Alright, alright...
Finally.
I may finally get along with this tale.
Why, it has been quite a while, I would say.
...
Hmmm?
Yes, yes, a mere two more questions...
Yet, however, I do fail to believe that answering the very same shall require more than a matter of moments...
Indeed.
Their very answers should find themselves oh-so quickly, I would imagine.
Even so, a very good morning to your honoured soul, my dear reader.
Indeed.
Even so, to everything that finds itself about you.
Yes...
Do consider everything I say.
'Tis wise...
...
Hmmm?
Oh, worry not too deeply about that, I would say.
...
Hmmm...
Well, yes, I do suppose that that is a bit of a contradiction, even so...
...
Yes, yes...
Even so, why...
Do I, simply move along...
...
Well, I suppose I shall halt myself with the game and simply say, that I say a lot of things and simply...
Leave it at that.
Indeed.
And of the very same, I must ask, even though by now, I suppose the answer is most obvious...
How does your day find itself, my dear reader?
...
Yes, yes...
Unerring cold, I would imagine.
Indeed.
Even so, do keep warm.
...
Oh, no, no, no...
Why, coming to your world, why...
'Twould be quite the bother.
...
Hmmm...
Well, that, my dear reader...
Why, 'tis a most interesting question, which, perhaps one day I shall tell a tale of...
Indeed.
Mayhaps and perhaps...
Why, 'tis a most interesting tale...
And of the very same, do I find it most fitting, to merely...
Get started...
Indeed.
Now, where did I, ah, yes...
I do suppose I do owe you quite the very long set of explanations.
Hmmm...
No, no, my mistake.
I simply owe you two more questions...
The very likes of which are to be answered in this chapter.
Indeed.
Even so, why...
Did I stop myself sometime earlier in the previous chapter, before elucidating something properly, for a lack of time.
Indeed.
However, 'twas far too long an answer...
...
Why, to answer these things, I say...
'Twould take far too much time, truly...
...
Oh, do fail to believe so, I say.
Why, I do believe that I would find great joy in simply telling you...
Yet, for all the very things I could say, that much, my dear reader...
Would take far, far too much time.
Indeed.
Even so, do I now assert that the first question should be...
...
Hmmm, yes, I do suppose you may ask more simple questions following it.
However, do be hasty.
'Twould take most easily far too much of a time to get that all written down, I would say.
Ahem.
And thereof, am I ready to speak.
...
Yes, yes, all the very senses, yes...
...
Indeed, and also, the very feelings of his heart.
Indeed.
I do find myself to be able to understand the thoughts that cross him.
...
Hmmm...
Well, I do suppose that that explanation is also extraordinarily long...
Why, to explain it simply, I would say...
That there are some things that I feel immediately...
And yet others that...
Hmmm...
Well, the very words for it...
Yet another long explanation...
Indeed.
Perhaps a short allegory would be most suitable for such a situation.
Indeed.
Do consider a man upon a chair, one which holds many a thing about it...
And of it, do I mean the room and not the chair.
Sorry, I did error there.
Even so, why...
Do consider that the man simply stays in the room and does whatever he sees as fit.
You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.
Indeed.
And thereof, do ponder...
Does a thing happen from outside the room, that the very man remains responsible for, or even so, realises?
...
Hmph.
Precisely.
The man may or may not be responsible...
Likely not...
And the very man may or may not notice what happens in another room.
Indeed.
Why, to simply state it as so...
While I do understand quite every feeling that passes through his mind...
As to whether I fully understand it, or even so, fully comprehend it.
Indeed.
Those are two very different tales.
Yes...
Even so, why...
I do believe that that shall have to suffice for an answer.
Does there remain a question?
...
Hmmm...
No, not really...
And even so, somewhat...
...
Indeed.
Yes, the very lad can hear me if I so choose to speak to him...
And even so, can he hear the very thoughts of my own mind.
Indeed.
Why, however, I do suppose I neglected to mention this for your previous question...
However, as I would say...
In order to listen, one must listen.
Indeed.
...
Why, I do suppose that I lack a reason to explain that.
Shortly, you should understand it.
Indeed.
And of the very same, may we now move on to the very next question?
...
Yes, I would rather so as well...
Why, this has become quite the lengthy discussion.
Even so, do press your next question.
Indeed.
...
Hmmmm...
Why, that is a most easy question, I would say...
Yes...
The very Altmeister's seal finds itself to be the answer.
Indeed.
Hmmm?
Why, should any man, man or woman...
Find themselves struck with this seal...
Well, not much would occur most honestly...
Lest there be a target that the seal was brought up to conceal.
Indeed.
...
