Part 3
3rd Person POV
"What's with you?" Mordred asked.
Facing a green-haired young woman that appeared out of nowhere, Mordred looked confused.
"Fufu, I found her first."
Reason being that the bloodlust coming from the figure in front of her was beyond normal for someone she had not seen before.
"You are not going to speak? Then I guess I will just chop your head." Mordred spoke.
Leaping towards the green-haired young woman, Mordred swung her sword towards the other party's neck. However, she had to hastily put a stop to her actions when the young woman lowered the fan that was covering her mouth, and fire breath was shot from there.
Her armor had a certain level of resistance to fire and other elemental attacks, but she still decided to step back. Her actions were dictated by instincts rather than logic and they were on spot. After the fire, a large tail swept into her earlier position.
"Now that is something you do not see every day." Mordred whistled.
Looking at her attacker, the lower body of the young woman had changed shape until only a large serpentine tail was left while the upper part still remained the same as before.
"We have met a couple of times since I arrived here, but I never introduced myself."
The young woman seemed to be in the mood to chat.
"I am Kiyohime, my master's beloved and cute snake, Kiyohime." Kiyohime smiled.
"Huh? I don't recall meeting you." Mordred tried to recall anyone with her description but she failed to do so.
Shrugging her shoulders, Mordred smiled.
"You should've stayed in your previous form, now it will be easier for me to chop you up." Mordred laughed.
A darkish hue seemed to be imbued in her aura as she summoned it around her body. Pushing herself forward, Mordred repeated her actions, but this time, she did not back off during the breath attack, but instead jumped over Kiyohime as she spun in the air to gain momentum. This caused her to spin at a considerable speed as she fell toward Kiyohime's tail. However, just before her attack connected-
"Huh?" Mordred let out a stupid sound as her blade struck the ground.
Kiyohime's tail disappeared in an instant as she changed back into a human form.
A considerable hole was made in the ground but Kiyohime seemed unimpressed as Mordred left hole.
"You can change forms pretty fast." Mordred muttered.
After saying that, her blade began to get covered in red lighting.
"That's neat!" Mordred laughed as she attacked.
In human form, Kiyohime evaded Mordred's simple-minded swings of her sword with small movements and showed rather remarkable flexibility when Mordred swung her blade horizontally at close distance and Kiyohime just bent her body backward all the way back from her knees. Her actions surprised Mordred two times since Kiyohime easily stood again without relying on her hand, but rather the muscles in her legs.
"Aren't you something!?" Mordred stepped back a little to avoid being incinerated alive by Kiyohime's fire breath.
Keeping her eyes on Mordred all the time, Kiyohime abstained from answering no matter what the knight said. She seemed to be taking seriously Nora's wish of not killing Mordred so she severely limited her movements.
Nonetheless, even if she limited her movements, her natural abilities were relentlessly trained by Nora who made sure that Kiyohime reached a basic level of physical fitness was nothing to scoff at. However, Kiyohime could give Nora all the credit since Mordred looked off. Her eyes easily caught the change in her aura and the subtle change in some of her actions. Actions that required complex thoughts became sluggish midway.
"...natural reaction is scary." Kiyohime whispered in a low tone.
Mordred was mostly relying on her instincts to evade Kiyohime's attacks as well as going on the offensive. Rather than giving the order to her body, she seemed to be letting everything go with the flow, allowing her body to counterattack. That seemed to be how she was coping so far, nonetheless, Kiyohime noticed that as the fight dragged on, she saw more of the darkish aura and red lighting being used.
"...no, I guess there is something else." Kiyohime held an opened hand fan and swung it.
Fire shot from it and it hit Mordred, but she seemed unaffected. Already expecting such a thing, Kiyohime stepped back and easily got unscathed from Mordred's strike. For Kiyohime who was always with Nora, she had seen him facing scarier people. His teacher being absurd in every sense of the word, but some of his other training partners such as Amagi, Kasen, and even Sirzechs were beyond his level in basic stats alone, and the people belonging to the organization he had joined not long ago. Each of those individuals had skills far superior to Mordred. Nonetheless, rather than looking down at the knight in front of her, Kiyohime was reminded once more how abnormal were the people Nora usually dealt with.
Taking a note from Nora's book, Kiyohime kept her eyes glued to Mordred's figure. Wild slashes that carried tremendous might as well as a rhythm that did not allow anyone half-asses to counter. While her initial assessment was that the fairies were people whose power levels did not match their skills, their accomplishment in the magical department was high enough to cover for their weak points.
"That said... people back then were capable of cornering me just with skills alone, I guess even though they try to cover their weakness, it is not enough." Kiyohime muttered.
Tilting her head, she wondered if she could try to disarm Mordred. Jumping towards Mordred who swung down her blade at her, Kiyohime's form changed into that of a small snake. Barely avoiding being damaged, she landed on Mordred's right wrist and started to change shape slightly. Instead of a simple increase in size, her length grew as she circled around Mordred's arm. While she grew, her body tightened around Mordred as she circled the arm, the chest, and the other arm. Kiyohime was surprised at the degree of strength that the knight had at her disposition. Despite Mordred having her movements restricted and Kiyohime tightening her grip to an extreme degree, Mordred still continued to put more strength in her arms.
"DO THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO STOP ME!?" Mordred yelled.
A bright red light covered Mordred as lighting cracked around her. In response, Kiyohime could only release the other party unwillingly. A few meters away, Kiyohime took a human shape again as she narrowed her eyes and hid her expression behind the hand fan she had opened.
"That does not seem like it will be decreasing anytime now." Kiyohime commented.
Staying in place, Mordred seemed to lose focus on the battle as the aura around her kept increasing by the second.
"This is why muscle brains are such troublesome people. They only think of how to charge forward." Kiyohime sighed. "Rin would've been a better choice here... but she left before I could stop her."
Recalling the unique ability of the small spider, Kiyohime grumbled. Nonetheless, she had followed after Mordred to teach her a lesson so she could not abandon her task. Still, the armor prevented any regular damage, and using a larger form could cause her to suffer heavy damage from the sword Mordred carried. Using her last resort was an option that would go against Nora's wish so she would only use it as a last resort.
