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"Huhuhu, really? One hundred pies? Quite the ransom." - the knight giggled off as he looked on ahead, past large masses of people blocking the line of sight to the lengthy structure. Creaking with the gusty wind was a sign proudly exclaiming that what it stood upon was Clover town's closed train station. Needless to say, the rather dissatisfied crowd patrolling the area consisted of people of a colourful array of backgrounds and social standing, however unified under the common goal of travelling. Something very much impossible due to the obnoxious hindrance commonly known as "snotty gnomes and flee balls", and slightly less commonly referred to as goblins and vulcans. Amusingly enough, it appeared that the azure knight's standing as one of the wizard saints automatically meant everyone was clustering around him.
"E-excuse me! Aegis Bright, sir, can you he-..."
"Sorry, I'm busy looking for a tall, black, bald and ugly bastard. Happen to see one?"
"...Eh?"
"Yep, thought so. Don't worry, you'll notice him."
"But, wait! C-could you help us? The trains are being heavily delayed because of some monsters or something and we're all running horribly late."
A few blinks followed by an exaggerated shoulder slumping on the side of the "dignified" knight.
"But I was going to torture Shadow today..."
Following the progression of the highly enlightening conversation was the rising number of girls and kids surrounding Aegis. Why they were all staring at him with twinkling eyes and grins was certainly unknown, but it did bestow an aura of responsibility he was trying to evade that particular day. With a sigh, he folded the newspaper he was reading until that point. What followed was a practically inaudible mumble of possible agreement-
"Woooo! We'll be rescued by a wizard saint!"
...Naturally interpreted as an absolutely positive, heroic commitment to the mundane task of beating down a monkey and a midget. It was almost like the beginning of a bad joke, but there was a good side to it all. The day was young and the weather was like that of spring, so perhaps the ordeal could be turned into something more productive?
"I guess I might as well use this to give Charcoal McGee some combat training."
"E-excuse me! Aegis Bright, sir, can you he-..."
"Sorry, I'm busy looking for a tall, black, bald and ugly bastard. Happen to see one?"
"...Eh?"
"Yep, thought so. Don't worry, you'll notice him."
"But, wait! C-could you help us? The trains are being heavily delayed because of some monsters or something and we're all running horribly late."
A few blinks followed by an exaggerated shoulder slumping on the side of the "dignified" knight.
"But I was going to torture Shadow today..."
Following the progression of the highly enlightening conversation was the rising number of girls and kids surrounding Aegis. Why they were all staring at him with twinkling eyes and grins was certainly unknown, but it did bestow an aura of responsibility he was trying to evade that particular day. With a sigh, he folded the newspaper he was reading until that point. What followed was a practically inaudible mumble of possible agreement-
"Woooo! We'll be rescued by a wizard saint!"
...Naturally interpreted as an absolutely positive, heroic commitment to the mundane task of beating down a monkey and a midget. It was almost like the beginning of a bad joke, but there was a good side to it all. The day was young and the weather was like that of spring, so perhaps the ordeal could be turned into something more productive?
"I guess I might as well use this to give Charcoal McGee some combat training."
