The Lost Memories

Tea Time

*Eiji*

"Pfffttt..." the serious looking Kuro turns into someone who holding himself from bursting out laugh. "What kind of outfits are you wearing, man?" he asks him. Kuro withdraws his lance and the lance dissapears in a blink of eye. The butler holds out his right hand to me, ignoring Kuro. I accept his help and stand up. "You really are a dog, Cain." Kuro laughs some more as he wipes away his tears from laughing too much. "I'm sorry for our stupid member's behaviour. Let me introduce myself, my name is Cain, one of the Emperor of the Dark Force." he introduces nicely. I gulp when hearing it. "Ah... Actually, there is a mistake during mission briefing and this fool over there mistaken what his real mission is." he tells and points out his finger to Kuro. "Therefore, I'm sorry on the behalf of our leader." he bows. "So, that flat girl force you to this kind of thing, eh? You are a lot stronger than her, why don't you shut her mouth with your strength or should I do it for you?" Kuro says as he draws out another dark lance.

The butler quickly turns around angrily and punches Kuro on the face. Kuro was startled and can't defend or avoid that punch. "What did you say?" the butler asks him with a smile. Behind that smile, I feel an eeriee aura coming out from him. "She is flat and weaker than you and who knows I can beat her and become the new leader." Kuro adds. The butler quickly kicks his jaws, a quick move that even I can't see it properly. The butler then hits Kuro's face with his right knee and smashes Kuro's face on the ground five times. After that, Kuro can't even speak anymore, he already fainted. The butler turns to me. "I'm sorry for the bad attitude my subordinate towards you." he bows. "So, are you the guy they called Eiji?" he continues. "Yes..." I answer shortly. He smiles brightly. "Good! Now, I have a proposal for you. Will you listen to it?" he asks. I nod and gulp, waiting for the proposal. "Be a part of Dark Force and I, no! Our lady will make sure that no country will attack or make a move to Gallete." he smiles. "My answer is, no!" I clench my fist. "Hahaha. I'm just joking. The real one is if you agree to see our lady, we will not attack you." he proposes.

"Can I trust you?" I ask. "I won't lie." he answers. I take a deep breath, giving it a quick thought. "Deal!" I answer. "Good answer! Now let's go! Our lady is waiting for us!" he picks up Kuro and suddenly a human-sized-crack appears as the butler goes inside it. "Let's go." he invites. I gulp and step into the crack. Urgh! My head... It hurts. What happen? I look around me. I am in a girly yet fancy room, with a lot of cute dolls such as teddy bears, unicorns, bunnies and lions. I look down. My clothes has changed! Aren't these clothes are for prince? This is too fancy. I need to take them off now. Then, I hear someone knocking the door. The knob turns and the door opens widely. "Kyaa~ Our prince charming already awaken. I thought of giving a good morning kiss to you." a little girl hugs me. The butler comes into the room. "I see you already awaken, Sir Eiji." he says. "Where is this place? And who is this? Can you take her away? She is scaring me..." I tell him.

"This place is the Dark Force headquarter, hidden somewhere in the Earth. And that girl is our lady." he explains. Ehhh??? For real? I look at her and smile. "Hey... How old are you?" I ask her nicely. "31 years." she answers nicely. She is older than me! "C-can you let me go?" I ask again. "Well since you ask that nicely. Ok!" she jumps off of the bed. "You are the same as what I always heard of. That makes me so happy!" she jumps happily, clapping her hands. "Well, see you again for tea, Eiji." the white dress girl exits the room with a smile. That's the leader? What a weird organisation. The butler looks at me. "Are you ready for tea?" he asks. "Tea?" I ask back. "In fifteen minutes is the usual time for the our lady to have her tea time." he explains. "So, are you ready?" he adds. "Can I go home after this?" he looks at me furiously. "Should I repeat my question again, Sir?" he asks. "I-I understand. I'm ready now. Hahaha..." I nervously laugh. He smiles as he escorts me to the green-haired-twin-tailed lady, since she is 31 years old. She is humming a melody while waiting for us. I know this song. This is... Melody of harmony! Gah! My head starts to hurt badly. The butler, Cain, holds me and slowly brings to her. [Save... Enemy is near... Never forget...]. "Are you okay?" she asks.

