#darang

Nagyunn : Bah.

Ludika : Heh. For once, he looks less irritable.

Darang : *cooing*

Fidorance : Can't believe a brat like him also got a cute size.

Qilin : ...

Waron : Look, look! *picks up Nags* I could squash him easily.

Qilin : *snatch Nags away from her* Yeah. No.

Luzian : GARHHH! *snatch Nags away from Qilin*

Nagyunn : ...bah.

Luzian : Najin shrunken! He actually looks cute for once!

Wadrin : Haha. Now I can do this.

Wadrin : *pinches Nags' cheek*

Nagyunn : ...

Luzian : He's oddly quiet about it...

Luzian : Wait.

Nagyunn : *teary eyes*

Wadrin : Oh no.

Luzian : Wait, don't cry—

Nagyunn : *cries very loudly*

Wadrin : Darn it darn it darn it—

Luzian : Let his cheek go!

Wadrin : I am—

Luzian, handing Nags back to Qilin : Quick, let's go before Doe—

Fadiyan : Alright.

Fadiyan : Who. Made. The. Baby. Cry?

Wadrin :

Luzian :

Ludika :

Fidorance :

Darang :

Qilin :

Nagyunn & Waron : *pointing at Wadrin*

Wadrin :

Darang: oh really? who did you get?

Zius: *staring*

Waron: no, I'm not. I'm a cannon maybe, but a loose cannon? Is that what you think of me?

Ludika: I think you play by your own rules.

Darang: no way, she thinks rules were made to be broken!

Zius: those are all attributes of a loose cannon.

Waron: no, I'm just a reckless renegade. Candentia is a loose cannon.

(Pacifist AU)

I sometimes asked myself how would Najin treat his teammates, especially from Woodion, if they were in this Pacisfist timeline.

Maybe he's still the same grumpy guy whenever Nags wasn't with him. He gave the cold shoulders to the apprentices, but a bit of acceptance towards his Woodion fellas? I mean, they sure did a great job bullying his brother and him before the fire massacre, but they tried to atone for it. I'd say he would still be mean towards them, but nicer when it compared to his action towards the other apprentices that not from Woodion.

But he holds hatred towards Luce, I supposed. That guy was the only one who still disturbs Nagyunn and taunts him whenever he got the chance. Since the town holds a better relationship with the twins and ultimately made Luzian and Tyr friends with the twins (to Nagyunn, at least), Luce's relationship with Luzian and Tyr was barely hold by thread. They were talking to him simply because they required teamwork, that's all.

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When facing a test against Rosewood Fox, as they didn't have Nagyunn in this, which also mean Fadiyan won't interfere, they beat her by physical strength game. It took them a while, and honestly, I can't see how they would beat her, but they must have some game plan to at least sweep her feet down.

•

Ludika was not satisfied with this and decided to test the 'chicks' in her own term. The gang chased after her, not before Najin and Lauzun saying goodbye to Nagyunn and left.

They reached the shambles village, and they met the lady from the Knight Headquarters pretending to be an injured gal. They fought against the said 'bandit' and nearly lost against him when he made the offer to work for him. Nobody says yes, though. Ludika came out and bated the apprentices while at the same time complimenting them. They fully got her permission to be knight's apprentices.

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The Woodion apprentices met the rest of the Second Special Class.

"Najin Van Woodion!" A mint haired young lady appeared right in front of him. Najin barely spared her a glance before turned away. "Aww, don't be like that! Don't you remember me, Marsha?"

Najin still ignored her. To him, she was just a nobody.

"Oh, come on, don't be like that. You forgot about me? Then do you forgot about this too?" Shadow casted over the top half of her face as her grin widened "How we promised one another that once we become knights, I would have your baby. And we'd raise them to be the strongest knight to ever live?"

Silence.

Scratch that. To him, she was a complete maniac.

Lauzun stepped forward first and with the most emotionless face he had ever made "Jin-ah. I'm telling Gyunn-ah."

"You won't—," he snapped his head back at Marsha, brows furrowed together "I never promise you that!"

She smiled back "So you do remember me!"

Tyr barely holds back a choke. Luce was laughing his butt off and Luzian was cringing "Dude."

•

The trial sets in motion, where the apprentices fought one another. Najin got Yulnia and beat her in less than five minutes. So, the next day, he, along with the rest of the winners fought against Pitch Black Hen.

He was the only one who was nearly able to land a hit on Black Hen.

•

I ran out of idea. But Luce and Lyamin were exposed to working with the Masked Group after most of the magicians were killed, and Qilin gathered back the class to figure out who the spy was.

After that, I ran out of ideas. Except for the apprentices' interaction with one another for fun.

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After Najin beats Yulnia without breaking a sweat.

Wadrin shivered in cold fear. "Dang. Najin is really terrifying, huh?" he looked at the Woodion apprentices."How can you be with a guy like him?"

Tyr and Luce – reminiscing what a crybaby Najin used to be "..."

Lauzun beamed. "He's actually very nice!"

Luzian shrugged. "Eh. His brother made it bearable."

••

Myusa watched how Najin bravely charged forward while in battle against Waron without hesitation. "How can someone be so brave when fighting against a beast like Black Hen?"

Wild Dog whistled "Najin is certainly something."

Lauzun and Tyr – who knew enough how Najin was bullet sweating underneath that facade "..."

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During the sparring session, Darang was pushed back when holding off Najin's hits. Qilin, the ever observer, analysed his attacks.

'He acts quick and bold. Rarely show any hint of fear or any emotion. Except for his lack of experience, does he have any weakness at all?' the green haired knight glanced at his Woodion peers, who each hold respective looks.'He acts cold too. But so far, they're (minus Luce) the only ones he seems to be close with. Do they know anything about his weakness?'

Lauzun – 'Jin-ah looks tired...'

Tyr – 'How can he be so different when we were younger...'

Luzian – 'I saw him crying once when he was trying to make a flower crown for Nagyunn. That was a week before we left.'

••

Luzian : Out of all the knights, Najin resembles Lady Fox the most.

Ludika : ...?

Toorisun : Because he's scary when he's mad?

Darang: whenever we were in public, my parents would tell people I was someone else's kid!

Waron:

Fidorance:

Ludika: