Legacy Of Ennea

=== Clement Point of View ===

Fight seriously? Did he just do a warm up?

No... he is bluffing... he bleed already...

But then... I realize something, he has a yellow orb on his head...

"H-Holy Magic?" I asked in surprised...

Everyone looked surprised... and we know that we are in a bad position now...

"No, but Element Fighter..." he said... and he march toward Fredrich in an instant...

That's fast!

Fredrich than got a stab on his stomach...

"FREDRICH!" Precilla shouted...

He is about 5x faster... in the same level as Tousan....

Persey launch a big slash toward Orphamiel but he dodge it... and left Fredrich...

Fredrich fall to the floor...

"[FIREBALL]" Karl said but...

Where is Orphamiel?

"I am here..." Orphamiel said while smiling...

And...

He is behind Karl already?!

"ARGH!" Karl shouted... Orphamiel stab Fredrich through his stomach...

After he pulled his sword... Karl fall to the floor...

This is impossible... I can't read his movement...

In two attacks, he took down 2 of us...

"Clement-dono..." Persey looked at me with a serious face...

I understand what he means...

"Precilla! Take everybody and leave this to us!" I shouted...

Precilla looked at me in fear... but then she nodded...

Precilla carried Fredrich... and Rick carried Karl...

All of them moved back except Persey and I...

"Are you sure that both of you can hold me?" Orphamiel asked me...

"Hey, do not underestimate us..." Persey said...

"Haha! I love to see that..." Orphamiel said from distance...

I have to give them time to escape...

"We have calculated, that the two of us could defeat you, that is why we are asking the other to leave" I said to Orphamiel...

Orphamiel give a thought...

"Really?" he asked...

"Yes! You are weaker than we thought!" Persey said to provoked him as well

"Haha! Then let me show you, the real power of my swordmanship..." Orphamiel said...

He is provoked...

There should be more time now for them...

But in a second, he is in front of my face... I parried the attack in reflect...

He is fast...

He gives me series of attack... but I am still able to parried the attack...

Parrying an attack is really bad for Maxim Style user...

And it is true... he stabbed me on my shoulder but...

I hold Orphamiel's hand...

"Now!" I shouted to Persey...

And Persey jumped toward us... and I can see his surprised face...

Persey slash his giant sword and cut Orphamiel's hand alongside with his sword left in my shoulder...

Orphamiel moved back...

"That is close..." he said...

"Give up?" I asked while pulling the sword that stabbed on my shoulder...

"Nope..." he said and take another sword, with his left hand...

Left hand... then he should not be able to use his maximum strength...

It glows yellow... the weapon... is that Elemental Fighter? What is the effect of Holy Elemental Fighter? I never see once... and he suddenly slashed the air...

Both Persey and I looked confuse...

Since nothing is happening...

But Orphamiel laughed...

"Both of you are dead..." Orphamiel said...

Now, I feel my body is being lifted...

"W-What is this?!" Persey asked...

"We are flying!" Persey continues...

We are levitating... like a gravity magic that Nico able to use...

"Gravity... Sword of Gravity, second tier of Holy Elemental Fighter..." Orphamiel said...

Now we are getting higher...

"Can we do something?" Persey asked me...

I shook my head...

There is nothing we can do...

What can we do in the mid air... Nico could do something, but none of us could use magic...

Now... we reach the point where, if we fall... we will be dead...

Sorry everyone else... we can only hold him this far...

"Fall!" Orphamiel said...

And the gravity is back to normal...

We are falling to the ground...

What can a normal swordsman do?

I looked at Persey... and he gives me a smile...

What is he planning?

We are still falling down...

But then...

Persey prepared his broadsword...

He uses his broadsword and...

He hit me with his giant sword to my body... and I was pushed away from the ground...

"Persey!" I shouted...

I looked back and I was thrown to the lake...

I fall to the lake... while I can't see what happened to Persey...

P-Persey!

I immediately swim up and reach the ground...

But, I found out that Persey is...

He never reach the ground...

