[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Dishonest Honesty Part 3 (discarded version)
Haha, the end of each month is always hectic. :'D;; Now it's October! I hope the end of this month isn't as hectic because I would very much like to enjoy my Halloween. XD
I thought I was on the verge of getting sick on Monday, but now I feel all better! So phew. \o\ Let's hope it stays this way~~ *continues to chug down lots of tea*
Here's Part 3 of the abandoned version of Dishonest Honesty! :3;; The story really doesn't go anywhere, haha.
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Dishonest Honesty Part 3: Storm
When I regained consciousness, the first thing I saw was a very uninteresting ceiling. It was light gray, with a few bumps here and there. I actually thought it was merely my own ceiling, except the ceiling was coming into sharp focus. I don’t think I ever noticed the unevenness of my ceiling before. After years of endless paperwork, my eyesight just wasn’t as good as it used to be. Sometimes, I had to squint if I wanted to see things clearly.
Has my eyesight improved? What an uninteresting sight to see in such clarity…
Gentle fingers disturbed my musings about the uninteresting ceiling and my maybe-better-than-usual-eyesight. The fingers threaded through my hair, ghosting across my neck at where my hair ended. My head was also resting on something that was softer than any pillow I’d ever used before.
Wait…
Immediately, my hand flew up to my hair because there was no way it could be short enough to expose my neck. I would never willingly chop off my carefully maintained hair. I then encountered the hand that was playing with my hair. Dainty fingers grasped mine in a loose hold.
“Earth Knight, are you alright now?” a female voice asked in concern. The voice was soon matched with a face that was now blocking the uninteresting ceiling from my view, but I’d really rather have that view back.
It was the female cleric. I was resting on her lap.
And both of us were on the bed.
Together.
Alarmed, I flew straight up, tore my hand out of her grasp, and backed as far away as I could from her. She stared at me, then down at her now empty hand. She dropped her hand, instead using it to smooth her skirt, probably in an attempt to disguise any lingering awkwardness. If I had had my wits about me, I might have felt bad for her, but I myself was in a dilemma.
“W-What did you call me?” I asked, my mind still not caught up. Close proximity with a girl was not helping me think at all.
“Earth Knight?” the cleric said hesitantly.
Earth Knight? What bizarre dream have I landed myself in? Oh my God of Light, that soft feeling was her thighs of all things…
Just when I thought I was about to lose my mind, the door swung open, causing both of us on the bed to jump in fright. I swiveled my head to stare at the door. I couldn’t have asked for better timing. Any longer, and my brain would have been fried.
I wanted out. Even if whoever at the door was a rotting skeleton, I would probably have worshiped the ground it walked on for giving me an out.
It turned out, however, that the person at the door wasn’t a rotting skeleton but rather Sun. If I had truly fallen at his feet to worship him, I probably wouldn’t have been considered crazy.
Probably.
Since Sun was the leader of the Holy Temple and all.
I mean, at least I’d get less of a side-eye than if I ended up worshiping a rotting skeleton.
Right?
“Brother Earth, the God of Light bade Sun to visit his best friend on this splendid day!” exclaimed Sun by the door in an extremely exaggerated fashion that probably always made Earth want to punch the smile off of Sun’s face, but at the moment, I welcomed Sun and his impeccable timing more than I had ever wanted for his presence. The way he spoke even sounded like music to my ears, though I couldn’t care less about what he was actually saying.
I didn’t know if it was my imagination or not, but when Sun walked in, the room suddenly seemed a lot brighter. He turned to me and the cleric with a smile plastered on his face.
People who didn’t know Sun well would think this a benevolent smile. I knew better. It was a smile that meant, “Oh you bastard Earth, how dare you be at this again when I can’t have any women!” That was Sun’s smile that was reserved specifically for when he got pissed off at Earth. Which was actually quite often.
It hit me like a ton of bricks. No, actually, it felt like that one time when my carefully piled paperwork toppled over and squashed me in my own bedroom.
