As the commotion rises within Night Rose, a nostalgic smell of perspiration lingers in the air, and nervous gulps fill in the silence surrounding them. Despite that, there was a sense of chaos within everyone.
Every member of Night Rose is there to watch, hearts filled with excitement and that sudden rush of adrenaline.
It’s been a while- no; no one has dared to challenge Luther, let alone everyone, to a duel.
And on top of that, a girl challenges him this time.
Arwin lets down her dark hair and stands up with such grace and dignity in her posture. If she wore a hat, they would have easily seen Night Rose captain.
But Arwin’s a girl, and it would not have made any sense. It was just unbelievable for some of them to be able to see someone like her, being a captain of a pirate ship.
Nexus wobbles as she stands across Arwin with eyes filled with confusion. Nexus is baffled. Arwin showing up this early is too risky―being a girl is no
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“Oh, so you’re finally stepping down… captain?”“You know, you somehow piss me off, especially when you say that word.”“And why’s that?” Arwin pretends to be clueless as she continues to press Luther’s buttons, “I’m just a silly girl, aren’t I?”“Know your place.” Luther fights back with his words, “Girl.”This also infuriates Arwin, but she smirks.Arwin and Luther look at each other with a piercing glare as they circle around the ring, both cautiously anticipating the opponent’s attacks. Their blades play through their hands as they continuously adjust their grips.Soon after, Arwin cuts their distance close as she goes in for the attack. Arwin points her blade directly at Luther, and she even uses her other hand. Using her palm, she pushes her blade, adding more force and therefore speed.Luther sees
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It will be easy to manipulate everyone into thinking that she’s lying- after all, they don’t know her.…but Luther knows that he can’t do that recklessly. Night Rose might turn their backs on him for suggesting such a stupid theory.He knows that he’s going to need proof or, better yet, a ticking bomb to do the exposing for him.Either way, Luther knows he’s going to need Sinas in exposing the truth.But to do that, he’s going to need some leverage, and Luther has the perfect leverage to use.With a huge grin on Luther’s face, he says to Simon, “Bring him out.”Simon does so. Simon brings out someone through the secret door only the two of them know of. He brings out a young man with that striking physique and a spitting image of Sinas if he was younger. Simon clears his throat and says, “This is Luther, a friend. Luther, this is Sinas’ real son, Dylan.”<
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No one knows for certain whom he can trust.In Timothy’s mind, everything is set. He will get Rosa out and start anew.That’s it. That’s the plan.Mark begins after taking a deep breath, “If John did escape and the plan didn’t go as planned, I’m with Sinas that they’re going to raid this place. All of us were seen with John, so we’re as good as suspects. They won’t let us board that ship, so that leaves us with two options. It’s either Sinas or Taflen we send up there.”“Cain is obviously out of the equation given that he used to be a member, and everyone would recognize him, and Timothy is out as well because of his unstable allegiance.” Mark adds, “I hate to say it, but… Sinas is right. Taflen can’t board that ship, and he’s too compromised given that his daughter is up there.”“What? You can’t be suggesting-“ Gloin stops
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For the first time in his life, he feels scared. If he was still calm, in fact, he would realize that it did make sense to feel scared. However, he was so much into fear to think of anything else.With everyone relying on him, he’s obviously a double-edged sword. He can pick and choose a side that’s convenient for him to get what he wants.However, with everyone looking at him with such conviction and trust despite their history, it makes him want to do well.For the first time in his life, he actually wants to do something for someone else’s sake entirely.Timothy whispers to Sinas as he walks past him, “Old habits die hard, Sinas, I know what you’re capable of, and I’ll make everyone see it too.”Sinas glares at Timothy, and surprisingly, Timothy moves with all his might to make the chair he is tied up in fall on Sinas. Everyone panics and immediately helps Sinas up, keeping Timothy away from him.
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Yet, that is why he still chooses to trust Arwin. It was a complicated thing, but he knew that it was the most right decision. Well that’s was what he wanted to believe.Of course, it was not because he feels indebted to her but because he sees Arwin. Regardless of the what the gender, he sees how she acted with the people around her.He sees how Arwin cares about her friends and crew. Human was generally selfish and greedy. The first instinct of human were to protect themselves and stay safe. However, Arwin would often choose otherwise.One proof was that she took the blame for something she didn’t do just to protect Gloin.Arwin knew back then that it would break Timothy so much if he found out it was Gloin because Atlas was their friend.Arwin didn’t simply act out based on her feelings about Gloin as her friend but also logically because she knew if she took the blame, Timothy would only be mad, but if Gloin admitted it,
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Since it was her airship, she knows about the blind spots and secret spaces where some of her crew members sneak in extra gold or treasure.In fact, Arwin really knew how this works. Even if she was a female, she was more used to acting like a man and often times moved closely with her crew.They were her close friends on the ship, and she did consider them to be family as well. Sadly, not everyone did the same to her, especially when they learned the truth about her gender.Yes, they were happy that she was alive, but with the gender barrier, it became a pretty complicated thing to be their captain again.With that in mind, Arwin continued to walk. After a while, Sinas cautiously follows her. It was not like he was afraid of her, but he always felt that it was better to be safe than sorry. Also, they were not really considered friends.Upon arriving, Nexus was also there, who looked at them with a complicated expression.Arwin nodded with a
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Nexus and the rest are taught that people during Arwin’s time were rowdy and tough―that’s how they managed to survive without technology.But for this young man, he seems awfully polite, like he just woke up to this world. The young man shrugs and starts to dust off his clothes. He says, “I’m Dylan. I’m… new here, so I got lost.”Nexus squints her eyes in disbelief, and she asks, “New? Do you mean to this crew? Why didn’t I see you take part in any initiation? Were you recruited?”Dylan clears his throat and brushes off his hair back in confusion, and Nexus asks too much nonetheless, Dylan answers, “To the world. I’ve been in coma for years and I just woke up―that’s what Simon says.”Nexus is taken back by the striking resemblance of Dylan to Sinas. Their facial features are almost too identical. Anyone would easily think that they are father and s- Nexus steps back at th
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Sinas sees before him his son, Dylan, and for some reason, it feels like the real Dylan himself.Sinas is speechless, and tears start to run down his face uncontrollably. He could not believe it. A part of him still thinks that this might be a dream and that he would wake up soon. If it was a dream then he was fine sleeping for a while.His heart was beating so fast as he carefully and intently looked at the Dylan in front of him. Sinas sees Dylan’s faint birthmark on the left side of his neck, and it confirms his suspicion. It is indeed Dylan- the one and only son of Sinas. That birthmark is something that even cloning cannot copy.A rush of warm feeling fills him up, and he wants to hug Dylan, but Sinas snaps. He finally realizes what Luther is up to. Dylan walks toward the body and sees that it’s an exact copy of him dead lying on the ground.Dylan shrieks as he falls to the ground, and Sinas’ tears fall down as well.Sinas&rsq