He fall directly to the eye of Orphamiel's sword... and it has pierced his body...

"I never see something like that..." Orphamiel said with a smile...

"ORPHAMIELL!!" I shouted...

He dropped Persey's body...

And I rush toward him... launch several attacks... but he dodge it all...

I am unable to touch him at all...

He lost one of his hand... but...

How...

How can he be this strong...

I moved back...

He slash the air once more...

There is nothing happen... but I dodge the attack...

He looked impressed...

We are just a plaything for him...

While I should hold longer, so that everyone can escape from this place... I don't know his speed at the labyrinth... but in this fight...

In less than five minutes, Orphamiel is able to reach Precilla and the other...

I looked at his stance...

And he is about to attack...

"[FASTSLASH]" he said and he is moving as fast as a light...

My sword... is broken instantly when I tried to block the attack...

"You are no match for me..." Orphamiel said...

He is...

But still...

"I never seen a Maxwell this weak..." Orphamiel said to me...

I don't care...

I just want to protect my family...

I readied my broken sword... and he looks confuse...

"You are dead..." He said to me...

And...

"[FASTSLASH]" Orphamiel said to me...

I can't see where he is going... but...

I cough... and it is bleeding...

And then I realize that he is in front of me, with a sword in my body... and it pierced my c.h.e.s.t...

And I fall to my knee...

I slowly lost my consciousness...

I never really a fighter...

N-Nate... Nathalia... I am sorry...

I will not be able to see you again...

Nicolas... you are my son as well, I raise you like my own son... and I have no regret at all...

And now, I won't be able to see any of them...

Jeremiel... Tousan... I am sorry...

I slowly close my eyes...

But it is not dark...

It is so bright... and what I see, is a boy...

What is this? A vision?

I looked at the boy...

He trained really hard with his spear...

A black hair boy... my own son...

"Nate?..." I called him...

But he isn't looking back at me...

And he keep training, slashing and thrusting his spear...

That is true... I will not give up...

Until the end... I have to protect my family...

I hold Orphamiel's hand... and he looked surprised

"W-Wait... you are still conscious!" Orphamiel said in panicked...

"I AM!" I shouted and...

Kill him? Am I able to do that? He is a bit far... what I can do is...

I cut his other hand with the broken sword I held...

"ARGHH!!!" Orphamiel shouted...

And he moved back...

He is... underestimating us too much... Arrogant man's life is short...

I should had give the other time to escape...

Nicolas...

Nate...

Nathalia...

See you... another time...

And my body is no longer able to stand... so I fall to the ground...

Nate Point of View

What is this feeling... why do I have bad feeling lately... what is actually going on...

Nisan... he is alright... right? I hope so...

I looked at Nathalia...

And she looked really worry...

"Nathalia?" I called her...

We are currently in a house...

"Y-Yes?" she answered me...

"Hey... what's wrong?" I asked her...

She then shows me a crest of Maxwell family... and...

It breaks into two...

"S-Something bad is happening..." Nathalia said...

I nodded...

"I feel the same thing..." I said

Erin and Noah is training right now... alongside with Mariel and Lariel...

"Should we move to our next objective?" I asked Nathalia...

"I don't know... I think we should wait for King Zeon to arrive first..." Nathalia said...

"It's been a week..." I said...

"Which is why he should be here by now..." Nathalia said...

"Is something bad going to happen?" I asked...

"No... I hope it won't happen..." Nathalia said...

Then suddenly, a soldier come inside this area from the building above...

"King Zeon has arrived!" he shouted...

Everyone looked surprised and everyone stood up...

"T-Tousan?" Leon asked the soldier...

"L-Leon-sama?! You are here?!" the soldier looked surprised...

"Where is he?" Leon asked...

"Leon!" A big size man come behind that man, and immediately rush toward Leon...

Both of them are hugging now... and both of them are crying...

And behind King Zeon... I see a boy with red eyes...

"N-Nisan!" I shouted and run toward him...

Along with Nathalia...

I hugged Nisan... and so does Nathalia...

And he fall and sit on the stair...

"Ouch ouch ouch... hey... it's not even a month..." Nisan said to both Nathalia and I...

Nicolas Point of View

"Still! I have this bad feeling" Nathalia said to me...

Bad feeling?

I did feel something bad today... but then we met King Zeon so that I forgot it already...

"What do you mean?" I asked...

And then he shows me a crest of House Maxwell... that was... Tousan's gift to her...

"What is actually happening" I said in confusion...

"Nisan?" Nate asked me...

Nathalia looked at Ed and hugged him as well...

"Ed and I feel something wrong last week as well..." I said to Nate...

"Hey! All of you! Come! Let's have dinner!" King Zeon shouted at us...

And we decided to not continue our talk...

We joined with the other and led to other room...

This place is a bit smaller compare to the one in Atos...

While in Atos, It is like a city... this is just a hideout...

We all eat in a room...

"Morgan, we should return to Neku..." Ethan said to Morgan...

"Yes... Zerotus-sama should have retrieved the staff..." Morgan said...

We previously told them where the staff located...

"Hmmm... I never thought that it will be much faster..." Rin said while eating...

"Returning already?" King Zeon asked...

"Yes, we can't leave our hideout too long..." Leon said while eating...

"I see..." King Zeon said...

And he turn his face to me...

"Please protect my son once more..." He said to me...

"S-Sure... as always..." I said...

"What's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Eria asked me...

It is true... that I have been really quite during this dinner...

"Nothing..." I said to Eria and continue eating...

But Rin and Erin looked at me worriedly...

They both knows what I feel...

"Let's leave in three days..." Ethan said...

But then Nate raised his hand...

"C-Can we leave tomorrow?" Nate asked...

Nathalia nodded as well...

"Why is it?" Ethan asked and he sounds confuse as well...

All of us looked at Nate...

"I-I just got a bad feeling..." Nate said...

And again... Rin and Erin looks like they understand our feeling...

"Yes, we should not make the other wait for us..." Rin said...

Rin...

He has grown...

"Okay... then we should prepare our supplies tonight..." Ethan said...

And everyone nodded...

I looked around...

And I see two girls with blue hair...

Both of them sits next to...

Lucy?!

And she notice my glare and wave her hand...

I waved my hand as well...

After we ate our dinner... I met Edrick and talked with him....

"Nico! Now I am much stronger! Let's duel!" Edrick said energetically...

"No... I am too tired..." I said and refuse his request...

"C'mon! It's been a long time!" Edrick begging me...

"No, I have more things to do..." I said

"Nisan... you can go and relax now, I will be preparing our supplies..." Nathalia said to me...

T-That is...

Nathalia looked at me evilly

And now, Edrick looked at me with puppy eyes

Even Nate and Ed laughed at me...

Ethan is discussing plan with Morgan and King Zeon... also Leon...

But someone interfere...

Which is...

"You should be Nicolas Maxwell..." the girl said...

She is an Ocean Race... and she looks like? Euclio?

"Yes I am... and you are?" I asked her...

"I am Mariel..." she said to me...

I looked at her staff...

And I see a familiar emblem...

Also, on her necklace... those are the same necklace as Euclio's!

"Qiteron?" I asked...

"I am from Qiteron Kingdom..." she said...

"Huh, but those emblem... only the royalty has that..." I said to her...

"What do you mean?" another girl comes...

She looks like Mariel, but she has short cut on her hair...

"Oh, this is my twin sister, Lariel..." Mariel introduced her

Twin?!

"Hmmm both of you reminds me of someone..." I said...

Hmmm yes... it is Euclio...

Somehow when I looked at both of their face, they looked alike Euclio...

"And what do you mean by royalty?" Lariel asked me...

"Hmmm, my friend Euclio has that emblem as well, and he is the prince of Qiteron Kingdom..." I said to them while pointing on the necklace...

Now both of them looks confuse and both looked at each other...

"Next time you should meet him..." I said to both of them...

"Sure... we will be glad..." Mariel said to me with a smile...

Then I left both of them

After I left, another man come closer...

"You've done talking? Let's go for the duel!" Edrick said interestedly...

"W-Wait... I told you already that I am too tired..." I told Edrick...

This is troublesome...

"Ah! Nicolas Maxwell!" a man called my name...

I looked at back at him...

A dragon race, and he wears a really cool armor...

"Yes? And you are?" I asked back...

"My name is Adrian..." that man said...

"Hello Adrian... do you need something?" I asked back...

"Do you know something about Norman?" Adrian asked me...

Norman...

I think I ever heard that name...

"He is one of the 5 Reudora Kingdom's commander..." Adrian explained...

Noticing my confusion... Nate explained...

"He is one of the commander that attack this Kingdom... a very smart human being and it is said that he is smarter than Tousan... and Navroth itself..." Nate said...

Norman?

I see... that person should be behind all of this...

"He is young and very talented... you should be careful..." Adrian explained to me...

"I see, thank you for the warning..." I told him... and about to left but...

"And he is currently watching the Beastman Kingdom..." Adrian said...

I stopped walking...

I looked back at him...

"Any suggestion?" I asked him...

He looks like a well informed person...

"Neku is guarded heavily... even outside the city, they knew that you lived there... which is why you should not land there, but the other city, Bazo..." Adrian said...

Bazo...

"Can I land near the mountains that separated both Northern and Southern Beastman Kingdom?" I asked Adrian...

"No, that place is most likely has a high defense..." Adrian said...

"How about the Northern Beastman Kingdom? Admiral Adrian..." Morgan asked...

W-Wait...

Admiral?!

"That would be okay..." Adrian said...

"But it will be hard to pass Zero, they are guarded by Reudora's Troop" Adrian said...

Huh.... That Norman guy is a threat for us...

Now, it seems like this man is a strategist, it will be great if both of them talked to each other... Adrian and Morgan...

"Morgan, I entrust you with the plan... I am too tired right now..." I told Morgan... and he nodded...

"Admiral Adrian, I am sorry but I have to take a rest, please help Morgan about the strategy..." I told Adrian, and he nodded...

After I left both of them...

"Now?" Edrick asked...

"Ugh, go fight Nate first... if you win I will accept it..." I told Edrick... and he looks happy now...

"Of course! Then, wait for me..." Edrick said...

I nodded and left him

Sorry Nate...

The next day...

"Nisan, wake up..."

Who is that...

I open my eyes... and see Ed...

"Ed?" I called him...

"Yes, it is 6 AM already... we should leave Dragon Continent..." Ed said...

I nodded...

By my side, I see Ethan is sleeping...

"Ethan... wake up..." I said while shaking his body...

"What time is it..." he asked while still closing his eyes...

"6 AM..." I said... and he sits on the bed out of a sudden...

"How about the other?" he asked Ed...

"They are preparing... and Morgan's party had left already..." Ed said

They left?

"Where are they going?" I asked...

"We have to leave this place silently... so we decided to split into two and meet outside Vosen..." Ethan said...

Well, I guess I am fine with that...

"Okay, let's prepare ourselves..." I said...

Everyone nodded...

We left the room and we found Leon is talking with King Zeon...

So, he will join our party for a while...

Both of them are saying farewell to each other...

And someone tap my shoulder...

I looked behind my back and see Mariel...

"You should be careful of Norman... he is extremely smart..." Mariel said and I nodded in agreement...

I know... hundreds of people had told me already about that...

I nodded...

"He took this great kingdom, Aerios Kingdom... and you should know that Reudora Kingdom is not a big kingdom compared to Aerios Kingdom..." Mariel said...

That is true...

Now I am even more worried...

"Thank you for the reminder..." I said and she smiled happily...

Eria looked at me annoyedly...

And hit my head with her scabbard...

"Ouch! What's with that?" I asked Eria...

"N-Nothing! You are too slow..." Eria said and left...

What's her problem?!

But everyone is laughing...

"Nicolas... Make sure to stay alive..." Mariel told me...

