Crusaded Defender

  By KeinanX 

[In a world full of dangerous lands with deadly creatures, cities that are vile, full of gangs and troublesome individuals, and ruthless organizations that will stop at nothing to inflict terror on those that fall victim to them, comes a story of special individuals that at a cost are sworn to protect and serve those that cannot fend for themselves from the dangers that ensue their surroundings, these individuals being known as Crusaded Defenders.]

CHAPTER:1

Defenders on the scene!    

May 2016 on a ship in the fierce Berlyra ocean comes a wealthy slightly older middle-aged man in a suit and his slightly overweight but gentlemanly looking brother shifting their way over on an expedition to a certain island. 

Ryan: “This is it finally! Out at sea, after so much research and gaining the permission and authorization to go forth with this voyage, we can finally head for the island known as Glarera’s Rock!”

Charles: “Indeed, brother, we're really doing this! Father would be impressed.” 

Ryan: “Ha I can’t wait to show that old man when the time comes that I Ryan Maxdell succeeded where he failed! It's only a matter of time!” 

Ryan said with his hands out in the air.

Charles: “Don’t forget me brother I deserve some credit too, after all, Maxdell's together make quite the combination!” 

Ryan: “By the way Charles where’s Luna at?”

Charles: “Oh she’s playing by the afterdeck.” 

Ryan: “P--playing by the afterdeck?! You idiot, do you have any idea where we are?! These are not your ordinary seas! You should have kept her in the cabins!” 

Charles: “Ah, well she said she wanted to get some fresh air and--” 

Ryan: “Fool! It doesn’t matter if she wants fresh air, you should have told her to stay put like I insisted! It’s bad enough that she snuck on board the ship to join us on this journey, now she thinks she can do whatever she likes without listening to me?!” 

Charles: “I’m sorry brother, i’ll go get her and return her to her cabin quickly!” 

Ryan: “No need I will. I have to give that girl a piece of my mind!” 

Charles: “Ryan wait!” (Oh boy.) 

 Meanwhile, at the afterdeck the young and beautiful blonde hair girl in a white dress was looking directly down at the sea looking like she was about to tip over. 

Luna: “It’s so beautiful…” 

She then saw a mass of bubbles appearing in the water, wondering what was the cause. 

Luna: “Hmm?” 

Mysterious boy: “Whoa! Hey girl, be careful!” 

The boy grabbed her hand, pulling her back. 

Luna: “Huh?! Let go of me, you idiot!” 

Mysterious boy: “Whoa, hey! You looked like you were going to fall over!” 

Luna: “I was perfectly in control, I don’t need someone like you getting overprotective of me, my father already does that.” 

Mysterious boy: (Jeez, what the hecks her problem?)

The blonde spiky hair boy with a jacket like vest and slightly baggy jean shorts thought.

Luna: “Any who carry on with what you were doing.”

Mysterious boy: "Sure whatever." (Girls as usual.)

The boy walked away.

Luna: (Who was that kid, anyway? Aren't there only supposed to be adults besides me on board?)

 Ryan: “Luna!!” 

Luna: (Ah oh!) “Oh father, what brings you over here?” 

Ryan: “Luna you foolish girl, didn’t I tell you it wasn’t safe at all for you to leave your cabin while we were traveling!” 

Luna: “I know, father but it gets so suffocating in there! I don’t want to spend the entire expedition locked in my cabin!” 

Ryan: “Don’t talk back! You're lucky i’m even letting you come along since we're already 4 days out at sea, you're still too young and your mother doesn’t know you're out here with us on a voyage as dangerous as this!”

Luna: (I’m pretty sure she’s figured it out by now to be honest.)  

Ryan: “You're not ready for where we're headed, so be a good girl for once. Stop running all over the place and stay put locked in your cabin!" 

Luna: “Father, I'm 15, I can handle this! Besides, we have all these paid armed guards with us that will shield us from any harm!” 

Ryan: “That’s not the--!” 

Suddenly the ship began rumbling. 

Soldier 15: "What the?!" 

Charles: "This rumbling! Everyone brace yourselves!" 

Luna: "What's going on? Why's the ship rumbling like this?!" 

Suddenly in the blink of an eye a large tentacle rushed up out of the sea and appeared behind the ship, grabbing Luna in an instance. 

Luna: "Huh?!!!" 

Ryan: "Luna!!!"

Soldier 7: "We're under attack!" 

Ryan: "Quickly, what are you all waiting for?! You men fire at it and don't hit my daughter in the process!" 

