[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Bittersweet Sweetness Part 36
Title: Bittersweet Sweetness Part 36
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 2,273
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: This turned out completely different from my first draft, but I like the result. ;) (It is also kind of sappy, hahaha) ♥ It actually feels like a pretty good ending for the fic! However! There are still two parts left after this~. They will probably take longer than this part to show up as it's back to work for me. Hopefully, they won't take too long.
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Part 36: Sun
Ugh, Lesus gets to be heroic while I have to dig through crap...
I had no doubt that with our return to our bodies would come Lesus's return to his quick and boring style of dispatching his enemies. The battle was probably already over while I was still stuck here in the bathroom!
Locating the trinket was quite a nasty task. I braved through it by utilizing some magic. It felt great being able to call forth the elements again with barely any concentration, and perhaps it was because I'd had to try so hard to have the elements answer to me as Judgment that it felt ridiculously easy now.
A bit too easy, as I'd just accidentally soaked myself from having too much water element gather about me. It was made worse by the fact that I saw the water element gather with my sensing ability but was too slow to stop it from crashing down on me.
What a joy.
I spit out a strand of wet hair and lifted all of the particles of the water element out of my clothes and hair. Sun Knight dryer service, at your command. I let the water element I'd just gathered drop to the floor and then summoned another jet of water, this time with less force, to clean the trinket without touching it. Then, I formed chains out of water to wrap the trinket up and levitate it before me. No way was I going to touch it with my bare hands!
With the trinket floating above me, I was finally able to take a good look at it. Pink had thrown it at me so abruptly that I hadn't even had a chance to see what it looked like.
I immediately did a double take.
Why in the world is it heart-shaped?!!
For a trinket that had caused so much trouble for us, it looked deceptively normal and cutesy. It also made me think of the heart-shaped Ring of Life that Roland had worn.
Do all of Pink's powerful trinkets have to be heart-shaped or what?
This particular heart trinket had a jagged line down the middle, bringing to mind the image of a broken heart, and there were different engravings on the two sides. A closer look showed that the engraving on one side was of a circle with squiggly rays and the other side was of a crescent.
Are you freaking kidding me? I'm going to have a word with you about this stupid trinket, Pink!
I took off a glove and dropped the trinket inside.
When I stood back up, pain shot through my muscles. I grimaced. I was sore all over. When I closed my hand, the muscles on the inside of my palm burned as they contracted, and the muscles on my arms felt like they were on fire too.
My legs as well. It felt like I'd been pulled apart and then put back together. Granted, I did have an out-of-body experience, but I doubted that had anything to do with my soreness.
It was a wonder that Lesus had even been able to walk normally when he had been me. The abuse that he'd put this body through to achieve those athletic feats of unattainable swordsmanship was no joke!
My body hasn't been trained for it!
And now I had a bunch of blisters to show for it too. Stupid Lesus! I was so nice to give him a present too, and this was how he repaid me?
Grumbling, I exited the bathroom, only to realize that someone was standing guard outside. I immediately plastered a smile on my face. That dratted royal knight with the all-purpose handsomeness was still here.
Lesus, you should have chased him off!
"Sun Knight, are you all right?"
I smiled brightly. "Thanks to the God of Light's generosity and your gracious concern, Sun is in good health."
"Um, okay, that's good to hear," the royal knight said after a pause.
"Sun is truly fine." Now run along and leave me alone.
I was speaking the truth too. Except for sore muscles, I did not actually have any injuries. Lesus must have personally healed any injuries he had received, or perhaps Ice and Earth's attempts at healing had been more than enough. After all, the reason Lesus had to leave the scene hadn't been because of an injury. He just had to answer the call of nature. Not that that was a reason that could be shared with the public... and I supposed I had to keep pretending to be hurt, or else this royal knight would figure out that I didn't need any clerics. I only needed the bathroom!
When the royal knight still looked at me in concern, I started weaving a long speech about the God of Light's benevolence, long enough to chase most people away, but the dratted royal knight continued to stand rooted to the spot.
"Let me take you to the clerics!" he said after my long spiel, seemingly having opted to ignore whatever he didn't understand and making me wonder why he was so adamant about this. It couldn't be that he'd taken my words as Judgment this seriously. "The prince personally asked me to look after you."
Ah, so it's the prince who wants me watched! Figures...
