Act 21- The Dragon's Familiar

Seirei Gensouki 21 - Ryu no kenzoku (精霊幻想記21.竜の眷属)

Synopsis:
The boy forgotten by the world’s guiding hand, that is—
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Rio, who became a transcendental, due to the cruel rules dictated by God, was erased from the memories of his loved ones. After watching Erika's final moments he departs alongside with Aishia who was equally forgotten in search of a way out of this situation.

On the side, the people who forgot Rio and Aishia, experience an unexplainable frustration due to the sudden mysterious phenomenon affecting them.

「Hey …, who was the one fighting there? 」

The wedge in destiny of more than thousand years ago, calls for a new war!! 世界から忘れられた少年の導き手、それは――
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神の定めし残酷なルールにより、超越者となってしまったことで大切な人たちの記憶から消えてしまったリオ.

聖女エリカの最期を見届けた彼は、打開策を求めて同じく忘れられてしまったアイシアと共に状況把握へと乗り出す.

一方、リオたちを忘れてしまった人々は突如自身に降りかかった不可解な現象に言い知れぬもどかさを覚えて――

「ねえ……、あそこで戦っていたのは、いったい誰?」

千年以上前から続く運命の楔は、新たな戦火を呼び起こす……!!

Prologue.
Northwest of the Yagumo region, on an uninhabited mountain range separating the wilderness from Yagumo, there is a 10.000 meters high mountain, there a girl has spent close to one thousand years in a hut at its summit. Despite being a one thousand year old woman, due to certain reasons her body and mind stopped growing and she still looks like a girl, she looks to be still just ten years old and remains immature despite still being able of accumulating experience and knowledge. The girl was really alone, she bought things from nearby villages from time to time but didn’t have a real relationship with anyone, but the loneliness never felt painful for the girl because she had a mission. The existence that she calls her master requested her to protect the ones living in the land below, that person has never ordered anything of her as her master but for the girl his words were absolute, because he is the strongest and most venerable existence in the world. That person said he will go to end the battle, the girl believed it would be like that because the adored one said so, that person departed, the battle really ended, and the peace came back to the world.

Despite the battle having ended that person never came back, the girl only knew that their special master-servant bond was severed, then the girl lost her master that was just like a God for her. But that person left behind more words for her, that person said that after the end of the battle it was fine for her to live as she pleased because her life was just hers, that he allowed it as her master, and that it might be good if she makes friends. For the girl that person was the father who raised her, her only master, her only family, her only bond with others. But that person was just like her in that regard he also didn’t have any other connection to anyone else, because he was sorry for the girl that was as lonely as him, as a father he must have said those words expecting her growth from meeting different people but the girl refused, she said she didn’t need it, that as long as he was there, that it would be her happiness if she could continue to serve him from now on and asked him to please come back safely.

It has been already one thousand years but the girl, Sora, still remembers well those days, that everything is thanks to that person, that he was the one who ended the battle, she still remembers even if everyone else forgot, she couldn’t allow that there wasn’t anyone who remembers that her master was the one who ended the battle. Even if the legend of how her master protected the Yagumo region still remains, all of the people who lived at that time are already gone. Just Sora still remembers but that’s fine, Sora feels she is the only one left behind by the world but that’s fine, she will live the same way her master did. Sora continued to live alone in a corner of the world that her master protected while feeling like that, until a turning point appeared, the master-servant bond severed one thousand years ago was restored, Sora hurriedly left the hut and looked in the way of the Strahl region while calling her master’s name, the dragon king(竜王).

Chapter 1: Forgotten memories and remaining feelings.
That day, at that instant, overwhelming powers that surpassed human understanding clashed, the earth tsunami that looked just like the earth had been flipped and the white light that swallowed it, powers so big that no one could tell which would win, but it is strange, now nothing remains, what it is in front of their eyes is a scene where no trace of battle remains, a completely intact landscape and no remaining movements in the odo and mana in the ambient environment after either spirit arts or magic are used, but no one could care about that anymore due to the uncomfortable feeling assaulting them.

