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(Location: Ruin Refuge, Magiland)
Above the chaotic battlefield with the dominance of eight dragons and a large army of flying hellions, a bird is flying there with its courage. None of the fighters has spare time to aware of it, neither the bird needs a concern. It is actually a mechanical bird that seems to consist of high-tech with its eyes acting as micro-camera. Although it is a kind of robot bird, it is allowed to fly on its own will because of the strange mind of the designer there. The reason for its presence on the battlefield is because of an order from its master.
Just some moments before the fight truly ended, Magiland's people are worrying inside the ruin of refuge because of their ignorance about the outside situation. Although some people present there to try to comfort the emotion, it is never an easy job to do it without real evidence of the quelling outside. However, the situation changed when a female seraph entered the place with her male companion. Her arrival caused a surprise to both the guild member working as back up and to the refugee there with her dove trick. She also applied extra mana to let the people with low resonance be able to see the trick. Magic and miracle are always enough to quell the anxiety, the magician knows how it works to humans.
“Ophelia, glad to see you back here with Mayvin recovered. The situation outside---”
“I know, I know. I am here to bring souvenir but seems not the right moment now. However, I have another present here to calm the crowd.”
“What is it?”
“One of the works we studied to fuse modern technology with our seraphic arte. Time for the exhibition.” The female seraph smirked.
“Now, now, the audience here, I am sure all of you are curious about the situation outside. Lucky that I am here to bring you all a special live broadcast so that even for people without enough resonance may see the situation.” Ophelia announced with Mayvin translated next to her.
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Then the video projected on a great wall in the ruin for the crowd may see it clear, now the situation outside is in real-time broadcast here. What the crowd doesn't know is that the live broadcast is brought with a mechanic bird flying outside acting as the Aerial camera.
Some of the crowd are terrified at first when they see the dragons but they are slowly calmed by the fighters out there fighting them with determination. The refugee does see hope when the fighters managed to survive and fight among such a messy battlefield with eight dragons out there. Even for some people still being worried, they are comforted by some positive words said by people next to them. With the firmness the fighters hold there, the people starting to believe there will be a victory. Their hearts filled with grate and they become the prayers to the fighters outside. It may be a small help, the prayers will be the supporting energy, sending the power to the seraphim fighting outside, become their power.
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At last, the victory is here after the guild also arrives and build the wall outside Magiland. The remained 5 dragons are soon defeated with the power of collaboration between humans and seraphim. All hellions out there are quelled.
The situation was held hardly but successfully with ten people of Sorey, Lailah, Mikleo, Zaveid, Edna, Alpha, Velvet, Eleanor, Bienfu and Rokurou teamed up there, bravely standing outside Magiland to face the disaster. With the guild alliance came afterward, they allowed no hellion or dragon breaking the frontline of defense to enter the town and no death caused inside the town. Although there are some injuries caused while people are still going to the refuge ruin, the situation is good enough to be called a miracle.
It is pretty much a perfect result of this defensive battle, they were facing thousands of bee hellion army with eight dragons there.
Not to mention that the fight lets the people know the seraphim exist and they are protecting them, strengthened the belief towards the seraphim. It is a small step to enough contribute large step forwards the great dream of the coexistence of humans and seraphim.
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(location: Lobby, Guild Castle, Magiland)
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At the end of the war, everyone was scared. Most of the human members were overworked and rested in the room. The injuries on the seraphim were minor, they had no problem moving and talk outside the room. The most serious injury and serious energy consumption was Velvet. After severe burns, she forcibly moved his body in a fatigued state, causing overwork. Carrying this state she went to block the attack for her companion, in a way Edona felt that this person completely gave herself up to save them. A few normal lives are not enough to die in Velvet's case, her actions are undoubtedly reckless, but some people will be grateful for this.
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Rose: “We are really grateful for the great effort you guys did there to hold the disaster.”
“We fight hard there not knowing how long then you guys finally come.” Even for a nice guy like Mikleo who wants to tease Rose this time, it is a pretty hard situation to stand that long on the battlefield, he is just whining for his friend here.
“Yeah, so—o slow!” Edna too together to tease Rose.
“Sorry~~!” Rose can only respond with a sheepish smile with clasping hands to pretend to beg.
“We are terribly sorry we have to spend some time to persuade people to help.” Alisha here stands next to Rose apologizes sincerely with a bow.
“Why would you need to persuade the member when you are the guild master?” Edna smirked.
“All our members agreed to help but we needed some time to persuade the allied guild to help and also the seraphim under our protection. All of them need time to collect the emotion. Beta has done a great job in persuading her guild in this.” Rose explained.
“May I know how did you guys manage to hold the situation in that condition? I mean, there are eight dragons and also hellions army behind.” Alisha asked out of curiosity.
“The effort of Rokurou and Velvet's team is great. They are really crazy. I have never expected to see a hellion fight and kill a dragon all by himself and Velvet just made the dragon fought with each other there. She didn't even armatize in the process she did it.” Mikleo answered while exclaiming how amazing their new partners there. He truly felt glad that they are actually allies to them.
“That's the team of the former Lord of Calamity. They are reliable, aren't they?” Edna smirked, somehow, it is a wry smile.
“Yeah.....” Mikleo said with a light smile and a certain tender in his eyes. Edna shows a fake smile when she sees the expression on Mikleo, she doesn't have to be worried around Mikleo and Velvet, but she thinks the price is too high. If Mikleo still doesn't believe in Velvet, she begs she won't be able to hold herself.
“Well, Alpha also tried his best to quell the whole army of bee hellions there,” Zaveid added to give Alpha some credit.
“Sorey-san has amazed me there, he just killed two dragons,” Lailah said.
“I believed the incident somehow causing this happening,” Edna said with her expression with her eyes hiding behind the shadow of bangs of her front hair.
“Yeah....” Noticing the atmosphere turning heavy, Lailah just answers a simple sigh.
“How are they now?” Rose doesn't know about the sudden sorrow in the atmosphere, she thought it is related to the people they mentioned.
“Still in coma......” Eleanor said. She has a downcast expression here, and she is silent until now.
“They will be alright....” Maotelus here wanting to give people sort of comfort.
“Will Velvet be alright even after receiving the continuous lightning strikes and after.......Why did I obey her request there...........” Bienfu murmured, unlike his usual noisy tone, it is a downcast tone here also showing his guilty. He felt bad that he obeyed Velvet's request to let her perform such a dangerous act. He was frozen in shock and feeling so sad back then when he saw Velvet was dying.
“It is not your fault, Bienfu....... We have done our best. Although I can't help much in the battle, I can keep all of you alive. That's one thing I can make you a promise as an Empyrean, Velvet will be alright, Bienfu.” Maotelus tried to make the little normin feeling better as a friend.
“....Why did she get the continuous lightning strike anyway?” Lailah saw the conversation become rather sad and she decided to change the topic.
“Maybe it is because of her metallic left arm. Some parts of it may be exposed to the air. By the electric conductive features of metal and by her height there on the dragon, she was acting like the lightning conductor there to attract the lightning arte.” Edna explained.
“You know well about it, Edna,” Lailah exclaimed.
“Yeah, I had struck by lightning too so I learn hard with my experience. However a case like Velvet is a whole new level, she is really lucky to be alive.” Edna answered.
“Did you say you got lightning struck?!” Eleanor exclaimed.
“Yeah, thanks to the curse of my brother. I felt a similar sense around Velvet while she claimed she has the 'Reaper's bless'.” Edna said in a flat tone, she felt helpless to her brother's curse.
“Oh no......” Bienfu is shocked and so as others.
“That's must be thoughts beyond the times......” Lailah sighed in emotion and sank in her maiden imagination, but Edna supposed Lailah is right this time, she has the same thought after realizing how her brother miss Velvet that she knew so much about the former Lord of Calamity through those letters.
