My new life, won't you please become peaceful! Chapter 6

I feel like fainting…

“Gil are you all right?”, he probably saw me swaying from side to side and became worried while Haref just whispered beside me, “stop feigning”.

Right! Good-looking guys like you don’t understand my worries. I blinked and smiled at Nigel as a sign saying I’m fine, before clenching my teeth and faced towards the ceremony which is occurring right in front of my face.

At this moment, I am in the holiest cathedral in town. Although it’s famous, it’s rarely used, it’s only used for prominent ceremonies’ of those in the Royal family or those from the Dukes’ households. For the commoners to the Marquis’ household, they would have to use another cathedral: the differences in status between a Duke’s and a Marquis’ is a lot!

Within the cathedral, there are 12 Dukes and their children, to-be Dukes in the future. As Dukes are still considered commoners, there will be no appearances of the Royal family: not the King nor the Queen or even Princesses or Princes, this is also a way of showing how big the gap is, just like the differences between a Marquis’ and a Duke’s status.

Ow! It seemed like Haref, who was standing next to me, thought I was dozing off too much so, he decided to pinch my waist, I’m gonna start crying soon! I blinked my eyes rapidly…I would love a pair of sungla.s.ses right now, all these to-be Dukes are blinding my eyes. Each and everyone of them deserves to be route owners in the game ‘Us.h.i.+nawareta Hos.h.i.+’, all their faces are pretty much features which are popular with girls pooled together into the 12 of them. I swear, if all 12 of us were to form a boy band, our popularity would be sky-high! But, a Duke’s pay is better, so, no, let’s tuck this idea back where it came from…

Ummm…I looked searchingly. Truthfully, amongst all 12 of us, the handsomest one is Nigel ( even though he’s like 7 years old ). On the other hand, the one who attracts the most attention is Haref but if you ask me who looks the cleanest and friendliest, that would have to be Casta Bors. From what I can recall from the anime, he’s 3 years older than Gilbert Bedivere, meaning he’s already tuned 10! But somehow, he’s way shorter than me! And also, in the anime, even when he grows up, the character designers have designed him as a cute ‘n cuddly guy.

Wow…wow…

If I bribe…I mean become close with him, would this mean I’ll have a cute ‘n cuddly younger brother for forever? No matter how cute Nigel is, he’ll grow up to be handsome! An enemy! As for Haref…I don’t have the abilities to do anything to him yet, so, I’ll just let him go for now. I stared at Casta, it seemed like my stares which were filled with pa.s.sion…made him dodge adorably…ugh, Haref elbowed my waist. When I go back home, I think I’ll have multiple bruises on my waist. So that my waist would not break because of Haref, I looked at the ceremony in front of me which is coming to a close. The next ceremony is probably ‘summoning of the G.o.ds’. According to the story line, Ca.s.s Bedivere has no abilities, even if nothing of his childhood was mentioned but I could deduce that he’s got no abilities because of this ceremony. Either, he summoned an inept G.o.d or none came down. This probably was the beginning of the could shoulders given by his family.

The choir sang to the heavens, the thing I like about this world is that when they cast spells, they’ll do the casting in the form singing, now that I’ve thought about it…is it cause I suck at singing, is that what’s making me unable to cast spells properly. I scrunched my brows together and started singing from a low G to a high G, “a ah ahh ahhhh”.

Bam!

Haref elbowed my waist again…this time he also glared at me, a glare which said “shut the f.u.c.k up”, it seemed like he was afraid I’ll do something weird again, he grasped my hand and squeezed it slightly, if I were to do something weird again, he’ll probably squeeze my hand until my bones broke…terrifying.

To all those people who plays the game, why do so many of you choose his route? What’s so good about a violent-loving guy. Once the song came to an end, a blinding light permeated from the magic circle. At first I thought the light would cease to glow but I was wrong, it became brighter and brighter until everyone in the surrounding area had to lift their arms up to protect their eyes from the dazzling light…even the action of lifting their arms and placing it front of their faces is cool, but isn’t it easier to just use you hands to cover your eyes.

“What is this power!”, Haref roared, trying to look inside the light, I wanted to warn him. Don’t! You’ll become blind! But cause he’s gonna grow up to become handsome and I’ve got no way of getting rid of him…I’ll just leave him and wish he’d become blind.

