<u>Side story 1:</u>
My name is Allicia Aorela Saturna, my father is the king of the Garmille Kingdome, it is said that it was founded on the ruins of a Vermillion city. The Vermillion, the child of the Tytans, enemy of our goddess, wielder of a strength rivaling with the dragon.
I thought they were only a legend but today a man appeared in front of Eric and me when we were strolling in the street, he came from the sky, with strange looking clothes, he introduced himself as ''Apocalypse Vermillion: The God of Wrath'', although he didn''t look very strong if he was really a Vermillion we had to be careful.
I tried to warn Eric who is the type to get Hot-headed very quickly, but he didn''t let me, he attacked the stranger immediately, but what happened left me dumbfounded, I couldn''t see anything but that Eric''s sword had been broken and was pointed just in front of his eyes.
I knew Eric since childhood and I could say that he has an astonishing talent in swordsmanship, and only a few people in the kingdom could hope to win against him in a 1vs1 battle, but here he was easily overpowered.
I gathered my courage and asked the man to let go of Eric, and … he surprisingly accepted, I would be lying if I said that I wasn''t afraid. Then the man called me princess, not that it''s difficult to know that I''m a princess but it''s just if someone was called princess when not being a member of the royal family he would be at best thrown in prison or at worst executed, so you could say that he took quite the gamble with my life just now.
Wh... What he wants an audience with father, if I refuse now he could just wipe us all so I had no chance to decline.
I invited him in the carriage and sat down ignoring Eric who was complaining. I once again gathered my courage, no matter how powerful he is, I don''t think he''s a Vermillion, so I asked who he really was, and he once again said that he was a Vermillion and with a strait face at that. I snapped and shouted at him what I was thinking, I broke in cold sweat, I was in no position to refute what he was saying, he could kill me just like he could break a piece of bread.
But he just made a face like he had reached enlightenment, and he asked that I tell him more about the Vermillion''s legend, so he really wasn''t a Vermillion, wait you are a Vermillion, you don''t come from this world, sure a magic that is able to move objects and people across worlds exist but it''s dangerous.
When we arrived in the castle I told him to take a bath, I also ordered the maid to watch if he was doing anything suspicious, what running on water ..... I give up .... I''m sure next time he is going to say he can fly. I talked to father.
[Allicia what brings you here ?]
[Father, a man who claims to be a Vermillion wants an audience with you.]
[What''s this blasphemy, I am going to get him executed !!]
[Father .... No matter how hard I want to deny it, I can''t help but to believe him, his strength is ..... not something that we can take lightly.]
[Fine ... but if he is a fraud I''m going to get him executed.]
[Thank you, father.]
I rejoined with Apocalypse and the butler and told him that he had an audience with father. He went directly to the office, father asked to see his strength, I have a really bad feeling.
He hands over his adventurer''s card to father, YOU''RE FOURTEEN YEARS OLD, no way no way no way, lie lie, hu even his adventurer''s card says that, hu what SSS rank, no no no no, dangerous. What do you want to do with this helmet?
''PANG''
WHERE''S THE HELMET, hey it weight at least 2kg this isn''t something you can throw like that.
To be honest, I was surprised when the next morning a magic message came to us saying that a flying helmet killed a wyvern, at the other side of the country, my common sense is breaking apart.
What, you want to stay here and have access to the treasury. Okay, so we''ve got a demi-god shut-in in the palace now, greaaat.
A little later in the evening, I heard another detonation in father''s office, followed with a cold cry from Apocalypse, scaryyyyyyyyy.
Then Apocalypse went to me to ask if I wanted to go to a pic-nic ..... what ..... you throw a tantrum in the palace and that''s the first you ask ..... I give up.
[Allicia what do you think of beastmen ?]
Hu where does that come from ? Even if you ask me, the only beastmen in this country are slaves and some ballsy adventurers.
[Well .... They''re cute .... I guess ...?]
[Yeah I know what you mean, those ears you just want to rub them ''till you die, and damn she''s just so cute, how could one ever make her a slave !]