I was none too happy about paying the Sanctuary of Light a visit when I wasn't even hurt, but I did need to have the trinket examined, preferably by the Bishop of Radiance so that she could seal it. I ended up letting the royal knight follow me to the Sanctuary of Light, though I "graciously" declined his offer to support me.
I can walk perfectly fine, thank you very much!
And I certainly don't need a guy holding me up!
He, however, looked on worriedly. I was probably limping a bit, but that was because my muscles were sore and it sucked having to get used to being short again. Not that I'm that short. I'm just not as tall as Judgment.
On my way to the Sanctuary of Light, I came across plenty of people, which meant I had to smile and nod at them. No more scowling allowed for poor Grisia. Many people were even already gossiping about the amazing feats of the Judgment Knight and the subsequent defeat of the Death Lord. Word sure traveled fast. The royal knight trailing after me relaxed greatly upon hearing the news. I also relaxed. It seemed that the ordeal was finally over, and Lesus had become a promising actor in the process. Not a bad result.
When I reached the Sanctuary of Light, I saw that there were only a handful of people present that the clerics were looking after. It relieved me that not a lot of people had been injured in our fake attack against the king. It was probably all thanks to Roland's superb control over the undead creatures.
Hey, I might not even have to ask Pink to summon undead creatures anymore! Roland's an expert at it!
Of course, I did want my dear friend to rest in peace as quickly as possible.
I retrieved my glove and handed the trinket over to the Bishop of Radiance off to the side. I asked her to seal the trinket and to let me know anything she could glean from it, but I warned her not to actually touch it. I didn't tell her much else, only that there would be unfortunate circumstances if she wasn't careful. She took a look at the trinket and said, "I will need to examine it more closely, but my first impression is that this is likely to be the remnant of a lovers' quarrel, the crystallization of two opposites."
"Sun means no disrespect, but Sun doubts that is what the trinket is," I said. Obviously, the shape of the trinket was giving off the wrong vibes. Remnant of a lovers' quarrel? What a joke! What kind of lovers' quarrel would plop two people in completely different bodies? I left her at it.
While I conversed with the Bishop of Radiance, a holy knight had been sent over from the scene of the battle to report what had happened there. He sure arrived promptly, not too soon after me. No doubt my detour and my tortoise paced walking had given him plenty of time to reach the Sanctuary of Light.
After that, the Pope himself personally came to look after me, which finally eased the concern of the royal knight who had been relentlessly tagging along after me. He was sure difficult to get rid of. I was positive he was now off to report to the king. Or probably the prince. The prince was actually more likely.
When the Pope saw that I was perfectly fine, all we ended up doing was exchange some quips. I then followed him into a private prayer room. Might as well get my report over.
"Sun Knight, it looks like you actually managed to solve the matter within three days," he said once we were alone.
"Of course, Your Holiness. Sun would never dream to drag down the name of the Church of the God of Light." I beamed a smile at him. Inwardly, I wondered why he'd mentioned "three days." Why that particular time limit?
He rolled his eyes under his veil. "You should thank Judgment for having the foresight to ask for more time, otherwise you would not even had had three more days to settle the matter. I didn't see you coming over to plead your own case."
So, Lesus actually went and asked for me? No wonder the Pope left me alone.
It seemed that Lesus had trusted me from the start. I had been wrong to doubt him. Even while I had been doubting him over at Pink's residence, Lesus had been thinking of how to help me.
He had helped clear my name, my reputation no longer stained, and he'd help Roland exact justice as well. Now, in response to our final act, people would be scared to death of the Judgment Knight. The Pope was going to be very happy with the result. I was sure that donation money was going to come pouring in. After all, people would probably be afraid that they'd be the next to be cut down by Judgment if they didn't show their support to the Church of the God of Light.
That evening, when all was said and done, I snuck into Judgment's room. It had only been mine for two nights, but it had already started feeling like home despite how bare and boring it was. When I closed the door behind me, I heard a clink of china that nearly made my heart leap out of my throat.
"Sun, you do know that your room is next door, right?" Lesus asked. It seemed that he had been drinking tea and had just placed his cup down. It was likely the very same cup that I'd nearly assaulted Ice with right after our untimely switch.
"Of course I know!" I scowled.
"And that normally, you should knock before entering someone else's room?"
I scowled even harder. "I just didn't want to be seen."
Lesus raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
"I heard that you have my sword," I said.
"Ah, it's over there." Lesus nodded his head toward the side of the room. Both his sword and mine were over there.
