Epilogue 1

"Mngh... " Glynne let a groan as he felt something heavy on his chest. He tries to twist and turn to try to shake it off, but he found out that he can't really move his body since it seems that something is pinning him down.

His furrowed his eyebrows as he was getting pretty uncomfortable. It didn't take long for him to open his eyes to discover that the one on top of him is a certain person with white hair.

"... K-Kiana?" he had just woke up so his mind is a little bit fuzzy. However, it soon cleared up as he frantically move his head to look around the room. A plain room with only just the minimum amount of basic furniture and no decorations or anything. It is no mistake that this is his room but for some reason, Kiana was sleeping on his bed, not to mention on top of him.

Glynne was clearly troubled by the situation. He was about to wake her so that he could get out of the bed, but his hands stop midway when he noticed her shifting around on her own and lay down to his side.

"Huh, that was conveni— ah" he spoke too soon as Kiana grabbed and wrapped her arms around him. Glynne has no choice but to stare at his plain boring ceiling. His mind begun to wander if it is typical for girls of her age to sleep on a boy's bed. The answer is clearly NO. However, he would soon know the reason why.

"...Old man..," he heard her mutter on her sleep as her grip on his clothes tighten.

A bit of guilt show on his face as he slowly turn around to avoid waking her up. His hands slowly caressed her hair and notice how her lips formed into a smile. He naturally smiled too when he saw it and continued to pat her head until he could feel that her grip has loosen.

Glynne carefully creep out of the bed and turned around one last time to check on her before closing the door.

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"Hm..." Glynne stretches his arms as he come down the stairs. Since he just woke up, his first order of business is to hydrate himself. Reaching for the knob of the door that leads to the living room, he was about to open it as he noticed three presence behind it. One belong to Theresa, the other is Rita, and the last one might be Himeko, though he isn't really sure about the last one.

'Now that I think about it, isn't today Rita will return to the HQ. They must be discussing about something before she goes back.' Glynne concluded in his mind and continued to open the door.

However, as soon as he caught a glimpse of a blonde hair with a pinkish hue, he was quick to shut the door.

His hands begun trembling and his sweat seems to don't stop dropping down his forehead. He slowly back away and his eyes wanders to the front entrance. He needs to escape, fast.

"Where do you think you're going?" but it was too late, the door opened and a girl came out to grab his collar. He jerk his head as his eyes was met with a sharp azure eyes. He can't help but gulped his saliva at the sight.

"Yo Bianca, long time no see." Glynne greeted with a bitter smile.

However she doesn't respond and seems to scan the boy from head to toe. She noticed that he seems to be a bit slimmer than when she last saw him. "You, have you been slacking off training recently?"

"N-no way that's the case!" Glynne frantically shakes his head in denial. "In fact, I've been learning new things of of late."

"Again? Didn't I tell you to master first what you learned before picking up another one. " Bianca raises one of her eyebrows. "That's it! It's your summer vacation right? You're coming back to the HQ with me."

"W-wait! Let me go!" despite him protesting, he was dragged inside the living room.

Glynne tried to flail his arms to struggle out of her grip. It proved to be useless though as she doesn't seem to plan to let him go. He caught a glimpse of the maid and look over to her direction. "Help Rita! This crazy woman is planning to bring me back to the HQ!

"Oh my, Ms. Durandal, that is a great idea!" he widened his eyes when she heard Rita's words. He realised it late as he almost forgot that Bianca is her superior and that the maid would definitely go with whatever shenanigans the blonde woman would thought.

Having no other choice, he moved his head to face towards his only option, but it seems like Theresa was was quite lost at what is happening in front of her. She was surprised when her visitor suddenly stood up when in the middle of a talk, but for her to come back with the only boy tenant in her hand, she doesn't know what to react.

"Then it is settled then," Bianca said as she puff up her chest. "Ms. Theresa, I am sorry but we will burrow him for a while."

