Blanc's POV
I found myself lost in a dark void, I hear this ominous buzzing in the air and my vision constantly blurs in and out... I feel the cold breeze blowing from somewhere... and then There's light...
I looked at the light and found two silhouettes approaching me...
Ram: "Sis!"
Luna: "Blanc! There you are."
Blanc: "You two... How did you get here?"
Ram: "Cloin opened a gate for us and we entered it!"
Luna: "Uurgh... What is this place Blanc? It's giving me a headache..."
Blanc: "I have a hunch... I think it's Weiz's innermost thoughts..."
Luna: "You mean, we are currently entering the deepest parts of his memories."
Blanc: "Could be... But something doesn't feel right... Hey! Amon! Where are you!?"
...I shout into the dark void, calling for the beast that dwelled inside Weiz's soul...
Amon: "You called...?"
Blanc: "I knew you were hiding somewhere... So out with it, where is this void taking us?"
Amon: "...Like the creator said, you are to witness the past of the lords, during this process you will help them face their sins, regrets and fears... It's time for me to play my part, and Luna..."
Luna: "What is it?"
Amon: "I'm sure you've noticed, but in this realm your existence is in danger, you are causing a paradox, for during this time you were sealed with me..."
Luna: "Then I can't go with Blanc?"
Amon: "You can... but you need to be sealed with me first."
Ram: "What!? But that's stupid!"
Amon: "You need to understand that in this timeline Luna was sealed into the Heretic with me, if she suddenly appears outside of the seal then that would cause a paradox which will force the timeline to correct itself, one of the possible outcomes is that the seal will break prematurely..."
Blanc: "I see..."
Amon: "Also note that I will all previous memories of what has happened, meaning I will revert back into the bloodthirsty beast that dwells inside Weiz... You will have to convince me again that humans are not all that bad... I trust that you will succeed in persuading me once again."
Luna: "Wait if you'll revert back into that sort of beast... then won't I revert back into an earlier version of me as well? The version where I have no memories of what happened in this timeline."
Blanc: "That would be the case..."
Luna: "Uuu~ I don't want that..."
Ram: "...Me too... Luna forgetting us... I can't accept that."
Amon: "We have no choice... For now, I wish for the best. Now then Luna, it's time..."
Luna: "So, I'll experience those times of helplessness again, as I watch Weiz struggle... It's unbearable..."
Blanc: "Don't worry, I'll make sure to get you guys back together."
Luna: "I hope so... And Blanny...?"
Blanc: "What's with that way of calling me... It's creepy so stop it."
Luna: "I just wanna tell you something..."
Blanc: "What, spit it out already."
Luna: "Okay then..."
...All of a sudden, Luna came closer and whispered into my ear...
Luna: "I just want to tell you that, I was a very jealous girl when it came to Weizy... so no funny business okay~?"
Blanc: "AS IF YOU HORNY LITTLE WENCH!"
Ram: "Fue? What's a horny little wench?"
Blanc: "N-nothing! It's just a little name I came up with."
Ram: "Hmm...? So can I call you a wen-"
Blanc: "Shut your mouth."
Ram: "O-Okay..."
...GEEZ! This is all that Luna's fault!
Luna: "Nope! This is all your fault for having such a potty mouth."
Blanc: "Uuu~ I can't argue with that... But you instigated it! And stop reading my mind!"
Luna: "Whatever."
Blanc: "Tch! You little-"
Amon: "Alright, enough already... It's time."
Luna: "Very well."
...The Dark void warped and the buzzing sound increased... Luna's body slowly faded with Amon...
Luna: "I guess, I'll see ya guys later then."
Blanc: "We'll get ya back, don't worry."
Ram: "You can count on us."
...Luna showed a wry smile and she fades away into darkness... The Void warped again...
...It started to show some sort of scenery... It was a vast plain of snow and one mad stood there... his whole body was covered in blood and his breathing was heavy... It was a Memory...It was Weiz's Memory...
Weiz: "Not enough... Not enough... I want more! COME ON! show yourselves!"
...Soon after these lines, countless monsters appeared with bloodthirsty eyes, they charged at Weiz, but one after another they were cut down to size... so this is him after Luna was accidentally sealed with Amon...
Weiz: "More... More..! MORE!!!!"
