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? !
Nathan : "That's the voice of Masquerade…"
Jens : "Oh now it's… serious…"
Nathan : "The… Crazed Prince is the reason of Melissa… The Crazed Prince is Masquerade?!"
Emilia : "Tch…"
Emilia bitted her teeth and the tears fell.
Emilia : "I request one answer of you, Prince."
Jens : "What may it be Witch?"
Emilia : "Please tell me, is there something else, even if it means my life?"
Jens : "Do you really ask that? If you surrender and walk towards me… I'll teleport you to the Royal Palace where we'll bring you to an end."
Nathan : "Emilia-sama! Don't! We can beat Je–"
Jens : "So… You want your friend to die?"
Julius : "Ah…"
Jens : "Of course you can kill me. After all, I don't feel anything. Jens will feel every scratch and will suffer from the inside. He'll feel all the pain. I won't be able to defeat any of you with this body. I'm not able to summon anything or use my own powers. So if you want to kill me. Go for it."
Emilia : "Prince… What will happen to me?"
Jens : "We'll use you as a vessel. We'll– BLAGH!"
Suddenly, a black shadow left Jens body and he collapsed.
Capella : "WAH?!"
Jens : "I–'M… Back…"
Emilia : "Jens! Is that you?"
Jens : "He…'s gone for now–"
Capella : "IMPOSSIBLE! WE ALMOST HAD THE WITCH IN OUR POSSESSION! YOU'LL PAY!"
Capella Emerada Lugnica transformed into a black dragon and set the square on fire with her Dragon Breath.
Everything was burning, but Julius extinguished the ground.
??? : "Jesus. The Jester really is useless. Revealing his identity like that. Truly sad."
??? (2) : "Doesn't matter. The Witch is ours."
Capella : "Ah. Gentlemen, you're finally here."
The group looked at the two men that appeared.
One of them was Regulus. The other one has has long blackish brown hair that reaches to his eyebrows and sleepy looking black eyes, with features that make him look like a woman. He wears an outfit which is similar to Roswaal's own.
Regulus : "Regulus Corneas. The Sin Archbishop of Greed. The Head of the Witch Cult is here."
Hector : "… Hector… Here."
Emilia : "Ah!"
Julius : "Two Villains. Stay back or else I've to fight you."
Regulus : "This is weird. Hector, Emilia please."
Hector snapped his fingers and Emilia collapsed and fell on the ground. Regulus teleported and grabbed her and carried her in his hands.
Regulus Gif and Emilia
Regulus : "My apologies. But I have clearly no time to deal with you. I have to bring this beauty to the Royal Palace. Come there when you're ready and prepared."
In a blink of an eye, Regulus was gone.
Jens : "RRRRRRRRRRRRRREGULUS!"
Nathan : "Calm down Jens! We've to deal with the dragon and Hector first."
Jens : "I'll fucking kill every one of them!"
Jens turned around and looked at the two.
Julius : "Stay Calm. I'll help with bringing back Emilia. Let's deal with these two first."
Hector : "That saddens me. I did nothing wrong at all. I help Regulus because I'm forced to. It really isn't my fault and I have no desire to fight any of you. Especially not Jens… After all, you're the one that knows how I feel."
Hector turned around and walked away.
Capella : "COWARD! FUCKING COWARD. YOU DEPRESSED COWARD! NO PROBLEM. I'LL DEAL WITH THESE SHIT BAGS!"
Jens : "Katana of Summer."
Jens summoned the Katana and jumped into the air and cut her wings off. He landed perfectly and that all happened in less then few seconds.
Capella fell down on the ground and transformed into her human form.
Julius : "I see. It's time to show you all my power. Let's kill this Cultist."
Julius pointed his sword towards the sky, and his blade started to shine like a rainbow.
Julius : "Water. Fire. Wind. Earth. Light and Darkness. Be on my side."
Like he said, the six affinities of Magic were in the blade of his.
Capella ran towards them. She transformed her arm into a 3 meter long blade and tried to cut right through Meili.
However, Julius summoned a wall of Ice and froze her.
Jens appeared next to Capella and cut her body in half. However, her body instantly regenerated.
Capella : "Did I forget to say? HA! I'M ABLE TO USE MY AUTHORITY WHEN DEAD!"
