Save the Sunfish Princess! — Chapter 7

WIPE 'EM OUT, YOU BOARS.

ARE YOU THE BOSS?

HAH, PATHETIC FOOLS.

AS EXPECTED OF THE BLOODTUSKS, THEY DIDN'T EVEN STAND A CHANCE.

SO THAT'S THE RED CAVALRY, HAILED AS THE STRONGEST EVEN AMONG THE SEVEN GREAT FAMILIES.

PLEASE, LET'S JUST GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE.

HONESTLY, THEY'RE SCARIER THAN THE BARBARIANS.

THE MARK ON THE POMMEL...

A BASTARD OF HOUSE UMBRANOX?

DID THEY FORGET TO TEACH YOU HOW TO KNEEL WHEN YOU WERE KNIGHTED?

HMPH.

A MERE BASTARD.

LOOK UP.

OHO...

YOU'RE QUITE THE LOOKER, AREN'T YOU?

LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT.

RUMORS OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE BORDER HARASSING A WOMAN...

...WILL ONLY LEAVE A STAIN ON YOUR NOBLE FAMILY'S GLORIOUS VICTORY.

I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO LECTURE ME.

SIR KNIGHT!

YOU THERE, YOU SEEM TO KNOW WHO I AM?

THE MAN WHO LEADS THE UNDEFEATED ORDER OF KNIGHTS UNDER THE GREATEST BANNER IN THE EMPIRE.

HOW COULD I NOT RECOGNIZE SIR CAIN BLOODTUSK?

THIS HUMBLE ONE WAS MERELY...

...OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION AT THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THE HERO OF THIS VICTORY IN PERSON.

YOU'RE PRETTY QUICK-WITTED TO BE STUCK IN THIS BACKWATER TOWN.

AND YOU'VE GOT A SILVER TONGUE, GIRL.

I DON'T HATE IT.

...ALRIGHT, I'VE DECIDED.

BOTH OF YOU, BECOME MY MISTRESSES.

EXCUSE ME?

THIS GUY IS EVEN CRAZIER THAN I THOUGHT.

YOU HEARD ME.

YOU CAN BE THE THIRD, AND THE BLONDE CAN BE THE FOURTH.

IT'S NOT A BAD DEAL, IS IT?

WELL?

LORD CAIN!

WHAT IS IT?!

WELL, THAT IS...

LISTEN UP, BLOODTUSKS!

WE ARE RETURNING TO THE MAIN CASTLE IMMEDIATELY!

NO NEED TO BE SO SCARED, LADIES.

I WAS JUST MESSING AROUND.

STILL, YOU DO KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF NOBLE LADIES WHO'D KILL FOR A COLLAR WITH MY NAME ON IT, RIGHT?

IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE CRAWLING INTO MY BED, COME FIND ME ANYTIME.

I'LL SPOIL YOU ROTTEN.

LET'S GO!

WHAT WAS HIS DEAL ANYWAY...?

A LUNATIC.

AN ABSOLUTE MADMAN.

A BLADE SO SHARP IT EVEN CUTS ITS OWN MASTER.

A USELESS SWORD.

IT'S FINE.

THAT GUY IS A DEAD MAN WALKING ANYWAY...

AH, SIR KNIGHT!

ARE YOUR INJURIES ALRIGHT?

YOU HELD IT IN PRETTY WELL, NOXIUS.

EVEN I KNOW WHEN TO PICK MY BATTLES.

HOW SWEET OF YOU.

THANKS, LADY.

DON'T MENTION IT...

...IT'S DANGEROUS HERE. WE NEED TO MOVE NOW.

ANYWAY, PULLING OUT ALL THEIR FORCES WITHOUT LEAVING A SINGLE GARRISON BEHIND... WHAT HAPPENED?

OH, YOU DIDN'T HEAR?

YOU HEARD HIM WHISPERING? FROM THAT DISTANCE...?

...HAA, WHATEVER.

SO WHAT DID HE SAY?

THE EMPEROR IS DEAD.

THE EMPEROR IS DEAD.

THE MOMENT THOSE FEW SHORT WORDS SCATTERED IN THE AIR, IT FINALLY HIT ME.

THE SEASON OF MY DESTRUCTION HAD FINALLY ARRIVED.

LOYALTY PAINTED OVER BY GREED,

SILENT NOBLE HOUSES AIMING AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS,

A TIME WHEN THE SICKLY SCENT OF BLOOD SEEPS BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL CURTAINS OF THE IMPERIAL COURT.

IT WAS AN OMEN.

THE TRAGEDY I RAN FROM,

THE PEOPLE I LOST,

AND THE ONE WHO DROVE ME TO MY DEATH...

IT WAS THE SIGN THAT EVERYTHING WAS COMING BACK TO ME.

THE HELL OF THIS LIFE...

WHAT KIND OF FACE WILL IT WEAR THIS TIME?

BUT THIS TIME...

I'LL GLADLY WELCOME IT.

THE TUTORIAL IS OVER.