“Can you see anything Haref!” Duke Lancelot bellowed, “Son, you’re the only one who has the power of light, when you look at the light, what can you see…this light is too formidable!” There’s only one who wields the power of light…as expected of the number one main character. Even though, I don’t know what Gilbert Bedivere’s power is, I could guess it’s some kinda average, borderline useless power…

d.a.m.n, my tears have started to flow, I’ll just lean towards Nigel and borrow his shoulder. Nigel is such an angel, apart from not pus.h.i.+ng or kicking me back like Haref, he even hugged my head and allowed me to latch my head onto his shoulder, or should I become studious and find a way to prevent him from growing…

Sniff, sniff…a child’s smell is truly sublime…Uggh! Haref pulled my hair from behind and forced me to face the light. G.o.d, aren’t you going deeper down the SM route, Haref! At least I covered my eyes with my hands in time or else I would’ve seriously became blind.

“Gilbert Bedivere! Can you see anything!”, Haref shouted at me, “that’s your younger brother’s power, this power should not be able to harm you, a blood relative.” You despicable little liar…then what about my father who’s ran to the opposite corner, is he a step-father? Is this your plan to get rid of your love rival Haref? Although, I know that my lil’ bro is adorable af but trying to get rid of your to-be step brother, that won’t make you look good!

Bam!

Seems like he knew I was off in delusion land again so, he slapped me to take me back to reality…dammit, psychotic fujos.h.i.+ lil’ sis, how could you like him? So that he would not hit me again, I looked intently into the power, it’s actually true that the power’s been harming everyone around it, cause all the Dukes have retreated, Nigel and the troupe of -to-be dukes are nowhere to be seen…which means, it’s just you and I who are confronting the light? Hmmm…the tanning trend hasn’t arrived in this world yet, should Haref and I be the trend’s pioneers then? With Gilbert Bedivere’s and Haref Lancelot’s looks we’ll probably go for the…I think I should focus on work since Haref’s been pulling harder on my collar. I don’t know if it’s cause he’s started to find the light unbearable or he’s started to find my slowness unbearable. In order to prevent him from s.n.a.t.c.hing my hair strands again, I tried to fulfil my duty by squinting at the light. I shouldn’t have been able to see anything but I could see something blurry, a faint shadow which probably belongs to the priest, who’s carrying my younger brother in his arms and also another shadow of something else descending…

Is that a G.o.d? The question which sailed into my train of thoughts came along with bewilderment…Ca.s.s Bedivere, who’s born with little to no abilities, then what does the light in front of me mean then? I don’t know if you could call him a genius but if the light’s able to make all the Dukes and to-be Dukes run with their tails behind their legs then…could this kind of power be called little to nothing? Or is it that, in reality, Ca.s.s Bedivere is one those protagonist, who’s got the power to destroy the world, this made everyone afraid of  him and forced his parents to give him the cold shoulder just like all those typical protagonists in anime?

…Something’s fishy here.

Though, before I could think further, Haref pulled on my collar even harder, making me catapult backwards where Haref, who was standing behind me, caught me and embraced me from behind. The light in front of me was already bright enough but it became even brighter, good thing my eyes weren’t as blurry anymore because the light had changed to the colour ‘black’.

What’s the meaning of all this?

“The power of darkness?!”, my father exclaimed alarmingly, with that I felt Haref pulling me behind him, his hand was enveloped in the power of light…are you still trying to show your overpoweredness, even in this situation! Convince me that you’re 7 years old and not 70?! You show your powers more than your father!

“That’s enough Haref!”, I cried and grasped Haref’s wrist, Haref looked at me in annoyance, “its best if we let our fathers take care of this!”

“I’m still fine!”, you’re still fine! Dear staffs from the game development team, do you not think you’ve added to much stats to Haref Lancelot? Should you not pay more attention to all those characters who are part of Ca.s.s Bedivere’s harem! You’ve added an overflowing amount of stats to Haref, now, would any girls even pay attention to us? The more I think about it, the sadder I become, I became so sad tears were flowing down, Haref looked at me more gently, “trust me, I’m still fine…”. Even more of my tears flowed out…a foot that can destroy the world, filled to the brim with magic, good-looks, good reputation, most popular character! I swear you were born to steal all the girls on the world from me!