In fact, Eizen is not the only one held thoughts towards the former therion beyond the times, all her companion here held the same thoughts. It is that much Velvet has earned her trust and fondness from her past companion. It must be something can't be achieved by other Lord of Calamity in the generation of history. In that way, Edna respects Velvet and she felt that Velvet has earned her trust and fondness in the same way as all her past companion here. Velvet knew a way to earn it but Edna doubted if Velvet noticed of it.
“I won't disagree with that. That much Eizen has concerned Velvet, and she is under his cursed blessing. She has gone through all kinds of hells around him and survived from the curse in the past and she could do the same thing here again.” Edna smiled and assured the group, gave them comfort to a certain degree. Now all people here smiled and stop worrying.
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(location: Guest double room, Guild Castle, Magiland)
On the other hand, when the seraphim were talking, the first person who woke up in the room was Sorey. His injuries were very minor, he was just exhausted. When he woke up, at first glance he looked at the person sleeping next to him, the one who saved his life. Now the situation is like when he and she were strangers, they were lying in the clinic. The familiar stranger who was lying in the clinic became his squire. They have gone through a lot, and the relationship is no longer a stranger and should not be constrained by their past identity. It is also difficult to define the relationship between them by the word ‘friend’. The friendship between Sorey and Velvet shared each other's fate, or perhaps a deeper relationship.
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Sorey remembered the events of the battlefield. He thought that he would never forget that Velvet saved himself. This was another thing that made him care more about her. Even though he was grateful for she abandoned herself to save him, but there were heartache and unknown anger somewhere in his heart. Seeing Velvet’s dying, he cursed his weakness, unable to protect her and was rescued, and was powerless to her dying. Thanks to Maotelus and Edna, Velvet can save her life in that state.
There was a kind of torn heartache and fear at the same time of anger. He felt very painful when she saw such an injury. He wished that he was the one who suffered that kind of injury. He knew Velvet's desire, she was a complicated and simple woman at the same time. Her essence is exactly like her true name he gave. In the past, he probably used the direct name of ‘Velvet is Velvet’, but somewhere in his heart, he denied the name and found that he had a better true name to represent this complicated and contradictory woman, and he privately wanted to give a better true name.
There are many adjectives that can describe the person Velvet: loving, caring, contradictory, complex, tender, gentle, wicked, selfish, unfortunate, sly, guilty, calm, reckless, calamity, smart, cute ….. All can describe Velvet, but none can on behalf of Velvet at the same time. It is because all together is a complete Velvet. Rather than use any word here to describe it, it is better to use the motivations behind her actions to summarize. He knows that she is a person who contributes everything to those she loves and cares, and everything she did was for the person she loves. Just like she became a therion, she wanted revenge, became a Lord of Calamity, despair, etc., all because of her deep loving brother. So he finally decided to use this true name, which represents her most simple nature.
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But even if Sorey knew the essence of Velvet, he still did not expect Velvet to give herself up to save him like this. That action was almost like contributing the life, far beyond the duty of a squire. The thought that seemed to despise her own life made Sorey feel heartache. Sorey knew that he had enough important weight in Velvet's heart now, but he hoped that she would value herself more.
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The sound of footsteps outside the door interrupted Sorey's thoughts. It seemed like a deliberately light footstep made Sorey immediately guesses that it was Mikleo
"Sorey!" Mikleo, who remembers to walk lightly a second before, has completely forgotten to hold back his impulse when he saw Sorey waking up.
"Shh ..." Sorey placed a finger before his lips, giving the hint of silence. He looked at Velvet next to him, begging not to wake her up. Mikleo reacted for a moment when seeing Sorey gently watching the former Lord of Calamity who sleeps next to him. Mikleo has mixed feelings with a little jealousy, he never saw Sorey shows such pampered eyes to others.
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“Great that you finally wake, Sorey.” Receiving the hint from Sorey, Mikleo turns down his volume but still can’t hide his excitement there.
“I didn’t get serious wounds but only overdid to fight back then.” Sorey gave a sheepish smile.
“Though I want to warn you not to overdo in a fight, it is a pretty hard case in this fight.” Mikleo sighed.
It is surely a hard fight, any mistake in the fight will cause the end of dying.
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“......Yeah.” Sorey looked at Velvet there behind Mikleo sadly.
“..........I felt like I may trust her.” Mikleo said while looking at Velvet lying on the bed behind him.
“Finally gave up your useless persistence?” Sorey smirked.
“It is not useless, I care about you. You don’t know how easily you trust other people!” Mikleo whined.
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“I heard about her from Maotelus and I spent 2 months to observe her. Now you know how I put your words in mind.” Sorey answered with a light smile.
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“.....Good to know that. However, I can’t imagine how you live for 2 months without me there.” Mikleo teased.
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“Well, I can live alone too!” Sorey protested.
“Remind me that someone always forgets to eat when he completely sink in the Celestial Record.” Mikleo teased.
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“Well…….Velvet did say that several times…….It is kinda lonely without you around.” Sorey admitted with a sheepish smile.
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“Sorey…”
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“I heard that you wrote one of the parts in the Celestial Record, Mikleo. I have bought the latest version, you must tell me about what you have written there!” Sorey smiled and changed the topic.
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“Huh? Why ask me when you have bought it?........ Oh, I get it, alright, but I suppose it can’t be done in recent.” Mikleo answered.
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“No problem, it is a promise. You have to translate the whole book for me after the battle.” Sorey chuckled while stating a big request.
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“Alri------ Wait! I thought you only want me to talk about the part I have written?!” Mikleo exclaimed.
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“I can’t understand it~~~ I am sure that you read it as you can just recite it out aren’t you?”
“Fine, I agreed, I suppose that’s something I win you this time,” Mikleo smirked.
“Sad to admit, it is.” Sorey smiled.
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“Now, rest, I may bring you something if you need it.”
“Okay, I will call you when I need something.”
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After talking to Sorey, Mikleo looked at Velvet who lying on the bed aside and he thought of the situation again.
In a messy battlefield, there were eight dragons running rampant, one Rokurou was fighting, three were scuffled by the effort of Velvet's team, one was they were fighting, and the last three were left with no one to manage. Mikleo is very impressed by the dangerous things that can be guided without using amatus and impressed by Rokurou's strength that Rokurou fought dragons in single when they spent a lot of time just dealing with the dragon. The lady Calamity and her companions are really not simple good fighters.
Relatively speaking, they used a lot of energy to kill the dragons normally. They were too tired to pay attention to the subsequent raids. If it was not Velvet, Sorey and Edna would be seriously injured.
He still remembers the situation at the time. When he first discovered the dragon that came from behind, he was too late to do anything because he was too far away. Before making a desperate call in his heart, he saw 3 people flying in the sky instantly. Squatting on the skateboard, Velvet leaned down recklessly, pushing away Sorey and Edna. Sorey and Edna who may be hit hard by the dragon claws the next moment were pushed to a safe distance, but the one who performs the push was hit hard by the claws. To this moment Mikleo still thinks that the desperate figure of the former Lord of Calamity is very dazzling, that is not what he expects to see from a Lord of Calamity. It is certain that she is an affectionate person, and she values Sorey and Edna. As the former therion fell on the ground, looked so weak there made Mikleo realize that she was an ordinary person, and she was willing to sacrifice herself to protect Sorye. If he thinks of this action as gaining trust from a scheming point of view, he is too narrow-minded, and Velvet doesn't need to do it just for gaining trust, when she may lose her life. If she really wanted to win trust with such an action, he would think she was a fool, and he didn't think she cared about the distrust, because she must have expected to be treated like this.
He was a little reconciled to Velvet's rescue of Sorey, why he did not protect Sorey at that moment. As an aid, he should be more aware of the abnormal situation around him. However, if he was seriously injured, Sorey would also be very sad. Despite this unwillingness, Mikleo only has great gratitude to Velvet. She did what he failed to do at the moment. He would thank her for her unhesitating decision in the critical seconds. She saved Sorey and Edna. From her behavior to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety, Mikleo recognized that Velvet is a person he could trust, and she genuinely cared and worried about Sorey and Edna, just like him. Sorey is right. He looks Velvet through colored glasses because of various things. He always doubts her. Maybe he should have listened to Edna's words so much earlier.
