Weiss : "Ah! Jens, are you okay? I am so sorry! Please forgive me. Oh God please forgive me, I broke the contract I swore to never break. Oh God please forgive me. I am nothing but thrash. Oh God, please forgive me. Jens, I am so sorry… God please forgive me!"
Anastasia : "What Contract are you talking 'bout Weiss?"
Jens looked at the crying Weiss who was sitting on her knees. Behind her, Anastasia, Crusch, Priscilla and the others looked them.
Jens : "Weiss, don't apologize… I just witnessed… Something weird. You started talking about the Garden of Eden and I…"
Priscilla : "Garden of Eden, you say?"
Jens : "Yes… Weiss mentioned it and I started to see… pictures. No… Small fragments of Life… I saw me being tortured. I saw a boy and a girl playing in a grass field with beautiful flowers. I saw people I know… But… What contract are you talking about Weiss? I want to talk about it."
Crusch : "That can wait. We need to hurry and defeat the Cult. The city is mostly safe now, the Knights of The Kingdom will deal with the Cultists, while we deal with the Archbishops at the Royal Palace."
Weiss : *Sniff*
Jens : "Calm down Weiss. We'll have a talk about this later on."
Nimura. Rose. Annie. Emerada. Starla. Lethias. Sapphire. Krista.
Those were the names he heard and witnessed in the vision he had.
Priscilla : "Alright then! Time to conquer! Group with your team and head towards the palace!"
Everyone : "ALRIGHT!"
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Priscilla : "So this is the team, huh?"
Priscilla looked at the team which she was leading, it contained Julius Juukulius, Felt, Otto Suwen, Haku Segmunt, and her own pride.
Priscilla : "Such a tragic sight. I doubt we'll be able to defeat a fly with this team. Only I, Priscilla is capable of dealing with the power of Archbishops."
Felt : "Cut the crap you bitch! You're obnoxious!"
Otto : "Okay guys. Let's not fight, please? We're allies, remember? We need to deal with the Archbishops!"
Julius : "I agree with mister Suwen."
Haku : "Priscilla, please calm down yes. Let's head towards the western part of the Palace."
Priscilla : "I am not angry, so there is no need to calm down for me, is there? I am being fully honest."
Otto : "That's… Weird to say Priscilla. Let's stop and just go."
Priscilla : "Alright then."
Heading towards the palace. The team started to form conversations.
Otto : "So Priscilla-sama, you are from the Sacred Empire of Volakia, right?"
Priscilla : "Correct you wimp."
Otto : "I am just connecting strings. That would mean you're the wife of lord Leip Barielle. Correct?"
Priscilla : "Before I answer, why do you ask?"
Otto : "Well, the horrible man passed away few weeks ago, exactly when everyone got the news of the Dragon Priestess, or Candidates, what ever we call them."
Priscilla : "Aha, yes indeed. Leip Barielle was indeed my husband. However, call it a curse, call it a spell, or call it fate, but there doesn't exist a husband that can survive being with me."
Haku : "That's correct. They call Priscilla-sama the Blood Stained Bride. No husband has survived after the wedding with Priscilla!"
Julius : "Priscilla, if I may ask, what are the names of your parents?"
Priscilla : "Alvar Barielle and July Barielle. They got murdered. They were weak."
Otto : "So Priscilla, did Leip Barielle notify you that you were able to join the Royal Election?"
Priscilla : "He found me. He found me and took me with him. I wasn't smart enough to notice, but he used me to further his own goals. He abused my qualities of becoming a Candidate to further his goal of stealing the throne."
Otto : "Aha… That explains. You see, I was born in Picoutatte, the Major Lugnician City of Merchants. When we received the news of the death of Leip, we were shook."
Priscilla : "Otto Suwen, right?"
Otto : "Yes."
Priscilla : "I have heard of you. Your family is pretty popular in Volakia. I remember people talking about Mazeran, Framir, Yaktol, Regin and Oslo Suwen. But you're left out of the picture. Is there a reason why you're the black sheep in the family?"
Otto : "I guess you heard the wrong stories then! I'm pre–"
Priscilla : "You're lying."
Otto : "…"
Julius : "What are you talking about Priscilla?"
Otto : "I… I left Picoutatte few months ago…"
Felt : "Why Otto?"
Otto : "Let's focus on the objective, we've to defeat the Archbishops of Gluttony. I'll talk about it later."
