*This is a piece of his past*
"You're...That human who have been flopping over our realm aren't you. Was it fun?"
A voice resounded behind an oak trees, its didn't sound full of anguish nor curiosity but only plain question for a man who had noticed 'Its' presence. It's hard to distinguish whether the owner of the voice is male or female since it can be heard as both.
"Hahaha!!! SO....You're one of them ain't I right? Need something from me."
The man who was none other than Zeimachi replied with a grin and mad laughter from his face. He took out an orb which he referred to as the Astra sphere and was ready to break 'It' throat. However before he could even used that sphere, the owner of that mysterious voice stopped his intention.
"I'm not here to fight. I only want to see your face directly without using my screen."
The owner of the mysterious voice was still hiding behind the oak tree with the leaves blowing in the wind. Zeimachi who sensed no lies and malice from 'It' didn't push his luck and set the Astra Sphere revolves around him.
"...You're not that cool when I see it this close. Could it be a filter from my screen? Hmm..."
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*PoV of Sakura Zeimachi*
"Well sorry about that!!! Uhh?"
Just now I felt like something or someone insulted me right on my face, but to think it was a dream. It's fine though since I could just spite at her again directly.
"They took their time huh..."
Being alone in this place and hearing two voice of Loli in the bath is really calming my soul. I can even feel my soul's growth right now! What a great and potent method to be stonk. Wait I should calm down.
"*Sigh* Laffey-kun~ I'm leaving you two alone okay! You remembered the way back right?"
Although I said it as a bathroom, there's one more chamber that needed to be passed before they entered the tub. First is changing room, this is where they put their clothes before entering the 'real' bathroom. Then next is the bathroom, where bath tub, shower, and toilet resided.
Now that I think about it, this house is really big compared to my old house. It can't be compared to their bath house in the port but at least it enough for two or three of ship girls to get in.
Putting it at that, I wanted to leave them since it looks like they're taking a shower right there. There should be a spare towel in the changing room so Laffey-kun and Lia-san can rinse themselves if they get wet.
THAT, was what was on my mind at first, but somehow I felt like someone was hiding in this house not too long ago. It bears no hostility and smaller than human, it's more like...A cat? Ah! Durandal has a grey cat doesn't she.
'Was it when Hylia looked out the window?'
I put my Sherlock-thinking pose just like how Fu Hua was whenever there's something smelled like trouble. Meanwhile, the bathroom door opened and revealed the figure of Laffey who was wet with water just like what I expected.
"Commander..."
Her wet silky hair kept dripping water onto the floor. It's not that fluffy anymore because it got wet along with her clothes, but she's cute nonetheless. I'm really concerned about a presence that hid in this house since that cat smell like trouble, but I don't want Laffey-kun walks around with this get up.
"Lia-san...Where's Lia? Did she pressed wrong button or something?"
It must be because an ero scene. That scene where two little girls bath and rub each other back in the bathroom only to got slipped by a scoundrel soap that appeared out of nowhere. Nonono, let's change her clothes first.
"Hmn...It's not Lia's fault, I got slipped because the floor was too slippery."
I thought they wouldn't be friendly this fast with each other, but to think that Laffey-kun would do this much for her. This made me really proud of her as a secondary commander and wanted to praise her. Since there's a huge difference between our height, I kneeled and reach out to her soaky hair.
"You're really kind aren't you Laffey-kun. What a good girl~"
"...Ummnh...Stop shaking my head, Commander."
Laffey rejected my head pat but she didn't resist it, she lets my hand patted and brushed her hair with her left eye closed because there's water got into it. I used my other hand to wipe her eyebrows and pinched her nose to stop her from daydreaming with her flushed face.
"What~ Are you thinking right now~?"
"...Nothing, I'm not enjoying this at all. Nope, not at all."
She turned her face away from mine with a faint color of red on her cheek. This is really not good for my faint heart. After that, I told Laffey-kun to take a shower since she's already this soaked in the first place, and use a towel other than mine in the changing room and then to put her wet clothes in the dryer.
I left them to get dry clothes as there was a sign of girl in this house, my nose is really good that even Tandjidor acknowledge it so it's easy to find their scent. Entering the closest room that I could found, I set my foot upon a girl's room that's full of Raiden Mei's picture.
"Wait...Could it be Kiana? or Kebin? No, it should be Kiana looking at this jacket."
There's only one huge simp of Raiden Mei from what I knew, it's that white tuna who really loves her senpai. Well, enough about that tuna. Let's search for a small shirt or dress for Laffey-kun. I know Legally it's questionable, morally it's disgusting, but personally I like it.
Looting I mean...
"Yo Zei, what are...you...do....."
"What? Stop triggering the flag."
When I went to search for a pair of usable clothes, this nightmare from my dream appeared along with her antic of bringing me down by using her loud and attention-gathering voice from the door. She really wanted to trigger that scene where I got called pervert for barging into a girls room...Not like she's wrong though.
The feather of this world is already in my hand so there's no need for me to do all of this embarrassing stuff, but that's what a normal person thought when they got this power in their hand. But I beg to differ!
"You're really took a liking for acting different from others aren't you..."
"And you're really a noisy fellow who spoiling my hidden plan."
"Fufu~ You can't hide anything from my discerning eyes! Anyway, what are you going to do from now?"
Instantly, the mood around us changed. My hand stopped the moment she changed her tone into a serious one just like when she asked me about Megumi. The room has been enlightened by a light bulb so I could see a frown on her face behind her glasses.
With her gleaming blue eyes that acted weird when we arrived, she reminded me of Kiana who had controlled her power.
"Who know. You know I have lost that emotion along the way, there's no way I could reciprocate her feelings."