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Thinking about everything, Mikleo secretly decided to give Velvet his true name when she woke up. Soon after, one of the most desperate fools in the battle finally woke up.
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Velvet POV
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Lying on the bed, I slowly opened my eyes. The vision had not recovered from the blur, but I could already hear the joyful exclamation of the person around me.
"Great, you woke up, can you get up?" Turning around and leaving, I couldn't see him in time, I only heard endless worry and gratitude hidden behind the gentle words. The brown-colored hair color faintly seen in the corner of the eye, I can probably guess who was next to me for the first time.
"So .... rey ….how....are.... your injury ...?" I tried to get up from the bed.
"You don't seem to understand that you are the most seriously injured ..." He went back to me and patted my head lightly.
"I'm going to inform the others." Then, as if trying to suppress his emotions, the teenager left with a sentence and I heard the door closing before I had time to stop him.
The vision recovered shortly after. It seems that the damage during the last battle did not cause permanent damage to the eyes, and the pain such as acupuncture has disappeared. Recalling the moment when I was last conscious during the battle, I can't help but doubt that I'm alive. I can't imagine how I survived after that, because my memory is completely interrupted.
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I looked around, and it was a strange environment again. I thought that I often woke up in a strange place recently. Unlike other places that wake up, there is a very warm feeling here, which makes me not feel resisted.
Soon after I heard the sound of the door opening and the subsequent call for my name, everyone is very nervous. I can’t see who is there on time, but I am embraced into the arms. It is a relatively small body but there is a force inside the small body that I can't push away from her. I felt low temperature from her skin touch but the part near the heart is very warm, like someone I knew who is being cool most of the time but concerning people around him deep down.
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I heard the sounds around.
"Vel …" Eleanor, who is standing beside, murmured, seems she is too late to embrace me in the first place. I am sure it must be a hug to push out all my oxygen again if she succeeded.
The informer, Sorey who standing behind and holding Edna’s umbrella, made a bitter laugh, said: "You are preempted."
Then followed another voice “You may hug me instead~” but then he shut up, I am sure he is frightened by Eleanor's cold smile.
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Surprisingly, it was Edna who took me into her arms. What was even more unexpected was that she gave me a slap after letting go of the hug. People around me didn't seem to have time to stop it. That slap was not very loud, and It's not vigorous, but there must be countless thoughts inside.
I turned to look at the person who slapped this, her expression was telling dissatisfaction and a little anger.
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"What were you thinking?"
It sounds very angry, but I don't understand why.
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"Why being so reckless there, rushed over and pushed us away? Do you know you almost died?”
Of course, I understand I nearly die, in fact, I still doubt for the reason I am still alive here. Yet I don't regret that action, it was what I wanted to do.
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"......I don't want you guys to die, I can't let you guys die in front of me. If I can save you, I will do whatever it can.”
Edna continued to look at me thoughtfully, I am wondering if Bienfu had told her anything else ...He has a big mouth. I'm sure they must have said something while I was in a coma.
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"........ So do you want us to see you almost dead? You self-absorbed idiot!" Edna said the same term as Eizen. The term Eizen used to refer me when he helped Phi to catch my arm in the earthpulse.
Edna's expression is shadowed by a fringe of hair, her tone pretended to be smooth, so I didn't know whether she is sad or angry, maybe both among them, and I can't answer her words.
"It was very difficult for you to move even at that time, and you almost couldn't see anything. It should be very clear that you would die if you go on like this?” Edna coldly indicated what was happening in my body at the time, and the others couldn't help but be surprised. I didn't know how she knew it, and I didn't mean to interrupt her.
“How do you know?”
“I have my way, don’t you try to change the topic.” Edna snapped at my inquiry and looked directly into my eyes. She is searching for an answer.
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“......Yes. I don’t like to see my friend die. You and Sorey and everyone else are what matters the most to me at that time.”
When she heard this, she sighed secretly. The others in the room had a melancholic expression, and I didn't understand why.
"I never thought what I said to Sorey would tell you ........You should not value others more than yourself. Everyone has to look out for themselves first."
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". You don't understand ... I don't have the right ..I ... this is the least I can do." I think back to the previous moment, the severely injured figure of Sorey and Eleanor because of me, dead Eisen and the dead Niko. Thinking that I can only do this kind of thing for a friend to be a qualified friend after causing such much trouble to them. I still feel wrong about everything here.
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“You are the one who doesn’t understand! I don’t know how many times people told you that it wasn’t your fault, told you to forgive yourself, but I will say it again, it wasn’t your fault. You feel responsible for it, for all the sin committed and you blame yourself even to this day, we understand. But anything happened IN THIS ERA IS NOT because of you...It won’t be your fault, we get hurt as we decided.” Eleanor finally joined the conversation. She let Edna talks but it seems now she really wants to say something, Edna agrees with her with an approving smile.
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I know she will say it's not my fault, she is right, many people said this to me but I still can't take it smoothly. Yet it is not the only thing matter to me, I answered: "...... this can't change my mind. If you die, I will lose my reason to live in this era, so I must rescue you. Is there any problem?"
“What an idiot.......Just how many times do you think you make yourself in a coma in this,4 times 6 days?! Seriously?! I wanna talk about your reckless way of fighting sometime ago.” Edna sighed and she facepalmed for a moment.
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"If you die, it is a big problem, is it so difficult to understand? Because you are also very important to us." Angry Edna expresses her feelings in a rare and candid manner. I am surprised she said that I am also an important existence in her mind. She is certainly not that kind of person, seldomly express her feeling to others directly. Maybe this time I really touched her nerve to make her angry like this.
"The reason I gave my true name to you is not meaning that I want you to die for me! You know the feeling of being left alone at home, don't you understand the feeling of being left alone in the world?" She even takes out her own experience of being left at home by Eizen to persuade me, I saw her angry eyes seemed to have tears ready to shed.
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I sat shocked and frozen at her words, those words recalled some of the memory to me. When Laphicet secretly decided to sacrifice himself to create a 'perfect world' for me to live, alone..... I feel the heat slowly whelmed up my eyes. It was so clear but I don’t notice it even when Sorey has told me once. Of course, I know the feeling, I know it very well, how I felt lonely to be left, how I felt so confusing and meaningless to live alone when I first awake in this Era. Every day I felt like floating and it is never called living.
“Seems finally knock some sense into you……” Edna murmured.
"...........Your life is also important." Sorey, who was always standing behind, added with a distressed expression.
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"You are still alive because of the blessing of Maotelus ... but this blessing is not omnipotent, it can only prolong survival slightly according to your will, you will still die if the fatal injury is left unattended." One step closer, he slowly hugged me into his arms and embraced me tightly with his wide arms. The faint grassy scent of hair is like bringing me into the prairie. Although this embrace is tight but not breathless, the embrace as I would disappear after letting go. It feels kinda nostalgic in the embrace, like how my brother-in-law embraced Laphicet and me before in childhood time. His sentence had choked in several places, and he was still suppressing his emotion as if he didn't want me to worry. Everywhere was like his excessive tenderness, making it difficult for me to escape from this embrace.
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"If you die, we will be very sad. I was very scared to see you dying. If you die, I will not forgive myself. I hope you can cherish your life."
This embrace didn't last long, and the moment I left the embrace, I had a kind of a disappointment that was hard to say. The tears that condensed in the eyes due to the words of Edna and Sorey quietly flowed from the corner of the eye, and I nodded silently and tried to hide my tears by lowering the head.