Latifa asks anxiously who was the one fighting there, then everyone realizes it, that is the origin of their uncomfortable feeling, that no one there can remember who was fighting or why in front of their eyes, that maybe they didn’t know who was there to begin with even, that when they had realized the two powers were already clashing and then everything disappeared like it was a lie. So no one can answer Latifa's question, even if they want to they can’t say the name of the one fighting, because they can’t remember what happened before the two powers clashed. When they try nothing comes to mind like it had never existed, just as if they have jumped forward in time to when and where they are now, everyone asks why to themselves in their minds, even though someone should be fighting there up until the light swallowed the earth tsunami their memories don’t go beyond that point, their memories from before disappearing like when waking up from a dream.

Why? They ask themselves again, they don’t know who was fighting there but they feel strongly from the bottom of their hearts that it is important. They want to know so their legs moved by themselves forward but suddenly François tells everyone to wait, everyone stops and looks with troubled faces at François, because they feel they need to go to that place but can’t give a logical reason until Charlotte asks François if they don’t need to investigate what happened in front of them. François agrees with it but he isn’t sure about everyone going, he doesn’t know yet what happened or if the battle is really over, his doubts don’t allow him to just let them all go despite feeling like them, he thinks just some skillful individuals should be sent and thinks about Gouki and Kayoko. While François is thinking, Celia and Miharu volunteer to go, François understands sending Celia going as an actual researcher but isn’t sure about Miharu. Latifa, Sara, Orphia and Alma say they will go too, Satsuki asks François to also let her go. François is at a loss about Satsuki, he wonders why he brought Satsuki to this battlefield in the first place, he asks himself in his head if he brought Satsuki to the battlefield because she wished so or if there was another reason and feels there was some other reason but can’t remember about it.

Everyone is as confused and anxious as François because they can’t remember what they should remember. Charlotte says to François that it is a wish of Satsuki the hero implying that he shouldn’t stop her, Charlotte says too that she doesn’t know why but that she wants to go to that place too and asks for permission to go. François wants to scold Charlotte for her selfishness but he can’t for some reason, Charlotte tells Liselotte to make her appeal too, Liselotte is surprised, Charlotte tells her that it is her strong point to maneuver while looking at the time and place but asks her if she doesn’t want to go too, Liselotte says she wants to go too. François and everyone else know that they aren’t acting logically but on emotions, but the strange feeling assaulting them is too strong so in the end everyone goes to investigate after François tells them to be careful.

Minutes before, one or two kilometers away from François’ group, Rio thinks this time Erika is dead for good. Rio erases the sword piercing Erika’s heart and it disappears becoming particles of light just like a spirit. When Rio holds Erika’s body so it doesn’t fall after the sword disappears he begins to fall on his back himself but Aishia materializes and supports his body, Rio apologizes saying that his body suddenly lost its strength, Rio tries to regain his balance but Aishia still clings to him and tells him to not force himself. Rio tells her he is fine, just a little tired, Aishia looks worriedly at Rio and tells him that using a transcendental’s power must be putting pressure on his body, Rio is surprised at the unknown words but soon tells Aishia he is already fine, Aishia apologizes for allowing him to be in such a state despite reducing the burden on him being her duty. Rio says he doesn’t understand it well yet but asks Aishia if it isn’t thanks to her that it ended with just some burden on his body, he also asks her if she can explain to him what is happening.

Aishia says she understands but … Rio asks her what is it, Aishia tells Rio that they mustn’t meet with the others and get away from where they are, that later she will explain everything. Rio says he understands and asks Aishia if the others won’t be in danger if they are away, Aisia says that there shouldn’t be immediate danger, that it is the opposite, that it might be troublesome for the two if they meet with the rest now. Rio agrees after a slight pause because Aishia seems to have a reason for all of this, Aishia asks Rio if he can already move, Rio says he already can, that it became easier now, Rio separates from Aishia, makes Erika’s body levitate, freezes it and stores it in the time space-cache. Aishia asks Rio what will he do, Rio says he can’t just leave her like that, that he thinks he (the great earth’s spirit) must be dead but that he will monitor the body's condition for a while, then he will carry Erika to her country and bury her, that there is the matter of the promise too, Aishia looks at the lake, sees everyone coming in their direction and tells Rio they are coming. Rio tells Aishia to spiritualize before Hell, Ifrit and Aerial can inform Sara and the others of her presence, Aishia agrees and enters Rio’s body for hiding her presence from them, Rio then quickly flies away as if hiding from the girls’ group coming his way. At that instant, Rio couldn’t notice it due to a barrier but there was a lot of magic power gathering in some stones in the ground, the magic power kept gathering and inflating, when he finally notices it Rio stops and keeps his distance with the source of magic power until it became a pillar of light.

