Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 21

The underground cavern was quite large, way larger than what she had expected considering what was within it.

A large, long garden was spread out throughout the large cavern and it was filled completely with all sorts of flowers, flauna, crystals, and small structures as the path amongst them seemed to be of normal stone. She could see roses of blood color, lillies that seemed ghostly in nature, crystals of all sorts of sizes, shapes, and colors, slightly ghostly bone strucutres that almost seemed to emit a ghostly mist, and then black stone structures that had runes carved into them.

Sinon was mesmerized as she slowly went from holding an arrow with her bow to putting the arrow up and as she looked around her surroundings, she slowly walked amongst some glowing braziers as she then wondered where the Prince was in this huge place.

But she decided she was not in a rush and as she slowly walked around, she put her weapons away as she slowly began to walk around this large garden. She felt the gravel beneath her crunch as she walked along and as she looked at everything around her, she tried not to touch anything with her hands as she was in awe that this existed at all in Hel.

And then suddenly she heard someone say, "Why hello, my bride.. I see you have become entranced by my Garden."

She jumped from the sudden voice and as she looked around her, she finally saw him sitting on a nearby bench, watching her in his normal Necromancer armor. He had his black and blue blades on his back and he was simply sitting on the bench it seemed and as she slowly looked at him, he then stood up and said to her, "You look nice in that armor... I figured it suited you better than the other."

She looked at him as she then asked him, "You.. summoned me?"

"I have an apology to give you." said the Prince as he stood up suddenly.

As she looked at his face, she then saw that he no longer had a mask on of skull like but now that it was simply a metal plate with a slit over his eyes. It didn't help her see his face but as she looked at him he simply stood before her with his hands put together, almost steepled, as he then said to her, "I must ask you to forgive me for the other day... the Bone princes are not usually so easily riled up into such an open uprising... no matter how large or small..."

Sinon stood there for a little bit more before she then said, "That's it?"

"If you're expecting an apology for me taking you... I could have just left you on the battlefield and let you be pin cushioned." said the Prince as he shrugged.

Sinon gave him a "Are you serious look?" before she then took her hands and made a frustrated motion as she then she watched him look towards the deeper interior of the cave as he then said, "Come, handmaidens... It is time to leave the Gardens... we have much to attend in the kingdom."

Sinon almost felt her anger get the better for her but she managed to shove it deep down into her as she then watched Thaxae, Sanginium, and Medusae appear and as the Prince of Darkness began to walk towards the exit, Sinon could only slowly follow him from the cavern as she tried not to get herself in anymore of a sticky situation as she was.

Shisho watched as Klein help train some more Spriggan swordsmen as she was currently his charge, basically she was to be escorted around by him until something happened and she was asked to leave. As she watched him teach the swordsmen to parry one another, Klein was finding it once again difficult to focus on his tasks at hand with a beautiful girl near him. Normally, right around when he meets a hot, gorgeous girl, he simply begins to act like every desperate guy out there and tries to get them interested in him.

But this girl was making him act... like a gentleman, like a noble samurai would hopefully act like. And although he wasn't too bothered by his new behavior, it did certainly surprise him a tad bit as he managed to look over at her and manages to see she was currently watching his every move.