Chapter Twenty Nine
N E W M A I L : I CAN SEE YOU.
The ride to the gate was smooth.
Haldir sat quietly with his arms crossed and head facing the window where they passed the many castle walls on their journey out. Osiris could feel his mana painfully squeeze and release his ankles like someone squeezing a person's wrists.
His finger's dug into the lush tapestry lining their seats.
Haldir said nothing as he heard cloth tear.
"Do not speak to me unless you have an important question. Do not ask them until the second week."
"Okay."
Osiris could see them start to pass the center gates.
His mana began to vibrate.
He was almost free.
They passed the gates and the sun hit their cart, flashing a strong ray of heat onto their laps. Osiris curled into his chest and held his face.
He was enraptured.
He could feel chills coast across his chest, heating his breath as he tried to fix his face. His shoulders began to shake as he held in a laugh.
He was finally fucking free.
Haldir's fatherly instincts kicked in for a second and he looked at the boy. He wished he didn't. He's never seen such a terrifying smile on a child before.
Haldir decided to think about it later and looked back out the window. They were going to enter town soon. Haldir watched as people parted for the cart and gave ample room for it to go through. He could see their faces grow taunt with uncomfort as Osiris's aura scratched their bodies and made their instincts scream.
Osiris was still riding a high when he thought he fixed his face.
Haldir pretended not to notice how his eyes smiled when his face did not. Osiris got closer to the glass.
They reached a hill and Osiris saw just how large this place was.
RAGE.
They kept him from so much.
He wonders if the original could even function like a normal human being after going from straight isolation to war.. I guess I will be finding out. As he took in the places, things, people, and creatures he wondered about the plot.
It was time to seriously review it.
A couple of hours later they reached the city limit. Then it was nothing but trees, dirt, grass, and an occasional critter running about. Osiris was at the head of the line with the clearest view. Other nobles were following behind like a row of ducks.
Finally he could focus.
N E W M A I L : MEMORIES OF ANOTHER LIFE
They were on his couch in his new 300k flat.
Isabella was on another rant again. She really did like this book, and it seemed to go on forever with the number of volumes out. But he fed into her addiction and bought her a signed copy last year. She has basically moved in with him now.
"So what's that dude's story?"
"Dude?"
"The pink haired one."
"You mean Osiris?"
"I think so?"
Isabella showed him a picture.
"Yeah, that guy."
Isabella pepped up. She really loved this character. His guest/her bedroom had a few figures on the wall and around her desk and vanity. But there were also other fandoms mixed in, so he tends to stay out of there.
"So, okay, okay, hold on." She pulled out her phone. "So his full name is Osiris Von Lux. He's 23, male, and was the sixth son of King Mikael Von Lux III."
"How does he become King?"
"Well, okay, let me start from the beginning, yeah?"
"Sure."
Adam sipped on his soda and he played music videos on the screen. Their snacks and drinks, some alcoholic, some not, laid about on his abnormally long coffee table.
"So it starts off in a war. They called it the War of Do-"
Osiris went to piss in a bush away from the nobles. He wasn't in the mood to mingle. He would end up killing someone if he did. Halbir did a good job keeping the others away.
"-gs. They described it as the dirtiest war yet. Osiris served from age 13 to 16. The age limit for the draft is 13 in this world. Sometimes 12, if they're desperate."
Adam raised a brow.
"So he was a child soldier?"
"Pretty much. And the war, was like, okay, so they described some of the crimes, and the beastmen killed, raped, and pillaged a LOT of the Lux Kingdom's land. In return, their soldiers did the same, and it got ugly ugly."
Adam nodded.
"I see, I see."
"So after that, that's when the school arch starts. There's a few boys she likes, and in the end she falls for the elusive prince."
She wiggled her fingers.
"During their little slow burn stage the sibling wars started. Osiris's other siblings find out about a contract between the King and Queen and like, try to kill him his entire high school life!"
"Damn, the whole family?"
"Everyone except his dad, and maybe Darw-"
The night was spent sleeping facing the wall of the back seat, body stiff from the long ride.
"So while the sibling war is going on the enemy King releases a few schemes to destroy the Lux Kingdom. There is a Dungeon Break, Hunting Trip, Vegetation Spring Arch, AND the poisoning of his sister."
Adam started eating some salty chips.
"Then the start of the war is at Osiris's coming of age party. They turn adults when they are 19 in this world. So the enemy invades, then war, and then they fight. Osiris kills the villain, and returns a hero, winning the crown and even getting married!"
"So a very gay story."
"They even have kids!"
Osiris laid half off the couch with his hand hanging low to the floor. It was night again. Only three days left till they hit the portal. He sighed. Even with all the information he has, the most he can do is anticipate and try stop them. He doesn't even know how the original solved the war, so regardless if he knows what's coming, he can still get blind sided.
But.
It does give him a pretty good head start, doesn't it?