[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Grace - Chapter 2: Grasp
Title: Grace - Chapter 2: Grasp
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,328
Summary: When asked what he would sacrifice his life for, Grisia's answer has always been his brothers, the Twelve Holy Knights, and his answer has never changed. Even if he's thrust into the future, into a world where the Twelve Holy Knights no longer exist, his answer won't change. It doesn't matter that his brothers don't remember. Or that some of them aren't even... "brothers" anymore. After all, Grisia would do the same for his sisters too! Time travel / reincarnation / genderbender / harem
Notes: After Invincible's 3~4k chapters, all my other fics feel so much less daunting to write. XD; Trying to rotate through my stories... so next should probably be back to Bittersweet Sweetness, but my muse is fickle. :'D I might actually have another Invincible chapter in me... Or more like, side chapter? I've yet to decide if it should be part of the main storyline or not.
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Chapter 2: Grasp
My mind worked overtime as Strawberry led me to the girlfriend's place. I was very envious of this Grace person who had someone like Strawberry worrying over him and who even had a girlfriend making pie for him. What a life of luxury!
What, I have people doing the same for me? But... they're guys! It's not the same!
Still, I had to admit that Ice's sweets were the best. Unfortunately, he had not had the leisure to make any sweets for the past month. Our hands had been tied.
Right when I walked through the door, the smell of freshly baked pie assaulted my nose. I took a deep breath, inhaling the delicious aroma. Whoever this Edaline was, I liked her already.
Then, I saw her come out of the kitchen bearing a pie.
I stared.
I bit the inside of my mouth, just to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
It hurt. A lot.
Dear God of Light, am I being rewarded, or am I being punished?
If Strawberry were the only one who resembled one of my holy knight brothers, I could have written it off as a coincidence. Now, I couldn't.
Edaline's hair was pale and wispy, like freshly fallen snow. Her cheeks were pale too. She looked just like Ecilan, except her chin and her eyes were not as sharp, and she was obviously female with that figure of hers, accentuated even more by the fact that she was wearing form-fitting pants instead of a loose dress like Strawberry's. She was what I'd imagine Ecilan would look like if he had a softer feel to him. And if he were, well, a girl.
I know I've always thought that Leaf and Ice would make great mothers and wives, but I never thought...
I never thought they'd actually turn into girls.
Dear God of Light, please don't tell me that you answered that whim of mine! I was joking!
It was while I was still feeling uneasy that I accepted a slice of pie from Edaline. When I bit into the pie, a burst of sweet blueberry melted in my mouth. This was definitely the taste of Ecilan's cooking, and I'd missed it. If I hadn't thought that these two were Leaf and Ice, now I truly believed.
Pie doesn't lie!
While I chewed, Edaline had her eyes trained on me. I flashed her a smile. Her cheeks reddened, painting her pale countenance with a rosy liveliness, her emotions much more unguarded than Ice's. Ice was definitely capable of blushing, but he always kept his emotions controlled, so it wasn't very often that I saw him blush. Then, later on, I could no longer see it anyway. Sensing it wasn't quite the same.
I couldn't help but think that she looked really cute.
Upon thinking so, I hastily swallowed the bite of pie I had been chewing and nearly choked on it. Alarmed, both Edaline and Strawberry immediately started pounding me on the back.
With tears in my eyes, I held up a hand to stop them from sending me off to see the God of Light before my time. Did you two take lessons from Ann or what? When my coughs finally subsided, I looked over at them. Both were obviously concerned.
I didn't understand. How is it that they're both still mistaking me for "Grace"?
"Do you need to maybe splash some water on your face?" Strawberry asked as she twisted her dress in her hand. "You look a little pale."
I nodded absentmindedly, but I didn't think that there would be a lavatory or a well available in such a small house. In the Holy Temple, there were plenty of lavatories available, but such amenities were uncommon among the houses of normal citizens. I doubted that Edaline would have one installed in her home.
However, when I made no motion to move, Edaline stood up wordlessly and tugged on my hand. She led me down the corridor and pushed open a door, which led to a dark room. When she flicked something on the wall, light immediately bathed the room in brightness.
"Go on," she said, her voice quiet. She nodded her head at the room, wanting me to head inside. "I'll be in the living room."
Left alone, I stared at the small room before me. What lit up the room were small round spheres that were fixed above a mirror. Below the mirror was a basin that had metal sticking out of it. I closed the door behind me, as the room looked to be of a lavatory of some sort. I was wrong that Edaline didn't have such an amenity in her home. Maybe she's richer than I thought.
There didn't seem to be any source of water except for what was in another basin that connected to a tank, but the height of that basin didn't seem conducive for washing one's face.
It mattered little, as I could always fill the taller basin by drawing upon the water element, but that wasn't what was occupying my attention at the moment. I approached the mirror, touching my fingers to its cool surface.
This was why neither Strawberry nor Edaline had thought that I wasn't Grace.
This was why I had felt disoriented when I took my first steps.
The man reflected in the mirror wasn't me.
