So much for care and protection. It had taken just seconds and he was already trying to kill her. Rin remained very still, as tranquil and serene as ever despite knowing she was in great danger again perhaps more than if she had faced the Coesen guards or the assasins from the day before.
-Talk-
Rin stared into his eyes and thought of how to tell the truth and be believed. He was clearly very fast and his magick power had advanced to an almost godly level because his soul gem and his ability to wield a lightning weapon clearly showed the truth.
-My name really is Rin-she started- but I come from another world. Rin Coesen died yesterday from poison and I was sent to inhabit her body- she kept staring at him square in the eyes.
-Do you take me for a fool?-he seemed even angrier. Still, his expression was not enough to make him look bad at all.
-No, I know you are not one. Is there anyway I can prove it to you?-she said- I am willing to be tested so you can see I did not lie to you ever since we met.
Lyn thought as fast as he could. If what she said was true despite how crazy it sounded but he still killed her, he would commit a great sin against someone who had saved his life. He thought of the tecniques available and decided to perform the soul memory spell so he could search for the answers. It might be invasive but fast and at this point, he would rather be safe and say sorry afterwards. He pounced without any other sign so she could not get away from him.
Rin lost sight of him the next second, only to see him right in front of her as he struck directly at her soulgem with his fingers in a fast move she could not avoid with how her current body was out of shape. When he made contact with her, lightning bolts cursed through her body and Rin screamed in pain. She then felt how that lightning like energy invaded her mind and sifted through all her memories from the past and current world. It felt awful, as if her innermost being was naked and displayed in front of him for his perusal. Then, as suddenly as it came, it was gone and all that was left was a sensation of cold that she knew well because it was the same type of feeling left after a revision of her memories by the upper ups.
Prince Lyn had performed this particular technique many times, mainly during interrogations of spies and people involved with his enemies during his many quests. Never afterwards had he felt more guilty about it than he did now. In that little instant, he had seen the truth of her words, visions of another universe where her people existed and thrived even after having lost the entire planet to a horde of monsters. He had seen her awakening in this world and even the instructions left by the ghosts that used to be her family that allowed both of them to survive. He lowered his magick weapon and stared at the confused expression in her face.
Maybe things would have gone much better if right then he could have said sorry. He had so many things to say and ask but right then Rin's arms and neck were tied and restrained by 3 different people wielding whips made of frozen ice. Where they touched her skin, the cloth was torn apart and her skin burned painfully. Prince Lyn recognized these as his own guards and signaled to stop the attack on her. They must have seen how he performed the soul memory spell on her and decided to attack to be on the safe side too without realizing they were making a huge mistake.
Rin reacted by instinct and fury at the pain. She was one stone cold soldier, always unfazed even in the middle of the worst slaughter but this particular attack of the mind and body had passed her limits. The nanotech and her new magick powers combined themselves and her slender body was suddenly covered not with gray rags but with a skin tight golden armor, dispelling the whips and sending those three shadow guards flying. Then she had gone for the Prince at a high speed to which he reacted by evading her very accurate and deadly punches.
-Liar-she spat-
-Stop it-he blocked her and took hold of one of her arms, only to see her perform a body twist on him that almost threw him away too.
-You hurt me first-her eyes shone with anger and Lyn thought she looked like a warrior goddess. He was not surprised about her sudden transformation because this viciousness and fighting power were already a weakened version of what he had seen in her memories. She clearly meant to defend herself against him and the guards, not obliterate them.
-I am sorry-he tried again to calm her and succesfuly captured her other arm, effectively trapping her between his arms.
-Let me go-
-No-
She kept struggling mightily. He had to use his full force to restrain her as he had had to do only a few times in his whole life in battles to the death against scarily powerful foes. She was that strong and he knew then that he had to calm her fast or be left eating dust for the first time ever because she was much stronger and would win in the long term. Since a soul search had sent things to hell, he decided to take the risk and perform a gem merge and see if that worked.
He didnt see it. But his subordinates did and took care to describe it very carefully to him afterwards They saw how their Prince touched his brow to hers for a long moment on his own volition and then heard him saying sorry in a gentle voice. The lady suddenly stopped the struggle and seemed to understand his sincere apology because she kept staring at him. He touched her brow to her again but ended up kissing her lips briefly. Her golden eyes widened and her whole body shone as two enormous wings of light and fire became briefly visible on her back for a moment right before it all was snuffed and she passed out on the Lords embrace.