Suddenly, a blonde girls runs into Felt and both fell on the ground.
Felt : "Watch out where you ru–"
It was a reunion with familiarity. It was Krista Lenz.
Krista : "Ah! Felt! Please help me, you all, please help me, I need your help!"
Felt : "W-What's wrong?"
Krista : "The Archbishop of Gluttony, he has Sapphire, my friend!"
Priscilla : "I would call this fate, meeting with someone who has the same enemy as we do. Truly interesting this. Follow us and you'll follow the path to victory you mortal."
Julius : "Priscilla-sama, don't talk like that. What's your name?"
Krista : "My name is Krista Lenz! Ley Batenkaitos has my friend in his custody, please help! We need to hurry!
Julius : "Alright then. Priscilla, are we in range yet?"
Priscilla : "We are. Is everyone ready for the battle?"
Haku : "Let's do this!"
Priscilla : "Draw your weapons and fight the Devils!"
Priscilla swung with her fan and the team got teleported.
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The Royal Palace exists of Seven Parts.
The Northern Wing, a place where the King resides and where the Sage Council discus their plans.
The Western Wing, commonly known as the Hall of Valor. It's a library where books can be found of the history of Lugunica.
The Eastern Wing, commonly known as the Hall of Ulduar. It's a giant open area where Knight and Mages train.
The Southern Wing, a place where the family of the King reside. However, as the family is currently deceased except for the current king, that place isn't being used.
The Zeroth Layer, the giant basement of the Palace. It's mostly used for storage.
The Center Layer, the center of the giant Palace.
The Crystal Layer, the upper part of the giant Palace. That floor isn't being used anymore as it was formerly used to meet with Volcanica and the King. For Sacrifices and such. It contains a high amount of Mana in the crystal walls.
The team found themselves in a giant library. The bookshelves were meters tall, at the very least three or maybe even four meters tall. There were ladders everywhere.
Priscilla : "Stay prepared. We don't know where Gluttony might be. Our goal is to defeat only Gluttony, after that, we'll head towards the Southern Wing."
Otto grabbed a book and read the title.
Otto : "The Four Maidens. Summer, Winter, Fall and Spring."
Haku : "I read that fairy tale!"
Felt : "The Four Maidens? I think that book is actually about the real Maidens. The ones that possess Magical Natural Power."
Otto : "These books are weird?"
Otto opens the book, however… The book is empty.
Otto : "It seems like what the book contains is gone for the time being? Search for a book that might be relevant against the Archbishops or the Cult."
Haku : "The Truth of Emerada, that ain't it."
Priscilla : "The Four Great Spirits"
Otto : "Arthur"
Julius : "Vernal. These names are weird. They're all unrelated to anything we want. What kind of Library is it when the books don't contain a single clue?"
??? : "Birds in the cage. When, oh when will they come outtsuu…"
Everyone shocked, they look towards the source of the sound and see the short boy, known as the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, Ley Batenkaitos.
Ley : "It seems we're having a delicious meal todaysuu.."
Julius : "Let me deal with this one. He's the one that made Joshua suffer. I'll represent Joshua's strength today and fight you."
Ley : "But Julius, where were you when I was sick? Where were you when our mom died? It was because of Batenkaitos. Now that Klein is dead, we're with Alv–"
Hearing this, Julius dashes forward and tries to hit him with his blade, however Ley jumps into the air and uses a bookshelf to dash towards Felt.
Otto : "Ur Dona!"
Otto lifted a thick wall of bricks and used it as a shield, which resulted into Ley hitting the wall with his face.
Ley : "OUCH!"
Haku grabbed his Katana and dashed through the wall, breaking it, and kicked Ley Batenkaitos towards Julius.
Julius : "Fura!"
Julius started firing Wind Magic towards Ley Batenkaitos through his blade. He successfully hit him a couple times, but only scratches were made, no limbs were cut.
Priscilla : "This area is hard to fight in. We need—"
Ley : "GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Ley released a ring of flames and the whole library was set in fire. No knowledge for the team was left. Slowly, the flames started to spread.
Julius : "Aqua Preyas!"
Julius created a cloud at the ceiling of the giant Western Wing, and the cloud started to thunder, and rain.
The fire started to get extinguished by the rain drops.
Ley : "You all disgust usssuu…!"
