[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: A Vice-Captain's Tale - Suggestion #3
Title: A Vice-Captain's Tale - Suggestion #3
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1288
Summary: The vice-captains of the Twelve Holy Knights never thought that their jobs would differ so vastly from their expectations. Tyler has really been missing out.
Notes: The saga continues. Or shall I say... Poor Tyler?
Suggestion #2: Clean All Cabinets
Suggestion #3: Plant New Trees
Gripping my sword, I swung at the practice dummy in front of me.
I immediately grimaced.
That had been a terrible swing. If I were to strike with such a swing at my captain, it wouldn't even take him ten blows to send my sword flying. In fact, ten blows would already be a generous estimate.
I shifted my sword. Maybe if I hold it like this instead...
"Tyler, there you are!" a voice exclaimed.
With a sigh, I lowered my sword, eyes flicking impatiently at the newcomer. Why is it that I can't ever seem to practice my sword in peace these days?
"What?" I demanded.
"Come! Come quickly! We haven't much time left!"
With that, Vice-Captain Blaze dragged me off without even telling me where we were going or what was so urgent. This was shockingly becoming a trend.
"Is this an urgent mission?" I tried asking. It wasn't often that I'd get assigned on a mission with the "good, warm-hearted" faction, but it wasn't something that never happened either. In fact, I'd gone on a few missions with holy knights from the Blaze Knight Platoon before, since their specialty of dealing with spirits was unique to their platoon. No other platoon would do.
"Yes, very, very urgent!" he shouted.
I winced and rubbed my ears. He must spend a lot of time with his captain. He didn't used to be so loud. Everything out of his mouth today sounded like he was yelling.
We ended up in a forest.
A few other blaze knights were about. When they spotted us, they saluted. At least he hasn't led us into a dangerous situation without any backup.
I warily glanced around, trying to figure out what we were to vanquish here.
"Tyler, over here!" he pointed. "Strike here!"
It was due to my trust in him that I let my blade sing in the air without a second thought -- a second of hesitation could mean life or death in a battle -- and I felt my blade sink into...
A tree trunk.
The tree toppled over.
I stared.
The blaze knights clapped their hands so enthusiastically that I wondered if I had slayed some great foe of theirs instead of a tree.
Vice-Captain Blaze walked over to the fallen tree, knelt down, and whistled. "Great! That's a clean cut!" He glanced back up at me. "You sure you want to use your blade to do this though? You might dull it!"
"...What are we doing exactly?"
I narrowed my eyes. At first, I had thought that these men around me were here for battle, but now I saw that they were holding axes instead of swords, and there was a large pile of logs on the ground.
"Cutting trees!" came the answer.
...Cutting trees? So there is no foe to defeat but trees?
"Are we in need of lumber?" I asked.
"Yes! We are in dire need of lumber! Since we don't have much money left... Ahem. You'll help, yes?" he implored.
You don't have much money left...?
Even though I didn't exactly understand the correlation between lumber and his money problems, I grabbed the ax he held out to me.
After all, I didn't want to dull my blade.
The sun began to set during our work. Apparently, that was why Vice-Captain Blaze had been in such a hurry, wanting to get things done before it got dark.
I knocked the trees over one-by-one, and some of the blaze knights chopped the trees into further pieces. Off to the side, a group of them looked like they were assembling the pieces into something.
"Now, here's a lesson!" Vice-Captain Blaze exclaimed. He had a smudge of dirt over his cheek. "Remember to plant trees after you're done!"
I raised my eyebrows.
After grabbing a shovel, he began to dig. "See, there are tons of pine trees around us, right? But if we keep on chopping the trees down without planting any new ones, we'll eventually chop the entire forest down. We gotta be more conscious about our surroundings than that!"
Wordless, I exchanged my ax for a shovel. It was true that we had chopped down a lot of trees. My pile of chopped wood was huge.
I just never thought that Vice-Captain Blaze cared so much about the environment, or that he was such a proficient lumberjack.
After I finished planting, I wiped my sweat and surveyed my surroundings again. We had cleared a large area of the forest. In place of the original trees were small mounds of dirt where we had planted new trees for the future generation. It would take years for the trees we planted to grow as large as the ones we had chopped down.
Vice-Captain Blaze was surprisingly very thoughtful and far-seeing, what with his foresight in preserving the forest, and his invitation for me to join them in this endeavor.
He even called out to me before I left.
"Tyler, this is for you!" Vice-Captain Blaze exclaimed. He gestured at a wooden door next to him.
"For me?"
I examined the door. They must have built it just now.
"This is made out of pine wood that you helped chop! Doesn't this door feel extra special because of that?"
I touched the door, a sense of accomplishment washing over me. It didn't look like it was the sturdiest door ever, and I could tell that it was hastily made, but... This is built out of wood that I helped chop!
"Thank you," I said. "Thank you for such a thoughtful present."
I thought that he must have noticed how I'd been overly focused on practicing my sword, and how I didn't really mingle with other vice-captains.
Perhaps... I should try to get to know them better.
