[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Out the Window - Part 3: Grisia
Fanime starts tomorrow. Badge pickup on Day 0 was today, but I decided to pass. Hope the line won't be too bad tomorrow. It was pretty bad today. I finished fixing my cosplay. o/
Title: Out the Window - Part 3: Grisia
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,483
Summary: We'd thrown all common sense out the window. Whatever happens, we'll always be the Twelve Holy Knights. Even if a halted, mass Resurrection mixed with a half-activated seal causes all twelve of us to swap bodies, we still have to end the Demon King. Off to the battlefield we go... as each other. A continuation of V8, but with bodyswap.
Notes: Another new part~
Previous part
Part 3: Grisia
"From start to finish, the only person you fought against was Roland." Earth-no, Lesus-explained, "We played dead so that you would be forced to use Resurrection and want holy element. You would have no choice but to expel the dark element and welcome the holy element, reverting back to your Sun Knight state."
Play dead? You all...
The pain that had exploded across my chest the moment I'd become Ice had been real. He had had a huge X-shaped injury across his chest, deep enough to show bone. Their act definitely hadn't been as simple as "playing" dead. They'd truly inflicted heavy injuries on themselves, just for my sake. Just so I wouldn't doubt them.
I touched my chest, the skin there still sensitive. One wrong step, and they would have truly died.
I looked toward "Roland," but "Stone" instead gave a nod, acknowledging Lesus's words. I had to remind myself that Stone was Roland, while the person with the scrunched up face to the side wasn't him. From Laica's expression, occupying a dead person's body probably wasn't a fun experience.
As Lesus explained, each of them came over and grabbed me, and "Moon" even grabbed my hair when all other locations were already taken. Grabbing my hair was no easy feat when my current hair was so short.
"Ouch!" I cried out.
Startled, he quickly let go and settled on putting one hand on my head. All the while, he kept pulling on the bangs of his own hair, trying to bring it to the front to cover his eyes.
Good job, Demos, cover those condescending eyes!
However, that wasn't the matter at hand.
"Why are you all holding me?" I asked.
I mean, even Vival, who was currently blind, let Lesus guide him over to grab onto me. Only Laica-as-Hell had given up and stood to the side, instead nudging Roland-as-Stone forward. Having ten men all huddled around me was no fun, and one of them was even myself!
"I already told you that I'm not going to run away."
At this point, someone suddenly appeared from behind one of the pillars. That old coot! He was hiding the entire time! He hadn't even come out when we were all confused and trying to figure things out. Without my sensing ability, I hadn't at all known he was there.
I glowered at him, the temperature dropping. Quite literally. Huh, the ice element sure responds even more readily than usual.
The Pope put his hands up to pacify me. "Hey, how would I know if whatever happened to you twelve would catch or not? I don't want to suddenly find myself stuck as the Storm Knight! I might drop dead from exhaustion. That would be very unfortunate."
To the side, "Cloud" tapped his feet, as if he wanted to throw out a kick at the Pope.
"Ahem." The Pope cleared his throat and quickly moved on. "Simply put, we teleported you out so that the Demon King could be sealed. The seals are already drawn on everyone's chests. All they need is contact with you, and your complete acceptance of having the Demon King's power sealed away. The Twelve Holy Knights and the Divine Sun Sword will serve as your temporary seal. Once we return to the city, we can set up a permanent seal with Leaf Bud City as the base."
So that's what Adair and Elaro were up to. They'd done everything they could to get me here.
"What about this massive mix-up we're currently experiencing?"
The Pope scratched his face. "Well, I haven't had the time to analyze it yet, but my guess is that this is a side effect of having the holy light from Resurrection react with the seals we've drawn. You cast enough holy light to activate the seals prematurely, so this happened."
The Pope shrugged.
"This isn't what the seal is supposed to do, is it?" I asked.
It was just too crazy. If they'd planned on this... on having me thrown out of my body so that someone else could take on the Demon King's role, then that could only be called an insane plan. Being the Demon King is no walk in the park! Roland was right. Once the power takes over, normal thinking just isn't...
It just isn't so simple.
"This wasn't exactly what the seal was supposed to do, but usage of the seal has never been fully documented. This could be the actual result of the seal. Perhaps the way the seal works is precisely that it will kick you out of your body," the Pope explained.
And let someone else suffer? I won't allow it!
"Why are you all grabbing me, then? Aren't there more important things to worry about..." ...than me?
I let my words trail off. That argument would never convince them. Instead, I said, "I can't return."
"Yes, you can," Lesus immediately countered.
No, I can't. I cut off all paths of return. There's no way back.
"I almost killed Vidar."
Lesus shook his head. "He knew the risks."
That's your vice-captain we're talking about! You can't just pass it off like that.
"I let five hundred holy knights get killed," I whispered, still not believing Adair's words that they hadn't died.
However, an infuriating smile came over Lesus's face. It was probably his usual strange smile, but on Earth's face, it was more like a smirk.
"What?!" I yelled at him.
Cloud, no, Ceo, mumbled, "Wow, so weird hearing Ice shout.
And it's super weird seeing Cloud be such a busybody!
