PFM: LEGACY

Ep.22 Determination of Sakuya and Defeat of Ron

Seeing the condition of Sakuya who was like an abandoned kitten on the side of the road, the feelings of the 2nd team member were mixed.

They never expressed their disapproval of Sakuya's behavior, but admittedly for several hours, they did not try to socialize with Sakuya.

The reason as Ron said. They are disturbed by Sakuya's behavior.

“Captain, please stop. don't bully Sakuya anymore. Looky.. You make Sakuya sad.” Fiona felt guilty because of her attitude these few hours, which was not trying to get close to Sakuya. But seeing Sakuya who was standing alone, made him want to defend Sakuya.

Fiona then approached Sakuya and hugged her. He looked at Ron with a blaming look.

“Fiona true. You're very rude, captain. Sakuya needs time to adapt. You should have realized. You should apologize to Sakuya. Right Ali?”Ratih got down from his raptor and stood beside Sakuya while stroking Sakuya's soft hair in the form of a fox. Then, with his wet eyes, looked at Ali.

Seeing Ratih's gaze, Ali sighed. Say, “Captain, you were bad. You shouldn't have said all that.”

Actually Ali understood a little bit what Ron meant to say all that. Ali muttered, Good job captain. Isn't this what you wanted? Then I will help you become a villain this time.'

Even this time you know which side you should be on. said,”You should apologize Ron.”

Dino said more extreme,”You shouldn't insult a woman. You'll never get married if you don't change.”

Hearing all the members of team 2 defending her, Sakuya's almost broken heart became happy. ‘Yes, this changed me. I am not alone now. They don't hate me.’ Sakuya muttered.

“Come Sakuya, we leave that cold-hearted captain.” Fiona then invites Sakuya to hurry away.

“Em” Sakuya nodded and walked away, the edge of her eyes glimmered Ron who was just silent.

Ratih, Dino and Dika follow. Only Ali who was slightly left behind with Ron who had been silent, accepted the criticism of them all.

After the others were no longer visible, Ron said,”You didn't catch up with them Al? Is there anything you want to add?”

Ali smiled,”It must be heavy to be captain?”

“Of course. Taking care of children like you is exhausting. Let's catch up. A lot of things are waiting to be done at Rockhelm.” Ron then told Samson to walk.

Ali just shook his head, telling Romeo to catch up with Ron.

Then came Ron's voice,”Quick grow up Al. Frozen Anvil is getting bigger. It is not enough just with Me Adam and Delia, you also have to prepare yourself.”

Ali replied with a bitter smile,”It would be troublesome.”

“Hey you're paid dearly. Don't be lazy” Sounded Ron's Voice.

“I haven't even got my first salary.”Ali said with a smile.

Looking at Ali, Ron told Samson to speed up, saying,”cheeky boy.”

.......

Ali and Ron caught up with the other 2 team members a short while later. Radih looked, Fiona spoke a lot, and Sakuya who was still using the form of a fox nodded her head in listening.

Seeing the situation, Ron's lips fell flat with a smile. Then his expression returned to normal.

He didn't walk too close to them, because right now, he was a villain.

Ali joins the other 2 team members, leaving Ron behind. When he went with Ratih, Ratih asked,”What did you say to the captain?”

Ratih's voice was quite loud, so Sakuya by Fiona's raptor side also heard.

“I advise the captain, which he says is outrageous. But the captain remained on his stance, according to him Sakuya should get used to living like other humanoids. Because if Sakuya's behavior does not change, it will give problems for the team” Ali said, then shook his head, as if regretting Ron's opinion.

“Huh. I have to tell Delia. Wrong captain at this time.” Train responded with an angry tone.

Hearing Ali and Ratih's conversation, Sakuya's heart soared. Unconsciously his head nodded. But Ali's words made him think, 'Are I really going to cause them trouble if I don't want to change?’

.......

They walked slowly towards the Rockhelm fortress. Fiona kept Sakuya talking, about the good food at the Rockhelm fortress, about the lanterns installed at night and things without touching Sakuya's past.