The girls who were on their way to the place where Rio and Aishia were stopped in their tracks when they saw the pillar of light, Satsuki asks screaming spear in hand what is happening while her other hand protects her eyes from the light, Orphia realizes that some kind of teleportation magic is being used, Sara hurriedly tells everyone that the pillar of light isn’t a destructive technique, after some time the pillar of light disappears, a part of the group doesn’t understand what is happening but Celia, Charlotte, Liselotte and Aria do, Miharu asks them what came to mind, Celia says that it resembles what happened before the heroes’ summoning but that the pillar of light she saw was a different color. Liselotte says that it resembled the pillar of light of when Satsuki was summoned, Satsuki and Latifa ask if a new hero was summoned then, Orphia tells Alma and Sara that the humanoid spirit they sensed a little while ago disappeared, Sara asks Hell inside her if it still feels the presence of the humanoid spirit, then she tells everyone that the humanoid spirit disappeared a little before the appearance of the pillar of light.

Charlotte tells everyone to go see what happened, that they were on their way there anyway, Latifa tells everyone that there two people in the distance, when they get close and can see well the two standing there, Satsuki is surprised, Miharu asks why unable to hide her surprise when she realizes they know the two standing there, Masato and Liliana, especially the boy, Latifa calls out to Masato for greeting him and getting his attention, Masato who noticed a group approaching him stands protectively between them and Liliana sword in hand but is surprised when he recognizes Miharu and the others, Masato then lowers his sword relieved. Gouki asks everyone if they are acquaintances, Satsuki explains about Masato and Liliana to him, Latifa asks Masato if there was someone else there until now, he denies it and says everyone was already present when he realized it, Masato asks what is happening when everyone drops their shoulders dejectedly at his answer.

Satsuki tells Masato that until a little while ago there was a fight where they are, a really incredible one and asks him if he knows something, Masato denies it, he says they appeared there when he realized it, and has no idea of what is going on. Satsuki says she understands, Miharu asks him if Aki and Takahisa are with them, Masato says they should still be at Centostella’s royal castle, Liliana says that they didn’t see anyone else and asks if she can ask some questions too, Charlotte tells her that it is fine and to go ahead, Liliana asks where are they right now, Charlotte tells Liliana that they are in the Gregory dukedom in the Galarc Kingdom. Charlotte asks Liliana if they are to understand that it wasn’t their intention to be there going by Masato’s previous words, Liliana confirms it, she says the two were talking inside Centostella’s royal castle and when they realized it they were here. Charlotte says she understands, Liliana asks if they were the ones who brought them there, Charlotte denies it, she says that as Satsuki stated already there was someone unknown fighting in this location and when they came to investigate it the two were summoned, Liliana says she understands and asks if it is unknown who teleported them.

Charlotte confirms it and say that they have some idea of why they were summoned, Liliana asks what it is, Charlotte says that Masato or she herself might have become a hero. Masato is surprised and Liliana convinced because the current circumstances match Masato’s and Takahisa’s stories, Masato asks Charlotte if she means the same hero as Satsuki, Charlotte confirms it, Masato asks which of the two is the hero, Charlotte says she doesn’t know, that she thinks so because prior to their appearance the same phenomenon that occurred before Satsuki’s summoning had occurred at their location. Liliana says she understands convinced and that Masato must be the hero, Masato asks why him with surprise, Liliana says that because Masato is an otherworlder too like the rest of the heroes and that there is the sword too, Masato looks at the sword in his hands and agrees, Liliana says that when she saw the sword that he didn’t have on him in the castle she thought “could it be?”, and combined with their story of the pillar of light and the sword seemingly being of really high quality she thinks it must be a divine weapon. Masato asks if it is really a divine weapon and says that everything resembles the moment he appeared in the other world for the first time, Charlotte asks for Satsuki’s opinion as a hero.

