>>5706540>>5706608>>5706707>>5706791"She did have an air of guilt around her, like she had done something she shouldn't have, and given how I managed to talk to her right before she passed away, I believe I am familiar with who she brought back to life..."
"Don't say that, Vlad!" Schierke mistakenly calls you out for being insensitive a she starts to sob. Feeling sorry for the poor witch apprentice missing her mother figure, you make sure that offending them was not your intent.
"Don't think I am badmouthing Flora just for the sake of it, Schierke." You put your a hand on the girl's head. "Good people sometimes have to do actions they are not proud of, and compared to what my father or even my master did for me, I cannot judge or resent her for it when her faults were a lot less egregious than theirs. None of us resent her for it Schierke, her pride as a witch is still intact."
"Do you mean that?"
"Absolutely." You smile at her and crouch down to her level, making sure she was not crying.
"I believe I am not familiar with this knight guy you have mentioned, would you mind filling me in?" Roderick asks.
"Well, if you've done your homework on Midland history, you might have learned something about one named King Gaiseric."
"Gaiseric? The first king of Midland? But he's been dead and missing for over a thousand years!" Magnifico, oblivious as always, wonders how it was possible for him to stay alive.
"Wait a minute. THAT guy is Gaiseric?" Puck connects the dots with his pea-sized brain. "You mean Midland has been putting up with these crappy governors while #1 is strolling around the world eating demon jujubes? What a lazy bum, no wonder the Wyndhams are all incompetent!"
"While he united all the land into a kingdom, his complacency made him hated during his victory, resulting in the God Hand member now named Void to learn of dark magic after being wrongly imprisoned. After making a pact with the old God Hand, he restarted the cycle as he took revenge by invading Elfhelm, killing a friend both Gaiseric and Flora had in common." Sivir explains all she knows about Skelling after asking Danaan. "That's when rage took over Gaiseric, arriving just in time to see his beloved dying in his arms. Though Flora could not save him, his soul was transfered to the body he has now, and with nothing left to live for, he will only be freed of his duty once the dark magic fueled by the God Hand disappears.
"Well, he's had a thousand years of planning, right? He's surely figured out something by now."
"Imagine the chance of having a king on our side of the fight. And not just any king, the King of Galloping Death himself!" Magnifico and Roderick banter between each other.
"The Brand of Sacrifices only affects those who the dealer is attached to" Guts scratches his, pointing out how you don't have all the information yet.
"Indeed, perhaps we'll need to ask him about it whenever he shows up again." You respond before asking another important question.
