#elsha

The confused male glanced around; who was he talking to? Who was asking him so many questions, especially about a specific person? The thought of the mysterious teammate still lingered within his mind, but he decided to quickly brush it away as he glimpsed a hint of fluorescent light reaching his pitch―black room through the tiny gap between the floor and the door. As he removed the heavy blanket that seemed to strangle him into sleep, he continued to brainstorm his thoughts. He couldn't remember what happened yesterday, or the day before, or the day before that. Then he realized, he doesn't know anything about this world. It was as if he never existed before, as if his existence never lived within his world. It was as if he was just born.

With sweaty palms, the male turned the doorknob and walked out, the sound of wooden door creaking echoed into his ears. From afar, he glimpsed a hint of light that somewhat seemed to give off a familiar light. Without thinking, he started to walk toward it, his gaze fixed on the luminosity that was slowly growing in size. He walked and walked, it felt like as if he walking on an infinite pathway, but he reached the end. The small speck of light has surrounded his entire existence, swallowing him whole― welcoming him to the world.

“Finally, you’re up, sleepyhead!”

A rather high―pitched voice that contained hints of huskiness  rang into the knight’s ears, awaking him into the reality that was standing before him. He looked up and glanced around, slowly recognizing the familiar faces that were all staring back at him― except one. One gaze felt so unfamiliar that he couldn’t dare stare back at it.

“You slept for ten hours!”

The same voice continued. He glanced toward the source of voice, recognizing his older sister, Elesis, who approached the male and gave him a friendly smack on his back. That tiny little slap seemed to wake the male up.

“Ah, sorry, sorry,”

He apologized, his voice coming out raspy due to locking his voice for ten hours with his restful sleep.

“Since Elsword is up now, shall we eat?”

Another high―pitched voice, yet this one seemed to give off an aura of coziness and tenderness. He recognized it right away; Rena, who sauntered over to the table filled with various foods that were freshly cooked and baked. Everyone sat down in their chairs and so did Elsword. Then the strange sensation started to overwhelm the knight once again. He glanced over, a violet haired girl was munching on a bread quietly.

Who was she again?

“Aisha,”

Startled, Elsword looked up. It was Add who called her name.

“Pass me the bread please,”

The Mastermind said casually and ever so naturally, the violet haired female passed the basket of bread across the table.

Right, her name was Aisha…

How could he forget one of his teammates? Not only that, but she was one of the first person he ever met, along with Rena as the three created the El Search Party. Then slowly, the memories of the mage started to reminiscent into his mind.

Aisha. A magician with immense power of skills hiding inside her petite body, yet whenever she swung that wand around Elsword with nothing but annoyance and anger filled in her violet eyes, he would always be afraid of her. Unintentionally, Elsword let out a silent chuckle as he scooped up the warm soup from the bowl placed in front of him.

“Something wrong, Elsword?”

Elsword looked up. It was Ain who quickly caught on Elsword’s actions and asked him a curious question. Then all of a sudden, all of the gazes were fixed on the Lord Knight. He glimpsed over to his right, the violet haired mage was staring at him as well― nothing but voidness filled in her amethyst eyes.

“N―no, nothing,”

Startled, he quickly shook away the question and continued to eat his soup in silence.

Something is off. Something is so strange.

What is?

Aisha.

Then he realized. The strange sensation that chilled his spine continuously, making him feel extremely uncomfortable throughout his entire breakfast session, it was all caused by the violet haired female who was casually drinking a cup of warm coffee while sitting down next to him. The unusual, unfamiliar sensation. Everything was caused and coming from Aisha. Yet he couldn’t detect what was so wrong about her. He’d known her for years, he lived with her for years, and fought various opponents with her for years. They were the perfect teammate; a knight and a mage. Their teamwork was beyond extraordinary and their relationship was closer than a family; they depend on each other at all times. Yet why does it feel like he’ve only known her for days?

“We should divide into tinier groups and finish these quests,”

Then he came back into the reality. It was Eve who spoke this time. The Nasod Queen, who does not need to consume human food, was standing near the front door of their residence and was going through multiple pages of paper. Elsword automatically assumed they were easy, simple quests given by the residences living in this village.

“Groups of two?”

Rose said as she sliced a piece of her fried egg with a knife.

“Isn’t that just a partner?”

Chung said as he chuckled then continued to drink his milk.

“Yeah, let’s do that,”

Rena agreed with Eve as she sat up from her chair while holding onto her empty plate and cup.

“I’ll go with Elsword,”

“What?”

All of a sudden, the petite mage casually concluded without further negotiating, that she will go with Elsword to complete their task. Surprised at her sudden settlement, the knight couldn’t help but burst out his question without a second thought.

