Chopper led the way, opening the door and entering, barely cautious. I followed him keeping my guard up at all times.There was barely anything intact inside the building. Upon entering, I noticed that the roof had caved in and we were bathing in the sun that was rather mild and cold today. Inside presented to us an image of an ancient sanctuary. It was revolutionary inside compared to the outside, in that it was filled with life. With vines covering most of the rubble and grass growing in corners and between tiles, I could tell it wasn't a natural growth yet somehow it didn't feel bad.That peace was short lived though. Soon, we found ourselves standing in front of a tall, dark haired, noble looking man. Despite his impressive gracefulness, he still appeared conniving to some degree and even in all the charm he possessed, something about his disposition was utterly disgusting. I couldn't quite tell you what it was. Perhaps the fact that he stood on an elevated place, among the rubble

Somehow, Chopper managed to drag me out of that place. There were ample supplies for dressing in that town. We took shelter in one of the vacant houses and treated our injuries. Chopper had lost his arm and every time I looked at it, I was in pain. He, having exhausted himself, went to sleep soon after. I foraged for some food and managed to find plenty of it. I thought it would be better if we had a nice meal before leaving and maybe even pack something for the road. It had begun to rain outside. When Chopper woke up, we had a hot meal which tasted heavenly. It is indeed true that hunger is the best spice."Are we leaving, Chopper-san?", I asked him over the meal."Yes""But what about...Azag? He's still at large. We haven't-""Lady said we have to kill Fennerick. She never spoke about Azag. So we're done.""But even so, isn't it too careless?!""I'm returning you to Lady tomorrow. Don't make me repeat myself."I truly felt like a baggage that he just wanted to get rid of.We set out

"Why are you sitting here? I thought you wanted to see His Majesty", Corsen hung over him before he knew it, "Though this is somewhere I expected to find you.""I didn't come along to see the King", Jack lifted his gaze from the endless garden spread before him."You're doing well so I thought it'd be nice to let the King know of your services", Corsen sat beside him on the little stone fence, "Do you miss this place?""Aren't you supposed to be in court? I thought the King summoned all his knights", Jack avoided her question."His Majesty probably just wanted to see Wolfe. He trusts him so much after all. I doubt he'd notice I sent in a proxy.""Corsen", Jack paused for a thought, "Are you happy here?"Corsen looked at him, then moved her eyes back to the endless flowerbeds."Yeah", she nodded, closing her eyes, "Now that you're here.""I don't get it", he replied, looking at his hands that felt fresh and light as they were now unbandaged, "Even if you say we were lovers, I can't rem

"Answer me!"Jack wondered what was shaking him so roughly. It interrupted his dreams and he was greatly annoyed by it."Why won't you let us be at peace? I'm so tired", he was thinking.He imagined he had said it to whatever was disrupting his peaceful time but in reality, Jack was just a husk. His eyes were open and he was breathing but he was not there."Oi!", a strong blow crushed his dreamland and sent him flying.He was finally brought back and he attempted to get up, gaining sight in his eyes and awakening his mind. But the first thing that headed to his senses was pain, unbelievably excruciating pain and he was at a loss at how to let it out. He wanted to scream but voice won't come to him. He couldn't even groan, something was stuck in his throat. He found it hard to breath and his whole body felt awfully numb."Where is she?!"Jack looked back with all the strength he had left in him."Who's that?", he couldn't believe what he was seeing.Wolfe had never looked like that bef

"I believe people cannot stand the idea of not being noticed. They don't realize so often that the race is over. Seraph, have you ever walked in the middle of the road in bright daylight?""Eh?...No...""That's instinct. Even if you were left blindfolded on a road, you would instinctively walk towards a side. That's what's drilled into us. But real freedom is in the middle, where you are exposed and vulnerable. On all sides, there's a world, unknown to you but also fully known by you. It's beautiful, don't you agree Seraph?""Lady...isn't it lonely, though, on this road to freedom?" ******************I have been going around the capital a lot these days. Sight does many chores around town, all on Lady's orders of course and he asked me if I wanted to tag along. I think he'd been wanting to take my mind off of Chopper. Every time I train with his blade, I can't help but wonder what he's up to now.Deli had been helping me train.