Idgar is my boy
|Sorry old man but I didn''t quite get ya there ? I must do what ? It takes five months to go to the Empire on horses, must I make ya remember that my wife is pregnante.|(Apocalypse)
The Prime minister step foward and hand a scroll to me as well as a blazon in the shape of a shield, yeah yeah that''s great and all but my blazon is a red heart with two white roses coiled around it. Confusion must have shown on my face since the Prime minister spoke.
|Do not worry we will give you gryphons and a sky ray to go there, so the trip should take a few days. As for what you must do there ... well three years ago when some of the former slaves decided to return to the Empire we sent one of our men with them to negotiate peace but he hasn''t contacted us since then, so we want someone to investigate it.
This scroll is the written proof that you are our spokerman as for the blazon it is the one of the man we sent, Urn Silverblade, we also told his daughter about it and she will join you as a spokerman, you can take a maximum of five person with you and will need to stay there for at least one month.|(Prime minister)
I grab the scroll and the blazon and look at them before scratching the back of my head and letting out a sigh.
|Sheesh I know that since I became a duke I must obey and all but seriously why now .... *sigh* .... I got it I won''t complain. When must we go ?|(Apocalypse)
|The best would be in two day.|(King)
|Then in two day we go.|(Apocalypse)
I go back to the mansion, the sun is setting, for once I walk a little on the way, I look at my hand.
|Like a dragon-newt hu ? who am I really, is it my fault if we were sent on earth ? My parents who were they ?|(Apocalypse)
Speaking to myself outloud I walk towards the mansion''s gate and open them, I see Hanna playing with the servant''s children, when she see me she walks akwardly towards me, eh isn''t she only 3 years old, isn''t the fast growth limited for the Vermillion. She throw her hands in the air indicating she wants me to pick her up of course I do so.
|Big brother is late today ~~ Daddy and mommy are already eating ~~ they said big brother Apocalypse''s busy ~~|(Hanna)
|Hehehe ya saw right through me little one. What do ya think of joining them ?|(Apocalypse)
I pinch lightly her cheek and giggle a little.
|Ouch ~~ Big brother is a meany *growl* ~~ hehehe Hanna''s a little hungry too ~~|(Hanna)
We go to the dinning room and I see that Yualina, Eali, Ellen and Idgar are eating some orc steak, I put Hanna down and she once again walk akwardly to Idgar wo set her on his lap. I kiss Yua and Eali and sit down on my chair.
|In two days I''m going to the Empire for at least one month.|(Apocalypse)
Idgar hit the table with his mug and look at me in the eyes, although he hasn''t mastered his Ki he look a lot younger than when we first met, his hair took back a healthy light brown colours and his skin lost some of its roughness, when we first met he looked like he was in his late thirties but now I''d say mid-twenties.
|Take me with you kid.|(Idgar)
|Wait Cal ... the Empire isn''t that close, you would miss Yualina''s childbirth|(Eali)
|Wait a second, one at a time, first I will go on a sky ray and escorted by gryphon rider and second although I can take up to five people with me are ya sure about it Idgar ?|(Apocalypse)
|Listen kiddo I''ve got something to do in the Empire and believe me I''m tired of running away so I''m coming with you|(Idgar)
|Is it about you know what ? If it is then I am coming to, now it concern me too after all.|(Ellen)
Suddenly Ellen pop up in our conversation, what are they talking about ? Idgar''s never that fired up when we talk about the Empire so why does he seems okay right now ? Sheesh I swear they are a handful.
|But what will ya do about Hanna, she can''t go with us can she ? It is still a long trip after all.|(Apocalypse)
|Don''t worry dear I will stay here and take care of her, traveling isn''t the best for me right now.|(Yualina)
|As for me I''m going with Cal, I want to see the land of the beastmen.|(Eali)
And it seems that Hanna didn''t understood what we were talking about ... no wonder since she only know about the ansion and the city ... sheesh.
Two days after we are ready to go, I have the shotgun, the smartphone, Zakari''s gloves and boots, still I think there are too much blades on it but who cares. I''ve done some reseach on the shotgun and the smartphone and I think the dimensional transfer turned them into magic tools so he must have notice that too. I hope there wasn''t anybody who got transported with a bazooka because it could be scary.