I nodded...

"Of course! I can't be brought down that easily..." I said with proud...

"Nico! Fast!" Eria shouted...

"Yes! I am coming..." I said... What's wrong with her?! She looks really hasty...

And I waved my hand to her...

Leon has said his farewell to King Zeon as well...

That would be hard for them...

"I am sorry for spreading both of you so fast..." I told King Zeon...

"That's true! You should be sorry!" King Zeon said a bit mad... I give him a small smile...

"T-Tousan!" Leon said a bit annoyed...

"But..." King Zeon said...

I looked at him...

"I respect your choice..." King Zeon said with a smile...

I give him a smile...

"Thank you King Zeon..." I told Leon's father...

"Just win the war! No matter what!" King Zeon told us...

All of us give a nod...

"We will!" I said...

I jumped to the wagon, and waved my hand back to everyone, Admiral Adrian, Mariel, Lariel, Edrick, Lucy and King Zeon...

The wagon then moves and we start our journey back to Neku...

=== Rueger Point of View ===

"Nothing here..." I told Orseus...

And he nodded...

"It seems that the staff is never been here..." Orseus said...

We are currently in the Reudora Kingdom... the people here looks pretty prosperous...

The city is not as bad as we thought, we thought that the city is poor, in fact... they are so rich...

"Let's return to the inn, and prepare ourselves to return..." I told Orseus and he nodded...

When both of us return, there is a gossip spread... and people are very interested...

"Have you heard the news about Haven?" the man asked...

It catch our attention now... Zerotus-sama should be there...

"I heard that there was a great fight last week..." the man said...

"And now, the city changes into a wood city..." he continues...

"Wood? What do you mean?" another man asked...

"The city is literally surrounded by trees, like a jungle... and it is said that the fourth was there..." the man that spread the gossip said...

Fourth, Zerotus-sama...

That is not like him... creating a huge chaos like that...

I hope he is alright...

"He was fighting against the Eighth..." the man said..,

Everyone arounds him become interested...

"But Navroth-sama also sent ten S-Ranked Assassins... which is able to equalize Fourth..." the man said...

"Who wins?!" a man asked...

"Yes! Tell us the winner!" an old man asked...

"Of course! Navroth-sama win!" the man said...

And all of them shouted a battlecry...

What is this...

Zerotus-sama...

"Change of plan..." Orseus said...

I nodded...

"Check Haven..." I said

"We should go fast..." Orseus said...

S Ranked Assassins... that is equal to a Legend Tier Swordsman or Spearman...

And ten of them?!

"Zerotus-sama..." I called his name...

"He won't heard that..." Orseus said while we run toward the inn...

Zerotus-sama.... No, Everyone... stay alive...

=== Nicolas Point of View ===

A week has passed... and we arrived back at Aren...

"Ah! You are back!" Doctor Frans said...

We visited him in a crowded place in the plaza of Aren...

He is a doctor after all, which is why there are a lot of person visit him... and he has been a doctor for this city, and the people of Aren accepted him already as one of their people...

It would be a good occupation actually... maybe I could be a doctor when I retire...

"Can you give me time, until tonight?" Doctor Frans asked...

Ethan nodded... since there are a lot of patients waiting outside...

We then left the building he rent...

"Morgan's party... you guys search for food and other supplies... My party will be taking the ship..." Ethan said to Morgan...

Morgan nodded...

We split into two now... and our party is moving to the harbor, where we put our ship...

Eria, Roxane and Rin do the talking, while we stay behind...

"Nico, are you okay?" Ethan asked me...

"I am okay..." I said

"Is something wrong?" I asked...

Ethan nodded...

"You are worrying about someone" Ethan told me...

I looked at him...

And then I face to the beach...

It is almost sunset...

"I think so... I have a bad feeling..." I said...

Then I remember something...

"I did not cast 'Enhancement Magic' to Grandpa" I said while standing up...

Ed and Ethan looked at me with worried...

"Why don't you check it now?" Ethan asked me...