They realized what she was capable of. Even when her heart is crushed, she's still able to regenerate.
She pushed Jens away and the flames slowly faded away.
Capella : "NowNow! I guess we had enough fun for us. I'll have to go. I'm being called."
Capella transformed into a majestic yellow bird and flew away.
Julius : "We… What is this? We didn't succeed in killing a single one… We defeat no Archbishops."
??? : "Heya! They're here!"
Maria, from the Crusch camp extinguished all the flames. Looking at them, all members of the Camps arrived.
Ferris : "Nya! They need healing!"
Immediately, Priscilla created a giant light barrier where everyone started to be healed and so no infiltrators could enter. Immediately, everyone felt relief and rested for a few seconds.
Jens : "Regulus Corneas has Emilia."
Everyone looked at Jens at that moment.
Jens : "Listen up. I know most of you don't care about Emilia, because she's different. Because she's an Half Elf! But I love her and we must work together to safe her. Please help me in bringing her back. Who will help me in defeating them and bringing her back?"
Anastasia : "Jens-san. I love your love for Emilia. But what would it help us in helping her? Isn't it quite beneficial for all camps to have one eliminates already?"
Crusch : "Anastasia-sama! How dare you say something that dark ?"
Anastasia : "Come now Crusch-san. I'm just being honest."
Reinhard : "I don't care what anyone says. But I'll help with fighting Greed and bringing back Emilia. However we got a problem. If this continues, the city will be destroyed, I can't let that happen. We need to create teams that will fight a sin."
Ram : "Gluttony is at the western part of the Palace. Lust is at the upper part of the Palace. Greed is at the northern part of the Palace. Masquerade is at the Southern part of the Palace. I used my Clairvoyance. We got time. But not long."
Jens : "Let me draw something real quick. Nathan, give me the Map. I'll draw something on the back."
Nathan gave a map and a pencil and Jens started drawing.
The ones at the Square, inside of the Shrine we're–
Weiss Schnee, from the representatives. Cynthia was dead, Elis and Alexandrius were with the King at the Palace.
Priscilla's Camp, Ryuu Lyon, Haku Segmunt, Priscilla Barielle, Aldebaran and Schult.
Crusch' Camp, Levi Avaritia, Felix Argyle, Crusch Karsten, Wilhelm van Astrea and Maria Aqua.
Anastasia's Camp, Tivey Pearlbaton, Julius Juukulius, Mimi Pearlbaton, Anastasia Hoshin, Halibel, Hetaro Pearlbaton and Joshua Juukulius with no memories.
Emilia Camp, Otto Suwen, a coma state Rem, Jens, Nathan Harmonia and Meili Portroute.
Felt's Camp, Reinhard and Felt, Flam Remendis, Grassis Remendis and Aestas Toto.
Jens : "It was a hard choice. But I made it, I created the groups that will fight one of the Palace Parts."
Western Part – Gluttony Battle :
Julius Juukulius – Felt – Otto Suwen – Haku Segmunt – Priscilla Barielle
Upper Part – Lust Battle :
Weiss Schnee – Aldebaran – Crusch Karsten – Felix Argyle – Maria Aqua – Tivey Pearlbaton
Northern Part – Greed Battle :
Jens – Reinhard van Astrea – Aestas Toto
Southern part – Jester Battle :
Ram – Flam Remendis – Levi Avaritia – Nathan Harmonia – Wilhelm van Astrea – Mimi Pearlbaton
Entrance Part – Blood Cloud Battle :
Anastasia – Halibel – Hetaro Pearlbaton – Grassis Remendis – Ryuu Lyon – Schult
Saying this out loud. Nobody has complains about this, and agrees.
Jens : "Group with your Team and prepare your strategy! Gluttony is able to eat Memories and seemingly also names. He can use their Memories to make you terrified. Lust is a shape shifter. I got no clue about Wrath. Greed is extremely strong, the Jester is strong, but hurt at the moment. Let's make it happen and win back our City!"
Everyone started clapping and yelled "Yeah"
Jens felt slightly better when seeing everyone willing to put their lives on the game to save the city. It was a feeling of relief.
