The Arks - Chapter 364

“I can’t hold her off much longer! You’ve got any solutions to calm her down?!” yelled Ysabeau as Mavislin pushed the Bahamut down onto the ground.

The impact was so strong that Ysabeau’s feet broke the stone beneath her. Bryan took a deep breath and sang. It was the best thing he had on his mind now, won’t hurt to try it. Now, he just has to remember the lyrics. And the tune on how the song went.

“Summer in the hills, those hazy days I do remember… We were running still, had the whole world at our feet…” sand Bryan as he closed his eyes.

Mavislin started to slow down, her punches and kicks were getting softer. And she was trying to fight back to get to her normal self.

“Watching seasons change, where roads were lined with adventuress… Mountains in the way, couldn’t keep us from the sea…”

As Bryan continued to sing, he was taking small steps towards Mavislin from her back. The Valkyrie was still fighting Ysabeau but she was fixed on a spot. It allowed Bryan to get within close range.

“Here we stand open arms, this is home where we are…. Ever strong in the world that we made…”

When he sang that part, Mavislin’s pupils came back and her claws changed back into human hands. She ceased fire entirely, just as she was about to tear of Ysabeau’s wings.

“I still hear you in the breeze, see your shadows in the trees…”

Now Bryan was directly behind her and he embraced the Valkyrie from behind. She then started to cry, shocking both Ysabeau and Rina. He smiled as he finished the last line of the song.

“Holding on, memories, never change…”

With the song completed, Mavislin fully changed into her human form, with her wings vanishing. She then reverted into her child form and was snuggling in Bryan’s arms. She was still weeping as she tried to calm herself down.

When Ysabeau was ready, Bryan gently passed the Valkyrie to her. Mavislin was also ready as in the midst of it, she transformed into her usual form of a human teen. But she was nowhere near fighting mode. One more time, she would be down for the count.

And she might even harm the ones that are on her side.

“How did you know that song?” asked Mavislin, looking at Bryan with a guilty look.

“It is a song that was passed down in my old village. Most likely the one that my sister mentioned. My sister used to sing that song for me when I was scared. But I just don’t recall that it was my sister who did, I just hear that voice constantly,” explained Bryan, patting her head.

“You had a sister? I thought you said you couldn’t recall,” asked Mavislin, sniffing slightly.

“I think so. She’s been appearing in my mind a lot lately ever since we’ve been here. And I finally saw a face in my dreams that matched the voice in my flashbacks. But my memories are still all over the place,” explained Bryan.

“That song was the main thing that saved the village a long time ago. Old Man Pond wanted to bring back the Husks abruptly and we tried to stop him. We were going to lose until a mysterious Mage stepped in to help,” said Ysabeau, as she recalled that song.

“But that Mage did not offer help like coming into battle to use spells directly on Old Man Pond. No, instead, she used it on the humans. By enhancing their singing into actual attacks onto Old Man Pond. They essentially created their anthem. But the singing was led by her.”

“It’s been so long since I heard that song. It was the only time that we felt that humans were on our side, after so many centuries of casting us out,” said Ysabeau, thinking back to when the Arks weren’t even set up yet.

“According to Raiyen, he reports that the village constantly sings that song. It is taught by the village chief to the young children as a main song of the village. And every year, on the day that the Arks were founded and when we saved them, everyone would sing that song again.”

Rina was silent as she tried recollecting her thoughts. This wasn’t right, she remembered the day that the Arks were established. And the area. It was in the village called ‘Monody’. She felt like she had sung that song before, during the incident that Ysabeau mentioned.

But she was a human Mage, meaning that her lifespan would the same as a human. But the year that the Arks was established, where that song was sung and the incident was a good 50 years ago.. But Rina only knew that she was 31 years of age.