The 'Hero's Office'
Nox City
Darkstar Empire
Pit-Pat!
"…."
"….."
The pitter-patter of heavy rain muffled the lingering voices in the room.
" Have you thought this through ?"
Shaaa-!
The office was built in a small, probably a 20 sq foot room. The room floor was furnished in a red velvet carpet. The room had a glossary of items stored in long antique looking cupboards and similar shelves. The shelves held onto varying items from books to strange red colored liquids stored in a florescense flasks. On the left side of the room was a huge window, leading to a conjoint balcony. The room was white all around.
On a desk placed adjacent to the window, a boy, seemingly the hero sat straight on his chair, agitation evident in his serious looking eyes.
" Yes, and hence I would ask you to revoke my name from the party "
Across him were two more people seated in the opposite chairs of the table. A guy with short silver hair that came down as bangs around his right eye. His eyes were brown in color. His chiseled jawline with a seemingly tall height and calm gait complemented each other greatly enhancing his handsome looks. Beside him was a girl of similar prestige. She had jet black hair, deep black eyes and an adorable face that made anyone who looked at her, wish to protect her with his life.
The one who replied just now was the same girl, but her eyes screamed of confidence in her judgement.
' Lets see how confident you are later '~ The Hero smiled meekily. The previous agitation mellowed out as if all his concerns were fake. Instead a mischievious smile over took his face. He leaned back on his chair , while picking up a stamp from his table. The table was well organized with a registration log, a few feather pens, 3 bottles of ink, a few books over 'Politics' and 'National Integrity'. A few papers, supposedly the resignation letters were placed in his hands length over the table. With a smile he looked down on the papers and-
Thump-! Thump-!
He stamped the papers and returned them to their senders with an amicable yet omniscient smile.
" You have to show these papers to the dignitaries of church and after it has been verified, you are ready to go "
He said as he looked back to his former classmates, who were supposed to accompany him in his journey. Too bad, they had different plans and ditched him before he could even get started.
Across him the silver haired guy was left startled, speechless by his actions. He had come prepared expecting a huge conflict and argument. After all the girl who sat beside him was the same girl the Hero was in love with. After days of private discussions they had come to a conclusion to ditch the hero's party and explore the world freely. It would be natural only if the hero lashed out at him for eloping with his crush. Yet-
" Don't look at my like that, I am not into men "
The hero replied with a cheeky tone, disgust evident in his voice. The girl beside him looked a bit relieved and mellowed down. For a while they all smiled at each other and even the silver haired guy managed to calm down, relived. Suddenly-
" One last thing, before you leave. Don't let me see your faces, ever again. After all.. " the hero spoke up in his usual cheeky smile. Somehow the smile looked a bit dark and shady. Met by his gaze, chills ran down the spine of the girl and she inadvertently faced down out of fear. Beside her, the silver haired dude felt the same chill and reached out to the hilt of the sword that was tied to his waist. This vigilance was at an all time high, and a few drops of cold sweat dripped down his back. After all he was weaker than the hero.
" That will be your last day.. Sarah, and Kaiser too.."
Boom!
Thunder cackled outside the room, further building up the suspense, after which the room descended into a threatening silence.
===
I was looking at myself in the mirror.
' Finally that abomination of a dragon is gone! '
I sighed in relief and focused on my image.
I had short black hair with obsidian black eyes. My face was chisled and handsome and my body was crafted as efficiently as any protagonist is ever made.
I was dressed in a black dress, a gorgeous black mantle with a white fur like collar covered my upper body. A black colored katana was held by the hilt by my left hand along my left waist.
Over all, I looked like a tyrannical Duke from those shoujo mangas. Just, I was a little more handsome than them...
After, I had inspected my body as a whole, I stood there before the mirror, basking under the Chandelier light in my office.
" If I go by the novel, Zero should have dispatched a batch of troops and assassins to hunt down Kaiser and bring back Sarah to him. Thankfully, I took over on time and prevented the protagonist from entering a training arc. Then my next plan of actions should be…"
I was pondering too deeply and missed the footsteps that kept coming closer until they stopped infront of the Office door-
Knock-!
" You may enter.. "
I looked back at the door, bored and clueless.
" Then pardon my intrusion, Sir hero "
A melodic feminine voice replied with a hint of courtesy.
Tnuuu-!
The door opened and a girl dressed in a purple slick dress entered the room. She had dark purple hair, violet eyes, and a face that spoke of innocence. She had a thin smile on her face. Her shoulders were draped in a white furry shawl remnicent of the climate, we thrived in.
Seeing her figure enter the room, I had to quickly kneel down and pay my respects.
" I have met her excellency The Princess of Darkstar, Flora Nox Darkstar! " heh-
No one can best me in kneeling down!
" muuu- "
I looked up at her unexpected reply that spoke of her disappointment. Two guards were standing along the open door, their faces were emotionless and unpredictable. When I turned to face the princess, my eyes quickly lost purpose and trailed down the two mountains clad in purple, seemingly blessing my vision.
" Didn't I say it before? "
Two soft hands caught on to my head from the back gently. All this while, my eyes were glued to the most appealing and majestic 'pieces' of mountians, they had ever seen in their lifetime.
" Its Flora. Just! Flora! Hmmph "
Like a broken kite, my face landed over the two soft globular pieces of mountains, or rather, I was pulled onto them.
"mmmmh….mmhmmm….ha…ha…"
The suffocation was unreal, and I somehow managed to squeeze out my head without hurting the hands that gently held onto the back of my head.
The princess was pouting at me.