"...And not leaving your mark in her? Just like what you did with Megu-nee?"
Her voice turned more gravious with each words come out from her mouth. I guess this is to be expected, looking at the same fool that'll repeat his mistake for the second time right in front of her face.
Leaving my mark in her is out of question either, I'm not that kind nor good man in the first place and I don't want to be one.
"Cera, my bloodline end with me. "
"Don't you know it's foolish to repeat the tragedy...I know...It's hard to change Zei, but you can always took your step with a small push."
"So this is why you told me about that fake breach? *Sigh* Let's talk later, I don't know how you know about Moriarty, but at least you keep her a secret. Thank you. "
Now I've found out the motive of her plan, but no matter how hard she tried I can't gain something that have been lost. Meanwhile, I has found a dress that's looks quite big for Laffey-kun but still good for her.
I stood up and walked to the door with Cera following me into the bathroom. Even though her face had calmed down, I still felt that she wasn't satisfied with the answer I gave. I asked her what the other three were doing and she answered me if they were discussing about my identity.
We walked by following the way to where those two were. When we arrived, I could heard many splashing sound of water in there so I knocked the door and asked about their well being.
"Laffey-kun~ Lia~ You didn't sleep in there right~?"
"What? Lia won't since she got scolded by Hestia for doing that."
It looks like I heard an important piece right now. I knocked the door before entering the changing room where those two could be heard to be chatting about something, it looks like they couldn't heard us because of the shower's sounds.
I glance to the basket where there's Lia-san's garments along with Laffey-kun accessories. Her wet clothes was already placed in the dryer so it's good for now.
"♪~♫~♬~♪~♫~♬~♪~♫~♬"
"ohh~ shh, let's heard what Lia sing right now. you never heard her song right?"
As I stepped closer to inform them of our arrival, I could hear a melodious voice from inside the bathroom accompanied by the splash of water from the shower.
Cera told me if it's Lia-san that's singing right now, I never heard about her song so I followed and eavesdropping her echoed voice in her shower-singing. I remembered there's time when I did that too, but it's a painful memory to be recollected.
'What are you singing now?'
I pressed my left ear against the wall because I could be seen if I stood in front of the door. The door was see-through, so they could see out of the shadows. And then… The girl's voice began to ring in my ears.
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#Aquarion Evol- Kimino no Shinwa#
"Yorokobi wo yorokobi ♪
(Enjoying joy)
Kanashimi wo kanashimi ♫
(Sorrowing at sorrow)
Inochi wo ikite Mezameta mama yumemiyo ♬
(Live your life and dream while awake)
Hibikaseru yo zutto ♪
(I'll make it ring out, always)
Kono yo no hate ni made ♫
(To the ends of the earth)
Futari hikari no fune ni noru ♬
(We ride a ship of light)
Kamigami no nemuri samasu kaze ni naru ♪"
(We will become a wind that shakes the gods from their sleep)
Hylia's voice echoed in the bathroom with the song she sang. The song was taught by Cera when they were in Orario and no wonder Laffey who was soaking in the bathroom was amazed because it was the first time she heard Hylia's singing voice.
Even though they were in the bathroom, Laffey showed her admiration by clapping and praising the voice of the girl in front of her who was in the middle of enjoying the shower.
"Lia...You're really good at this."
"Ehehe~ All thanks to everyone. You know Lafy, I really shy when it's the first time I sang in front of lot of people, but when I got used to it...It's really fun!"
The feasty haired girl let out her smile as she reminiscence about her past in Orario. Her past where she need to search for answer will still continued, but for now...She picked the shower head and used it as her mic to the next song.
"What's the next song? I want to hear it again."
It's weird or so is what Laffey's thought. Whenever she heard each of the girls' words in her song, something could be felt within her chest. So she decided to heard another one since she didn't hate that feeling at all.
"Next is..Sta-"
"COMMANDER!! CERA-SAN!! What are you two doing right there!!??"
Hylia wanted to continue her shower-singing, but there's a loud roar from Z23 outside of the bath which made her stopped that intention and looked at Laffey to step outside.
"A-uhh...Ehmm! Laffey-chan, Lia-chan. Don't come out yet!"
The moment they touched the door, they got another surprise from Javelin that told them to not step outside before she said so. Hylia and Laffey tilted their head at the same time because of their confusion, while Javelin shield the see-through door by using her body after she closed the door again.
"??? Lafy? What's going on?"
"...I don't know. Maybe...It's about Commander."
"Zei? Then why did Cera also there?"
"Accomplice of crime..."
The ridiculous conversation between them happened when Sakura Zeimachi faced Z23's anger who caught him peeking at these two girls who were taking a bath. Cera safely escaped the guillotine by siding with ship girls, which made her a traitor from his perspective.
'Not this again!'
'Ehehe, you're really a slow-poke~'
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- Soon, this arc will reach its end. Many chapters has been passed to tell their stories and many words has been written to tell their tales. It's not gonna be their end, but it'll be a huge development for them...and me as well. -
- This arc was a mess compiled of Moriarty, Five different persona and their abilities, Honkai Verse, Unfinished Commander's stories, and the moment he'll be the real 'him'. As I expected it's unwise to piled them together like that, but it has happened nonetheless. -
- Smink från ditt hjärta, I took it from Swedish and its mean "Makeup from your heart". I thought to enter what those titles' mean since I'll forgot about it by the days end. -
- I'm not that familiar with drama and building up the right tension for the climax. So there's a chance that I'll messed up like before. -
- Hence, Cera would interfere as she should. -
- Oh yeah, the (-) before the paragraph means Cera won't be able to tell what's already been written, so it's fine. -