Save the Sunfish Princess! — Chapter 5

HMM...

UMM...

SO, WHERE...

WHERE DID YOU SAY I SHOULD GO?

LOOKS REALLY ARE EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD...

ANYWAY, I'M GLAD WE MANAGED TO SETTLE THINGS, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

THAT BEANPOLE OVER THERE IS THE KNIGHT WHO'LL ESCORT US TO HOUSE PADORIN.

NOXIUS LAZAREN.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE YOUNG LADY.

A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, LADY.

I'M NOXIUS.

Hesitant...

AH, HELLO!

JUST NENYA... IS FINE.

OH...?

FOR A KNIGHT WHO'S SUPPOSED TO EMBODY ETIQUETTE, YOU'RE AWFULLY ROUGH WITH YOUR HANDS.

WELL, LEARNING ALWAYS COMES WITH A LITTLE PAIN, DOESN'T IT?

Hehe.

I GUESS TODAY'S THE DAY.

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MY GRANDFATHER TOLD ME SOMETHING A LONG TIME AGO.

HE SAID THAT WHEN I CAME OF AGE,

A KNIGHT WITH HAIR AS BLACK AS NIGHT WOULD COME FOR ME.

THE MOMENT I TOOK HIS OUTSTRETCHED HAND,

TIME, WHICH HAD STOOD STILL, WOULD BEGIN TO FLOW AGAIN,

AND A NEW SEASON WOULD BEGIN.

SO THAT KNIGHT MUST BE YOU, SIR NOXIUS?

...SHE'S REALLY GOT HER HEAD IN THE CLOUDS.

BUT I SUPPOSE THAT'S NOT SO STRANGE.

NENYA'S JUST A COUNTRY GIRL WHO HASN'T EVEN COME OF AGE YET.

THE REAL ODDBALL IS THAT GUY, WHO'S ACTING LIKE A JADED OLD MAN DESPITE HIS AGE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S TOYING WITH SUCH AN INNOCENT GIRL.

...FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM SOMETHING, MISS.

WILL YOU COME WITH ME TO HOUSE PADORIN?

I'LL... GO.

TO HOUSE PADORIN.

BUT COULD WE LEAVE TOMORROW?

I'D LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE TO EVERYONE...

THE SMELL OF BLOOD...

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT VISITORS.

NENYA!!!

HUFF...

HUFF...

THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE SAFE.

AND... ISN'T THAT THE WOMAN FROM BEFORE...?

WHAT HAPPENED?!

YOU'RE HURT...!

I'M FINE! MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE VILLAGE...!

STOP.

HE'S ALREADY DEAD.

QUIT WASTING TIME.

TSSS...

HAA...

WHO DO I KILL NEXT?

MASTER.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE. TOMORROW WILL BE TOO LATE.

LET'S HEAD TO HOUSE PADORIN.

WE CAN'T DO THAT!

TH-THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T ESCAPED!

WE HAVE TO SAVE THEM!

MISS,

OUR KNIGHT ISN'T INVINCIBLE.

AND NEITHER AM I.

WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO IF YOU WENT BACK TO THE VILLAGE?

IF WE LEAVE NOW, WE CAN AT LEAST ENSURE ONE MORE PERSON SURVIVES.

SHE'S RIGHT.

RUTEL'S ALREADY DOOMED... AT LEAST YOU SHOULD GET OUT, NENYA!

I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE IN THIS VILLAGE.

IF THE STORY MY GRANDFATHER SPOKE OF

CAN ONLY BEGIN AT THE COST OF EVERYTHING I'VE EVER KNOWN...

THEN I DON'T WANT IT TO BEGIN.

I'M GOING BACK TO THE VILLAGE, EVEN IF I HAVE TO GO ALONE.

...THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS. WHAT WILL YOU DO, LADY?

OF COURSE...

OBVIOUSLY, I SHOULD TAKE HER BY FORCE.

I CAN USE NOXIUS TO KEEP NENYA UNDER MY CONTROL.

THAT'S THE MOST "RATIONAL" APPROACH.

DON'T HESITATE. YOU'VE ALREADY DECIDED WHAT TO DO, HAVEN'T YOU?

I REALLY DO LIKE YOU, BAMBIETTA RAINFALL.

YOU'RE SO MUCH LIKE ME.

THIS TIME, TOO, WE'LL WALK THE SAME PATH.

YOU WON'T DISAPPOINT ME THIS TIME EITHER, WILL YOU?

COME TO MY SIDE, JUST AS YOU WERE BEFORE.

NO.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE VILLAGE.

SHE SAID A KNIGHT WITH HAIR AS BLACK AS NIGHT WOULD COME FOR HER...?

INTERESTING.