[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Bittersweet Sweetness Part 32
Title: Bittersweet Sweetness Part 32
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,524
Summary: Instead of receiving a brooch that dresses him in an assassin's clothes, Sun receives a trinket that switches his consciousness around with Judgment's. Now, Judgment must find out the mystery behind the Death Knight in Sun's stead. Problem is, imitating Sun's poor swordsmanship is no easy feat, and who knew what Sun was doing with Judgment's body in the meantime? Alternate telling of the end of volume 1 of the novels.
Notes: Happy birthday, kiyutsuna! <333 I hope you have a wonderful day ahead of you. I wish I had more free time to chat, but for how, have this update, and thanks for fangirling LSK with me. ♥
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Part 32: Sun
Stomach satisfied, I went about our final arrangements in relatively good cheer. With some time left before our show that wasn't going to be anything less than amazing, I even made a quick trip outside the Holy Temple to buy something for Lesus. Never let it be said that I wasn't a good friend!
Although I cut the time close, I managed to assume my position just in time for the king's address. I calmly took my spot next to Lesus on the balcony and looked out toward the crowd.
The crowd almost made me lose control of my expression. There was a ridiculous amount of people present, way more than we predicted.
"Didn't we only just announce this address..." I mumbled under my breath. And doesn't anyone have anything better to do?
I had spoken quietly, but Lesus had still heard me. He responded, "The citizens want to know what's going on." Then, he glanced at me, his gaze seemingly saying, It's not just for their peace of mind. They care about their Sun Knight. They especially want to know what's going on with the rumors about you.
I snorted. I bet they just want more fodder for gossip!
It was bad enough that I'd walked into a den of gossipers this very morning. The citizens liked to gossip just as much! What were we, a city of gossipers?
I didn't know what Moon and Metal had looked so guilty about upon seeing me in the morning, or what Blaze and Leaf had been whispering about when I'd walked into the room -- imagine that, Blaze whispering! -- but I learned the reason behind the latter when Stone pulled me over after breakfast to ask me if I knew what was going on with Sun and his sudden, early appearance at breakfast. Once I realized that they had been gossiping about me, I immediately wanted to scowl!
Don't they know how much work I have to put in to make my appearance perfect? Of course it takes a lot of time to get prepared every morning. Besides, too little sleep would mar my complexion! It goes without saying that I need my beauty sleep! I mean, take Lesus for example! Sleeping so little surely plays a part in his skin problems!
Recalling the gossip from the morning, I shot a look at Lesus who was standing straight and tall, Divine Sun Sword by his side. It was his fault for being such an early riser that he'd gotten to breakfast super early.
He probably felt my gaze, since he soon glanced over at me in inquiry.
I made a face at him. Did you really have to show up so early to breakfast? You could have had all that free time to yourself to lounge abou-- I mean, you should have used that time to make your appearance impeccable...
My thoughts trailed off when I truly took in Lesus's appearance, his gloved hand laid comfortably on the hilt of the Divine Sun Sword. I couldn't deny that his appearance was spotless, and dare I even say, impressive? However long or short he had spent on my appearance had been plenty. He made me feel like he could strike gracefully without a second of hesitation, and he most likely could. When his lips formed a smile, with the sun shining behind him, I couldn't tear my eyes away.
It was so unfair.
He was clearly showing off, carrying himself in a way that only master swordsmen could and making me forget to be angry at him.
I know I don't normally look like that! But, maybe he'll be able to snag some more followers for us... A grimace immediately came over my face. I don't need Lesus doing my job for me!
"Have you readied your men, Knight-Captain Sun?" I glowered at him.
Lesus's smile was an amused one. I was sure of it. He wasn't even the least bit apologetic! "Indeed I have," he said, not forgetting to tack on, "thanks to the God of Light's generosity."
Below us in the plaza, scattered all through the crowd, were holy knights from the Earth Knight Platoon, the Ice Knight Platoon, the Judgment Knight Platoon, and the Sun Knight Platoon, each platoon led by our vice-captains. Earth and Ice came to join Lesus and me on the balcony. Our job was to "guard" the king, but the truth was, the fat pig king just wanted us around to look impressive in front of the crowd, not knowing that we had a different agenda. There really was little that looked more impressive than having the Sun Knight and the Judgment Knight flanking your sides, along with their "best" friends, the Earth Knight and the Ice Knight. Really, the only way to top this was to have all of the Twelve Holy Knights present, but it wasn't like we could all be at the king's beck and call. Besides, he had his knight-confidants for that.