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This must be a bad habit for me. I have not been able to let go of my past at all. I think I have nothing, so I feel that I should sacrifice for my sins. This was the case when I dealt with Innominat, and it is the same now. I have an urge to redeem my sin in that way as I sink in self-absorbing feeling like that, but I forgot how people around me would be hurt because of that, I ’m so selfish. But I have understood that I am no longer a foreigner floating in this era, supported by my former friends, and also people of this era accepted me. What I want to protect has no longer been able to hold by both hands, and it hasn't been that I can protect to the end simply by sacrificing myself.
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A great mistake I have made.
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Tears falling slowly to form a thin trace on my face, giving an itchy feeling, and Bienfu, the indefensible, blew my tears beside my face.
"Bienfu, you are not afraid that I will eat you." I wanted to intimidate him, but my voice was so soft and trembling that I could not even call it intimidation.
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"I am not afraid, because you said that I'm the most courageous normin. I also hope you can have the courage to live." He smiled and showed his clumsy comfort. Rarely today I couldn't say to eat him again is this case. Although he really embarrassed other at ordinary times, he really knows what to do at the critical time.
"That's ..." I smiled bitterly, and I couldn't be angry when I heard such a speech.
“Thanks for reminding me of the important thing..........I promise. I’ll try not to put my life at risk again. To come back alive.”
And the people in the room responded with a smile of relief and approval.
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Sorey POV
The tear traces on Velvet’s face have gone, it feels very irresistible of her when I see her cry. It is good to hear promising words from her at last, the message has reached her heart. I know she has taken it seriously, she is not someone who makes promises easily as she claimed before. If she promised, she will fulfill it no matter what. Still, I have promised myself to be there the one to protect her next time.
In time we face a strong opponent like Tartarus, nothing can be promised. He plans to ruin the world we are all living in, the world I want to live with my friends here, including Velvet Crowe here. He needs to be stopped and I will find a way to stop him with no one die with my friends here. As I wish to live with my friends here, I will be troubled if Velvet still doesn’t possess a will of life. I somehow saw myself when I saw her devoted herself to save Edna and me, a moment I felt like I understand how Mikleo feels after I left the world last time. For how Velvet treated herself in the time I was trapped, and how she sacrificed herself to save us this time, I come to see how she used to torture herself, consciously or not. I really want to prevent her from that, but first I need to protect her from being hurt again. I don’t want her to suffer more than what she has suffered already.
I remember some time ago, Edna asked if I am trying to gave Velvet happiness without my own happiness and freedom. I may said it is not confirmly now, the thing that I found my emotion starting to be affected by Velvet’s action or her situation, I know I would be happy if she finally seek her happiness. I know I am doing this for myself too, all the more I sure that is not sacrificing myself.
The sound of door knocking break my pondering.
“Come in.”
Soon as Velvet woke after we had a little talk with her, Rose knocked and entered the room, then she found Velvet woke.
"Good to see you up, Velvet. Now I am going to introduce you guys."
Rose passionately wants to introduce us to her guild, since we are allies now, it is necessary to identify their face and name to fight together. Velvet noticed Rose presence too, there may be other concern in her mind, she asked: "Before that, what is your secret weapon in the end? Rose."
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"Oh, right. You were in a coma. Come, I will show you." Rose open-mouthed for a second but then realized the reason, she said and led us the way to the great wall surrounding the city. We never noticed when did it built and Rose claimed the guild just built it by earth seraphic arte yesterday. It is simply monoliths gathers to form a line but still a reliable defense device with the natural geometry around.
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On top of the great wall, they may view the below town and the surrounding. The town is nearly empty because all the citizens have moved to the refuge. The facility in the town clearly show a trace of living, if nothing like this happened, they would have a peaceful life. There are also a few people moving around, they are the guild member or the alliance who delivering the goods or searching for the rest of the remaining residents. They have a system to be ready in such situation.
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We walk along the wall top, seeing the giant crossbow set along the edge. That must be the device used to shoot dragons yesterday. Seeing the sky painted with the mana traces of arrows, it was a brilliant view, sad that Velvet didn’t see the view when she was in coma at that time. As Edna claimed, she used Velvet’s body to fight by armatus but Velvet still lost her consciousness. She doesn’t know whether the view she saw during the unconscious armatus would be memorized by Velvet but Edna has the same comment to say it was brilliant to see as a view produced by humans and seraphim.
"That weapon….." Mikleo also noticed the weapon like me and he asked.
"It is the crossbow we used to shoot the dragons, it’s named 'Obesuy(United)', meaning to unite people force to defeat the enemy.” Rose explained the meaning behind it.
Hearing the meaning behind the crossbow, I understand why is the view so beautiful despite they were attacking. It must be the form to show the linkage and mind, their will to protect the town together. To think that we all are encouraged by the view it brought and continued to fight until the end despite everyone was so tired.
"Some high-tech thing on it, I saw it once on a gun." Velvet noticed a thing I didn’t notice, it seems she remembered well what she learned in the Lost Tower.
I take a close look to the crossbow after hearing the statement, I found that there is high accurate targeting system installed on the crossbow, meaning that it is not entirely an ancient weapon.
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"Yeah, it is merged with modern technology. After all, we live in a modern age, we need to keep up with the pace of Era. The high technique allows it to aid tracing the target and moderate the arrow trace at the same time." Rose smiled like she is glad that Velvet saw it and she elaborate. Now I understand she really finds a way to make the coexistence of humans and seraphim come true in practical by her understanding of the human society. However, I would never think of making a weapon in that way.
Different to me, Velvet’s focus is not on how amazing the merge of technology between humans and seraphim, she concerned more in practice and effectiveness. She commented: "Then I think cannon is a more suitable weapon to fight against the dragon."
"You are right, we have two cannons, but they are not able to apply in practice. As it needs too high consumption of mana and electricity. Yet one shot may kill a dragon theoretically. Here. The Mana Compressing Cannon." Rose introduced the canon while showing it. A narrow long cannon with a giant tripod fixing and supporting it. That would be another cool thing I have seen in this Era, because just by looking at it, I feel the strength inside it.
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"Also another thing can't be used in practice because of high energy consumption. This is the giant invented by our technical studying team. It’s named ‘Guild Unity Intelligent Defensive Engine’, simplify, GUIDE." Rose showed another giant object next to her. It is a giant humanoid robot painted in white and grey with metal armor attached to it. A pair of mechanic wings installed behind with installed engines, as the flying mechanism is not exactly the same as bird for these wings. The giant robot is just like a simple guardian status here since it is not activated, and it feels very powerful when it really get a chance to be activated.
Now I believe I am not the only boy here looking at it wide-eyed and open-mouthed, the object really shocks me. It is pity that they can’t be used in practice just by the energy limitation, I would like to find out the way to make it moves and I see Mikleo and Laphicet also having the same thought as me. They have ignited a passion inside their eyes that their eyes shine when they see it. I have a feeling that we will talk about it all day if we are allowed, but I am sure we have a compact schedule here.
Rose added: “The group invented it as interest, it may control the whole defensive system of the town once it is linked but there is a long way to do it. You may not expect to see it used in a battle."
“Do you think the earthpulse may be suitable energy to make them work, Sorey?” Laphicet asked next to me.
“Yes, I am sure it is a good idea! The energy supply is nearly infinite if we use earthpulse energy.” I answered almost in exclamation for this idea.
“But how to supply the energy, the connection?” Mikleo stated a possible issue.
“That’s indeed something we need to find out.”
“You guys may need to discuss it later but I will tell the idea to the team,” Rose smirked.
“O..okay.”
"Finally, the whole guild is the secret weapon ourselves."
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"You have faith in them." Velvet indicated.
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"Yes, because I am the Guild master, I should have faith in them, and I am going to introduce you guys."
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(location: Lobby, Guild Castle, Magiland)
3rd POV
Rose leads the group back to the Guild Castle after the short sight-seeing trip, now they see the appearance of the building of the guild. It is a small castle with an observing tower attached to the main body of the 3-storey building.