"Die!" Mordred yelled.
With the aura proper of a berserker, Mordred did not have to gather aura to shoot a sword slash full of red lighting covering her body. The speed was beyond any of her previous attacks, but Kiyohime did not bother to do any grand movements to evade.
"You are there, right? Then join the fight instead of watching from your position like you are enjoying the show." Kiyohime grumbled.
The sword slash swallowed Kiyohime... or not. A large sphere of sheer darkness and malice suddenly showed up from the woods and swallowed Kiyohime before pulling both away.
The sphere of darkness fled the scene and left Mordred alone who kept throwing aura-filled slashes randomly.
After she could no longer see Mordred, Kiyohime was thrown away from the sphere of darkness and could only land in an unladylike manner with her face first as she ended up with her behind raised up.
Angrily standing up, Kiyohime pointed at the mass of darkness.
"Did you have to do it like that!?" Kiyohime reproached.
"Tsk, you are right. I could've acted like it was an accident and let that woman beat you up. Then, I would console him when he weeps at your inevitable doom." The mass of darkness and malice, Miyako, said.
Holding back the urge to teach her 'ally' a lesson, Kiyohime stood up and undusted herself.
"Why did you take us this far?" Kiyohime asked.
"Unlike me and MY beloved master, Youkais are weak against the kind of energy surrounding that child." Miyako explained.
Raising an eyebrow to that, Kiyohime did not recall anything unusual.
"It is truly a shame, didn't MY master start teaching of us all about different topics? This one was covered in lesson 77, on his self-written book for beginners about sacred and cursed swords." Miyako sighed in disappointment.
Nonetheless, given that she remained as a mass of darkness and malice, her expression was not shown.
"You are talking about the sword Mordred carries?" Kiyohime inquired.
"Within it, all the hatred and negative emotions from the original Mordred are contained. If you add that to the fact that she will not be able to keep it under control as well as the strange spell surrounding this land... I would say there is a chance for you to begin rampaging as you did back then." Miyako replied.
Briefly recalling the time she met Nora, Kiyohime shuddered thinking what would've been her fate if Nora had not extended a hand to her.
"Then, what do you suggest we do?" Kiyohime asked.
"I say we use one of the tactics of MY beloved master's book and have her go nuts." Miyako chuckled.
Without looking at her face, Kiyohime could imagine how crafty and twisted Miyako would be smiling. However, she could hardly blame her ally since she immediately did the same as she understood what to do.
"Then we lead her around to kill the cultists..." Kiyohime giggled.
Sharing a common goal the two young women looked (?) at each other meaningfully. A peaceful cooperation was underway-
"By the way, don't you dare to think I forgot what you said... he is NOT YOUR master, but OUR master." Kiyohime added in a strong tone.
Or perhaps not so peaceful.
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3rd Person POV
"If you think this is enough to deal with me, you have just underestimated me." Morgan muttered.
With a swing of her arm, magic circles of all sizes appeared behind her and shot down her flying enemies.
After leaving the castle to meet the attackers of the city, Morgan spread her troops to go and save as many fairies as possible. The attackers that came by land were fighting the guards and as soon as they got busy dealing with them, a new threat arrived. Riding something akin to wyverns, this new group dived and grabbed any stray fairy. Morgan had no other choice but to join the fray.
So far, Morgan had struck down dozen of wyverns but that did nothing to decrease the number of the creatures flying around.
The scared screams of her people and the angry yells of her guards mixed together with the cries of the creatures to create a maddening scenario, but Morgan refused to let them do as they pleased. This was her land, and she would not allow anyone to trample on it.
It was just after she had cast magic to strike down a batch of wyverns as well as a spell to prevent it from crushing any of her people when they fell. The next batch of wyverns was larger than before, over ten times larger, it was not a scale that could be handled by her alone given the scale of the city. She had been intercepting them before they actually arrived at the city, but they entered the city, Morgan would be unable to deal with them without a casualty occurring.
Her only choice would be to use one of her trump cards, but doing so would leave her open for attacks momentarily. None of her knights were with her and Nora had just sent her a message telling her to guard her position and do not move. The young woman was not sure how he was able to bypass the protection that her castle had to prevent that kind of magic transmission, but she could not simply let her people suffer.
Before the wyverns could enter the aerial zone of the city, something happened. Without casting any magic, the sky was covered with magic circles. Morgan furrowed her eyebrows because those had a totally different origin. These magic circles had a varying degree of power but they all served their purpose and that was to annihilate the wyverns. The problem came with the dropping bodies and Morgan prepared to intercept those as well but whoever had taken them down followed up and applied magic to reduce their falling speed, lower their weight and float magic. Morgan found nothing to nitpick but did not lower her guard. Squinting her eyes, she caught the figure of her until now unseen allies. Riding winged white horses, about a hundred figures descended towards her.
Carrying shields, spears, and swords, the figures looked every bit more intimidating than any armed force. However, the fact that they were all women of great beauty.
It was just a hunch, something that she could not quite put her finger on, but Morgan understood what this was about.
The leading figure had a rather risky uniform of a Valkyrie and Morgan was surprised that they did not feel ashamed of wearing that in public. Her knowledge of Valkyries was rather obsolete given the date of the books she read. Nonetheless, she could recognize their ride, an Aragorn.
Her guards were alarmed and hastily took take off the enemies nearby to protect their queen, however, Morgan waved them to stand down. Albeit unwilling, they obeyed.
Noticing that their presence made the guards wary, only one... or not, two of the figures went down followed by two others. The first one saw this but only sighed. Landing near Morgan, the Valkyrie removed her helmet and her long and flowing white hair was free.
"Greeting, we were looking for a young man-"
"Nora Shiki, I assume you arrived here because you are looking for that man." Morgan cut her off with some irritation in her tone.
"...so you have met Nora-kun, I mean, I assume you have met the young man in person. My name is Rossweisse, I am unable to properly give my affiliation and rank given the nature of our entry, but I will say this. We are not enemies." Rossweisse spoke.
"Where is Nora!?"
"Nur, calm down..."
"He is Nora, he must be perfectly fine wherever he is..."