...his cry echoed into the night, he kept swinging his axe, cutting down every single monster in the area... with each swing he spills blood onto the pure white snow below him... and when he got surrounded he summoned red crystals from the ground which pierced the incoming monsters...
Weiz: "Ahhaha...AHAHAHAHAHA!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
...he laughs menacingly with his cyan eyes glowing in the dead of night and his hair shining red, he continues his mindless onslaught...
Ram: "He's going insane..."
...Ram makes a comment in what she was seeing...
Ram: "He wasn't this violent before..."
Blanc: "Ram, you shouldn't be watching this..."
I tried to cover her eyes from all the violence...
Ram: "No... I have to see this... otherwise I will never understand what he is going through..."
Blanc: "Ram... very well, but when it gets too unsettling, you can always back out okay?"
Ram: "O-okay..."
...To be completely honest, I am very concerned about her watching this graphic scene... but the way she rejected me... felt so grown up... and it's proof that she is growing... I guess It's time I loosen the leash a little bit...
Ram: "Actually...this is pretty scary..."
...All of a sudden Ram grabs the hem of my jacket and hides there as she covers her eyes from the scene...
Blanc: "Don't worry, it's okay to be scared... I won't leave you, I'll always be here for you."
Ram: "Thanks sis."
...Okay, maybe she hasn't grown that much actually.
The buzzing sound increases in intensity and is starting to get irritating... soon the scene before us changed into a landscape of corpses... gigantic monsters from fenrirs to Ancient Dragons and Crystal Golems... the whole field was littered with bodies of monsters who fought Weiz...
Weiz: "haa...Haah... Not... Enough... Ah..."
...Weiz looks up and sees that morning has come...
Weiz: "Tch... Time to go home huh... Oh well... Maybe stronger ones will come out this evening..."
...The wind blew and with it a cold blizzard assails Weiz as he walks home alone... he dragged his feet and with his axe in tow he sheds his tears and pain corrodes his heart...
Weiz: "This is hell..."
...With those last words... The scene blurs out and the whole void warps... We felt like we were being pulled up and then...
Blanc & Ram: "Whoah!!!!"
...In an instant we were falling, The clear blue sky was below us and from above was a white field of snow... We were falling into the sky but then the world flipped, and were now falling into the White field of snow...
Blanc: "Hang on ram!"
Ram: "AHHHHH!!!!!"
POOF! as we land, a huge cloud of white enveloped our view... the sun was blocked out and everything went dark... the cold snow tried to steal the warmth away but we managed to dig ourselves out of it.
Ram: "Brrr!!!! It's freezing!"
Blanc: "Indeed... Luckily you're wearing your winter clothes."
Ram: "Meh, I kinda just felt like wearing this really."
Blanc: "More like, that's the only clothes you wear."
Ram: "Pshh-! You wear that jacket all the time too!"
Blanc: "Hm... Touche..."
Ram: "Uh... What?"
Blanc: "Nothing... Now come along Ram... don't stray too far from me."
Ram: "Uuu~! Stop treating me like a kid!"
Blanc: "Yes... yes..."
...And so we walk through the snow filled field... the snow was a little bit deep, but nothing a little trudge could fix... Or so I thought...
Blanc: "Urk..."
Ram: "Are you serious!? We were only walking for a few minutes!"
Blanc: "I can't help it... My body's not meant for this type of activity."
Ram: "Oh come on Sis! Why are you so weak all of a sudden!?"
Blanc: "Hm... Good point."
...Now that I think about it... I do feel a bit weak... Physically and Spiritually speaking... It's as if...
Blanc: "Hmm!? Our Shares! I can't feel our shares!"
Ram: "No way! Me too!"
Blanc: "...So that's explains it... This fatigue... This overwhelming sense of powerlessness... It's because we can't feel our shares!"
Ram: "Meh, I just think you're a little out of shape sis."
Blanc: "...That... is a viable reason."
Ram: "That's actually the only reason...Anyway, come on, just hang on for a bit, look I can see some buildings in the distance, we could ask for help there."
...Huh... Ram leading the way? Now that's a first...
Blanc: "Alright, alright... just give me a second to breathe..."
Ram: "Okay..."
...We rested for a bit, with Ram's magic we were able to make a small campfire enough to keep us both warm...