According to Fiona, one day Sakuya will open her heart to all the members of team 2, slowly but surely, Fiona will try to make it happen.

Hearing Fiona's words, Sakuya's interest in the food of the Rockhelm fortress arises. Though hesitant as to whether his food tastes are the same as the rest of team 2, Sakuya is determined to try. And for the first time..

Sakuya paused for a moment. He looked at all 2 team members without seeing Ron, then said,”Please wait a minute.”

Hearing Sakuya's voice, all stopped. Then they looked at Sakuya curiously, waiting for Sakuya to continue her words.

But Sakuya said nothing, then she started the process of turning into a humanoid. Realizing that, Fiona moved quickly. He took a blanket from his inventory and ran then covered Sakuya's body.

All members of Frozen Anvil bought camping equipment this afternoon before leaving Rockhelm. According to Ron, they must be prepared at all times, if at any time they have to spend the night outside.

Therefor. Fiona bought some wool blankets. Night in the mountains can be very cold. Sometimes a blanket is not enough.

With a sharp look, Fiona warned the male members especially Dika and Dino.

Dika and Dino could only turn their faces away and walk quickly forward. For Ali, there is Ratih here, Fiona is not worried at all.

While Ron, when Sakuya changed the first time, he only saw Sakuya like seeing a strange object. There was no impression he was sexually attracted to Sakuya. Fiona begins to doubt Ron's sexual orientation.

Ron saw this situation with a flat face. No one knows what he's thinking.

One minute later, the process of changing Sakuya was completed. After finishing, Sakuya walked towards Ron.

Fiona didn't stop him. And other team members. As Sakuya was in front of Ron, Ron looked at her flatly.

Ron said, ”What do you want to say?”

“I've turned into a humanoid, won't the team get in trouble?” Sakuya asked.

Ron frowned, then he saw Ali smiling. ‘busybody’ Ron muttered.

Ron chose to follow Ali's game, ”Sure, as long as you adapt to this change.”

“I'll try. Not because of your words, but for my friends” Sakuya said full of determination. He then walked towards Fiona and Ratih.

“Are you going to walk to the Rockhelm fortress?” Ron asked.

“...” initially Sakuya did not understand the direction of Ron's conversation. Then he saw two raptors belonging to Ratih and Fiona. 'too small for the two' Sakuya muttered.

At the sight of Ibex Ali, Sakuya said inwardly, 'big enough for 2 people, but Ratih definitely disagrees.’

Ron then told Samson to approach Sakuya, while beside Sakuya, Ron said, ”Naiklah.”

Sakuya just shut up.

“Will be too long on foot. Do you want to join Dika or Dino? Definitely not kan.”

Sakuya turned to the two of them, then turned her face away.

“Fuck you, Ron” Dino cursing Ron at party channel. We do the same thing, only in our hearts. Ali, Ratih and Fiona can only smile.

“Say you want to change, is this your determination? I won't eat you.” Ron says.

“Hei captain, cu.” Ratih tries to stop Ron, but Sakuya cuts him off.

“Alright, I'm fine Ratih.” Sakuya said, then jumped onto Samson's back.

He sat a little back. Due to Samson's large size, the distance between Ron and Sakuya was at least half a meter.

Sakuya then shut up. Ron remained with a flat face, saying, ”It's been the night, we haven't been praying ashar either. Let's hurry.”

According to the current real-world time at 15:17. They spent about 9 hours of legacy time after lunch. They still have 5 hours to go offline. But since it is already night time, they can go offline early.

But before that, they have to get to Frozen Anvil's new building. In addition to handing over the harvest today, many things had to be cleared up in that new building.

Sakuya then had Kuro monitor the area in front of them. To make their journey smoothly to the fortress of Rockhelm.

Ever since knowing Kuro's skill, Ron no longer asked Ratih to be a scout. Because monitoring from the air is faster and wider, especially plus 4 Kuro shadow clones. Team 2 seems to have 5 Scouts that can monitor their front, back and sides. Almost no enemy can approach them undetected first.

.......