"I guess..." I pant heavily as my right hand still on my right part of my head. She slurps her cup of tea in ladylike. "That's normal for a person having amnesia." she says. Amnesia, huh? "I too, had an amnesia a long time ago. After meeting Cain, I remembered who I was." she adds. [Don't fall]. Guh! I hold my head harder. What is happening? "You are regaining your memory." she explains short. [Free...]. It's too much! Many visions pass into my head. "Here drink this tea." she offers a new brew tea to me. I look at her in pain. "Tea can helps to decrease the pain caused by headache." she explains. I take a slurp. Gah! Too bitter! She giggles cutely. "How's the tea?" she asks. "Too bitter!" I answer. Eh? The pain... It's gone! "Looks like you are okay now." she flicks my head. Ouch! It's hurts. I rub my forehead. "Hey, Eiji... What do you think about us?" she asks. I take a deep breath. "I hate this organisation." I answer straightly. "I see... Why?" she slurps her tea some more.

"Why? Why you ask?!" I stands up, the chair that I sit on fell. "You took over, invaded, destroying other countries, kingdoms!" I add. She blows her tea. "Those who never suffer, never know what is suffering means." she says. The vision of me looking outside the window, looking at a group of boys playing with themselves appears. Urgh! Is this my past? "And... One of your subordinates kills one of our friends!" I yell, trying to ease the pain. "You mean Gaul?" she asks. I look at her. "Yes..." I lose of words. She blows her tea some more, killing our conversations. I hit the the table hardly. "You still feel nothing about it?!" I lose control. "No..." she answers shortly. What? "I have my own reason why I do these kind of things. And If I tell you, you won't believe me." she adds. "Tell me." I curiously ask her.

"To unite the world. To make the world a better place to live." she answers while pointing up at the sky. Huh? "Can't you see? People are divided into classes and the lowest had to become a slave for the rest of the lives. Aren't you pity with them?" she asks. This is one tough question. "It's true that this world is divided in classes and the poor are forced into slavery." I answer. She looks happily when I agree with her. "But, that is not happen in Gallete! I only live there for a month but I see no one is forced slavery! Everyone treats me like I am one of their family despite I'm having amnesia, forgetting my home and everything. That's why, I'm not agree with you!" I state my opinion. She claps her hands.

"A good answer, you really are a good [key holder]" she answers as everything turns dark. Key holder? What she means by that? I feel someone is shaking my body. I open my eyes slowly. I am on my bed, full of sweat. "Where is this?" I ask, holding my head. "In your bed." Leo answers quickly. I see. Minori quickly hugs me when she sees me awaken. "I'm glad you're okay, Minori." I rub her head. She starts to cry. I made her worried again. "You should rest some more." Charlotte pushes me back on my bed as Leo puts a wet towel on my head. "What happen to me?" I ask. "Three days after you followed the butler, a citizen found you sleeping in his barn and brought you here." Lancelot explains. I look up on the ceiling. There are a lot of people and a dragon inside this room. It makes this room a little smaller and somehow I feel it is comfortable. "By the way, Eiji. You keep on mumbling these words in your sleep. [Key], [Four], [End]." Melora adds. Gah! Those words... Making my head hurts. These visions are coming again.

*Leo*

Eiji suddenly holds his head in pain. Minori quickly jumps away from Eiji as Charlotte and I wash Eiji's body that keeps on increasing its temperature. This is bad! Melora comes with a doctor. The doctor quickly injects something into Eiji. His body temperature slowly decreasing as the time pass by. Eiji already passed out, taking a long rest for the day. As for us, we exit the room when we are sure that Eiji is okay. I look outside from the window in my room. It's a full moon today. Mr. Moon, you are so pretty when you are in full moon. I giggle and jump on my bed. Time to get some sleep!

Ringgg! I quickly turn off the alarm a few seconds after I hear it. I yawn and stretch out my upper body a bit. Wait! Why is my legs feel heavy? I can't even move them! Don't tell me, I'm paralyzed! Nooo! I refuse to accept this kind of fate! I quickly throw away my blanket to see my feet. Eh? Why is Eiji is sleeping on my legs? And he is now a lot smaller like a chibi, a boy around five years old. I put him up on the air. He yawns and slowly open his eyes. "Myannn~" he puts his right palm on my nose and falls asleep again. Ehhh??? What has happened?