Chapter 19 : Great Holy War
"Now stand up," Ariel said to that guy. He was hurt. So Anna healed him. Then he got up.
"What's the situation here?" Toya said to that guy.
"No-noth-nothing special."
"Come on. Tell us," Ariel said.
"You guys are visitors. So I think it will be wrong if I tell you guys the inside matters of our town."
"You still want to defend them when they bullied you?" Ariel said.
"I mu-."
"Stop," Toya said.
"Ok then tell us what's your name?" Ariel said.
"My name is Ronald Jinma," Ronald said.
"So what are you?" Ariel said.
"I am a gunman," Ronald said.
"So why did you not defend yourself from getting bullied?" Ariel said.
"Th-tha-that….."
"Who were they?"
"The one whose gun got sliced by you is the son of the Head of the Town."
"I know it. Why were they bullying you?"
"That is related to the upcoming tournament," Ronald said.
"I see."
"Thanks for saving me," Ronald said
"Are you taking part in the upcoming tournament?" Ariel said
"Yes, I am," Ronald said.
"How did you even get a chance to participate?" Toya said.
"I might be a coward but…..my shooting skills are better than yours," Ronald said.
"Huh?" Toya said in an annoying voice. Ronald backed down a little. Toya approached Ronald and took out his sword. Ariel stopped Toya.
"Toya stop!" Ariel said.
"Why should I stop? He is trying to pick a fight," Toya said.
"Calm down. I am not done talking to him," Ariel said.
"Ok ok," Toya said and backed down.
"You are a gunman and your shooting skills are also good, you are also participating in a contest. So why did they bully you?" Ariel said.
"It happened a few days ago. Worn challenged me for a duel. I defeated him seven times. That's why he wants revenge," Ronald said.
"I see. Why do you want to participate in the tournament?" Ariel said.
"My grandfather is an amazing gun craftsman. His dream was to become the best gunman. But because of not having an eye, he couldn't achieve it. So I want to be the best gunman on his behalf," Ronald said.
"So what about your parents ?" Ariel said.
"They both were gunmen and died in the 'Great Holy War' which took place in ADE 98," Ronald said.
"So you have only your grandfather?" Ariel said.
"Yes," Ronald said.
"Can you take us to him?" Ariel said.
"Yes of course. I was planning to ask you guys to come to our home as you guys helped me a lot," Ronald said happily.
"That's great. Then let's get on Dynasty," Ariel said and got on Dynasty. Anna and Ronald followed him and also got up on Dynasty. Toya didn't get on.
"Toya come on!" Ariel shouted.
"Are we seriously going to that brat's house?" Toya said and got on the Dynasty.
"Who is a brat?" Ronald said.
"Don't fight now. Ronald, you navigate Toya to your house and Toya, you drive," Ariel said. And then Toya started the Dynasty and Ronald told him the way. They went deeper and deeper into the town and finally they saw a house which was made of wood. There was a garden outside. The house looked very old. There were trees surrounding it.
"So this is your house?" Ariel said.
"Yes, it is. Now get down," Ronald said and got down. Eventually Toya and Anna also got down. They arrived in front of the door and rang the doorbell. There was a sound saying," Coming!" and an old man opened the door.
"Grandpa, we have got visitors," Ronald said and went in.
The old man looked at Ariel for some moments. Ariel said," Is there any problem sir?"
"No. Come in. It's rare for us to get visitors," the old man said. They came in. The house was pretty old inside. There were two floors. The first floor had a kitchen and dinning room and a store house. The second floor had four bedrooms. Ronald and his grandpa named Timothy were using two separate rooms. They gave Toya and Ariel one room and let Anna use a separate room. Every room had a small toilet. Afternoon passed. They all sat on the dinning table to chit chat.
"So you guys are here to see the tournament," Timothy said.
"Yes we are," Ariel said.
"Why do you guys want to see it?" Timothy said.
"The guards told us this year the tournament has many interesting matchups and so we decided to stay here to enjoy it," Toya said.
"That's great," Timothy said.
"Sir, can you tell us about elemental guns?" Anna said.
"Of course. I am a craftsman of elemental guns," Timothy says.
"Yeah, Ronald told us about you," Ariel said.
"Elemental guns are mainly made with elemental cores. The main elemental core to make the gun usable is the fire elemental core. It lets us shoot the elemental bullets on anything and in any direction we want to shoot. As for elemental bullets, there are hundreds of elemental bullets out there. There is a device called Gust which triggers the elemental bullet. It is a very small device and is only made for elemental guns. That doesn't mean there are no normal guns in the world. In fact, people still use normal guns for security purposes and it is used by forty nine percent of people. Many elemental users also use normal guns."
"That was pretty interesting," Ariel said.
"Let's eat the food and take some rest," Timothy said. They ate all the food. After finishing eating, Anna and Toya went back to the rooms to take a rest. Ariel didn't go in the room. Instead he went outside. Ronald started cleaning the house. Timothy completed washing the dishes. Ariel outside was looking at the sky. There was the moon and some stars which were looking beautiful. Timothy also came outside and went towards Ariel.
"Have something to say?" Ariel said.
"You….are not you Ariel K Wind?"
"You found out?"
"I read an article about you and your party."
"I see."
"What are you guys?"
"We haven't decided a name for our party yet."
"Decide it before leaving the town," Timothy said and started going back towards the house.
"That's all? You should have something more to say, shouldn't you?"
"Take…...Ronald with you guys."
"Why?"
"He has a dream. He wants to see everything existing in this world. I know it's impossible. But if he goes with you guys, he will at least be able to see Zero Point where his parents are locked."
"He told me something different. "
"Yes, I know. I said that to him from his birth. The truth is that after the 'Great Holy War', his parents and thousands of soldiers were arrested and locked under Zero Point."
To be continued~~