Suikoden VI

Chapter Five: Part Two

Note: A new poll was released when this chapter was first posted that is still ongoing. In a later chapter there will be a wedding at HQ, and the poll below is the first wedding poll that was released. Feel free to leave a vote in the comments and I will count it towards the total.

Poll: Wedding Poll #1: Who should walk the bride down the aisle?

- Daunte

- Caesar

- Allise

- Eamon

- Jantu

- Gunther

- Varnaz

- Surya

- Other

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Part Two

Having Yasaka in the Army brought an immediate change to Daunte's routine. When he woke up the following morning after recruiting Yasaka, he was startled to find the table in his room covered in dishes full of food. He'd gone to sleep hungry—today was the day they would seek out the inventor and depart for the Northern Continent. But the smell of the delicious food Yasaka had sent up reminded him he was hungry, and he pushed back the covers.

Arin was already sitting at the table, helping himself to the food. Daunte smiled as he joined his little brother at the table. "Good morning."

"Daunte, can you believe all this?" Arin said, motioning to the plates. "I feel like I'm dreaming! I mean, it wasn't too long ago that all we had to eat was stale bread and porridge!"

"It does seem like a longer time ago than it was," Daunte said. He dug in to the food. "I'm amazed that Yasaka can cook up so much food so quickly. I mean he does have a small staff that works under him, but yet he's still able to provide quality meals to the Army."

"Didn't they say he comes from a group of cooks that are the best in the entire world?" Arin grinned. "And now he works for you, Daunte!"

"I might as well enjoy the food while I can. We leave for the Northern Continent today, and not even Caesar knows how long we'll be gone."

Arin paused in eating, and set his chopsticks down. "Daunte?"

"What is it?"

"Can I really come with you?"

"Of course you can. Don't you want to visit the Toran Republic?"

Arin nodded eagerly. "Yes I do! And..." he suddenly looked a little uncomfortable.

"And what?"

"A-And since you said you'll be gone a long time; I don't want to be far away from you Big Brother."

"That's why I'm bringing you with us," Daunte said. "You don't have anything to worry about, Arin. We'll keep you safe."

"Who will be coming with us?"

"Well, Caesar and Silvano definitely," Daunte said. "Sharon will be coming with us as well, and she wants to bring her two dragons. So I can fill my party with two more combatants. I'll need to be careful with who I choose though, since I won't be able to simply swap out members of my party on a completely different continent."

Arin nodded and smiled. "I'm sure you'll choose the right people!"

"We'll be leaving today, so are you all packed?"

Arin shrugged. "I don't have any other clothes besides these."

Daunte felt a spike of shame at his nonchalant statement. He looked towards his outfit, which was hanging up. "I don't have any other clothes either," he said softly. "Besides pajamas."