Songs of Tomorrow

[Trusted Grader]

For the past five months the wicked witch of the east had spent her time lurking in Sakura Country, her whereabouts shifted until the day she ran across a family who happened to lose their caretaker, seeing a helpless family the witch felt the tug of war going on in her heart, Don't get involved or you will have to stick around and help them... Knowing that she had nothing to lose but time, the witch chose to help.

Three months she learned about the rich history of Sakura, how the proud samurai had once been free but was now ruled under a new empire calling themselves the Crescent Coalition. A group of Mercenaries led by the so-called Tsukikage, Enzaragi. Weird name, seems familiar though. Nehan had long forgotten that name as she had always called him Eriasu, the human puppet.

Though they mattered little to the woman who carried on assisting the family to get back their strength by setting up a shop for them to run, she even took the time to rebuild their home after a devastating storm rolled by. The crux of living next to the sea. Nehan wasn't the type to build, so she found it quite fascinating how much energy it took for someone to do it by hand, considering it took her seconds to return the material to dust.

What once was, will always be. Nehan giggled with the children, helped raise the cattle, and even used her scythe to harvest, life was beautiful in Sakura, or rather Crescent. It did take a while for her to get used to the random legionnaires that strolled by from time to time but always felt that they were safer knowing that protection wasn't far off.

As far as she knew there wasn't any corruption so she didn't have to destroy anything, the only thing that bothered her was that she still had to sneak out every other night and find someone worthy of being sacrificed, which ironically became harder with time as she had reached a level few dreamed of, so sacrifices worthwhile were far and few in between.

Life on the farm was fine and dandy until the day they traveled to the nearby city, she was surprised that different cultures got along so well, she expected life to be a bit more hectic and problematic but it seems that Enzaragi and co had created some form of stability. Interesting. Nehan continued to walk with the family until she reached a flyer that invited anyone strong enough to fight to join the war effort. Fight for your country and earn a country home. Nehan chuckled and placed the flyer in the back of her pouch.

She no longer hid who she was, nor did she feel any guilt for the actions she had caused, she had accepted that she was an agent of chaos and the fact that she had seen this flyer meant that she had been called for action, but first she had to find a way to make sure that the family was stable. "Excuse me, you have been called to arms by the leaders of Crescent." A legionnaire officer spoke to Nehan, it seemed that they had been eyeing her for a while as she had seen this man whenever they had patrolled her village.

"I can't just leave this family to fend for themselves, I have actions to attend to first." Nehan tilted her head towards the family. "Rest assured, we will send men over to the farm and try to figure out what program would assist them best. Now if you don't mind, could you please head towards Libertalis, there Chie will wait for you."

Nehan sighed, looked at the family then sprouted her wings, seems that her shackles had been liberated for now. "If I find out they are still struggling, I will end you." Nehan pushed hard off the ground and vanished into the cloud before he could answer for she now needed to know why she had been called to action, what was Jashin demanding of her? Who was this Enzaragi? What did the Crescent stand for?