Melody
of Sin
Chapter
III~ Goodbye
Elwynn
carefully and silently went out of the staff department. Here was no longer safe
for her. She quickly went to Cypher’s class. When she got there, he was
already gone. She tried to find him but realized that her teacher was very near
her. With no place to escape, she took off the glove on her right hand. There
were some blue traces, which formed some kind of spell. She lifted her hand, and
a string of blood appeared. It attached to the top of the building and brought
her up. After she was safe on the roof, that blood disappeared. Since she was at
a high place, she could see everything. She started to search for Cypher.
Suddenly,
she saw him. He wasn’t alone. He was with Christopher Valcan Ivarice! He was
the person that she least expected to see. It was very easy to recognize him.
His silver long hair was very apparent. Unlike before, he wasn’t wearing the
Kronos traditional costume. Instead, he was wearing a military uniform like
Frederick Sledge Carolingian. Even though she knew it would be dangerous if
Christopher saw her, she still went to them through her concealing technique.
She went to the forest near them and hid behind a tree.
“You must be Cypher Al Zeltrac. I
am colonel Christopher Valcan Ivarice.”
“What do you want with me?”
“The military is recruiting people.
Are you interested?”
“No. At least not when you are
there.”
“Did I ever make something to
you?”
“No. Just the name containing
‘Chris’ bothers me.”
“Letting a chance like this away
for a reason like this is not very intelligent.”
“I don’t need you to judge me.”
“If you are in the Kronos army or
Law Enforcement, the people of Salkerye will not go after your life.”
“Do I look like someone who will
care for that?”
“No. But think about it since you
wanted to enter to the army. Isn’t there something that you wished to
accomplish? And it couldn’t be done other than being in the army, right?”
“…”
“Or… Are you one of the five
Monsters?”
That sentence alerted Cypher although nothing showed on his face. His
voice remained as cold as always.
“What are you talking about?”
“The five Monsters. Aren’t you
one of them?”
“You are talking non-sense.”
“I know that you are one. I am
originally from Salkerye.”
“…”
“Prince Cypher Al Zeltrac, who ran
away when he was seven to Walkure, is very famous, you know?”
“There must be another person with
the same name.”
“Do not denial. I have trained Erei,
a very special one. It lets me know who are the Monsters and the Blood. Rare
gift, I should say.”
“This is a very good joke, but I am
not laughing.”
“You are Kaze, the Wind Monster.”
“Impossible. I am of Salkerye, if I
were one of them, I would be Sujen, the Water Monster.”
“But your mother is of Walkure.
That would make you eligible to become Kaze.”
“You are out of your mind.”
Just as Cypher was about to leave, Christopher called out to him.
“I know who you want to kill.”
“What?”
“I said that I know the person that
you want to kill.”
“There is no one that I want to
kill.”
“The Blood. Of course, if you kill
her yourself, Kaze will revive. But… There is a way for you to regain your
freedom and not let that Monster come out.”
“…”
“I know, because I am Sujen.”
“What a lie.”
“You don’t believe me?”
“If you are, why are you in the
army?”
“To find the Monsters and the
Blood. I told you, I know how to find them. The Blood always run away. I am here
to keep an eye on her. The army needs me.”
“How can you prove to me that you
are not lying?”
“You know that I am not. Isn’t
that enough?”
“…”
“I came to you and revealed myself
to you for a reason. In exchange of information about how to kill the Blood and
her identity, you have to kill her for me.”
“Why don’t you do it yourself?”
“She is my weakness. I can’t kill
her… Each time that I look at her, I will feel like I am a sinner.”
“What if I think like you?”
“I know that you won’t.”
“You think too highly of me.”
“One can hope, can’t he?”
“True. So what is the
information?”
“Her name Elwynn Eleanor.”
“Elwynn?”
“Yes. Why doubting?”
“No. It is just that I know
someone’s name that is Elwynn.”
“I see. Let’s hope that they are
not the same person.”
“Yeah…”
“The only way that you can kill her
without letting the Monster out is to kill her with this knife.”
Christopher handed a knife to Cypher. That knife was very detailed. It
looked very similar to the necklace that Elwynn had.
“Why this knife?”
“It is the knife that had killed
all the past Monsters and the past Bloods. The form on this knife is the seal
that the ancient High Priestess sealed the five Monsters.”
“How will that help me?”
“Because it contained the blood of
the Monsters and the Blood, it had been cursed. Everyone killed by this knife
will not revive. When the Blood dies, the Monsters will die too.”
