- - - An hour has passed - - -
Narrator's POV:
After a raging battle between the second regiment and the Abyssal demon, all knights are staying inside in a little, not well-groomed house.
*footsteps in a wooden floor*
A young dark elf walks in, carrying a medium-sized basin filled with water, and a clean, white cloth.
*footsteps in a wooden floor*
*door creaks slowly*
*Knights looking at the dark elf*
She entered the room where all knights were staying.
*footsteps in a wooden floor continues*
*chattering noises*
*the young dark elf enters and passed the knights who are busy chattering*
The dark elf put the basin and the cloth into the small shelf near the bed where Maragrette sleeps.
*drop gently*
*Zemislav gasp*
"Oh? Thank you very much for bringing the water Ms.-"
- Zemislav thanked the dark elf.
"Call me Eurydice, sir."
- Eurydice sincerely said.
"Oh! Thank you Ms. Eurydice!"
- Zemislav calmly said.
*Zemislav smiles at her*
*Eurydice gone silent*
. . .
Zemislav grabbed the piece of cloth provided by Eurydice and dipped it to the water she just brought.
*drip*
*squeezed*
He then wiped Margarette's dirtied face gently.
*wiping*
*Maragrette breaths normally*
By the time Zemislav's wiping his wife's face, he's starting to get worried.
. . .
*footsteps in a wooden floor and sounds of chainmail rubbing due to friction of the movement*
"? ? ?"
- Zemislav wondered.
Zemislav's wondering whose knight is approaching him but he never bothered who it will be, he never even tried to look who it is.
. . .
*the footsteps in a wooden floor stops*
"Captain Zemislav, how's Mistress Margarette's doing? Any sign of waking up?"
- Efrain ask.
*Zemislav shakes his head which indicates a 'No' answer"
"I see..."
- Efrain said.
Efrain left Zemislav all alone for a time being.
*footsteps of Efrain leaving*
*another upcoming footsteps are coming towards Zemislav's position*
*the tone of the footsteps were different and Zemislav started to wonder who they might be*
. . .
Meanwhile, Barry and Tigreal appeared right beside them, all worried and concerned.
"Mentor.... Zemislav?"
- Tigreal asked worriedly.
*Zemislav gasp*
"Oh, Sir Tigreal... It was you...! I thought that"
- Zemislav said while not leaving an eye to his wife.
"... mentor Margarette's alright?"
- Tigreal worriedly ask.
*Zemislav gone quiet*
"She's been sleeping for more than one and half hours now. What's-?"
- Tigreal ask in a concern tone.
*Zemislav smiles gently and faces them*
*Tigreal and Barry gasps*
"There's.... nothing to be worried guys. Margarette is just fine. She just need to rest to relieve her fatigue, that's all."
- Zemislav calmly said.
*Tigreal and Barry start to wonder*
. . .
*a moment of silence*
That moment, due to the awkward silence that dominates the entire room, Eurydice started to talk.
"Uuum.... *shiver* I...."
- Eurydice said in a trembling tone.
*Zemislav and everybody inside the room were listening*
"I... I.... *gulp* would like to express my... my *shivering*... thanks for rescuing me. I... I feel thankful..."
- Eurydice said in a trembling tone.
*all of them were listening*
*Eurydice got even nervous*
"You... you all risk your life... for... *shiver*... For saving a low-life stranger like.... like me."
- Eurydice still trembling.
*Eurydice take a moment to look the sleeping Margarette*
*worried*
"And... I... *shiver*... I'm sorry!"
- Eurydice apologized.
"?"
- Zemislav's surprised a little.
"Be... because of me... Your.... your companion got... got hurt... I-"
- Eurydice said while she's about to sob.
. . .
*Eurydice is about to cry but Zemislav let's out a sigh*
*sigh*
"Don't apologize."
- Zemislav said while still looking to Margarette.
*Eurydice gasp*
"You did nothing wrong... Ms. Eurydice."
- Zemislav said in a cheerful tone.
*Zemislav lowered his head and all his cheerful expression is replaced by regret*
*gripping the blanket which Maragrette used*
*grips*
"It was I, that should be blamed."
- Zemislav said.
*all were silent*
"Because... *silent*... of my hesitation and lack of trust of my companions, it... *silent*... resulted to this."
- Zemislav said and now make an eye contact to her.
*all gone quiet while they're listening to the conversation*
*clenched fist*
"No one would be hurt.. if only I... I... *silent*... did not hesitate."
- Zemislav said regretfully.
*Zemislav slowly grits his teeth*
"Sir... Zemislav...."
