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The Twelve Scions Chapter 32: Lyme Belle Theatre
When Lars opened his eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling greeted him. The bedroom he was in was strangely lavish, golden - hued with mahogany furniture around the bed. He got himself out of the thick maroon blanket that smothered him and stood up, looking around.Lars was only wearing his star necklace and a pair of boxer red shorts. No piece of other clothing was ready for him in the room. He tentatively got out of the door and found himself in a balcony corridor overlooking an ocean of red suede seats. Lars scratched his head, dumbfounded of how he woke up in a theatre.Images from the warehouse fight surged through Lars' mind and his breath hitched. He brushed himself with death again that time. He didn't remember the outcome but he did remember seeing Vayu. He remembered the tranquil fury that flashed on Vayu's eyes."Why, aren't you a real heavy sleeper."As if he could tell Lars was thinking about him, Vayu showed up from the dark corridor with arms outstretched. They were locked
The Twelve Scions Chapter 33: Promise
Lars wanted his mother to talk right away but she apparently wasn't too keen to begin. After a while, she finally emerged from the dark and sat down on one of the seats. She looked up in expectation that Lars would join her, but at that moment, there was an anger that made him refuse to be kind to her."I've done this before but I still don't know where to begin," she said softly."Start by telling me what are you doing back there. Why are you with them?""I had no choice, alright? I was just focusing my career on MSC until I'm suddenly roped in to Magnus' murderous cult of Silver Sovereign. He was the one behind everything and I was... I was too stupidly in love to say no to him."Lars couldn't imagine doing this to his mother, but that time, he made a disgusted face towards her. "How long have this been going on? What have you done with them?""Even before me, before Magnus, it has been going on far longer than you could possibly imagine, Lars. They are an ancient cultish o
The Twelve Scions Chapter 34: Insignificance
For a week, Len had developed a new habit during his stay in Lyme Belle Theatre. He always got up early in the morning when the sky was still pale blue, had a little jog in the forest path nearby, and ended up on the hill where his family used to go camping.On that hill, Len always sat on a specific fallen log to rest. In those moments of quietness, Len always enjoyed the chilly morning air as he watched the morning sun ascending. The hill overlooked a state road where it would lead back to Algedi outskirts or Rukbat few miles away south.Len recollected his pleasant memories of the hill every time he went there. He would remember the exact spot where his father would light their bonfire, which trees where his mother would put on their hammock, and how Lars and him always ran around there playing tag with uninhibited excitement.On that morning, it was slightly different than Len's usual routine as he got a company coming. His mother showed up from the forest path, her every ste
The Twelve Scions Chapter 35: A Sword's Name
Lars thrown off by a powerful attack and sent crashing on a giant stone pillar. Pain spread all over his back and the fall did the same on his front. He was dirtied by the settling dusts and rubbles. His clothes tattered and his breaths were in erratic rhythm.Two figures approached Lars with their weapons drawn. Mell was carrying a giant morning star mace that rested on his shoulder, the handle was redwood colored and almost as tall as his gigantic self was. The enormous spiky head was entirely made up of sharp stones and they glowed amber on every cracks. The stones looked oversized for its mace handle, making it almost like he was wielding a mountain on a stick to Lars.Next to Mell, Vayu was only wielding a long piece of cloth as a weapon, but it was the one that Lars scared the most. With Mell's mace, at least he could predict its swing and range, but he couldn't with Vayu. The rainbow glowed cloth was the battle form of Arcus Ignis that elegantly draped over Vayu, making an a
The Twelve Scions Chapter 36: A Rose and Her Winter
Lars woke up extra early that day. Part of him was giddy by the thought of finally meeting all of the Twelve Scions, and he wanted to make sure he made an impression. He put on the nicer clothes available which were a plain red shirt and a leather jacket. After he got dressed, Lars psyched himself up in the mirror.The star necklace that adorned Lars' neck and chest twinkled by the reflecting light and Lars took it as a sign it psyched him up as well. Despite never got to talk to Alt'ma again since that day, Lars was consoled by the fact the deity must be still watching over him either way."I won't let you down, Alt'ma." Lars whispered as he smiled.Lars got outside of his room and inhaled the crisp morning air that came from the big hole on the roof. Over time, the ambience of Lyme Belle Theatre really grew on him. He liked how spacious and quiet it was, but not to an unnerving state at all. Lars thought perhaps it was because he could felt Mell's presence all over the theatre
The Twelve Scions Chapter 37: Memorable Meetings
Lars found the gathering of Scions as something of an uncanny circumstance that noon. He knew how the Scions were mostly on their own but even during the gathering, it seemed to had their own factions. Rachelia and Wilhelmina went everywhere together touring across the Lyme Belle, Vayu were mostly with Lars, and Mell were alone and contempt enough with his beer drum."Hmm... I wonder what happened to them?""What is?" Len asked. He was playing a mobile game and paused it to listen to Lars."It's just that... they know each other for a very long time, and they may look like they're friendly, but I still can't shake off this feeling that they're so... estranged."Len hummed to contemplate. "Maybe it's because at the end of the day, they're on their own protecting their own region? I mean, they know their duty."That answer just got Lars thinking more. He thought of his newfound enhanced longevity and could already imagine how lonely it will be spending a hundred years fighting
The Twelve Scions Chapter 38: Conference of Scions
"Rach, if you will."Vayu nodded towards Rachelia and she took the cue. She snapped her fingers and the air surrounding the round table was distorted by dark rainbow. A magic circle appeared on the stage's wooden floor, enclosing the area around the meeting table of the Scions.Lars was in awe of the effects as it was his first time seeing a magic spell casted. He turned to Rachelia and the pretty little magus just winked playfully at him. He did not know what was the magic circle for, but if Vayu requested it, he deduced it must be for some precaution.Vayu cleared his throat and began raising his voice. "Recently, our new Scion of Regulus, Lars Sykes here, exposed a massive case of human trafficking in Algedi port. People are taken and delivered from here to global scale and presumably, also to the entire Mirepa. It is conducted by the inner circle of higher - ups in MSC, Mirepa Shipping Company."The Scions looked at each other and some shrugged, failing to see the significa
The Twelve Scions Chapter 39: Always Something Surprising
The rest of the day after the meeting was spent on drowning in papers with corporate lingo that Lars had absolutely no clue about. At first he put off checking it out because he figured it'd be a better when he did it with other Scions. As it turned out, Lars was just clueless and rather leave the analyzing parts to somebody else more competent.Over the week, Vayu, Mell, Len and Tirana had checked out the documents as well but found dead end in leads. Now that the Scions had gathered, there were hopes that the others could complete the puzzle in case they knew of something.On the round table, papers sprawled everywhere. Lars, Vayu, Rachelia, Sophia, Edwin, Alicia and Len discussed about the documents that sometimes led to a collective sighs of frustration. Mell was away putting back the container to the underground hall, Wilhelmina left to prepare lunch for everyone, Claros and Tirana discussed about the research on alien material, and Dar Lugal was still in Astral Realm, occasio
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