I am on the sky ray and I''ve got something to say .... big, it is almost twenty meters large so Eali, Idgar, Ellen, Eleonore and me can fit on its back really easily, there is even a small hut so we can sleep without fearing falling. But really no wonders they have so few of them I mean it literally is a whole courtyard large.
|I pay honnor to the dragon sir Vermillion, it is an honnor to escort you for this travel, I am the leader of the gryphon squad Zack Ulber|(Zack)
|Pleasure to meet you, I hope ya won''t have to do much|(Apocalypse)
|Bah don''t say that, we don''t want to become rusty.|(Zack)
We took off and we began to fly, I am in the cabin with Eali, she is playing with my hair.
|Eali ... do you think it is my fault if the Vermillion disappeared ?|(Apocalypse)
|What do you mean Cal ?|(Eali)
|You said I looked like a dragon-newt ... maybe my parents were the Vermillion of wrath and the dragon Forgiveness ? That''s the only solution I can come up with and to be honest Ea, I am scared, I-I am scared it is the case, what would I do if it is ?|(Apocalypse
|Shhhh, shhhh, since when are you a cry-baby like that, seriously no matter what you say it was five hundred years ago you coudn''t have done anything about it so calm down Cal.|(Eali)
|*sigh* I guess it is true, seriously what would I do without ya ?|(Apocalypse)
She giggled a little and kissed me, she had warm and sweat lips, hehe, seriously where did my cute little Eali go, why is there a succubus here now.
The trip was eventless, not a bandit or even a flying monster but we did see some fae fish, fae fish are fish that flies in the sky using a wild version of wind magic, that swarm was really pretty as the sun was making their scales shine and believe me my boy they were delicious.
During the last hour of the trip I asked Idgar why he wanted to go to the Empire and .... welll I did not expected his answer.
|Do you remember when we drank together and I told you I loved Ellen ?|(Idgar)
|Of course I''ll remember that ya were quite drunk at the time, no don''t tell me it is about the other gal ya spoke about what was her name again, Lanna ... Vanna ?|(Apocalypse)
|Yeah it is about her, and it is Hanna, I want to know what she became after the war so ... here I am.|(Idgar)
|wow wow wow Idgar ya have ta explain me a little better ''cause I don''t think I understand correctly there.|(Apocalypse)
Idgar told me the story of Hanna and him, shit, Igdar how come that with such a past you became a poor guard in a city like that, man Idgar ..... Idgar.
|Idgar ya''re ma boy. Seriously I hope for ya she isn''t dead ''cause ya''ve a shot there.|(Apocalypse)
|It was fourteen years ago kiddo but yeah I get what you mean, a shame she is married though.|(Idgar)
That''s how our conversation went and we landed, we were greeted by a large bear-kin male Oh ... sorry female .... I couldn''t because of the muscles, it was not because there isn''t anything that could make you think she was a female of course not *cough cough*. She had thirty our so heavy armored people behind her but none of them was taller that her, heck she is almost as tall as me. But now that I look at her even though you could almost mistake her has a man she is far from being ugly, I''d say that if she ever lose a bit of muscle and gain a little bit of fat she could be a real beauty by my standards.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.
|Who are you, we did not expected envoy from Guarmille.|(Woman)
|We are spokermen sent by the king, I am Eleonore Lylianna Silverblade, S rank adventurer and daughter of Urn Silverblade and this man here is Apocalypse Vermillion, SSS rank adventurer and duke of Stardust, please forgive his appearance he can be a bit of a mucle head from time to time.|(Eleonore)
|What was that Eleonore ? That''s my best suit ya know, seriously, and dont introduce me on yar own I''m not Aniel for go .... tha dragons sake {fuuuuck nice save}, and also before asking someone''s name shouldn''t ya state yar own first ?!|(Apocalypse)
Sheesh this suit his the only one I have right now, what the last one has a huge tear on the back due to a failed assassination attempt, that''s the best I have and that''s all.
The woman snorted and said.
|Turva Wildclaw, knight captain of the Empire, you both have name of sinners, I don''t know why I should accept any of you in the capital.|(Turva)
|What d''ya mean by tha name of sinners ?|(Apocalypse)
|The men named Urn Silverblade and Imperion Vermillion are considered as criminal in this city.|(Turva)
Imperion Vermillion ? I''ve the feeling I heard the name in the past but I can''t remember when ? But it feels so familiar it is bugging me.
|Could I know what did my fater and this guy .... cousin ? .... brother ? ....relative ? have done ?|(Eleonore)
|They both tried to seduce the first princess.|(Turva)
I burst into laugher .... I see now, I remember where I had heard the name Imperion Vermillion. Back on Earth I was playing a MMORPG under my usual name, Apocalypse Vermillion, and I met this guy who called himself Imperion Vermillion, we both found it funny so we spoke with each other from times to time. Once we were joking aout what we would do if we would ever get summoned to another world .... this guy said he would try to fuck a princess.
|Oh fuck .... ha ha ha ha .... fuck I know tha guy but fuck pfttt to think he woud really try it pfffff, no this is too much, please tell me it is a joke ... I can''t breath anymore, oh fuck, oh fuck ohhhhh fuuuuuccccckkk ....... that''s it I am done with it, just take me to him so I can congratulate his own stupidity, oh fuck.|(Apocalypse)
Evrybody is looking at me with eyes open wide trying to understand what was so funny, oh man, I want to see this guy he was a good friend .... I am just wondering if he is a title older or not, because his name makes me think he is but we never know.