I walked over and picked up the Divine Sun Sword. It hummed at my touch, and once more, I felt like I was being welcomed home, except this time, it was my own hand that I was using to hold the Divine Sun Sword. I closed my eyes and breathed out. Then, I opened them again, golden bangs framing my vision.
I'm the Sun Knight.
I was back to being the Sun Knight, and now I also knew more than ever that Lesus would always support me. There was no one he trusted more than me.
"Thanks," I whispered.
Lesus made a noncommittal noise. Then, he asked, out-of-the-blue, "What is this jar, Grisia?"
I suspect that it was probably the very first thing he'd seen upon entering his room. I'd left it on his table before the king's address, not having anticipated that we'd return to our bodies before I could do anything with it.
I turned, and with a beaming smile on my face, said, "Oh that? That's my present for you! Daisy essential oil! Your skin has truly become too coarse! You need to maintain your skin better!"
Lesus seemed not to know what to say. Finally, he said, "...I'm flattered. Now, I really know that you're sincere in your gratitude considering you're even spending money to give me a present."
Indeed, it made my heart hurt to have to spend extra money on this month's facial mask ingredients, as my own were already expensive enough. That was why I'd picked daisy essential oil. It was one of the cheaper kinds available.
"...No wait, wasn't it my money?" he suddenly said.
Oops. Caught.
"So, this is the real reason you snuck into my room," Lesus said with a sigh.
Haha... caught again.
If it weren't because we'd already switched back, I'd planned on giving Judgment a much needed facial maintenance this very night. But since we did switch back, I planned on coming to his room, mixing the ingredients, and having the mixture ready before his return. Too bad he was already chilling around with a cup of tea.
"Come on, Lesus, you better use it! I paid a lot of money for that, you know!"
"Need I remind you again that it was my money..."
"All the more reason for you to use it then. What a waste if you don't!"
Lesus flicked his eyes up in exasperation. I didn't know how glad I was to see that expression again, on his own face, until now.
I'd missed it.
to be continued
Whoa, this turned out to be a meaty chapter. Guess who's trying to tie up all the loose ends? =P
Two parts left! :D I'm excited. ♥
(The next part will be quite fun, hehe. Though I am going to miss writing Judgment's POV... Next one is the last one from his POV for this fic, ahhhhhh)
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Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 2,273
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: This turned out completely different from my first draft, but I like the result. ;) (It is also kind of sappy, hahaha) ♥ It actually feels like a pretty good ending for the fic! However! There are still two parts left after this~. They will probably take longer than this part to show up as it's back to work for me. Hopefully, they won't take too long.
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Part 36: Sun
Ugh, Lesus gets to be heroic while I have to dig through crap...
I had no doubt that with our return to our bodies would come Lesus's return to his quick and boring style of dispatching his enemies. The battle was probably already over while I was still stuck here in the bathroom!
Locating the trinket was quite a nasty task. I braved through it by utilizing some magic. It felt great being able to call forth the elements again with barely any concentration, and perhaps it was because I'd had to try so hard to have the elements answer to me as Judgment that it felt ridiculously easy now.
A bit too easy, as I'd just accidentally soaked myself from having too much water element gather about me. It was made worse by the fact that I saw the water element gather with my sensing ability but was too slow to stop it from crashing down on me.
What a joy.
I spit out a strand of wet hair and lifted all of the particles of the water element out of my clothes and hair. Sun Knight dryer service, at your command. I let the water element I'd just gathered drop to the floor and then summoned another jet of water, this time with less force, to clean the trinket without touching it. Then, I formed chains out of water to wrap the trinket up and levitate it before me. No way was I going to touch it with my bare hands!
With the trinket floating above me, I was finally able to take a good look at it. Pink had thrown it at me so abruptly that I hadn't even had a chance to see what it looked like.
I immediately did a double take.
Why in the world is it heart-shaped?!!
For a trinket that had caused so much trouble for us, it looked deceptively normal and cutesy. It also made me think of the heart-shaped Ring of Life that Roland had worn.
Do all of Pink's powerful trinkets have to be heart-shaped or what?
This particular heart trinket had a jagged line down the middle, bringing to mind the image of a broken heart, and there were different engravings on the two sides. A closer look showed that the engraving on one side was of a circle with squiggly rays and the other side was of a crescent.
Are you freaking kidding me? I'm going to have a word with you about this stupid trinket, Pink!
I took off a glove and dropped the trinket inside.