I’m Earth. I’m seriously Earth.
Having caught Sun’s attention, the cleric blushed and slid off the bed.
Just how has Earth been able to maintain his reputation of an honest and shy holy knight when the first thing I find when I “become” him is a woman in his room?
“Take care, Earth Knight. And thank you again for the help,” she murmured before she left. When she exited the room, I belatedly noticed the hair tie she was using to tie up her hair. I remembered her. She was the sister of one of the holy knights in the Leaf Knight Platoon.
Earth even goes after the sisters of our holy knights?!
“What do you want, Sun?” I asked absentmindedly without any heat behind my words. Earth might fly into a rage at Sun for the interruption, but I couldn’t be any more thankful than I currently was. And tired too. Besides, my head felt light.
Am I about to black out again?
I reached a hand up to my hair - Earth’s hair? - and fingered the ends. It was so short. It made the back of my neck feel cold. I shrunk into the collar of the shirt I was wearing, hoping that it would cover my neck and keep the draft out.
Sun kept smiling his pleased smile at thwarting “Earth” even as he crossed his arms. He didn’t know that he’d just saved me from a panic attack. He asked, “Does Sun need a reason for visiting Brother Earth? Sun truly has not seen Brother Earth in days and wished to catch up.”
I parsed the words in my mind.
Translation. Sun hadn’t bothered Earth in a while. Now he was playing catch up with bothering Earth. The question was, what had kept Sun from interrupting Earth’s conquests?
I could put two and two together.
Right now, I was apparently Earth.
Previously, I’d thought Sun’s behavior strange, from the way he carried himself and smiled to his sudden aptitude with a sword.
Conclusion. Sun must have landed himself in a similar situation to the one I was in now. Based on the devilish smile he was currently directing at me, he was probably back to normal. This person before me was Sun all the way through. Only he ever smiled at Earth like that.
I was probably crazy for coming up with this explanation for the oddity of Sun’s smile, but I was quite willing to believe it since I was personally having an out of body experience at this very moment. I was surprised I wasn’t freaked out even more than I already was. Okay fine, I’d already fainted once, but that was because of other reasons.
The question now was, who had Sun swapped bodies with? Who had he been, and who had smiled at me with Sun’s face, who knew Sun well enough to almost escape my notice?
Wait, since I’m currently Earth, does that mean I’ve swapped places with him? Is he out there as…me?
That was the logical conclusion.
I must have paled dramatically because Sun sounded concerned as he asked, “Earth? You still alive?”
Or maybe he was just weirded out by how long I’d remained silent. Either way, Sun expressing concern for Earth was headline-worthy.
“I’m fine,” I muttered, “but I have somewhere I need to be.”
I leaped off of the bed and pushed past Sun in a hurry. He stared up at me, eyebrows lifted, probably to question my sanity.
Goodness, I’m a whole head taller than Sun now. He’s short.
I nearly ran into the door in my absentmindedness. Earth really was a lot taller than I thought. It was going to take some time to get used to our difference in height with his longer limbs. Trying to walk with his feet was like jumping into water without even knowing whether I could swim or not, but there was no time to practice. I put one leg in front of another, letting muscle memory take over.
This is not your body, I reminded myself. Don’t force your logic onto it.
I hurriedly walked in the direction of the corridor I had been in before I magically ended up in Earth’s room.
Now that I realized there was a possibility that Earth was out there as me, I couldn’t just sit here and freak out by myself.
Who knew what Earth would do as me? The very thought chilled me to the bone. Swapping places with Earth was like giving him a free ticket to his very own harem. I didn’t really care how many women he chose to flirt with on a daily basis, but if he was currently me, that was my body, my reputation, and well, my everything!
I’m the Storm Knight, not him.
Vaguely, it registered in my mind that Sun hadn’t followed after me. He had probably given Earth up as a lost cause.
I burst into the corridor.
tbc!
