this takes place five day before the destruction of Roland
"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets" -Dracula (Castlevania Symphony of the night)
You like stories!
Of course, you do!
You wouldn't be here if you didn't.
I mean for fucks sake I have a quote at the beginning and everything so I must know how to tell stories.
I don't read real books so we're stuck shitty video game quotes.
Well, whatever, let's set the stage, shall we?
This story is about a man.
A man who is simultaneously the most and least important person in this story.
Well, he's important in this chapter, he just not-
Nevermind.
Now, what does that even mean?
Well.....it means what it means, what more do you want from me?
Oh?
Is that annoying?
Well, I have to apologize because we'll be seeing a lot more of that.
After all, this man:
Is soo spineless he'd be jealous of worms!
Yet.
He would do things that no one would ever dare to do.
He's the one that started everything.
Yet.
He's not going to end anything.
He cares about the people close to him.
Yet.
If it's to achieve his goal he will not hesitate to hurt them.
Yes, yes, yes.
I know this makes no sense.
I just thought it was important to set up the walking contradiction that is-
Wait a minute!
I never introduced who this man is, did I!
How embarrassing!
Well, let's starts over.
This is a story about a man who gained the title-
"Great Sage, Great Sage!"(???)
Knock knock knock!
A door is being knocked over and over again followed by an unsurprised sigh.
Slowly the door opens to reveal a room filled to the brim with what can only be described as "sciencey things" by someone who has never held a book in their life.
You can barely make out a figure slumped over his desk
The intruder slowly makes their way to the slumped down figure.
They pass through the bottles and test tubes and weird fleshy things they don't want to think about.
Finally, after finishing what can only be described as an obstacle course, they make it to the slumped over man.
They start to shake him over and over again.
"Great Sage! Great Sage! wake up!!"(????)
The slumped over man who we can now just call the great sage starts to move but only manages to flip himself to sleep on the side of his face.
"OOOOoooo!! Great Sage! do we have to do this every time!!!.........................................if you don't wake up......."(???)
The Great Sage who has been slowly coming out of rem sleep opens his eyes.
He wakes up to the face of a girl with her eyes closed and her lips puckered.
"Expair....what are you doing?"(GS)
The girl's eyes open up in shock!
Her face truing red instantly!
She physically pushes her self back knocking everything behind her out of the way.
The Great Sage can see the girly fully now.
She's wearing the same maid outfit she always has, her black hair held up in a ponytail.
Expair Van the Great Sage's personal servant.
The Great Sage stares at her face for a while.
It's truly is perfect.
So much you might think she's human.
In fact, it might be too perfect.
"oooooooooOOO!! Master!!! from all the times to wake up!! it's not fair!!"(Expair)
"I don't know what you're talking about.....................and stop shouting you're giving me a headache..."(GS)
The Great Sage moves his glasses and then rubs his eyes to get the sleepiness out.
Expair helps him get up and takes to the bathroom.
"hmmm!! Master, you'd be totally useless without me!!"(Expair)
Expair tries to sound grumpy but can't hide her smile.
Of course, she doesn't go in with him, even if she implies that if he asked it couldn't be helped.
The first thing the great sage does is wash his face.
He made sure not to look at the mirror in front of him for too long.
His wide bright eyes have long since turned into sunken holes.
His hair which used to flow has turned dry.
He turns 45 this year.
Age is catching up to him.
He rinses his mouth with mouth cleanser.
One of his first inventions which takes away the need for brushing your teeth.
He then uses the body cleanser.
A small booth that hits his body with steam.
It's not as good as taking a shower but it's good enough and it saves time.
Though he takes showers from time to time just to stop Expair's nagging.
He puts on the clothes Expair took out for him.
He doesn't know why she even bothers.
Most of it is going to be covered up by his lab coat anyway.
He exits the bathroom and is instantly hit by a smell.
The smell of fresh biscuits and eggs.
Expair lays the food on an experiment table and then starts to pour coffee into his favorite red mug.
It's wonder why she even frets about this.
He would have been fine with just some toast.