When I stood back up, pain shot through my muscles. I grimaced. I was sore all over. When I closed my hand, the muscles on the inside of my palm burned as they contracted, and the muscles on my arms felt like they were on fire too.
My legs as well. It felt like I'd been pulled apart and then put back together. Granted, I did have an out-of-body experience, but I doubted that had anything to do with my soreness.
It was a wonder that Lesus had even been able to walk normally when he had been me. The abuse that he'd put this body through to achieve those athletic feats of unattainable swordsmanship was no joke!
My body hasn't been trained for it!
And now I had a bunch of blisters to show for it too. Stupid Lesus! I was so nice to give him a present too, and this was how he repaid me?
Grumbling, I exited the bathroom, only to realize that someone was standing guard outside. I immediately plastered a smile on my face. That dratted royal knight with the all-purpose handsomeness was still here.
Lesus, you should have chased him off!
"Sun Knight, are you all right?"
I smiled brightly. "Thanks to the God of Light's generosity and your gracious concern, Sun is in good health."
"Um, okay, that's good to hear," the royal knight said after a pause.
"Sun is truly fine." Now run along and leave me alone.
I was speaking the truth too. Except for sore muscles, I did not actually have any injuries. Lesus must have personally healed any injuries he had received, or perhaps Ice and Earth's attempts at healing had been more than enough. After all, the reason Lesus had to leave the scene hadn't been because of an injury. He just had to answer the call of nature. Not that that was a reason that could be shared with the public... and I supposed I had to keep pretending to be hurt, or else this royal knight would figure out that I didn't need any clerics. I only needed the bathroom!
When the royal knight still looked at me in concern, I started weaving a long speech about the God of Light's benevolence, long enough to chase most people away, but the dratted royal knight continued to stand rooted to the spot.
"Let me take you to the clerics!" he said after my long spiel, seemingly having opted to ignore whatever he didn't understand and making me wonder why he was so adamant about this. It couldn't be that he'd taken my words as Judgment this seriously. "The prince personally asked me to look after you."
Ah, so it's the prince who wants me watched! Figures...
I was none too happy about paying the Sanctuary of Light a visit when I wasn't even hurt, but I did need to have the trinket examined, preferably by the Bishop of Radiance so that she could seal it. I ended up letting the royal knight follow me to the Sanctuary of Light, though I "graciously" declined his offer to support me.
I can walk perfectly fine, thank you very much!
And I certainly don't need a guy holding me up!
He, however, looked on worriedly. I was probably limping a bit, but that was because my muscles were sore and it sucked having to get used to being short again. Not that I'm that short. I'm just not as tall as Judgment.
On my way to the Sanctuary of Light, I came across plenty of people, which meant I had to smile and nod at them. No more scowling allowed for poor Grisia. Many people were even already gossiping about the amazing feats of the Judgment Knight and the subsequent defeat of the Death Lord. Word sure traveled fast. The royal knight trailing after me relaxed greatly upon hearing the news. I also relaxed. It seemed that the ordeal was finally over, and Lesus had become a promising actor in the process. Not a bad result.
When I reached the Sanctuary of Light, I saw that there were only a handful of people present that the clerics were looking after. It relieved me that not a lot of people had been injured in our fake attack against the king. It was probably all thanks to Roland's superb control over the undead creatures.
Hey, I might not even have to ask Pink to summon undead creatures anymore! Roland's an expert at it!
Of course, I did want my dear friend to rest in peace as quickly as possible.
I retrieved my glove and handed the trinket over to the Bishop of Radiance off to the side. I asked her to seal the trinket and to let me know anything she could glean from it, but I warned her not to actually touch it. I didn't tell her much else, only that there would be unfortunate circumstances if she wasn't careful. She took a look at the trinket and said, "I will need to examine it more closely, but my first impression is that this is likely to be the remnant of a lovers' quarrel, the crystallization of two opposites."
"Sun means no disrespect, but Sun doubts that is what the trinket is," I said. Obviously, the shape of the trinket was giving off the wrong vibes. Remnant of a lovers' quarrel? What a joke! What kind of lovers' quarrel would plop two people in completely different bodies? I left her at it.
While I conversed with the Bishop of Radiance, a holy knight had been sent over from the scene of the battle to report what had happened there. He sure arrived promptly, not too soon after me. No doubt my detour and my tortoise paced walking had given him plenty of time to reach the Sanctuary of Light.
