Nine Tailed System 45 Meeting with Lazarus

Marco and Alice were walking out from the castle, and Alice asked a certain question...

Alice: So… What is this thing about the Crimson Fucker?

Marco: ...Don't worry about it… Nothing important… I think I forgot something…

[Meanwhile]

In the prison of the Kingdom, there was a shadow that was continuously charging at the jail, trying to get out…

?: L-Let me out!! There was supposed to be Marco!! My Love!!! Where are you?!

...It was Amira…

In the original work, the Hero should have come in the prison for Amira and for her informations regarding Gnome… But Marco already knew everything about it… So…

[Back]

Marco: Nah, if it was important I would have not forgotten… Well, first I am going to say bye to some friends and then leave…

Alice: *Sigh* Alright, I will follow you…

Marco flinched, hoping for the best and for her not knowing why he is called Crimson Fucker, then walked towards the Mermaid Pub with Alice behind him.

He reached the place and opened the doors, and everyone looked at him trying to intimidate him, but when they recognized him, they smirked.

Men: He's back!!/ The Crimson Fucker!/ Hey! Welcome back! You want any more drink? I'll pay this time!

Meanwhile, the mermaids were blushing and giggling between themselves, making Alice behind him suspicious. Then, a rough man came out from the group with a smile.

Marco: Hey, Joey…

Joey: Hello again, Crimson Fucker, you want any other drink?

Marco: …I need to leave the Kingdom…

Everyone: Awwwwwww…

Joey: What? Why?

Marco: Well, I was here to take a rest and now I need to start my travel, but first… I will drink for the last time with you all!!

Everyone: YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Marco: But this time I will not exaggerate…

Everyone laughed at his words, and Joey patted his shoulder.

Joey: Don't worry, the other time you were a real beast! So, are you going to present us that bombshell behind you?

Marco turned to Alice, who had a cold gaze and her arms crossed under her boobs, and then turned back to Joey with a smile.

Marco: Joey, this is Alice, the girl I had some problems with…

Joey: ...Wait, wait… She's the woman? Man! You are my boss from now on!

Marco giggled and said.

Marco: Alright, I will go to a table now, Ariel! Serve me some beer!

Ariel: Aye sir!

Then one of the mermaids walked away using her fins as her feet and started to prepare beer for Marco, who walked with Alice to a table.

Some time later, a glass of beer arrived, and Marco started to drink it while Alice drank water, and then they heard a voice coming from their same table.

?: So you are the Crimson Fucker? I heard that story of yours… It is pretty interesting…

Marco and Alice turned towards the source of the voice, Alice's eyes widened momentarily while Marco stood calm. Alice seemed to recognize the man since they already met once when she was small…

Marco: Well, hello… Lazarus…

Lazarus: Oh? So you know my name?

Marco: Yeah… Why I should forget the name of someone who killed my father and was his best friend?

Alice spit her water back on the glass, while Lazarus had a strange face.

Lazarus: Huh? What are yo-

Marco: My name is Marco… Son of Marcellus…

Lazarus' eyes widened and stood silent, registering what he just heard.

Lazarus: ...Whoa… That… That's a surprise… Damn, you are completely different from him… And yet I see what those eyes have, just like his… So, you came here for revenge?

Marco: I would… But it seems that something else got you before me…

Lazarus: What do you mean?

Marco: Don't behave like that… I know that it must be hard… You didn't knew about his eye, did you?

Lazarus' eyes widened, and stood silent, then he opened his mouth to say…

*Smack*

*Ding*

Special Quest[Successful]: Slap Lazarus' face*

He couldn't even mutter a word when Marco slapped Lazarus with a cold expression.

Marco: I may forgive you since you didn't even wished for his death and that it was a big accident… But you deserved that slap. I will not kill you, you can even continue to do your things from Illias Kreuz, I sincerely don't care unless you stand in my way.

Lazarus just looked at him, and sighed before letting out a smile.

Lazarus: Am I really so easy to look through?

Marco: No, you just look like a damn hobo, Christ, you have money, no? Go cut your hair or change clothes… Your appearance alone make others think that you are gone mad…

Lazarus started to laugh, and stood up, then he said with a grin.

Lazarus: Alright… Then we will see each other another time… Marcellus' Son… Still, you should not stay here that long if you want to have a safe travel, you don't know what alcohol could do.

Then he walked away from the inn, and Marco finished his drink.

Alice: How were you be able to handle that… I thought you should be angry…

Marco: Like I said before, he didn't want to kill him, my father and I didn't bonded that much compared to my mother so I don't really feel the same things I felt for her death and it looks like my father's death driven him mad, I think that is already enough as a punishment…

Then Marco stood up and took with him the bag that Lazarus 'forgot' to bring.

Alice: ...Why are you taking his bag?

Marco: Don't worry, you will see it soon… Bye guys!!

Everyone: Bye Crimson Fucker!!