Lesus explained, "That fight was a show for you. No one actually died."
Relief flooded me, and I finally dared to believe that they were truly alive and well.
"You can return, Sun," Lesus said patiently. "We will be your temporary seal, and the Church of the God of Light will be the support."
It was as if he were telling me, We are your home. Return to us.
Even after all I had done, they wanted me back.
I felt my eyes burn and heard someone say that such a defenseless look on Ice's face should really be against the rules. I forced some words out. "Do you plan to let the world get destroyed? I can't be the Sun Knight! I have to be the Demon King, or else..."
Georgo-as-Metal snorted. "Do you even realize you have ten men hanging onto you right now? I don't know about you, but I'd like to get this over with already. Make up your mind!"
Just like that, he destroyed the somber mood, and I became all too aware that I did indeed have ten men hanging onto me. Moon... Demos was even rubbing my hair. I wanted to swat his hand away, but I couldn't even do that when Storm-Aivis-and Bla...Ecilan both held onto one of my hands tightly, tying me down better than any chain could.
"Do you realize," I began to say, since I couldn't move much at all, "that since we're all swapped at the moment, maybe you should all be grabbing onto Vival instead?"
There was a moment of collective silence.
"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed.
Our formation soon changed into a large huddle with Vival and me in the center.
"Grisia Sun, are you willing to have the Demon King's power sealed?" asked the Pope.
"Will the seal even work?" I asked in return. We weren't ourselves at the moment.
The Pope explained, "The ritual is currently partially activated. We just need to finish it. In the best case scenario, finishing the ritual will return you all to your original bodies and seal away the Demon King's power."
"And the worst case scenario?"
"The seal will fail and the Demon King will resurface."
I frowned. "Let me ask this instead. What's most likely to happen?"
"If you're willing for the power to be sealed away," the Pope explained, "we should be able to successfully accomplish that. But it may or may not come with the added benefit of returning you to your bodies. That's my best guess. Are you willing, Grisia? The seal requires your acceptance to succeed. If you're not willing, even I'm unsure how it will affect the current mix-up."
"I..."
I could end up hurting them. I needed to make sure the world wouldn't get destroyed. I shouldn't return. I shouldn't...
But I wasn't the Demon King at the moment. I wasn't even the Sun Knight.
Thanks to that, I could think very clearly.
Vival was holding onto me as if his life depended on it. As the current occupant of my body, he could very well be under the influence of the Demon King the moment we were to leave. I couldn't let that happen to him.
To any of my brothers.
There was only one choice I could make.
"I'm willing."
to be continued
Almost to uncovered ground~~. (You sure finishing the seal is a good idea, Pope?)
Next part
Title: Out the Window - Part 3: Grisia
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,483
Summary: We'd thrown all common sense out the window. Whatever happens, we'll always be the Twelve Holy Knights. Even if a halted, mass Resurrection mixed with a half-activated seal causes all twelve of us to swap bodies, we still have to end the Demon King. Off to the battlefield we go... as each other. A continuation of V8, but with bodyswap.
Notes: Another new part~
Previous part
Part 3: Grisia
"From start to finish, the only person you fought against was Roland." Earth-no, Lesus-explained, "We played dead so that you would be forced to use Resurrection and want holy element. You would have no choice but to expel the dark element and welcome the holy element, reverting back to your Sun Knight state."
Play dead? You all...
The pain that had exploded across my chest the moment I'd become Ice had been real. He had had a huge X-shaped injury across his chest, deep enough to show bone. Their act definitely hadn't been as simple as "playing" dead. They'd truly inflicted heavy injuries on themselves, just for my sake. Just so I wouldn't doubt them.
I touched my chest, the skin there still sensitive. One wrong step, and they would have truly died.
I looked toward "Roland," but "Stone" instead gave a nod, acknowledging Lesus's words. I had to remind myself that Stone was Roland, while the person with the scrunched up face to the side wasn't him. From Laica's expression, occupying a dead person's body probably wasn't a fun experience.
As Lesus explained, each of them came over and grabbed me, and "Moon" even grabbed my hair when all other locations were already taken. Grabbing my hair was no easy feat when my current hair was so short.
"Ouch!" I cried out.
Startled, he quickly let go and settled on putting one hand on my head. All the while, he kept pulling on the bangs of his own hair, trying to bring it to the front to cover his eyes.
Good job, Demos, cover those condescending eyes!
However, that wasn't the matter at hand.
"Why are you all holding me?" I asked.
I mean, even Vival, who was currently blind, let Lesus guide him over to grab onto me. Only Laica-as-Hell had given up and stood to the side, instead nudging Roland-as-Stone forward. Having ten men all huddled around me was no fun, and one of them was even myself!
"I already told you that I'm not going to run away."
At this point, someone suddenly appeared from behind one of the pillars. That old coot! He was hiding the entire time! He hadn't even come out when we were all confused and trying to figure things out. Without my sensing ability, I hadn't at all known he was there.
I glowered at him, the temperature dropping. Quite literally. Huh, the ice element sure responds even more readily than usual.