After that, the Pope himself personally came to look after me, which finally eased the concern of the royal knight who had been relentlessly tagging along after me. He was sure difficult to get rid of. I was positive he was now off to report to the king. Or probably the prince. The prince was actually more likely.
When the Pope saw that I was perfectly fine, all we ended up doing was exchange some quips. I then followed him into a private prayer room. Might as well get my report over.
"Sun Knight, it looks like you actually managed to solve the matter within three days," he said once we were alone.
"Of course, Your Holiness. Sun would never dream to drag down the name of the Church of the God of Light." I beamed a smile at him. Inwardly, I wondered why he'd mentioned "three days." Why that particular time limit?
He rolled his eyes under his veil. "You should thank Judgment for having the foresight to ask for more time, otherwise you would not even had had three more days to settle the matter. I didn't see you coming over to plead your own case."
So, Lesus actually went and asked for me? No wonder the Pope left me alone.
It seemed that Lesus had trusted me from the start. I had been wrong to doubt him. Even while I had been doubting him over at Pink's residence, Lesus had been thinking of how to help me.
He had helped clear my name, my reputation no longer stained, and he'd help Roland exact justice as well. Now, in response to our final act, people would be scared to death of the Judgment Knight. The Pope was going to be very happy with the result. I was sure that donation money was going to come pouring in. After all, people would probably be afraid that they'd be the next to be cut down by Judgment if they didn't show their support to the Church of the God of Light.
That evening, when all was said and done, I snuck into Judgment's room. It had only been mine for two nights, but it had already started feeling like home despite how bare and boring it was. When I closed the door behind me, I heard a clink of china that nearly made my heart leap out of my throat.
"Sun, you do know that your room is next door, right?" Lesus asked. It seemed that he had been drinking tea and had just placed his cup down. It was likely the very same cup that I'd nearly assaulted Ice with right after our untimely switch.
"Of course I know!" I scowled.
"And that normally, you should knock before entering someone else's room?"
I scowled even harder. "I just didn't want to be seen."
Lesus raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
"I heard that you have my sword," I said.
"Ah, it's over there." Lesus nodded his head toward the side of the room. Both his sword and mine were over there.
I walked over and picked up the Divine Sun Sword. It hummed at my touch, and once more, I felt like I was being welcomed home, except this time, it was my own hand that I was using to hold the Divine Sun Sword. I closed my eyes and breathed out. Then, I opened them again, golden bangs framing my vision.
I'm the Sun Knight.
I was back to being the Sun Knight, and now I also knew more than ever that Lesus would always support me. There was no one he trusted more than me.
"Thanks," I whispered.
Lesus made a noncommittal noise. Then, he asked, out-of-the-blue, "What is this jar, Grisia?"
I suspect that it was probably the very first thing he'd seen upon entering his room. I'd left it on his table before the king's address, not having anticipated that we'd return to our bodies before I could do anything with it.
I turned, and with a beaming smile on my face, said, "Oh that? That's my present for you! Daisy essential oil! Your skin has truly become too coarse! You need to maintain your skin better!"
Lesus seemed not to know what to say. Finally, he said, "...I'm flattered. Now, I really know that you're sincere in your gratitude considering you're even spending money to give me a present."
Indeed, it made my heart hurt to have to spend extra money on this month's facial mask ingredients, as my own were already expensive enough. That was why I'd picked daisy essential oil. It was one of the cheaper kinds available.
"...No wait, wasn't it my money?" he suddenly said.
Oops. Caught.
"So, this is the real reason you snuck into my room," Lesus said with a sigh.
Haha... caught again.
If it weren't because we'd already switched back, I'd planned on giving Judgment a much needed facial maintenance this very night. But since we did switch back, I planned on coming to his room, mixing the ingredients, and having the mixture ready before his return. Too bad he was already chilling around with a cup of tea.
"Come on, Lesus, you better use it! I paid a lot of money for that, you know!"
"Need I remind you again that it was my money..."
"All the more reason for you to use it then. What a waste if you don't!"
Lesus flicked his eyes up in exasperation. I didn't know how glad I was to see that expression again, on his own face, until now.
I'd missed it.
to be continued
Whoa, this turned out to be a meaty chapter. Guess who's trying to tie up all the loose ends? =P
Two parts left! :D I'm excited. ♥
(The next part will be quite fun, hehe. Though I am going to miss writing Judgment's POV... Next one is the last one from his POV for this fic, ahhhhhh)
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