"Eh... Ah, yes." Theresa replied seemingly still processing the situation.

"W-wait, what about my opinion?!" Glynne was still trying to protest. At this rate, we might really return back to the torture hell that Bianca disguised as training. His memories of the constant beating he suffered flashed in his mind.

He clicked his tongue, he need to do something quickly. He looked around the room if there is anyone else he missed. Fortunately, it seems like they are the only ones at the living room right now.

He heard his shirt starting to get rip apart. On cue, he quickly grabbed the collar of his shirt and forcibly tear it open allowing him to escape from Durandal's grasp. He leaped and turned around, slowly backing away towards a wall.

"I'm not coming back with you!" Glynne voice out his opposition. As much as he don't want to return back at the HQ, he also has some reason other reasons why he wanted to stay.

Bianca and the boy stared at each other for a few minutes, seemingly both of them are refusing  to back down. However, the blonde woman soon let out a sign of defeat as she turned around to face the maid, "Rita, we should go now. I do not want for our pilot to wait any longer."

"Yes" Rita replied as she begun to carry her language bag.

"Eh?" Glynnne was confused by the situation. The Bianca he knew is a very stubborn person who would do anything to reach her goal. He actually half expected that he might  need to put up a fight before his words will get drilled into her head. This is the reason why, he was dumbfounded when she easily back down.

"Glynne," his back straighten up when he heard Bianca calling his name. Her lips curved into a smile seeing it, "It was nice meeting you again."

She then bid farewell before closing the door behind her. Glynne slumped down on the floor, breathing heavily as if he had just finished fighting the last boss.

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Meanwhile on the way to the airport.

"Ms. Durandal, are you sure about your decision?" Rita asked her superior who was sitting beside her.

"Yeah, this is the first time he strongly stated his wish. How could I say 'No' to that." Durandal said with a hint of a lonely tone in her voice. "And besides, you noticed it right?"

"Yes" Rita nodded at her superior's question. She had a guess that the blonde woman purpose for coming here was not only to get her. And it seems like she was right.

Glynne's power is slowly eating him away, the scar on his back was the indicator to it. It grows bigger the more he used his powers. In fact, it just started something similar to that of a sword cut, about 20 inches in length. But it slowly grew bigger to that, on the course of the one year he spent at the HQ, it mostly covered half of his back.

When Durandal received a report of him using his powers twice to the point of him even transforming some of his limbs, she was quick to decide to retrieve the boy in order to monitor him so he wouldn't use it ever again.

That said, she look over at the distance when she remembered the scene a while ago. It was only a glimpse but it was enough. His scar, doesn't seem to have grew.... No, it did became bigger but it was barely noticeable. Though she hate to admit it, it seems like him staying at St. Freya Academy has slowed the pace of his decay.

"Ms. Durandal, are you perhaps feeling lonely without your training partner anymore?" Rita was smiling as she seems to begun teasing her superior.

"Why would I be? There are still the others that I need to help in their training." Bianca denied it but she seems to be a bit sulky.

"Please, do it on moderation." Rita reminded as she giggled while covering her mouth. Looks like her superior had took quite a liking to the boy. Well, he is the only one who is able to keep up with her when training. "Ah, that reminds me of something. I read it one of the new curriculum that newly assigned B ranks will be assigned temporarily to an active Valkyrie squad as an intern."

"Wait, is that true Rita?!" Bianca was quick to bite the news as she grab her subordinate on both of her arms.

"Yes, apparently this is an order by the Overseer so new Valkyries will get battle experience early on." the maid explained.

Bianca let go of her as she crossed her leg and put her hand on her chin. Rita noticed her superior's mood seems to have lighten up while she fell into deep thought.

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Ah, that took quite a while. To be honest, I have never got to play Durandal as much and could only rely on the Wiki to at least get a some kind of grasp at her personality.

Anyways, thank you for reading!!

One last chapter before I will tag this book as complete.