As you can see, in this version of events, they don't find out that Grisia and Lesus switched. Ceo was going to investigate the trinket and tell us more about just what in the world this trinket is!
Next part
I thought I was on the verge of getting sick on Monday, but now I feel all better! So phew. \o\ Let's hope it stays this way~~ *continues to chug down lots of tea*
Here's Part 3 of the abandoned version of Dishonest Honesty! :3;; The story really doesn't go anywhere, haha.
Previous part
Dishonest Honesty Part 3: Storm
When I regained consciousness, the first thing I saw was a very uninteresting ceiling. It was light gray, with a few bumps here and there. I actually thought it was merely my own ceiling, except the ceiling was coming into sharp focus. I don’t think I ever noticed the unevenness of my ceiling before. After years of endless paperwork, my eyesight just wasn’t as good as it used to be. Sometimes, I had to squint if I wanted to see things clearly.
Has my eyesight improved? What an uninteresting sight to see in such clarity…
Gentle fingers disturbed my musings about the uninteresting ceiling and my maybe-better-than-usual-eyesight. The fingers threaded through my hair, ghosting across my neck at where my hair ended. My head was also resting on something that was softer than any pillow I’d ever used before.
Wait…
Immediately, my hand flew up to my hair because there was no way it could be short enough to expose my neck. I would never willingly chop off my carefully maintained hair. I then encountered the hand that was playing with my hair. Dainty fingers grasped mine in a loose hold.
“Earth Knight, are you alright now?” a female voice asked in concern. The voice was soon matched with a face that was now blocking the uninteresting ceiling from my view, but I’d really rather have that view back.
It was the female cleric. I was resting on her lap.
And both of us were on the bed.
Together.
Alarmed, I flew straight up, tore my hand out of her grasp, and backed as far away as I could from her. She stared at me, then down at her now empty hand. She dropped her hand, instead using it to smooth her skirt, probably in an attempt to disguise any lingering awkwardness. If I had had my wits about me, I might have felt bad for her, but I myself was in a dilemma.
“W-What did you call me?” I asked, my mind still not caught up. Close proximity with a girl was not helping me think at all.
“Earth Knight?” the cleric said hesitantly.
Earth Knight? What bizarre dream have I landed myself in? Oh my God of Light, that soft feeling was her thighs of all things…
Just when I thought I was about to lose my mind, the door swung open, causing both of us on the bed to jump in fright. I swiveled my head to stare at the door. I couldn’t have asked for better timing. Any longer, and my brain would have been fried.
I wanted out. Even if whoever at the door was a rotting skeleton, I would probably have worshiped the ground it walked on for giving me an out.
It turned out, however, that the person at the door wasn’t a rotting skeleton but rather Sun. If I had truly fallen at his feet to worship him, I probably wouldn’t have been considered crazy.
Probably.
Since Sun was the leader of the Holy Temple and all.
I mean, at least I’d get less of a side-eye than if I ended up worshiping a rotting skeleton.
Right?
“Brother Earth, the God of Light bade Sun to visit his best friend on this splendid day!” exclaimed Sun by the door in an extremely exaggerated fashion that probably always made Earth want to punch the smile off of Sun’s face, but at the moment, I welcomed Sun and his impeccable timing more than I had ever wanted for his presence. The way he spoke even sounded like music to my ears, though I couldn’t care less about what he was actually saying.
I didn’t know if it was my imagination or not, but when Sun walked in, the room suddenly seemed a lot brighter. He turned to me and the cleric with a smile plastered on his face.
People who didn’t know Sun well would think this a benevolent smile. I knew better. It was a smile that meant, “Oh you bastard Earth, how dare you be at this again when I can’t have any women!” That was Sun’s smile that was reserved specifically for when he got pissed off at Earth. Which was actually quite often.
It hit me like a ton of bricks. No, actually, it felt like that one time when my carefully piled paperwork toppled over and squashed me in my own bedroom.
I’m Earth. I’m seriously Earth.
Having caught Sun’s attention, the cleric blushed and slid off the bed.