Krista : "Tell me! Where is Sapphire?"
Ley : "Oh little girl. Little girl. Pretty little girl. Long blond hair. Sky Blue Eyes. You're beautiful."
Priscilla : "You little brat. You disgust US!"
Priscilla swung her fan and created her Yang Sword.
Ley : "Priscilla-sama? Since when did you became able to summon the Sacred Yang Sword of The Holy Volakian Empire?"
Hearing this, Priscilla's expression on her face changed. From slightly irritated, to extremely angry.
Priscilla : "Tsk! You sure don't know when to shut up, do you? No problem. This is the moment when I'll fucking kill you!"
Dashing towards the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, Priscilla left a trace of yellow flames, even though it was raining, these flames did not extinguish.
One meter away from him, she gets kicked in her right side from a shadow of someone, resulting into her getting knocked and landing in the other side of the Library.
Roy : "The Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, Bizarre Eating, Roy Alphard!"
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Ley : "The Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, Gourmet Aspect, Ley Batenkaitos!"
The two Sin Archbishops introduced themselves again.
Otto : "This will get real dirty, won't it?"
Haku : "Ts… Hya!"
Haku threw a spear of lightning towards the two, as it was raining, they both got electrocuted. Leaving them foaming and shaking.
Otto : "Krista Lenz! Go help Priscilla-sama! She's the strongest here!"
Krista : "I'm on it!"
She ran towards Priscilla, entering the library which wasn't completely burned and was gone from their eye sight. In the meantime, the two archbishops recovered.
Roy : "We're getting irritated. This is irritating. It's quite irritating. Because it's so irritating. It really is irritating. Isn't it irritating? It's too irritating!"
Ley : "Royyyytsu… It's time…"
Ley & Roy : "LET'S EAT!"
Dashing towards the group, the two archbishops grabbed their knives. Julius, Haku and Felt dashed forwards while Otto summoned bricks of stone with his Earth Magic. However, Roy sliced the knees of Julius successfully, with Haku kicking Roy away immediately, Ley jumped above everyone and successfully came in contact with Ley.
Ley summoned a wall of burning molten stone behind him, so nobody could interfere in this fight.
Otto : "N-No… Is this how I'll die?"
Ley : "You're a merchanttsuuu…. Putting price tags on things and humans. Don't you feel disgusted?"
Otto : "W-What?! I don't work in slavery what so ever! Y-You got this wrong!"
Ley : "We don't care. You're all the same. We'll eatsuuu!"
Ley and Otto clashed. Before Otto could close his eyes, he started losing his consciousness while he heard a scream of sorrow.
Felt : "OTTO! NOOOOO~–"
For some reason, Otto's memories, name or both weren't eaten. For some odd reason, their consciousness were swapped.
Ley fell on the ground, and so did Otto. Both witnessed the past of each other.
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??? : "I… We'll call him Otto… Otto Suwen."
When Otto Suwen was born, his mother cried out of both joy and sorrow. His father held her hand while looking happily at his wife, Otto's mother.
Mazeran Suwen, that was the name of the Father of Otto Suwen.
Framir Suwen, that was the name of the Mother of Otto Suwen.
??? : "Mama! Can I hold Otto in my hands, please!!"
Framir : "Of course, here you go. Support his head."
Oslo Suwen, that was the name of older brother of Otto Suwen.
That day, was the best day of Otto's life, but that Joy and Happiness didn't last for long.
Years later…
??? : "Brother, are you alright?"
Otto : "It… It is complicated Regin."
In the meantime, Otto's younger brother was already born and was already working in the family business, Regin Suwen.
Despite being the middle son, all attention of the parents went to Regin and Oslo.
Regin is a veterinarian operating at the Suwen Treatment Center in the town of Pappelt. A trading town close to the capital city.
Oslo is the representative of the Suwen Trading Company. He's handsome and had a wife.
Not knowing what was going on, Otto's ears kept hearing words unfamiliar to him. He heard whispers of creatures and things that were not human.
No matter where Otto was, the voices chased Otto without an end.
It was unrelated to his family, in fact, he loved his family.
Otto held no grudge or jealousy for his brothers or about his parents. For one thing he hadn't fostered neither the negative nor positive emotions of hatred or finding things enviable, but moreso, even though Otto generally would not understand what they were saying, his brothers would interact with him patiently.
