[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Grace - Chapter 4: Grating
Title: Grace - Chapter 4: Grating
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,364
Summary: Grisia ends up in the future where the God of Light and the Twelve Holy Knights no longer exist. In such a world, can he still get people to believe in the God of Light? Having the world overrun by dark element is a problem. But what happens when the world is overrun by holy element? Time travel / reincarnation / genderbender / harem
Notes: I misplaced my notes for this fic for the longest time. Finally found them. :'D; I decided to revamp the summary to give a better feel for where this fic is heading.
Previous chapter
Chapter 4: Grating
Rows and rows of upside down wine glasses hung from above. Quite impractical, really. A commotion could easily cause the glasses to fall and shatter. That's a disaster waiting to happen!
I shivered. How much would it cost to replace all the wine glasses?
To the side, wine bottles lined the shelves. That must be a fortune right there. I licked my lips, eyes roving across the labels on each one. Every bottle had a label, but even then, I didn't know which one the Chikus look-alike wanted, and his hostility wasn't helping. He was practically glaring holes into my back as his fingers tapped against the surface of the counter he sat at. A grating, non-stop drumming. Even without speaking, he was loud.
Tap. Bah-dump, bah-dump. Tap, tap.
Hey, hey, even if you glare holes into my back and annoy me to death with that endless drumming, it's not like I'll actually drop dead and lessen the number of love rivals by one!
I selected a random bottle, having already forgotten the name of the wine the Chikus look-alike had rattled off. Chikus, a wine connoisseur? The thought almost made me chuckle. I doubted whether Chikus even knew the difference between apple wine and grape wine. He only ever downed his alcohol in one go, much too quickly to savor the taste. I could give him cheap wine, and he would be none the wiser.
Bah-dump, bah-dump, bah-dump-dump.
Ugh, he's still at it!
As I brought a bottle of wine to the counter, I studied the man sitting behind it. He truly was the spitting image of Chikus Blaze. He had the same fiery red hair and piercing eyes, not to mention the same frustrating impatience. Perhaps I could have written Strawberry off as a coincidence. She could have been some super distant relative of Elmairy's, or even some stranger who happened to look like him. Having Edaline added to the mix was stretching it, but it could have still been a coincidence. I'd really wanted it to be so. Then, I could focus on returning home without caring about them.
But having three people who resembled my holy knights show up meant I could no longer consider this just a coincidence. Such coincidences really didn't exist in the world. There had been many times in my life when I had thought a happening was a mere coincidence, but in the end, none of them had actually been coincidences.
For example, meeting Roland again. Losing my memories. Even becoming the Sun Knight. My life had always been at the mercy of the gods. This time is no different, is it?
I looked upward. All I saw was the ceiling of this bar place. At least it was clean.
God of Light, what do you wish of Grisia this time?
The voice I heard in the middle of battle before meeting Strawberry, could that have been the God of Light?
He had only ever spoken directly to me once in my lifetime, that time He woke me from my crazed slumber. Try as I might, I had never been able to recall the sound of His voice from that time. If it truly was the God of Light who had spoken to me during battle before I'd been whisked here, I... I wished I had paid more attention!
What had He said?!
I frowned. Something about... setting things right? Yes, I think that's it.
However, to set things right, I'd have to find out what was wrong first. Without doing all that, it was unlikely I'd be returned to where I'd been whisked away from.
But what about Lesus...
I was broken out of my thoughts when the Chikus look-alike's grating drumming evolved into a loud smack. You're paying for the counter if you break it! He complained and pointed at the bottle, "That's not what I ordered!"
"You'll enjoy it," I said and proceeded to pour him a glass. Wine served by the Sun Knight? You better enjoy it!
Despite his complaint, he grabbed the glass, took a sniff, and sipped his wine anyway, albeit cautiously. After taking a sip, his eyes lit up. He then tilted his head back and downed the rest of the wine, baring his neck. With a satisfied smack of his lips after he finished, he exclaimed, "Wine served by you always tastes the best! What wine is this? I'll order it again next time!"
I blinked. That was a sudden change of attitude. Could I have read him wrongly?
I showed him the bottle I'd randomly selected so he could see the name of the wine, and then I asked, "Why don't you like me getting close to Edaline? She's my girlfriend. Of course I'd be close with her."
When he'd shoved me away from Edaline outside the bar, I'd thought a fight would break out. Instead, he ordered wine, and Edaline merely said she would explain later. She then headed inside the bar to talk with my "boss" to explain my supposed amnesia. Before she left, she had glanced up at me and then quickly looked away.
There was something going on between Edaline and Grace. She wasn't nearly as expressionless as Ecilan that she could hide it. Perhaps she was merely anxious over her boyfriend losing his memories, but I had a feeling something else was going on.
The Chikus look-alike scrunched up his face. "I still can't believe the two of you got together."
"Why not?" And what does it have to do with you?
"You..." Yes, yes, go on. Me, what? "You've never shown any interest in girls!"
What.
Don't tell me...
"You've only ever cared about theater and your wines. I don't get why you suddenly got together with her," the Chikus look-alike grumbled.