The rest of the Twelve Holy Knights were actually in the plaza, among the crowd, keeping a lookout in case anything happened. Their platoons were tasked with patrolling the rest of the city. At the moment, however, the knight-captains were acting more as crowd control than anything else. Storm, for one, was doing a marvelous job attracting the women and keeping them all in one place. I pitied his eyes.
I glanced from one knight-captain to the next, searching for them among the crowd below, before I directed my attention back to Ice, Earth, and "Sun" who were here with me on the balcony. I couldn't help but feel warmth surge from within. These were my brothers, and although I'd kept most of them in the dark, none of them hesitated in giving "Sun" a helping hand in clearing a besmirched name.
If it weren't because this was all a great big hoax put on by yours truly and let's not forget the other main perpetrator, sneaky, sneaky Lesus, I would have felt bad for Roland. In fact, I did feel bad for Roland. Just a teeny bit. There was no chance he would be able to triumph against all of us when we were so unified!
It wasn't just us he had to deal with either. Lobster-red dotted the crowd. The royal knights were present and accounted for too.
Finally, it was time for the king to make his appearance. The doors opened, and he made his way out, followed by his two knight-confidants and his son. He waddled up to the front. An extraordinary feat, considering his size.
He cleared his throat, the fat hugging his chin jiggling as he did so.
Despite his presence and his call for attention, the crowd continued talking as if he had not shown up. The king cleared his throat again to no avail, the color of his face nearly matching the lobster-red uniforms of his royal knights. His attendants quickly tried to remedy the situation.
"All hail the king!" they announced, which they should have done from the start. Even their words, however, fell on deaf ears.
Well, well, well. In such a scenario, it was of course up to the imposing Judgment Knight to scare everyone into submission.
My lips quirked up and I let the tip of the Divine Judgment Sword hit the floor in a loud CLANG before I followed that up with, "Kneel before your king!"
Ice turned toward me, expression unchanged, but I could tell he was surprised. Earth was doing a marvelous job inching away from me, even standing closer to "Sun" when he normally wouldn't be caught within a feet of his "best" friend if he could help it.
Oops, did I overdo it?
Lesus flicked his eyes to the sky, as if asking, "Why me?" The smile on his face, however, never wavered.
But whatever their reactions, what I did worked like a charm. The crowd immediately fell silent out of surprise and fear and quickly followed my command.
It felt damn good being the Judgment Knight!
After that, the king was able to start speaking with no problems. It was all a lot of sugar-coated words, promises about taxes, reassurances about good relations between the Church and the royal palace... Blah, blah, blah...
Even I was getting bored by what he was spewing.
Then, as a good seventy five percent of the crowd must have been visiting the dream world, something exciting happened, saving all of us from being bored to death.
A figure flickered into existence and leaped off of a nearby building, leathery wings unfurling as he did so. A swirl of dark element gathered around him, darkening the sky. He was flying straight at us. In the plaza below, numerous undead creatures suddenly appeared out of nowhere, no doubt summoned by him.
The first to scream was a man whose voice went so high that he could have made a very good soprano in singing the Hymn of the God of Light.
I stared at the flying figure who was quickly approaching us.
Although I had told Roland to make his arrival striking, I didn't think he would take to flying right off the bat!
Various people shouted. "Protect the king!" "Protect the prince!" "Protect the Sun Knight!"
I placed my hand on the hilt of my sword, readying myself for battle. The walls of the palace were now crawling with undead creatures trying to climb the walls. It had taken no time at all.
I amended my previous thought. Perhaps it's a good thing this is all a hoax.
I would hate to imagine what it'd be like if Roland actually were our enemy!
to be continued
Here's a cool 4-koma of a scene from Part 31, drawn by kiyutsuna! Thanks so much. <333
Hahaha, Metal. ♥
For several parts already, Bittersweet has been about tying up loose ends. I've been really terrible at writing a conclusion to this story! I just remembered another plot thread I wish I had pursued... Too late now. XD; Hopefully by the next part I'll have a better idea how many chapters I'll need to wrap this story up. (I've already been playing with new plotbunnies though. /o\)
Next part
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,524
Summary: Instead of receiving a brooch that dresses him in an assassin's clothes, Sun receives a trinket that switches his consciousness around with Judgment's. Now, Judgment must find out the mystery behind the Death Knight in Sun's stead. Problem is, imitating Sun's poor swordsmanship is no easy feat, and who knew what Sun was doing with Judgment's body in the meantime? Alternate telling of the end of volume 1 of the novels.