Blanc: "Hmm... Judging from the sun's position, It should be... 9 in the morning..."
...Reading that survival guide did come in handy... I made a small sun dial with the sticks and rocks we gathered...
*ruffle*ruffle*
Blanc: "Mm?"
...Ram has leaned against me as she fell asleep...
Blanc: "Geez... you little twerp..."
full of boundless energy for a minute, and now sleeping like a log... What a kid...
Ram: "ZzzZzzz"
Blanc: "I can't have you sleeping out here in the cold though..."
...Though I struggled I picked Ram up and carried her on my back...
Blanc: "Oof! Without the power of shares... I'm nothing but weak little girl... urgh... this can't be good..."
...I trudged through the snow while carrying Ram on my back... we eventually reached a gate... There was a sign next to it Reading...
Blanc: "No flippin way..."
...LOWEE...
...What kind of a sick joke is this...?
This is Lowee...?
...The structures were so boring... sure it had color but it was far from MY Lowee... but to its credit, it was a lot more sophisticated and stable, the block structure was strong... They had Pillars which held the electrical cables that powered the various facilities in the vicinity...
Blanc: "This is weird..."
It was definitely Lowee... but the difference in appearance was overwhelming...
Citizen: "Huh!? Is that-!?"
Blanc: "Hm?"
Citizen: "Quick! Someone tell lord Weiz!"
...What the heck? Why are people panicking all of a sudden...
Ram: "Mumu~ Mmmmmmm~~~"
Blanc: "Finally awake."
Ram: "Oh! Sis! You carried me?"
Blanc: "Of course, why wouldn't I?"
Ram: "Well... considering that you have granny bones now, I thought you'd just up and left me."
Blanc: "Say that again and I will do just that... I Promise you."
Ram: "Ahahahaha.... Just kidding..."
Blanc: "haah..."
I put Ram down and breathe a sigh of relief... Seriously my bones are aching like crazy right now.
Ram: "Huh... What's going on?"
Blanc: "Hm?"
...Out of nowhere... I see guards coming towards us...
Guard: "There she is! Everyone after her!"
Blanc: "Say what!?"
Ram: "Umm... What did you do sis?"
Blanc: "Hell if I know we just got here!"
Ram: "Uuu~ Those dummies are getting closer!"
Blanc: "Urgh... I don't really wanna run right now..."
Ram: "Sis, we don't know what they'll do to us if they get us!"
Blanc: "I get it... Let's go!"
Guard: "No! Halt in Lord Weiz's name!"
...We fled from the scene, running through the crowd who kept staring at us... no specifically at me... Whispers from the crowd suggest that they knew me... but how? I just arrived here, how can they-
Blanc: "Ah!"
...Just then we passed a window and it shows my reflection...
Blanc: "Of course... that's why..."
...So that's how it is... Of course they'd be surprised... We kept running and found ourselves in a small alley way hidden from sight...
Ram: "Oh no! What are we gonna do!?"
Blanc: "There's nothing to do Ram. We'll just have to wait."
Ram: "What!? But how are we going to get to Weiz if we get caught here!?"
Blanc: "Don't worry, we'll see him... and a lot sooner than you think."
Ram: "Huh?"
...If things go just as I imagined... then he should be showing up any minute now...
WOOSH!
...Just then a cold breeze blew from above us... and that icy board shows itself... The one riding it looks at us and loses balance... it was him... it was Weiz...
Weiz: "Agh!"
...He falls to the ground in a silly manner... he rolls on the ground,his cape getting dirty and his knees getting scraped...
Weiz: "Ow ow ow ow...!"
...I look at him with disappointment, how can you be so clumsy at a time like this... he was still on the ground holding unto his knees... It was as if he was kneeling at me... his head lowered down and droplets of tears falling from his eyes... was it due to the pain... or was it something else...
Weiz: "...I don't believe it..."
Blanc: "huh?"
Weiz: "...You're here... I thought I'd lost you..."
Blanc: "Oh..."
Weiz: "hm?"
Blanc: "Sorry... I didn't mean to get your hopes up..."
Weiz: "What?"
Blanc: "I'm not the person you think I am...I'm not... her."
Weiz: "...What are you saying... You look exactly the same, you can't be a different person from her!"