Sighing at the sight of her comrades following after her, Rossweisse facepalmed.
"Nur, Hilda, Eira, I told you to wait for me to speak with this lady." Rossweisse gently chastised the trio.
Seeing how Rossweisse did not seem angry, the trio sighed in relief. Initially, it was Rossweisse who hurried all alone at full speed without getting permission and everyone else just tagged along believing that an emergency had happened. Given the urgency Rossweisse displayed, few possibilities came to mind. However, once they heard her mutter Nora's name, almost all the Valkyries wanted to follow after her. It was then that Rossweisse understood what kind of mess she caused and arranged a party to come with her.
That gave her time to cool down her head, but this did not apply to everyone.
"Excuse them, like me, they are worried about Nora-kun, I mean, him. Would you happen to know who is in charge, we would like to get clearance to move without causing any misunderstanding with the local forces and avoid engaging in meaningless fights." Rossweisse muttered.
With an amused expression, Morgan raised her chin as haughtily as possible and spoke.
"You speak with Morgan Le Fay, the queen of these lands." Morgan said.
Inwardly nodding, Morgan admitted that seeing how the young woman froze and began sweating was rather interesting.
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3rd Person POV
"How is it!?" Nora smiled.
Planting one foot forward, he followed with his arm delivering a mind-blowing punch. Baobhan Sith's head felt like it would snap but the damage was recovered instantly. By mimicking Nora's movements, she stepped on his foot to prevent him from escaping and covered her hands with the power she absorbed from him as well as her magic power. Continuously hitting his chest, Baobhan Sith was certain she heard bones being crushed and organs rupturing. Nonetheless, Nora calmly responded by raising his right elbow as high as he could and brought down her head. The pain almost made her blackout, but she held it in her consciousness by sheer willpower.
"Haha, that face tells me you are enjoying this!" Nora's smile was ferocious.
"Who would enjoy getting hit so much!?" Baobhan Sith replied.
Her body had sustained more damage in this one fight than in her entire career as a knight. Each of Nora's punches would at least break a bone or snap the joints of her arms and legs. The youth in front of her was extremely ruthless and efficient in his movements. Dislocating one of her arms would give him more breathing room.
"Sadly, I know way too many perverts who enjoy getting beaten!" Nora grabbed Baobhan Sith's from her chest and pulled her-
A dry sound was all she recalled as Baobhan Sith felt everything turn white for a second. She persisted and her reward was a terrible pain in the forehead and blood dripping from it.
"You either adapt and enjoy pain, or just avoid it all together." Nora put both hands on Baobhan Sith's cheeks and pulled her again.
Receiving two continuous headbutts in the head was enough to make regular people to drop on the ground, but Baobhan Sith was tenacious.
"Too bad, my dear Shishou is the time to make sure that pain will always be pain, you can never enjoy it and you can never avoid it." Nora mumbled.
For some reason, Baobhan Sith felt some pity after hearing his helpless tone and shuddered to think of who could make the youth like that.
Grabbing Nora's wrists, Baobhan Sith sank her nails and grew them inside his skin, her hands were bathed with his blood and only when she cut the nerves was that Nora let her go.
Rather infuriated with his actions so far, she pulled him towards her. Baobhan Sith wanted nothing more than to bite him to death when he blushed shyly and pushed his lips like they were going to kiss. Her fangs were immediately sucking his blood as she tried to recover the expended energy.
"This is getting annoying." Nora muttered.
Baobhan Sith widened her eyes in surprise for a second. Not simply because Nora pulled her closer as their bodies glued to one another, but rather to the fact that she felt a bite mark on her neck. Nora had bitten her, his teeth were deep in her neck and a crazy amount of her blood was spilled. Nonetheless, it was far from mortal. Absorbing blood of such high quality was enough to let her body replenish her own blood. She continued to drink even faster and tightened his grip as his arms pushed their bodies closer... as well as letting his teeth sink deeper.
Baobhan Sith had to admit that until now Nora had left her completely baffled. His put of norm actions and ruthless choice-making could make anyone's blood run cold. However, even now, she could not feel it. No matter how much she despised him or hurt him. No matter if ripped off his hands, tore down his leg, or twisted his leg. No amount of damage seemed to trigger 'that' reaction.
"What is wrong with you!?" Baobhan Sith could not help but ask.
It was too abnormal, too strange.
"I just thought of an eye for an eye. No hard feelings." Nora jokingly said.
Despite being a joke, his appearance would make anyone's scalp turn cold with his bloodied mouth of his.
Noticing how he did not seem to let her go, Baobhan Sith tried to kick his crotch but he made her lose her balance by falling backward. Nora finally released his hold and she sat on top of him in a rather compromising position like she was the one who pushed him down.
"What's your problem?" Baobhan Sith felt unusually exhausted.
Her body was still beaming with energy but she was mentally tired. It was not every day she would usually have to receive so many injuries and recover from them.
"Well, I am against global warming." Nora said.
"Who gives a fuck about that!?" Baobhan Sith retorted.
"You should, one detail that people fail to notice is how the rising level of water doesn't only affects coast cities..." Nora tried to explain in a serious tone.
"Shut up!" Baobhan Sith raised her tone.
"So, are you going to throw a tantrum now?" Nora sighed.
"I don't even know how to begin with you." Baobhan Sith scowled. "You have to be insane."
"We all are, to what degree is always the question." Nora shrugged his shoulders.
"Quiet, you." Baobhan Sith ordered.
"Are you one of those freaks who goes on about saving everyone, an ally of justice?" Baobhan Sith looked down on the youth coldly.
"Haha, surely you jest my lady. I am a total thug." Nora chuckled. "A scumbag with no redeeming quality other than being handsome, rich, and very smart."
"Erasing you from existence is going to be a blessing for all the women in the world." Baobhan Sith narrowed her eyes.
Feeling like he should not fool around too much or part of him will receive damage he might not recover again.
"I am not after something grand. A friend just told me a little something and I used my means to dig for more info about it." Nora said. "I am not a hero, but you can perhaps take upon that role, Miss 'Ally of justice'."
"Don't call me that." Baobhan Sith placed one of her hands on the youth's neck.