He thought his parents' mental exhaustion inevitable.
Otto didn't know, had he been in his brothers' position back then, whether he would've been capable of being so insistently kind to such a strange family member. So in fact he was grateful to them.
Seeing problems with their second son, they went to the doctor. Weirdly enough, Otto possessed some kind of unique ability. In fact, he had two abilities. He possessed a Semblance and a Divine Protection, a blessing, commonly known as that.
Framir : "What is going on with our son? Why does he hear whispers of creatures he doesn't want to hear?"
??? : "Otto possess two abilities. He has the Divine Protection of Soul Language, which makes him able to hear the voices of all organisms. But that's not it…"
No, that's not it. It wasn't enough. Otto was being followed by these voices for eternity, but that wasn't the only bad news.
When Otto three, he fell into a Demon Beast nest.
When Otto started learning how to walk, he broke his left foot.
When Otto started learning how to talk, he got caught up in the voices of the unknown and was left speechless.
When Otto started to learn how to mourn for help, nobody could hear him.
When Otto started to learn magic, he injured his own father.
When Otto started to learn how to fight, he hurt his best friend.
When Otto started to meet friends, they thought he was weird.
When Otto started to learn writing, his pencils kept breaking.
Otto was unlucky. He was a charm. Not a blessing. Pain. Blame. Grave. He's a harbinger.
??? : "Otto… possess the Semblance of Bad Luck. Everywhere he is, bad luck follows him. This can be directed to him, and others in the area."
Mazeran : "Oh my god…"
Otto stood at the door, where he saw his mother and father hugging each other, crying. Both knowing how hard his life would get from now on.
Many years later, Otto had enough of his dismal life. Living as a merchant, being imprisoned by the chains of bad luck. Remaining his whole life inside his house, in his own room.
However, that day he woke up, the feeling that resided inside of him was torturing his mind. He didn't want to see his parents crying. He was the source of all bad stuff that happened in their life, so he decided to leave a letter.
Framir : "Are you there Otto?"
Framir knocks on the door, but no response.
He opens the door, but Otto is gone. Seeing this, he looks in the room and finds a letter.
"Mama… Papa… Oslo… Regin… Pain is your reward for being near me. I am no one's blessing. I'll just bring you harm. I'm a mirror broken. It truly breaks me, it's sad to say, but I'm your bad luck charm. You and I are not the same, you don't want the burden of my horrible name. Bane is what I am to every life. I was a guaranteed catastrophe. A tear that's bound to fall. I regretted being born, I regretted being born in a family full of joy, and now I am the one that cursed it. By the time you read this, I am already on my own journey through joy and sorrow, but all I want to say is…
Thank you, for everything."
That was the last the family of Otto Suwen has heard of him.
The memories of Otto Suwen, surfed through Ley Batenkaitos' mind.
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Otto Suwen's mind was filled with the past of Ley Batenkaitos. He saw a few fragments of his past.
??? : "Nonononono! This can't be! I can't pay these bills! I knew it was a bad idea to have two kids! It's all your fault! Roy! Ley! I wish I never had you two!"
That was the first time the mother of Ley talked to their sons.
They lived in a house near the border of Kararagi and Volakia.
■■■■■■・■■■, that was the name of Ley and Roy's mother.
■■■・■■■, that was the name of Ley and Roy's father.
■■■ : "We don't need them ■■■■■■, we can sell them on the black market in Garkla. They have slavery work there. We can swim in the money after we sold those two."
■■■■■■ : "But ■■■, isn't that wrong?"
Their own father, had the thought of selling them to slavery market.
Lucius : "Well hello! My name is Lucius von Rosewald. These two little boys would work perfectly in the Mines of Garkla. You would get approximately 500 Holy Coins each month if they work good. Do we have a deal?"
The slave trader, Lucius von Rosewald had pink hair and was a distant relative of the Roswaal Mathers family.
In fact, at this very moment Lucius wasn't killed by the individual known as Masquerade, this was the original Lucius von Rosewald.
■■■ : "Deal."
■■■■■■ : "Roy ■■■, Ley ■■■, this… wasn't what I wanted… but please, when we've enough money… We'll buy you back and I'll give you as much as your heart desires. I am so sorry… Please forgive me."
Roy : "Mom, no, I don't want to, I want to play outside, I want to live in the house we once lived in–"
■■■ : "That's not how life works. You're hopeless anyway. Work to death."
