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Air remains dreadful and heavy around Kyme and me, things aren’t turned not easy even my time pass along time ago. Seraphim who lived since my age will tell the tales, of course, I should meet one of the long-life seraphim, but this comes faster than I imagined.
‘Kyme, is it……..” I confirmed his name and Kyme nodded.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLeZJaMxmh
“I have no plan, at least, I am not going to ruin here.” It is never my strength to persuade others, I tried to tell him my thought truly but I doubt he will believe.
“Then, why are you with Sorey?”This line just let me know that he is doing this for Sorey’s sake. As Sorey told me he was raised by Seraphim, he must be one of them. I understand his concern, family care for each other.
“Sorey saved my life, Maotelus and him both try so hard to persuade me to live, so I try to live again, to find a reason to live. I am traveling with him now as he asked for.”
“He knew your identity?”My answer has not fully satisfied him, because he concerned with my past identity.
“Yes. I have known he was a Shepherd too. I believe he was a good Shepherd.”
“Great, that’s his style and you are not gonna ruin the world again?” Sorey had told me that the seraphim here didn’t care much about the human world, but that not completely true, they will concern when the malevolence came one day. They will take action if they have the purification power too.
“No, my revenge was over, it is meaningless to ruin the world again.” I calmly stated.
“.......Glad to hear that, take care Sorey for me on the way then.” Kyme was just worried about Sorey.
“I will, but, you are fine with that?” I sigh heavily as a relief, seems that he believed my saying, but asked if he is fine with my accompany to Sorey. He has concerned my identity after all.
“Yes, he trusted you when he knew your identity and you are not a really bad person.”
“.........maybe.”
“I suppose I should thank you too.” His response makes me gasped.
“...........for what?” Considering his stance and attitude, I suppose he treated me as an enemy.
“ For freeing our will and waking up the 4 great Empyrean in that time.” He said thankfully.
“That is not my intention.” I never took my action to help people.
“But you did, so I thanks.” He insisted.
“............OK.” I speechlessly received the gratitude from Kyme.
I just don’t think I deserve the gratitude.
“Kyme, where can I get food here?” I suddenly think of the catering when I saw the kitchen in Sorey’s home, it is a good topic to change too.
“Oh, actually…..” The seraph told me to follow him the way, seems that there is some preparation.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWJpuW92wf
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Sorey pov
I left Velvet in my home and go to Gramp’s grave alone, there are so many things I want to share with him. Despite it is just the beginning of the journey, I found his grave according to Kyme words ‘on a hill with a breathtaking view’, a stone is in there. I approach it and sit, as I am having a cozy conversation with someone.
“Gramps, I am back again. I purified Maotelus and the world I seeing now is out of chaos and despair.” I paused after report general news that others may have reported.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqJYM4PDkW
I have many words to gramps but they went empty in my brain now, I am not sure what to start with.
“......Gramps, thank you, for everything. You raised Mikleo and me from a baby, you taught us the history and manner. We always explore ruins and come back with mud cover everywhere on our clothes. You scout us every time with your lightning. Sorry for always making you worry every time we explore the ruin.” I sadly smile as I remember my old time with Mikleo and gramps. When they were trapped, gramps was the one come rescue them with other seraphim. He was terrified to get Gramps angry and get his lightning strike, he remembered how that hurt and now he understood it is all for his sake.
“ I miss the time when I still had the chance to get your lightning and scouting now. I realized I haven’t given you anything in return since the day you raised me. I had the adventure with Mikleo all the time, never express the gratitude to the other seraphim and you………...If only I could rescue you in that time……………..” I felt sad for the loss of Gramps, even after 500 years. That a fact cannot change, I am well aware of that, I accept it as the situation does not allow me to sink in my own sadness. When all the responsibility is gone, before I find a new target in life, I feel my ignored sadness at that time. I felt tears dropped from my eyes corners and I get my head down.
“I know it is the only way in that time, stills, I didn’t want to kill you, Gramps.”
“I know you had forgiven me, but………..” I haven’t forgiven myself to kill a family. Mikleo was upset too while seeing his human mother protected the place with her life as an exchange.
I had once felt guilty of killing gramps at that time, I dreamed of a nightmare as I cannot forgive myself, I hoped to get punishment from Gramps. Velvet told me that it is normal to feel sad as a human, but she didn’t tell how to move on, it is a thing I can only help myself out.
I stop saying words for a while, a sudden wind blow towards me, as if Gramps was patting my head to remove my sadness, I realized he is always there, watching me. Velvet said that Gramps said his last word to praise, acknowledge and comfort Mikleo and me, he didn’t want to see us upset.