Notes: Happy birthday, kiyutsuna! <333 I hope you have a wonderful day ahead of you. I wish I had more free time to chat, but for how, have this update, and thanks for fangirling LSK with me. ♥
Previous part
Part 32: Sun
Stomach satisfied, I went about our final arrangements in relatively good cheer. With some time left before our show that wasn't going to be anything less than amazing, I even made a quick trip outside the Holy Temple to buy something for Lesus. Never let it be said that I wasn't a good friend!
Although I cut the time close, I managed to assume my position just in time for the king's address. I calmly took my spot next to Lesus on the balcony and looked out toward the crowd.
The crowd almost made me lose control of my expression. There was a ridiculous amount of people present, way more than we predicted.
"Didn't we only just announce this address..." I mumbled under my breath. And doesn't anyone have anything better to do?
I had spoken quietly, but Lesus had still heard me. He responded, "The citizens want to know what's going on." Then, he glanced at me, his gaze seemingly saying, It's not just for their peace of mind. They care about their Sun Knight. They especially want to know what's going on with the rumors about you.
I snorted. I bet they just want more fodder for gossip!
It was bad enough that I'd walked into a den of gossipers this very morning. The citizens liked to gossip just as much! What were we, a city of gossipers?
I didn't know what Moon and Metal had looked so guilty about upon seeing me in the morning, or what Blaze and Leaf had been whispering about when I'd walked into the room -- imagine that, Blaze whispering! -- but I learned the reason behind the latter when Stone pulled me over after breakfast to ask me if I knew what was going on with Sun and his sudden, early appearance at breakfast. Once I realized that they had been gossiping about me, I immediately wanted to scowl!
Don't they know how much work I have to put in to make my appearance perfect? Of course it takes a lot of time to get prepared every morning. Besides, too little sleep would mar my complexion! It goes without saying that I need my beauty sleep! I mean, take Lesus for example! Sleeping so little surely plays a part in his skin problems!
Recalling the gossip from the morning, I shot a look at Lesus who was standing straight and tall, Divine Sun Sword by his side. It was his fault for being such an early riser that he'd gotten to breakfast super early.
He probably felt my gaze, since he soon glanced over at me in inquiry.
I made a face at him. Did you really have to show up so early to breakfast? You could have had all that free time to yourself to lounge abou-- I mean, you should have used that time to make your appearance impeccable...
My thoughts trailed off when I truly took in Lesus's appearance, his gloved hand laid comfortably on the hilt of the Divine Sun Sword. I couldn't deny that his appearance was spotless, and dare I even say, impressive? However long or short he had spent on my appearance had been plenty. He made me feel like he could strike gracefully without a second of hesitation, and he most likely could. When his lips formed a smile, with the sun shining behind him, I couldn't tear my eyes away.
It was so unfair.
He was clearly showing off, carrying himself in a way that only master swordsmen could and making me forget to be angry at him.
I know I don't normally look like that! But, maybe he'll be able to snag some more followers for us... A grimace immediately came over my face. I don't need Lesus doing my job for me!
"Have you readied your men, Knight-Captain Sun?" I glowered at him.
Lesus's smile was an amused one. I was sure of it. He wasn't even the least bit apologetic! "Indeed I have," he said, not forgetting to tack on, "thanks to the God of Light's generosity."
Below us in the plaza, scattered all through the crowd, were holy knights from the Earth Knight Platoon, the Ice Knight Platoon, the Judgment Knight Platoon, and the Sun Knight Platoon, each platoon led by our vice-captains. Earth and Ice came to join Lesus and me on the balcony. Our job was to "guard" the king, but the truth was, the fat pig king just wanted us around to look impressive in front of the crowd, not knowing that we had a different agenda. There really was little that looked more impressive than having the Sun Knight and the Judgment Knight flanking your sides, along with their "best" friends, the Earth Knight and the Ice Knight. Really, the only way to top this was to have all of the Twelve Holy Knights present, but it wasn't like we could all be at the king's beck and call. Besides, he had his knight-confidants for that.
