Impo22ible (Laurence x Reader x Garroth)

Chapter 14

Laurence POV:

We were able to kill off the attacking Shadow Souls as four people went out to get Cadenza back. Cloud, Zack, Aphmau and myself were gathered in her home with her being cared for on a bed. Y/n and Vincent came barreling into the house, her carrying several minor and major injuries. She wasn't bleeding from what I could tell but Y/n held a world of pain in her facial expression.

She was set on another medical bed as I stared Vincent down with much suspicion and distrust. He seemed unbothered by me, leaning against a wall. "You strained your right wrist and ankle along with heavily bruising your rib cage and hipbone, but thankfully nothing seems to be broken." Emmalyn had wraped Y/n's torso and shoulder in bandages as she laid down.

    Zack had asked if those who knew these creatures could explain to him what happened. "First off, I want to know how the heck you even know about Shadow Souls Vincent... The only people who know that name are well studied scholars and..." my accusation was confirmed by his statement. "Shadow Knights. Yes, I am one of them and I can tell you are as well."

    I glared darkly at him after that. "I knew there was something off about you. I didn't want to say anything in front of Cadenza." Zack came back into the conversation. Calm down. He's managed to take full control over himself and hasn't caused any issues since I've known him." I pointed out the obvious unnatural thing about him. "Explain the red eyes."

   Zack shut up after that. "I killed my previous Lord to obtain these long before you were born." Vincent was only side eyeing me with a tonic expression from across the room. "Vincent... you don't have to talk about it." The fact that Zack trusted him was irritating me. "The only way a Shadow Knight can have those eyes is if he killed the one he cared about most. In Guard's cases, it would be the Lord we protect."

    "I have my immortality, I'm not ashamed to say it. The Lord I killed to get it deserved it. He was a horrible person to his people and killed innocent women and children. You best know your place before you start talking you premature Shadow Knight." That's it! I drew my blade and charged at him, Vincent meeting me there halfway.

    "Don't test me.. I'll rip you to shreds... I know exactly the kind of scum you are. I also know you made a move on my lady." I let the resent I felt towards him show in my voice. "If she's your women then where's her wedding ring? I don't see one. She's free game, YOU PREMATURE SHADOW KNIGHT!" I was now beyond pissed at this man. "STOP CALLING ME THA--"

     "ENOUGH! LAURENCE, OUTSIDE!" Zack yelled over us. "WHAT?!" Bullshit, I call bullshit! How am I the one getting in trouble?! Aphmau pitched in with a disappointed expression on her face. "Laurence, you need to calm down. You seriously need to go outside and take a breather." I grumbled staying where I was, pushing harder against his sword.

    Y/n groaned from where she was on the bed having an arm draped across her face over her eyes. "For the love of Jesus, shut the fuck up. This hissy fit isn't helping anyone now is it? If Vincent were a bad guy we would know by know. Just go outside and breath, damn it."

   My pride told me to stand my ground, but it was clouded over by growing guilt and deep annoyance. "Fine." Zack said he would be accompanying me as well as Katelyn, to "explain" Vincent's situation.

Aphmau POV:

The three of them left out as Vincent put his sword away. "You got one hot headed Shadow Knight there. I lightly chuckled as Y/n muttered out a yeah, yeah. "Laurence just doesn't like being reminded of the pain he went through." I got an eyebrow raise as a reaction. "You don't think I know that? I went through the same torture he did long ago... a very... long time ago."

This got me very interested in hearing the story behind it. The shorter explanation of it was, that over 100 years ago Vincent's old lord was his brother. A kind leader who was one day kidnapped and thrown into the Nether by a rival Lord. Vincent went in to rescue him, being taking hostage by other Shadow Knight and experimented on.

He escaped and went back to his old village. Vincent's brother changed into a glutton that made examples of women and children to get other villages to join his rain. It was something to be ashamed of. He chose to bring peace to the villagers by ending the terror. Somehow he didn't go insane by the power and now stays here.

It was a dark story. "Heh, we need to put my story aside. Zack and I were talking about it and after the incident tonight along with you and your comrades' acts of bravery... we are agreed to join the Phoenix alliance, especially since those Shadow Souls have risen." I then asked exactly what those things were.

"Shadow Souls are demonic forms of Shadow Knights who no longer have a physical form. They are the first monsters to eascape from the Nether once it's been opened... which means. A Nether portal has been opened somewhere in this world and those Shadow Souls are looking for bodies to possess to gain back their physical form... this is not good at all."

I then asked him how we could be about to stop this. He said how it would be impossible unless we could find the opened Nether portal and destroy it. Raising defenses would be a priority along with training guards more vigorously. "Speaking of which, we definitely are not the only village attacked. I better start preparing the guards on how to fight these things."

"Wait, you mean MORE villages where attacked?!" I began feeling panicked. "Yes. No doubt. These things can find their way through the world very fast." A pit quickly filled in my stomach as I was about to storm out. "I need to g--" I was quickly cut off and passed by a tired and upset looking Y/n. She seemed to be in much pain from walking but rushed to the stables and a horse.

"Wait, you are in no condition to be moving around so much!" She glared down at me from on her saddle. "Watch me. That's my family too, you know." And with that her horse sprinted out of Mateli and into the woods as the sun began setting over us all. 'Damn it.' I got on my own horse and followed after her. Worried about Y/n's physical well being, and the Phoenix Drop settlement.

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