10 Minutes later, team 2 began to look at the South gate of Rockhelm fortress. Torches and lanterns mounted on the walls of the fort share the illumination.

They could also watch as a tower made of 100-meter-high stone walls stood next to the fort walls, on top of which, piles of wood were burned to create a very bright bonfire. Under the bonfire 4 soldiers monitored the four corners.

“What is it?” Sakuya asked, pointing at the tall tower. During the trip, he did not want to talk at all. Ron did not want to start the conversation. This time his curiosity overcame his hatred for Ron.

“It was a fire tower. In the area around the cities on the Sol continent there are usually fire towers as high as 20 meters to 100 meters. Its function is as a means of communication between cities. Actually in the sub-village there are also. But only in the form of a large torch mounted on a wooden tower next to the guard barracks.” Ron explained.

“Oh I saw it, at night, the light of the fire was visible from the forest. Some lights were also visible in the distance. Actually, I've always been curious about that light.” Sakuya says.

“Do you, the color of the bonfire can be changed?” Ron said enthusiastically.

Team 2 stopped for a moment. They had to queue when entering the gate. The queue was held 10 meters long by players and NPCs who wanted to enter the fortress.

Team 2 could have directly entered the gate with their status. But especially at the city gate, they would not do so unless forced to.

In the Southeast Alliance, it was only because of urgent necessity that a clan member could exercise their privileges at the gate.

Because if there are security issues after they exercise their rights, such as murder, criminal escapes and other issues, they will be investigated by local authorities.

“Really?” Sakuya asked enthusiastically. As if forgetting, it wasn't until an hour ago that they had a fight.

“There is a certain metal when thrown into the fire, will change the color of the fire to white or blue. When the color of the fire turns white it means the city is under attack. When the color of the fire is blue, it means the condition is really precarious. From the color of the fire, other cities can determine what kind of help they should provide.” Ron explained.

Sakuya was amazed by the information she received. It turns out that a lot of things are very interesting outside the forest of uppines.

When it was their turn to enter, the soldiers did not ask anything. They immediately let team 2 in.

“Sakuya, will you forgive me for what I said?” Ron says.

Hearing Ron apologize, Dino and Dika became noisier. This was the first time they had heard Ron apologize.

“Hey, was the sun setting east?”Dino said on the party channel.

“This is a rare event. For 20 years I've known him on server 1. Never have I heard him apologize.” She said as if she was in shock.

“Do you think about what I think?” Dino asked in a confirming tone.

“Yup, it’s love buddy. The power of love melts Ron's frozen heart for thousands of years.” Dika said with mafhum.

“Whispering” Finally Ron said in party channel.

“I did all that drama because of your behavior. And now you're replying to me like this? maybe once I should let you die in monster's mouth.” Ron said furiously.

“...” Dino and Dika fell silent. They finally knew the reason Ron had done so. They just fell silent in shame.

Ali took a breath. While Ratih and Fiona were silent as well. In their hearts they thanked Ron for being an ice breaker, so they began to get along with Sakuya.

“Ok, I understand this for the team. I will try to adapt life as a humanoid.” Sakuya said it while smiling.

“Thank God, we will work together in the future. I don't want any trouble between us.” Ron said sincerely.

“But captain, I want to convey something.” Sakuya says.

“Please.”.Ron says.

“You are not my type, I prefer a friendly and nice guy. I'm asking you not to expect anything.” Sakuya said softly.

“...” Ron only fell silent because the surprise he got was too great.

Meanwhile, on the party channel

“Hahaha.. damn, this is funny once.” Dika laughed out loud.

“See Ron's face, he's like he was struck by lightning in broad daylight.” Dino says.

“It was the cruelest retaliation from Sakuya. You have to admit it.” Dika.

“Poor Ron's.. She has been blacklisted by Sakuya.”Dino responded.

Ali, Ratih and Fiona looked at each other and laughed softly.

“Ehem.. Ok I remember it. Let's get to our new home soon.” After calming down, Ron replied with irony. Ron then remembered an expression, that silence is gold.

He felt like he should have said nothing. That way he wouldn't be in a situation like this.