In the heat of the situation a group of 12 men gathered and fired at the tentacle's lower half avoiding Luna Maxdell. 

Soldier 8: "We got it!" 

Soldier 7: "Hang on Look at it!" 

Ryan: "What?!" 

Ryan and the soldiers watched as the small bullet wounds on the tentacle were healing at an accelerated rate to where the guns were ineffective. 

Soldier 3: "Our guns, they!" 

Luna: "Dad help!!" 

Ryan: "Luna!" (Dammit, if these men don't do something now she'll be pulled into the ocean!) 

Soldier 10: "What do we do?!" 

Soldier 7: "Keep firing!" 

The men fired again, hoping to do as much as they could, but none stood a chance against the monster's incredible healing factor. 

Charles: "It's no use!"

Luna: "Help!!" 

Ryan: "Luna!!"

Mysterious boy: "[Sigh] well guess I've gotta do it then huh?"

Ryan: "What?!"

The mysterious boy walked right beside Ryan, took out a revolver and struck the tentacle on impact, making it release the girl.

Everyone: (!!!!) 

Ryan: "Luna!" 

Luna: "Aaaaaaah!!" 

The helpless girl fell but was then caught by Charles safely. 

Charles: "You ok?" 

Lunar q: "Uncle Charles!" 

Ryan: "Both of you stop sitting there and get to the lower deck now!" 

Charles: "Luna let's go!" 

Luna: "Ok!" 

The two rushed off, distancing themselves from the danger, while more tentacles appeared around the ship. 

Soldier 15: "Shit, there's more!" 

Monitor: "Everyone prepare defensive maneuvers and have all weapons ready!"

Mysterious boy: "Looks like we're in a real sticky situation here, pops." 

The boy said casually next to Maxdell. 

Ryan: "Huh?" (This boy, did he really just stop that tentacle alone and do it with that small revolver on top of it while everyone else was using assault rifles?!) 

Soldier 8: "Fire everyone!" 

The soldiers shot at a tentacle but we're not doing enough damage until the boy shot it with one round and had the tentacle dive back in the water.

Ryan: "Unbelievable!" (It's like the weapons the soldiers possess are mere toys shooting out tiny needles at the thing, but the gun the boy uses does more no 50% more damage than their guns put together!) 

Mysterious boy: "Don't worry, we'll handle this." 

Ryan: (We'll?) 

Meanwhile, the tentacles around the ship started grabbing the men on board. 

Soldier 4: "Gaaaaah!! It's got me!" 

The boy shot the tentacle, saving the soldier. 

Mysterious boy: (That's one.) 

Soldier 10: "H--Help!!"

Another bullet was fired, saving yet another. 

Mysterious boy: (Two.)

Soldier 12: "Hey revolver kid over here quick!" 

Mysterious boy: "..." 

Another tentacle shot, another soldier saved. 

Soldier 15: "Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!"

Mysterious boy: "Oh come on!"

The boy shot as many tentacles as he could, saving some men, but others were pulled into the ocean. 

Soldier 18: "No!! Help!!" 

Mysterious boy: "Dammit it got them!" 

Ryan: "Tch." 

Mysterious boy: (Come on partner, where are you?) 

Ryan: "What are the rest of you fools doing?! Go and use the rockets already!" 

7 of the soldiers: "Sir!" 

The men went and brought a large crate of ammunition and went and loaded the rockets, blasting 3 of them off at the tentacles.

 Soldier 7: "Did we get them?!" 

The men watched as the tentacle beasts were still up and kicking, only having a mid chunk of its meat blown off, but had quickly regenerated. 

Soldier 3: "You're kidding! The rockets proved to be of little effect!" 

Soldier 11: "No, it did some type of damage but it didn't blow them clean off!"

Ryan:  "I--impossible!" 

Mysterious boy: "It's not, the creature we're dealing with is like no other, only someone with Forcer can do complete damage to it."

Ryan: "Forcer?" (I feel like I've heard of that before?!) "What's that?" 

Mysterious boy: "I'll explain later, right now you should make your way back to your family in the lower deck." 

Ryan: "But I!" 

Mysterious boy: "Stand back and go find safety, I'll deal with this." 

Ryan: "O--ok." 

Ryan stepped back. 

Ryan: (This is bad, was I prepared enough for this?)

Suddenly someone dashed pass Ryan and jumped over to where the tentacles were attacking. 

Ryan: "What the?!" (A shadowy figure?) 

Mysterious boy A: "Don't worry, our secret weapon to take that monster down is here!" 