Satsuki says that if it is a divine weapon it should disappear if Masato wishes for it, Masato gives it a try and the sword disappears, Charlotte says that that settles it, that she wants to continue to share information but that they are on a battlefield, so she wants them to accompany her to their main camp where her father is, Liliana is surprised when she hears that, after all for the king to come personally to the battlefield something serious must have happened, Charlotte says to Liliana that aside from their summoning everyone is really confused because they don’t understand well what happened surrounding that battle, Liliana asks if it is like that, Masato asks her what's wrong when she became worried, Liliana says she’s just confused due to the sudden situation and asks Charlotte to take them to their main camp, Charlotte says that if Masato and Satsuki are friends then their kingdoms are too, so she welcomes them as the Galarc Kingdom’s second princess, Satsuki says with surprise that Charlotte can act princess-like in these kind of situations, Charlotte says that of course she can and asks Orphia if she can help her to take the two to their main camp, Orphia says she doesn’t mind, Charlotte says she wants to leave some people in charge of investigating the place more and asks Miharu and Satsuki if they can come with her since Masato is coming too, Satsuki agrees, Miharu looks around the place with a pained face as if something was taken from her and agrees reluctantly too because she doesn’t want to leave Masato alone.

Gouki volunteers both himself and Kayoko for continuing the investigation, Latifa says she will stay behind too, the same as Miharu she feels there is something intriguing about the place they are at now, Sara says she will stay behind too and tells Alma to help Orphia with everyone’s escort, Alma agrees, after all the foxgirl Latifa and the wolfgirl Sara are better suited to look for things thanks to their noses than a dwarf, Celia says she will stay back because she can use detection magic, Charlotte asks Liselotte what will she do, Liselotte decides to go back thinking it won’t be of any use if she stays with the rest, Masato calls out to Miharu and Satsuki in whispers, Miharu asks him what it is, Satsuki clouds her face when she sees Miharu hiding her pained face behind a forced smile for Masato’s sake, Masato asks why Sara and the others are with the people from the castle and Aerial is present outside too, Satsuki tells him that a lot happened since they separated from him and that she will explain later, Masato says he understands and by the way… Miharu asks him by the way what when Masato stops mid-sentence while tilting his head, Masato asks them if he was going to tell them something, Miharu says that if he asks them they won’t know, Masato says he feels he felt like just about to remember something but that he suddenly forgot about it, Masato keeps tilting his head still not remembering what he wanted to say until Charlotte asks the three if they are ready to go.

Satsuki apologizes and says they will go now, Charlotte tells the three to get on Aerial’s back, Masato approaches Aerial and says that it has been a while since he rode it and will be on its care while patting its head, Aerial rubs happily its face against Masato, Liliana approaches Aerial with surprise and says that it is pretty big, Masato tells her to be at ease because it won’t attack her, Masato gets on Aerial’s back, offers Liliana his hand and helps her to get on, Liliana thanks him, Satsuki lets out an admiring “heeee” looking at Masato’s gentlemanly figure, Masato asks her what it is, Satsuki says she thought Masato was a gentleman, Masato asks how is he a gentleman, Satsuki says that the part of him that helped Liliana up so naturally was, that it seems he grew up while they didn’t see each other, Satsuki asks Miharu if she agrees, Miharu agrees smiling, Liliana says that Masato is kind and he looks away embarrassed without answering for not giving them more teasing material, Satsuki says she wonders if he had a good role model, Satsuki asks Miharu who she thinks Masato resembles but stops mid-sentence with a worried face, Miharu asks her what it is, Satsuki says that what she wanted to say suddenly disappeared from her mind, Satsuki feels wrong when the words in her throat can just get out but can’t remember anything no matter what, then everyone goes back to the main camp.

Chapter 2:
* TLN: I will post the rest of the summary between the 10th and the 14th of March. As usual please patience until then.