“Then why do you want me to kill
that Blood girl? Couldn’t you just give it to Lorigen, Valkyrie, or Ralkilan
instead?”
“They cannot be trusted. So, will
you join the army?”
“I don’t see the harm.”
“That’s great.”
Elwynn slipped down. She was
completely paralysed. First it was Christopher; now Cypher wanted her life too?
Why did the people surrounding her always want her life? Indeed she was the
Blood, but wasn’t she also a human? The worst was that they were both the
Monsters… Kaze and Sujen… She harshly held on to her heart. It was aching as
if it was bleeding. She took out her necklace and held it on very tightly. She
murmured some kind of spell and calmed herself down.
Suddenly, it was all black in
front of her. She looked up and saw a shadow. His red flaming hair flashed under
the Sun, and his emerald green eyes stared at her.
“Elywnn
Eleanor. It is over for your little run-away.”
“Ed…”
“Don’t
call me that! You betrayed us.”
“I…”
“You
have killed so many of us! How selfish can you be?”
“I…”
“Edward
Blitz Linear! Do not be impolite to the future High Priestess. We are and will
be under her orders. You have no right to question her.” A person came to them
and said.
“Frederick,
and you have the right to question me?”
“No,
lieutenant Linear. Pardon me for my impoliteness.”
“Let’s
just bring her to Christopher. Maybe he already notices us.”
“He
is Colonel Ivarice after all.”
Edward
pulled her with force, but Frederick kindly pushed Edward’s hand from her. The
blond one offered assistance to her getting up.
“Lady
Elwynn, can you get up?”
“Fred…
Please don’t call me that…”
“Say
no more. You are in pain. I will bring you to Colonel Ivarice. He should know
how to heal you.”
“Frederick,
why are you even nice to her? Did you forget the people that she killed when she
escaped? She was the one who harmed you! Did you forget about that too?”
“Forget
or not, a lower rank must respect the higher rank. If you persist on being
ill-mannered, I shall report to the Colonel.”
“Always
Christopher! Do you know anything other than that?”
“That’s
enough.” Elwynn finally said. “Stop arguing! I am ordering you to.”
“Yes,
Lady Elwynn.”
They brought her to Christopher. When they were there, Cypher was already
gone. Christopher looked at her with pain.
“ I guess I shouldn’t have given
the knife to that boy. I could have killed you this instant.”
“Colonel Ivarice, now is not a time
to joke.” Frederick said.
“I think what he is saying is
true.” Edward said.
“Ok, that’s enough.”
Christopher said to those two. “Our priority is to escort her safely to Kronos
Fallen Shrine.”
“I thought that you want to kill
her.”
“Edward, don’t say something like
that in front of Lady Elwynn…”
“Does that mean that I can talk
freely when she is not around?”
“You know that I didn’t mean it
like this.”
“Fred, you don’t need to stop Ed
from saying what he wants. I know that Chris wants to kill me.”
“…”
Frederick and Edward went hiding to sneak attack on their enemy when they
came. They remained silent. She didn’t resist at all. After few minutes, she
opened her mouth.
“Chris, can I say goodbye to a
person first?”
“Who is that person? Cypher Al
Zeltrac?”
“No. I do not know any Cypher.”
“Who?”
“Ren Igelstelung.”
“You know him?”
“Yes.”
“Why do you want to see him?”
“He is nice to me when I am here in
this school.”
“Can I trust you?”
“You can, if you are still the old
you.”
“But I am not. Since a year ago, I
am no longer my older self.”
“I know. So that’s why I’ll
make a deal with you. If you let me go see him alone, I will give you a string
of my hair.”
“What good does that do to me?”
“It will give you more power and a
better control on Sujen.”
“I can control Sujen perfectly. And
I can’t trust you going alone.”
“Are you sure that Sujen in truly
under your control? Ever since the second that you have caught me, your blood
became faster. It wants to rush out and clam its original blood that is in me.
And you have problems holding it and yet you act as if nothing happened.”
“I have perfect control. I am not
acting.”
“Your eyes are getting bluer than
usually. And your hands are held forcefully. Do not lie, Chris.”
“…”
“I promise not to run away during
the time that I go to see Ren.”
“Three minutes, and that’s it.”
“Ok.”
“I’ll be there EXACTLY three
minutes. Before then, I will not go near you.”
“I know that you won’t. You are
Chris after all.”
“Why do you still trust me? Even
though you know that I am after your live?”
“Because I believe in you. Do you
need a reason other than that?”
“No… I…”
“Chris, I hope that there will be a
time that we don’t need to fight.”