Ryan: "R--really?!" 

The tentacle attacked the incoming person but was completely cut in half. 

Ryan: "H--he chopped off the tentacle!!" 

Mysterious boy A: (Heh, what took you so long? Were you waiting for your opportunity to shine or something, Lay Rylon or should I say Mr The Crazer?) 

The person who lied before them was a boy with mid-long black hair and black jacket and jeans carrying a long blade.

Lay: "..."

Everyone on the deck had watched in amazement of the fact that the shadowy figure had cut the creature's tentacle off with ease. 

Mysterious boy A: "Show off!"

Ryan: (I don't believe it! That kid, no both the boy with the revolver and the one who just chopped off that tentacle just now, my brother brought those two kids for cheap to guard us but I had no idea they were this!)

[Flashback] 

Ryan: "Excellent the crew is finally put together and are ready to go sailing off to Glarera’s Rock and--!" 

Charles: "Hold it brother, where we're going, we're going to need way more help than this!" 

Ryan: "Hmm? What are you talking about, you babbling fool? Can't you see we have more than enough hands on deck? We have a bloody militia at our disposal!" 

Charles: "That maybe true but you and I both know where we're going might not be enough for a single militia." 

Ryan: "What are you talking about? Do you not know how much money I put into this?!"

Charles: "It's nothing compared to what we're after Ryan, you know this won't be easy!" 

Ryan: "Hmm? What are you proposing we do then, Charles?" 

Charles: "I say we bring along tighter gloves." 

Ryan: "What?! Wait, you're not proposing we ask them for help now do you?!" 

Charles: "I do." 

Ryan: "You really are the dumber one out of the two of us, brother." 

Charles: “Ryan I’m serious!” 

Ryan: “And so am I! Do you really think I would get on my hands and knees and ask for the help of those selfish, greedy and useless bastard guards who, by the way are responsible for our father’s demise!”

Charles: “Ryan what happened wasn’t--!” 

Ryan: “It doesn’t matter! There’s no way I'll ask for their help. I've got enough men as it is!” 

Charles: “But brother, you already know the tale of Glarera’s rock, how dangerous it is! Are you really going to let your pride and grudge put our safety at risk?! Think about Julia and Luna, your wife and daughter!”

Ryan: “Tch! And what makes you so sure asking them for help will make our chances any better?” 

Charles: “It will I believe it, even if we don’t get the treasure, at least we made it back with our lives.” 

Ryan: “Hmph! Fine, be a fool and do what our father did, see if I care! But know this Charles, I will get that treasure no matter what and I won’t let anyone get in my way!”

Charles: “[Sigh]...” (Ryan.) 

A week later and 2 days before the departure, Ryan and his brother, along with his wife and daughter, were at the port of Meldic viewing the setting up of the voyage Ryan and his brother would soon set out on. 

Ryan: (Hehe, in 2 days we’ll be heading out on our voyage! With a small army at our side! Where more than ready for anything it throws at us now.) "Soon I'll be setting out you two."

Julia: “...” 

Ryan's wife and daughter remained silent. 

Ryan: "[Sigh] why so glum, you two?" 

Julia: "Ryan I…" 

Charles then appeared, placing his hand on Ryan's shoulder and whispered to him.

Charles: “Brother let me introduce you to the two new recruits that will be joining our militia.” 

Ryan: “What?” (Oh right them.) “Fine, Julia, how about you and Luna go find somewhere to relax? I need to discuss something with Charles.” 

Julia: “Luna let’s go and sit by the restaurant.”

Luna: “Ok." 

As the two left, Charles introduced Ryan to the special guards that he hired. 

Ryan: "Charles this is them?!” 

Charles: “Indeed.” 

Ryan: “These are the two big recruits you hired to have aboard our ship?! Two children?!" 

Charles: "Yes brother I was told by an old acquaintance that these two young men were extremely highly skilled and at a low cost." 

Ryan: "Are you ****ing kidding me?!!! You made a tremendous fuss over two bloody children?! I'm done talking to you, Charles! You really are an idiot!” 

Charles: “Ryan wait!” 

Ryan: “Hmph!” 

Charles: (Honestly.) "[Sigh] I'm very sorry about him, you two please try to understand." 

Mysterious boy A: "It's no problem, we just want our pay. Crusaded Defenders Nowell and Lay are on the job!" 

Charles: "Thank you." 

Meanwhile, back with Ryan Maxdell. 

