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"Lina! Gourry! Zelgadiss! Xelloss! Philia!"
After the attack of Darkstar everyone were disappeared and Amelia didn't know where she was. Everywhere she saw the desert. She felt hurt, every part of her was battered but she guessed that wasn't a big problem and she did passing her healing powers in her body.
She was a little tired when she finished, she saw a shadow distant and she ran to go there, hoping it was one of her friends.
When she was near she could have discovered that it wasn't her lucky day: there was Gharv with red hairs and his huge sword and there was Valgharv, they were speaking about something in an unknown language. She told to high voice don't worried about two figures: "I'm afraid I suffer the mirages already!"
They turned to her and Gharv told amused: "This desert is full of people!"
"You don't trick me. You're dead!" she wanted very much adding about he was dead for the justice but Phibrizio killed him so she would have lied.
"Really!", the red haired mazoku phased in front of the girl and posed his sword on her throat: "Do you want discover how much I'm dead?"
The shining blade was cold while it threatened her life: "I think I'm wrong so I go away and I let you continue your affairs!"
She backed a little when Gharv disappeared again, only her sixth sense saved her to beat her back against him: "I guess I can't go away."
"I want know what a Saylun princess do outside of the barrier."
Amelia started to ask: "What..." then what he said hit her and she was afraid. The barrier disappeared after his death and Phibrizio's death so they were alive: Where she was? or better when she was?
"Sorry but what year is?"
They both laughed: "It's the first time that a person ask me a similar thing. It's the 1010 after the Kouma senshi!"
"WHAT?!"
"Don't shout, what year did you think?!"
While Amelia told to herself she was idiot, silly and other similar things she said: "1013, almost 1014."
"Well intersting. Now give me a very good motif to don't kill you." Amelia reflected a little, she was able to die and keep the future or she was able to change the future and live, maybe. The Justice requested her death but she had other priorities in that moment, survival for example: "I know some plans of Phibrizio about you!"
Gharv arched the brow: "Why would the Hellmaster need divide with you his plans?"
She smiled slightly, she had his interest at least: "Well, I was present when he'll kill you!"
Amelia braced herself and opened slightly her mind: "Be kind."
If somebody had eaten her from inside, it would be seemed the kindness shown from Gharv but he was able to read only that he was dead for hand of Phibrizio, anything else. The girl had strong mental shields and a great pain resistance.
When he finished, she was kneeled and tears stained her cheeks: "... Thank you... very much"
"I must admit that you gave me a very good motif but I think I need know a little more."
"You'll know more when you'll promise that you don't kill me!"
"All right. Valgharv, take her to our base!"
"Yes master!" He took her hand and phased with her.
In a second or little more, they were in a cavern: "Thank you very much, Valgharv!"
"You come from the future!"
"Yes."
"Do you know if I killed every golden dragon?"
"When I went away there were golden dragons! Why do you want know?"
"You can't imagine...!" There was rage and hate in his golden eyes.
"Tell me, I've much fantasy and I haven't a good opinion about the dragons!"
Gharv appeared behind them and they turned almost together towards him: "You're a very strange Saylun princess. I've just seen your other self, she's younger than you and she's a brat. Why have you stopped to speak about the justice!"
"Well, I'm a justice paladin... maybe it's more precise to say I was but I've grown fairly to know it's silly speak about justice with the mazokus, overall if you are making something for them. You was the first to tell me a similar thing. You wanted distract me and kill me"
"Did it work?" He smiled darkly
"Yes, but my friend saved me then I developed an incredible technique against it. Before I continue to fight the enemy, after I ask to myself if he was able to have reason!"
Gharv and Valgharv laughed and Amelia giggled slightly, too: "I didn't imagine you laughed so much!"
"You're funny!"
"I must decide if it's a praise or an offence."
"Well, speak about the Phibrizio plans."
"I would prefer wait an year."
"Why?", He didn't seem pleased.
"Some my past friends are in danger if I speak now."
"Don't you want speak?"
"You joke, if I don't save your life, Valgharv will my life, after."
"So you want survive, well, maybe we have a similar purpose."
"I don't want become mazoku..."
"Princess prejudices..."
"No, last possibility to come back with my friends."
"In 3 or 4 years you'll age more than your other self"
It was the truth: "I'll resolve the problem when it will present itself."
"An immortality pact?"
Amelia paled, it was a solution but it would have chained to Gharv. yeah, as if I wasn't chained to Gharv already but it was heavy the same: "Your idea is tempting, very tempting but I can only hope you're wrong"
"It's not intelligent"
She stood up raged: "The only one intelligent thing that I can do is die but I don't want."
He seemed pleased for her behavior: "As I said we have something in common but I'm afraid I can't accept to wait a year so or you tell me about the Phibrizio's plans or you die."
"Well, the next year a sorceress will kill a part of Shabranigdo with the Giga Slave. He wants use that sorceress as bait after to have her guided against your planes."
"What's her name?"
"I can't betray her."
