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At the entrance to Grand Chokmah, a soldier named General Frings took
custody of us. Apparently he had come to meet us ad Emrls' request. He got a
room for us at the hotel so we could cure Christian's curse slot. I was going to
follow him in, but Sion stopped me.
Sion says that a curse slot can't make you do something you don't really
want to do. So that means Christian must hate me enough to want to kill me.
I can't believe it... Is it because of Akzeriuth? Or did I hurt Christian
without knowing it...?
General Frings noticed my shock, and made some time for me before we went
to see the Emperor.
I guess I should try to cool myself down a bit...
I was really down and didn't feel like talking to anyone, but Kitten brought
me back to reality. Perhaps Christian did hate me once, she said, but even if so,
he still came back to wait for me at the Crystal Road exit.
...Yeah. I saw him express his trust in me, through Jeremy's eyes. If there
is a reason he hates me enough to want to kill me, I'm sure he'll tell me
about it. I ought to trust him, just like he trusted me.
Okay, now's not the time to be sitting around depressed. Let's go find
Emrls and Gwen, and see the Emperor.
General Frings led us into the castle, and we met with Emperor Tyler.
There, we learned that things were just as bad as we had feared.
Kimlasca had declared war on Malkuth, accusing them of killing me and
Gwen in the Akzeriuth incident. So that's why things are so tense here...
And there are reports that the ground near St. Binah is sinking, so it
looks like there's a good possibility St. Binah really will collapse...even
though its collapse isn't written in the Score.
Even worse, the Malkuth army was just sitting around, despite being able
to guess at the danger to St. Binah. Apparently they thought that Akzeriuth
was the work of Kimlasca, done in order to create a reason to go to war, and
that if the Malkuth army moved to St. Binah, it would suffer the same fate.
I asked Emperor Tyler to let us take care of evacuating the people of St.
Binah. If we're the only ones to enter the town, the Malkuth army will be
safe, whatever happens. I thought we could gain his trust that way.
Emrls also spoke up for us, and it was decided to implement the plan: we
would work with the forces stationed in St. Binah to evacuate the citizens of
the town. We've got to hurry to St. Binah now, but I'm still worried about
Christian... Is he doing okay? We should probably stop by the hotel before we leave.
When we reached the hotel, we found out that Sion had succeeded in removing
the curse slot on Christian. Christian had already recovered, and he told me of his past.
Christian was originally from Malkuth--he was the successor to the House of
Count Gardios, the family that controlled Hod Island. But the Hod War broke
out when he was still young, and his family, his servants...all were killed
by the Kimlascan army...by my father, Duke Strife. Christian managed to survive, and
made his way into my mansion to exact revenge.
But Christian really is mature. Even though I'm a replica, I'm still the son of
his most hated enemy. It would only be natural for him to hate me--but he
asked me to take him with me, saying there was something he wanted to
confirm. I'm glad of it, but it must be hard on Christian. Still, he laughed like
he always has, so I don't feel quite as bad. Christian really is a great person.
I'm glad to have him as a friend.
Not only Christian, but Saiyukiness and Sion also joined us as we left for St. Binah.
Sion expressed a strong desire to come. Saiyukiness wanted him to stay here, but
knowing him he'd probably just come along anyway, and besides, it's easier to
protect him if he's with us. Now we just need to head for St. Binah. Let's do
what we can.
 Foxraikov · Mon May 28, 2007 @ 12:12am · 0 Comments |
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