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She opened her eyes and looked around.

This field wasn't one she had seen before, this field wasn't in any region she had seen before.

Kylin had done it again, and it was a relief. Here she was away from her pursuers, away from him. She could grow stronger, get used to her new existence... And then go back to her home dimension, to be free.

Free...

Rei, Orlouge's former first Arch-Princess, just couldn't wait.

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So, here is Princess Rei, taken a little while after the start of Asellus' story in Saga Frontier, 12 years before the game's timeline.

She was a Mystic (this vampire-magical being species thing), and the Charm Lord's (that's the big hot and sexy lord of all mystics) first mistress. She didn't dig the guy's other... 60 mistresses so she managed to run away by committing suicide, and reincarnating as a human with the help of a magical dimensional being (Kylin).

So now, Rei is getting the hell away from Orlouge the Charm Lord. Also, she looks like she's 10 years old, and somehow, the game still considers her a Mystic even when she's supposed to be a human now. And she's stupidly overpowered. But she doesn't mess in people's affairs or anything.

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And being a boy, on top.

[Hmm...] Well, it's not that terrible. [Except that you would be OPRESSED back in the place where I'm running away from.]

Do you live here, Zero? Or are you an outsider?

...We all are outsiders. Some strange force is bringing us all to this world. It sounds strange, I know.

[Hmm...] I'm a little different.

I came here of my own will, thanks to a beloved friend.

[Stops for a moment... then continues walking.

Willingly? Why would someone...?]

Do you know what this place is?

Yes.

[But can she trust this person? Had Kylin sent her this way in order to meet him...?]

[Frowns, keeps silent...

This girl... is she connected to the gods? If so, that would mean...]

[Looks at him from the corner of her eye.]

This is the best hiding place I can possibly find.

...

Hiding?

I'm not going back when I finally got my freedom. [And now she's all serious business... And even when she's still ten, her expression and her voice don't look ten years old at all.]

[...no. She doesn't seem involved. Still... he can't be too careful. He knows the price of trust.]

I'm a bit scared of the place you come from, if you think this world is freedom.

[He's back to the neutral tone.]

You are right to feel that way.

[So let us never speak of this again.]

[Just nods in silent understanding.] I didn't mean to sound rude.

You didn't.

I know this place isn't a nice place either. For me it's just the lesser of two evils.

[...can't help but feel a little protective of the kid :/]

It still doesn't make it good... I'm not trying to change your mind, though.

That's good. I wouldn't want you to be disappointed so soon.

[She seems... Pretty comfortable around zombies.] So you want to leave this place?

Yes... there are still too many things to do in my own world.

[They don't need him... they need Zero back.]

Why?

There are people who depend on Zero... Those people I cannot let down.

[The world needs the mask...

Nunnally...]

I see.

[She... has some trouble grasping the idea of doing things for other people, but well xD] Are you a hero, then? [That would totally explain the silly costume, maybe this boy is a ~~weirdo~~person like the so called heros back in her plane...]

[Hero?

He never considered himself as a hero. It was his duty. It was his punishment. His life.]

No... I don't think I'm a hero. I just do what's necessary.

[...no matter what it is.]

Oh I see.

We have "heros" back in the place where I come from. They also dress in costumes and go around the regions, saving people and supposedly fighting for justice.
I never saw one myself, but I heard the stories from others.

I think I like your point of view more.

[That's... oh dear. Can't help but chuckle quietly, despite himself. He's got the silly costume and he fights for justice... but no, he definitively is not a "hero".]

Perhaps a hero is how others see that person? I think that would be neutral enough.