He sits down and starts eating his breakfast.
Meanwhile, Expair lists off his tasks for the day.
"First you have a meeting with a representative from the elf kingdom, then you have to check and approve the new product line, next is finishing up the deal with Diva and lastly......making an appearance at the ceremony...."(Expair)
Expair lowers her head slightly and takes peeks at the great sage.
The great sage takes a great sip of coffee.
The bitterness fills his mouth.
The Hero Memorial day.
A day to celebrate and honor the hero who gave up his life to save the world.
The great sage turns his head to a photo on his wall.
The photo is of three children.
Two boys and one girl, though most people get confused by one of the boys long hair.
The great sage then looks at his coffee.
There's not much left.
But the blackness seems to stretch on forever....
He grips the mug strongly.
In the middle of the black void, a small light starts to appear.
If he looks closely he can see a face.
A face of someone who shines so brightly even the blackness of the void can't smother him.
The hero of light.
A sad and depressing smile forms of the great sage's face.
Slowly the great sage drinks the rest of his coffee.
Expair refills his mug.
After finishing his breakfast the great sage makes his way to his first task of the day.
The hallway to the meeting room is long.
He would have been fine living in a small house but this mansion was a gift he couldn't refuse.
At least there's a lot of storage space.
So he turned most of it into a lab.
He passes by a lot of people.
Servents who bow to him.
Disciples who greet him.
And assistants who are too busy to even notice him.
Finally, he reaches the hand crafted wooden double doors to the meeting room.
Expair opens the door for him.
The room its self is very tastefully designed so you know the great sage had no part in decorating it.
He takes a seat on the brown leather couch and greets the man in front of him.
"Hello Wizard Izmar, I hope your journey here was pleasant."(Great sage)
Most people wouldn't assume that Izmar was a wizard if they saw him.
Instead of a robe and pointy hat, Izmar wore a black suit and a cap.
A hole was made in the cap for his long horn.
Expair pours some tea and sets it on the table, she then stands by the door.
"Oh yes it was great, I bought a new engine carriage, you know the new HIB model it was very expensive but it rides like a dream, I even had it-"(Izmar)
"That's great I'd love to hear all about it later but let's get to business first"(Great sage)
"Oh yes! of course!"(Izmar)
Once Izmar starts talking about his engine carriages he never stops.
The great sage learned this lesson the hard way...
"So what did you need to talk to me about? it has to be very important if you had to come in person"(great sage)
Izmar was a representative for the elf kingdom AND Elfunim (Eco-friendly) corporation.
Though why would an Eco-friendly elf ride an engine carriage well........
Usually, the talks would happen over the phone, the way the great sage likes it.
But whenever something important happens, Izmar feels the need to come personally.
Izmar's interpration of what's important differs from the great sage's.
"Well you see it's about our prices"(Izmar)
"I see"(Great sage)
The great sage was not surprised of course.
The elves have been selling spirt trees for soo cheap for soo long.
It was only a matter of time before it caught up to them.
This going to be annoying.
The great sage buys sprits trees in large bulks every month.
Half of his products need them as an essential ingredient.
Looks like he's going to have to-
"We decreased our prices by 34%!"(Izmar)
The great sage's eyes almost bulge out of his head.
34%!?!?!?!!?!?
That's dirt cheap!!!!!!
HOW!?!?!?!
".........how......"(great sage)
"Simple supply and demand my friend, there's way more spirt trees so now they lost their value!"(Izmar)
He almost seems happy about this...
When stuff like this happens most companies try to stop or at least hide this sort of this thing.
"..........how did you get so much....."(great sage)
"oh come one my friend you know I can't tell you how!! BUT! you should be certain it's all Eco-friendly and elfmane!!"(Izmar)
Bullshit.
BULLSHIT.
Everyone smart enough knows just how bullshit that is.
Elves have always been using the whole nature thing as a brand.
They don't give a shit about the environment.
The people now have more power than ever.
So it's a nice political move to say you use spirt wood from an Eco-friendly company.
And that's shit about it being elfmane!!!