"Or what? You have already damaged this body in so many ways." Nora chuckled. "If you think your threats will be scaring me, you really need to learn how to inflict terror. Well, in my opinion, you could just drop your whole act."
"An act? Is that how you see my actions?" Baobhan Sith inquired.
"Sorry to burst your bubble sweetheart, but I read your diary already. I believe some details have been omitted but from the information I had been gathering, I have a rough idea of how everything went." Nora replied.
Griping Nora's neck, Baobhan Sith lowered her head somewhat.
"You know nothing." Baobhan Sith gritted her teeth.
"Perhaps, or perhaps not. I know a bit." Nora ignored the and on his neck. "I am well aware that this queendom is not as wonderful as Morgan and Habetrot have made it to be. Morgan did a pretty good job in trying that everything looked peaceful and bright, but... yeah, I will just say I know enough to pick up the darkness underneath."
Extremely annoyed that Nora mentioned her name so lightheartedly, Baobhan Sith thought of snapping Nora's neck, but even though she had tried before, there were things she could not accomplish.
"I am not saying that she has not tried hard. That much, I have to acknowledge, however, Queenie is not as ruthless as her mother was." Nora muttered. "Isn't that right? Ally of justice."
"...she was indeed ruthless. Compared to her, mother is a Saintess." Baobhan Sith said.
"She is pretty attractive so she could pass as a goddess. If we play the cards right, we can even build her a temple and have people worship her. Just show them a picture of her mind-blowing outfit and she could start a religion." Nora chuckled.
"...even though I loath it, I have to agree with you." Baobhan Sith spoke.
"...for you, Morgan is innocent, isn't she?" Nora asked.
Albeit reluctant, Baobhan Sith nodded.
"And you think that by playing the bad guy, you can kill the remaining bad apples of the incident her mother took part in?" Nora raised a question.
"...not only them. So many useless and ungrateful fools take advantage of Mother's kindness. They cannot help but fall into depravity. Dirtying their hands and corrupting others..." Baobhan Sith gritted her teeth.
"...so it was for people like those huh." Nora sighed.
"Don't you dare to look down on everything I have done!!!" Baobhan Sith used both hands to choke the youth.
"...I am not trying to do that. I just have an idea of what kind of people you are talking about since I got engaged with some of them." Nora said.
Snorting at that, Baobhan Sith was not willing to believe what Nora said.
"That said, your methods are too extreme." Nora shook his head.
"Now are you going to try to convince me to change my ways? Aren't you naive?" Baobhan Sith scowled.
"Nah, I am good. Feel free to do as much evil as you want. Someone, as twisted as me has no right to tell you to straighten up." Nora smiled. "That said, I was going to say that your methods are also stupid and dangerous."
"...you are annoying." Baobhan Sith muttered.
"It is one of my best parts, be sure to enjoy it." Nora said. "That aside... I was talking about how you plan to become the greater evil and have Morgan take you down."
Doing her best to strangle Nora, Baobhan Sith was certain that she had cut his air intake but did not know how he could still continue talking for so long.
"Yes, you would take the chance to kill as many of your targets as you could. In the end, you would be slain by Morgan and her people would see her in a new light. Not only as the benevolent queen but as the person who could protect them. The finer details are missing but that is the rough idea, isn't it?"
"...and? What does it matter if you know? You are unable to stop my plans." Baobhan Sith snorted. "Even now, you have no idea how I will archive that and are tied with me."
"Dear, I am pinned on the ground against my will, not tied, and while I am enjoying the feeling of your thighs on me, I must say I would rather this happened in a bedroom. I mean, it is not like I am a stranger to outdoor activities such as these, but this is hardly the TPO, wouldn't you agree?" Nora calmly spoke.
Feeling her irritation going up with each word, Baobhan Sith wondered if the guy under her actually wanted to defeat her by causing her to go mad.
"I will be blunt. You have made a huge mistake." Nora said.
"Because I did not use the good guy method and talked it over to solve it?" Baobhan Sith smirked. "You think those guys have any hope of getting better?"
"Nah, they are messed up." Nora shook his head. "However, there were tons of ways you could've taken them down. Methods that did not involve joining hands with the cultists."
"Our interests aligned, it is not like I had my full faith in them, yet, so far they have done things as I expected." Baobhan Sith said.
"They like to screw you over at the end. You think they will just obediently let the fairies alone after causing a certain level of damage? Compared to other creatures, the fairies are currently easy prey to hunt." Nora looked uncomfortable. "In particular, the Queenie is a very tempting prey to just let it go due to some silly agreement."
With veins popping from her hands, Baobhan Sith gripped Nora's neck tighter. Her weight was added and that made Nora's head and neck sink a little in the ground.
"Was that... a sensitive point? I am... pretty good about... finding those in a woman." Nora chuckled.
"Do you think I do not know that? They appeared one day all of a sudden and offered such a good deal. One had to be stupid to mindlessly believe them. They offered help in reviving a certain being, that was a task I could never accomplish alone. However, I know that they want to revive it to take its powers. A deity of such a caliber might not be the strongest, yet it is still a god. I have no doubts that it is tempting to imagine all that power under your control." Baobhan Sith said. "To control a god and do their bindings... I have read many stories regarding that scenario. Yet, humans are foolish, their hopes are ultimately destroyed when the very same power they covet annihilates them."
"Heh... Who is the foolish one here? You... *Cough* have left... that bastard, alone..." Nora coughed. "He will corrupt... that thing... He will make it... go out of control..."
"Lies! That is one of the gentlest gods. It was out of the trickery of that witch and her people back then that it was stripped of its body!" Baobhan Sith angrily sank her nails into the youth's neck. Being used as materials to create the perfect utopia for fairies after our previous land was ravaged and destroyed by the red and white ones!"
"Heavenly dragons..." Nora mumbled.
"Yes! It is because of them that my family, long-time protectors and worshippers of Cernunnos, allowed Morgan of the past to get involved with it." Baobhan Sith spoke in a saddened tone. "Cernunnos happily agreed to lend a hand when it learned that it was for the greater good, but what did they do? They stripped it of its body in the most gruesome way as they used it as a catalyst to create this land."
