A Tale As Old As Time

The rain had finally subsided. The remains of the battle with Anne lay scattered all over the ground. The feeling of dread filled the atmosphere. Havana and Lyon stood before Anne's body. A shadow cast over their face, as an unreadable emotion painted it.

Lyon slowly walked to the woman he loved, kneeling before her smiling body.

His gloved hands slowly inched toward her body, slowly the shadow casted over his face went away, revealing the tears that dripped down his face. Havanna's crying reached his ears. He finally grabbed, hugging her mangled body close to him. They would pay.

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Magnus placed Ryu on his futon, placing the blanket over him, and swiping his hair away from his face. After a long day of playing various games, the kid had tired himself out, his words became babbles the more he was sleep deprived.

Mina placed a small grey glass and jug by her son, knowing he would get thirsty when he woke up.

The rest of the crew except Koko, were out in the rundown zen garden, enjoying the night sky. They all sat on the porch, enjoying glasses of sake and dangos. A delicacy that Mina quickly whipped up for her guests.

"And what after that?!" Stephan howled in laughter.

Evlia, who retained her fairy from due to low energy, was telling the new crewmate about Magnus's mishaps when he had arrived on Koto Island.

The red haired boy had mistaken a day to celebrate the divinity of the elderly for a feast that celebrated the elderly's flesh and meat. That mishap had caused him to kidnap the elderly and place them in a large inn, in a way to protect them from the other residents.

Upon hearing his embarrassing story, the captain rushed to the garden to defend his name. "Hey, hey, it's not my fault the built in translation tool was bugging out." His face was red and voice went up in octaves.

This elicited a round of laughter to come from his crew. Two arms circled around his neck and whispered in his ear. "What an idiot captain you have here." A whisper-like sultry voice filled the red head's ears.

Thali, Mortale, Stephan got into position, and Evlia took her place on Thali's shoulder. "Please, lower your guard." Mina prompted, her hand motioning for their weapons to be dropped. The trio hesitated, but did as they were told.

Magnus side eyed to catch a glimpse of who it was. A pair of gold eyes stared back at him. It was a young person with androgynous features. They had long, white hair similar to Mortale. Their skin was tanned like Thali, and a scar ran from cheek to cheek.

They wore a loose fitted kendo uniform that was all black with the Kajiyashiki clan symbol on the back. They let go of the Juggernaut captain, talking a few steps back. "I would like for all of you to meet my eldest child, Amane." The pirates' eyes almost popped out of their head. "Nice to meet ya."

They placed their fingers up in a peace sign, a wink following it. "Oh wow, it's so nice to meet you too." Magnus bowed. All of them sat down on the porch again.

"I had rushed back from my voyage after I received a letter from ma." Amane quickly explained.

The crew nodded. "The situation seems to be bleak." Amane followed, prompting the crew to tilt their heads to the side.

"What situation?" Mortale, questioned. "A war is about to break out in Sakurasou." Mina answered, her eyes staring at the ground, her whole body was tense. "A war to decide who gets the grand wish." Magnus was now the one to ask questions.

"Grand wish? What's the grand wish?" The inn owner opened her mouth, dreading to explain the painful past. However, it was needed.

"The grand wish allows you to grant a wish, no matter what. You can wish for immense wealth, bring the dead back to life, or even bring about death to someone.Nothing is off limits." Magnus' eyes widened, a vision of him swimming in gold going through his mind, before it was encompassed by the thought of reviving his village and returning back there.

He shook his head, trying to get rid of those thoughts.

Thali looked at him, pity written all over her, before she turned back to the mother and child duo. "However, to access the grand wish, you need to merge the laughing dragon and Pukabarn." Magnus did not like the sound of that.

He still did not believe that he was the so-called demon child in the prophecy, nor did he want to be.

Hopefully the right redhead would claim the title soon. However, the mentioning of the laughing dragon piqued his interests. "Tell us more of this laughing dragon you speak of." Mortale beat him to it.

"Well..it all began."