“That the castle we passed someday before.” Velvet murmured when she remembered the day Lailah brought them here to buy clothes and met Bienfu again.
“Looks like the old school here in my time, but it certainly not in the same position,” Sorey said as he observed.
“Actually, it is a newly built building designed to have a similar look to that old school. It is the way to memorize the principal at that time. It was a school but the school had moved to another place in Magiland and I adapt the castle as the base of the guild.” Rose said.
“It is a story I may tell you later, Sorey,” Mikleo suggested.
“Right, I would like to hear it after the fight ended.”
As they opened the front gate of the castle, they see the majority of guild members gathered in the guild lobby as Rose suggested giving an introduction.
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“Thank you. For all gathered here, who fought hard. I know all of you raised your very courage to help and you may be still tired, but I can't wait to introduce our new friend here. Today I shall introduce my friend here who bought us precious time by holding the dragons and hellions. They fought together with us back then.” Rose started to give a pretty classical opening speech.
Rose: “First, I believe some of you may be familiar with some of them here for they may come sometime. Like Mikleo, Zaveid, Rokurou, and Bienfu here.”
Mikleo: “Hi.”
Rokurou: “Yo~”
Zaveid: “Hi, ya all know about me as the leader of Wild Wolf.'
Bienfu: “Ciao!”
Rose: “Now some new seraphim. The cute and strong earth seraph here, Edna.”
“You won't get anything by praising me,” Edna smirked.
Rose: “A famous idol among Normin, pure maiden, Lailah.”
Just after Rose has said, some of the normin down below has started to be fangirling while shouting with Lailah's name. The other companions are now staring at Lailah with amused eyes.
“Oh my ...my......Hi, everyone.” Lailah murmured while holding her cheek in the palm of her hands, seems being a shy maiden.
“Eleanor, Rokurou's girlfriend there. Also a former Shepherd.” Rose smirked while thinking what she observed in the special soul-switching hotspring, she decided to tease her.
“Wha---- it is not that! Just an old acquaintance.” Eleanor protested with her reddened face and the stage below has given some grin and sheepish laugh and also some silly 'wow' shout of cheer. Then Eleanor shows a serious expression there, making Rose sweats.
“Ok, I forget to remind you guys, she is similar to our serious assistant head somehow,” Rose added and Alisha just protested next to her. Ignoring the protest of Alisha, Rose said: “Now next~”
“Maotelus here all you know the Empyreans overslept. For some reason, he is fighting with us.” Rose doubted that she can hide the fact that the boy is an Empyrean so she introduces in a fun way.
“Haha....hello. Although I can't offer my help too directly in fight, I will do whatever I can to help here.” Maotelus grinned a sheepish smile with his produced body of seraph form in mana.
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Then only the human companion left, all of them has a special past identity that being a former Shepherd or a former Lord of Calamity. Rose is not surprised if someone in the guild doubts at the reason for their strength to hold down such strong opponent group under that situation. Still, considering for a possibility that they may receive a different treatment from the members here, Rose doesn't plan to tell the guild about their past identity but wanting to treat them equally. Since she saw how people react to Sorey's power in the past, she doesn't want him to suffer something like this again, neither she wants it happens on Alpha and Velvet. Since she built the town in order to have an equal place for human and seraphim, that include all kind of human and seraphim, no matter what kind of background they possessed, they are welcome here and they have the right to hide their past.
“Now, their human friends here. Sorey, Velvet, and Alpha.” Rose can't find the right word to introduce so she just introduces the name.
Alpha and Velvet gave a nod, Sorey gives a hi there.
“...You are too kind to introduce me like that, Rose.” Velvet gave a light sheepish smile to Rose.
“You are welcome, because you are our friend now.” Rose smiled. Velvet blinked as she heard, she doesn’t expect to be treated as a friend after telling her past to Rose, and then she decided to silently accept the hospitality. She remembered Sorey said she was a leader of an assassin’s group, that’s why she understands the underworld and she is lenient enough to accept someone like her. Last but not least, she was a Shepherd too.
Deserved or not, Velvet thought even for a sinful woman like her is given a second chance. There is someone she cared about and someone cared about her. she wants to do something for them and treasure the second chance. She claimed in her mind, the only thing she knows is fighting. She won't beg a trust, but she will fight with the people here for her friends.
As Rose introduced the group, the crowd of the guild is being excited, admiring, they are all showing positive expression to the new alliance, passionately welcome to their arrival.
“We are really thankful to you for saving our life there.” two seraphim walked towards Velvet and expressed their gratitude, they are the seraphim who nearly turned dragons before. They thanks sincerely while knowing nothing about Velvet, that made Velvet feeling a little uneasy, she still doesn't get used to receive gratitude.
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“You have my gratitude here. Thank you for keeping the town safe.” Another seraph said to the group.
“You guys look really cool when you are fighting the dragons and hellions with those weapons. How does it work?”A young man with glasses asked Sorey out of curiosity.
“I want to fight like you guys!” Another younger exclaimed while making a fist to express his little determination.
“I remember you hurt seriously in the fight, are you really fine after that?” Someone even expresses a concern to Velvet.
All sounds around the heroes here, there are people giving sincere gratitude, people trying to know about them and people worry about their wounds, they are really a passionate group of people.
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Ophelia is standing at a corner of the room behind the crowd, showing a lightly smile.
That may be the first time Sorey and Velvet receive such great gratitude from a large group. Even when Sorey was a Shepherd, there were people not know who did the work, people afraid of his power, and people who just wanted to use him. Sorey didn't exclaim himself as the true Shepherd after doing the job and there was seldom group thanks to him like this. Velvet was the opposite of Sorey since she destructed and killed, she was seen to be the greatest threat to the world, receiving all hatred and anger from people. So far she heard of people talked about bad things from Lord of Calamity everywhere no matter who was the true reason. Velvet didn't get a chance to receive gratitude until she awoke in this Era. There are seraphim thanks Velvet back for saving the world on the way and now there are people thanking her for protecting them. Ophelia is glad to see such a scene even when she knows Velvet only through memory and knows Sorey only through Earthen Historia. She thought they deserve a moment like this after all the works they achieved.
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“I remember you are one of the people responsible for comforting people in the refuge. Why would you know how they fight?” Rose asked a seraph asking the new group for the armatus.
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“That is because of the live broadcast brought by Ophelia!”
“Ophelia? She is back?”
“Yeah. She is there.” The person points to the corner of the room.
“Right, thanks. Hmm, sorry to be disappointing. I think we better prepare for the nest defense now. May you help deliver the message?”
“No problem.”
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The little gathering of introduction ended soon, people were leaving the castle. Following the leaving group, Sorey’s team are planning to leave too. They have to prepare for the next attack, but they stopped leaving when they see the trace of Ophelia. Ophelia was following behind the leaving group at a certain slow pace.
“Miss Magilou!” Bienfu exclaimed at the moment he saw Ophelia. He missed his former master from the last parting. One bad habit he has that he doesn’t change to call her human’s name, at the moment the female seraph turned her head and sees the group.
“Sh!!!!” Ophelia smiled and turned to meet the gaze embarrassedly. She thought she told him to be quiet about this.
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“Seems that you guys have things to talk, but we will need to prepare the defense. Because the next attack will come soon or later. I will go set up the defense first, you guys may come later once you finished the talk.” Alpha rationally analyzed the situation and decided.
“This helps a lot, thank you, Alisha, would you lead him the way? We gather later.” Rose agreed and said.
“Right, follow me, Alpha.” Alisha left the place with Alpha.
Now only Sorey, Velvet, Lailah, Edna, Mikleo, Zaveid, Rose, Rokurou, Eleanor, Maotelus, and Ophelia stay outside the Guild Castle entrance.
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Velvet, Eleanor, and Rokurou looked at the person once they heard the name.
“Talk inside again, shall we?”
