A Question

"Lucien... I'd like to know, why did you reject your promotion in favour of Silvana?

Lucien took a brief moment to think before responding

"Your majesty, I am aware that Silvana while being incredibly gifted at combat is not experienced enough to lead as effectively as myself or the former Grand Priest however I firmly believe that if given enough time she will surpass myself in every aspect and become a better leader then I could ever hope to be..."

"You are correct she is an exceptional fighter but I fear it's too early for her to be given such a responsibility. She is young and full of vigour she needs more time to understand her true calling"

Lucien frowns in confusion

"Her... true calling your majesty?"

"Forgive me Lucien I seem to have...misspoken now return to your comrades I have business to attend to, thank you for your time"

"It's a pleasure your majesty"

Lucien gets up and walks out of the throne room still thinking about what she had said

"True calling?" What did she mean by that he thought.

While pondering up the palace stairwell on the way to his dorm he came across Silvana biting her fingernails while staring out of a window at the very end of a hallway.

"You know you really have to stop doing that, chew off anymore and you'll end up biting your finger off" Lucien jokingly said.

"I'm not in the mood" Silvana replied in a cold manner

Lucien stood beside her and also began staring out the window.

"How are you feeling? And don't you dare lie to me"

"How I'm feeling...? I don't even know anymore...I'm feeling everything and nothing I guess"

"The way you acted back there...that wasn't you, Hunter and Zee look up to us you can't let your emotions run rapid like that"

"I'm just... upset alright...it's been a tough few days"

"It's not your fault he died Silvana. We were all there on that convoy...we tried our best but at the end of the day we just weren't prepared for that to happen...we all share the burden"

"I know...I'm just confused...how didn't I see it coming? we don't even know what attacked us"

"Well that's maybe why it's called an AMBUSH you idiot"

Silvana stares at Lucien with an annoyed look.

"You know what, maybe we didn't see it coming because YOUR HUGE ASS FOREHEAD IS ALWAYS IN THE DAMN WAY"

Silvana has had it with Lucien's unnecessary insults and snaps back.

"Nah it was more likely that your GOOFY ASS SPECTACLES WAS DISTRACTING EVERYONE FROM KEEPING GUARD AND WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO?! IM YOUR GRAND PRIESTESS YOU KNOW"

"Grand Priestess? More like Grand BIG ASS FOREHEAD"

Lucien and Silvana began bickering as if they were children on a playground. They grew up together and despite being polar opposites they compliment each other's personalities as well as anything else however, the one thing they've always had In common was finding a way to laugh no matter their situation. It's the only reason they've managed to keep sane despite sharing the battlefield countless, countless of times.