Buried of the Remembrance || SAO Fanfic ||

Chapter nine: Worries

Alice's POV

I immediately ran as fast as I can to the elevator. I saw a fight has broken out on the 90th floor. I knew that someone must've been captured or knocked out due to the luminous light particles on the wall. I continued running as fast as I can to the elevator. I am panting out of exhaustion but I don't care. I need to get to Eugeo fast. It must be Eugeo. I just hope Asuna will be alright if she has reached to the other floors.

"Greetings knight 30. What floor do you need to go?" The girl asked and I looked at her. "Take me to floor 29! The floor where the intergity knights chambers are resting at!" My voice yelled at her. She listened and started casting a sacred arts to lower the elevator floor.

I ran out when we stopped descending. I am looking at every door that I know except the spares that were empty. I slammed each door open to see nothing and continued. Repeating every action until I open one door.

It was dark. Completely dark, there is no candles or anything to light up the room. Even the room itself is dull. I looked around of the room then I see a shadowy like figure who is leaning against the bed stand. I realized who it is.

"Eugeo?.. Eugeo! HEY EUGEO! STAY WITH ME!"

"... Get Kirito somewhere safe.." Eugeo said as his voice is getting quieter. "No! After all that Kirito did just to make you stay alive!" I let out my hand hovering over eugeo missing lower arm. "System call! Recover partial and vital damage." As eugeo's missing arm slowly starts to heal. Eydis ran over to Alice. "Alice! Jeez you are fast... What got you so worrie-" she stopped speaking as she sees Alice healing the wanted criminal. "Alice? Why are you healing him?" I didn't answer Eydis question and the lower arm is regenerating.

I stood up and looked at Eugeo. He had such a painful expression on his face, I checked his durability. It seems to partially recover and slowly increasing back up to his maxed durability.

"Why? It's because he is a hero.. Not a criminal, Eydis." I answered as I walk over to Kirito who is unconscious and in his intergity knight armor. "... From the looks of it. You did change." I mumbled and lift him up. I didn't want to leave Kirito like this. Especially since all Eugeo saw was Kirito on the ground, seems to be from the pain or something triggered in his memories. Maybe seeing Eugeo like this triggered Kirito to see that he remember that he sacrificed his memories to let Eugeo live? I continue thinking about this room of what happened as I gently lay him down on his bed.

I looked at Eydis, who which stood there with silence and she gave me a small smile. "You know.. I did speak with Kirito before you woke up. He really is a kind person that he even carried you all the way to the 95th floor." Eydis said and she inhaled then exhaled. "But from the look on your face. He did change. He isn't.. the Kirito I have talked to." I am worried now of how much he has changed, is he harsh? Cold? emotionless? Anything that has an impact on Kirito?

"I think you need to witness it yourself. But you need to explain general Bercouli of your absences." Yeah I should probably tell uncle of where I was and why I left without telling anybody why.

"You are right, Eydis.. Till then, please watch Eugeo for me." I was about to walk out of kirito's room. I turned around looking right back at Eydis. "Oh right, Eydis if any chance. Did you see a girl with chestnut long hair that looks like goddess Stacia?" I asked and Eydis blinked for a moment. "Oh wait her? Kirito brought her in and well, he called her an intruder which why I don't understand since she really looks like stacia. He handed her to me. I sent her to the underground jail." Really Eydis?!

"I-I see. I shall head back to my chambers then. Good night, Eydis." I walked away, closing the door. I'm not actually going head back to my room, I am going to go get Asuna back.

I hope Asuna doesn't get to see her lover changed to someone else entirely, I should probably fly away with amayori if she will be back. I plan take Asuna with me back to the cabin where Eugeo and I built but I don't want to leave Eugeo alone especially since he seem broken seeing Kirito like that.

The truth really does hurt but Asuna and Eugeo had to live through it. I wonder how am I going to explain to Asuna about Kirito. I continued walking down the stairs as I can feel that my legs are about to give up and collapsed into exhaustion.

But I still kept walking, I don't care of how tired I am. Eugeo's pained face expression lingers in my head and I feel guilty. Why? Why is this world so cruel? What did Kirtio and Eugeo fought for? Was their sacrifice even worth it? It's not like justice even matters anymore. Not with the seal of the right eye to just complicate things. It's doesn't need to be just lower class people, the nobles even rich families need to have these rules.

Their crimes are justified, so why do they need to be executed? Just for killing a noblemen because they were about to do something with their students?

My mind continues to just wander if this world is even worth saving anymore or protecting at this point. My eyelids feel heavy and I felt I was flying for just a moment but someone caught me.

"Oh so that's what I hearing with loud footsteps rushing down the stairs while I was asleep. Hello little one." I looked up at the voice. "Uncle?.."

He set me down on the staircase as I am in a sitting position. "I'm sorry uncle that I have vanished all of the sudden. It's just.. The pontifex. She ordered me to leave with Eugeo but-" I was interrupted as uncle Bercouli. "I know. I can feel her presence is now. Away. After the sacred arts has been undo so I am not in a frozen sleep." He said as I sigh in relief, Atleast he isn't mad.

"We should tell the others about the pontifex. She isn't our ruler now because she is deceased. I presumed the blue swordsmen and the black swordsmen got to her?" I nod my head in response.

"I see. That is a shame. And the looks of it, one of them joined us. He isn't kind then I thought. I assumed he would be nice like his friend." More to add into my list of worries..

Eydis did warn me about it. And I need to tell Asuna about Kirito. As I continue listening to uncle and explaining of what been happening so far on this day and yesterday. Meanwhile I am thinking about Kirito.

He really did affect everyone. The 2nd in commander, Fanatio. He affected me and his silly mistakes that would just make me hate him even more but I know he is just teasing. He has a girlfriend which I know just by the looks of Asuna's face. I bet they would get married. And Eugeo...

It felt like him and Eugeo are like brothers. They aren't biologically related, their relationship is just adorable. By eugeo's stories that he tells me about Kirito while we were back at the cabin. Seeing them together and having fun.

The truth really hurts...

Author Chan: e h e? - scarlet

Words: 1313