C124: End of the Abyss P6
Overall Word count = 1135 on 8/5/2024.
Axel's whole situation with Haruhime lasted a couple of hours. In that time, Welf and the others got to work in their 'final' preparations. Welf himself had the chance to make some amends to Daisy and they worked together to check up on everyone's gear.
Bell, Lily and the Takemikazuchi people said their plans to their gods/goddesses. Actually Lily didn't even do that, even though Bell had already helped her switch to Hestia. She went straight for the supply intake. It had been a few sad months since she had last reprise her role as the supporter of the group. She had to dust off her big backpack before heading out to buy the various food stuff, toiletries and anything else that was needed for a long expedition.
She even collected a few knicknacks just in case as this is the expedition to end all expeditions. They are going to destroy the dungeon. Lily's heart races at such a sentence but her mood at one point grows solemn as she thinks about her fallen parents. People who had fallen for Soma familia's alcohol and recklessly had died in the dungeon. She doesnt understand why she is suddenly feeling sad for her parents. They had deserted her and even bestowed their debt onto her which caused her years of agony under the Soma Familia.
It was only thanks to Bell that she was able to turn her life around. Then that led to them meeting Axel Gram and her life was finally elevated from the rut she was in before. No longer a helpless supporter but a proper magician who could assist her comrades. She had even taken steps to develop her own signature spell, The Spear Lights of Fianna.
As for why she named it as such, well that has to do with the dreams that she has had the past week or so when she finally reached the spectacular level of four. At the start, she felt the sensation of killing various monsters and the dream ended or she heard a crowd of cheering but the last two days she remembered longer snippets. Primarily, it was her leading a group of warriors to hunt various groups of monsters or protecting various Pallum towns along with strangers on the road. During these roads, she had joked around with her second in command, the Knight Commander Dim.
Dim called her sister but Lily had no recollection of such a person or events. Though she did grow considerably shocked when the group took a break and she saw her own appearance as well as the appearance of Dim.
She did not look too much different, she had longer hair that reached to about her waist, she had a slightly larger bust than she currently does. Her eyes were also blood red but that is due to the effects of her signature spear, Bloodfury. She wore a white and silver armor with golden accents. Her upper arm sleeves were blue before transitioning to the previous silver and she wore blue stockings that only reached just past her knee along with her silver plate boots.
To hide her eyes, she wore a silver gold magic visor that allowed her to see through it since it did block her vision completely. Yet Lily's shock didn't end when she gazed at the Knight commander who was actually Finn Deimne of the Loki Familia. THE CAPTAIN OF THE LOKI FAMILIA….was her half brother. The reason for her shock is because that same person had , just yesterday, approached her once news of her reaching level 4. He had proposed to her with a grand dream of elevating the Pallum race as a whole and creating a new Pallum legend on par with the Fianna Knights
Just like any Pallum, she grew up on the stories of the Fianna Knightsb but she had been given a new perspective her race and the world as a whole. She understood very well that she was dreaming about the Fianna knights with herself as Fianna herself but the strange mystery of how she had actually reached level 4 when she had not fought any sort of rex or did anything special only feeds into the idea that she actually was Fianna.
For this very reason she had rejected the proposal. Finn Deimne was naturally heartbroken as his first ever proposal was rejected. He asked her why she rejected him and she told him that she would say a line. Once he understood the significance of it, he could come back and try again.
"Silly Dim, You should always polish your spear, you can't allow yourself to get rusty, not if we seek to complete our goal"
Finn Deimne's thumb ached like no other sensation he has ever felt before, yet he could not understand it's meaning at the moment, he could only excuse himself as he holed himself in his room both over his thumb as well as the quote. Even Loki was shocked by the situation as Finn had never acted this way before. Many eyes turned to Tione, the 'forever lovestruck' one. Many were confused why she did not start mewing about getting the captains attention like usual but for a while they had noticed that both amazoness had been acting weird since Tiona's strange escapade. They had collected her unconscious body near Dian Cechts pharmacy.
It was only later they learned that she fought against Axel Gram while a girl inside the pharmacy was giving birth. Their investigations that showed results in regards to a testimony when Axel Gram had stabbed himself in the chest to rip out an orb and destroy it before running back towards the direction of the pharmacy.
Previously Finn had made the conclusion that Tiona had somehow went crazy for some reason and targeted Axel's other lovers. After seeing his actions and power, Tiona had been in seclusion to repent. This conclusion that he had reached was not too far off but what had truly puzzled them at the time was that Tiona was asleep for a whole week recovering. Then she had stuck to her room, under a layer of covers with occasional tears and whimpers being heard from her room.
Tione had been keeping her sister company but both seemed downtrodden.
The situation is strange beyond belief for the Loki Familia. Tiona having a falling out with Axel, Tione not trying to steal the captain for herself. And even the captain locked himself into his room to think after being told a puzzle after being rejected by one of his fellow Pallum.
Of course Lily isn't the only one who is acquiring lost memories.
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Alt Title: Visions of the Past P1.