Gate Guardian - Tale of the Blazing Heart

Phase 30: Mirose Grande II

Phase 30: Mirose Grande II

[Mirose Grande City]

[6:01 AM]

The next day, Lironeo ("Neo" since we are best friends. He often calls me "Yoh". ) waited me up just in front of my house. He was rather shocked to see me.

"It's been a year, Yoh. I see you never beefed up." Neo said.

"And you...you still look like a cow..." I said, jokingly. Really, he's still chubby, just like back in junior high.

"You...You're still a little girl." Neo said as a comeback.

"Little Girl."That was my nickname to my Mirose Grande friends. It's because I always don't have any balls to ask a girl I like in junior high school. Another reason for that is I got myself dressed as a pretty lady in a roleplay back then, and I looked fabulous. There are other reasons but I don't want to tell an embarrassing story.

Why is everyone teasing me for being gay anyway!?

We stopped when we reached the sea shore. Its waters are vast and the white sands are soft just like Myrrh City Beach. Since it is still dawn, there are not much people here. It will become crowded when the sun rises up.

It's too hot, so I got my shirt off for the time being. It's not that I brag about my skinny body. It's just too hot. But then Neo stared at me.

"What happened to your body?" He was pointing on the scar on my back.

"T-That?...Well I got stabbed by some snatcher, but it's already good."

"You also have that scar on your stomach... Don't tell me the knife went through-"

"It's a katana!" I cried.

Then there was a silence. He stretched both of his arms up to the sky, and stared at me with doubt.

"So, how's this courtship with this Erylle-chick?

I always update him about my current situation in Heightsburg City, and I pretty much said to him everything we always do (Except extraordinary things). He's even the one who suggested that I should go into the park, then to the mall, then to the restaurant in my first date with Erylle. Neo is really reliable in these kinds of things.

"I-I don't know... "

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"She's beyond my reach! Look how pathetic I am?!" I scratched my head vigorously.

"But last month you said that your first date with her is a success?"

"Y-Yeah, but..."

"You can do it!" He made a thumbs-up right in front of my face. "I know you're an idiot, but you have the guts to do it!"

"Aren't you supposed to cheer me up?"

Then we laughed ourselves out. He couldn't believe that I was stabbed by a thief with a katana . It's unbelievable anyway; I couldn't make up some good realistic story on the spot.

We then decided to leave the beach early and go home already.

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The next day...

There's nothing to do here. I'm all alone in my house. I just got tired of playing videogames and watching TV. I tried to explore on our ruined part of the house but then I got bored. I don't know, I often bored like this easily. I already tried charging Light Energy for about an hour, but it almost makes me asleep. Besides, it's really hot.

So the only thing that left me is to take a nap in my couch, having the fan pointing at me.

Peeeeeeeeet!!!

It was the sound of a horn. When I went to the door, there was a black shiny motorcycle on standby. There was someone on it, a woman wearing a tight spy suit with a silver helmet. Her slim body was hourglass shaped. This woman is the very definition of "cool".

She waved at me, and then removed her helmet. Her silky smooth hair flawlessly danced as it reached to her back.

"E-ERYLLE!!?"

"Yo!~"

"Don't 'Yo!' me!!! What are you doing here!?" I yelled.

"I'm here to visit you~" She smiled. "How are you?~"

"I'm fine!"

"You sure?"

"I'm perfectly fine!" I screeched. "What's the real purpose of you going here?"

We went inside my house and I prepared some watermelon shake. Those are her favorite kind of drinks, Asumi told me. Then she started investigating or...being curious about my house. As soon as I gave her the drink, we sat on the sofa together.

"Blazing Heart is already back on Heightsburg. Our legion needs to protect the city from Eidolons. Don't worry; another legion is assigned to track the Cursed Guardians and the Aeternos for this week. We need to get back to the joint operation once you're okay."

"So why are you here?" I glared at her suspiciously.

"Didn't I tell you already? To visit you!"

Then she made again a fake flying kiss and wink at me. Of course, resisting those gestures is a hell to me. I can't even control my face color, since its turning red every time she does that. Every time I lose control of my reactions, she will chuckle like a shy princess. Damn it.

"The truth is, I came here to ask Void Wolf about the Heavenly Blades."

"Void Wolf is here on Mirose Grande!?"

"Yep~...But it will be hard since I don't know his name or face. I will be needing help from my cute little Guardian who knows Mirose Grande~"

"Wait, what are these Heavenly Blades?"

"Heavenly Blades are the strongest weapons of the Transfield. There is only nine of it. Unfortunately, the Legion Master of the Cursed Guardians wields one of it. Our only chance to defeat him is using another Heavenly Blade."

Suddenly, I remembered my dream about the lake. There was a sword after the white light. I'm not certain that it's a Heavenly Blade though.

"Only Void Wolf knows how to get the Heavenly Blades. He even wields one."

"Oooooh...Just how powerful is Void Wolf?"

"That's...That's a hard question. I don't know...hehehe~" she scratched her cheeks. "All I know about him is he is one of the most powerful Guardians at this time. He can even surpass the Holy Knights. He's also a S+ Guardian."

I don't have any comments about that. But if Void Wolf is here in Mirose Grande, and he asked Asumi to protect me, Void Wolf is certainly a friend of mine here on Mirose Grande.