Blanc: "Believe me, I'm not her... I'm not Luna..."
Weiz: "Stop saying that! Come on Luna... let's go home... We can be together again... It's unbearable without you around... I can't go on like this anymore..."
Blanc: "So this is what you've become after you lost her...?"
Weiz: "What?"
Blanc: "...I know what you are going through... I felt the same way when I was trapped and couldn't get to my sisters... I felt helpless, powerless... but accepted that fact and hoped for the best... even though my heart was crushed after three long years of not being able to see my sisters... I still held on to the hope that everything will soon be made right..."
Weiz: "What are you saying...? Luna I don't unders-"
Blanc: "I am not Luna!"
...in a fit of rage I raised my hand and summoned my hammer... it was heavy... I had to bring it down the instant it materialized in my hand...
Blanc: "H-Heavy!?"
Ram: "WAH! Sis! be careful with that!'
...It fell to the ground smashing through the earth...
CRACK! sounded the the earth as a crater formed... dust takes to the air, and Weiz stood there crestfallen...
Weiz: "..."
...He didn't mutter a word at first... he just stared at the hammer that smashed the ground... then...
Weiz: "Then if you're not Luna..."
...His tone changed... almost menacing and threatening...
Weiz: "Who are you...?"
...He summons his Axe and points it at us as he directs his question...
Blanc: "Tch."
...I clicked my tongue... and pulled up the hammer that was on the ground... It's still heavy!
Blanc: "My name is Blanc, that's all you need to know."
Weiz: "Blanc... heh, for someone who looks like Luna, you sure sound like a dude."
Blanc: "Oh is that so...? Well I'm sorry to disappoint."
Weiz: "Hah! That tone on your voice... It's crazy... but that just proves how different you are from her."
Blanc: "Tch."
Weiz: "Luna was the most loving lady in the whole world... she was my everything... She was my whole existence!"
...His hair starts to burn red... his eyes shine blue...
Blanc: "Well the girl you love the most is not here anymore..."
Weiz: "Shut up!"
...He rushed towards me, he pulls back his axe and swings it downward.
Blanc: "Don't underestimate me!"
...I dragged the hammer as I charged towards him and pulled it upwards to meet his axe... Our weapons collide, but the sheer power of Weiz's axe shattered my hammer into nothingness...
Ram: "Sis!"
Blanc: "Tch!"
Weiz: "What now little lady!?"
...He pulls back his axe again for yet another heavy blow, but with my hammer gone, I felt lighter and was able to dodge the downward blow... The earth underneath cracked as his axe burried itself into the ground...
Weiz: "Damn!"
Blanc: "You're wide open!"
...With his axe stuck under the soil, I summoned my hammer again as I did a swinging motion at him... just as the hammer materialized, it goes with the momentum of my movement at hits Weiz...
Weiz: "gha!!!"
...He raised both his arms to meet the incoming damage... he was knocked back with his scraped knees though, he couldn't stand the impact and he falls to the ground...
Blanc: "I'm not done yet!"
...I grabbed his axe, which was surprisingly lighter than my hammer and launched it at him, the axe starts spinning rapidly as it got closer to him...
Weiz: "Grh!'
...His eyes shined brighter and his hair starts to blaze up with a red hue...
Weiz: "HAAAHHHH!!!!"
...He ran for his axe and actually grabbed it in mid-air, albeit grabbing the sharp edge of his axe... his hands were bleeding from the stunt but he kept charging forward...
Blanc: "Oh no!"
...His monstrous strength is overwhelming, he got closer and closer. I readied my hammer once again, and prepared for impact... but...
Blanc: "Wha-!?"
...Someone pulled me back, I end up sitting on the floor as that someone faced the raging Weiz...The person stood there with her hair turning ablaze... she touched the ground and countless spikes of red crystals start to erupt from the earth as it met Weiz's path... That person was...
Blanc: "Ram!"
...the Spikes impaled Weiz and suspended him from the ground...
Weiz: "Gahh! AHHHHHGHHHHH!!!!!"
...Weiz screamed in pain...
Blanc: "Ram, that's enough!"
Ram: "..."
...She didn't answer... Her eyes looked empty and she kept her sights on Weiz... The Crystals began to glow...