How many elves ran away from the elf kingdom and told their stories.
And how many elves were silenced for it....
You can only imagine what horrible conditions those worker elves are going through.
Any decent man would condemn such behavior and cut all ties with these kinds of people, publicly shaming them!
"I see, for now, keep the same amount of shipments and we'll increase as we need"(Great sage)
"of course!!! take all the time you need!!"(Izmar)
Well....
What did expect?
Maybe the great sage of old would have been angered by this and rallied an army to the elf kingdom!
But time changes people.
He is bothered by this.
But he feels like he has more important things to do.
After listening to for half an hour about Izmar's new engine carriage and successfully not falling asleep (not so successfully in Expair's case)
The great sage makes his way to his second appointment.
This time he stands in front of an iron door with a black square in the middle.
After putting his hand on the black square.
It's white and the door opens.
The great sage walks in but expair stays behind.
Behind the door is a large lab filled with many elements, magic items and people in lab coats pretending to be busy.
In the middle of it is a sort of showroom area.
On display is a glass cylinder filled with green liquid with something floating inside.
Around the cylinder are two men.
"Hello, sir! me and the gang have-"(Scientist 1)
"the gang and I"(Scientist 2)
".....the gang-.............we made some new product we feel will push innovation in the homunculus world!!"(Scientist 1)
"That's what you said last time when-"(great sage)
"WE MUST MOVE FORWARD!! THE PAST IS BEHIND US!!...ahem....we have made a breakthrough sir! please look! "(Scientist 1)
Scientist 2 rubs the stitches in his right arm.
The great sage walks up to the glass cylinder and looks inside.
A perfect ball of flesh is floating up and down.
It inflates and deflates in a breathing motion.
"It seems like a normal homunculus..."(great sage)
"that's the thing!!! it is a normal homunculus!!"(Scientist 1)
"....how was it made?"(great sage)
"as expected of the great sage you already realized why this is special!!......this homunculus was made in three weeks"(Scientist 2)
"impressive..."(great sage)
Usually, even homunculus of this kind take three months to make.
That's not even mentioning the more sophisticated ones.
Experiment one........or Expair Van as she likes to be called took about 10 years to fully perfect.
She might be the great sage's most significant invention!
Well maybe except for......
NO!!!
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!
The great sage holds his head.
He vowed to never think let alone speak of that.....THING again.
That was failure!!
NO!!
A horrible HORRIBLE mistake!!!
Something that should not be allowed to exist!!
If the goddess was kind that thing should be dead by now...
If not..............
"Great sage?"(Scientist 1)
"huh!?"(great sage)
"are you okay? you look very pale..."(Scientist 1)
"oh..I'm fine, I'm fine! how did you make this?"(great sage)
"oh yes!! allow me to demonstrate!"(Scientist 1)
Scientist 1 pulls in a stand with some slides on it.
The first slide says homunculus in no time.
He pulls it out to show the next slide.
This one has crude drawings of humans.
"as you can see when making homunculus we usually use about three human bodies one for the base and one for the inner layer and one for the outer layer BUT! if you were to use ten human bodies it makes it go faster!!"(Scientist 1)
He pulls out the slide to reveal that there's no third slide.
"..........."(great sage)
"............"(Scientist 1)
"....................I'll send you my research papers, they go into detail"(Scientist 2)
"thank you"(great sage)
"aaah man.........."(Scientist 1)
"You've would have been fired a long time ago if you weren't so good at measuring things"(Scientist 2)
".......I know..."(Scientist 1)
The great sage stares at the homunculus.
Imagine if you could mass-produce them....
This ball can be molded into anything.
Or anyone......
The great sage now makes his way to the second meeting room.
This one is for more........"special" guests.
This room is further away from anything important that people don't need to see.
Expair opens the door for the great sage but this time the guest speaks first.
"Well Well Well, If It Isn't The Great Sage Himself! I'm Humbled That You Would Call Someone As Insignificant As Me!"(Diva)
Diva.
A member of the divine race who shook up the world of finance as we know it.