Several minutes after my sudden outburst I am in front of a cell with two men in it, the two man have blond hair though one is younger than another and also taller.
|Imperion Vermillion ?|(Apocalypse)
He lift his head to look at me, the chain at his hand clings a little. His eyers are brown and a small beard is showing on his face, but it his him, I can remember that scar on the forehead, he said he fell on a stone when he was ittle and it cutted his forehead.
|What do you want with me ? can''t you just let me go, come on I just touched her butt and I was a kid back then *ouch* what was that for ?|(Imperion)
|Is that really how ya want ta speak ta me Imperion, do ya really want ta meet uncle Apocalypse again ?|(Apocalypse)
Uncle Apocalypse was the nickname he gave me when I killed in chain a player who insulted me, I don''t remember why but I started to speak like an old man and he found it creepy enough to name it .... don''t ask me why. His eyes widen and he look at me with shock.
|Nope I don''t believe that, If you were really Evan you''d know my ...||Shut up Leo.|| Okay you are Evan, but seriously you got transported too ? I thought I was the only one.|(Imperion)
|So when do ya plan on getting away, I know ya can break those chains, can''t ya Imperion Vermillion : The god of pride|(Apocalypse)
i grinn and he does the same, Turva looks at us like she didn''t understood what happened but she quickly grab a double edged axe when Imperion swing his arms and break the chain, Eleonore who was busy discussing with the other man in the cell, who must be her father looks at us like we have done something outragious.
Imperion takes the cell''s bars and bend them so he can pass through, we look at each other, he is taller than me ... that''s rare, we shake our hands in a manly way, the hands held near the chest and the elbow between us and we laugh a little before hugging each other and hitting each other back.
|Good ta see ya old pal, ya seriously went and did it ya stupid.|(Apocalypse)
|Shut up at least I tried to get laid unlike a certain someone.|(Imperior)
|I don''t know of whom yar talking ta, I''ve got two wife and one is pregnant. Eali come here that I introduce ya to an old friend and miss Turva .... sorry but I think I''ll take this idiot home with me, I hope ya''ll accept, for yar own good that is.|(Apocalypse)
She just wave and the guards let go of their weapon, I think she understood she shouldn''t mess with us, thos bars were made of mithril after all. Eali comes near me and Imperion begin to gaze at her, I grab her shoulder and kiss her at first she is surprised but in the end the went with it and begin to play with my tongue, when we part away I turn to Imperion and say.
|Married ya bastard.|(Apocalypse)
|No way you were serious just now, goddammmmppphhhhh|(Imperion)
|Here you say "by the dragon"|(Apocalypse)
He nods and I remove my hand from his mouth.
We are in the throne room with everybody, in front of us there are five people and one baby, three women and two men, the oldest looking is the man with the crown, the empror, he has a mane and lyon ears, he looks like he is in his mid forties but since he is a beastman he must be a little older, then there is the empress, she is a silver wolf-kin and looks a little bit older than Isolia. Thenn there is the other men, he also is a silver wolk-kin and has short hair, he has a sword on his waist like the girl next to him, she is a lyon-kin but she doesn''t have a mane. Next to her there is another silver wolf-kin she looks shy and has round glasses, she holds on a book. As for the baby ... i don''t know I can''t really see him.
The silver wolf-kin spoke with a voice filled with disdain.
|What are those filthy humans and that traitror doing here, and who let those criminals walk in the castle|(Siverwolf-kin boy)
|Silence Ignilion. Tell me humans, why did Guarmille has sent you ?|(Emperor)
|Well first he sent us to take back our first spokerman home, then that both her and me tack his place for at least one month to wait for a replacement, as for the two here, they had something to do in the Empire, as for the one yar haughty son called a traitror she is my wife and I would like ya to know that should one call her like that ever again ...be they either commoner or emperor I will trample over them until they beg for mercy.
Now that it is said, I am Apocalypse Vermillion duke of Stardust and SSS rank adventurer, my wife is Eali Vermillion.
This one here is Eleonore something Silverblade. And those two are Idgar and Ellen.|(Apocalypse)
|How dare you speak to esteemed father like tha ...||Ignilion silence|| .... yes father.|(Ignilion)
|I accept that human but can I ask what are you going to do with the criminal Imperion Vermillion ?|(Emperor)
|I guess I''ll tack him back home and do my best to find him a respectable wife so he doesn''t try what he did again, although I can understand why he did it.|(Apocalypse)
I elbow Imperion and wink at him, he does the same .... fuck I love this guy .... no homo. Idgar takes a step fowards and the Emperor looks at me I nod to tell him it is okay.
|What do you want human ?|(Emperor)
|This lowly human want to ask his highness if he knows of someone named Hanna Riverbloom, I woud like to know what happened to her after the war.|(Idgar)
To that the lyon-kin girl spoke.
|If you are speaking about the former captain Hanna she lives in a small house near the city''s hall, can I guess you want to meet her ?|(Lyon-kin girl)
|Yes please, could you have someone to guide me there.|(Idgar)
In the end we were given the permission to go see this Hanna girl. Eali and Eleonore were tired so they went to the room the Emperor provided us with, while Urn and Imperion are sleepin in the cabin on the sky ray, mainly as a punishment for being perverts.
