Harry Potter and the Berserker

Chapter 59

Disclaimer- Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling and Berserk is owned by Kentaro Miura. I own nothing.

"Charlotte?" Guts repeated the name Harry just said. "That's Gaiseric's last descendant?" Harry nodded in turn. It had been in front of him the whole time; he even mentioned to Flora way back when that the Midland royal family was allegedly descended from King Gaiseric when she asked him what he knew of the past. But that's all they had been up until now, just rumors; speculation at making a claim to the past for relevance. By all accounts, in comparison to how Gaiseric once was, a strong, powerful, and fierce leader; Charlotte was a cinnamon roll.

Harry mentally cursed himself as well. He had been ordered to stay with her the day of the Eclipse as the others went to chase after Griffith. If only he hadn't been that dumb little kid and actually stayed like he should have. Skull Knight would have gotten Guts and Casca out all the same and they might have been able to move Charlotte to a remote location where she would be safe. He wanted nothing more at the moment to travel back in time and stop himself from acting so rashly, it might have saved them all a ton of trouble down the line.

"And you don't know when this sacrifice is going to take place?" Casca asked, her interest diverted from the topic of the child that appeared during the full moon.

Skull Knight gazed at her with his glowing sockets. "It would be after they have wedded. Marrying her would give the imposter full legitimacy over the realm and he would hold that title after her passing."

Isidro and Puck appeared a bit confused now. "Wait, if this Griffith guy is making a sacrifice, wouldn't that also include that city he's in like what that first guy did?"

"It would be impractical of him to do so," Skull Knight said. "It has always been his dream to rule a kingdom of his own. What would he stand to benefit from sacrificing the city that would serve as his new capital? It would be far easier to sacrifice one who has the blood of Gaiseric when it would be just as effective."

"And what would happen if he does end up merging the worlds?" Harry asked. "Magic exists here even if it is in secret. And what about the whole rest of the world filled with everyone who isn't a witch or wizard?" Harry had spent ten years of his life with the Durlsey's and he knew that the outside world was far more advanced than the technology in Midland.

"I have been scouting the land here as well," Skull Knight told him. "There are more people living in just one country than there are those currently alive back in the middle land. It can only be speculated what will happen to those who reside here. With the sacrifice, it is likely great global devastation will rip and tear the land apart as it is pulled to be merged with a lower realm resulting in most of the population being lost. Those who survive will be ill equipped to handle the current predicament happening in the middle land. Mages might be able to survive longer, but if the God Hand perceive them to be a threat, they will send apostles to deal with them the same as they did with Flora. For any survivors, they would have no choice but to flock to Falconia, the one safe haven from the chaos. After seeing what the Hawk of Light can do for them, they would eventually conform to his beliefs and further fuel his power through belief."

Casca wore a contemplative expression. "So... he never intended to leave us alone then." Her thoughts went back again to when they had encountered that boy and the message he had left for them.

"Of course not," Guts agreed. "That Voldemort guy attacking was proof enough of that, he's an apostle himself. We're still branded, it may be covered, but we were still his sacrifices."

"Perhaps," Skull Knight said in his usual cryptic manner.

"Meaning?" Guts questioned him.