Bitterly looking at Baobhan Sith, Nora's eyes were filled with pity. This action, completely unconscious, only caused Baobhan Sith to twist her face in anger.
"YOU ARE AN OUTSIDER! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE ME!!! YOU PITY ME!? DO YOU PITY CERNUNNOS!?" Baobhan Sith began shaking the youth and slamming him on the ground. "IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!"
"I know... *Cough* if someone... Out of nowhere came... and began pity for me... I would be royally pissed... as well..." Nora's tone began decreasing. "Hehe... although if the person who spoke is me... I guess I could make you angry... no matter what I say... Heh... they say... I have a way... with words..."
Finding it incomprehensible how the youth could still spout bullshit as his body weakened due to the lack of oxygen, Baobhan Sith still did not release his neck. This man was, after all, like the fairies from those times, trying to gain favor with her queen, with the woman who without a second thought adopted her and put her under her wing when she learned that she had no backing compared to other knights. Instead of the target of her revenge, Morgan was in a way the reason why she not outrightly wanted to pass her judgement onto all the fairies.
"Isn't that why you are in this position in the first place?" Baobhan Sith snorted.
"Haha... I guess that is... true..." Nora coughed. "Although I also blame... my luck... with women... only troublesome ones... get involved with me... lately..."
"It irks me that I cannot rebuke that given how I am trying to kill you..." Baobhan Sith gritted her teeth.
Finding this ending somewhat unsatisfying, Baobhan Sith had in mind a more violent and close call considering Nora's abilities.
"You and... I are not... so different..." Nora mumbled. "Well... I guess I am not... a justice... ally like you... or rather... I am the total... opposite. *Cough* However, I can... understand... the feeling..."
Gritting her teeth as Nora spoke, Baobhan Sith used one of her hands to slap Nora.
"Can't you die in peace? Quiet? Just keep your mouth shut." Baobhan Sith said.
"I would... not be Nora... if I shut my mouth..." Nora smiled. "I wanted to... destroy everything... once..."
"Trying to earn my pity at this point is just plain stupid..." Baobhan Sith narrowed her eyes.
"There are two girls... who mean the world... to me." Nora coughed. "Back then... they were my light..."
For some reason, Baobhan Sith found herself seriously listening. Perhaps because these were going to be the youth's last words or maybe because there was something in his tone when he talked about his light that resonated with her.
"...I thought I had lost one of them." Nora's expression twisted for the first time.
It was then that Baobhan Sith understood. Up until now, Nora had changed expressions but he had been light-heartedly doing it. Even when he reacted to pain, she felt there was something off, but now she understood why. Nora, up until now, had not truly shown his emotions.
Gulping loudly, Baobhan Sith sweated coldly. One of her hands was holding his neck, but she wanted to release the youth and take plenty of steps back, yet, the muscles of her arm were tightened to the limit and her legs did not respond.
"My foolish actions and that bitch were the ones I had to blame for that." Nora said.
Each word gave Baobhan Sith goosebumps. Simply by letting out his emotions, Nora's aura affected the surroundings. The weed on the ground was changing. It was growing but taking a gruesome form as dark spots appeared around it.
"I felt like my heart was ripped out of my body, but funnily enough... Having your heart pulled out does not hurts as much." Nora chuckled. "Everything turned bleak and I just felt like nothing made sense..."
Slowly, Baobhan Sith used her free to try and release the other one, however, Nora caught her movements and grabbed her. Until now, he had not moved a muscle and let her do as she pleased.
"I let my rage take over and used something I should never have used. All to obtain power... because back then, I did not have the means to kill that bitch." Nora smirked. "I sacrificed my sanity, but for me, it was a fair trade. Never been a smart cookie so I did not see the problem. However... in my rage, I almost killed my friends. I forgot there was someone else I had to take care of."
Without a way to escape, Baobhan Sith could only listen.
"...it was Shirone herself. Amidst the maddening rage and grief, I heard her voice. It was a miracle that she survived that day... yet I planned to throw everything away." Nora said. "Are you ready for that? The risk that comes with it."
"Are you saying I should just give up? Do you think I can? Because I will commit the same mistake as you? No, because I could do it?" Baobhan Sith talked back.
"...you could end up killing Morgan because of your plans going wrong." Nora plainly muttered. "I am not joking here. Those people are dangerous."
"Shut up, who are you? My dad? I don't have to hear what you tell me." Baobhan Sith pulled her hand away.
As Nora's aura returned to normal, Baobhan Sith found the strength to fight back.
"I can always marry Morgan since she is your mother... You would have to call me, dad~" Nora laughed.
"Die, really die. Like one hundred times." Baobhan Sith scowled.
"Don't change the subject." Nora clicked his tongue.
"I will not change my ways." Baobhan Sith shook her head.
"You can always use other ways to do this." Nora said.
"...it is too late." Baobhan Sith replied.
Closing his eyes briefly, Nora opened his mouth.
"...if I were to take care of everything. Would you consider turning yourself in?" Nora asked.
"Ah? Are you saying you will deal with everything? For what reason?" Baobhan Sith smirked.
"...If I say I am doing it because of love- ok, it was a joke." Nora shook his head.
Lowering a metal spike she pulled out, Baobhan Sith snorted and decided not to stab him.
"I only want one thing. That is to fulfill my job and have the queen meet with someone regarding the possibility of joining a peace alliance." Nora muttered. "Although someone did tell me to save you."
"Heh, only Mother would care about me so you must be lying since you have not talked to her." Baobhan Sith said.
"Habetrot told me that you should be saved." Nora replied.
With an expression filled with annoyance, Baobhan Sith pointed to Nora's face.
"Don't mention her. I hate her for always hogging Mother's time. She is always acting all nice, but she must be just like the others..." Baobhan Sith muttered.
"I won't bother trying to change your mind regarding that. However, what about Morgan? Are you fine with causing her pain? Knowing that the child she had considered a daughter not only betrayed her but even destroyed what she vowed to protect? Do you think she would ever be happy, you dumbass?" Nora said.
"AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? TO LET THOSE PEOPLE RUN RAMPANT? THEY ARE VENOMOUS, LITTLE BY LITTLE THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS AND WILL MAKE THEM MISERABLE." Baobhan Sith spoke.
"You mean those guys that wanted to mount a rebellion?" Nora asked.
"Huh, you think it is as simple as that?" Baobhan Sith snorted. "Those idiots that think they should be worshipped because they carry the hope of our race, thinking that they can do what they please to women. There is an ongoing investigation regarding the possible involvement of them in the exaggerated death of the other men back then. All so they could create a paradise to live in..."
"...Is that all there is?" Nora inquired. "I don't think you would try all this because of that."
"Of course, there is more. What about the women who have brainwashed men to a point that it could not be discerned just so they would become their always-ready semen dispenser? Heh, it is funny. The small number of innocent men get involved with the troublesome women... while the troublesome men... well, you get my idea." Baobhan Sith smirked. "They are not just a couple of people, they number the dozens, hundreds... they all appear nice and clean, but they are rotten on the inside. You saying... YOU will dirty your hands for my, no, for the fairies' sake? You just want to establish relationships with your mother. It is easy to do, just do nothing, and when this is over, you can rip off benefits by providing shelter, food, and other necessities. Just ask your boss, she will surely agree with me here. Your foolish actions are your self-justified rightfulness."
"She will beat me up if I used an underhanded method like that." Nora smiled wryly. "Magical Girls are the allies of justice and advocators of love. Her actions would be to help those in need and do her best so everyone had a smile on their face at the end of the day."
Scowling, Baobhan Sith looked at Nora with a disgusted face.
"I am not lying. She is... a unique individual." Nora chuckled. "I am curious though, how did you know my boss was a woman? Why couldn't it be a man?"
"You are kidding right?" Baobhan Sith narrowed her eyes.
"...she is a woman with high levels of charm. She has curves in the right places, she is cheerful as well as kind." Nora admitted.
Snorting at that, Baobhan Sith crossed her arms as she gave Nora a condescending look.
"Now, if you would be so kind as to stand up? I am enjoying your beautiful legs and hips on top of me, but I cannot get to work unless I leave this position." Nora said.
"Our fight is far from over." Baobhan Sith rebuked.
"Please, we have smacked each other enough. You have seen me naked, I have seen you naked..." Nora mumbled.
"What?" Baobhan Sith narrowed her eyes.
"I mean, I was meaning that we have seen what the other one has to say." Nora looked away.
"You will do it?" Baobhan Sith asked.
"Sure, let's give it a shot." Nora nodded.
"Are you sure you should speak nonchalantly like that? I am not after something like reconciliation, they are beyond redemption." Baobhan Sith added. "How can I leave it to you? What if you chicken out? You could, by all means, just agree to me here and then forget your promise."
"We can always use a Geass, once that is set, the other party has to complete the task or they will suffer dire consequences." Nora spoke.
Doubtfully looking at Nora, Baobhan Sith seemed to find it hard to believe.
"It is a Celtic magic, although I am using it pretty much as a contract one, this had many vicious uses." Nora chuckled. "It was not until warriors began using it as oaths after doing ample modifications that this magic became more known. To the point that it was used as a way for warriors to receive rewards after heroic or courageous acts."
"Then, are you going to ask for some sort of reward? You seemed to like my legs a lot, I bet you cannot wait to get your hands all over them." Baobhan Sith took the hem of her dress and raised just a tiny bit.
"I want you to apologize to everyone, particularly Habetrot for doubting her." Nora did not bother peeking but instead gazed straight at the young woman's eyes with all seriousness.
"...are you serious?" Baobhan Sith questioned.
"I want you to honestly speak your mind to her." Nora said.
"...can't I just go straight to jail?" Baobhan Sith asked.
"That will be up to the Queenie and your fellow knights' decision." Nora replied.
"Is that really it? As much as I loath the idea, I was even going to accept any crazy request. The book I read before said men are beasts so I expected, I don't know, something more adult related. Are you even a man?" Baobhan Sith started to pat the youth until she found what she was looking for. "..you got the tool, maybe you like dudes?"
This caused Nora to grab her waist to lift her and fingers dishonestly acted, but he did not try anything funny and just looked down on her after he stood up close. The way he narrowed his eyes made Baobhan Sith feel a different kind of danger.
"You think that is not enough, well, since you mentioned it... after everything is done. How about you call me... Daddy?" Nora lowered his head and whispered in her ears.
"You!" Baobhan Sith felt tricked and attacked him or at least tried.
Catching her with ease, Nora just stuck out his tongue in mockery.
"You will need to do better than that." Nora said.
Even though it seemed like everything was just a light and gentle action, Baobhan Sith's feet were causing the ground to get destroyed. She tried to push Nora, but her actions were unable to move him.
"Why did we have to fight in the first place? You... could've killed me or trapped me since the beginning." Baobhan Sith muttered.
"Perhaps, I could, but I had a very good reason, you know what that was?" Nora spoke. "Heh, to ascertain a person's character, you need to fight them without holding back. I was going to make extra sure you were a nice girl. Glad I was right. Besides, you would not have opened to me honestly if it had been you from an hour ago, would you?"
Clicking her tongue, Baobhan Sith got irritated when she heard him talk so sure of himself.
The youth seemed to have other things to say, but he suddenly got serious. Pulling out a huge broadsword that would not be out of place killing dinosaurs, he held it in place. A bandage hidden in his body left his right sleeve as it tied his hand to the broadsword.
Baffled, Baobhan Sith felt extreme disappointment when she thought he was going to betray her and kill her when her guard was down, but instead of attacking her, she pulled her close and used his left arm to cover her as he half hugged her. On his left hand, a ring shone a shield appeared just between the broadsword and Baobhan Sith. Just when she wondered what in the world was happening, she felt a terrifying bloodlust getting close at an insane speed, but before she could say anything a flash that briefly blinded her appeared and she felt how Nora and she were thrown various meters back. The blunt impact of two weapons crashing made her ears ring and Nora's arm around her never left her, however, the shield was shattered, having properly done its job it seemed.