And the reason why coins became a universal form of purchasing.
To call them Insignificant would be laughable.
Diva knows this, of course, their smug grin oozes confidence.
"mis...mist...Diva thank you very much for coming on such short notice"(great sage)
He was about to say miss and then mister but then just decided to use their name.
the divine race are all hermaphrodites.
Taking that trait from their angle parents.
Some of them just chose one gender while others chose neither.
It's hard to tell with Diva but they dress in a white suit and have short hair.
The great sage decides just to play it safe as not to offend him.
It seems Diva just ignored it.
"No No! Please! I'm a Big Fan! And So Is Skya"(Diva)
Diva points to a woman behind her.
The great sage didn't even notice her....
The looks like she's about to fall asleep.
And for some reason, she's wearing a purple cat shirt that's way too big for her.
The great sage was about to brush her off but the sword sheath in her hand caught his attention.
Diva seems to notice that.
"Don't Worry Skya Is My Bodyguard"(Diva)
Skya yawns into the sword.
"yeaaaaaaah big....big....faaaan.......hmmmm......"(Skya)
"I see..."(great sage)
"So About Our Deal!"(Diva)
The great sage, of course, gets a lot of funding form a lot of different countries to make a lot of different things.
But thanks to his most recent project that shall not be mentioned again.......
And after losing Experiment twenty-seven (psychic homunculus) who was also guarding a shipment for homunculus parts.
He needs more money...
Diva puts a contract on the table.
The great sage flips through it once.
"Are You Not Going To Read It?"(Diva)
"I just did"(great sage)
"Oooooooooh, How Impressive~~"(Diva)
The contract basically says he'll get his funding for 5% of his company.
"I'll give 2%"(great sage)
"He He He! Great Sage I'm Glad For The Generous Offer Buuuuuuuut I Won't Back Down On This, 5%"(Diva)
".....sigh.......3.5%"(great sage)
"5%"(diva)
"..............................................4%"(great sage)
"Deal!"(Diva)
Diva and the great sage shake hands.
"And With That! a New Friendship Is Born!! Isn't That Great Skya!"(Diva)
Skya who was asleep standing up, jumps awake.
"HUH!? oh?....... yeah totally, what you just said"(Skya)
Skya ribs her eyes with the sword sheath.
Her shoulder pops out of her shirt for a second.
..........showing a red X.
The great sage stares at it for a while but doesn't say anything.
The symbol is nothing but trouble..........
"Well, I Should Really Get Going Now There Are More People Waiting For Me! But I Will Be There For The Ceremony!"(Diva)
"...............yes"(great sage)
"OOOoooooooooooh you look wonderful!!! great sage!!"(Expair)
This is the only time of year the great sage doesn't wear his lab coat so Expair always takes full advantage of that and makes him wear the best clothes she can find.
This time she chose a white suit with gold ornaments.
"I really think I outdid myself this year! you look so handsome!!"(Expair)
"I agree, this is a good look for you Thomas"(???)
Very few people call the great sage by his real name.
One of them is.
"Miss holy maiden!"(Expair)
".............Hello Marry"(great sage)
Standing by the door is the holy maiden, Marry.
One of the party members who defeated the demon king.
You can only see her beautiful face the rest of her body is covered in white robes.
"it's been a while, you look like shit"(holy maiden)
"should the holy maiden talk like that?"(great sage)
"Should the great sage look like a hobo dressed in a fancy suit?"(holy maiden)
"touché"(great sage)
"he he he he"(holy maiden)
"ha ha ha ha"(great sage)
The two started laughing almost like no time had passed since they were teenagers.
"hrmph!"(Expair)
The great sage felt a tug on his sleeve.
Expair face was red and her cheeks had inflated.
Her moment with the great sage was cut short by another woman.
"Hi Expair! you look cute today!"(holy maiden)
"Grrrrrrr"(Expair)
Expair tired to make her self look threatening.
"Expair......"(great sage)
"HAHAHAHAHA"(holy maiden)
"stop laughing at me!!"(Expair)
"sorry! sorry! you just soo cute!"(holy maiden)
The holy maiden hugs Expair who desperately tries to get out.