Wait, wait, WAIT, what''s happening, where''s the arrogant Apocalypse, why was he replaced by a maiden in love, wait again wait, he has fallen in love with a slave doesn''t he .... °-° ..... was I really scared of such a guy ?
[So what about the picnic, there will be beastmen but since you''re okay with them do you want to come ?]
[Euuuu welllll ..... why not ....]
The next morning I knew he was the one who was going to come to wake me up, he he he, I will greet him with my Allicia''s judgment kick, nobody has ever been able to stop it, not even Eric. Here we go, taste thAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhhh stop stop let me down, please. Humph, this fellow is the real deal, to be able to stop my AJK he''s quite powerful. Hey, stop looking at me as if I had no hope.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.
When we entered the carriage we trash talk each other in front of the beastgirl who our dear Apocalypse fell head over heels and .... me a princess, who must deceive greedy noble every day lost this contest .... T-T ..... still it''s true she was cute. We arrived in front of the mine and by the dragons why must he go mad every ten minutes, well at least they act quicker if you do something like that .... I think .... . I CAN''T TAKE IT ANYMORE !!!!! sob sob, the slave''s collar something the best mages worked upon, destroyed by this muscle-head like it was nothing ... sob sob, it was a bad item but can''t you at least feel sorry for the creator ?
HO the stardust lake, how long has it been since I last came here ? Over 5 years, sob sob and still not married sob sob, am I going to die without even fulfilling my role as a princess. The food was not the high class one like in the palace, it was something a well managed inn would make for dinner, but it was surprisingly tasty. After Eali and me had finished eating we played a little together while Apocalypse was doing a round .
[Hey Eali, what do you think of Apocalypse ?]
[....]
She didn''t answer. Humph let''s push a bit more. [You know you can tell me, it''s not like I''m going to tell him, so don''t worry.]
Her ear twitched .... cute ....
[I-I think Apocalypse is nice ....[And ....] a-and stro-strong [And ....(slurp slurp, let the S way pervert you, young mage)] a-aa-and cool [Why ?] he''s ta-tall, he protected mom, h-he removed th-the collar, he''s gentle with me like mom, h-he''s very nice.]
Ho my god when I am going to tell him that what will be his reaction I wonder. Ho speaking of the wolf. Eali is really fast asleep, doesn''t she. Ho quit praising her, just listen to what I have to say ....
[I think I will propose in two years.]
°-° what ?? Aren''t you to quick, like, way too quick, you just met her yesterday, didn''t you ?
Ha a guard, hum something private to talk about, tss even this muscle-head should know what''s coming, why are you following him you idiot do you really believe him or are you just playing along. After the guard and Apocalypse disappeared behind our carriage, the other coachmen started to surround us, taking weapons from their belt, then a wolf tribe beastmen began to shout towards them.
[Damnit I knew we couldn''t trust this guy, do what you have to do but we will not stand still you bastards !!!]
I also shouted.
[What''s the meaning of this, Those beastmen are employes of Apocalypse Vermillion, do you think you can get away with it.]
One the guy answered clearly looking down on us.
[tss And so what that guy''s dead anyway what do you want him to do.]
Eali began crying, well she never witnessed Apocalypse''s power.
[Hey kill the men quickly so we can have fun with the .....]
Then a roar that would make a manticore turn pale resounded.
[DON''T LOOK DOWN ON ME GRAMPS !!!]
Ho I''ve never heard of carriage that could fly, well now we''re sure he''s alive, hum he''s breathing in, by reflex I covered my ears, the people around me did the same, then another roar more ferocious than the first one was heard.
[SHUT THE FUCK UP !!!!]
Apocalypse disappeared from where he was and reappeared in front of the spokesman of the coachman, nobody could react, his head blew up, even me who was used to seeing people dying, because as the princess I had to assist to various execution found this scene too graphic and had to fight the urge to threw up. Thus began a one-sided battle, I saw some of the children threw up, Eali did her best no to.