He had golden blond hair and clear blue eyes, but the nose wasn't quite the same, and neither were his cheekbones. It was me, yet it wasn't. I would have believed the man reflected in the mirror to be my brother or some other long lost relative with how strikingly similar his appearance was to mine, but the minute differences meant that he and I weren't one and the same.
No wonder I could see. No wonder my sensing had turned weak. No wonder I saw blond hair lying against my shoulders even without casting holy element over it.
The man in the mirror wasn't me.
I...wasn't me.
I felt everything slip out of my grasp.
Where in the world am I?
I let my hand drop from the mirror.
Who...am I?
I stared up at the bright lights, recalling what I'd seen so far.
Towering buildings. Telepathy through glowing shingles. Torchless lights. I'd never seen anything like them before. This wasn't the world I'd known.
There were even things missing from my memory, holes where there shouldn't be any (was it because I was occupying a body that wasn't mine?), but I still remembered one thing, above all else.
Lesus had been in trouble.
I tried to keep that thought in my grasp. I couldn't lose hold of it. I needed it to ground me.
I have to save him.
I couldn't wander around aimlessly, wasting my time when Lesus needed every second of it.
I have to find my way back.
When I left the lavatory, I let my feet plod down the corridor to where I heard the girls' voices. I wasn't sure where the living room Edaline mentioned was, but my guess was that it was the room we had been sitting in.
"Can you believe he was pretending he didn't know his name?" Strawberry pouted. "It was so mean of him!"
Edaline made non-committal noises in response. If Leaf had been comfortable in Ice's presence, perhaps he would air his complaints to him much like what Strawberry was currently doing with Edaline, but I'd only ever known Leaf to keep his distance, and he wasn't one to badmouth anyone, not even in a joking manner. He was, however, one of the few who had truly earned Ice's wrath for always adding extra seasoning to the food Ice made. Ice didn't lose his cool very easily, but one sure way of angering him was disrespecting his food. Leaf had always been too crazy over seasonings.
Despite that Strawberry and Edaline were acting more familiar with each other than Leaf and Ice ever did, I couldn't help but see Leaf and Ice in them. They sat by each other, enjoying pie together. It was a sweet scene, but I could tell that Strawberry was trying to cover up her concern with her complaints.
It made me feel bad about what I was going to do next.
to be continued
All chapters will be named with a word starting with "gr." Unless I run out. After that, I suppose I'll use words that start with g if necessary. If you know of any great gr words, feel free to mention them. XD; I'm already having trouble with the titles... Since the story is progressing slower than my plans! Maybe I should give up trying to name them with gr words. Just G words would probably make it easier. :'D
Next chapter
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,328
Summary: When asked what he would sacrifice his life for, Grisia's answer has always been his brothers, the Twelve Holy Knights, and his answer has never changed. Even if he's thrust into the future, into a world where the Twelve Holy Knights no longer exist, his answer won't change. It doesn't matter that his brothers don't remember. Or that some of them aren't even... "brothers" anymore. After all, Grisia would do the same for his sisters too! Time travel / reincarnation / genderbender / harem
Notes: After Invincible's 3~4k chapters, all my other fics feel so much less daunting to write. XD; Trying to rotate through my stories... so next should probably be back to Bittersweet Sweetness, but my muse is fickle. :'D I might actually have another Invincible chapter in me... Or more like, side chapter? I've yet to decide if it should be part of the main storyline or not.
Previous chapter
Chapter 2: Grasp
My mind worked overtime as Strawberry led me to the girlfriend's place. I was very envious of this Grace person who had someone like Strawberry worrying over him and who even had a girlfriend making pie for him. What a life of luxury!
What, I have people doing the same for me? But... they're guys! It's not the same!
Still, I had to admit that Ice's sweets were the best. Unfortunately, he had not had the leisure to make any sweets for the past month. Our hands had been tied.
Right when I walked through the door, the smell of freshly baked pie assaulted my nose. I took a deep breath, inhaling the delicious aroma. Whoever this Edaline was, I liked her already.
Then, I saw her come out of the kitchen bearing a pie.
I stared.
I bit the inside of my mouth, just to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
It hurt. A lot.
Dear God of Light, am I being rewarded, or am I being punished?
If Strawberry were the only one who resembled one of my holy knight brothers, I could have written it off as a coincidence. Now, I couldn't.
Edaline's hair was pale and wispy, like freshly fallen snow. Her cheeks were pale too. She looked just like Ecilan, except her chin and her eyes were not as sharp, and she was obviously female with that figure of hers, accentuated even more by the fact that she was wearing form-fitting pants instead of a loose dress like Strawberry's. She was what I'd imagine Ecilan would look like if he had a softer feel to him. And if he were, well, a girl.
I know I've always thought that Leaf and Ice would make great mothers and wives, but I never thought...
I never thought they'd actually turn into girls.
Dear God of Light, please don't tell me that you answered that whim of mine! I was joking!
It was while I was still feeling uneasy that I accepted a slice of pie from Edaline. When I bit into the pie, a burst of sweet blueberry melted in my mouth. This was definitely the taste of Ecilan's cooking, and I'd missed it. If I hadn't thought that these two were Leaf and Ice, now I truly believed.