Marco: *Sigh* Let's leave…

Alice nodded and Marco and she walked out from the pub, then, unexpectedly for Alice, Marco temporarily used the 1st Gate and threw the bag in the sky and deactivated the 1st Gate.

Alice watched the bag flying in the sky, it was really high…

*BOOOOOOOM*

The bag exploded with a loud noise, surprising Alice and everyone else, except for Marco, it seems that Lazarus put a bomb in the bag and left it in the Mermaid Pub, wishing for it to explode. But Marco already knew the story so he knew what would happen.

Marco just walked away from the explosion, which settled down, and then turned to Alice.

Marco: What are you waiting for? Let's go.

Alice just looked at him strangely before sighing and following him, if she would stop and think about what is doing Marco the entire time, she would never move from the spot, so she gave up and walked away.

Both of them walked away from the kingdom, to get Gnome. Alice turned back in the familiar Monster form, while Marco looked at north.

Marco: Alright, let's go to get Gnome.

Alice: Oh? Finally decided to find Gnome? Once you get her powers, there's no reason to stay in this hot desert anymore.

Marco: Don't worry, I already finished everything here… Let's go to north… She should be at Safaru's Ruins.

Alice nodded and slithered beside Marco, starting once again their journey together and alone.

[Later]

It was starting to get dark, and they reached the ruins, there were many pieces of stones scattered around, and far away from them there was a pillar sticking up out of the sand.

Alice picked a small stone and…

…

...Licked it?

Alice: Hmm… This is about a thousand years old. There's no doubt that the people here believed in animism.

Marco: ...What the hell is that?

Alice: What? You thought that my tongue was used only to taste food?

Marco: ...Yeah? 'What other uses should have the tongue other for tasting?' *Sigh* Whatever… This must be the place… It gives the same sensation of Sylph's place…

Alice: Gnome is cowardly, but she is also very curious. If someone is looking for her, she'll surely appear before them to find out why.

Marco: Holy god… I should just have sold kebabs… Now only god knows how much time I need to find her...

Alice: About kebabs…

Marco turned towards Alice, who had narrowed eyes and was looking at him with a little smile.

Alice: Why you don't make some now? Maybe it will help us…

Marco: ...Alright… 'You just want to eat them…' Fortunately I have enough meat for 3, you take two since you eat much, I take one…

Then Marco turned on the fire, sat on a stone and started to prepare kebabs for both himself and Alice.

Later, the kebabs were ready, and Alice hastily ate one with a smile on her face.

Alice: I really missed... *Nom* ...Those.

Marco nodded in agreement, they didn't eat kebabs since they left the mountain range from Illias Continent.

While Marco was eating, he didn't noticed that Alice stood far away from him, and something tugged on his shirt. He turned around and found someone unexpected.

There was a dark skinned small girl standing behind him and looking at him with her big green eyes, she had long black hair and sharp and short ears.

She wore a brown jester's hat with green decorations, she had a green shirt with long sleeves and a big collar, covering her mouth, and cheeks, she wore a brown dress under the green shirt and had a pair of brown boots.

Sylph: Oh! It's her! It's her!

Marco: 'Here she is…' Hey little girl… Are you Gnome?

Marco just asked it straight away, and the girl nodded, she was Gnome, the spirit of earth, and a really shy little girl.

Marco: So… You want a bite?

Gnome nodded once again and Marco gave her his kebab, she looked at it and blushed in embarrassment before taking a small bite from it. Her expression seemed one of a really joyous person, even if she didn't show it much.

Marco: Alright… Now, I want to ask you something… Can I borrow your pow-

He was interrupted when a green flash came near his face and got near Gnome.

Sylph: Yay! Gnomey! Hey, Gnomey… You should come with this human so we can play together!

Gnome: ...

Sylph: ...I see. That's true…. You just met Marco, didn't you.

Marco: '...Huh?'

Sylph turned towards Marco and said with a smile.

Sylph: She wants to lend you her power, but she needs you to show her your abilities first….

Gnome: …

Sylph: Oh? She said that the food was incredibly good! Hey hey! Can I have a bite too?

Marco sighed and smiled, then he gave away half of his kebab to Sylph, and gave the other half to Gnome.

Marco: You can even eat it all… Once you finished eating we will start the test, alright?

Gnome nodded and both her and Sylph started to eat.

After finishing, Sylph told Gnome bye and entered back in Marco's mind, then Gnome walked some meters away from him and turned, gazing at him, she created many dolls around herself, signaling the start of the test.

Marco immediately used the 1st Gate, he couldn't do the same thing he did with Sylph, he needs to fight for real, so he just rushed at Gnome.

Marco: Let's go!

[SPECIAL QUESTS]

1st. Kick Gabriel's ass

2nd. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans

3rd. Kill Illias

4th. Return to Lucifina's grave

5th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and Hellgondo

6th. Find and make a contract with Gnome

7th. Turn back to Sabasa Kingdom

Chapter end