Prologue Continuation
As the ridiculously handsome yet mysterious young man entered the command tent with Aldra and the young elf an excited voice can be heard, "Lord Silas! it's been too long!", the voice is came from none other than king Bradley himself!, "Bradley!", the young man replied with an excited smile of his own, they both soon embraced each other in a manly manner as all men should!, as they finished up Bradley soon noticed the armor worn by the young man, "Silas how on earth did you manage this?", he asked with a proud but curious smile,
"To tell you the truth I have no idea how I managed this myself", laughter consumed them both before Aldra interrupted explaining the young man's predicament in the shortest way possible, "so this friend of yours isn't the brightest, if he hadn't found me he'd probably be sent to the front before he even had a chance to speak to you about his urgent matter of his", Bradley couldn't help but ask with curious smile, "what is this urgent matter of yours Silas?", the young man's smile ceased almost immediately and was slowly replaced by a concerned look,
"It's about the war.. Bradley", the seriousness of the situation became clear, "what about it Silas?", Bradley asked with a concerned look of his own, "we should really speak in private, Aldra and the young elf can stay but anyone else would be to much of a risk", Bradley caught on quickly before ordering everyone other those 4 out of the tent, but his sudden order was met with some concern by the king's guard and the court mages as they reluctantly obeyed and assumed a formation around the command tent preventing anyone from entering,
"We're alone now Silas..", the concern in his voice can still be heard before being interrupted by the young man, "that helps but you can never be too sure!", before Bradley could even ask he was soon interrupted by a flash of light which in turn immediately began consuming the interior of the tent, as the light soon dissipated the three were immediately shocked to see the sudden change in the young man's appearance, he looked now as what many would believe to be god, before they could even ask the young man began to speak with a calm tone,
"That's better, no one Celestial or otherwise can listen into our little chat now", he said with a nonchalant tone, both Bradley and Aldra were still in shock after witnessing the young man's transformation while the young elf stood there simply amazed at what she just witnessed before being interrupted, "Silas.. what are you?", Bradley asked with a curious tone before soon being interrupted, "I'm simply Silas.. sorry for the sudden flash! I do hope I didn't frighten you few to much",
Bradley didn't dare to ask, while Aldra was still in shock after witnessing such a thing, the braver of the few was the young elf girl who soon approached the young man, Aldra was about to stop her but Bradley then gave her a reassuring look, as the young elf stood in front of the young man, he soon decided to break the awkward silence, "If I may ask what is your name little one?", he asked with a gentle yet curious smile as he soon bent down to meet her gaze, "I'm Noel Aldra's little sister..", she said with a shy tone,
"It's nice to meet you Noel! I do hope I didn't scare you with that sudden flash of mine", he said with a curious yet worried tone,'If I would have made this little elf girl cry I wouldn't hear the end of it, hell if Lady Selphie would have found out...', as he finished up his thoughts he was soon interrupted by Noel, "It wasn't scary at all", she said with a warm smile, "then I'm glad" he said while returning the warm smile with one of his own, they were soon interrupted by Bradley who by this time returned to his casual self,
"Silas I'm not going to ask whether your human, elf or anything as ridiculous as that", he said in a casual yet curious tone before then continuing, "but I must ask about this urgent matter of yours Aldra spoke of earlier..", Aldra soon regained her composure and nodded in agreement, the young man returned the concern looks with a weary smile, "the truth is.. this war isn't meant to be won..", he spoke in a serious tone before continuing,
"I didn even imagine I'd actually have to get involved in something like this.. as you and I both already know I both despise fate and anything that relies on it negatively, especially something on this large of a scale", he said with an upsetting tone, "If what you say is true, how do we go about winning this war?..", Bradley asked with a concerned look, "the issue isn't if you win or lose, in the end both winners and losers will probably share the same bitterness of defeat..", he was immediately interrupted by Bradley moments later,
"Then what do you suppose we do then?", Bradley asked in a curious yet desperate tone, "nothing... just keep doing what you've already been doing, you'll soon be reinforced by the eleven army", Both Aldra and Bradley resumed their shocked impressions, "the eleven army?!" Aldra asked in a curious yet demanding tone before then continuing, "the elves have always stayed out of conflict, why would we suddenly join one now?", she asked before soon being interrupted herself,
