My Beginning After the End

The Brothers

Virion Eralith

"How are Virion and Arthur doing?" I asked General Aldir as we sat inside the council room. It was General Aldir, Lance Olfred, Lance Varay, and me. We weren't discussing anything important at the moment, but the battles underground are growing larger each month, and I was curious when the two brothers were coming back.

"From what I've heard from Windsom, they both are in capable hands." General Aldir told me. "We should discuss their future for when they return, Virion should be back within two weeks. Arthur still has a couple years since he is training with different Asuras, that's if he doesn't find out that the war already started."

"You haven't told him." I interrupted.

"If we told Arthur Leywin that the war started, he would be back here now, and if we told him his brother already encountered Alacryans in a dungeon with a mutant beast, Arthur wouldn't be able to focus on training." General Aldir told me, and I understood. However, I believe Arthur had a right to that knowledge.

"Discuss their future you say? Haven't we done that?" I asked him, hoping for him to elaborate a little.

"We've already discussed it, Arthur will be a Lance, for who, we don't know yet." The Asura paused for a second, then went on. "Virion, might be young, but I believe, and from what he's demonstrated to us, he should also be a Lance."

"I agree." Lance Varay spoke up. "Virion might be a boy, but he doesn't act like one, and has the attitude of an adult. I don't like some of the things I've heard about him from his teammates and Helen, but he's as strong as a Lance already at silver core."

"Lance Varay is right, if he manages to get to white core, he will be able to take on some of the strongest foes during the war." General Aldir said. "Virion will need to be kept on a tight leash of course, even if he has the strength, he might be a little rash in making decisions."

"I don't know about that." I told him. "Virion has proven that he can come up with strategies on the spot, he's very clever."

"That may be true, but I would still watch out for him, even if he is a Lance." General Aldir told me. "I've trained the boy, you're right, he is clever."

"The Lances were a team of six, two members from each race, if we add Arthur and Virion, it will be seven." Lance Varay gave me a meaningful look. "That might cause an issue, four humans."

"That's if they choose to be under the human King and Queen." General Aldir told us, I agreed with him there.

"We all know Virions hostility toward King Glayder." Lance Olfred spoke for the first time. "I highly doubt he would choose him, even if he is a human."

"He's also bonded with Lance Aya." Lance Varay added, and I realized there is a chance that both of the boys will decide to serve under the elves. "Lance Aya is quite fond of him, she is always talking about how she trained him."

"I trained the boy." I told the Lance. "If it wasn't for me, Virion wouldn't have ever mastered blood magic."

"Let's be glad you did." General Aldir pointed at me. "The boy will need someone to trust, either that's you or Lance Aya or someone else, we need to find someone he can lean on when the going gets tough."

"I think it should be someone out there in the field with him, not someone in here." Lance Varay spoke before I could agree with the Asura. "It could also be Arthur, but he doesn't have experience out in the field yet either, even if he is training with Asuras."

"Pairing both, Arthur and Virion together would be the best choice, but Virion needs a non-family member." I told her.

"Then Lance Aya." Lance Olfred was probably right, Virion chose to train with her, and I think he enjoyed that time. "She speaks like he is her younger brother."