The Pope put his hands up to pacify me. "Hey, how would I know if whatever happened to you twelve would catch or not? I don't want to suddenly find myself stuck as the Storm Knight! I might drop dead from exhaustion. That would be very unfortunate."
To the side, "Cloud" tapped his feet, as if he wanted to throw out a kick at the Pope.
"Ahem." The Pope cleared his throat and quickly moved on. "Simply put, we teleported you out so that the Demon King could be sealed. The seals are already drawn on everyone's chests. All they need is contact with you, and your complete acceptance of having the Demon King's power sealed away. The Twelve Holy Knights and the Divine Sun Sword will serve as your temporary seal. Once we return to the city, we can set up a permanent seal with Leaf Bud City as the base."
So that's what Adair and Elaro were up to. They'd done everything they could to get me here.
"What about this massive mix-up we're currently experiencing?"
The Pope scratched his face. "Well, I haven't had the time to analyze it yet, but my guess is that this is a side effect of having the holy light from Resurrection react with the seals we've drawn. You cast enough holy light to activate the seals prematurely, so this happened."
The Pope shrugged.
"This isn't what the seal is supposed to do, is it?" I asked.
It was just too crazy. If they'd planned on this... on having me thrown out of my body so that someone else could take on the Demon King's role, then that could only be called an insane plan. Being the Demon King is no walk in the park! Roland was right. Once the power takes over, normal thinking just isn't...
It just isn't so simple.
"This wasn't exactly what the seal was supposed to do, but usage of the seal has never been fully documented. This could be the actual result of the seal. Perhaps the way the seal works is precisely that it will kick you out of your body," the Pope explained.
And let someone else suffer? I won't allow it!
"Why are you all grabbing me, then? Aren't there more important things to worry about..." ...than me?
I let my words trail off. That argument would never convince them. Instead, I said, "I can't return."
"Yes, you can," Lesus immediately countered.
No, I can't. I cut off all paths of return. There's no way back.
"I almost killed Vidar."
Lesus shook his head. "He knew the risks."
That's your vice-captain we're talking about! You can't just pass it off like that.
"I let five hundred holy knights get killed," I whispered, still not believing Adair's words that they hadn't died.
However, an infuriating smile came over Lesus's face. It was probably his usual strange smile, but on Earth's face, it was more like a smirk.
"What?!" I yelled at him.
Cloud, no, Ceo, mumbled, "Wow, so weird hearing Ice shout.
And it's super weird seeing Cloud be such a busybody!
Lesus explained, "That fight was a show for you. No one actually died."
Relief flooded me, and I finally dared to believe that they were truly alive and well.
"You can return, Sun," Lesus said patiently. "We will be your temporary seal, and the Church of the God of Light will be the support."
It was as if he were telling me, We are your home. Return to us.
Even after all I had done, they wanted me back.
I felt my eyes burn and heard someone say that such a defenseless look on Ice's face should really be against the rules. I forced some words out. "Do you plan to let the world get destroyed? I can't be the Sun Knight! I have to be the Demon King, or else..."
Georgo-as-Metal snorted. "Do you even realize you have ten men hanging onto you right now? I don't know about you, but I'd like to get this over with already. Make up your mind!"
Just like that, he destroyed the somber mood, and I became all too aware that I did indeed have ten men hanging onto me. Moon... Demos was even rubbing my hair. I wanted to swat his hand away, but I couldn't even do that when Storm-Aivis-and Bla...Ecilan both held onto one of my hands tightly, tying me down better than any chain could.
"Do you realize," I began to say, since I couldn't move much at all, "that since we're all swapped at the moment, maybe you should all be grabbing onto Vival instead?"
There was a moment of collective silence.
"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed.
Our formation soon changed into a large huddle with Vival and me in the center.
"Grisia Sun, are you willing to have the Demon King's power sealed?" asked the Pope.
"Will the seal even work?" I asked in return. We weren't ourselves at the moment.
The Pope explained, "The ritual is currently partially activated. We just need to finish it. In the best case scenario, finishing the ritual will return you all to your original bodies and seal away the Demon King's power."
"And the worst case scenario?"
"The seal will fail and the Demon King will resurface."
I frowned. "Let me ask this instead. What's most likely to happen?"
"If you're willing for the power to be sealed away," the Pope explained, "we should be able to successfully accomplish that. But it may or may not come with the added benefit of returning you to your bodies. That's my best guess. Are you willing, Grisia? The seal requires your acceptance to succeed. If you're not willing, even I'm unsure how it will affect the current mix-up."
"I..."
I could end up hurting them. I needed to make sure the world wouldn't get destroyed. I shouldn't return. I shouldn't...
But I wasn't the Demon King at the moment. I wasn't even the Sun Knight.
Thanks to that, I could think very clearly.
Vival was holding onto me as if his life depended on it. As the current occupant of my body, he could very well be under the influence of the Demon King the moment we were to leave. I couldn't let that happen to him.
To any of my brothers.
There was only one choice I could make.
"I'm willing."
to be continued
Almost to uncovered ground~~. (You sure finishing the seal is a good idea, Pope?)
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