Ryan: (Dammit Charles, bringing along Crusaded Defenders and children on top of that! I'll never put my faith in them!) 

[Present time] 

Ryan: "C--Crusaded Defenders…?" 

Nowell: "Hey Lay above you!" 

Lay dodged the tentacle and dashed forward, but another tentacle rushed in his direction. 

Ryan: "He's going to be crushed!" 

Nowell put on a smile while Lay did a spiral slash, cutting the tentacle in front of him and in back with high-speed precision and movement chopping the tentacle opponents to pieces.

Lay: (Spinning Crazer)

Ryan: "He's unbelievable! And the tentacles aren't regenerating!" 

Nowell: "Lay's blade is as sharp as ever." 

Ryan: "I've never seen someone move so fast and deadly with a blade!" 

Nowell: "He can get crazier than that, I better offer my assistant on top of it." 

Ryan: (So these are Crusaded Defenders and kids no less! I heard about people like them, special individuals that passed the Grand Security International Test and gained their Grand licence, that test is the most difficult and Excruciating test around with the rate of successfully passing it being 4%, it’s unknown how these people succeed where hundreds of thousands fail, most people just say their inhuman which is why not many take the test to begin with, but never would have even imagined people like them would be this powerful! Then again, I paid little attention to them at all growing up.) 

Ryan then had flashback glimpses of his father, remembering why he set out on the journey to begin with.

Ryan: "Dammit then, why didn't they save him?" 

Meanwhile, Lay and Nowell were fending off against the tentacles. Nowell shot at 3, each holding a mercenary and releasing them. 

Soldier 16: "Thanks, kid!" 

Nowell: "No problem!" 

Meanwhile Lay sliced 4 tentacles ahead of him.

Lay: "..." 

Nowell: (Grrr! So it's a competition for you huh?!) 

Soldier 15: "Everyone look!" 

Suddenly the creature revealed its head to the entire crew. 

Soldier 20: "A shell for a head." 

Soldier 8: "I--it's the Krakus!" 

Soldier 10: "No, it can't be!" 

Soldier 9: "Jeez, that thing is even uglier than I thought." 

Lay: "..." 

Ryan: "No wonder our rockets barely had effect, the Krakus is a legendary creature known for being unstoppable and having a very hardened body especially around the head thanks to that shell!" 

Nowell: "Well its nothing Lay can't handle." 

Ryan: "Fool his blade stands no chance!" 

Nowell: "Relax pops, haven't you seen that Lay's no ordinary guard?" 

Ryan: (How can this boy be so sure?) 

Meanwhile, the Krakus raised 10 of its remaining tentacles up at once above the ship. 

Ryan: "That beast is planning to sink the ship, stop it everyone at once!" 

Nowell: "No leave this to Lay!" 

Ryan: "What?!" 

Nowell: "Just trust us, old man!" 

Ryan: "Why should I, you Crusaded Defenders are the reason my father--!" 

Charles: "Everyone ceasefire!" 

Ryan: "Charles!" 

Nowell: "Lay do the rest!" 

Lay closed his eyes and paused for a moment, concentrating while the deadly squid slammed its tentacles towards the ship, then in a split second Lay cut all the tentacles and the Krakus's shell in one strike.

Lay: (Crazer's touch!) 

Everyone: [!!!!] 

Soldier 7: "Unbelievable…" 

Nowell: (You can say that again.)  

The creature fell and sank deep into the sea while the men shouted and celebrated the Squid's defeat. 

Lay: "[Deep breath]..." 

Lay returned his blade into the sheath. 

Soldier 8: "Hey kid, you're amazing!!" 

Soldier 12: "Yeah, you actually went toe to toe with a creature as legendary as the Krakus and won!" 

Soldier 16: "What's your secret? How are you so strong? Can you teach me?" 

Lay: "..." 

Nowell: "Alright guys shows over we don't do encores or autographs so how about you guys give my partner a breather." 

Soldier 8: "Huh?" 

Soldier 15: "He's right, let's see if there’s anyone around that needs some help so that we can get back to work, guys." 

As the men walked away, Charles, and Luna approached the two. 

Luna: "You both! that was amazing!" 

Nowell: "It's what we do, no biggie." 

Charles: "Are you serious? You both are so strong, especially for children!" 

Nowell: "Hey pops we're 16!" 

Charles: "Sorry my mistake." 

Meanwhile, Luna thought. 

Luna: (That boy with the blonde spiky hair and revolver was the one who pulled me away from my sightseeing, I had no idea he was so powerful, and the one next to him, the shorter boy with the all black clothing and long black hair is unbelievable, just who are these two?) 