"I and Lady Selphie refused to stand by and allow such a thing to happen!", the young man said in a serious tone before then continuing, "I've already rallied the demon lord, and the dragons to assist in this conflict, the demi human armies have already raised their flags in support to fight alongside Bradley even without my intervention, Lady Selphie soon brought the elves to the table but she went a step even further by convincing the forest sprites and dryads to take part", the young man said in a serious tone,
"But what of the other nations? If what you say is true, we may already have an overwhelming amount of support but without the other nations participations they'll soon assume that we plan on conquering them after the conflict had been resolved", Bradley said with a serious yet curious tone before then being interrupted by the young man,
"It's your job to bring them to the table.. by forming a temporary alliance, after this war is done you needn't worry about the dragons as they'll soon return to their seclusion while the demon lord will need time to lick his wounds, I only managed to convince them due to the simple fact that they'd soon get involved anyways, if you were to fall alongside the demi human armies they'd soon be the targets of the hoard after of course the those nations between you and them fall, it's your job to involve these nations while the elven army and the demon lord's armies form a strategy, they both showed a willingness to fight alongside you and the demi human armies but it'll still take time for them to arrive and form a strategy to fight alongside such diverse groups while the dragons are simply ecstatic to have such a plentiful crop of game", he said before soon continuing,
"They'll be the first to arrive and as you may already know they don't require or need to fight alongside these armies, their roles will primarily be supporting and attacking the hoard in head to head clashes while some may find even more useful roles for their talents, while the frontlines are holding for now that won't be the case for much long.. without the participation of these parties your armies will soon be overwhelmed, it's your job to do make sure that doesn't happen.. what I'm asking is of the utmost importance.. so Bradley are you up to the task?",
Bradley paused for a moment before soon answering, "I am brother Silas", he said with an excited smile, "good because if you wouldn't have accepted… Noel would have been my next choice..", both the young man and Bradley began to stare at one and another for a moment before soon being consumed by laughter, Aldra soon began to glare at the two while Noel immediately joined in causing Aldra's glare to cease before soon being consumed by laughter herself, soon each would be interrupted by the young man,
"While this is indeed funny I must ask if you few could keep my and Lady Selphie's involvement a secret.". the young man asked, "worry not brother Silas!", Bradley said before immediately being interrupted by Noel, "Lord Silas?..", she asked with a shy yet curious tone, "what is it Noel?", the young man then asked, "Would it be possible to meet…", the young man soon caught on, "Lady Selphie is really busy at the moment but...", "but?", Noel asked with a disappointed yet curious tone,
"She can always make time for those as cute as you", the young man said with a warm smile, causing Noel to Immediately hug the young man excitedly before soon surprising everyone by what she asked next, "can I call you big brother Silas?!", 'Big brother?.. well why not! for such a grand title I shall accept it with pride! having said title could instantly give me the rights to tease Aldra and call Bradley a real brother when those two finally do get married!', he thought before chuckling to himself while Bradley couldn't help but smile at Aldra as she began to glare daggers at the young man knowing what is at stake if he accepts,
"I shall accept this grand title!", the young man said as Aldra soon thought to herself, 'what am I chopped eleven liver? don't I have a say in the matter?', her thoughts were soon and immediately interrupted by the young man, "for such a grand title I should reward you one of my own! you shall be known as my little sister and be given my blessing!", the young man said in a proud yet excited tone all the while both Bradley and Aldra thought in unison, 'he's serious?!', they may have though the same but unfortunately both reactions were indeed drastically different,
Before any could say a word the young man then preceded to kiss Noel's forehead resulting in a small ball of light entering her body, resulting in her already white hair becoming even whiter to match his own making any who looked upon it envious of such hair beautiful!, Noel couldn't help but blush as she had never received such a gift, "thank you big brother!", he then replied with a, "anything for you little sis!", resulting in the following.. Aldra finally broke at that moment as both him and Bradley soon looked to each other the way two brothers would after accomplishing something great but unfortunately such a thing was soon ruined by Aldra,
"You'll never be a brother of mine!", Aldra said with a defiant tone as the young man and Noel both began to look to her before saying the following words in sync, "don't be a meanie big sis!", they both said in a silly tone before they proceeding to giggle themselves, those words would haunt Aldra for the rest of her days as she was soon acknowledged as a big sis by someone she thought to be only a troublesome deity backed by her troublesome little sister which made matters even worse for poor Aldra as the young man became a proud big brother then on.