I don't know... I'm just... not brave enough to see...

I let a sigh...

I have to check him...

"Zerotus Maxwell..." I said...

And... my vision change...

Not a sunset anymore... but a dark place...

"Where am I?" I said

This place is dark, and I can't see anything...

"W-What does it mean?!" I said a bit louder...

M-My bad feeling...

Is it real?

"Nico?" a voice from distance...

"Grandpa?!" I shouted...

I looked around... but I can't see anything... where is Grandpa!

"Grandpa!" I shouted once more...

"Nico!!"

And suddenly, the view change into a beautiful sunset...

I am freezing and can't move because of the shock...

"Nico? Are you alright?" Ethan asked...

"Nisan... why are you sweating so much?..." Ed asked worriedly...

I...

"I-I don't know... something bad is happening..." I told Ed...

"You keep saying that this past week..." Ethan said to me...

"What did you see?" Ed asked me...

I looked at him with serious face...

"Nothing..." I said...

Now both of them looked confused...

"Nothing?" Both asked in unison...

"Yes... just a total dark..." I said...

Now both of them looked confuse...

"I-Is he captured?" Ed asked innocently...

That is actually better... rather than...death...

"Death..." I said...

Now both of them looked at me...

"What?" Ethan asked me...

"N-No... that is just my bad thought... sorry..." I said...

Ed looked a bit worried now...

"Want to check Haven?" Ethan asked me...

I looked at Ethan...

My mind is not okay... bad thoughts are always coming...

"We are back!" Rin said happily...

The three of us stand up...

Now it is getting pretty dark...

"Nico... are you alright?" Eria asked me...

I nodded...

"I'm okay! What's the price?" I asked...

"It is 15 golds..." Roxane said...

"I see... then let's go" I told them and left... I enter the ship first before anyone else...

=== Ed Point of View ===

He is definitely not fine...

"Is something wrong?" Roxane asked me...

"He has some bad feeling..." I said...

And now everyone let a sigh...

"He said that since last week..." Eria said...

I nodded...

But I do feel a bad feeling as well...

"He is really worrying about something..." Rin said...

Ah yes, Rin can detect people's feeling...

"Hey! Let's go!" Nico shouted from a far...

The five of us begin to move and follow him...

Then we finally return to our own ship...

"Ed... can we talk?" Eria asked me...

Hmmm? Is there something wrong? She looks pretty serious...

"Sure..." I said...

And she lead us to a place far from the other

Which is off the ship, in the harbor...

"Ed..." she calls me...

"Yes?" I asked...

The breeze feels so good...

It is a good time for sailing...

"Do you think that you should calm your brother down?" Eria asked me...

"Me?" I asked...

"Yes... you are his brother..." Eria said...

"Is it really that bad?" I asked...

And she nodded...

"You see, when we were on our way to Vosen..." Eria start to telling a story

"He is not sleeping for days... I don't even know why..." Eria said...

"I never know that..." I said...

"Yes, but Rin notice it first..." Eria told me...

"Rin?" I asked back...

She nodded...

I see... Rin is sure a great person...

"I see... I will try it..." I told Eria...

And she give me a smile...

"Thanks..." Eria said...

"Hey! Both of you!" someone called both of us...

When we looked at the person...

"Doctor Frans!" Eria called his name...

He bring a lot of equipment...

"Oh! Sure!" Eria said once again... and now both of us are helping him to bring his equipment and other things to the ship...

After we helped Doctor Frans... Morgan's party arrived...

"Ed, you go help them, I will call the other..." Eria said and I nodded...

Eria left and I approached Morgan's carriage...

When I come closer...

"Are both of you okay?" I asked Nate and Nathalia...

Both of them looks... in shock... their face looks like after seeing a ghost...

"Ed... can we talk?" Noah asked me...

"Sure..." I said in a bit worried way...

And both Noah and I left the carriage...

After we are far enough...

"This is a bad news..." Noah told me...

I nodded...

"What is it?" I asked...

Now he remain silent... while keep staring at me...