“Why must you be the Blood?”
Christopher held her tightly. “Why must I be Sujen? Why can’t we just be
normal people?”
“This is fate, something we are
born with. We have no choice but to accept it.”
“I know… I know… All I ever
wanted is to hold you like this… I only want you to be by my side…”
“It is still not too late. There
must be another way than killing.”
“There isn’t… The only way to
release this pain is the death of either the Blood and the five Monsters…”
“And you have chosen my death.”
“That knife can’t kill us, the
Monsters… It is filled with yearn for blood, the Blood. It is the only way to
free us from the pain.”
“After I have die, so will you
five.”
“I know, and I am prepared for
it.”
“Then why don’t you just kill me
with that knife? Why must you ask Cypher to do it?”
“How can I kill you when I am
willingly to pour out my heart for you?”
“I let you a chance to kill me in
the past, and you didn’t.”
“I just can’t…”
“Just let me go see Ren. You stay
here for now, and ask Ed and Fred not to follow me.”
“…”
Elwynn immediately set off
to see Cypher. Her saying to see Ren was a lie. She only heard of his name in
class, so how could she know him? Christopher probably knew that she was lying
but still let her go. Maybe he wanted her to escape… Impossible. He will kill
her, and she knew it.
By using the power of her sealed blood, she found the place where Kaze,
no, Cypher was. Her blood had the ability to track down the Monsters because it
wanted to go back to their owner. She had the power over the Blood with the
sealing power of her necklace. She was able to use some power of the five
Monsters. Of course, she wasn’t really good in it because they were Nigei type
of Espsy. The only type that she was good at was Erei, to use blood in her
advantage.
She used the power of Kaze, the wind Monster, to teleport her directly to
Cypher. When she appeared, Cypher was surprised.
“Ely! What are you doing here?
And since when do you know to use your aura this well?”
“Cyph!” She ran to him and
held him.
“Ely, what is wrong?”
“Nothing… Nothing… Just let
me be like this…”
“Are you crying?”
“No…”
“What happened?”
“Nothing… I’m fine…”
“Ely, tell me.”
“Cyph…”
She lifted her head, went away from his embrace and looked at him. He
swept her tears.
“Tell me what happen.”
“…”
“Let me help you.”
“I…”
“It’s ok. Tell me.”
“Goodbye…”
“What? Where are you going?”
“Goodbye…”
“Ely! Why are you saying
that?”
“…”
“What made you say that?”
“Nothing…”
“It must have been something!”
“What if I tell you that I am
the Blood?”
“What?!?”
“Will you still want to ask me
what happened? Or will you kill me?”
“Ely… You… You are the
Blood?”
“Kaze… You want to get rid of
it, right? Kill me!”
“I…”
“Then will you go with me?
Let’s find another way than to kill the Blood and the Monsters…”
“I…”
Elwynn saw that he was hesitating. If he couldn’t make sure what he
wanted now, he will regret it in the future.
“You still want to kill me… Well,
who wouldn’t? I am the source of your pain…?”
“Ely…”
“NO! I don’t want to listen! Just
go…”
“I can’t…”
“If you won’t, I will!”
She used Kaze’s power and escaped from there. Cypher wanted to follow
her, but what would he say? ‘I want to kill you but can’t.’? This was no
different than the situation with Christopher. Why? Why must she be the Blood?
Should he protect her? Should he be by her side? Or should he kill her like he
originally planned to? He wasn’t sure, really not sure. She was like an angel.
Her smile showed him light, but her identity threw him in hell. What should he
do?
“Chris… Bring me back to the
Shrine.” Her face showed no sign of crying.
“Wynn Wynn, did you just cry?”
“No, of course not. Why would I
be?” She gave him a smile.
“Your smile is so fake. Who did you
really do see?”
“Ren.”
“Impossible.”
“It is really he.”
“Then he is the one who made you
cry.”
“I… Hum… No he didn’t. I
didn’t even cry. Stop being a worry rat.”
“I will kill him.”
“I said that I didn’t…”
“I will kill him.”
“Will you kill all the people that
made me cry?”
“Yes.”
“Then suicide first. You are the
one who first made me cry.”
“I tend to. But I just can’t let
you unprotected.”
“Good excuse.”
“It is not.”
“Where were you when I am in
danger?”
“…”
“Never mind. Just go. I don’t
want to stay here any longer.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes I am.”
“Your words are my order.”
Elwynn took a look back at the Kronos Sky Institution.
Goodbye Cypher. I hope that the
next time we meet, you and I won’t be enemy. But… Can that really happen?