Leuko : Blind to the Sunshine

Chapter 21: Pride is Free

Chapter 21: Pride is Free

"Hi Cynthia." I waved at her.

"Hi Luciel, did Volo come by?" Cynthia entered the room and looked curiously at the person kneeling on the floor.

I hunched my head to the side before turning back to look at Lance. "Did Volo enter here?"

As I cannot trust Volo, I cannot trust myself to have not seen him, so I need confirmation.

Lance looked completely stupefied at my question, to the point that he almost dropped his pokeball out of confusion. "You were in the same room as me...are you an idiot?"

'I guess that means no...and he is the stupid one for not even being able to answer with a yes.' I thought before ignoring Lance to face Cynthia again.

"No, he didn't come by."

"Then why is everyone kneeling on the ground?"

I pointed toward Lance. "Because he thinks it can teach them humility."

Cynthia looked confused and leaned to the side to look at Lance up and down.

By the time she started to look at him, Lance was able to restore his calm and stood straight in front of Cynthia. "Kn...

"I see, do you think he would like ice cream?" Cynthia interrupted him.

I looked back at Lance. "Do you like ice cream?"

"I can hear her you know."

"Oh, is that a yes?"

"... it's a no."

"He doesn't like ice cream." I turned back to say it to Cynthia.

"Then he doesn't deserve to be my friend then." Cynthia said before licking her ice cream once more. "Well, I brung a whole can of ice cream, so I'm sure I can find other people who respect themselves."

"You did?"

"Of course I did, we are supposed to make friends, so I bring an offering to make people become my friends! Ice scream!" Cynthia said in a grandious manner and presented her Gible who had a huge white jar in its hand.

"Gible!"

"Silence!" Lance screamed, making Cynthia look annoyingly at him. "And who's this rude guy?"

"Oh, it's Lance, apparently he is an Archon like me."

"So he is not irrelevant, what is his title?"

"...I think he said something about being the Ancestral Archon." The moment I said that I immediately took a step back, as an immense amount of fear possessed me.

But I wasn't the one afraid...it was Pandora, and his fear transferred right through me.

"Well, that's certainly interesting...very interesting." Cynthia said with a wicked smile, one that was comparable to Volo.

I took out Pandora from my shoulder and held him tight with my free hand.

It wasn't the only thing, her gaze was identical to the one he had when he found me, one filled with malice and desire to set the world into ruin.

Even Lance shuddered when he saw her like this, but contrary to me, he didn't step back and challenged her gaze with his own.

"Little, little dragon, what are you doing so far out of your golden nest?" Cynthia suddenly started to speak in an almost melodic tone.

Lance frowned before also answering in a similar tone. "My treasure shined too brightly, I could not find an opportunity to rest."

"Then why go out in the sky? Don't you know it hates when you fly?"