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“...Ophelia.....you were Magilou.” Velvet stated and recalled the last time she met Ophelia. Thinking of the aura around the seraph is similar to the witch, she is not surprised for Ophelia is the reincarnated form of Magilou.
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“Then I suppose what you were saying the last time about your identity is not true.” Velvet stated when standing with a folded arm.
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“It is a half-truth. Before I reborn as a seraph, I traveled Claudin when I was Melchior's apprentice.”
“Ophelia, I heard that you brought something here to have a live broadcast of the battle. Is that true?” Rose asked.
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“Yeah, I have it done by this black mechanic bird. It is a DOVE, and it called 'CROW'.” Ophelia smirked meaningfully to Velvet while Velvet clenches her fist tightly. Velvet wants to eat her alive if she still possesses the claw.
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“Why are you looking at me? You are explaining to Rose.” Velvet gave a fake smile, she should know even Ophelia is not exactly Magilou, they have a similar mindset and they both love to tease her.
“I wonder are you not interested in CROW here, Miss Crowe.” Ophelia smirked.
“Why are you suddenly becoming so polite to me? I suppose that has nothing related to my last name.” Velvet tried to keep her temper in front of the group, she is sure Ophelia wants to bring up the Coo-coo topic.
“Who know~~”
An old technique to threaten the witch not to say more, Velvet put one hand on Ophelia's shoulder, catching tighter and tighter while keeping a smile. Despite she doesn’t possess the claw, it still works somehow.
“Well, the DOVE is referring Demilitarized Observing Vivification Engine and the CROW is standing for the full letter of Correspondent Reach Out Wings.” Ophelia shows a sheepish smile.
“Ah! It is a pun using the pronunciation of Velvet's last name to substitute the word 'crow'!” Lailah exclaimed when she found out what is it about. All the moment Velvet and Ophelia are talking, she has been thinking with her 'bad pun sense'. Now she is purely happy with the explanation she found and she wants to share with the group but this leads 3 seconds of dead air that they may notice a crow flying past while crying.
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“eh......Lailah.......” Mikleo facepalmed and Sorey showed a sheepish smile. Something never changes inside the lady of lake, one of them is a bad humor.
“Oh, is it? Now I understand what are they talking about......” Eleanor responded to Lailah's explanation. Despite she traveled with Lailah when she was a human, she doesn’t have the ability to realize the pun but to listen to Lailah’s explanation. She may just roll her eyes after understand the bad pun usually but she is interested in this one.
“.........” Velvet is speechless and she rolled her eyes. Please leave her at peace, she would rather stand aside and say nothing in the discussion.
“Look like there is one pretty lady need Lailah's explanation for puns.” Zaveid chuckled.
“Coo-coo.” The mechanic Dove sends out electric dove cry.
“Oh, how cute,” Edna commented.
“Indeed, I guess that's also the reason it is called Dove.” Lailah agreed with Edna’s comment. It ought to be a cute little pet if it doesn’t irritate Velvet.
“I think the sound is designed after decided to create a dove though.” Mikleo murmured.
“Something you want to share with us? Velvet?” Edna shows an evil smile when she saw Velvet's angry expression there. She doesn't know the reason but she guesses it is something can be taunted, and her instinct is correct.
“Nope, nothing.” Velvet snapped her head away and folded her arm.
“Oh, I am curious now, care to share?” Rose asked.
“Yes, I care.” Velvet protested and she had a bad feeling.
“Why is that? ......Let me think.......is that related to the dove act Bienfu has mentioned?” Edna taunted when she finally remember something fun before they dispersed. It is a thing to cause Velvet felt shy and went after Bienfu all the way to make him shut up at that time, a fine teasing material to give Edna memorable reason.
Velvet glared at Bienfu and the little normin cried, that’s something he told a long time ago after he met Sorey, Edna, and Velvet outside the museum.
“Hmm? I haven't heard of it. What is it, Velvet?” Eleanor asked.
“......You have my sympathy, Velvet.” Mikleo sighed, he can’t help anything with Edna teasing.
Velvet facepalmed, she must think of a way to bring back the topic, she is not going to let this topic continue.
"We are talking about the function of this….bird, aren't we?" Velvet pointed out to avoid revealing things about the coo-coo incident.
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"Yes, we are. I am curious about the functions of this little bird." Sorey noticed Velvet is embarrassed, he responded, aiming to aid bringing back the topic.
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"Me too, this is modern technology, isn't it? How does it work?" Mikleo followed, making the defensive line of the coo-coo topic stronger.
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Edna smirked and shrugged it off, she will bring it on again later.
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Feeling a narrowed eyes pointing towards herself, Ophelia dropped sweat. Fine, she won't continue the teasing.
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"The mechanic bird has modern technology aiding it to fly and provide the function of a live broadcast. Smart chip is installed inside the system to provide learning AI inside to allow it to act on its own. There is also a memory card installed inside to record things it has seen including live broadcast. The memory back-up performed per hour to the linked cloud on the internet. We fused seraphic arte to make things work. For example, to reduce weight of the body to make the flight possible, to provide a visual filter of resonance so the recording may let people with low resonance see the seraphim presence; and to provide electricity by converting natural mana in the air. " Ophelia explained the mechanism of CROW in detail like a professional as she is the inventor.
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"Since the memory of the battle live broadcast is not damaged, you may replay it to analyze the Battle. And of course, the thing you asked me to do is also basically completed, President." Ophelia added.
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"Oh I love you, Ophelia! You are very valuable!!" Rose can't hide her excitement and she gives a bone-crushing hug to Ophelia, making Ophelia's face turns blue gradually.
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"Oh my….breathe….." Ophelia groaned.
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Velvet shrugged and sighed, she doesn't need to give the seraph a lesson with violence then.
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The surrounding people just chuckled when the see the scene.
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"(Cough)Now, apart from ...this thing, you come for another reason, Ophelia. What is it?” Velvet looked at the mechanic dove with narrow eyes. Reminded by Velvet’s word, Rose releases Ophelia.
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“Coo-coo-coo--!!!” The DOVE cried like it is protesting for calling it 'this thing'.
“It is protesting for its name, you see. It’s named CROW.” Ophelia smirked after Rose released the hug.
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“Why would you name a dove as CROW but not calling it a mechanic crow instead.” Velvet knew Ophelia wanting to tease her, and she doesn't accept the explanation of those ridiculous full name and a dove will never be a crow.
“Dove is a messenger of Peace, even in ancient time, people use dove to deliver messages, so it is a dove. It is called Crow for its color and for its full name. You know, there are many colors among doves and black is a good protective color to hide.” Ophelia explained one of the reasons she designed this way. Obviously not the main reason but she can always create a reason to fool Velvet. Velvet rolled her eyes when she knows it is not the main reason, now the boys starting to discuss the design of the bird, she better not to take it so seriously or else she would be a fool.
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“Okay, cut off from this topic already. You mentioned you bring another thing here, what is it?” Velvet said, remaining on this topic has no advantage to her. Let’s quickly get away from it!
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“It is the formula of armatus, right?” Rose has enough for the farce too so she decided to stop it.
“Yeah, I have got the basic formula, but it is not enough to use in practice. 2 significant artes are missing.”
“Will this cause a fatal problem?”
“Nope, you may thank the old kid. Mayvin does the experiment with me. We may fuse but either unstable or not enough power output.”
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“Mayvin...so that what takes you so long.....
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“It is not the only stuff, when I got to the trial of Void, the formula is not in one piece. It takes me so long to collect the pieces and make it as a whole again. Now praise me~”
“Ophelia, you are a very reliable Gramma!”
“Don't call me Gramma, I am young!”
“All old women call themselves young.” Edna smirked. Velvet rolled her eyes, she doesn't bother to say Edna is the older one and Sorey just shows a sheepish smile.
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“So what are missing?” Mikleo tried not to taunt Edna for the age issue, he doesn’t want an umbrella poke from Edna and asked for detail.
