Last night, Lucio invited Luis to come with him to take a visit in the world government main base, it is a very rare opportunity to have a chance to look inside of that off limit place, only a member of this organization is allowed in, not even from a noble family or royalty is given a chance to enter, so Luis without hesitation accepted the invitation Lucio offered.
The next day, on their way to the World Government base, they rode a four wheel car having Lucio as a driver, next to him was Luis looking at the scenery outside the window and in the back sat Marysville busy looking at her phone.
Finally arriving at the base Marysville hurriedly got out of the car and disappeared leaving no trace. Luis noticed it and signed nervously.
"I'm sure she promised me that she will not cause any trouble on our way here." Luis sign rubbing his head looking stressed.
"Well...she did not cause trouble on our way, she only did so after we arrived." Lucio sarcastically said and laughed gently at Luis. " But I'm kind of sad, since Martinez could make it to come with us."
"Well…He's a busy man of his own."
On the other side with Marysville on her way inside the base, there she saw a lot of people training their body, some of them running around the field, swinging swords, training by shooting a gun, sparring at each other, and some of them are practicing the borrowed power of gods.
Among all the people, only one person caughts Marysville's attention. He looks around Marysville current age, his straight blonde hair tends to attract attention, and a symmetrical face that looks very beautiful rather than handsome, but above all, is the eyes that even the word beauty alone is not enough to describe, a seemingly beautiful eyes dyed with a beautiful brilliant purple with a tint of light pink and teal, once you who look at those eyes will find it very hard to take your attention off, such a beautiful man. Marysville was looking at him with awe and love, after all, he is the man whom she loves the most even in her past life.
"..." Marysville silently stares at the young man from afar.
Such a lovely sight for me to look at. You are all alone right now but you will eventually find a friend that you can rely on. Will you tell them your past?. Will you tell them how bad your life was?. Will they comfort you as you tell them about it?. Asher, I'm pretty much curious, myself.
Suddenly Lucio arrived, breaking Marysville's thoughts.
"Do you find him interesting?" Said Lucio.
Marysville simply looks at Lucio before answering.
"Yes."
"I'm sure you have heard about what happened in the Shihuyun nation."
"Kind of." Marysville hesitates.
"Ten years ago Shihuyun nation was attacked by a cult named black sheep. They're a group of crazy maniacs who believe and follow the missing god named Mal."
"..."
"The Black Sheep is a cult like a double-edged sword. To some, they bring a shower of blessings, to others, a storm of misfortune. Their touch is as unpredictable as a coin flip, leaving lives either bathed in light or shrouded in darkness, depending on who they meet."
"They follow Mal yet they destroy the country of the continent that the god of luck created." Marysville inserted.
Lucio glance at Marysville before continueing his words.
"He came from that fallen nation, it's good that he manage to survive that hell of place. Despite the ten years of war, he survived. He was enslaved at such a young age and was forced to gamble beating his own life but the World Government did manage to save the survivors, and he's one of them. 'Asher'... that's… the young man's name."
"..."
Black sheep. That's right, even after finishing the game, this organization was left as a mystery. Back in my past, Asher's fans were pretty much curious about 'black sheep, but they weren't included or mentioned that much in the game's lore.
"May I ask what caughts your attention about this young man?." Lucio smiled asking Marysville.
this young man?. Marysville repeated Lucio's words in her mind. "His looks maybe?" She tilted her head as if also questioning herself.
Hearing Marysville answers, Luis looked so shocked and was disturbed by her answer. Luis was silently listening to Marysville and Lucio's conversation, and found it shocking that the young man's appearance was attractive in Marysville's eyes.
Luis took a glance at the young man.
well I have to admit that he 'does' look pretty, but appearance alone is not a valid reason to like a person. Luis looks confused and disturbed as he slowly looks at Marysville who's looking at the young man passionately. "Are you kidding me right now?"
"By the way, brother Lucio. I can go take a close look at them right?" Marysville's eyes were sparkling.
"Well, you can… but..." Lucio looks at Luis.
Luis looked like he could pass out any moment by now due to stress.
Look at him, he looks like he is about to die any moment by now just because his little sister is interested in that boy. Lucio awkwardly looks at Luis.
Marysville was aware of Luis' state but she could care less, she wants to take a stroll and look at the members who're currently practicing in combat and sparring at each other. Marysville was more interested in looking at the soldiers' trains knowing that she, herself, has experienced the world of being a soldier.
"I can, right?" Marysville looks at Lucio as cutely as she could to achieve his agreement.
Lucio who's affected by Marysville's act, could help but allow her, while Luis who has finally lost it, walks fast catching up to Marysville and grabs her wrist.
"I'm going with you!" Luis piercely said.
"D-Do what you want." Marysville's nervous response.
"I'll be going now then. I still have to submit this paperwork and ask for advance absence for next week's celebration." Lucio waves his hand as he walks away.
On Lucio's way to his lieutenant's office, he saw some people whispering at each other.
"Hey…have you heard?" said the man.
"You mean, about that lucky child?"
"Yes, I heard the headmaster wants to give him a high position at the end of the month."
"Wow…he really lives up to his name huh… 'lucky bastard'."
They chuckled.
Lucio who heard this said something.
"You all are just jealous of the child's talent and determination, that's all."
Surprisingly the strangers who heard this got angry and tried picking a fight with Lucio.
"What the hell did you say?" The angry man said.
"My…did I say something? Sorry I didn't realize." Lucio smirks.
"You, bastard!!!" The angry man shouted.
"Hey, stop it idiot. Don't you know who that guy is? He's a staff sergeant under general Dovago."
The face of the angry man turned pale hearing the name general Davago.
"Did I hear someone mentioning my name?" Said the man around his thirties.