- Barry pity him.
"So, everything... Are all my fault."
- Zemislav said it regretfully.
*grits*
"It's my f*ck*ng fault why everyone got dragged in this state."
- Zemislav regretfully said.
*clenches his fist*
"My wife... shouldn't have used 'that' spell in the first place."
- Zemislav said.
At that moment, everyone are all silenced after all the things in which Zemislav said.
All of them are all in a state of silence.
*he looked again to his sleeping wife, all filled with worries*
. . .
*Zemislav heard Barry's response earlier*
"Barry...?"
- Zemislav ask while he's still staring at his wife.
*Barry gasp*
"Si... Sir?"
- Barry replied in surprise.
*Zemislav's face is filled with lots of questions and fear but still have the courage to ask*
"What... happened?"
- Zemislav ask boldly.
"? ? ?"
- Barry's confused.
"Wha....? What do you mean Sir? I... I don't understand."
- Barry ask in a confused tone.
". . ."
- Zemislav's listening.
*Zemislav take a moment to look at Barry in a worried expression*
*Barry's surprised*
"Barry... Tell me... What did I do?"
- Zemislav asked in a confused tone.
*Barry and the rest are confused*
" 'Something' made you all wondered..."
- Zemislav regretfully said.
*all of them are still confused towards Zemislav's question*
*Zemislav grits*
" 'SOMETHING'..... that made me look different... than I used to be..."
- Zemislav said regretfully.
. . .
Barry's reaction upon hearing Zemislav's request made him surprised, and at the same time, confused.
He doesn't know how to reply Zemislav's question. Barry's aware that his captain's ready to accept all the information which will likely, come out on his mouth.
*Barry looked at his regiment Captain*
Barry take a moment to look Zemislav's eyes, and he can tell, that his hunch is right.
*Zemislav's so worried and it dominates his natural, stern face*
*Barry gone quiet*
. . .
Barry hesitates to respond to Zemislav's question but....
*Barry remembered the scene where he and his fellow companions were scolding Tigreal for his reckless actions*
- - - Flashback - - -
( the previous fight )
. . .
While they're lecturing and scolding Tigreal, the demon suddenly appeared right from the cliff, surprisedly.
All of them were surprised. But...
*STOMP!!*
The moment they heard a heavy STOMP on the ground, they all saw Zemislav's preparing for battle as he glares towards the demon.
. . .
While they all giving a confused look towards Zemislav, Barry noticed that the expression of Zemislav is not in his usual state of self.
*Barry's wondering*
Sorta like, he's indulge by his anger and rage.
*Zemislav perilously glares at the demon*
Barry gasp and again, he look Zemislav in his eyes.
. . .
- - - Flashback Ends - - -
"Sir Zemislav, did you mean the moment when you..."
- Barry said.
*Zemislav's carefully listening*
*Barry hesitates*
"You... faced the demon during it's first appearance towards the cliff, and started to cause an outrage?"
- Barry ask while still confused.
*Zemislav gotten quiet and tried to remember some memories of the event*
*Zemislav looked at Barry in a more, and serious way*
"Yes."
- Zemislav answered.
*Barry remained silenced*
"The moment where I faced the demon by myself."
- Zemislav said.
*Barry still listens yet did not make any response yet*
"Would you... tell me everything I've done during those times? I..."
- Zemislav said in a hesitate tone.
*Zemislav is having a hard time to continue his sentence*
*Zemislav hesitates*
. . .
*Zemislav looked at Barry, he smiles with a mixture of hesitation and fear*
"I... Really wanted to know all the details."
- Zemislav said as calm as possible.
*Barry's silent*
*Barry slowly avoided Zemislav's eyes and tries to look at the pillar*
*Barry looked again and he could not resist the expression of him, since it reminds him the same expression he had back when he was asking his child 'Bene', before*
*Barry could not help but tries to man up*
. . .
"Umm... Sir... There might be some information that I'll fail to tell."
- Barry said.
*Zemislav's listening*
"All the things which I'm about to tell are all clearly based on my perspectives. I cannot exactly tell it accurate but, if you're willing to hear me, I'll be honored to do so."
- Barry said.
*Zemislav's still listening*
*Barry looked at him in a worried face*
"Are you... okay with that Sir Zemislav?"
- Barry ask.
*Zemislav take a moment to analyze*
. . .
"Don't worry, I'll accept anything."
- Zemislav said.
"You can tell any sort of information regarding that moment. Information is what that matters to me as of now."
- Zemislav said.