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“2 formulas that I guess you guys may be familiar with. I found them mentioned in an ancient research Melchior had conducted for armatus.” Ophelia looked at Zaveid and Velvet with a meaningful glance.
“A reliable source.” Velvet murmured, she blinked as she heard Melchior’s name.
Melchior, an old name she hated to hear but it is true the old man was a professional in seraphic arte and armatus. He may be the inventor of armatus, all for the ‘ideal of Claudin’he claimed.
“Come on. Don't make us wait. Say it.” Rose urged.
“One of the fundamental seraphic artes called Siegfried. It was the reason why the Abbey trace after Zaveid and Aifread at that time. They need the formula in the gun to complete the armatus.” Ophelia continued.
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“Well, take it as you like.” Zaveid gave out the gun in frank and open manner. He is willing to offer help whatever it needed and he is sure this one is trustworthy enough to give out the gun Siegfried for a while.
“What is another?”
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“ Another long lost special seraphic arte is Brunhild. According to the research record, it ought to be obtained from a seraph named Seres.” Ophelia stopped and looked at Velvet.
“......You said…. Seres.” Velvet repeated the name she heard at last.
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When the nostalgic name is mentioned, Velvet face paled. She didn't expect to hear the name here. She remembered Seres said her oath need her to sacrifice her life to complete so as to attain great power to aid Artorius. Seres didn't say more. After Seres sacrificed her life, Velvet attained the Sorcerer's Ring. Then it is possible that the oath is to sacrifice Seres's life to attain the formula to complete armatus and aid Artorius to attain the great power by completing armatus. That's why Seres's betrayal ruined the original plan.
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“I guess this is what you are looking for.” Velvet's expression remained unreadable and steps forward, carefully gives the Sorcerer's Ring to Ophelia.
This is what has to be done. Now she is a human and she can't use the ring properly without the therion claw, and she doesn't know how to use exorcist arte either. The Sorcerer's Ring doesn't aid her in the fight like when she was a therion.
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Velvet remembered the memory when she ate Seres. Seres was not someone being close to Velvet, she was barely a stranger, Velvet may just hear her name from Laphicet sometime. Yet when Velvet knew she was a reincarnation from her sister, she started to think they were similar.
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To Velvet, the fire seraph was not presenting in her early life with Arthur and Laphicet since she couldn't perceive the fire seraph. However, she got to know the fact that Seres was always there, at a very worst moment, at the moment she ate her.
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In the seven years, she was living as a human, Seres was always there watching over Velvet as Arthur did. Through Seres was an enemy to stop Velvet from saving Laphicet at that Scarlet Night, Seres paid her whole life to gift Velvet the power to revenge, to stop Artorius, to change her fate.
At that time, Velvet did neither apologize nor thank.
How could she apologize? When Seres had a deficit to her, and Seres decided to give life to her by her own will.
How could she give gratitude? To a family, she never perceived in the seven years and there is no way to say thank you after knowing everything. How could she give such cruel words to a family?
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Velvet doesn't let the Sorcerer's Ring go but still holding it.
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“I ask you to treat it decently, use it in the right way because a seraph sacrificed her life for it.” Sadness and fondness hid inside words. Velvet requested seriously, for there not only the formula of Brunhild inside but also the life and resolve of a seraph. The invulnerable flame inside one's heart is still burning.
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Now pass and entrust the zeal and resolve to the next generation.
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“Velvet.....” Sorey murmured as he realized the meaning in Velvet's words. He remembered what Seres's fragment has told him but he hasn't expected to know the fact that Seres sacrificed her life for Velvet. Think about it maybe that's the reason for Seres's fragment staying inside Velvet's mental world as she always remembered what happened. Sorey would not forget the promise he made to Seres, he will look over Velvet.
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“Yeah, I will. I will keep it safe and return you after the work is done.” Ophelia knows when to be serious, it is no joke. She answered seriously and took the Sorcerer's Ring with both hands like a protecting gesture.
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“Now I will make the armatus works, but one more thing.....maybe two. First one, ancient weapons, we need many ancient weapons with age enough to be a sacred vessel to insert the formula and be the vessel of seraphim.” Ophelia requested.
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“Guess you need my weapon collection. Now the weapons I collected all these years via battles are very worthy. All at your services, Rose.” Rokurou answered with a grin, gave out his collection freely.
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“Nice one, thanks a lot. Not what's the second?” Rose shows a smile as she hears and she makes a sound with by snapping her fingers.
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“I am afraid I can't finish and complete inserting the formula in many weapons alone. I need a helper being familiar with it.”
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“Then I am the one needed here. Sad that I can't see Velvet's expression when she sees the place.” Maotelus answered. He wants to go with Velvet to the place but he knows what is more important now, and he will help whatever he can because he can't directly fight together with his friends.
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Velvet crooked her head as she heard, say what place will make her expression change?
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“If you are talking about this, no need to worry. You forget I have the DOVE to play live broadcasting for you!!” Ophelia chuckled. Velvet frowned as Ophelia mentioned that DOVE again.
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“Oh really. I forget. Still not familiar with modern technique.” Maotelus said, inside still hold curiosity to technology in this Era.
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“Wait....a trial of Void? Why am I never heard about it?” Lailah exclaimed as she noticed the point appeared early in the conversation. She doubts it at first but everyone hears like they don’t notice it like it is a typical thing. However, as a follower of Empyrean Maotelus, she thought she would never miss any important news like the presence of a Trial of Void.
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“Ah. I plan to tell you when it is completed because it cannot be used when Innominat is coexisting. Therefore the trial valid from this Era on since Innominat truly fused with me now. And I don't want the power to be abused.” Maotelus explained, afraid if Lailah misunderstand that he doesn’t trust her.
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“Ok....”Lailah accepted the answer, she knew Maotelus is not that kind of person, Maotelus is relieved to see the response.
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“It is ready now as Ophelia said. Still, there is a necessary part.....Eleanor, you have been protecting the seal of Innominat before Tartarus woke.” Maotelus added, he decided to reveal things here after Lailah’s reaction to the news.
“Yes,” Eleanor answered.
“The vessel with oath allow the protection happening is actually inside you, the weapon of armatus of void,” Maotelus stated.
“Eh?” There is only confusion in Eleanor’s head.
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“Just like how the sword in Ladylake barely keeps me away from malevolence.....” Lailah murmured, thinking of how she survived in the era filled with malevolence, it is not surprising that Eleanor survived in the same way as her.
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“Yeah, so you are a part to activate the trial of Void. There is still no formal temple for the trial but take the place where seal Innominat. The armatus formula that allowed to make armatus of Void happening is divided into two parts, protected by a respective guardian. One with two key formula of Siegfried and Brunhild inserted in the weapon sealed in Eleanor. Another rest of the formulas is protected by a normin there.” Maotelus revealed another shocking fact to the team.
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“Which is why the formula I got lack of that 2 key formulas....anyway it is solved.” Ophelia whined.
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“Now, boy loves to have a secret, is it?” Edna taunted.
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“Well. I apologize for keeping it a secret, it supposes to be a surprise somehow.....” Maotelus shows a wry smile.
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“I know, nevermind. I will go there with the team but I don't know the way to go.” Eleanor understands the reason if Maotelus said it suppose to be a surprise, she saw how he kept the place in the time she was sealing it.
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“I may open you guys the rift of earthpulse and Bienfu know the way to go there.” Maotelus smiled and prepared to open the rift for the group.
“Alright.” Sorey stood akimbo turning his body to the gate of castle as if he is fully prepared for a new trip.
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They go outside the castle and ready to part.
“So all of you have a plan here now,” Rose stated to confirm.
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“Yeah, we are going to the trial. What's your plan?” Sorey answered.
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“Like Alpha said earlier, Tartarus has already known our spot. I can't be optimistic when the next time they come attack again. I would stay here with others to keep the place safe.” Rose said and reminded them of the situation they are in.