“Don’t worry, Gramps. I will move on and live, this is the only thing I can do in return.” I tried to smile as the cheerful kid he was looking at as always. I raised my head and look at the gravestone again. Let’s not get him to continue to worry about me even after death.
“You know, Gramps? I’ve learned a lot of stories from Maotelus over those years, so many heroes worked so hard to sustain the peace, but the most impressive to me is the story of the first lord of Calamity, a sad but brilliant story.” I started sharing the story of Velvet to Gramps.
“Never thought a great Empyrean like him would be that tender and friendly, we chatted a lot about our journey and the people we got to know. Most surprised me that we have the same dream, I guess it is cool to have the same dream as the Empyrean.”
“Cooler thing that he told me to call him Laphicet, I was questionable to this at first.” Sorey started to remember the time in the slumber.
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“Hey, Mao---Laphicet, why would you like me to call you Laphicet instead of the true name?” I asked as every Seraphim I know perceived their true name as the most important name, however, Maotelus shared his true name to the whole world.
“I know your concern. Eizen has told me that the true name is a very important thing to a seraph that it almost like the confession to someone you trust. That’s why when you get Mikleo’s true name in the children, the seraph parent of you two grew concern on this.”
“Yes, I had been told by Lailah for the meaning of the true name to the seraphim, but you shared your true name to the world,” I remembered how Lailah is surprised when she knew I got Mikleo’s true name before forming the pact with him.
“It is because. I think, as an Empyrean, I should believe in all the human in the world as an Emyprean to give them a second chance and…...I just think Maotelus sounds like a more mature name of an Empyrean at that time.”
I laughed as I hear the childish thought of the Empyrean.
“Don’t laugh!” Maotelus pretended to be angry and complained about my act.
“OK. Sorry for that, I understand your concern.. so why would you like me to call you Laphicet when you have the true name?”20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJabY2XLTSX
“.....Well, as I shared my true name to the world, those who knew my normal name as a seraph were just my friend. I saw them disappeared one by one, now probably no one knew it…...It is kind of lonely.”
“I am sorry for bringing this up….” I had never thought that may bring up the sad memories.
“Hmm, don’t be, it is me to bring this up. Does this make you sad?” Maotelus asked calmly and not like in the sad emotion.
“Doesn’t it make you sad? I mean, they are your friends, and you won’t be able to see them anymore.”
“It is not like I won’t be able to see all of them again. They are too stubborn to die, I can still believe that we will still see each other again, after you and I wake.” Maotelus said longingly while watching to a far direction.
“Even if they already died, they lived deep in my heart forever. The eventual parting is inevitable, it is a thing we can never escape as seraphim, for we live far longer than any human. ” Maotelus added.
“Then Mikleo may face the parting with me again even after I awoke……” I thought of the far future of Mikleo after I died.
“Yes, he will feel sad and feel lost, wander a while for his emotion, but he will eventually learn to deal with it just like me. I have parted with many Shepherd in this millenium.”
“So You won’t feel sad for the parting?”
“No, I will still feel sad each time, but I won’t regret to meet them and I will be glad that they left without regret.”
“ And you will remember them forever.” I thought of all the stories he has told me.
“Yes, and I will remember you forever too, Sorey.”
“Thanks, glad to hear that.” I smiled, thinking that even if I left, Mikleo will remember me forever like Maoteuls. There is not only sadness in the parting.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjWdJ2UWl6
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“He is really a nice Empyrean as a friend, and he is like another teacher to me after Lailah. I know that there are still many things for me to learn.” I gladly told Gramps about the ‘young’ Empyrean.
“After I awoke, Maotelus requested me to take care of Velvet, yes, the Velvet I heard in his story. It is an exciting thing that I got the chance to know her the one to be told in tales in person! We are traveling together. Although I knew her story and personality, they were all from Maotelus, I start to know her more in the short period I lived with her. Despite being a Lord of Calamity, she is like a sister being and I am still glad to know her, so don’t worry about it, Gramps. I guess I really interested in her by her story and I also want to work a good future for her. I feel it is unfair to her when she has given a future to humanity. I will travel with her to find out my friends and their traces, especially Mikleo’s one. Can’t let him explore all ruins! He will show off to me that he has explored a lot of ruins. ”
“Sorry for always making you worry every time we explore the ruin, but I am sorry that you may have to continue worrying about it. Cause we won’t stop exploring the ruin, so wait for the stories I brought the next time visit. I am glad that I was raised by you, gramps.” I said bye to gramps grave and get back to the village.