But the holy maiden is surprisingly strong no matter how much she tries Expair can't get out.
She can only give up and let the holy maiden rub her cheeks.
Finally, she lets her go.
Expair flops on the ground out of energy.
"Fwooo! I feel recharged with Expair cuteness!! are you ready to go!"(holy maiden)
"sigh.....ready as I'll ever be I guess...."(great sage)
The great sage follows the holy maiden out while giving Expair a sympathetic look...
The ceremony its self is very simple.
Everyone gathers around the giant statue of the hero.
OR.
If there's no space they can go one of the smaller statues around the city.
Only one statue was made by the country.
The others including the large statue that can be seen even from outside the walls of the city were entirely funded by the great sage.
So was:
The hero museum.
The hero portraits.
The hero memorials that are not statues
A book about the hero's life.
The hero's life stage play based on the book.
The hero toys.
You get the idea.
Even the Hero Memorial day was something requested by the great sage.
though he was backed up by the rest of the party members for this so the county didn't argue about it.
Around each statue of the hero gather food vendors, entertainers, musicians, and comedians.
All ether wearing or painted in yellow.
The hero's color which seems to cover the entire city.
The people try to enjoy themselves as much as they can while thanking the hero for making this possible.
At about 10:30 the great sage gives a speech about the hero with the holy maiden by his side.
Sometimes other party members will join them like the grand wizard or the mighty warrior.
Though never at the same time.
Those two don't talk to each other anymore...
But it seems none of them made it this year........
The great sage took his place at the podium
A magic device broadcasting his voice to the city.
Unlike all his previous hopefull speeches.
The speech the great sage made this year felt.....bitter sweet....well...more bitter than sweet.
Yet somehow.
People felt like this was his best speech yet.
He talked about how much he truly missed the hero.
How it ate him up inside.
How every day without him felt like torture.
Just when everyone seemed to want to cry even the holy maiden.
The great sage smiled.
A sad bitter smile.
But a smile none the less.
"even though he left us.....everything he did.......everything he was.......is still here....it's still with us....in our hearts.......I will continue what he started....I will make sure the world he loved so much will not only be preserved, it will flourish!"(great sage)
Once his speech was done the crowd cheered.
Even behind him, The holy maiden clapped.
He bowed and then walked off.
It seems he was lost in thought because he didn't notice he was being followed....
The great sage's home was very large.
We already established that.
It's large enough that you could see the whole city from his roof.
The great sage stared on.
A bottle of whiskey in his hand and leaning on the railing.
There were no thoughts in his head.
Only feelings.
The city was bright even at night.
Under him, all the servants and disciples were having a party of their own but the great sage was partied out.
"room for one more?"(???)
He didn't flinch or react as the holy maiden made her way beside him.
"It's beautiful..."(holy maiden)
"yeah, I guess.....I just wish he was here to see this...."(great sage)
"If it wasn't for him we wouldn't even have this"(holy maiden)
For some reason, this only made the great sage's mood worse.
He took a big swig of the bottle.
"sigh...........give me that"(holey maiden)
The holy maiden grabbed the whiskey from his hand and drank it all at once!
"ARE YOU CARZY!"(great sage)
"I'm....I'm...NOT crazy!!....I'm just DRUNK!"(holy maiden)
The holy maiden starts to swerve left and right.
She was about to fall but the great sage caught her in time.
"Are you okay!"(great sage)
"he he he he....I knew you'd catch me...."(holy maiden)
Her clothes were a mess.
Her headwear fell off allowing her long brown hair to flutter in the breeze.
She truly was beautiful, and the lights of the city night only added to her beauty.
She raised her perfect white hand to his face.
"You did good....he would be soo proud of what you're doing....you saved so many people.....but most of all....."(holy maiden)
She brought her face closer to him.
"he'd want us to move on"(holy maiden)
Just as their lips were about to meet...
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!?!?"(great sage)
The great sage lets go of her.
The holy maiden falls to the ground.