However, he did not feel totally relieved, the fact that the creep, Regulus Corneas of Greed, still had Emilia in his possession, was truly on his nerves.
Thinking of that, he starts thinking of how he got possessed. Even though it wasn't for too long. Jens doesn't remember how he, out of the sudden, got possessed by the Crazed Prince.
Anyway, it wasn't the time to think of that now, he should go group with his team.
Walking towards Reinhard, there was a female too. Aestas.
Reinhard : "May I ask why you chose me for this battle?"
Jens : "A-Ah… You're the only one that comes near his level. We can use you. Aestas, right?"
Aestas : "Yeah! Ma Name is Aestas Toto! I'm quite strong, in fact!"
Jens : "Are you a mage?"
Aestas : "Ah no! This is my weapon!"
Aestas created a dark portal and grabbed a giant scythe out of it.
It's a medium length scythe with as origin Beyond the Waterfall, as powerful as any magic in Lugnica. A single eye of crimson hate stares out from the heel of the blade, tempting the strongest of men to wield it in battle.
Aestas : "This is Nakuri! Nakuri is a unique weapon as he is alive and has it own Aura, Semblance, Od and Mana. Nakuri is even able to talk!"
Reinhard : "Magnificent!"
Jens : "Holy… You will help us bring back Emilia, right?"
Aestas : "Ah yes. Nakuri would love to meet Regulus, wouldn't you?"
No response.
Aestas : "Ah! I! I! I guess he's sleeping! Haha!"
Reinhard : "No problem. I'm sure you won't let the Felt Camp and Jens down. Now let's discuss how we'll beat Regulus Corneas of Greed. As the Archbishop of Greed, he possesses the power of the Authority of Greed. It seems he's able to–"
[ The Tale of The Lion ]
Jens : "Ah! Stop Time! That is it!"
Aestas : "Hm? What do you mean?"
Jens : "I just started to remember…. The Tale of The Lion! The Authority of Greed allows the user to stop time! Waving his hand, anything in its trajectory is cut no matter the toughness! That's what the Authority of Greed does! I… I don't know how I could've forgot it."
Reinhard : "Now that's interesting. Thanks for the information Jens."
Jens : "Ah… Yes… I'm gonna talk to the others for a while. Please discuss our strategy while I'm gone."
Reinhard : "Understood."
Jens turned around and saw Julius approaching Joshua with a hug, however Joshua pushed him away.
Julius : "J-Joshua? What's wrong?"
Joshua : "Ah-I… Who are you!? What is going on!?"
Hearing this, Jens ran towards Julius, who was paralyzed with a shock and despair.
Jens : "J-Julius… This is what Gluttony did to your brother…"
Hearing this, Julius closes eyes and bites his teeth.
Julius : "Is… This why you put me in Gluttony? To take revenge?"
Jens takes a sigh.
Jens : "I-I…"
Julius : "Dont get me wrong. I would mind who I would fight. B-But…"
Julius looked at Jens. Deep into each other eyes.
Julius : "If I kill the Archbishop, will Joshua return to normal?"
Jens : "I…I don't–"
Not knowing what to say, Jens hesitated to give him an honest answer. He saw the sorrow and melancholy in his bright orange yellow eyes. He was afraid fo the truth, but demanded it.
Jens : "I don't know… Weiss… Might know more. I have no idea Julius Euculius."
Joshua : "Ah? Could S-Some explain the circumstances?"
Julius walked towards Joshua and grabbed his hands.
Julius : "My name is Julius Euculius. Your name is Joshua Euculius. You are my brother for over 14 years. You've lived with my as long as I can remember. Our mother was killed by the person who did this to you… Gluttony. J-Jens…"
Julius stuttered to ask.
Jens : "Yes? What is it?"
Julius : "P-Please, leave us alone for a while."
Jens understood Julius' feelings and took a steps back and turned around.
He walked towards a group of people who were talking. Otto Suwen, Weiss Schnee, Anastasia and Ram.
Jens : "H-Hi…"
Anastasia : "Ah Jens-kun. We were just talking about you."
Jens : "Hm?"
Otto : "Ah yes, Ram has a message for you."
Ram : "Correct Suwen. Jens…"
Jens : "What is it Ram? Please be direct."