Day has gone dark when I finished the talk to gramps. I see warm light and smoke rise from the village, it is not like there is a fire, as I also hear the voice of happiness, maybe there is a party.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhL3P9JCF8
I just felt my hunger after smelling the sense of foods.
“ Welcome back, Sorey!” all villagers turned to greet me when Kyme noticed me. It is a familiar atmosphere for a long time ago. Even being the Shepherd, most of the time I am not that being welcome and people do not believe in the existence of Shepherd at all. True that only home welcomes and prepare for oneself at no price.
I taste the soup as Kyme held that for me. Hmm, tasty and it is the taste that gramps had once made for me, it is from one of our best recipe in the seraphim village. I want to share it with Velvet, but seems she is not here. Kyme told me that she is helping with the cook, so maybe I find her later.
“Hope that I didn’t ask so late, how is the village going on?” I asked.
“Everything is fine, actually I took the position of the head after Mr. Zenrus. Someone had to do this to hold the village back in shape after Heldalf’s attack.
“Congratulation! Kyme, I know you can do this! And I am sorry that I left here for so long…….” I felt like I leave all the matter to Kyme.
“No, not at all, you tackled the biggest trouble for us, you may be proud of yourself, as we all proud of you,” Kyme said genuinely when patting my head, I became emotional at this moment.
We also talked about lots of things in the village. As well as Natalie got new family members and moved on from Mason’s death. In addition, a Shepherd visited here 400 years ago. I think I got the feeling of being long-lived, things just pass under my eye and I feel unrelated to it.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5J20oHa75I
I went to check on Velvet once I finished the conversation. I found out that she was smiling while helping with the cooking which makes me think of the time when we were living together in the doctor’s house.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MINHVJ7AV
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Lack of knowledge, we are hardly being helpful even till now, but we may still perform our basic skills, cooking is one of them. In the home, we cooked by turn, when one was doing the cooking, the other had their free time and I normally read the Celestial Record again and again but sometime I will go check on Velvet for the alluring flavor from the kitchen. That was the first time I see her smile, she smiled unconsciously when she concentrated in the cooking. Since that time, I started to check on Velvet’s cooking in her turn. I thought she didn’t notice but she said: “ You may just do your thing, Sorey.” It appeared that she has not appreciated my little peeking behind her.
“Sorry, I thought you didn’t notice, but I like to watch it...may I?” I was shocked and tried to be polite and ask for permission.
She released a light sigh and responded “......You may if you want, just don’t get in my way.”
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We started to chat more since then, sometime she may even ask my opinion on the taste, but now I realized that her taste is lost.
“Hey, Velvet, can you teach me to cook?” One time she cooked when I supposed on my cooking duty. I felt sorry to let her cook every time because I don’t know how to cook properly.
“...I don’t mind, but why?”
“I don’t want to let you cook every time when it is my duty and I want to be able to cook for my friend too.”
“Do you have someone you want to cook for?”
“Yes, all my friends I met on a journey, they made many delicious desserts for me(to heal HP &, etc.), I was only able to make a dark-matter that time. Thus, this time I want to cook properly.”
“Just how you cook to make a dark-matter…...Fine, I will teach you at least not to make something like that again. I don’t want the doctor and the lady get poisoned by this.”
“Thank you very much!”
“Only one thing you must remember the desire to bring a smile to the faces of the people eating it, like your friends.”
“Right!”20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43AWZu5x9Y
The cooking time became the few chatting time between us and became the little bonus in those lingering workdays in relatively repeating works. It was not just my own opinion, I thought Velvet enjoy the time day by day too, I could just say it from her natural expression, though she never says it.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmivSPPPqy4
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Maybe she is just a girl who wants to live normally and I think the smile suits her so much when I see her smile with eyes brim with warmth. I hope that she could always keep the smile.
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A.N.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rm5s5ne9w
That’s a chapter, I sucked in the part in Sorey talk to Gramps, just don’t know what to say to the death but I try to write with some supposed normal reactions. The talk supposes to be the main part of this chapter but it appeared not like this…. To not let the chapter appeared to be short, I added some clip of memory in the first village(Tewks) and a clip of memory of Sorey’s slumber. There has to be something happened in the 2 months I skipped.
P.s. The memory part is partly be inspired by the game when I let Sorey make a dessert in the game and he said: “Is that really edible?” after completed. Then I read the description of the item he just made….(I almost surprised that thing has no negative effect)....Hmm, Sorey, you better continue to find the ancient tongue monoliths instead of cooking.
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