■■■■NONONONNONONO■■■■■■■■■■■■Karren-sama… Stop this ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■HELP■■■■■■■ ■■■■■But why?■■■■■■Why■ ■■■■■ I am so hungry… ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■Why me…■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■I never did something wrong■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Please save us… ■■■■■■■■You told me I was your son■■■■■■ ■■■■Why■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ Mama… Papa… I miss you… ■■■■■■■■■■■■I regret being born■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Why ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I thought I was loved■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Family■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■The Stars are Truly Beautiful. ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■I just want to eat ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■Sorry for all the things I did■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Only one piece of bread■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Mother■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■I am so sorry■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Forgive me Mother…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■I never wanted to be born for this.■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■There should be a way out… I want to see mom ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I Don't want to Live anymore■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■But why?■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Did I do something wrong? Why am I like this?■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■This world is cruel ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Roy, please forgive me.■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ What is family?■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I hate this. I hate that. I hate all.■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I don't want to remember■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■Why did they do this to us?■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Mother… Father…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I want to kill■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Roy, I'll kill them, to save you.■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Please keep breathing…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Don't die in my hands Roy…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I'll kill mother and father…■■■ ■■■ I need to eat…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ God… Kill me… ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Who are you? ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Louis Arneb?■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Save me and my brother from this misery, kill us and avenge us please■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Thank you so much■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Father… Mother, we finally meet…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ I was hungry my whole life, now we'll eat you…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Time to Feast upon you■■■ ■■■ ■■■ You're gone Father, now only you Mother, the only one we truly loved…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Good bye…■■■ ■■■ ■■■ Let's Eat. ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■
While seeing the past of Ley Batenkaitos, there are a lot of black spots and shadows, Otto can't properly see it.
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Regaining his consciousness, Otto woke up. He realized how bad Ley's past was and looked sad at him. However, Ley didn't care, stood up and looked extremely angry at him.
Ley : "OTTO-SUWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
Otto : "A-Ah! I-I'll beat you! I promised Roswaal-sama…. Emilia-sama that I'll prove myself useful! I won't be the b-boy that I was years back!"
Ley : "THEN COME AND PROVE IT!"
Running towards Otto, Ley suddenly slipped because of the rain and fell on his face.
This wasn't just bad luck, this was the work of Otto's unique Semblance, The Semblance of Bad Luck.
Otto : "AL DONA!"
The Merchant created bricks of stone out of thin air and started throwing them at Ley. Hitting him in the face, belly, all over his body. The boy started to bleed and started to cough blood.
Suddenly, the wall behind Ley collapsed and Felt saw Otto defeating Ley Batenkaitos.
Otto : "FELT! NOW!"
Felt dashed forward with extremely high speed. Everyone got pushed back by the wind she created. She was gone, no human eyes could see her, that's how fast she was. Bookshelves that weren't burned down fell down because of the extremely powerful wind.
Then, she stopped dashing and the wind around her was a small tornado, it acted like a shield. She then, grabbed her knife and released the shockwave, she cut Ley Batenkaitos right through the middle.
Ley : "GUAAAAAH!"
Otto : "Gaia Dona!"
Otto created two walls around Ley Batenkaitos, the two walls imprisoned him and made him unable to move. He was stuck.
Ley : "I-IMPOSSIBLETSUUUUUUUU IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE!*#%^!^*^*#^#*^!"
Ley started screaming words that nobody could understand.
Otto : "You're done. Remember my name! I am Otto Suwen, the greatest Merchant of the world and I'll do anything to save the ones I love! Even though I am not too befriend with my camp, I'll do anything to make them happy! That is my purpose to live my dismal life!"
Ley : "WE'LL HUNT YOU DOWN! WE'LL HUNT DOWN THE SUWEN TRADING COMAPNY AND KILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILL! WE'LL KILL THEM ALL AND DEVOUR THEM. WE'LL TASTE THEIR BLOOD AND ENJOY THE MEAL!"
Otto ignored his cruel words, and ran towards the group.
Felt stopped Otto, and looked him worried in the eyes.
Felt : "O-Otto… Good job. We are with you."
Otto : "Ah..! T-Thank you Felt."
Then, the two ran towards Haku and Julius who were fighting Roy Alphard, the second Sin Archbishop of Gluttony.