When Apocalypse killed the last one a name came out, it was the prime minister, well I will take care of that latter for now I tried to ask him.
[Apocalypse …. are you alright ?]
[I''m …. I''m alright …. Thanks.]
Liar, liar this is not the smile of someone who''s okay.
Eali''s POV
Today mother said that I will be 13 years old, however, she was looking sad, I recall the stories she told me about dad and big brother, how she was made to mate with dad when she was only my age and how he and big brother died in a cave-in little after my birth.
I don''t want mom to be sad, sometimes she would give her meal to me and take the punishment in my place, I want to see mom smile but we can''t, we are slaves. When I was eating my poor soop which is more water than vegetables a guard bumped into me making me spill the soup all over him, he did it on purpose, he began to kick me and yell at me, this guard I already saw kill other slaves just for fun I know I won''t survive this, I can already see the glittering of his blade and yet when I should be dead, a man was standing before me his back facing me, this man smell''s was .... superior and strange, a mix between smoke, stone, strange smelling water and .... power so much power that I thought I would drown in it. The man said in the most angerful voice I ever heard :
|WHAT THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU''RE DOING, YOU BASTARD !!|
And I saw a broken sword but what surprised me the most wasn''t that, no it was what I saw on the man''s arm .... scales, he does not smell like a dragon-newt so why has he scales ? Huh, the scales disappeared whaaattt what''s happening, I''m flying, is he kidnapping me ? I don''t want to leave mom, I cry, I want to see mom. I barely notice the man kicking his way into the castle and yelling at a noble looking man .... Is he the king, why is this man yelling at the king ?
After this outburst of anger, the man gave me to some maids and told them to wash me properly, on the way he asked me several questions in a warm yet sorrowful voice.
While bathing I could hear the maid speaking about a slave needing to please its master and how jealous they were of me who was taken by him, they referred him as lord Vermillion and said he was someone they don''t know anything about yet is supposed to bear incredible power.
I was dressed and brought to lord Vermillion''s room and see him more clearly, shoulder-long light-brown hair and a little beard, his deep green eyes are filled with brown dots as if I was watching a forest from the sky, his white skin making me think that he doesn''t go out very often, as soon as I entered the room he stared at me with intensity I remember what the maid said and undressed myself before being stopped faster than I could react, lord Vermillion was looking in my eyes and asked me why did I do that, I don''t understand, is it bad ? I answer that I heard the maid speaking about it. He let out a sigh and looked at me and said I wasn''t a slave anymore as he said that I felt mana boiling inside me and saw my slaves collar on the ground and he kissed me on the forehead.
I don''t understand, mother told me to be wary of nobles and men in generals but this one is so ... warm he told me to eat, it was the first time I ate something like that I almost cried again, when it was time to sleep I said I would sleep on the floor but he said he would, it was fun arguing who was going to sleep on the bed and we agreed to sleep together but I would use the blanket since I was more feeble than him.
The day after that after breakfast I was brought to a carriage and soon after lord vermillion came with a rich girl who was around my age, they were joking around and I learned that the girl was the princess and that Apocalypse, he told me to call him that was not a noble and found me cute, I don''t know why but that made me feel happy.
We got back to the mine and Apocalypse release everyone from the slave collar, he also saved mom from the guard of yesterday, we were then brought near to a lake to have a ... pic-nic ? Apparently, it is when you eat in the wilderness.
After we ate Allicia began to ask strange question a-a-and I just answered what came to my mind and after that I quicly fell asleep on mother''s laps, when I woke up people were shouting at each other, the ones with the weapons saying that Apocalypse died, I cried, I don''t know why but I cried and in the corner of my eyes I saw a carriage fly and here was standing Apocalypse oddly the blade in his heart didn''t bother him at all and I think I am the only one who saw it but he had those scales on his arms again.
It followed by a bloody massacre, I had to fight to not throw up, and this day I witnessed the strength of the man who one day will bring many changes to this world.