Ryan: "You two, come with me." 

Charles: "Brother?" 

Nowell: "Hmm?" 

Ryan: "I want to let you both in on something, and as for you Luna!" 

Luna: "I know I know." 

Luna headed back inside the lower deck.

Ryan: "Are you two coming?"

Nowell: "Sure come on Lay." 

Lay: "..." 

Later in Maxdell's cabin. 

Ryan: (Now to get down to business.) "You two, what are your names?" 

lCHAPTER:2

The Journey to Glarera 

Nowell: "I'm Nowell Hindsight and this is my partner Lay Rylon." 

Ryan: "How come you answered for him?"

 Nowell: "Lay isn't a big fan of words, he's more of the silent type." 

Ryan: "I see, anyway tell me how were you two able to damage the Krakus like you did since our weapons barely had any effect on it?" 

Nowell: "Well the thing is we're Crusaded Defenders it's kind of what we've been trained for." 

Ryan: "Not spilling the beans so easily, huh? Well, tell me what was this Forcer you mentioned before?" 

Nowell: "Think of it like hoping you hit a target with force a little harder." 

Ryan: "This isn't a game! Tell me now or you can forget your payment!" 

Nowell: "[Sigh] Forcer is an ability that allows its user to summon force fields from their spiritual aura that surrounds them." 

Ryan: "Spiritual aura?" (What aura? Is this another joke or is it something only someone with similar abilities like them can see?) 

Nowell: "As you could see, the creature you saw was no match for Lay's gifted level of it." 

Ryan: "You don't say?" 

Nowell: "Forcer also enhances someone's speed, strength and endurance tenfold, a user of Forcer can also transfer it to anything they touch and keep it contained there for as long as they are in physical direct contact." 

Ryan: (So that's how he was able to cut the Krakus's shell and tentacles, his force field transferred directly into his blade and made the weapon sharper due to its shape.) "Interesting. And are all Crusaded Defenders like this?"

Nowell: "Who can say, I guess the answer is, mostly." 

Ryan: "Hmmm, by the way, has my brother Charles fully informed you both on the objective of this voyage?" 

Nowell: "Yeah he said that you both were traveling the Berlyra ocean to reach some island called Glarera’s Rock for treasure, right?" 

Ryan: "Correct and do you know that this island is very mysterious yet completely unknown to the public due to the restrictions of entering the Berlyra sea?"

 Nowell: "We kinda figured especially since we passed the Berlyra Sea gate a couple of days ago, that's something many cannot do, they say that the seas in Berlyra are cursed due to tons of disappearances, hence why not many go exploring these seas." 

Ryan: "Correct and where we're headed will not be any better. They say Glarera's Rock is very dangerous and that only three individuals have made it out alive out of two entire expedition crews that pursued the island and came back." 

Nowell: "Really? You say? That explains why there aren't many notes and information on the island itself." (You think those three people would give the world some insight.) 

Ryan: "They say the survivor of the first expedition was founded by another ship while on a raft and was terrified beyond belief to where he went into hiding, but was founded 2 years later when he decided to come clean about what he had seen." 

Nowell: "What about the ones after?" 

Ryan: "The other two on the second had kept important info to themselves and have gone into hiding. Me and my brother know this personally." 

Lay: "..." 

Ryan: "As you can see, this is no ordinary expedition a lot is at stake." 

Nowell: "So what's so important about this Glarera's Rock? Why are we heading there?" 

Ryan: "For treasure obviously!" 

Nowell: "Well obviously we kind of figured that but we're not idiots you know, I feel like there's more to this treasure than meets the eye that you're not letting us on to, after all you are a wealthy man already, so why go through all the trouble of gathering a small army, leaving your home where your wife is and putting you and your family lives on the line?" 

Ryan: "I…"

Nowell: "At least let us know what we're going up against instead of leaving us in the dark, after all me and my partner here told you our secret so tell us yours, who knows we might even be your only chance of pulling this off and surviving in the end." 

Ryan: (He does have a point be it this info is very crucial.) "[Sigh] you have quite a way with words, fine i'll tell you." 

Nowell: "..." 

Ryan: "we're heading to Glarera's Rock to find a treasure called the heart of Glarera." 

Nowell: "Heart of Glarera?" 

Ryan: "Yes, for 40 years me and my brother Charles had studied and read books and notes on the heart of Glarera, a treasure that's been said to be an ancient fruit that's been around for thousands of years."