*Barry gone quiet, so as the rest*
"Recalling the memories which I, failed to remember is a crucial thing to me."
- Zemislav replied.
*Barry gone silent*
. . .
*Barry sighs*
*Zemislav's observing and listening*
"Sir Zemislav... The moments regarding the ruckus were..."
- Barry gone serious.
*Zemislav's carefully listening*
- - - Several minutes later - - -
( after Barry finished explaining all the things )
*Zemislav gasp*
*he soon lowers head head*
". . ."
- Zemislav gone quiet and regretful.
"That's .. all that I have accumulated in my... perspectives earlier, Sir Zemislav."
- Barry concluded.
. . .
Upon hearing Barry's words regarding the previous events that happened, Zemislav couldn't stop himself from trembling in disbelief.
"So that's what.... truly happens."
- Zemislav said in a trembling tone.
*raises his shaking hands and looking at it in extreme disbelief*
"Now, I finally understand why... why I have a severe recoil earlier..."
- Zemislav said in a terrified tone.
*all knights were listening, including the dark elf*
*trembling hands intensifies due to fear*
"I... I can't believe it.... I..."
- Zemislav said in disbelief.
*he covered his face in his palms*
"Lose my grip of my temper!"
- Zemislav shamefully said.
*grips*
*Barry and Tigreal were wondering of Zemislav's action*
"What a shame! Such a disgrace!"
- Zemislav said in a terrified tone.
*all knights were listening, including the dark elf*
"I.... I..."
- Zemislav said anxiously.
. . .
"Almost killed everyone...."
- Zemislav said in more, and dark expression of fear.
*everyone gasps*
Tigreal's POV:
. . .
*surprised*
'Almost killed everyone?'
*Tigreal tried to recall the scene where the appearance of the magical circle earlier, casted by his mentor*
. . .
That glorious and magnificent work of art, is meant to destroy everything in it's surrounding?
*Tigreal looked on his ashamed mentor*
*a moment of silence*
I... I didn't know anything about it but....
*he still looking at his mentor*
That work of art is so....
*clench in awe*
Awesome!
. . .
I... I...
*gulping in excitement*
I wanted to see it being unleashed!
I.... I can't wait to see it again!
*flashback on the scene where the a light-based sword-like tip peaking towards the magical circle*
That omnipotent looking art!
Zemislav's POV:
. . .
*trembling*
I... I can't believe it....
*the fragmented memories of earlier events are starting to flood in Zemislav's mind*
I..
*trembling*
I almost unleash 'that' forbidden spell which caused the bloody massacre in both my companions and the undead of the past.
*glitched memories where many of his henchmen were killed during the confrontation of the undead long ago*
*grits*
F*CK!!!
*faint sobbing*
I... almost triggered an another tragedy....
*clenches his fist*
Just because of a mere memories triggered back when I was in my younger years.
*trembling*
"WHAT IN THE HEAVENS HAVE I DONE??!"
- I shouted in my thoughts.
. . .
I'm so ashamed of myself...
*Zemislav's trembling*
So ashamed that I'm scared to look at my companions right now.
*all of them were now looking at them*
As one of the proud knights of Light's Order, it's a great shame on my title.
*Tigreal and Barry looked at him*
Losing my temper in the midst of battlefield, and caused lunacy that leads of dragging them in an offhand battle.
*grips firmly due to shame*
My actions...
*grit*
Are intolerable!
*sigh*
I keep on being ashamed of every actions I did earlier.
. . .
I didn't realize that, all my actions became worst.
*looking at his sleeping wife in regret*
Now, so that's why Margarette jumps in, and I received a 'slap' afterwards.
*trembling*
*deep exhale*
If Maragrette didn't stop me at that time...
I'll certainly become a... a.... complete....
"Don't say that Mister!"
- Eurydice said.
! ! !
"What you did earlier shouldn't be ashamed of."
- Eurydice said.
*Zemislav take a moment to look at the her*
. . .
"Mister, your actions leads to realization of my kin, and send terror to that demon who keeps on terrorizing us."
- Eurydice said passionately.
*Zemislav confusedly listened*
. . .
*Eurydice clenched her fist due to awe*
"You're the Beacon of Hope sent by the Moon Goddess! A person who possess an ability to free us from the enslavement of the demon's heretics. You're-"
- Eurydice boldly said.
*Zemislav heard the words of adoration of Eurydice which contradict to what he thought*
*Zemislav lowers his head*
"I'm sorry Ms. Eurydice. It seems you are not completely aware how outrageous actions."
- I said while faintly gnawing.
*Eurydice's confused*
. . .