Phew. That's a better explanation. Besides, Grace is totally surrounded by girls, so he can't be uninterested in them. I've already met two!
"There's nothing strange about it," I decided to say. This was as good a chance as any to test his response and clue him in. "She may seem cold at first glance, but she's actually really sweet." Not all that different from Ecilan. "Even when she found out that I'd lost my memories, she-"
"YOU WHAT?!" He jumped up and slammed the counter with his hands. I hurriedly grabbed the teetering bottle and wine glass, saving them from the sad fate of shattering on the floor.
While hugging the bottle of wine and the wine glass to myself, I said, "You heard me. I lost my memories."
"What? When? How?" he spluttered.
I carefully and slowly placed both items back on the counter.
"I don't know. The other day, I was in the park with Strawberry. I don't remember anything before that."
"But you remember that you call her Strawberry?"
"It suits her," I said with a shrug. Though she was the one who told me.
"I guess..." He scratched his head.
"So," I began asking, "what's your name?"
The Chikus look-alike's mouth fell open. "You... don't remember me? That's just cruel, Grace." He paused and looked directly at me, a sudden seriousness seizing his demeanor, making him look older. "I'm Chislon."
The name really didn't ring a bell.
At this time, Edaline walked out from the back of the bar and said, "Grace, I told Forrester."
Forrester? Based on what Edaline had told me about Grace's workplace, Forrester wasn't the boss. "Not Edgar?" I asked.
Wait, going along with these names, don't tell me Edgar is some Ed look-alike... My own platoon member, my boss?!
"He's on vacation back home," Edaline answered. After speaking, she glanced between the Chikus look-alike, the Chislon guy, and me. Her brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Bah-dump, bah-dump, bah-dump dump.
Ugh, he's at it again...
She looked over, and then broke off her gaze. "Ah... I forgot to mention the business party that's being held tomorrow. Grace, you... don't have to attend."
"Previously, did I say I'd go?" I asked.
Edaline hesitated but nodded.
"Then, I'll go. It doesn't matter whether or not I lost my memories. A promise is a promise," I said and tried to smile reassuringly at her.
However, she still wouldn't meet my eyes, and Chislon looked none too happy. Even his fingers had stilled.
Sigh. How am I supposed to set things right when I don't even know what's wrong? I doubted the God of Light had sent me here to fix relationship problems!
The only lead I had was being around these people who looked like my holy knights. Let's hope something happens at that party!
to be continued
This is one slow-moving story! Sorry that nothing interesting happens. You just get to meet more people~. (Will I ever even get to the point of this whole story...)
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,364
Summary: Grisia ends up in the future where the God of Light and the Twelve Holy Knights no longer exist. In such a world, can he still get people to believe in the God of Light? Having the world overrun by dark element is a problem. But what happens when the world is overrun by holy element? Time travel / reincarnation / genderbender / harem
Notes: I misplaced my notes for this fic for the longest time. Finally found them. :'D; I decided to revamp the summary to give a better feel for where this fic is heading.
Previous chapter
Chapter 4: Grating
Rows and rows of upside down wine glasses hung from above. Quite impractical, really. A commotion could easily cause the glasses to fall and shatter. That's a disaster waiting to happen!
I shivered. How much would it cost to replace all the wine glasses?
To the side, wine bottles lined the shelves. That must be a fortune right there. I licked my lips, eyes roving across the labels on each one. Every bottle had a label, but even then, I didn't know which one the Chikus look-alike wanted, and his hostility wasn't helping. He was practically glaring holes into my back as his fingers tapped against the surface of the counter he sat at. A grating, non-stop drumming. Even without speaking, he was loud.
Tap. Bah-dump, bah-dump. Tap, tap.
Hey, hey, even if you glare holes into my back and annoy me to death with that endless drumming, it's not like I'll actually drop dead and lessen the number of love rivals by one!
I selected a random bottle, having already forgotten the name of the wine the Chikus look-alike had rattled off. Chikus, a wine connoisseur? The thought almost made me chuckle. I doubted whether Chikus even knew the difference between apple wine and grape wine. He only ever downed his alcohol in one go, much too quickly to savor the taste. I could give him cheap wine, and he would be none the wiser.
Bah-dump, bah-dump, bah-dump-dump.
Ugh, he's still at it!
As I brought a bottle of wine to the counter, I studied the man sitting behind it. He truly was the spitting image of Chikus Blaze. He had the same fiery red hair and piercing eyes, not to mention the same frustrating impatience. Perhaps I could have written Strawberry off as a coincidence. She could have been some super distant relative of Elmairy's, or even some stranger who happened to look like him. Having Edaline added to the mix was stretching it, but it could have still been a coincidence. I'd really wanted it to be so. Then, I could focus on returning home without caring about them.
But having three people who resembled my holy knights show up meant I could no longer consider this just a coincidence. Such coincidences really didn't exist in the world. There had been many times in my life when I had thought a happening was a mere coincidence, but in the end, none of them had actually been coincidences.
