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Chapter 4: Identity almost revealed

Laslow's POV

    After they returned Odin told me everything. "So you spared them?" I asked.

    Odin nods " I couldn't hurt my beloved and my second fated cousin! She was close to discovering who I was! Odin dark can not let that happen!" He says as he looks through the tome he has.

    I shook my head "Odin. Did you yell my tome hand twitches?" I ask putting my fingers on my closed eyes.

   "Why of course I did! I am the chosen one of darkness and crows! Odin Dark simply cannot be Odin Dark without his tome hand twitching and his aching blood!" He says, I grabbed a tome and hit him on the head.

    Selena holds in laughter. "OW WHAT WAS THAT FOR!!!" he says normally.

    I looked at him and twitched "For being a little idiot. Who's still playing games. " I said groaning.

    Odin twitches "Take that back fiend! I am Odin Dark!! You even admitted that my fantasy was great!" He says trimphly. "I was taught to speak to crows! My father taught me!" He says as he continues.

    I groaned, "I'm going to bed. Night." I say as I leave Odin's tent to practice somewhere, then I bumped into Lady Corrin. "Oh! Lady Corrin! Hello.." I said as I looked at her.

    Lady Corrin looked back "Hello Laslow, where are you off too?" she asks. I looked down oh sh!t. I-I can't tell I'm going to practice my dancing! I thought in panic. Lady Corrin raised an eyebrow "Laslow...?" She asks.

    I shook my head "I-I'm going to practice m-my sword fighting..." I said shyly hoping she'd accept that. She looked at me and nodded.

    She stopped and looked me in the eye "Um before you go...What's that?" She asks.  I looked at her strangely and she looked curious.

     "...what's what?" I asked confused, wondering what she meant. When she didn't answer I turned away from her and began to walk.

    "That mark in your eye. What is that? What's it stand for?" She asks, I stopped and my eyes shrunk. I slowly turn to her and looked at her in shock.

      "Wh-what mark?" I asked nervously sweating. She looked at me curiously. "I-It's probably your imagination milady it is quite late..."  I said in hopes she'd forget.

    Corrin yawned "Y-Your right....it is quite late, maybe it was my imagination." She says stretching. "Night Laslow. See you tomorrow" she says leaving.

     I waved to her then rushed to a lake and looked at my blurry reflection. "oh naga, No no no!" I said as a blurry reflection of the brand in my eye showed. "Wh-Why is it showing!? Th-this is bad...." I say as I covered it.

     "You're needed back here soon..." Says a voice similar to mine. I turned my head to a hooded figure.

    I took a deep breath "Wh-Who are you?" I asked as I reached for my sword. The hooded figure raised their hand. I stopped reaching for my sword. "I am not here to harm you, Inigo." They said as they walked closer. I stared at them "I'm not Inigo. I'm Laslow. " I said in denial.

    "Quit the act "Laslow" you know who you are," says the figure, shaking their head. The figure walked closer to me and I looked at the figure. I could catch violet highlights  "I'll ask this again.  Who are you?" I asked in a more strong voice. The figure looks down and then looks back up "Let's just say I know you more than yourself. Milord, soon to be the queen of Plegia." they said. I stopped working at the queen of Plegia "Wait, wait, wait, Me? a queen?! Do you think I'm stupid?" I asked slightly offended. 

   The hooded figure shook their head in disappointment "No, I already said I know you more than yourself. Besides the mark already took place, now that you're in your homeworld your true appearance is returning. Hopefully this time it's different, now that you three have Corrin, Xander, Leo, Niles, and Kaze on your side." they said simply. I stared at them shocked "Different? What do you mean?" I asked, raising my eyebrow. The figure looked to the side "Very much like you and your friends, I am from a time yet to come. " they said, they then tossed me a white mask very much like Lucina's mask when she came to the past, the mask landed near my legs. "It might come in handy. Safe travels Ylissean Prince" they said as they left. I picked up the mask and looked at it. 

    Then looked to the moon, I looked to the blurry reflection to notice my brand is gone "What the? Did that person trigger my brand?" I asked myself. I thought about the figure "Are...they from a different future? They said that things might change?" I asked. I made my way back to camp. No dance practice tonight. 

???'s POV

     I watch Inigo return to camp. I look to the moon and smiled "How long will it take for them to notice?" I ask. I looked at the lake to my own blurry reflection I pulled my hood down I looked at my violet highlights in my blue hair and broken brand in my eye. I sighed "Don't worry my king...I'll make sure our future is bright...It won't be an evil kingdom, I want our daughter to grow up in a better world...I want her to look up to you not hate you..." I said to myself. I kneeled by the lake and began to tear up "I-I promise you won't become the fell vessel because of me." I whimpered out. I let a few tears fall into the water, "I-I p-promise......" 

"G-Gerome...."

To be continued.