That night when I returned to my room, I set aside the door the Blaze Knight Platoon had gifted to me, intent on adding finishing touches to it later. What was more pressing was checking on my blade to make sure its edges hadn't been dulled. Swords weren't meant for chopping wood.
Thankfully, my blade looked okay.
I was in the middle of putting my sword away when my door suddenly flew open and hit the wall with a bang.
What...?
Eyes wide, I stared at my broken door. It had broken into two. Then, I looked up. At the entrance to my room stood Knight-Captain Blaze, his foot still halfway raised.
After lowering his foot, he stepped inside and glanced around, eyebrows disappearing into his bangs. "Huh, how boring."
Behind Knight-Captain Blaze, his vice-captain peeked inside, grinned, and waved at me.
I just kept on staring.
Knight-Captain Blaze shook his head. "Tyler, you are almost as boring as Knight-Captain Judgment!" He looked me in the eye. "But fine, you pass because of that expression you have on your face."
What exactly did I pass? What expression on my face!?
As quickly as he had come, Knight-Captain Blaze left, his blazing red hair disappearing from my sight.
However, his vice-captain stayed behind, and he picked up the new door that he and his platoon had gifted to me just today.
"Aren't you glad you have a new door?" he asked, beaming smile on his face. He started fixing my new door in place.
I groaned. No, I'm not glad at all. My door had been fairly sturdy, yet look at its current condition! It's dead, severed in half! I didn't even want to consider how my new door would fare if it ever grabbed Knight-Captain Blaze's attention. "You planned this, didn't you?"
He sighed. "Don't worry, Tyler. Once Knight-Captain Blaze deems you boring, it's unlikely that he'll kick your door again!"
Why are you sighing!? It's good that he finds my door too boring to kick! But wait. Didn't Knight-Captain Blaze claim that I 'passed'...?
I didn't like the sound of that at all!
Beside me, Vice-Captain Blaze perked up. "You know what? Lesson the second! Always act surprised when your door gets kicked!"
"Oh shut up. I'm not listening to you," I grumbled.
As if I wanted my door kicked again!
The Third Suggestion for Serving Your Captain: Plant New Trees so That You Never Exhaust Your Supply of Lumber for Building Doors for Your Captain to Kick
to be continued
I thought I would be writing about building doors, but somehow this turned into chopping trees... Didn't get around to describing how well made (or not) the doors are! (Tyler's new door is not very well built, haha)
Thanks to 15bubbles, Phireye, and Bloody Destination for the inspiration for this chapter, even though this turned out a little different. :3
Suggestion #4: Buy New Clothes
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1288
Summary: The vice-captains of the Twelve Holy Knights never thought that their jobs would differ so vastly from their expectations. Tyler has really been missing out.
Notes: The saga continues. Or shall I say... Poor Tyler?
Suggestion #2: Clean All Cabinets
Suggestion #3: Plant New Trees
Gripping my sword, I swung at the practice dummy in front of me.
I immediately grimaced.
That had been a terrible swing. If I were to strike with such a swing at my captain, it wouldn't even take him ten blows to send my sword flying. In fact, ten blows would already be a generous estimate.
I shifted my sword. Maybe if I hold it like this instead...
"Tyler, there you are!" a voice exclaimed.
With a sigh, I lowered my sword, eyes flicking impatiently at the newcomer. Why is it that I can't ever seem to practice my sword in peace these days?
"What?" I demanded.
"Come! Come quickly! We haven't much time left!"
With that, Vice-Captain Blaze dragged me off without even telling me where we were going or what was so urgent. This was shockingly becoming a trend.
"Is this an urgent mission?" I tried asking. It wasn't often that I'd get assigned on a mission with the "good, warm-hearted" faction, but it wasn't something that never happened either. In fact, I'd gone on a few missions with holy knights from the Blaze Knight Platoon before, since their specialty of dealing with spirits was unique to their platoon. No other platoon would do.
"Yes, very, very urgent!" he shouted.
I winced and rubbed my ears. He must spend a lot of time with his captain. He didn't used to be so loud. Everything out of his mouth today sounded like he was yelling.
We ended up in a forest.
A few other blaze knights were about. When they spotted us, they saluted. At least he hasn't led us into a dangerous situation without any backup.
I warily glanced around, trying to figure out what we were to vanquish here.
"Tyler, over here!" he pointed. "Strike here!"
It was due to my trust in him that I let my blade sing in the air without a second thought -- a second of hesitation could mean life or death in a battle -- and I felt my blade sink into...
A tree trunk.
The tree toppled over.
I stared.
The blaze knights clapped their hands so enthusiastically that I wondered if I had slayed some great foe of theirs instead of a tree.
Vice-Captain Blaze walked over to the fallen tree, knelt down, and whistled. "Great! That's a clean cut!" He glanced back up at me. "You sure you want to use your blade to do this though? You might dull it!"
"...What are we doing exactly?"
I narrowed my eyes. At first, I had thought that these men around me were here for battle, but now I saw that they were holding axes instead of swords, and there was a large pile of logs on the ground.