The rest of the Twelve Holy Knights were actually in the plaza, among the crowd, keeping a lookout in case anything happened. Their platoons were tasked with patrolling the rest of the city. At the moment, however, the knight-captains were acting more as crowd control than anything else. Storm, for one, was doing a marvelous job attracting the women and keeping them all in one place. I pitied his eyes.
I glanced from one knight-captain to the next, searching for them among the crowd below, before I directed my attention back to Ice, Earth, and "Sun" who were here with me on the balcony. I couldn't help but feel warmth surge from within. These were my brothers, and although I'd kept most of them in the dark, none of them hesitated in giving "Sun" a helping hand in clearing a besmirched name.
If it weren't because this was all a great big hoax put on by yours truly and let's not forget the other main perpetrator, sneaky, sneaky Lesus, I would have felt bad for Roland. In fact, I did feel bad for Roland. Just a teeny bit. There was no chance he would be able to triumph against all of us when we were so unified!
It wasn't just us he had to deal with either. Lobster-red dotted the crowd. The royal knights were present and accounted for too.
Finally, it was time for the king to make his appearance. The doors opened, and he made his way out, followed by his two knight-confidants and his son. He waddled up to the front. An extraordinary feat, considering his size.
He cleared his throat, the fat hugging his chin jiggling as he did so.
Despite his presence and his call for attention, the crowd continued talking as if he had not shown up. The king cleared his throat again to no avail, the color of his face nearly matching the lobster-red uniforms of his royal knights. His attendants quickly tried to remedy the situation.
"All hail the king!" they announced, which they should have done from the start. Even their words, however, fell on deaf ears.
Well, well, well. In such a scenario, it was of course up to the imposing Judgment Knight to scare everyone into submission.
My lips quirked up and I let the tip of the Divine Judgment Sword hit the floor in a loud CLANG before I followed that up with, "Kneel before your king!"
Ice turned toward me, expression unchanged, but I could tell he was surprised. Earth was doing a marvelous job inching away from me, even standing closer to "Sun" when he normally wouldn't be caught within a feet of his "best" friend if he could help it.
Oops, did I overdo it?
Lesus flicked his eyes to the sky, as if asking, "Why me?" The smile on his face, however, never wavered.
But whatever their reactions, what I did worked like a charm. The crowd immediately fell silent out of surprise and fear and quickly followed my command.
It felt damn good being the Judgment Knight!
After that, the king was able to start speaking with no problems. It was all a lot of sugar-coated words, promises about taxes, reassurances about good relations between the Church and the royal palace... Blah, blah, blah...
Even I was getting bored by what he was spewing.
Then, as a good seventy five percent of the crowd must have been visiting the dream world, something exciting happened, saving all of us from being bored to death.
A figure flickered into existence and leaped off of a nearby building, leathery wings unfurling as he did so. A swirl of dark element gathered around him, darkening the sky. He was flying straight at us. In the plaza below, numerous undead creatures suddenly appeared out of nowhere, no doubt summoned by him.
The first to scream was a man whose voice went so high that he could have made a very good soprano in singing the Hymn of the God of Light.
I stared at the flying figure who was quickly approaching us.
Although I had told Roland to make his arrival striking, I didn't think he would take to flying right off the bat!
Various people shouted. "Protect the king!" "Protect the prince!" "Protect the Sun Knight!"
I placed my hand on the hilt of my sword, readying myself for battle. The walls of the palace were now crawling with undead creatures trying to climb the walls. It had taken no time at all.
I amended my previous thought. Perhaps it's a good thing this is all a hoax.
I would hate to imagine what it'd be like if Roland actually were our enemy!
to be continued
Here's a cool 4-koma of a scene from Part 31, drawn by kiyutsuna! Thanks so much. <333
Hahaha, Metal. ♥
For several parts already, Bittersweet has been about tying up loose ends. I've been really terrible at writing a conclusion to this story! I just remembered another plot thread I wish I had pursued... Too late now. XD; Hopefully by the next part I'll have a better idea how many chapters I'll need to wrap this story up. (I've already been playing with new plotbunnies though. /o\)
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