The first voice she heard was not Nora's, but a slightly sarcastic female voice she had heard for the first time a while ago.
"So you beat her up to submission already? How about you lend me a hand here, you heartless bastard- I mean, Milord." Artoria said.
Looking at the young woman who had sustained a few injuries, Nora raised a finger and an orb filled with ki was formed, he made a finger gun with his hand and shot it like a bullet. The shot healed the blonde-haired young woman in a jiffy she nodded satisfied.
"I expected you to have finished up by now..." Nora commented as he looked around briefly.
Still facing the direction of the previous attack, Nora released the still slightly shocked Baobhan Sith and put her behind him.
"Hey now, who was the one to instruct me to not rely on my sacred gear so much? I have only been using Touki and Senjutsu, but I have been unable to cause any proper damage." Artoria grumbled. "She also got bigger."
Whistling as he saw how Barghest was a dozen of meters bigger, Nora gave Artoria a thumbs up.
"You have earned yourself your dinner today." Nora chuckled.
"Why don't you wait right there? I will kill that oversized dog and then I will kill the cat..." Artoria said.
"Please don't, I was joking." Nora spoke. "I have too much on my plate today to have to repeat the events of two years ago..."
Glaring in the direction he came in, Nora sighed.
"...I expect this to some extent" Nora said.
Sighing once again, he watched as a small figure walked his way. Barghest, who had been fighting Artoria was unusually tame as she glared at the new arrival warily. It felt more danger coming from the new addition to the field.
"Hey, Nora..." Artoria mumbled.
"What is it? My cutie pie..." Nora replied.
"Die." Artoria retorted immediately. "I am curious, how many women do you plan to beat up in this place before you are satisfied?"
"Believe it or not, but she is kind my fiance, self-proclaimed though..." Nora commented in a light tone.
"What the heck? Is it like that self-proclaimed angel?" Artoria questioned.
"...she is a funny child as well." Nora sighed.
"This one is looking anything but holy though..." Artoria clicked her tongue.
Looking at the figure of Melusine's aura turned into a blackish mess, Nora could tell that like Barghest, the origin was deeply rooted inside them. Weakening them was going to be a requirement to turn them into normal. This made the youth have a headache, Baobhan Sith did not display much reaction so perhaps she knew about what happened to Melusine, or so he thought. However, the youth did not have time to point fingers. Melusine was getting closer even as he spoke and he was unable to fully read her expression since she was wearing the face mask she had when they met. As he was about to step forward and face the dragon girl, Nora felt a distinct change in Artoria's aura. The young woman had stepped forward without saying anything and a golden hue covered the blade she carried.
"Hey, how about we change for a bit?" Artoria said. "It is s grange feeling, now that she is closer... I felt like I should be fighting her and no one else."
"...I know the day would come. How come you ignore Vali but you jump when you see this child? No, wait, she has never seen Vali in his armored version..." Nora mumbled.
It was a strange feeling for Artoria, her heart rate increased and she felt how her heart and other parts of her body seemed to be telling her to go and fight the small dragon girl. She was certain that she had not met the girl before, but Artoria could not wait to fight her.
"...just remember. The lance is forbidden, but you can use the sword you borrowed if things get dire." Nora said. "Now, go on, just leave me here alone with a big ass dog. A poor cat, abandoned... and she left."
Speechlessly seeing how Artoria did not wait for his monologue and leaped towards Melusine, Nora inwardly grumbled. Nonetheless, he accepted the outcome.
"Is it ok? You are very powerful, but I do not get that feeling from that girl." Baobhan Sith asked.
"What is it now? Are you worrying about my people in my stead?" Nora looked at the pink-haired girl. "Don't worry, you should've felt it too, right?"
As they spoke, Barghest resumed hostilities. Artoria had blasted Melusine away with a burst of golden aura and followed after her so the one that made Barghest wary was no more. The humongous dog bared its teeth and jumped at Nora, but raised a hand and the nearby tree's roots grew excessively to form a dome around him and Baobhan Sith. The impact of Barghest's paws broke the dome, but after she raised it again to smash Nora, layer after layer of roots formed a sturdier dome.
"...you never used this kind of ability against me." Baobhan Sith scowled at the youth. "Her aura... it resembled Melusine's."
"I don't think it is worth getting jealous of..." Nora smiled bitterly. "Yes. I won't say too much, however, just like Melusine has certain ties to Albion, Artoria has ties to Ddraig. The two heavenly dragons are fated to face each other..."
"No way, is she his child as well? She looked like a human until she let out her aura..." Baobhan Sith glared in the direction Artoria had left.
"...if you want to know the truth, you should ask her in person." Nora gestured with his hand that his mouth was closed.
Clicking her tongue, Baobhan Sith crossed her arms.
"And? What are you going to do now? You want to save everyone and built a happy harem of all the knights my mother has under her, right? How do you plan to beat Barghest?" Baobhan Sith sarcastically asked.
"Your statement is so wrong I do not know where to start tackling it." Nora snorted. "Well, I would love to teach you a lesson for speaking like that, but I guess we gotta end this so we can do this and that in a place no one can see us."
"Now it is your turn to speak nonsense." Baobhan Sith retorted.
Glaring at each other, the duo snorted and looked away.
Walking forward, Nora took a deep breath. Under the darkness of the dome covering them, Baobhan Sith caught a glance of a shining symbol on Nora's back. It was a big plant with several leaves and the one at the base was the one shining the brightest in a hazel light. The other leaves seemed to react to that and began shining in different colors. Around Nora's body, the small floating orbs began hovering and checking if he was alright after leaving his body.
"You told me what I was going to do?" Nora looked back.
Slightly mesmerized by the spectacle in front of her, Baobhan Sith took a second to notice she was spoken to.
"You mocked them, but they are just starting their journey. I will make them grow even more." Nora gestures towards the hovering lights. "However, I will admit I had another one I did not use against you."
Raising an eyebrow at that, Baobhan Sith did not feel like he was bragging.
"I originally wanted this child to form a contract with Kuroka-chan, however, Kuroka-chan's vessel was not enough to handle this child. Instead, I was more than a perfect fit. I solved the issue by sharing the contract, although it is a small secret I bear all the weight."