Yes, yes...
I was the very target...
Or rather, the very manifestation of my powers in the lad was.
Why, I remained in his mind, fully and utterly unable to use even the smallest burst of my powers at ease...
Yes...
Why, I could simply stay put...
Was all I could do.
Unable to use my powers...
Unable to effect anything...
Unable to break the seal...
Just sitting around, doing nothing...
Trapped...
For, indeed.
'Twould be most impossible for me to do so, seeing as the seal is as effective as it is.
Yes...
...
Well, in fact, I was indeed able to hear everything that went on around me.
Indeed.
Why, I did see the young lad grow into the fine young man he has become today.
Yes...
That much remained of him, and even so, a few other things.
...
Well, I did say that some things never change, did I not?
...
Hmmm, well, I do suppose I did neglect to say that.
However, indeed.
Why, the very lad did still hold to himself some of my power...
However slight, I would say...
...
Hmmm?
Well, that would make this explanation all the longer, would it not?
However, the simplest and smallest of explanations would be this.
That every once in a while, or even and so, as a very part of his own existence...
Would the very young lad manage to be more of who he is than not.
...
Hmmm?
Why, I simply mean to say that there are some powers that are always with him.
...
Hmmm?
No, no, not the power to heal.
That one takes far too much energy for the seal to ever allow itself to be.
Indeed.
...
That would be the very power that has made it so that the young lad does not truly know the feeling of cold.
Yes...
Why, the very young lad has never felt cold a day in his life.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm?
Why, did I not say that the very young lad is not the, how you say, sharpest blade in the armory?
Indeed.
Even so, why...
Did the very young lad find himself oh-so uninterested in the topic of the why and the what.
Indeed.
And of the very same, do I ask you, my dear reader...
...
Well, now, I do suppose I should ask you the very same question.
For, indeed.
Do tell me, dear reader...
For whom does the very Altmeister's seal find itself responsible?
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A hard question?
Why, I do suppose that I should simply ask you straight again...
Why, should I ask you such a question, should it not be so that I expect you to have an answer?
To be capable of one?
...
Indeed.
You should be able to deign a guess, as one should call it.
Yes...
And of the very same, do I ask you this, yet once more.
Is that all?
...
Hmmm?
You would like to guess, you say?
Well, 'tis only proper that I shall give you the opportunity.
Indeed.
Do attempt to give an answer, even and so as we move on to your third question.
...
A hint, you say?
Why, such a thing not requiring a hint...
Should be the very greatest of hints, yes...
Indeed.
...
Absolutely.
I expected nothing less from you, my dear reader.
Indeed.
The very one responsible...
Yes...
'Tis them.
The very ones who have taken care of him from time memorial.
Yes...
The very ones responsible for his birth.
Indeed.
'Tis they...
...
Why, that is a very long answer, my dear reader...
Please...
Allow the very two of us to head to the next question...
Why, explaining the very tale of all that had happened at that time.
Surely, I did see it all, but to explain it all at once, why...
'Twould take far, far too much time.
Indeed.
Even so, to say nothing of the many things surrounding that tale.
Yes...
Why, the "hows", the "whats" and the "whens"...
Yes...
'Tis a very long set of stories, I would say.
Indeed.
And thereof must I have you ask your very final question...
For I really must be getting along...
Speaking too much about this, I do believe...
'Tshall soon cease to make sense to you.
...
Hmmm?
Everything so simple, you say?
Why, do believe me, my dear reader...
I have failed to explain everything for a reason...
Indeed.
And of the very same, why...
Do give me your third question...
Yes...
And of it, do be quick...
Why, I do believe that this shall be a most interesting thing to answer.
Indeed.
...
A hard choice, you say?
Why, do fail to bother yourself with that much.
Why, I do believe that at the very least the very most of your questions shall be answered by the very end of the tale.
Indeed.
And even so, do fail to worry...
I shall answer all the follow-up questions as well.
Indeed.
And of the very same, simply say, and I shall answer.
...
Hmmm... no...
Why, that question would fall to the very first question you asked.
However, no...
I cannot bring myself to use his body over his own will.
Why, that goes against the order...
...
Now that, my dear reader...
Is yet another extraordinarily long explanation, I would say...
Why, to even fathom the amount of time to elucidate all that.
Indeed.
Why, I would rather we simply got along to the tale, I would say.
However, indeed.
We shall remain here, for your question is still to be answered...
However strange it may be.
Indeed.
...
Yet another question, I would say that I shall not answer...
However...
Hmmm...
Why, this one...
This one I simply cannot answer, for even I fail to know all that.
...
Indeed.
I simply do not know.
