"Kendo, I love it..." She took the crown off of her head, running
through the field and laughing. "Oh, Kendo! Look at the flowers
here! They're beautiful!"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"They are, aren't they? I come here every so often to pick a
few."
He laughed, but his grin faded slowly.
"There are a lot of graves down here, you know? And almost all of
them- the ones I knew- loved these flowers. It's hard not to
appreciate beauty in such a barren place."
She immediately stopped. "What-?! You could've told me that sooner
before I ran through a field of graves!" She bowed and uttered an
apology before returning to his side, lightly punching his arm.
"Jerk!"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Don't worry, you didn't step on any. I've marked them all."
He laughed quietly, rubbing his arm.
"You should be able to spot them."
He sighed.
"...don't get too close to the flowers, though. They're echo
flowers. They repeat the last thing they heard, and... the ones
around here only repeat misery. So I'd advise against touching
them."
She looked up at him expectantly. "It's gorgeous down here... But
why did you bring me here? I'm curious to know..." She pulled on
his shirt, lifting her arms to him.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Come on... Just like old times. Pretty please?" She smiled,
tugging on him to try bringing him closer to her. "I may be a
deity, but that shouldn't change a thing, no matter what form I
take. Please?"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
She frowned and dropped her hands, walking away silently. She went
up to one of the flowers, hovering her hand over it, deciding
whether to touch it or not.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
She turned back around to him right before she touched it. "Okay."
She nodded and walked back to him, holding his hands in hers. "I
have a question for you, Kendo."
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
Iteral smiles. "Glad we understand each other. Well, the kingdom is
in slight disarray and we faced losses but... do not worry. I will
do my best to revert the things I can, so it is mostly back to
normal. Apart from select things... don't want to repeat history,
you know? We learn from the past, not stay in it."
You know the first rule in combat?
Shoot them before they shoot you.
"...carry me?" She was smiling from ear to ear, looking up at him
pleadingly. "I'll love you forever and ever if you do." An obvious
tease, but she loved teasing him the most.
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"Mhm..." She smiled slightly, standing up and looking back at Isla,
smiling. She turned to the remains of the celestial garden. "I
suppose it's time for a castle of my own."
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Well, I'm tasked with making your castle, by orders of Mona. In
fact, it's built while we were chatting." Iteral points behind her,
as a large pile of dirt was there to make room for both foundation
and lower floors. "Though, if you have any wishes and or ideas, let
me know. I am tasked with giving you three the biggest room."
You know the first rule in combat?
Shoot them before they shoot you.
"I do! But-" Darn. She had nothing to refute with. She pouted and
kept trying. "I'm tired, Kendo." She dragged his name out, trying
to be as convincing as possible. "You said it yourself, not to get
too over my head about children if I'm exhausted. Now pick me up
or... Or I won't stop talking about it."
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"Surprise me... Just don't make it too different, you know?" She
smiled slightly, hovering above the ground. "I'd love to see what
kind of castle can be created in my image."
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"No idea, collectively, I talked with the old Saint Deity more than
with you." Iteral laughs a little shy. "... but I'll replicate your
old bedroom. Well, maybe a little more grand and some lighting
fixes but that's about it." She was thinking about taking things
from the future but, nah. No need for culture shock.
You know the first rule in combat?
Shoot them before they shoot you.