She uses the railing to stand up.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?!"(holy maiden)
"with me!? WITH ME!?! what are doing!! what about Nick!!!!"(great sage)
"Nick is dead!!!!! he's been dead for 26 years!!!!!! everyone moved on BUT YOU!!!"(holy maiden)
"YOU SAY THAT LIKE IT'S A BAD THING!"(great sage)
"IT IS A BAD THING!!"(holy maiden)
"WELL SORRY THAT I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT HIM!!"(great sage)
"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!!! I LOVED HIM!!!"(holy maiden)
"DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT NOW!!!!"(great sage)
They were screaming at each other.
If the city wasn't already filled with sound every single person in the country would be able to hear them.
The hol-......Marry takes deep breaths.
"you.....can't keep living in the past Thomas!!!.....you have to let go.....he wouldn't have wanted to see you like this..."(holy maiden)
"what the hell do you know about what he would have wanted"(great sage)
"........................"(holy maiden)
Marry didn't say anything she just turned around and left.
Her face filled with sorrow.
Thomas sat down on the ground and put his hands on his face....and then he slowly started to weep
Expair was cleaning the aftermath of the party when someone barged through the door.
Expair immediately made a ball of earth before realizing who it was.
"WHO DO YOU-.........great sage?"(expair)
It was the great sage...though if anyone saw him they wouldn't be able to tell.
He looked more like hobo.
His face was red.
His hair was messy.
And his suit was rumpled.
It seems he's been drinking.
"Eaxpir...."(great sage)
The great sage put his hand on Expair's shoulders.
"YE-...ahm...yes sir..."(Expair)
Expair's face was turning just as red.
"I need you to do something for me"(great sage)
"I.....I....I understand.....I'm ready....I've always been ready....."(Expair)
Just as Expair was working on the first button of her shirt.
"I need you to open the door to the secret lab"(great sage)
"Of course sir...just be gentle........wait what!??!?!"(Expair)
"I'm too drunk to do it, and your the only other person that knows how......wait...what were you talking abou-"(great sage)
"NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!!!! LET OPEN IT FOR YOU SIR!!"(Expair)
Expair runs forward her face now red because of shame.
She makes her to a hallway and enters a very long and complicated password on a hidden keypad.
By the time the great sage catches up, she has already opened it.
"sigh........if that's all sir I'll be going back to cleaning now...hmph!"(Expair)
Expair seemed colder but the great sage was too drunk to notice.
Slowly he made his way to his secret lab the door closing behind him.
He passed by some cells.
In the cells are people.
They're bodies so misshapen and black you couldn't tell what race they were.
They didn't even react to his presence.
He then passes what can only be described as a torture chamber.
With a slab to hold people on and a giant wall-mounted laser pointed at them.
A black line goes through the slab with brunt blood around it.
Finally, he reaches the end where he keeps the most important items.
He passes by a capsule.
It's made of metal with a glass window.
He stares at it.
And then he picks it up.
Maybe....just maybe if he could get it right...
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
He was just drunk.
He slowly puts the capsule back.
The black fragments in it tumble around and the label on the back is visible now.
"ghost town (spike)"
The great sage makes his way to the dark abyss of his lab.
He will stay there never leaving the lab.
Until he hears about an incident at a country called Roland.
In the kingdom of roses, a Scientist and disciple of the great sage by the name of Rina celebrates the Hero Memorial day in her own way.
And by that, it just means she puts a picture of the hero up and keeps doing her work.
After fixing her coffee machine for the third time this week she decides to sit down and allow herself to relax for a bit.
She stares at the picture of the Hero of the light Nick.
She squints her eyes at the handsome blond-haired, blue-eyed man
The more she stares at his face the more she-
POP!
Rina gets startled by a loud noise.
She runs to the source.
"What happened to the roses......."(Rina)
The glass case was shattered and red petals were floating all around it......
Rina runs out of her Lab.
Something is happening........
Thanks for 200 readers everyone
So....
The old man still goes strong with his intentions to....
Whatever is actually thinking anyway.