It may happen and also, may not.
...
Destiny, indeed, my dear reader.
Destiny...
A most strange set of circumstances, I would say.
Why, would the young lad surely never...
However, who is to say?
Surely...
For even I do not know what is to come.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm...
Yes, quite easily, I might say.
...
Well, I shall simply fail to answer that one as well.
...
Why, I do suppose that I, how you say, have pride to keep.
Indeed.
...
It simply means what it would for a simple mortal.
Indeed.
Every mortal has pride.
Every one of them.
Yes...
And of your question, my dear reader?
...
Alright, how about we strike a deal, dear reader?
...
Yes, a deal. An agreement, if you will.
...
Simple, and efficient as I would call it.
Yes.
You reserve the very right to ask me yet one more question.
And I, simply get along with the very next chapter...
Rather than go on and along on a long tale and story of question and answer...
The very likes of which are either too much to get into and even so, may be too connected to the very first two questions for me to properly consider them.
Indeed.
And of the very same, do tell me, dear reader...
Shall that be alright with you?
...
Very good then.
Now then after all that, I must ask and do forgive me for doing so...
How do you feel about what is to come?
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Excitement.
Yes, I was hoping for that.
...
Wonder as well, yes...
The very same was most obvious to the lot of most, I would call it.
Even so, why...
Shall there be all questions answered...
And the very most of things, if not all, revealed...
For, indeed.
'Tshall take a long time for the very book you now read to end.
Yes...
A truly long time, I say...
Why, I may even find chapters to write by the time you're done.
Indeed.
Hmmm...
Now what would I call that book.
Found?
No, no, no....
Hmmm...
I shall consider...
...
Oh?
No, no, no...
Worry and consider little about it.
Indeed.
And of the very same, I would say...
Shall I continue.
Yes...
Ahem, now then, where was I...
Ah, yes...
As Fren Chavalier was tempted to take a cut of the meat from the bastion...
Before deciding against what would have been a most foolish error.
Indeed.
Even laying his hand against it, I say...
To mix his scent with that of the young lad...
...
Well, a most pertinent question, I would say.
A tad strange not hearing one about myself in a while, however, all the same, I shall take a bite as they say.
Indeed.
The very young lad would indeed himself become a target for the beasts...
However, why...
He shan't worry about such, I would say.
For, indeed.
Killing bastions is mere childsplay for him.
...
Yes, even several at a time...
Why...
Hmmm...
Yet another lengthy tale...
Even so, one concerning the very Black Claw of Vesturia as well as the Red Fang...
Indeed.
...
Why, a most lengthy tale, I would say.
Somewhere along what just so happens to be an oh-so massive wall, I would say.
Indeed.
And thereof, was it...
Hmmm...
No...
'Twould perhaps be better that the whole tale was told all at once, rather than in snippets.
However, indeed.
'Twas a competition between the very pair.
Who could murder more bastions...
Yes...
I shan't say anymore than that.
Indeed.
'Twould ruin the story.
Even so, why...
...
Hmmm?
No, no, no...
The very Black Claw is not a monster hunter like the young lad...
Why, the very young man does concern himself with many a thing.
For example, why...
Is he, as the young lad, a member of the royal guard...
To say nothing of the fact that he remains the Kingdom's very best tracker.
Indeed.
Why, do even the shinobi fear him more than anything.
Yes...
And of the very same, why...
Is he also of the very strange breed that is the Morrow clan.
Indeed.
They all are an oddity in Vesturia.
Yes...
And even more, why...
Is the Black Claw of Vesturia, well...
Hmmm...
I do suppose that by now you are fully aware of how gifted and talented the young lad is...
And of the very same, why...
Are the very young lad and the Black Claw of Vesturia of the very same age group.
Indeed.
Why, are they of the very same age.
Yes...
Both aged 15 years...
...
Yes, yes, the very pair do both find themselves ever so talented.
...
Well, their relationship finds itself to be ever so complicated, I would say...
Why, that is a long tale even and so of itself.
Indeed.
However, yes...
The very pair are indeed friends...
Well, that would be putting it in strange terms...
However, I suppose that is all I can say of it...
However, much more should be said than simply and merely...
Friends...
Indeed.
The very pair, why...
Hmmm...
Time is up, as they say.
Unfortunate, I would say.
Indeed.
Why, you even managed to keep me talking without furthering the tale.
Most expert, I must say.
However, I must go on and along.
And of the very same, my dear reader...
Do find yourself doing something worthwhile...
Dillydallying rots the bones, all the while declaring security and strength to them.
Indeed.
And of the very same, my dear reader...
Do enjoy yourself.
Indeed.