And finally he let a sigh...

"Zerotus Maxwell is dead..." Noah said...

....

Grandpa?

"No... of course that is a lie... he is stronger than you thought!" I told Noah...

"Yes, I know..." Noah said...

No... he is not dead...

I am used to it...

There are a lot of my friends that died already since I was still in the Kingsguard...

Yes... there were more beside Noah and I... there were 8 other...

But I don't feel this emotion back there...

But, why I do feel hurt inside my heart now...

Is it because I am related to him?

No... there is no proof about Grandpa's death as well...

"But there is no proof right?" I told Noah...

"Yes! It is only a mere rumor... you should not believe that!" I told Noah...

But now Noah is looking away...

And he hold my shoulder...

"His name is gone... from the 10 strongest monument..." Noah told me...

"N-No... there should be some kind of mistake!" I told Noah...

And I left him by running...

Nicolas Point of View

So...

Grandpa is dead...

I over heard Noah and Ed conversation from behind the supplies Doctor Frans brought...

Ed run and return to the ship

I know this already... which is why I am not feeling really sad...

Grandpa...

Who killed him?

I come closer and approach Noah... and he looked surprised...

"Sorry for your lost..." Noah said to me...

I nodded...

He knows that I heard their conversation?

As expected from the Kingsguard...

"Any news about grandpa's killer?" I asked Noah...

He nodded...

"Dead..." Noah said...

Dead?

"Who kill it?" I asked...

"Zerotus-sama did... he took down around 10.000 enemies..." noah said to me...

Grandpa...

Noah hold my shoulder...

"It seems that you knew it already..." Noah said...

I nodded...

"Only feelings... I even heard grandpa's voice..." I told Noah...

He looked surprised...

But then he say

"Your brothers and sister... are both still in shock... you must calm them down, and bring them back to their prime..." Noah told me

"Yeah, what you said is right..." I said while looking down...

"You see, you are the oldest son... and you have to help your brother and sister... I know that it is hard for you as well... but they are your highest priority right now..." Noah said...

I nodded...

"Thanks Noah..." I thanked him... and he poke my shoulder and give me a smile...

"I will join with the other..." Noah said to me...

I nodded...

Noah left me...

And I decided to calm Nathalia and Nate first...

When I arrived in front of the carriage, Nate and Nathalia come and hug me at once...

"Nisan!" Nate said while crying...

"Grandpa is dead!" Nathalia told me...

Both of them are still hugging me...

I nodded... and hug them back...

"I know..." I said

That is not calming them down

"Hey... Nate... Nathalia... listen to me..." I said to both of them...

Both of them looked into my eyes...

"Grandpa do not want us to be sad... is that true?" I asked them...

Both of them nodded with teary eyes...

"Then, we have to be stronger... like Grandpa even stronger than him, we should be stronger and protect those who we love..." I told both of them...

Nate wiped his tears...

"Yes... you are correct..." Nate said...

"B-But... grandpa is not here anymore..." Nathalia said...

Now Nate's eye become teary again...

"He is always with us.... Here..." I said while touch both of their heart...

Now both of them wiped their tears once more...

"He is watching us... so don't cry..." I said...

They nodded...

It seems that I am quite a charismatic person...

"If he see us crying, it would break his heart..." I said...

Yes... Grandpa is a very caring person, also a great teacher...

Both Nathalia and Nate wipe their tears...

"Let's cheer Ed up..." I said to both of them...

Both of them nodded...

Everyone looked at us happily now...

"Both of you are okay now?" Morgan asked...

Both Nate and Nathalia nodded...

Morgan let a sigh...

"I will be counting on both of you again..." Morgan said...

"Sure..." Nathalia said... and Nate does only nod...

I looked around and found Noah... he gives me a wink...

And I return it with a smile...

"We will talk to Ed... then we can help you..." I said to Morgan...

"Don't worry about it..." Eria said while taking up several supplies with her hand...

"E-Eria?!" I am surprised that she is here...

Eria let a sigh...

