条顿骑士

Year 3392. - Blue Sky -1

“May I have your explanation please?”  An inspector of [Audit Office of Pandemonium] asked to Blaise politely. He had frozen smile in his face.  [Audit Office of Pandemonium] inspects and eliminates criminals and infected person in Pandemonium.  Blaise was one of the agents named as [Inquisitor].     “No-22458 and No-18673, both of them found dead, sir”  Blaise answered.  “On your report, it says you did not have visual observation. How did you confirm those are dead for sure?”  Officer still had smile on his face. Even though, he is the boss, attitude of him made Blaise irritated.  “Those two are dead for sure, sir. I checked their record of burial.” Blaise answered.  “Why you did not dig up their grave to check?” His boss asked again.  “There was no need to do it, sir”  “Who made that decision?”  “It's me, sir.”  “Well...I see.”     Boss started to type his keyboard.  When he finished up-dating record, he put his head up and said,  “This case is closed, with an annotation.” He never put his smile away.  “You are doing great, Inquisitor Blaise. I hope you will keep up with it.”  Blaise thought he will not like this man's attitude forever.  “If you working hard like this, your little sister will get better soon.”  His boss even threats Blaise with smile on his face. It took a while for Blaise to calm down himself. He took off from the room in silence. Blaise knew it is not a good idea to express his emotion in front of his boss.     He headed down to hospital after leaving building of [Audit Office of Pandemonium].  On the auto coach, he was looking up in the sky. Even though, Pandemonium was not really exciting city, he liked its view of the sky. Contrast of high building, with wired ornament, and blue sky had created beautiful harmony of the view.  Hospital, which his sister being hospitalized, had located in the middle of the city.  In a hospital room, his sister was lying down on the bed. She had been in a state of apparent death for 3 years. Her body was covered by special sheets to protect her from bacteria, because her immune strength had been decreased.     Outside of the window, there was beautiful blue sky.  Blaise held his sister's hand tenderly. When he felt her warmness, he felt delight.  He again, determined himself to do whatever he can do to save his little sister.  She was the only hope for him in this world.     He leaved hospital. He called his coach, and there was someone with mask already inside of it.     Moon light shaped dreary shadow in the castle.  Wind of the night was getting colder and colder.  Two men in overcoat were walking up the hill to the castle.  Only their shadows shaped by moon light were behind of them.  Two men, Blaise and masked man, walked into the castle.  In the castle, making their passage from shadow to shadow, they reached to a hall.  Under the moon light from high top window, there was a man standing.  It was a men called as [Black Prince], Grunwald, the prince of Lonsbrough Kingdom.  The prince pulled out his sword. So as Blaise did.  A masked man stepped back into the shadow and disappeared silently.     Blade of prince shinned. Then it slayed head of Blaise, however, body of Blaise had vanished with its afterimage. Right after of that, Blaise showed up backside of the [Black Prince], then he attempted to stub prince's body.  Prince guarded that attack buy his sword, then he stepped away from Blaise.  They faced each other in a distance.  Suddenly, sword of Blaise flashed. That light became in shape of a big sphere, and then it covered whole body of prince.  When the light disappeared, sword of prince was fallen on the floor.     “Not enough practice, Grunwald.” Blaise said.  “Just kill me, Blaise. Kill me as you did to our friends.”  Blaise took a long breath and opened his mouth.  “I guess you want to call me as traitor, huh? Well, I don't care if you do. I have my justice.”  “How many you've killed?” Grunwald asked  “Didn't need to kill them...Most of them ruin themselves...Sucked into their own force...  Infected person can't live long, you know that, right?”  Blaise did not lie. Many of infected person, which Blaise had found, were dead by alcohols and drags, or sometime suicide.  “There were few of them try to fight just like you did.”  Blade put his sword to neck of Grunwald.  “It seems hard for fighters to live, if they lose place to die.” Blaise said.  “You are the one also, Blaise.” Grunwald showed his anger.  “I still have reason to live.” Blaise grabbed Grunwald's hand to make him stand up.  “Stand up Grunwald...I'm not here to kill you, tonight.”  Both of them put their sword away.     “I like my life in Pandemonium. It's wired city, but good enough.”  Blaise was talking at the back of Grunwald, who sat on stair way.  Blaise continued to talk.  “Everything was so simple at that time. We fight as Regiment knight, and we die as Regiment knight.”  Blaise was actually thinking that in the past.  “However, the world changed. Nothing will be the same again.”  Grunwald kept in silence. Blaise continued.  “If you want to have something in your hand, you've got to make a decision.”  Grunwald tuned his head and looked up Blaise.  “I've already made up my mind. How about you?”  There was no answer to that question.     A masked man showed up again after a while.  “Well, it's the time to go.”  Blaise put his hand on to Grunwald's shoulder and spoke to him.  “I know what your sword desires. Be a man. No one can take over your pain.”     On the way back from the castle, Blaise saw sliver pipe in masked man's hand.  “You've done your task well, Max.”  He continued to speak,  “If you want to write a report of tonight, just go ahead.” Write down Blaise did not kill prince.”  Blaise did not wait for answer from Max because this masked man almost never talks.  “It will be settled, eventually”  Blaise muttered under the moon light.