Julius : "Otto-san! I'm glad you're alright. Where is Ley Batenkaitos?"
Otto : "We dealt with him. He's imprisoned in a Earth Prison, he can't escape that."
Julius : "Alright then, only one to deal with is this demon."
Roy : "DEMON? DID YOU CALL US DEMON? I THINK YOU CALLED US A DEMON. HOW DARE YOU CALL US A DEMON? YOU ALL ARE THE DEVILS OF THE EARTH DEVIL! YOU ALL ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE ANCESTOR THAT CREATED THIS DEMONIC WORLD. WE ONLY EAT SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO! WE EAT SO WE CAN LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE HUNGER DOES NOT EXIST! WE EAT SO THE DEVILS WILL BE EXTERMINATED!"
Haku : "This kid sure doesn't know when to shut up, does he? Julius-san, I think it's time to finish this!"
Otto : "N-No… I'll deal with this dude. Julius, Haku, Felt, go help Priscilla-sama and Krista Lenz."
Haku : "W-What?! Are you sure? You just fought an Sin Archbishop, you're injured! Are you sure?!"
Otto : "I am completely sure. Go! I don't want you all to get hurt… This is my fight."
Julius : "Otto-san… What happened all of a sudden? You're acting different. Is this the choice you want to make?"
Roy : "YEEEEESSSU… Is this the choice you want to make?!"
Otto : "I… I don't know if this is the choice I want to make. I don't know what's good or bad… Right or wrong… But I know that I want to live my life as a warrior. I don't want to be the one I was in the past. I want to be somebody!"
Hearing this. Roy started to laugh.
Roy : "Isn't that amazing, certainly it is amazing, perhaps that's amazing, absolutely amazing, because it's probably so amazing!"
Otto : "Stand down Roy. You've hurt my friend. I'm just a merchant, but I also have a dream!"
Julius : "Otto! It's too dangerous to fight an Sin Archbishop all alone! I will not leave you!"
Otto : "GO! EVERYONE!"
Haku and Felt ran towards the place where Priscilla was launched to and they were gone.
Julius : "My apologies. But I won't leave a friend alone."
Otto : "In my current state, I can't hold you back. So I guess I'll have to work together."
Julius : "Don't be fooled. Even in your normal state, you wouldn't be able to hold me back. It's my duty to fight, and I will. Especially against those who killed my mother, Nymphadora Juukulius!"
Roy : "Amazing…. THIS IS AMAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAING! HOW COULD WE FORGET. YOU WERE THE ONE THAT WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE EUCULIUS HOUSEHOLD! BAHAHAHA, YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN YOUR MOTHER'S FACE WHEN I SLICED HER THROAT OPEN BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Julius : "I've had enough to be honest."
Otto : "Let's do this! Al Dona!"
Otto started throwing bricks towards Roy, however he quickly grabbed his daggers and started slcing the bricks and rocks apart.
Julius dashed towards Roy, only to have Roy making a cut in his arm, a deep cut, in fact.
Julius : "Augh! How ruthless of me!"
Getting hit by Roy, he changed his tactic.
Julius : "Shamak!"
Julius exploded in darkness, making Roy lose his senses and forgot where he was and if he was still breathing. Because of this, Julius appeared behind him and cut right through his heart.
Roy : "I-I-IMPOSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Otto : "Gaia Dona!"
Like with Ley, Otto created an earth prison and imprisoned Roy Alphard, the second Sin Archbishop of Gluttony.
Roy : "A-Bluagh!"
Julius : "N-No… Louis Arneb isn't here? Where is the last Sin Archbishop of Gluttony?"
??? : "WUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Both Julius and Otto heard a scream full of sadness. They left the two Sin Archbishops at in their prison and ran towards the feminine scream.
It was Krista, who was screaming.
Arriving there, they noticed blood everywhere.
Next to Krista, was Priscilla with her Yang Sword with blood on it.
Next to Krista, was Felt, collapsed and crying.
Krista, she was standing, shocked and shaking out of fear.
Otto turned towards what they were looking at, which was a beheaded short boy.
??? : "This boy sure was tasty."
Looking at the boy, it was Haku Segmunt. The younger brother of Cecilus Semgunt. He was beheaded by Louis Arneb, the final Sin Archbishop of Gluttony.