Weiz: "GAHHH!! ARGHHHH!!!!"
...Ram didn't pay heed to Weiz's pained screams... from what I can tell, she was siphoning Weiz's power...
Weiz: "Aghh... Ahhhh---"
...Weiz was losing conscientiousness, his eyes lose the bluish glow and his hair turns back to normal...
Blanc: "Ram! I said That's ENOUGH!"
...I pull her towards me and made her face me upfront... her eyes had this monstrous glint to it... but soon, it subsides....
Ram: "H-huh? What...just happened...?"
Blanc: "Thank goodness, you snapped out of it."
Ram: "What...? What are you talking about... AH!"
...As Ram turns her head, she found Weiz being impaled...
Ram: "D-did I do this!?"
...She was shocked... she couldn't believe the scene that was in front of her...
Blanc: "Calm down Ram... it wasn't you okay!? It wasn't you!"
Ram: "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do this! I just wanted you both to stop fighting... I didn't... mean for this to happened...ahh..."
...seemingly drained of her strength she falls to the ground still shaking with her hands covering her face...
Blanc: "Shh... calm down... it wasn't your fault okay...?"
...The red cyrstals disappeared as they shattered... leaving Weiz on the ground...
Ram: "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."
...Ram sobs as she couldn't believe what she has done...
Blanc: "Calm down... don't worry... everything is going to be alright... It wasn't your fault Ram, it wasn't."
I held her in my arms... Weiz on the other hand started to regain power... and he looks at us...
Weiz: "What happened...?"
...Just like Ram, he doesn't seem to remember anything from what had just occurred...
Weiz: "Agh...! My arm, my legs... what the heck?"
...He inspects his right arm and left leg which were impaled earlier...
Blanc: "I guess you both were possessed by Amon..."
Weiz: "...You mean this Little girl has Amon's power?"
Blanc: "Seems like it..."
...I rolled up Ram's sleeve to show the mark left my that beast...
Weiz: "That mark... tch... That bastard is still making things hard for me."
Blanc: "No... It's more like you couldn't get a hold of yourselves..."
Weiz: "heh... no kidding..."
Blanc: "Do you still want to fight... I can still crush you if you want me to."
Weiz: "No thanks..."
...Weiz walks up to us... he kneels down and looks at Ram...
Weiz: "hey..."
Ram: "Weiz... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..!! I didn't mean to that to you!"
Weiz: "What this? Trust me, I've been through worse... so don't beat yourself up about it okay?"
Ram: "But-!"
Weiz: "Here check this out...Heilender Schnee..."
...He breathes a small ball of air and applied it to his wounds...
Ram: "Ah..."
Weiz: "Crazy huh... Luna taught me this..."
Blanc: "I see..."
...After that incident... Weiz invited us to the Basilicom... he explained to everyone that I wasn't Luna and cleared the misunderstandings with everyone... While most of the Loweenians were shocked about the similarities, the issue didn't get worse from there on wards... Word was spread though so later that day...
Noire: "Well... this is a bit awkward..."
Blanc: "Tell me about it..."
...Noire explained her discoveries to me... as it turns out...
Noire: "We're not just in the past... we're in a whole new Dimension, one that's still in its early cycles of creation..."
Schwarz: "That's right, how I regained my memories from the other dimension though, we cannot explain."
Blanc: "I see... I have a theory."
Noire: "Lay it on me."
Blanc: "I believe releasing the beast is the reason why you gained those memories."
Schwarz: "How?"
Blanc: "Think about it... You learned to accept your faults but you haven't regained your memories yet. You only gained your memories after you lost contact with Eithan, If my assumption is correct, the part in Cloin's hint where she mentions of "severing the roots" meant that if you wanted to live on as the way you are now, then you must sever your connection with said fear and beast..."
Noire: "I'm not sure I understand..."
Schwarz: "Me neither... Can you state an example?"
Blanc: "Very well..."
...Take this analogy for example... A child fears a monster, FEAR is seen as the Child's main problem, much like the Lord's regrets and sins, and the MONSTER as the beast that caused these fears. These two factors keep the child from ever moving forward. However when the child is finally able to face the MONSTER, he will be able to face his fear as well.
Noire: "I see, so basically it's a matter of acceptance..."