Ram : "Master Roswaal L Mathers request me to return to the Mathers Territory after we retrieved Emilia, there is something wrong there."
Jens : "Ah really? Could it be Raven Branwen?"
Ram : "We don't know. I received a message through my Clairvoyance Protection. We need to hurry with getting Emilia back."
Weiss : "I-I'll help! I want to help you guys."
Jens : "Wait everyone. Elis Rose Evergarden is also there! Are we forgetting about him?"
Ram : "He should be fine. The King is still alive."
Jens : "How are you so sure?"
Ram : "The Red Crystal at the top of the Royal Palace, it's shining. That means that the current Dragon King, Jet Lugnica, the 42th, is still alive. We need to hurry though. If he dies, the Royal Election would end up… not good."
Jens : "Understood. Where is Re… Where is the blue haired girl?"
Jens forgot that Rem's existence is gone.
Anastasia : "My my! I thought my situation was troublesome, but you were totally messed up a few minutes ago Jens-kun!"
Jens : "W-What do you mean?"
Weiss : "You were mentioning… very weird things… You started mentioning very abstract stuff that you promised not to talk about… Wait-"
Weiss grabbed Jens hand and took him into a dark valley near the group and pushed him against the wall, pushing her breasts against his body.
Weiss : Jens!"
Jens : "Weiss, what's wrong? Could you take a step back? Your breasts are pus–"
Weiss : "You mentioned the Garden of Eden? You mentioned the Seventh Kingdom! "
Jens : "The Crazed Prince mentioned that… I have no clue what those stuff means."
Weiss : "Then let me explain it to you so you might remember!"
Jens : "Ah o…"
Slowly, Jens' eyes started shutting closed. He slowly lost the connection between him and his consciousness. As soon as his eyes closed, he lost his consciousness and fell hard on the ground.
Weiss : "JENS!"
The scream of the girl, Weiss Schnee, drew the attention of everyone at the square.
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He was in a black dimension, but not Satella's.
He didn't see anything, but he did hear voices of children.
??? : "Ahaha! Aw, come on! Wait up!"
Two children fell on the tall grass.
??? (2) : "Haha! Say, Rose."
Rose : "Hm?"
??? (2) : "Even when we're grandpa and grandma, I want things to stay like this!"
Rose : "Ah! I… I don't want to become a grandma, Nimura."
Nimura : "Whaa-?! Really? It'll be fun. I know it."
Rose : "How do you know that, Nimura?"
Nimura : "I just know it will!"
The two children looked at each other and gave each other a hug.
Right then, Jens' existence warped to another place.
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Now, he found himself in a forest. There were multiple people talking with each other.
Jens stood behind a tree and did not understand if this was the past, a dream or the future.
Jens saw familiar faces.
Krista Lenz. Sapphire Northshire. Lethas Greenway.
There were two other individuals. Two girls, in fact.
Sapphire sat down and started looking at the stars.
Lethias : "What are you doing? We aren't in Elior yet you dumb ass. Annie, what do you think about this behavior? Sitting down, taking a rest when we aren't even finished with our mission?"
Annie : "As if I would care… Talk to Emerada about it."
Annie was the casual girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Emerada was a short girl with red hair and green eyes.
Emerada : "W-why me! I'm new, remember? Also Annie! Stop referring me with my real name!"
Annie : "Whatever."
Sapphire : "I think we deserved a rest, didn't we? We're walking for days and our supplies are gone."
Annie : "Nice idea. Staying here while the one who murdered Starla is still out there! F-Fuck…"
Krista : "W-WHAT?!"
Emerada : "Wh-What are you talking about?"
Sapphire : "A…Annie?"
Annie : "I… didn't tell you… but there were three of them. One of them was Masquerade… But he fucking killed Starla! The other two were Melissa Lestrange and Nathan Harmonia. Masquerade fucking killed Starla! He used her as a living shield!"
Jens : "?!"
Jens was shocked when hearing the story. He recognized all of the individuals who were here. He even recognized Emerada and Annie, the ones who weren't at the Royal Capital. However, he started to get tired and shadows approached the scene. Slowly closing his eyes again, he found himself in another place.
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Jens finds himself at a bar and sees Raven Branwen sitting at a table. Soon, a man walks up to her.