Louis : "It seems you dealt with my children? Tragic. You wouldn't mind me eating yours then, would you?"
Otto : "Oh my god…"
Suddenly, Krista started to vomit out of shock. She couldn't comprehend the fact that someone she knew just got devoured and eaten by a human being.
But…
Could she actually call this man a human being? He acted like a cannibal. Ley and Roy ate the memories and names of people, but Louis actually ate one.
The bones and internal organs were on the floor of the boy. Louis grabbed his left arm and took a bite out of it.
Louis : "Are you going to do something or can I finish my meal? You all are disgusting."
Priscilla : "You monster. You killed someone of my camp! You'll never suffer enough!"
Louis : "Oh? Is that so? Is that because the Sun Princess says so?"
Otto : "How can you?! HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT GUILT?!"
Otto yelled those words at Louis.
Louis : "Guilt? I don't feel any guilt. In fact… I don't feel anything except hunger!"
Felt : "You fucker! I'll kill you!"
Louis : "I am not very in the mood to fight. So I'll take my absence… Also, just so you know… You defeated my Ley and my Roy, but you do realize that I can bring them back with ease, right?"
Hearing this, the group was left in shock even more.
Louis : "Goodbye… I'll wait until our reunion–"
Felt : "NOT SO FAST!"
Felt threw her blade, but Louis Arneb disappeared. Krista was still on the ground and couldn't move, because of fear.
Priscilla : "They're gone for now. Haku's death was not in vain. We saved the western wing for the Dragon Kingdom of Lugnica. Let's go rest a few minutes until we go to the next wing."
Krista : "What…. What? What?! How can you move so fast on? One of your camp members died and you are already moving on! How can you… You are not human!"
Priscilla : "In fact, I'm human. I'm just not strangled by others feelings or embraced in my own Nostalgia. Now, stand up and let's go. I don't want to look at this tragic sight. Let's look for information in the books that are still in tact. After that, we'll rest and go to the next wing."
Julius : "Yes… This lost won't be forgotten. We'll have a proper goodbye later. I'll talk to Cecilus-sama about this lost. Now, let's kill the other two Archbishops."
Otto : "R-Right… Let's go."
The group slowly walked towards the two Earth Prisons, but to their surprise….
Otto : "W-What?! THEY ARE GONE!"
Julius : "How could that happen, as far as I know, Gaia Dona is unbreakable."
Otto : "I have no idea… Fuck… We failed."
Felt : "N-No we didn't. We saved this wing. Again, let's move on. Search for information in the books."
The group walked towards the library part near the entrance to the center layer.
It was a different kind of Library, this library wasn't made of wood, but of red gems. The bookshelves weren't harmed by the flames created by Ley Batenkaitos.
Priscilla : "Search for books!"
Felt : "The Golden Age"
Otto : "The Five Major Cities"
Priscilla : "Flowers of Ionia"
Julius : "Tragedy of STRQ"
Hearing this, Krista looks seriously at Julius.
Krista : "W-What did you say just now?"
Julius : "Tragedy of STRQ, what does that mean?"
Krista : "A-Ah… I misheard you, sorry. Stars of Orion."
Felt : "The Pleiades Watchtower"
Priscilla : "Mistral Kingdom"
Otto : "We won't be able to find anything of this… Let's rest guys… It's been a rough one."
Julius : "I agree with Otto-san. We triumphed partly. Let's rest before we move on.
Everyone sat down and closed their eyes slowly before they fall asleep.
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??? : "Aha… Of course… Everything is going according the plan my lady… I sadly revealed them my real identity."
Woman : "Is that so? That's quite troublesome. How about Jens? Did he beat you to this current dismal state?
??? : "Nonono. That's not it. The boy seems to… recover the Legacy of Leo."
A man in the shadows was talking with a woman.
Woman : "Oh? May I ask you why I've heard of that only now?"
??? : "I… I am sorry."
Woman : "You're weak. Nothing compared to Regulus. I expected more of you…"
??? : "I'm sorry, I'll prove myself!"
Woman : "I hope so. By not telling me everything results into my plans going to hell. Don't let this happen… Whatever your name may be, my Prince."
??? : "Of course… My Highness, the Vainglorious Pandora."
Pandora : "I like that nickname… I might use it myself one day. Oh Also, tell Regulus that he should keep Emilia alive, I promised her an amazing reunion.