“Yeah, good idea. I’ll go with Lu,”

Ciel said as he cleaned his mouth with a piece of napkin.

Out of all these people, it’s her?

“Sonic Blade,”

Elsword swung his sword in front of him, slashing the group of monsters that were surrounding the knight. A circular shock wave pushed the enemies back and sliced the enemies, making the powerless opponents fall down to their knees in sign of defeat.

He glanced toward the magician, who was aiming fireballs toward the enemy, effectively burning them without consuming high amount of mana. Then the knight glanced toward his front once again, focusing on his own fight. Then he realized, a large crowd of monsters were sprinting toward the two fighters.

“There's more coming!”

Elsword yelled out and Aisha nodded, acknowledging his warning.

“I got this!”

She said as she teleported in front of the knight, who stared at her with confusion.

What is she gonna do...

“Aging!”

She yelled out her battle cry as a she threw a tremendous dark ball that was chained up with her conjuring. Her skill effectively locked the enemies near her sphere, which landed on top of the ground and beams of amethysts light soured from the floor. The group of monsters quickly decayed in age and died of rottenness as they faded into gray.

“What was that…?”

Elsword, who remained confused at her sudden actions asked her unintentionally, driven by complete uncertainty. It was a skill he have never seen before. It was as if she wasn't even Aisha.

“The greatest Void Princess, Miss Aisha!”

The mage cheerfully replied as she created a V―shape with her two fingers, placing them directly near her face as she stuck her tongue out.

Void Princess…? What the hell is she saying? What is that?

He wanted to ask her, yet his words did not simply slip out of his mouth. Somehow, for some reason, he couldn't ask her.  He was somewhat feared of her; she didn't seem like the Aisha he’d known for the past couple years.

On top of a bricked roads, the villagers were shouting at one another to lure in customers as they displayed their goods on top of their stands. Although the road was considerably wide, it seemed narrow due to the fact that there was so many people within this tiny area. Elsword glanced around, there was two drunken men bickering with one another in one side, and on the other side was a middle―aged women holding a dozen of eggs inside a basket with delicate touch. Although the village was crowded, it seemed like everyone was familiar with each other and their everyday life. Then his gaze was fixed on the magician who was walking right next to him. Due to the road being so limited and the size of crowd was so overwhelming, their arms were brushing one another as they continued to walk. However, Elsword assumed she didn’t mind as she looked so casual and calm, and neither did he. Then he glimpsed her outfit that was rather revealing; it was definitely a piece of clothing that he would never expected her to wear.

“Why are you wearing such revealing clothes?”

Without a second thought, his lips sputtered the words out first; he didn’t mean to ask her such question, yet it seemed like his curiosity slipped out by itself. With embarrassment, Elsword felt his ears turning red as he gazed away from the magician, afraid of staring into her eyes.

“What?”

But an unexpected reply was heard. He turned back to face Aisha, who had a confused face with a hint of a look that seemed to express― ‘Are you stupid?’

“N―nothing,”

He replied back shyly, his cheeks flushing hint of red with awkwardness.

“What’s wrong with you today? You seem off,”

She said coolly as she gently patted his back with her delicate hands, which startled Elsword once again with her unfamiliar actions. Then she proceeded to walk beyond, expecting the knight to follow up with her pace that has gotten slightly faster. Automatically, Elsword’s gaze was fixed upon the back side of her violet hair. Then he glimpsed a hint of redness on her ears as well as her cheeks.

She’s embarrassed?

Elsword thought to himself as he let out a silent chuckle at her actions.

Although he had to admit, there was either something wrong with Aisha or something wrong with himself. Either he was imagining Aisha in an unusual way, or it was Aisha herself who was giving off a strange aura. Rest of his teammates in the El Search Party felt like family he had known for years, except Aisha who was giving off an unfamiliar sensation. It felt like he met someone completely new, yet the memories he shared with Aisha was still there, it was just Aisha in the current world that seemed so different. Yet he couldn’t help but always find himself staring at her; his gaze was fixed at her at all times and he felt a weird, throbbing sensation within himself as well.

Yeah, something’s completely wrong with Aisha… or me.

note:

hello everyone! what am i doing when i should be working on artificial flower? /rip rebirth prob never work on it lmao

- i realized most of my stories are modern day kind of setting, and is never based on actual elsword's setting. thus i decided to start a story that is based on elsword's background, but with a little twist of my imagination.

- this story may be a little bit confusing but i promise everything will be explained as the story progresses!

- every bgm used in this story will have a "star" or "moon" or "night" in the title and will sound sad-ish.

- i usually work on like 5 chapters and post 1 every couple weeks, but i actually started working on this last night! HAHAHA. i only wrote chapter one so far, so i want to apologize beforehand if this story is updated not so often.