Raven : "Well hello, brother… Qrow Branwen, haven't seen you in ages!"
Qrow : "Raven…"
He has graying black, spiky hair, red eyes, and slight stubble along his jawline. With a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He also wears a ring on his right index finger, two other rings on his right fourth finger, and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant.
Qrow : "So… what do you want this time?"
Raven : "What? Can't a girl just catch up with her family and talk about life?"
Qrow : "Now shut the fuck up with this crap and lets move on, what do you want?"
Raven : "…"
Raven placed her sword on the table.
Raven : "Does… Regulus, Vincent and 'You Know Who' have it?"
Qrow : "Did… you know about Jens' situation?"
Raven : "That's not…!"
Qrow : "Rhetorical question, I know you know. It's just obnoxious that you start about this and act like Jens begged for help."
Raven : "I wanted to save him! Don't fuck with me! You know I can't control my powers as good as you can!"
Qrow : "Raven, I won't tell you more, until you tell me where Jens and the Four Maidens are."
She opened her eyes widely and didn't expect to switch to this topic.
While listening to this intense conversation. Jens stood next to them, however it seemed it's a vision, as Jens could not interfere with reality.
Raven : "Qrow, watch the fuck out with what the fuck you are talking about, people may listen to us!"
Qrow : "Don't… Fucking… Care… If you want to know where the boy is, you have to tell me where the Spring, Fall, Summer and Winter Maidens are and who they are. We are all going to die if you don't return after all!"
Raven : "You… Fucker!"
She remained silent, Qrow took a sip of his alcohol and Raven took a breath.
Raven : "Qrow… I know I did some–"
Qrow : "Stupid things? No shit Raven."
Raven : "You aren't help–"
Qrow : "You ran away from your family. You stopped protecting the Kings and the Kingdom!"
Raven : "They are brainwashing us Qrow! How can't you understand that? I ran away to save my daughter and Jens!"
Qrow : "No… you did it because you are scared."
Raven : "False. My turn…"
Raven refused to talk about it and they moved one.
Qrow : "What do you want to know bitch sister?"
Raven : "Where… is Jens? Where are his memories?"
Qrow : "The boy is at ■■■■■■, his memories are most likely ■■■■■■ away by ■■■■■■ of the ■■■■■■."
Jens couldn't understand clearly what Qrow said.
Qrow : "Now… who is the Spring Maiden? I know it's someone of the Branwen Tribe. It has to be one of our kind."
Raven : "How smart of you! However, I wouldn't risk something like that to say it to you."
Qrow : "Hmm…"
Raven : "Please listen. If we don't hurry up, ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ will destroy the whole world. Please, leave The Devil Kingdom of Lugnica, and side with me… You know we can win this war!"
Qrow : "I won't betray what I'm absolutely loyal to. Go Raven."
Raven : "… Alright then. It was nice to see you again, after many years."
Raven swung her sword and disappeared into the red portal. Qrow took a sip of his whisky and walked away.
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Jens saw himself sitting in a chair. Without limbs, all his fingers cut off and bleeding out
While bleeding, Jens tried to crawl away and rushed towards the black door.
??? : "Why are you so afraid? I'm your redemption, remember?"
Jens : "N…NO!"
The person grabbed the door, until he felt a knife in his back. Making him bleed even more, feeling warmth and increasing adrenaline.
Jens : "W…why m~~eh…"
??? : AAAhhh, good question, a question which may be answered in the near future. Sadly enough, your actions can't be forgotten and have consequences. You're the reason this world is in such pain.
The bleeding Jens fell on the ground and looked at the shadowy figure talking to him. The figure had a knife in his right hand and was wearing noble clothes, representing either Volakia, or Gusteko.
Jens : "WHO… ugh, are you? Answer please!"
??? : "It doesn't matter anyway, be happy that I've to save thrash like you. I–"
Jens : "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRO–AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
??? : "Like I said, this thingy, might sting a little bit, but trust me, this knife will hurt even mo–"
The man in the noble clothes threw his knife towards the bleeding person and suddenly…
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Jens opened his eyes, and found himself lying on the ground, he looked at his left and saw Weiss crying, while everyone looked at him.
Jens : "W… What happened?"