"I told Ed to cheer you up... but now it seems that you have to cheer him up..." Eria said to me...

She told Ed to cheer me up? Was I in a bad mood?

"We will..." Nate said...

"Let's go!" Nathalia said...

"Okay!" Nate and I said in unison...

The three of us run to the ship...

Then the three of us meet Rin...

"Nico! You looked... better!" Rin said...

I give him a smile...

"But you see... Ed is getting worse..." Rin said...

I nodded and patted Rin...

"Thanks for always watching us..." I said to Rin... and he smiled...

"I will and always!" Rin said...

Yes... he reads our mood and notice it immediately... he is a very important friend...

I enter the room where Ed is... and... I can see he is talking with Ethan...

When Ethan realize that we are coming, he stood up from the chair... and say

"Your brother is here..." Ethan said to Ed... and Ed looked at me...

"Nisan..." Ed said...

Ethan come toward me...

"Help him..." he said and left us...

Now the three of us enter the room...

"N-Nathalia? Nate-nisan?" Ed said in surprised...

"Hey Ed..." Nate said and he sit in front of Ed...

Both Nathalia and I come closer, and the four of us sit like creating a circle...

"Ed... I believe grandpa won't be happy to see you like this..." Nate said...

"I know... but he isn't here anymore..." Ed said...

"He is always with us..." Nathalia said while hugging Ed...

Now I can hear a crying...

"He is always watching us you know... even now..." Nathalia said...

Ed's cry is still flowing from his eye..l

"Let's become stronger together... as strong as grandpa!" I said to motivate Ed...

Ed stopped crying... and he wiped his tear...

Nathalia released him from her hug...

Ed nodded...

"Yes... we must stopped Navroth at all cost..." Ed said with determination

The three of us nodded... but I believe...

There is a hesitation in the three of us...

"But... as strong as grandpa? That is almost impossible..." Ed said...

Nate and Nathalia give a thought....

And now, I give a thought...

Hmm... he is the person I admire...

Maxim told me to focus on one weapon... but Grandpa could use Sword and Magic at the same time... and when I told Maxim about that, he was mad and told me that Grandpa is a talented man, not everyone could do that...

"Not us, but one..." Nathalia said...

Grandpa... I hope you could be here... and teach us more, about magic or even swordsmanship... I won't be able to surpass you if you are not here...

I let a sigh... and direct my view toward my brothers and sister...

"What?" I asked in confusion...

Why does the three of them looked at me like that...

Then the three of them laughed... what did they talk about...

Now everyone enter the room... I believe they heard our voice from the outside...

"Are you done?" Ethan asked Ed...

Ed nodded...

Now I can see smile on everyone's face...

"Change of plan... we will be heading to Haven..." Ethan said...

Now, the four of us looked surprised...

"Are you sure?" I asked

"Yes, we have to retrieve the staff..." Ethan said...

Ah yes... I almost forget about that...

We will continue your job... Grandpa... please watch over us...

"All of you ready?" Doctor Frans asked...

We nodded...

Oh... where is Bran?!

"Ethan! Where is Bran?" I asked Ethan...

And he hit his face with his own hand... he looks a bit disappointed...

Even Eria, Ed, Roxane and Rin laughed...

"He is tired of you... and decided not to join us..." Ethan said while laughing...

"W-What? What did I do?" I asked...

I do ignore almost everything since I have those bad feeling...

"You ignored him every time he talks..." Eria said with a smile...

"Yes... but I don't really like him... he talk too much..." Rin said...

Only both Ethan and Ed laugh...

"He do talk a lot... even Tousan asked him to shut his mouth once..." Ethan said

Ed laughed...

"R-Really? Wow! King Ethen is truly awesome!" I said...

"No, Nico... you are much better..." Roxane said, and now the five of them laughed...

"Who is Bran?" Nate asked me...

And now the five of us stop talking...

"It is..." I was about to explain but...

"Someone unimportant..." Ethan said... and again the five of us laughing...

We have forgotten about our sorrow... now... we move on...

To Haven!