 Maxdell showed the two notes and pictures on the table of what the fruit looks like.

 Nowell: "Hmm?" (An apple?) "This is it?" 

Ryan: "Yes, these are notes from the first expedition member my father discovered. These were not easy to obtain and cost a fortune for the info, also this was the closest description of the fruit meaning it might not be so." 

Lay: "Hmmm." 

Nowell: "Wow, but a fruit that's been around for thousands of years? Ugh, it must be way pass it expiration date!"

Ryan: "Nonsense it's said that the fruit itself is ageless and that an angel from the heavens flew down and placed it on the island of Glarera."

Nowell: "An angel?" 

Ryan: "Yes centuries ago a crew witnessed from the skies, an enormous winged creature descending from the sky surrounded by a light onto a small island, but instead of heading to the island to pursue it, they fled due to a great fear and uneasiness they felt of seeing such an enormous creature."

Nowell: (An enormous angel? No, that sounds more like.) 

Ryan: "Instead they returned to land and told the stories of what they saw and like that listeners went to go discover it. But this creature was responsible for many disappearances to where many chose not to seek its presence."

Nowell: "..."

Ryan: "But a few centuries later back to the survivor of the first expedition team that discovered it, he explained and made a statement that this was no ordinary angel, that it had gone rogue and stole a glowing fruit in his arms that was from the goddess herself and hid on the island." 

Nowell: "Seriously?" (I've never heard them mention that.)

Lay: "..." 

Ryan: "Legend has it that the goddess created that fruit for the sole purpose of giving it to the one who would be the savior of humanity and that the fruit had the ability to see into the future once eaten, the angel hearing of this stole the fruit for himself and took a bite out of it once it was on the island, but being that the fruit was not intended for an angel to devour, the angel turned into a hideous beast and was forever lost on the island guarding what remained of the fruit it was so obsessed with."

Nowell: "For reals? And you're planning to go there?!" 

Ryan: "Yes I know full well and will stop at nothing to obtain that fruit." 

Ryan: "So is there anything you two would like to share?" 

Nowell: "Yeah this all sounds crazy." 

Ryan: "What?" 

Lay: "Nowell." 

Nowell: "First of all an ancient fruit that can see into the future and was created by the goddess? And an angel guarding it for thousands of years? That sounds way too far-fetched, and say if your story really is true then you're asking us and everyone on this ship to go up against some sort of deity, correct? I don't know about you, but do we look like divine exterminators to you?"

Ryan: "I understand your concern but I have an army at my side to give me the power I need to face it." 

Nowell: "In case you didn't notice, your men and the weapons they were using had no chance against the Krakus! So what makes you think our chance against this fallen angel will be any better?" 

Ryan: "Quiet you don’t--" 

Nowell: "You have no idea what you're going up against. Me and Lay know firsthand how dangerous an angel and goddess are! You don't stand a chance!" 

Ryan: "Don't underestimate me child or you'll regret it." 

Nowell: "Say what?" 

Lay: "..."

Ryan: "If you two want to get your pay for an honest good day's work then you will follow my orders and stay out of my way, otherwise there will be complications for you both on this voyage." 

Nowell: (Huh? Was that a threat? Is this guy forgetting what we're capable of?) "Now hold on who the heck--!" 

Lay: "We understand we'll be on our way." 

Nowell: (Lay?)

Ryan: (Oh so he can talk.) "Wise decision, do take your time enjoying this expedition." 

Nowell: "Tch." 

Lay and Nowell left Maxdell's cabin while Charles entered and stuck his head in. 

Charles: "Hello, brother? May I come in?" 

Ryan: "Yes go ahead." 

Charles: "So how did it go?" 

Ryan: "They both seem to be very interesting young men, though one of them has quite the tongue." 

Charles: "I see." (So brother must see how useful they are.) 

Ryan: "By the way Charles has Rise awoken yet?" 

Charles: "Yes I saw him walking by the front deck." 

Ryan: "Damn that idiot! Where was he when we were being attacked by that overgrown squid?! Tell him I want to speak with him at my quarters now." 

Charles: (Sigh does brother see me as his messenger?) "Very well Ryan." 

Ryan: "One more thing is Luna alright?" 

Charles: "She's fine but you should come see her and give her comfort yourself." 

Ryan: "I'll do that later i'm in the middle of my studies. Just make sure she doesn't leave her room again." 

Charles: "Very well just don't work too hard Ryan." 

Charles left, meanwhile, for Lay and Nowell who were present in the ship's hall.