Beast Knights 3 - Here's To In-Depth Information

BEAST KNIGHTS

SUMMARY: A presence even more sinister than that of Soushu threatens to destroy the peace that Yuri strived hard to achieve. In their quest to deal with the forthcoming danger, it's not just the 4,000-year-old secret of a mysterious kingdom that they managed to unravel but also a well-kept past belonging to its royal family and Conrad.

Standard disclaimer applies. You are warned that the characters might not be in their usual selves (in other words, possible OOCness).

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CHAPTER 3 – Here's To In-Depth Information

The idea that hit Yuri the other night never left his mind and made him quite energetic the next day as he woke up. And even though Wolfram was truly out to kill him (by strangulation) just to spill it out, he was adamant in keeping what he had thought as secret. It was already enough that he thought of using the demon mirror to learn about the Beast Knight that Conrad met before. Though it was a really good idea, Yuri still couldn't help feeling quite bad about actually prying on Conrad's secrets.

He was conflicted, he had to admit that. But even so, Yuri chose to go with the flow. It was the best idea that hit him. He could only hope that the demon mirror would agree to work with him the way he wanted to. Yes, the demon mirror could only be used by the Maoh. But there were times that it didn't actually let him see the exact past or future that he wanted to see. But rather the events that has immense relation to the vision he intended to see and visit.

That day, while waiting for Murata to come to the Blood Pledge Castle along with Günter and Shori with the books they were supposed to read, Yuri took it as a chance to get away for a while and finally implement his "brilliant" idea. Though as he entered the treasure room where the demon mirror was kept, he kept on muttering an apology to Conrad in his mind for doing what he thought of, even though the said soldier would not be able to hear it.

He just hoped doing this would finally sate his curiosity.

It didn't take him long to find the item he needed, though. He took the demon mirror from its place and stared at it for a few moments. At that point, he was still deciding on what kind of past does he actually wanted to see. Yes, it was still about Conrad. But does he wanted to see Conrad's past during the first time he met that Beast Knight or something else about that Beast Knight that the soldier never mentioned to them at all? Yuri wanted to be certain on that one in order to for him to see exactly what he wanted to know.

For a few moments, he debated about that in his mind. It didn't take him long to finally came up with a decision. With that, he closed his eyes and spoke the wish to the demon mirror in his mind. He'd better do this in silence since he doesn't want anyone to know what he intended to do.

Take my soul to the past and show me the time Conrad had met the Beast Knight controlling the wind element.

The demon mirror soon emitted a bright mint green light that surrounded the entire treasure room. Of course, with that kind of bright light surrounding the room, one was bound to find him in there doing something. But he'd worry about that later.

When Yuri opened his eyes, he found himself standing beneath a really big tree. It was night time and the stars shimmered brightly, signifying a good weather for the next day.

"Did the mirror take me to the right past?" Yuri mumbled to himself as he looked around. He grimaced at the thought of finding no one there. So where the hell was he? What kind of past was he looking at?

Yuri was about to groan in frustration when he saw someone walking from a distance. Though it was night time, he could still make out that the one walking—or more like trudging—was a girl who could be compared to a 11-12 years old human. But he could somehow tell that she was a Mazoku. Through the light coming from the moon, he even saw and commented on how beautiful the girl's long silvery green hair was and that she was wearing a sort of battle costume he'd usually see on RPG games.

"Wow… I wonded who she is. Even from where I stand, she still looked so beautiful," Yuri said to himself. And it wasn't a joke.

But soon after, worry filled him as he saw the reason why the girl was dragging herself instead of walking normally. He saw her left hand placed on her waist's right side that was bleeding. His eyes widened at the sight of it but he knew he won't be able to do anything since this past had already happened. He looked at his hands and saw that he was just a transparent being in that period. Just like the first time he activated the demon mirror and took him to the time when Susanna Julia was still alive.

He heaved a heavy sigh, still waiting for something to happen. He wasn't sure about what he'd be able to see there. But he was willing to wait. It didn't take long, though. From there, he saw another approaching silhouette—two of them, actually. They were riding a horse and perhaps trying to find a place to stay for the night.

To Yuri's surprise, one of the silhouette approached the bleeding girl. It was a boy who looked like a 12 years old human. But he could still tell that the boy was a Mazoku. Or at least, a half-Mazoku. Yes, he saw that the approaching silhouette belonged to the young Conrad.

"Then Conrad's companion must be his father, Dan Hiri Weller," Yuri mumbled as he looked at the taller figure. But that was just for a short while. He reverted his gaze back to Conrad who approached the girl who was now unconscious and lying on the ground, probably because of her wounds.

All Yuri could do was to watch the next events unfold in front of him in a blur. Before he knew it, he was already watching Conrad looking over the still unconscious but already treated young girl with worried expression.

"She'll be fine, son. Her wound isn't that bad," Dan Hiri said upon entering the tent.

But it looked like those words weren't enough to cease the young man's worries.

"I wonder how she got hurt like that. Someone must have been after her," Conrad muttered without removing his gaze from the girl.

"In any case, we might be able to know the truth about that once she wakes up. Of course, it's still up to her if she wanted to talk about that to us."