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“You know I will stay,” Rokurou answered frankly, wherever a battle he will present. Short words but trustworthy enough for his strength and loyalty as they know about him.
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“No offense but I am afraid the men here are not enough to face next attack. I am staying too, also as the leader of Wild Wolf.” Zaveid worried about the moment when the guild is not fully ready for the next attack. He doubts that the enemy will prepare nothing about the crossbow weapon that kills the dragon so he is staying in case they can’t hold the ground with the force they have in hand.
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“Then I am staying with Alpha. He decided to stay already when he left the room. The power difference between the two sides should not be too different. You will need someone who can use armatus when the formula study hasn't done.” Lailah followed when concerning the situation. Although her pact former is Sorey again now, she still felt responsible to Alpha as her former pact former, she decided not to leave him aside.
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“But I remember a squire only has power gain within Shepherd's domain.” Mikleo indicated.
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“It is, but even when we leave Shepherd's domain, the armatus with the contract seraphim is still possible.” Lailah answered.
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“I see, well. The squires here we got don’t need any power gain to fight themselves though.” Mikleo chuckled, he already knew how special their new companion here, they all hold their own strength without relying on armatus.
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“A very nice point to take.” Lailah smiled and agreed with Mikleo.
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“We are counting on you guys, be safe when we are out,” Sorey said.
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“We will,” Zaveid said.
“With them here. I can't see a loss. Don't forget to bring a souvenir.” Rose said.
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“Right, we will be right back,” Sorey responded and the other noded.
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“Now don't forget to bring CROW with you, Miss Crowe. Laphicet is looking forward to seeing the live broadcast.” Ophelia hasn’t forgotten to tease Velvet at the parting moment.
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Velvet tried to remain an unreadable expression, she tries not to destroy the mechanic dove out of anger while letting it standing on her shoulder.
“Coo?”
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“Have a nice trip.” Rose waved her hand.
“Here we go,” Sorey said and waved his hand.
Maotelus cast and open a large rift to the earthpulse, Sorey, Velvet, Mikleo, Edna, Eleanor, and Bienfu all jump into it to start their short trip.
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A.N.
The team split here, Zaveid, Lailah, Alpha, Maotelus, and Rokurou are staying to defend and Sorey, Velvet, Mikleo, Edna, Eleanor, and Bienfu are heading to earthpulse via the rift opened by Maotelus.
Sorey's true name thought is basically my own consideration process, but in fact, the final true name refers to other works. I use synonyms to avoid copying directly.
If you ask how Velvet in coma 4 times in 6 days, here.
-->First coma(1st-4th day): the 3-day coma after Velvet is purified, on the fourth day she woke. The same day for many things happened until the next day the met Rose and Rokurou outside.
-->Second Coma( 5th day): a short coma because of the reaction of pact forming and the tired after fought with Rokurou seriously. It was a pretty reckless fight as Edna commented.
-->Third Coma( 5th day): after woke from the last coma, they went to the special bathhouse and Velvet fainted because of shyness, high temperature in the bath and lack of oxygen( main reason is Edna, may I add). The coma is lengthened by Grimoire’s arte for the curse break preparation.
-->Fourth Coma( 6th day): The group left the place the next day and then they are involved in a grand fight with 8 dragons in presence. In the fight, after she saved Sorey and Edna, she is seriously injured and in a coma.
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I'm very willful as always. In this chapter, I think the relationship between Sorey and Velvet should be deepened by me a lot. Even when Sorey and Velvet don't confess verbally that they...hmm....as I claimed, still friendship of life and death.
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Again some characters have a low chance to speak when all of them group together, but I believe I have to give Mikleo, Edna, and Bienfu enough time in the first part at least. I am going to be crazy in considering their response if all of them still staying together so I need them split. Particularly for characters, I am not familiar with like Lailah, Bienfu, Zaveid, Maotelus, Rose, Alisha, Magilou( Ophelia)......Alright, I will work hard to study them in order not to write them OOC.
BTW, I have said about Ophelia a long time ago but I will say again. She was an original character and her position is observatory, so she is pretty useless by this mean. I don’t like to put too many original characters in a story with them being too outstanding in the story, but I don’t want them to be forgotten easily too. That’s why I am giving those OC a fixed position or giving them tons of missions behind.
After deciding to write Eleanor into the story and I find myself writing her pretty detail somehow for even writing a side story. Then I think it is not fair to Magilou. Although Eizen and Bienfu present seldomly too I bet Eizen has a certain position after I mentioned him several times by writing Velvet, Eleanor, and Edna’s thought; Bienfu is at least living in this era, I am trying to give him position too. But Magilou just dead……
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Seeing the Zestiria cast is very complete in a whole group, I think it is really unfair to Magilou if I just made her dead. When I thought Ophelia is being pretty useless and easily forgotten by readers in the plot, therefore, I merged Magilou and Ophelia together.
However, both Zestiria and Berseria mentioned that reincarnated seraph is not exactly the same person as human, so I continue to use the name Ophelia instead.
(somehow this whole paragraph to explain about Ophelia and Magilou is meaningless because she is a character in the plot anyway…….)
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The sense of the modern setting is getting weaker with a very large part related to the history of seraphim, telling information about Tartarus, power-boosting and pretty much stuff of ancient seraphic arte like the seal, the dream invading arte and etc...... So let's bring some fantasy modern setting on our side other than the power boost.
A bad habit here I have, to bring lots of setting in a chapter, let’s see if I have the chance to reuse it.
- armatus of Void (some settings I haven't mentioned in this chapter)
weapon: King Claudin's sword
fundamental arte of all armatus:
Siegfried(Zaveid's gun) – oath to gift armatus user the strength,
Brunhild(Sorcerer's Ring of Velvet that obtained from Seres's sacrifice) – oath of linkage to link human and seraph
P.S. Arte of Brunhild is not directly mentioned in the game, the name is a reference from the tale of Siegfried in our world, they should have marriage between so somehow it is appropriate to refer the name as the oath of linkage. Whether good or bad linkage, it is a strong linkage.
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- The Mechanic DOVE of Aerial Camera-- CROW
Indeed the main reason for the naming and design is to tease Velvet. In the setting is a black mechanic dove, like what dove did in the ancient time, it is a messenger and a journalist. Pretty suitable for a pet for Mayvin or his seraph partner right?
The reason that its name is Crow, I believe it is pretty obvious (laugh), but I still make a full name for the joke. (It is a full name Ophelia just thought about at that time/ It is a full name I make up with the aid of the dictionary.)
DOVE--
Demilitarized –-- not fighting force
Observing—Aerial Camera
Vivification ---- Because it has AI in it so it kinda count as life?
Engine – mechanic
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CROW--Correspondent Reach Out Wings
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- anti-dragon giant crossbow – Obesuy(United in ancient tongue)
meaning to unite people force to defeat the enemy. It needs seraphic arte to strengthen power output but the targeting system is base on modern gun technique.
(Inspiration: Melammu Dingir (NP of Caster Gilgamesh in FGO)
Sometimes I find the word Obesuy is similar to Odyssey in our world, Odyssey seems like a tale of coming home. In the way, the weapon produced to kill dragon so we may also put it like the kill is to bring the soul of seraphim back to the right place, counted as going home too? Well, it is a created explanation anyway.
- Mana Compressing Cannon
A narrow long cannon with a giant tripod fixing and supporting it. Rose claimed that one shoot kill one dragon, but it needs high consumption in mana or electricity.
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4.GUIDE
full name: Guild Unity Intelligent Defensive Engine
It may link the whole defensive system of town to work like control all cannons and crossbows at the same time, but it needs high consumption in mana or electricity and high concentration and high ability of multitasking to do this for now.
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#giant robot, #man romance
(inspiration: Gundam)
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Reference: The Ancient Magus' Bride ep.20,The Journey to Redemption (pretty much a big reference in nearly every chapter, especially when it come to relationship).
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………..Hmm, I make a new record of length in the author note again, am I?
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