Pie doesn't lie!
While I chewed, Edaline had her eyes trained on me. I flashed her a smile. Her cheeks reddened, painting her pale countenance with a rosy liveliness, her emotions much more unguarded than Ice's. Ice was definitely capable of blushing, but he always kept his emotions controlled, so it wasn't very often that I saw him blush. Then, later on, I could no longer see it anyway. Sensing it wasn't quite the same.
I couldn't help but think that she looked really cute.
Upon thinking so, I hastily swallowed the bite of pie I had been chewing and nearly choked on it. Alarmed, both Edaline and Strawberry immediately started pounding me on the back.
With tears in my eyes, I held up a hand to stop them from sending me off to see the God of Light before my time. Did you two take lessons from Ann or what? When my coughs finally subsided, I looked over at them. Both were obviously concerned.
I didn't understand. How is it that they're both still mistaking me for "Grace"?
"Do you need to maybe splash some water on your face?" Strawberry asked as she twisted her dress in her hand. "You look a little pale."
I nodded absentmindedly, but I didn't think that there would be a lavatory or a well available in such a small house. In the Holy Temple, there were plenty of lavatories available, but such amenities were uncommon among the houses of normal citizens. I doubted that Edaline would have one installed in her home.
However, when I made no motion to move, Edaline stood up wordlessly and tugged on my hand. She led me down the corridor and pushed open a door, which led to a dark room. When she flicked something on the wall, light immediately bathed the room in brightness.
"Go on," she said, her voice quiet. She nodded her head at the room, wanting me to head inside. "I'll be in the living room."
Left alone, I stared at the small room before me. What lit up the room were small round spheres that were fixed above a mirror. Below the mirror was a basin that had metal sticking out of it. I closed the door behind me, as the room looked to be of a lavatory of some sort. I was wrong that Edaline didn't have such an amenity in her home. Maybe she's richer than I thought.
There didn't seem to be any source of water except for what was in another basin that connected to a tank, but the height of that basin didn't seem conducive for washing one's face.
It mattered little, as I could always fill the taller basin by drawing upon the water element, but that wasn't what was occupying my attention at the moment. I approached the mirror, touching my fingers to its cool surface.
This was why neither Strawberry nor Edaline had thought that I wasn't Grace.
This was why I had felt disoriented when I took my first steps.
The man reflected in the mirror wasn't me.
He had golden blond hair and clear blue eyes, but the nose wasn't quite the same, and neither were his cheekbones. It was me, yet it wasn't. I would have believed the man reflected in the mirror to be my brother or some other long lost relative with how strikingly similar his appearance was to mine, but the minute differences meant that he and I weren't one and the same.
No wonder I could see. No wonder my sensing had turned weak. No wonder I saw blond hair lying against my shoulders even without casting holy element over it.
The man in the mirror wasn't me.
I...wasn't me.
I felt everything slip out of my grasp.
Where in the world am I?
I let my hand drop from the mirror.
Who...am I?
I stared up at the bright lights, recalling what I'd seen so far.
Towering buildings. Telepathy through glowing shingles. Torchless lights. I'd never seen anything like them before. This wasn't the world I'd known.
There were even things missing from my memory, holes where there shouldn't be any (was it because I was occupying a body that wasn't mine?), but I still remembered one thing, above all else.
Lesus had been in trouble.
I tried to keep that thought in my grasp. I couldn't lose hold of it. I needed it to ground me.
I have to save him.
I couldn't wander around aimlessly, wasting my time when Lesus needed every second of it.
I have to find my way back.
When I left the lavatory, I let my feet plod down the corridor to where I heard the girls' voices. I wasn't sure where the living room Edaline mentioned was, but my guess was that it was the room we had been sitting in.
"Can you believe he was pretending he didn't know his name?" Strawberry pouted. "It was so mean of him!"
Edaline made non-committal noises in response. If Leaf had been comfortable in Ice's presence, perhaps he would air his complaints to him much like what Strawberry was currently doing with Edaline, but I'd only ever known Leaf to keep his distance, and he wasn't one to badmouth anyone, not even in a joking manner. He was, however, one of the few who had truly earned Ice's wrath for always adding extra seasoning to the food Ice made. Ice didn't lose his cool very easily, but one sure way of angering him was disrespecting his food. Leaf had always been too crazy over seasonings.
Despite that Strawberry and Edaline were acting more familiar with each other than Leaf and Ice ever did, I couldn't help but see Leaf and Ice in them. They sat by each other, enjoying pie together. It was a sweet scene, but I could tell that Strawberry was trying to cover up her concern with her complaints.
It made me feel bad about what I was going to do next.
to be continued
All chapters will be named with a word starting with "gr." Unless I run out. After that, I suppose I'll use words that start with g if necessary. If you know of any great gr words, feel free to mention them. XD; I'm already having trouble with the titles... Since the story is progressing slower than my plans! Maybe I should give up trying to name them with gr words. Just G words would probably make it easier. :'D
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