"Cutting trees!" came the answer.
...Cutting trees? So there is no foe to defeat but trees?
"Are we in need of lumber?" I asked.
"Yes! We are in dire need of lumber! Since we don't have much money left... Ahem. You'll help, yes?" he implored.
You don't have much money left...?
Even though I didn't exactly understand the correlation between lumber and his money problems, I grabbed the ax he held out to me.
After all, I didn't want to dull my blade.
The sun began to set during our work. Apparently, that was why Vice-Captain Blaze had been in such a hurry, wanting to get things done before it got dark.
I knocked the trees over one-by-one, and some of the blaze knights chopped the trees into further pieces. Off to the side, a group of them looked like they were assembling the pieces into something.
"Now, here's a lesson!" Vice-Captain Blaze exclaimed. He had a smudge of dirt over his cheek. "Remember to plant trees after you're done!"
I raised my eyebrows.
After grabbing a shovel, he began to dig. "See, there are tons of pine trees around us, right? But if we keep on chopping the trees down without planting any new ones, we'll eventually chop the entire forest down. We gotta be more conscious about our surroundings than that!"
Wordless, I exchanged my ax for a shovel. It was true that we had chopped down a lot of trees. My pile of chopped wood was huge.
I just never thought that Vice-Captain Blaze cared so much about the environment, or that he was such a proficient lumberjack.
After I finished planting, I wiped my sweat and surveyed my surroundings again. We had cleared a large area of the forest. In place of the original trees were small mounds of dirt where we had planted new trees for the future generation. It would take years for the trees we planted to grow as large as the ones we had chopped down.
Vice-Captain Blaze was surprisingly very thoughtful and far-seeing, what with his foresight in preserving the forest, and his invitation for me to join them in this endeavor.
He even called out to me before I left.
"Tyler, this is for you!" Vice-Captain Blaze exclaimed. He gestured at a wooden door next to him.
"For me?"
I examined the door. They must have built it just now.
"This is made out of pine wood that you helped chop! Doesn't this door feel extra special because of that?"
I touched the door, a sense of accomplishment washing over me. It didn't look like it was the sturdiest door ever, and I could tell that it was hastily made, but... This is built out of wood that I helped chop!
"Thank you," I said. "Thank you for such a thoughtful present."
I thought that he must have noticed how I'd been overly focused on practicing my sword, and how I didn't really mingle with other vice-captains.
Perhaps... I should try to get to know them better.
That night when I returned to my room, I set aside the door the Blaze Knight Platoon had gifted to me, intent on adding finishing touches to it later. What was more pressing was checking on my blade to make sure its edges hadn't been dulled. Swords weren't meant for chopping wood.
Thankfully, my blade looked okay.
I was in the middle of putting my sword away when my door suddenly flew open and hit the wall with a bang.
What...?
Eyes wide, I stared at my broken door. It had broken into two. Then, I looked up. At the entrance to my room stood Knight-Captain Blaze, his foot still halfway raised.
After lowering his foot, he stepped inside and glanced around, eyebrows disappearing into his bangs. "Huh, how boring."
Behind Knight-Captain Blaze, his vice-captain peeked inside, grinned, and waved at me.
I just kept on staring.
Knight-Captain Blaze shook his head. "Tyler, you are almost as boring as Knight-Captain Judgment!" He looked me in the eye. "But fine, you pass because of that expression you have on your face."
What exactly did I pass? What expression on my face!?
As quickly as he had come, Knight-Captain Blaze left, his blazing red hair disappearing from my sight.
However, his vice-captain stayed behind, and he picked up the new door that he and his platoon had gifted to me just today.
"Aren't you glad you have a new door?" he asked, beaming smile on his face. He started fixing my new door in place.
I groaned. No, I'm not glad at all. My door had been fairly sturdy, yet look at its current condition! It's dead, severed in half! I didn't even want to consider how my new door would fare if it ever grabbed Knight-Captain Blaze's attention. "You planned this, didn't you?"
He sighed. "Don't worry, Tyler. Once Knight-Captain Blaze deems you boring, it's unlikely that he'll kick your door again!"
Why are you sighing!? It's good that he finds my door too boring to kick! But wait. Didn't Knight-Captain Blaze claim that I 'passed'...?
I didn't like the sound of that at all!
Beside me, Vice-Captain Blaze perked up. "You know what? Lesson the second! Always act surprised when your door gets kicked!"
"Oh shut up. I'm not listening to you," I grumbled.
As if I wanted my door kicked again!
The Third Suggestion for Serving Your Captain: Plant New Trees so That You Never Exhaust Your Supply of Lumber for Building Doors for Your Captain to Kick
to be continued
I thought I would be writing about building doors, but somehow this turned into chopping trees... Didn't get around to describing how well made (or not) the doors are! (Tyler's new door is not very well built, haha)
Thanks to 15bubbles, Phireye, and Bloody Destination for the inspiration for this chapter, even though this turned out a little different. :3
Suggestion #4: Buy New Clothes