Jaymes
“How you doing, Mr. Mage Knight?”
“So...tired...hate stairs...and Clamps.” I groan and mumble something about how Eydis’ chipperness is a pain in the ass, which she either doesn’t hear or ignores as the two of us leave the rest of the team outside at the entrance to Drago’s Temple. We met the old lady, who told us that the way to quell the dragon’s wrath is with the Silver Orchid, a spear made by the dragon to protect themselves against the dragon’s lightning. To do so, we needed to gather three keys across the damn area (all located by Clamps, so there goes my word to Medina), then make our way up to the temple. We found the Clamp Cluster just outside the temple, which we just eliminated.
“Three keys...and open!” We watch as the gates to the temple ruins opens, presenting us with a marvelous sight of a life-size statue of the Western Dragon. Right beneath it is a metallic spear, our target, the Silver Orchid. Eydis pushes me forward to go retrieve it.
Taking it in hand, I analyze the weapon in all its glory. “With this, we can put a stop to the lightning.”
“Then let’s head back to the Western Ravine and rescue Sheyta.”
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Medina
“This...will do.” Medina looks down at the courtyard where the wayfarers are training. Despite interference from Jaymes and his team, she has made great progress with fruit gathering. Yet, for some reason, it feels like she’s done nothing. There’s an ache in her heart, something not easily quelled.
“My savior, may I offer you some flan?”
“I don’t need any right now.”
“You always say you ‘don’t need any.’ Do you not like my flan anymore?”
“No, Selina, I’m simply not in the mood for it.”
“My savior,” a wayfarer calls from below. “Please come! Bear witness to my new sword skill!”
Medina nods. “I’ll be there in a minute!” Medina makes the move to walk down, but one step in and she’s met with a rather annoying visitor.
“I see you’ve come to take pride in commanding your band of wayfarers.”
“If that is the duty of the ‘savior’, then I might as well.” Hersyrian looks at her and boasts a laugh that Medina finds offensive. “What, did I say something funny?”
“Not at all, you just reminded me of the fifth-generation head.”
This again, with the knowledge of her family that she barely knows. “It’s been bothering me for a while now… Why do you know so much about the fifth-generation head of my family? I’ve read all there is regarding the House Orthinanos family lineage, but the records of that generation alone seemed to be scarce. Just that she was a woman, while the rest of her family tree was missing.”
“Long have I served your family, and I know why Her Eminence rejected you. That is why I alone possess information otherwise hidden, even from kin like you.”
“Then I want you to tell me about her.”
“Soon, once Lady Pontifex awakens from her slumber, I shall tell you everything. You shan’t wait long, for the lifeforce required for the revival is at hand. Thanks to the diligence of the stalwart and righteous head of House Orthinanos.”
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Alicization: Steel and Lycoris
AdventureWhen Kirito loses his sense of self in the Underworld and the Ocean Turtle is taken over by a mysterious force, Jaymes dives into the Underworld and joins three new friends; the current head of a disgraced noble family, Medina Orthinanos, and the In...
