The False Hero, Volume 9 by Michael Plymel

Author:Michael Plymel [Plymel, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2024-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

But the true test is whose flag will fall to the waves first.

One by one, all the others finish. From my position next to Alisha, I was able to watch her build her boat the entire time.

It's certainly … something.

It's definitely not a castle. Of that, I can be sure.

The most surprising creation among them all is the sans castle sitting in Laya's square. Or rather than a castle it's actually…

She recreated our cabin, huh?

That's definitely something Laya would do.

However, the surprise at seeing what she made is nothing compared to the shock of what she does next.

With her hand atop the cabin's roof, magical energies flow from Laya. The sand visually hardens, becoming something closer to stone in strength.

Of course, magic is off-limits in a competition like this. It goes without saying that buffing up the castle is grounds for disqualification.

All eyes fall on Laya, curious to know why she decided to do something like that.

However, the girl in question simply turns and walks away, satisfied with her sand cabin.

I swing my gaze across the beach, taking in the sight of everyone's creation. All of them have their own little flag poking up from the roof, intent on being the last one taken by the sea.

But in the end, my eyes fall back on Laya's cabin.

Hmm. Buffing the cabin will definitely let it outlast all the others, but that's not why she did it.

In that case, what's her real reason…?

Even before I finished my castle, the waves were hitting it. It was only filling the moat by the time I stood up, but it's already beginning to eat away at the wall. Soon, it'll tear that down and hit the castle's foundation.

Unlike me, Laya didn't build a wall or moat. I thought it was strange that she'd leave the cabin so vulnerable, but now I see why she didn't worry about it.

But that still doesn't tell me the reason for disqualifying herself before the water even had a chance to tear it down.

She doesn't grace us with an explanation, preferring to watch on as the waves start to destroy everything we spent the past half hour making.

Soon, the first castle falls, its flag dragged out to sea by the wave that felled it. Fortunately, it wasn't mine.

Unfortunately, the next to go is.

Even Alisha beat me?

I look to the girl in question and see her cheering on her boat, as if it were fighting a battle.

Eventually, hers also succumbs to the rising tide, along with most of the others.

Soon, there's only two still standing. Laya's cabin is one of them, of course. The other is Lumina's castle.

Technically, that means…

"Congratulations, Lumina."

"Thank you." She gives me a bright smile. "I had a lot of fun, but I never expected to win."

With a crash, her castle topples, the flag disappearing beneath the water's surface. Although she won, it was inevitable that her creation would meet the same fate as the others eventually.

The only exception to that future is Laya's cabin, which still looks just as it did before the first waves hit.

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