Pillars of Eternity

Chapter 5: An Interlude Between Both Sides

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Yus' PoV

Oka: "-thank you everyone! We'll be here all week long!"

Another successful performance had taken place, the small amount of public we got in this time cheered for us loving Oka's skill to sing, might as well call her a certified idol

Yus: "With this we're definitely a match to Ashira..."

End: "I wouldn't be so sure. Ashira is the best Idol known across the entire Faction, some few performances more to practice should help you at the hour to fight" Said End vanishing from it's place in the ground

Yus: "I guess you're right"

After the public finished and started going away, we remained there to clean up and save our stuff away before calling it a day. I only had to save a single piano which wasn't as hard as the other two on their jobs

Yus: "Geez, i wonder what the others are doing..." I thought outloud, thinking back to Aoi and Yuika practicing their skills with their respective instruments

Diablo: "They're getting better by the second, that much i'll say" Diablo spoke up as he appeared infront of me, having a hand on his waist and a confident smile

Yus: "Ah Diablo, what is it?"

Diablo: "I promised to speak with you, remember?" It suddenly hit me about the "promise" we made the day ago, nodding in agreement

Yus: "I'll call Yuika then-"

Diablo: "Don't bother, i only wish to speak with you...so if you would, leave your blade with someone and cut the connection with the Headquarters" He interrupted starting to walk away, giving me a sense of doubt about his words

Yus: "I...guess i can- wait how do you know?" However i had asked way too early, Diablo had vanished into the air again and left me alone leaving only a note with a street's name and a house's number "...i see"

I summoned End in my hand, looking at it's blade with doubt not knowing what to do. I needed to know if he really was an ally or an enemy, but going unarmed...

Yus: ...Oka trusts him, she said he'd have killed her in the spot before, and he could've ended our lives while we performed too...

Mazoku: "Go ahead Yus" Mazoku spoke from the Headquarters

Yoshika: "Mazoku?"

Mazoku: "What? Sword or not, beating Diablo unarmed isn't harder than defeating my Eterset or Sora's"

Sora: "He's right...you're strong, if worse comes to worst you can make it out without your sword, you defeated me with nothing but your own power" The Pillars had faith that nothing would happen, or at least two of them did, their support helped me feel more confident about this but something still didn't feel right...

Yus: "...then, i guess i know what to do"

Timeskip

Sora locked the Headquarter from being able to contact or hear me, and i left End in Spooky's care so that nothing happened to it. With that i left to find the direction he told me about ending infront of a small house in the middle of a street, even if i felt uneasy i decided this was the best way to know what i could of Diablo's situation...

Yus: Well...here goes nothing

As i reached to knock on the door, it opened before i could touch it to reveal Diablo on the other side opening it for me, inviting me in with a move from his hand