Blanc: "Correct, however, this causes an anomaly, this is not how the timeline was supposed to go, so the entire Dimension attempts to correct itself by injecting the future memories to the Freed Lord..."
Noire: "How does it do that?"
Blanc: "That can only be answered by Cloin... this is just a theory though... take it as a grain of salt."
Schwarz: "Very well..."
...GATHUNK!
...Out of nowhere the door slams open...
Ram: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Lookie lookie! Memoire's drawings are LEWD!!!"
Memoire: "AWAWAWA! NOO!! Give that back! It's not done!"
Uni: "Ram! stop! You can't show that to anyone!"
...The three girls came running in as we held our meeting...
Noire: "...Haah... Do you have to be so loud...?"
Uni: "We're sorry sis, but Ram saw one of Memoire's drawings and well..."
Ram: "Lookie here~! It's Noire in a skimpy outfit!"
Noire: "WHA-!?"
Blanc: "A-ah...."
Schwarz: "*nosebleed!*"
Noire: "No! Don't look you pervert!"
...Noire used her fingers to poke Schwarz's eyes out...
Schwarz: (SAVE TO MEMORY)
Noire: "DELETE IT FROM YOUR MEMORY!"
...Needless to say, it was at this moment that Schwarz knew... he screwed up...
..STAB!!!!
Schwarz: "GAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My eyes!"
Noire: "WAH! I'm sorry, It was a reflex! I didn't mean to do it! Really!"
Ram: "Ahahahahaha! Look at him crawling like a beetle! AHAHAHAHAHA!"
Uni: "This isn't funny! Hurry heal him up! or he might go blind!"
Memoire: "I got the crystal! here you go daddy!"
...SPLUUURRTTTT!!!! after hearing that sentence I couldn't help but spit out the coffee I was drinking...
Blanc: "Daddy!?"
Ram: "Fue? Daddy? Is he your daddy Memoire?"
Memoire: "Oh, right, I've not told you about that huh."
Blanc: "No you didn't!"
...Great... it's my first day in another world, and now I'm taking in a lot of information... this can't be good for my health.
Blanc: "Hm? Hey Memoire, that crystal..."
Memoire: "Oh you mean this?"
...If I'm not mistaken... That's a sharicite...
Noire: "I knew you'd notice... It's what you think it is."
Schwarz: "A Sharicite..."
Blanc: "But what is it doing here...?"
Schwarz: "Well..."
Memoire: "Lord Neptunio brought it to daddy when his heretic almost broke... it repaired the Heretic as well as heal daddy..."
Noire: "When Uni and I touched it, we also established a connection to our shares in the other dimension..."
Schwarz: "How my brother got it though... I don't even know..."
Uni: "..."
...I touched the Sharicite.. but nothing happened, I didn't feel any strength come over me...
Blanc: "This Sharcite... It's not the one from Lowee..."
Noire: "Right, it's the one from Lastation."
...So it's not carrying my shares... That's a bit of a downer really... but oh well...
Scwharz: "Where's Weiz by the way?"
Blanc: "He went to the guild to investigate an alarming amount of monster corpses found at the Ninten River..."
...Even though he was the one responsible for it...
Schwarz: "Oh? Here too?"
Noire: "This can't be a coincidence."
Blanc: "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Uni: "...Umm... I don't think we should show these with Ram around..."
Schwarz: "Good call... Memoire?"
Memoire: "Yes?"
Schwarz: "Would you mind going somewhere with Ram? We have a delicate matter to discuss."
Memoire: "Oh... Okay."
...Judging from her reaction, Memoire knew what was going on...
Memoire: "Ram, do you want to see more of my drawings? I have cute ones back at our room."
Ram: "Really!? Are they lewd as well!?"
Blanc: "DON'T SHOW HER THOSE...."
Memoire: "O-Of course..."
...The two left... leaving the four of us to discuss this so called delicate matter...
Schwarz: "Even though Weiz was very adamant about us not interfering in other nation's problems... I have a strong feeling that these incidents are connected."
Blanc: "So spit it out, what exactly are you talking about."
...Noire turns to Uni who then pulls out a holovid... the projection shows a scene of horror...
Blanc: "W-what the hell is this!?"
Noire: "It was shocking for us as well..."