Right now we are at the door of a small house in the slum .... I''ve got a bad feeling about this. Idgar knock at the door and someone open it, it''s a wolf-kin girl, she has short light brown hair and blue eyes, her clothes seems old and dirty, I''d say she is in her early twenties.
|What do you want ? we''ve got no money here.|(Girl)
|Does Hanna Riverbloom lives here ?|(Idgar)
|Who ask for her ?|(girl)
|Tell her it is Idgar.|(Idgar)
From the house a woman''s voice was heard.
|Jean, who is it ? If it is the princess then tell her we need to clean up before she enter.|(Woman)
|It isn''t the princess mom, it''s a human named Idgar or someting like that, do you know him ?|(Jean)
|Did you just say Idgar ?|(Woman)
|Yes|(Jean)
|Let him in imediatly and make us some tea please, that be nice of you.|(Woman)
|Okay.|(Jean)
She tells us to enter the house and that'' what we do, she leads us in a small dinning room, there in a wheel chair is a silver wolf-kin woman who seems to be in her early thirties, although since the girl earlier called her mom she must be in her fifties in my opinion. Her eyes are set on me and she say.
|You''re not Idgar|(Woman)
oops, forgot that he is behind me.
|Indeed I am not but this guy sure is Idgar.|(Apocalypse)
|Hello Hanna, it has been fourteen years, you haven''t changet a bit. By the way was that your daughter ?|(Idgar)
Small tears gather in the woman''s eyes, she wipe them with her finger and a smile on her face, she truy is beautiful, nice catch Idgar.
|Yes ... yes it was. And who are you to speak, it''s like you didn''t aged at all. By the way who is the lady standing behind you ?|(Hanna)
|She is my wife Ellen, and where is your husband ? I''d like to meet him.|(Idgar)
A small hint of sadness could be seen in her eyes in both Idgar revelation and his question .... keep it up man I know you can do it.
|I see ... my husband died a little after our battle, apparently he tried to search for you, to make you pay for making me ... like this .... but he only found a spear in his chest the fool.|(Hanna)
Idgar sighed and Ellen took out a box from her pocket, she opened it and in it was a necklace made of silver,the head of a wolf was fixed on it. Idgar took the necklace and handed it to Hanna who received it tilting her head on the side .... cute .... seriously how can he do that, how can Idgar also be a harem builder ..... sorry Idgar but there can only be one.
*bang bang* I am hit .... I die, Idgar is victorious, Idgar is my boy.
|Does it mean that what you said back then is still valid ?|(Hanna)
|S-shut up it''s embarassing.|(Idgar)
|Then I say yes, seriously, you made me wait for fourteen years you asshole.|(Hanna)
Hehehe I also have a surprise for her, while she was speaking with Idgar I check her body condition with my Ki, I found out that the lower part of her spine had broken so I put my hand on her shoulder and poured my Ki into her, without her noticing I had fixed it, fufufufu, the Ki is all about controlling one''s body while magic is one''s mind. Now she should once agin be able to walk, she must learn again though.
Before leaving the room I tell it to Idgar.
I leave the house and see Jean back on the wall smoking a branch of wood, is it a cigarette ?
|Can I have one ?|(Apocalypse)
|Here.|(Jean)
I light it up with a flame that I made out of magic and begin to smoke it, I never smoked while I was on Earth but right now I think I need one, at the beginning I coughed a little but I got used to it. After a while Jean spoke.
|Love sure is hard isn''t it.|(Jean)
Damnit those beastmen have good ears, or is it just that the wall are paper thin ?
|Rather than hard I would call it strange, no point in hiding it anymore, yar mother is surely going to mary the man who made her like this, although ya will be surprised tomorow morning. But I must admit I find yar mother and Idgar story beautiful, it make me think of a story of my homeland, Romeo and Juliet except that yar mother and Idgar story has a happy ending.|(Apocalypse)
|Do you think I''ll be able to have someone like my mother have ? I admit that alway working since I am 12 years old didn''t made me knowlegeable in the field of love.|(Jean)
|I know a guy who could use having a girlfriend.|(Apocalypse)
|Then introduce me to him when you can. I swear I need to lay down for a while and a good fuck would help.|(Jean)
Quite the tomboy we have here hu ..... yep perfect for him.