And so the father and son waited. But for Yuri, it also passed by in a blur that he didn't realize Conrad had actually waited for the girl to wake up for two hours before he too fell asleep beside her. It felt like a few moments for him. When she saw Conrad entered the tent, the boy smiled and almost immediately approached the silvery green-haired girl who was already conscious.

"Are you… the one who treated my wound?" the girl asked already silently. Conrad nodded. She looked down and muttered a 'thank you'.

"My father prepared breakfast for us. If you want, you can join us," Conrad said with a smile. It almost felt like he was excited, only trying to hide it.

If the girl was surprised or otherwise, Yuri couldn't tell. But he soon noticed a small smile carved on her face and nodded. "I'd like to."

As soon as she got up, she faced Conrad. "Is it okay… if I ask for your name? I'd like to know the name of the boy who took care of me this whole time."

Silence filled the air for a few moments but it wasn't a tensed. Conrad smiled once again. This time, he held out his hand to the girl before speaking. "Conrad Weller."

It didn't take long for her to take it and soon after, they shook hands along with exchanging smiles.

"Lyall Corliss Amrein. It's nice to meet you, Conrad," the girl introduced with a sweet smile on her face.

But as soon as the introduction was over, that was when a bright light surrounded the scenery and all Yuri could do was to cover his eyes with his arms. As soon as he felt that it faded, he opened his eyes. He found himself in the treasure room once more holding the demon mirror.

Lyall Corliss Amrein… "What a beautiful name…" But then, he asked himself. How come he only saw that past until the part where Conrad and the girl Lyall introduced themselves to each other? And then he remembered that he ordered the demon mirror to take his soul to the past when Conrad met the Beast Knight he mentioned to them yesterday.

That was when it came to him. That girl, Lyall, was the Beast Knight from Conrad's past. Then the injury he saw from Lyall that time must have been from when she was dealing with her own battle.

And now that he got the answer, though it surely wasn't enough to fill his curiosity, he returned the demon mirror from where he took it.

For now, there was still something that he needed to do.

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"You're late, Shibuya," were the words that immediately greeted Yuri as he entered the library where he and Murata agreed to read the books his friend got out from Shinou Temple.

Well, he truly hoped that those books would help them analyzed the movement path of the island where the Kingdom of Esovia lies.

To his surprise, though, he found not only Murata and Shori there but also the three brothers, Anissina, Lady Cheri, Yozak, and Günter.

"Do we really need this many people to analyze the documents, Murata?" Not that he was complaining, but there seemed to be so many people to do this particular task.

Murata shrugged and shook his head. "All of them had taken interest in doing this ever since the topic about the Beast Knights was brought up yesterday. I can't blame them, though, since it was really an interesting myth to the Mazoku who knew them."

"Even Yozak is here. Aren't you supposed to be doing something somewhere else?"

"I just got back here, young master. Besides, it wasn't that bad if I participate in this. I heard that Conrad met this Beast Knight person before I met him. I've also heard various things about these people. But just like most of us, I also thought of it as a myth and nothing more," Yozak initially stated with a grin before slowly becoming serious.

"What kind of things did you hear about them?"

"For one thing, the Beast Knights were really connected to their Beast Spirits once they've made a pact with these entities. The Knights also ventured the human lands once in a while. Yet no one could ever realized that they were Mazoku, especially as Beast Knights. But the one thing that's truly interesting, though, was that each of the chosen Knight were descendants of the six original Beast Knights and inherited the memories of their ancestors, remembering it alongside their own memories as if it was their own," Yozak added that truly got the young king's interest.

"Really?"

"I've heard about it before. It's called inherited memories. Those are memories passed down from one selected descendant of that generation to another and allows them to remember it—feelings, experiences, and knowledge—as if it was their own. It's said that only the Esovian Mazoku who contained inherited memories of their Beast Knight ancestors was one of the factors of choosing the next Beast Knight," Murata soon explained.

"You mean it's different from having memories of a past life just like you, Murata?"

The Daikenja nodded. "It's completely different since inherited memories only limits to the descendants of the original person who had those memories. Memories of a reincarnated person such as myself came from different people, most of them weren't even related to each other." Murata soon faced Yozak. "Is there anything else that you heard about the Beast Knights that you might have possibly came across before?"

The said orange-haired spy thought about it for a moment or two before it hit him. "There was one that I came across a long time ago. I think it was after the war. There had been a legend told to a very few people about the number of the Beast Spirits considered to be the most powerful. What most of us knew is that there were six powerful Beast Spirits that soon helped the formation of the Kingdom of Esovia. These Beast Spirits were the ones choosing the warriors whom they deemed qualified to become Beast Knights to protect the kingdom. But there was one who also mentioned about a seventh Beast Spirit."

Now Yuri and the others frowned at that. "A seventh Beast Spirit?"

"This is where it gets intriguing and really interesting as the same time. This mysterious seventh Beast Spirit… is said to be something that obeys and only allows its powers to be controlled and used by the Maoh."

Seriously, that was something that not even the Daikenja had even heard before. It all came as a surprise to all of them.

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Author's notes:The idea about inherited memories was something that came from another anime and manga that became my favorite called "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid" which was the fourth season of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime franchise. So in other words, it's not mine, as well. It's a really interesting concept, if you ask me, but that's just it. Anyway, please review if you can.