"I imagine that you've complied at your part. I can offer you two possibilities. One: you serve me. Two: you'll see."
"You was able to say only one possibility." ... what I must do... what I must do... I don't want serve a mazoku but... and what will happen to me? I want cry but I can't in front of him, he will not tolerate weakness. It's not important what will happen, I'm afraid I'll loose myself.
She kneeled: "I'll serve you but I don't think I can obey to every your order."
"When you'll disobey, I'll act as I think better." there was a clear menace in his voice.
"I think you can work with Valgharv for now. Obey to his orders" then he disappeared again.
"Wonderful, I must work with a child!" Valghard said at gritted teeth
"I'm not happier than you but I've almost 17 years old!"
"Must you remain dressed with that?"
"I would like change my dresses but I don't have money with me and I don't know any town near here."
He took her hand and they were in a little street near the market, she said: "And the moneys?"
"Wait a second!" He disappeared for some minutes to come back with some purses. A few of them had little spots of blood.
"Serve yourself!"
"Their owners?" Amelia asked trembling
"They haven't need of them anymore!"
"You killed them. but they didn't do anything to you!"
"When I need of something, I take it."
"I can't use them!"
Valgharv beat her against the wall: "Well, I explain some rules to you. I'm a mazoku, you serve me and or you take that moneys or you go around naked. I'm not interested in that justice that you loves so much. The next time that you have a similar behavior I'll be sure to teach you that some experiences are worse than the death. Have you understood?"
Amelia nodded: "Yes!"
He let her come back with the feet on the ground. Amelia took the moneys of the purses and she put them in the pocket.
Then she went to the market after a last suggestion of Val: "I remain here. I don't love the shops. Don't use the magic. they are not used to it!"
The market was full of life but some persons weren't there. Valgharv killed them and he gave her their moneys. She was a thief now and she was guilty for the murder because she knew there was been but she wasn't able to punish Valgharv. She didn't feel better than him
She saw a shop, inside she tried some dresses but they seemed strange and uncomfortable so with great surprise of the seller she looked for male suits and she found only two that were for her. She paid and kept the black suit on her and the blue suit and the white dress in a sack that the seller gave her. Then she came back to Valgharv. He almost smiled: "You're better!"
Amelia wasn't very pleased, her soul was too much sad but she tried to smile: "So have I your approval?" She asked while she turned on herself.
"You have it, well I guess that I can take you on my base."
"Do you've a private base?"
"No that's the place where we'll start the next operation" than he phased with her.
She was in a cavern, some torches gave light and there were a fox-man and a lizard man that played at poker. The fox-man was winning.
Valgharv interrupted the game: "Well, have you found the place where Shabranigdo hid the dark gem?"
Jiras answered: "No, boss. We found many book but many are in a foreign language and we didn't understood. The book that we understood didn't describe anything of interesting."
His voice seemed calm: "And what are you doing?"
"We rested a little!"
"Well, if you don't want an eternal rest, come back to work!"
"Yes sir!" they ran away.
"Well, you can't be sillier than them!"
Amelia pouted: "Thank you very much. Does Gharv want be entirely mazoku again?"
"What do you know about the gem?"
"What every sorceress knows. It's cursed and it can transform any human in mazoku promising incredible powers. Somebody supposed that it has a different power for a mazoku."
"Well, the library is there. You can look for news better than them!"
Amelia walked in the darkness guided only by the light she created.
The time passed, the hours became days and the days became month.
"Happy birthday Amelia!"
"Thank you very much Amelia."
The princess was in one of the cavern. She just came back from one of the libraries outside of the cavern where she took (stole, more exactly)an important book.
She smiled sadly: "It's too much simple steal outside of the barrier, they haven't true mages!"
She remembered when Valgharv asked her to steal the first time, she refused and he only kept his old promise. She trembled: "There are some things worse than the death."
"You did." Valgharv appeared from the shadows.
"I did but I don't think it's very interesting."
"You're changed little sorceress."
"I'm 17 years old, now!"
"When had you your birthday?"
She smiled: "Today."
"Ah. You must stop to live in the past, you know!"
One of things she lost with the time was the patience: "I live in the past! I don't have as my only end kill an entire race for a ancient wrong!"
"Only because anybody was cause of your situation!" Valgharv seemed raged.
"Maybe you're right but you can't understand my situation. I hoped that after the first battle with Darkstar, I could be united with my friends as anything was happened. Every day I know ever more, my dream is impossible. I'm not a Saylun princess, I don't have any friend and I can't come back what I was. Some times ago I would have punished what I do now so simply.
My future is lost and my past would be better if it was lost."
The eyes of the half ancient dragon were almost kind when he looked her. His hands took hers in a common gesture but it seemed new with the kindness that she red in him: "You're cute and you seem very alone here. I would like do something for you. Let me take away the loneliness and take away the mine."
He kissed her, a stone shadows appeared in her memory, but it seemed only that a shadow, she felt alone and he wanted take away that. Tears flowed her cheeks while she gave in the kiss.