Unfair! This is too unfair!! I sobbed at my destiny, Haref went “tsk” before roughly wiping my tears with his hands, “sigh…it’s better if you go find Nigel…”. I nodded…right now I need the healing type! I need a lil’ bro to mend my broken heart! Even though, the boy may grow up to be my enemy but right now he’s my adorable lil’ bro…

When I was led to Nigel, I had not an ounce of hesitation, I sprinted towards Nigel and hugged him tight, “Gil…”. Nigel was shocked and hugged me back confusedly but when Haref said with a troubled face, “the guy’s crying”, Nigel nodded and lightly stroked my back gently…dear my psychotic fujos.h.i.+ lil’ sis, who doesn’t exist in this world, no matter how much you may pray for my happiness in my after life, I will never return to the lil’ sis society! But, if you give me a photo of you wearing cat ears then I’m prepared to leave my lil’ bro…

“Are you scared Gil?”

“Hmmm? Huh, oh…” I thought…scared? I looked at Haref, who was glaring at me viciously, “yeah, I’m scared”. Nigel’s tiny hand  lightly stroked my head, “the power of darkness would naturally emit negative emotions…” It seems that you’re mistaken here but I like being in your embrace so, I’ll just agree with whatever you’re saying, lil’ bro. “Since the ancient times, the power of darkness has been anything but good”, Haref said, his voice was filled with more irritation than normal. This was probably because he’s got the power of light, a directly opposite power to the power of darkness, creating repulsion and making Haref feel disturbed by it, “this means there are two who were born with the power of darkness in the generation? The first is the prince, now it’s Duke Bedivere’s son…”

“That doesn’t sound good”, one of the to-be Dukes spoke out, “our generation”.

“Just like a bad omen.”

“…agreed.”

All the to-be Dukes started to voice their opinions, while I reluctantly let go of Nigel’s embrace…or should I control Nigel’s diet? If he’s malnourished and does not get enough sleep, apart from becoming less handsome, would he also be small, a dwarf, cute like this forever?

Great! This is great! I can get rid of my enemy and get a lil’ bro at the same time , why haven’t I thought of this before?! I looked at the other, my eyes sparkling. My father spoke before I could coerce Nigel into eating less.

“No!!”

“We don’t have a choice Duke Bedivere…”

“This is the best decision we can make.” All the Dukes sighed, making us, to-be Dukes puzzled, I didn’t when everything ended, my younger brother was now in my father’s embrace.

“Father…”, what happened?

“This child is too dangerous”, Duke Gawain said, he’s like the splitting image of Nigel when he’s grown up, “the child has…too much power. He has just killed a light priest…even if it wasn’t intentional”. Duke Lancelot’s words made us realise…the priest is missing. Was it because of the power of darkness earlier? I looked at Haref…I’m sorry I bad-mouthed you and called you a barbarian, in truth your violence was just a cover for your helpfulness right? Just like when we went to the market…But when those rainbow coloured eyes looked back at me savagely…ok, violence is in his blood, he’s normally barbaric, helping me was just a side quest… You’re still an enemy!…In the future, when I become able enough, I’ll get rid of you.

“But this child…he’s my son…”

“But we are Dukes”, Duke Lancelot proclaimed, “no matter what we may be to them: a father, an uncle or any other statuses, nothing can match our status as a ‘Duke’.”.

“For the kingdom.”

“That is our duty.”

Father was at loss for words…his surrounding was silent. I could kinda figure out what’s going on right now. They are…going to get rid of Ca.s.s Bedivere because of his power of darkness. That kind of thing…

“I won’t let you!!”

As a new member of the lil’ bro society…I won’t let anyone harm him!

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Casta Bors

Shota = little boy ( normally not of legal age )

Tsundere = someone who says something contrary to their actions ( usually out of embarra.s.sment ) ( basically inwardly shy and loving but outwardly a b.i.t.c.h )

Yay…another chapter out!

For those asking for an update schedule:

What’s killing me next week:

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I’m slowly sailing away from accuracy. Please forgive me.

P.S Don’t you think JD’s basically what Connor would have become if he was still alive and kicking and maybe has more angst to him ( but fantasy Connor is best Connor ).