Just how has Earth been able to maintain his reputation of an honest and shy holy knight when the first thing I find when I “become” him is a woman in his room?
“Take care, Earth Knight. And thank you again for the help,” she murmured before she left. When she exited the room, I belatedly noticed the hair tie she was using to tie up her hair. I remembered her. She was the sister of one of the holy knights in the Leaf Knight Platoon.
Earth even goes after the sisters of our holy knights?!
“What do you want, Sun?” I asked absentmindedly without any heat behind my words. Earth might fly into a rage at Sun for the interruption, but I couldn’t be any more thankful than I currently was. And tired too. Besides, my head felt light.
Am I about to black out again?
I reached a hand up to my hair - Earth’s hair? - and fingered the ends. It was so short. It made the back of my neck feel cold. I shrunk into the collar of the shirt I was wearing, hoping that it would cover my neck and keep the draft out.
Sun kept smiling his pleased smile at thwarting “Earth” even as he crossed his arms. He didn’t know that he’d just saved me from a panic attack. He asked, “Does Sun need a reason for visiting Brother Earth? Sun truly has not seen Brother Earth in days and wished to catch up.”
I parsed the words in my mind.
Translation. Sun hadn’t bothered Earth in a while. Now he was playing catch up with bothering Earth. The question was, what had kept Sun from interrupting Earth’s conquests?
I could put two and two together.
Right now, I was apparently Earth.
Previously, I’d thought Sun’s behavior strange, from the way he carried himself and smiled to his sudden aptitude with a sword.
Conclusion. Sun must have landed himself in a similar situation to the one I was in now. Based on the devilish smile he was currently directing at me, he was probably back to normal. This person before me was Sun all the way through. Only he ever smiled at Earth like that.
I was probably crazy for coming up with this explanation for the oddity of Sun’s smile, but I was quite willing to believe it since I was personally having an out of body experience at this very moment. I was surprised I wasn’t freaked out even more than I already was. Okay fine, I’d already fainted once, but that was because of other reasons.
The question now was, who had Sun swapped bodies with? Who had he been, and who had smiled at me with Sun’s face, who knew Sun well enough to almost escape my notice?
Wait, since I’m currently Earth, does that mean I’ve swapped places with him? Is he out there as…me?
That was the logical conclusion.
I must have paled dramatically because Sun sounded concerned as he asked, “Earth? You still alive?”
Or maybe he was just weirded out by how long I’d remained silent. Either way, Sun expressing concern for Earth was headline-worthy.
“I’m fine,” I muttered, “but I have somewhere I need to be.”
I leaped off of the bed and pushed past Sun in a hurry. He stared up at me, eyebrows lifted, probably to question my sanity.
Goodness, I’m a whole head taller than Sun now. He’s short.
I nearly ran into the door in my absentmindedness. Earth really was a lot taller than I thought. It was going to take some time to get used to our difference in height with his longer limbs. Trying to walk with his feet was like jumping into water without even knowing whether I could swim or not, but there was no time to practice. I put one leg in front of another, letting muscle memory take over.
This is not your body, I reminded myself. Don’t force your logic onto it.
I hurriedly walked in the direction of the corridor I had been in before I magically ended up in Earth’s room.
Now that I realized there was a possibility that Earth was out there as me, I couldn’t just sit here and freak out by myself.
Who knew what Earth would do as me? The very thought chilled me to the bone. Swapping places with Earth was like giving him a free ticket to his very own harem. I didn’t really care how many women he chose to flirt with on a daily basis, but if he was currently me, that was my body, my reputation, and well, my everything!
I’m the Storm Knight, not him.
Vaguely, it registered in my mind that Sun hadn’t followed after me. He had probably given Earth up as a lost cause.
I burst into the corridor.
tbc!
As you can see, in this version of events, they don't find out that Grisia and Lesus switched. Ceo was going to investigate the trinket and tell us more about just what in the world this trinket is!
Next part