Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

After a few days had passed, it was now close to the end of the month. Josh was starting to recover as he was constantly being supported by Keith and his other friends. He was somewhat able to get back on his feet.

"Hey Keith, thanks man... You've been trying to help ever since the start, I didn't really think about it until now." Josh was feeling grateful towards Keith as they finished training. Josh had never won against Keith during their trainings due to the experiences Keith had. There was a significant difference between them. "You were placed in such horrible experiences with Gayle. I know that without her, you'll be able to find things for yourself. Draxus himself has been able to get through what Gayle has done to him, which is why he's already developed so much since the day she had left him for you." Josh stayed silent for a moment, as Keith unconsciously compared him to Draxus. "Hey Keith, is Draxus really that great of a person?" "Yes, when I met Draxus the first time, he was really good at everything he does. After the Gayle incident, it was not me that managed to help him that time. But it was the Emperor." "The Emperor..." "I don't think you should look to challenge the Emperor... We tried to fight him, six against one with the strongest members of the Sentinels Order aside from Draxus, we didn't stand a chance. Anyways, Draxus' development was done by the Emperor, because of him, Draxus was able to get back to his feet and had become much greater than what I remembered him to be. But I'm most glad that he decided to give me a chance to help you recover from Gayle, specially with what she had done to you." "I... I see... Gayle would often start arguments from nothing, I tried a lot to appease her at times, but there's just nothing that I could do, cornering me each time... I realize now, that it was completely toxic." Josh was starting to understand the perspective of others.

In the meantime, Gayle had locked herself in her room, thinking about what to do as she seemed to have been presented with an opportunity to ask Draxus to join his mission against the Hero on Aquila. "What should I say to him...?" After some time, the door was opened, Pauleen came in to tell her a message. "Gayle...? Draxus is calling for you now in his office." "It's time huh...?" Gayle thought it was finally time her punishment will be given to her.

On Draxus' office in the Hall of Sentinels, the ones present in the room were Draxus, Audrey, Jevil, and Wesley. Pauleen arrived, guiding Gayle to the room.

"With Keith currently out handling Josh's rehabilitation, I was wondering on what to do with you. Since you look like, you have something to say, I'll wait until you're done before I hand over your punishment." Draxus was seated on his chair, with both of his elbows placed on the table. Gayle, given the chance to say something took a deep breath. "I want to join your mission against the country of Aquila."

The three vice chiefs narrowed their eyes, thinking that she had the audacity to demand something from Draxus. Draxus closed his eyes for a moment and thought about the scenarios. "I presume your reason is revenge against Aquila's hero. However, how do you think you're worthy to join this mission without getting in our way?" Draxus continued to give pressure to her, which made her think about what to say, then she remembered something that she had seen during her bounty hunting. "I have more information that I had gathered from the enemy's fortress in Mt. Valtav. It regards all methods [People of Earth] used to sustain their members." Draxus opened his eyes, glancing over at the vice chiefs and Pauleen, ordering them all silently to leave the room.

Just before they left the room, Draxus opened another room from inside his office, telling Gayle to enter. Jevil glanced over to Draxus thinking about what Draxus had planned. "Your information will determine your punishment Gayle, now enter." Gayle complied and now nobody was in Draxus' office. Pauleen was concerned about her friend, unsure as to what might happen to her. "Draxus is using the sealed InfoCon room huh...? Seems like he doesn't want the Council to find out." "Pauleen, I guarantee you Draxus will not kill Gayle here, you may take your leave." Audrey tried to erase Pauleen's concerns, but Pauleen decided to stay in silence, eventually Juniper arrived and all of them started to discuss things.

After a few hours, Gayle and Draxus came out of the room, Gayle was silent and had her hood up. "Pauleen, Juniper, you may escort Gayle to the guest room, help her prepare for a transfer. From now on, she will be acting directly under my orders as an [Unlisted Sentinel] outside the battlefield. Common chain of command applies on a battlefield in regards to listed and unlisted members." Before the three left, Gayle turned around and bowed to Draxus. Audrey and Jevil took notice that her face looks lighter than before she entered. "In summary, she does have the correct information about the enemy. I have also handed her the punishment." Jevil was curious, wanting to know what kind of punishment it was and asked Draxus. "It was something cruel of course, but Gayle is one of those kinds of people in regards to punishments so she'll get through it just fine." "I see..." Jevil wasn't given the full answer, but Audrey muttered what may have been the punishment is. "So she's going to be a slave now, we get to beat her up whenever we want?" "No. If you want to act like an undisciplined bozo that gets off beating people then I might want to reconsider your position Audrey, but she is somewhat of a servant now." "Why would you do that though?" "I think she's very useful in the long run."

Later on, the Sentinel vice chiefs gathered around on the meeting room.

"So what happened? Was the punishment handed out?" Keith was curious about the punishment as well, and decided to ask the others. "Draxus said he did give the punishment, but we don't really know what he did. We should just trust on him then." Audrey give Keith a vague explanation, but she did summarize it. "She's going to be a servant now, and she can only take orders from Draxus when we're not on the field. She's going to be another [Unlisted Sentinel], but her name is not thrown away because she's still from Earth." "I see..." Keith remembered some things, but knowing that Draxus had already changed to the point that even Gayle could not control him. "I can only guess it's because she's very useful in combat." Wesley made his guess while Jevil had a bit of a snicker on his expression. "Jevil? What do you think?" Jevil grinned a little before saying what he thought the punishment may be.

"Imagine if Draxus' punishment for her is to be a sex slave for him." Keith blinked multiple times, failing to process what Jevil had said. Audrey on the other hand was impressed, even letting out a nasty comment. "I mean, she does deserve it after what she had done to him. I'd just say deserved." Wesley, was completely shook. "What... The fuck...? There's no way he would right...?" He was both in awe and somewhat in denial with what Jevil said. "It's just what I think, so we can't really be sure." "Nah, if Draxus would actually do something like that I would be in shambles laughing here." Wesley interjected on Jevil's idea, laughing a bit. "Well, it is also possible, since he doesn't seem like he had done it in a while. I wouldn't really care but if Draxus decided that... Then, eh... I guess he could. Let's just not tell Josh about it." "Wrong, he actually has done it just recently." Audrey denied Keith's prediction, as though she was telling him new information. "When Olivia returned, she was absolutely overjoyed, looking at her behavior, I actually came close to her to check, but she does have the scent of a guy with her. Which meant Draxus had officially done her in." "I see... Wait, isn't princess Olivia like 17? And Drax is 22?" Keith facepalmed as he remembered their ages. "At the very least Olivia won't abandon him like Gayle did." "You're right."

The vice chiefs ended their meeting, not knowing what Gayle's punishment was.