For example, meeting Roland again. Losing my memories. Even becoming the Sun Knight. My life had always been at the mercy of the gods. This time is no different, is it?
I looked upward. All I saw was the ceiling of this bar place. At least it was clean.
God of Light, what do you wish of Grisia this time?
The voice I heard in the middle of battle before meeting Strawberry, could that have been the God of Light?
He had only ever spoken directly to me once in my lifetime, that time He woke me from my crazed slumber. Try as I might, I had never been able to recall the sound of His voice from that time. If it truly was the God of Light who had spoken to me during battle before I'd been whisked here, I... I wished I had paid more attention!
What had He said?!
I frowned. Something about... setting things right? Yes, I think that's it.
However, to set things right, I'd have to find out what was wrong first. Without doing all that, it was unlikely I'd be returned to where I'd been whisked away from.
But what about Lesus...
I was broken out of my thoughts when the Chikus look-alike's grating drumming evolved into a loud smack. You're paying for the counter if you break it! He complained and pointed at the bottle, "That's not what I ordered!"
"You'll enjoy it," I said and proceeded to pour him a glass. Wine served by the Sun Knight? You better enjoy it!
Despite his complaint, he grabbed the glass, took a sniff, and sipped his wine anyway, albeit cautiously. After taking a sip, his eyes lit up. He then tilted his head back and downed the rest of the wine, baring his neck. With a satisfied smack of his lips after he finished, he exclaimed, "Wine served by you always tastes the best! What wine is this? I'll order it again next time!"
I blinked. That was a sudden change of attitude. Could I have read him wrongly?
I showed him the bottle I'd randomly selected so he could see the name of the wine, and then I asked, "Why don't you like me getting close to Edaline? She's my girlfriend. Of course I'd be close with her."
When he'd shoved me away from Edaline outside the bar, I'd thought a fight would break out. Instead, he ordered wine, and Edaline merely said she would explain later. She then headed inside the bar to talk with my "boss" to explain my supposed amnesia. Before she left, she had glanced up at me and then quickly looked away.
There was something going on between Edaline and Grace. She wasn't nearly as expressionless as Ecilan that she could hide it. Perhaps she was merely anxious over her boyfriend losing his memories, but I had a feeling something else was going on.
The Chikus look-alike scrunched up his face. "I still can't believe the two of you got together."
"Why not?" And what does it have to do with you?
"You..." Yes, yes, go on. Me, what? "You've never shown any interest in girls!"
What.
Don't tell me...
"You've only ever cared about theater and your wines. I don't get why you suddenly got together with her," the Chikus look-alike grumbled.
Phew. That's a better explanation. Besides, Grace is totally surrounded by girls, so he can't be uninterested in them. I've already met two!
"There's nothing strange about it," I decided to say. This was as good a chance as any to test his response and clue him in. "She may seem cold at first glance, but she's actually really sweet." Not all that different from Ecilan. "Even when she found out that I'd lost my memories, she-"
"YOU WHAT?!" He jumped up and slammed the counter with his hands. I hurriedly grabbed the teetering bottle and wine glass, saving them from the sad fate of shattering on the floor.
While hugging the bottle of wine and the wine glass to myself, I said, "You heard me. I lost my memories."
"What? When? How?" he spluttered.
I carefully and slowly placed both items back on the counter.
"I don't know. The other day, I was in the park with Strawberry. I don't remember anything before that."
"But you remember that you call her Strawberry?"
"It suits her," I said with a shrug. Though she was the one who told me.
"I guess..." He scratched his head.
"So," I began asking, "what's your name?"
The Chikus look-alike's mouth fell open. "You... don't remember me? That's just cruel, Grace." He paused and looked directly at me, a sudden seriousness seizing his demeanor, making him look older. "I'm Chislon."
The name really didn't ring a bell.
At this time, Edaline walked out from the back of the bar and said, "Grace, I told Forrester."
Forrester? Based on what Edaline had told me about Grace's workplace, Forrester wasn't the boss. "Not Edgar?" I asked.
Wait, going along with these names, don't tell me Edgar is some Ed look-alike... My own platoon member, my boss?!
"He's on vacation back home," Edaline answered. After speaking, she glanced between the Chikus look-alike, the Chislon guy, and me. Her brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Bah-dump, bah-dump, bah-dump dump.
Ugh, he's at it again...
She looked over, and then broke off her gaze. "Ah... I forgot to mention the business party that's being held tomorrow. Grace, you... don't have to attend."
"Previously, did I say I'd go?" I asked.
Edaline hesitated but nodded.
"Then, I'll go. It doesn't matter whether or not I lost my memories. A promise is a promise," I said and tried to smile reassuringly at her.
However, she still wouldn't meet my eyes, and Chislon looked none too happy. Even his fingers had stilled.
Sigh. How am I supposed to set things right when I don't even know what's wrong? I doubted the God of Light had sent me here to fix relationship problems!
The only lead I had was being around these people who looked like my holy knights. Let's hope something happens at that party!
to be continued
This is one slow-moving story! Sorry that nothing interesting happens. You just get to meet more people~. (Will I ever even get to the point of this whole story...)