Suikoden VI

Chapter Twelve: Part Two

Note: There will be a slight delay to the Bath Scenes. I was writing them in a web page and the window closed unexpectedly, so I lost several of them. I seem to have bad luck with this. The Bath Scenes don't impact the plot but I apologize anyway.

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Part Two

"You fought a demon?!" Nakula exclaimed. "In the World of Emptiness?!"

Daunte nodded slowly and rubbed a hand through his hair. "I'm sorry for ruining the reception..."

"Oh, don't worry Lord Daunte!" Priscilla laughed. "It was starting to get boring anyways!"

"We're just glad that you're all right, Lord Daunte," Gusoku added.

"All right, all right," Dr. Yulin said, shooing at the crowd with his arms. "Lord Daunte needs his rest, so please give him room!"

"I'll get Arin to bed and be right back," Nakula promised him.

"Brother, get plenty of rest!" Arin told him cheerfully.

"Man Daunte, I can't tell if you have the best luck or the worst luck," Roen muttered.

"I-I want you both to stay," Daunte said to Roen and Felicity. "I...need to ask you both something."

"Okay, sure," Felicity said.

Everyone left except for Roen, Felicity, and Caesar. Daunte swallowed hard, feeling tears sting his eyes once more. He took a few deep breaths to steady himself before he spoke. "Did—N-Neither of you saw Kass in the World of Emptiness, did you?"

Both Roen and Felicity flinched. They exchanged a look in silence in for a moment before looking back at Daunte. "I didn't see him," Roen said finally.

"Neither did I," Felicity said, tears filling her eyes. "I-It—There would have been too much that passed, right?"

"Daunte, did you see Kass in the World of Emptiness?" Roen asked.

"No," Daunte said. "But the demon...before he showed me his true form, he had Kass's appearance."

Both Roen and Felicity visibly relaxed for moment, but then Felicity tensed again. "Then—! Then, does that mean Kass didn't go to Heaven?! If the demon knew his face—"

"No." The trio jumped when Yuber suddenly appeared. The Black Knight wore an expression of deep stress "Eligos took the form of your...friend, because he probably read your mind and saw your face there. He took on the visage of your friend to lull you into a false sense of security."

"H-He also said that people Kass's age generally go to Heaven," Daunte said, looking at his friends. "So he surely went to Heaven and not Hell!"

Both Roen and Felicity nearly collapsed in relief. But Daunte looked at Yuber in confusion. "If the demon got Kass's face from my mind, then how come he didn't know that Roen and Felicity had died once?"

"He probably only did a minimal read and not a deep read of your mind," Yuber said coldly. "You must have suffered a great trauma from this person's death if he was able to recreate his image so clearly."

Daunte shook his head. "I—Yuber—"

"Do not say it," Yuber said harshly, and he was gone again.

"Is there anything else, Daunte?" Felicity asked him.