Schwarz: "It all happened 2 weeks ago..."
Schwarz's POV
FLASHBACK
...We had decided to open the gates for the Shifters after many years... The Neutralists were accepted into society without much issues... turns out, many humans wanted to return to the olden ways, where we didn't live in fear from the Shifters...
...I decided to approach the Tera-shifters as well to hopefully come into an agreement with them and to finally end the cycle of war between us...
but...
Schwarz: "What in the world...!?"
...When I arrived at their camp... Everyone.. and I mean EVERYONE... were mutilated, decapitated and even torn apart...
Schwarz: "AGES! AGES!"
...I called out the name of the leader of the Tera-shifters... when I entered his camp...
AGES: "L-Lord Schwarz...?"
Schwarz: "AGES!? What happened!? Who did this to you!?"
AGES: "Ahhaha-- After everything I've done... you're still so kind to me?"
Schwarz: "Enough of that! Who did this to you!?"
AGES: "It... It was just a lone girl... she looked like any other girl you'd see nowadays... GAH!"
..He coughed up blood and had trouble breathing... his lungs were pierced... he won't make it...
AGES: "B-but... she carried this air of terror... her face was frightening... and that blade... That Blade of hers... it felt so evil... so malicious... We tried to talk to her when she arrived... but she just kept muttering something... It's like she was hearing voices... like she was going mad..."
Schwarz: "Who was it!?"
AGES: "I don't know... she never told us her name... but someone did get a single picture... here's the memory stick... hopefully...it caught...her face....I'm sorry for everything Schwarz... for Memoria... for Memoire...ahh..."
Schwarz: "AGES...? AGES!!!!"
...With those last words... he lost his life... I grabbed the memory stick and scanned for the image...
END OF FLASHBACK
Blanc's POV
Blanc: "And?"
Schwarz: "Unfortunately... it didn't get the Killer's face... but... it did get this..."
...Schwarz, used the holovid to show the image... It was a picture taken from a low angle... the image showed a dark purple blade that emanated a sense of dread...
Blanc: "AGH!"
...Out of nowhere I felt a cold chill run down my spine... seeing the blade made me shiver in place... My hands shook like never before... My breathing felt heavy and my heart would not stop pounding...
Noire: "Y-you feel it too...?"
Blanc: "Ah-ahh...Yeah... What is this...?"
Uni: "I feel it too... that cold feeling... that shiver that feels like it never ends..."
Schwarz: "Apparently, it only affects CPUs, I neither feel the sense dread nor the shiver, all I see is a dark purple blade... I do admit it looks intimidating... but that's all I can say about it."
...True... if most people look at the sword...it's just a sword... nothing special about it... but one look and I could feel that deathly cold... It was no normal sword... It was evil... It was an incarnation of madness...
Whatever it is... It scares the living crap out of me...
Blanc: "But then... It's not Weiz who's doing the massacres?"
...The holovid showed other locations that had monsters dead... some from Lastation others from Leanbox... even Planeptune wasn't safe from it...
Schwarz: "We need to find this girl... because from the way she is operating... it won't be long before towns will become victims to her onslaught..."
...The air around us felt heavy and cold... it's not just Lowee's cold environment... something ominous was in the air... and we cannot ignore it...
Creak...
Weiz: "...Oh, you haven't left yet?"
...Weiz comes in with a solemn look... he looks at his brother with irritation in his face...
Schwarz: "Weiz, I know you hate it when other's get into your affairs, but I must tell you, the situation does not just concern you, it concerns us all. If we don't stop this maniac from these killings who knows what it cou-"
Weiz: "Then go back to your Nation and protect it yourself... I'll stay here and protect my own nation... you don't have to butt yourself in."
Schwarz: "Weiz I'm telling you! There's something out there killing these monsters, not just here in Lowee but everywhere in Gamitopia!"
Weiz: "I don't give a damn about Gamitopia... As long as Lowee is safe then that's all that matters!"
Noire: "How can you say that!? Don't you know that if the whole world falls then that means Lowee will suffer as well!?"
Weiz: "Then like I said, go back to your nations, and protect your own... Leave Lowee to me, and get yourselves out of my nation!"
Uni: "Why are you being so unreasonable!? Don't you see these images? Gigantic monsters are being killed not just here but everywhere!"
