Gate Guardian - Tale of the Blazing Heart

Phase 50: The Day You Said You Love Me

Phase 50: The Day You Said You Love Me

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[5:25 PM]

Regaining my strength, I forced myself to immediately rush to her position and lifted her with my arms. Being powerless right now, Erylle managed to keep herself awake, and continued to smile and stare at me while having a slight blush. There's nothing wrong with her, I think. She's just exhausted.

"Y-You shouldn't push yourself!"

I didn't give her a chance to reply. I immediately opened a Gate and returned home.

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She was already asleep when I was carrying her on my back. So when we finally made it back alive at the Blazing Heart Haven, all of them got worried. Especially the silver haired Skye Goldcliffe. She thought that it was all her fault. She silently bowed down, not looking in anyone's eyes for the rest of the day.

I got Asumi to watch for my sleeping beauty for a while, while I explain the serious matter to Zion, Heushac, Mia, and Skye.

"So everything was a trap, then?" Mia said. "So that leaves us more questions. Is it really the Black Cross who sent that letter? Why is there a Cursed Guardian in the meeting place? Are they planning to kill Skye in the first place?"

"What cup size is that vampire lady? When will Mia's boobs grow? Who-"

Pang! A frying pan kissed Zion's face after saying those perverted lines in a serious manner. Seriously, Zion, when will you grow up? Mia is going to kill him at this rate.

"Mia is also a trap!" Heushac shouted. "At first you will think of Mia as a boy, but then she's a girl! It's because she doesn't have boob-"

Pang! The second knockdown has been made, and it was Heushac on the other corner! All right, no one's gonna take this topic here seriously except Mia. I even got my mind flying because of what happened earlier between Erylle and me. Asumi is an airhead, never mind her. And Skye's sulking in the corner, just listening to our conversation. Erylle is the only one who can talk to her at this point. But she's not up yet. Is Erylle really okay?

Because of my mind jumbling my thoughts, I forgot to tell them the Heavenly Blade and my confession to Erylle. It might be better to ask our Legion Master first, before doing any actions.

I got myself on the backyard, trying to meditate and to clear my mind. Inhale. Exhale. Sigh. The hangover still exists within my subconscious. Thinking of it, it's a good thing either. After years, my ultimate crush responded to my feelings and prayers. And she felt the same way too! I should celebrate with myself. Woot Woot!

It was already late midnight, but I still couldn't sleep. My feelings can't get it together. Every five minutes, my arms will just punch the air on itself, celebrating my victory as a lover. Woot woot! This is bad. If this continues, I wouldn't be able to sleep the entire year!

"What'cha doin?~"

Speak of the devil! It's Erylle! What will I do now?

a. Run away and be a dopey idiot.

b. Ignore her for the rest of the night to prevent awkwardness.

c. Pretend to be calm and suppress your emotions

d. Ravish her!

Why are there some choices like I'm in a game show in the television? Why is there a fourth choice? Why does it always show up? What's the meaning of 'ravish' anyway?

Having my brain dumbstruck, I never made anything except but to transform my face into tomato. But she... She's just smiling at me, having her face twenty centimeters away from mine. Even though it's midnight, the reflection of the moon made her blushing face visible.

"E-E-E-E-E-Erylle! Y-Y-Y-You're awake! Ha-ha-ha"

Wait, why am I sounding like a broken cassette player?

"Mmm... I'm also wondering why I don't have any injuries. Maybe it's the power of the Heavenly Blade."

Heavenly Blade, huh? Oh right, where is it now? Without saying it in my own mouth, Erylle pointed my chest. Is she using her <Heartsong> ability right now? Wait, her soft hands are making me a lot uncomfortable.

"I can't draw the Heavenly Blade's full power yet, so it will still reside on your heart for the time being."

"O-Okay..."

At last, she pulled her face away from me. She sat beside me and gazed upon the stars. Curious, I did the same thing. There's a lot more twinkling glitters in the dark skies tonight than the others. They are like fireflies with a hundred different colors that stay flying in the same place. What a relieving sight.

Slowly, I felt a warm yet soft touch on my left hand. It's Erylle. She smiled innocently at me with a flushing face.

"Will you help me?"

"H-Help you f-for what?" I mumbled.

"Help me remember what you told me before I got the Heavenly Blade."

She can't remember? Why? Oh, maybe she was affected by a neural shock from drawing the Reginleif from my heart. That may be convenient. I don't know how to be a good lover to Erylle, so I think it will be better this way.

"T-There's nothing in particular thing you have to remember. W-We defeated the Cursed Guardian, a-and we're unharmed. A-All is well that ends w-well, right?"

For a slight moment, Erylle had a cross-vein on her forehead. Then I noticed that her grip on my hand became tighter like she's squeezing a stress ball. Is she mad in any way? ...S-She's reading my mind!

"You should be discarding all your lies from now on!"

She's really mad, isn't it? I have a feeling that if I make her angry, she will be a worse monster like normal. I might be kicked by her to the depths of hell if I'm not careful.

"S-Sorry!"

"Geez, how can you expect me to forget the day you said you love me, you nincompoop. I've been waiting for you to say that for a long time. I told you to believe in yourself, right?" Erylle puffed her reddish cheeks.

So Erylle has feelings for me in the first place. Woot woot! Wait, she's using her <Heartsong>. Maybe it's not an appropriate moment to celebrate in my mind. We still have a grave danger towards us. Eidolons, the Dark Legion, Cursed Guardians, and Aeternos. We don't even know if the Black Cross Legion is still in the good side.

I raised my arms in the starry sky, like I'm able to reach them. This scene is commonly used for hope in achieving a dream. Well, my dream is simple. I just wanted Erylle, Heushac, Mia, Asumi, Zion and Skye to be safe. No, I wanted the other Guardians to be safe too. I wanted to have a happy ending in this fight.

But first, I have to make Erylle happy. I saw every bit of her memory in that dimension. Every one of them is melancholic. I will not let that happen again. I will prevent Erylle's tears from falling from her eyes. I will replace every sorrow in her heart with love.

I don't know if I can do all of that. I don't even know how. Maybe the Heavenly Blade Reginleif doesn't have enough power to do those things. Maybe I'm asking too much from our newfound power.

But the shooting star that just swiped through the skies made the two of us filled with hope.