Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Duty of a Knight

Noel pov: Flare and I were returning home with Pekora, Marine, and Rushia, but I began to sense a bunch of people just suddenly getting wiped out.

"Moona is there!" Pekora yelled

I gulped and sighed, "Let's go!" I said Flare nodded, and I looked at her. I went behind her and knocked her out.

"Marine, take her away from here." I told her

"Wait Noel, you know if you go and fight, you aren't going to come back right!?" Marine asked

"Correct..." I told her

"Then why do this? Why leave Flare all alone?" Marine yelled

"She'll have you besides her. If I don't go now, I can't guarantee her safety."

Flare has already been through enough; I've protected her time and time again, so why is this different?

"Noel, I'll make sure she understands..." Marine told me as we parted.

I ran through the forest and lunged forward, backing Roboco-senpai over the head with a mace. Pekora used that split second to grab Moona and leave.

Ayame-senpai and Shion-senpai then attacked Roboco-senpai, hitting her directly, but she withstood it.

"Shirogane Noel, are you here to make an enemy of another race of being?" Roboco-senpai asked

"I protected Flare, so the only people that hate me are the humans from my hometown, but so be it..." I scoffed

"You say you love her and all that, but notice you are quick to abandon her just like her parents sold her off for slavery." Roboco-senpai said

"That's not-" I stopped myself, telling myself not to get riled up.

"Come on, you clearly don't love Flare; after all, elves are worthless creatures." Roboco-senpai said, but she looked confused.

"What did you just say!?" I yelled

"Wait, San, did Miko program me to hate elves!?" Roboco-senpai asked, "She's next." Roboco sighed

"Wait, so you didn't want to say that stuff?" I questioned

"No of course not Miko programed me to be like this!" Roboco-senpai yelled

"You seem in control now," I told her.

"Yeah, you are right." Roboco said, "Maybe you hitting me with your mace did something."

Suddenly, a tree branch broke off and hit Roboco-senpai on the head by chance, and she began to glitch out again, reactivating what Miko-senpai had done to her.

"Flare is next after you." She suddenly said

Roboco-senpai was different now; her eyes were piercing and glowing red.

"Mikochi permitted me to destroy anything and anyone that could be a threat to her romance with Suisei," she said.

"I didn't realize someone could be so self-absorbed." I stated

Roboco-senpai flew up to me and punched me in the stomach before blasting me with "Shiiiiiiiit!" I screamed as I was engulfed by the attack.

My armor protected my body mostly, but my face was torn to shreds.

Roboco-senpai flew in and began to punch me repeatedly.

"All you have is muscle, therefore you are slower than dirt, which is ironic because that's going to be your resting place soon!" Roboco-senpai yelled

She was right. All I have is strength; I can't actually beat her, but if I don't fight, Flare will be next.

I hope Miko-senpai has been dealt with. I really don't blame Roboco-senpai after all, she clearly doesn't hate Elves like Miko-senpai.

"Wait, do you hate Aki-senpai!?" I asked

Roboco-senpai paused for a moment, giving me and Ayame-senpai two good shots on her.

"Yeah, Aki-senpai is up there, so why not destroy her?" Ayame-dono questioned.

Roboco-senpai flew up into the air and shot a beam down.

"All of you just dissappear!" She screamed

Shion-senpai made a barrier in order to block the beam.

Ayame-senpai went over to Subaru-senpai and hugged her body as she began to cry a bit.

"Shion teleports her away to Aqua." Ayame-senpai sobbed

"Sure..." Shion-senpai somberly said as she teleported the body.

The beam disappeared, and the three of us stood there much to her anger.

"I'm leaving!" She yelled as she tried to fly away. Aki-senpai stood in her way.

"You can't fight Aki, move..." Roboco-senpai said

Aki-senpai raised her foot up really high in the air, giving Roboco-senpai a full view of her pants. I noticed that Roboco-senpai froze and began to smoke before she was axe kicked to the ground.

Roboco-senpai flew at me and grabbed my face, saying, "I don't know what just happened, but I'm sick of you." She said as she began to charge another beam up.

"Is that all you do!?" Shion-senpai asked

Both she and Ayame-senpai were blasted away.

"At least I know this time I won't let another person escape." Roboco-senpai stated

I slammed my mace into her arm and broke it off, but it still fired anyway, blasting my face.

I don't know what happened, but all I know is that I can't see, hear, or smell anything I touched on my face, and the only thing I could feel was flesh.

I was in so much pain I couldn't feel anything, but I know I fell to the ground face first and passed out, but I quickly woke myself up.

I managed to stand up, and I began to swing my mace randomly.

"Flare..." I muttered

I began to regain some vision and hearing, but it was very blurry and muted.

I saw Roboco-senpai just standing there watching me swing around like a fool.

"I don't want to do this." She said, "Please destroy my entire body while you have the chance!" Roboco-senpai yelled

I limped over to her and bonked her over the head with my mace.

"That was barely a tap." Roboco-senpai said

"Flare, I'm sorry..." I mumbled again as I began to fall, but I was caught by someone who embraced me.

"Noe-chan, I'm here for you," Flare said.

Flare... I could barely see or hear her, but at least I heard her, which means I was taken to safety.

I passed out there, content with the fact that I kept her safe.