Weiz: "That actually serves quite a bit... with those monsters gone then my people can live in peace."
Schwarz: "That may be so, but the killer in this case is going at a very rapid pace, if we don't apprehend or at the very least know her reason behind these killings then we can't really say for sure if this person is harmless or not."
Weiz: "Oh you'd know everything about inflicting harm now, don't you Schwarz?"
Schwarz: "..."
...He is going out of line...
Weiz: "Of course you'd know everything about pain and suffering..."
Schwarz: "Shut up Weiz..."
Weiz: "Why wouldn't you know about it..."
Schwarz: "I said shut up Weiz!"
Weiz: "When you basically killed your own wife!"
Schwarz: "Shut your mouth!"
...Schwarz, now enraged, punches Weiz in the face... however Weiz didn't even flinch...
Weiz: "Heh... is that all you got brother?"
Schwarz: "...I knew you were like this... but damn... It's still irritating as hell when you say those lines... I want to start over Weiz... this conflict that we've created... I want to mend it... if you'd just give me the chance..."
...That's right... Schwarz remembers everything now... he knew that Weiz was like this... so when an unprecedented threat arrived, he thought maybe Weiz would finally open up a bit...
Schwarz: "I'm not giving up on you brother... I hope you'll do the same..."
Weiz: (I know... but I can't let you or anyone else get hurt because of me...)
Blanc: "!!!"
...Wait, what!?
Schwarz: "We're brothers... no matter what happens... We should help each other..."
Weiz: (...You're too kind Schwarz...but I can't accept that kindness... after what I did to you... I can't afford getting you hurt...)
Noire: "Let's go Schwarz..."
Schwarz: "Okay..."
Uni: "We'll keep in touch."
Noire: "Remember Weiz... we are never far... just give us a call if you need anything..."
...Weiz didn't respond... he kept silent after that... So that's what's going on in his mind right now... Noire told me to peek into his mind... but I didn't expect this...
Weiz: (I knew that talking about his wife would get him riled up... but I had to... Right now the killer is in my Nation... I can't let my brothers fight that maniac... I have to stop her myself... without endangering anyone else...)
...Noire and the others left... now only Weiz and I were left in the room...
Blanc: "Why are you doing this...?"
Weiz: "What are you talking about?"
Blanc: "You're scared of getting them hurt on your account?"
Weiz: "What!? How did you-"
Blanc: "That's not important right now!"
...Why is he doing this...? I can't find anything in his mind that would drive him to doing this...
Weiz: "It doesn't concern you, just stay out of it."
Blanc: "Yes it does!"
Weiz: "!!!"
Blanc: "Tell me Weiz... Why are you doing this...!?"
Weiz: "Stop it..."
Blanc: "Why are you pushing people away who wants to help you! Why are you rejecting their kindness! Their love for you!"
Weiz: "Because I don't need it!"
Blanc: "What...!?"
Weiz: "What I do need is power... the strength to protect my people alone... I don't need wishy washy things like love or kindness, what I need is power... and power alone can save what I care for the most!"
Blanc: "And what exactly do you care about Weiz!? Tell me!"
Weiz: "That's-"
...His words are cut short... he didn't finish it... but in his mind I clearly hear it...
Weiz: (My brothers... My people... Luna...)
Blanc: "I see... But believe me Weiz... Strength and power alone cannot protect everyone..."
Weiz: "...."
Blanc: "I think I know what you're afraid of right now... I just need to know how to get you to face it."
Weiz: "What are you blabbering about...?"
Blanc: "Beats me... I'm gonna go rest a bit... You just reflect on the things you've done thus far..."
... I know his fear... he fears love and kindness... because he knows that one day, he will lose them all anyway... I need to make him understand that these are not to be feared... rather he needs to accept them... as he denies these, his greed for power increases... I have to make him understand... but how...?
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Author's Notes
Hello once again!
Oh boy... getting into some dark territories over here guys... Touchy subjects to "touch" if you know what I mean.
So we're finally in Weiz's case now, what really makes him tick, why he does these grindings for power and strength... Why he rejects love and affection... what made him the Strongest and yet also the weakest man on Gamitopia...
Find out soon...!
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Chapter 31 (Greed: Erretter des Erlösers)