As he spoke, Baobhan Sith saw the light on his back growing brighter and perhaps she could be wrong but the ground was... shaking. Nora's words seemed to be signaling something and she was about to find out.
"Fairies can grow stronger, even evolve into higher life forms given their origins. They are called Elementals, and this child is one of them." Nora grinned. "This is the earth elemental, Terra."
With Nora's words as the trigger, a large magic circle appeared on the ground. Barghest attacks came to hold despite the dome breaking down.
Absurds amounts of ki went towards the magic circle in real time and Baobhan Sith soon saw it. The magic circle covered a large area, and a figure emerged from it. She was 10 meters tall at first, but watching how Barghest was bigger, the figure continued to grow and grow until she was more than 50 meters tall in a crawling position.
"Gaoooo!"
In a cute voice that did not fit her seize, the figure seemed to growl, but the sound was high enough that Baobhan Sith had to cover her ears.
A giant girl with long purple hair and moss covering a large part of her body. Her right leg was covered in bandages, while the rest of her body except her face and part of her belly. Wearing a pair of green mittens covered in moss, she also had a pair of branch-like horns and in the middle of her head, a closed flower neatly rested. One of her eyes was bandaged while the other one was purple in color.
"Did you call for me? Did you?"
In an eager and cute voice, the summoned girl looked at Nora. Baobhan Sith could not help but tremble a little after being overwhelmed by the sheer size and the suffocating aura she exuded.
"Yes, as you can see, this is something only a kaijuu like you can deal with." Nora spoke in a cheery tone.
"Hehehe, leave it to me. Terra will crush any monsters that try to harm you!"
Watching Barghest with a predatory but playful smile, Terra raised one of her hands and began to... head pat Barghest.
The action itself looked almost cute if it was not for the fact that the ground shook with each head pat.
"...so? What do you think?" Nora smugly looked over at the pink-haired young woman.
"You are nuts." Baobhan Sith muttered while the corner of her lips twitched.
Grinning at that, Nora pulled out a piece of paper with Kanjis written on it and mumbled a few words.
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3rd Person POV
"Are you sure we should escape on our own?"
A chubby man muttered as he urged his horse to go faster. However, the carriage that it was pulling was heavy.
By his side, a woman with a horrid stench of cheap perfume did not seem bothered by the question.
"Would you prefer to stay in the city and try rioting like the others? A little window showed itself and they went nuts."
Snorting, the woman pulled a whip and hit a weak-willed man beside her. The man after receiving the whipping put on a strange expression like a mix of pain and pleasure and he began urging the horse pulling their carriage to go faster as well.
Following after them, several carriages could be seen as they all rushed.
"...we cannot use magic to teleport so we are left with this method, however, leaving the city could be dangerous..."
The chubby man fearfully commented.
Snorting at that, the woman turned away from the man.
"I took everything I needed with me, as long as I have that, I can start over. Now that the barrier is down, I can finally flee from these lands."
Similar conversations could be hard for all the carriages until they all had to stop due to the road being blocked.
Fallen trees were preventing anyone from passing so the fairies got down from the carriages to see what was going on. On a closer look, all the trees had been cut cleanly and that made the carriage's people wary.
"Would you mind coming with us without making a ruckus?"
A young voice was heard and soon a figure jumped down from a tree nearby.
The figure was rather short in height and perhaps her age was just as short. She had long black hair tied in a ponytail with a pair of bangs on her face, a Tate eboshi hat was on her head and her blue eyes filled with life held numerous emotions. She was wearing a body suit that reached until her mid thighs and above that she carried pieces of armor that only covered the most vital areas without impacting her mobility. A katana was tied to her waist. A pair of detached and mismatched sleeves were on her arms and they fluttered with the wind as she landed on the ground with a smile on her face.
"Was it you who cut down the trees?"
One fairy asked.
"Yes! Ushiwakamaru, that is my name. I get called Ushi by the people close to me, but do not dare to shorten my name even if you are lazy." Ushiwakamaru said. "I did indeed cut down those trees."
Without a change of expression, Ushiwakamaru admitted her doing.
"Do you think we should stop to talk them?"
A new voice chipped in and another figure left the shadow of a nearby tree. The fairies coldly sweated because they were not able to feel both of their presence until they made themselves known.
"Okita-dono! I told you I would take care of this!" Ushiwakamaru whined.
"There are a lot more people we have to capture." Okita muttered. "It is the first time we get this kind of order so we should finish this swiftly. Perhaps He needs them ASAP."
"Mumumu..." Ushiwakamaru furrowed her eyebrows and nodded. "I am sorry, I got excited since he is usually the one who does stuff like this."
"Are you going to fight or give up?" Okita asked.
The new addition was a short girl that was slightly taller than the first one, she had white skin and short blonde hair that reached her neck with a black ribbon on the back of her head and hazel eyes, she carried a serious expression, although an important detail about her was an ahoge on top of her head. Her attire consisted of a short sleeveless white kimono with short leggings underneath that could barely be seen, her leg had black thigh highs and her feet wore a pair of brown leather boots. The young girl carried and sheathed katana, but her sharp look was giving was enough to show that she would not hesitate to use it.
Looking at each other, the fairies were ready to fight back. One of the men at the back tried to cast magic but his consciousness was cut when something hit his neck.
A flash was seen and several figures fell. The sound cause the other fairies to turn their back to see a young lady holding a sheathed katana being used as the weapon to knock down the other fairies.
The young lady was similar in looks to the one called Okita, in fact, their outfit was only different in their theme color and the new girl had a black theme, or the fairies thought until they noticed a pair of differences. The group turned their heads a few times to compare until they were convinced they were different people. For starters, the new girl was taller, and not simply because the boots she wore had heels, but rather, she physically was taller. Her bust was more pronounced as it jiggled when she stood straight and the outfit she wore was unable to hold it in before a cleavage visible from the outside was formed. This change did not seem to bother the girl who only looked at her chest with a curious look. Her long hair freely fluttered with wind and her hazel eyes blinked continuously as she tilted her head to one side and then to another. Her darker skin contrasted with her white hair, but despite the air of innocent she exuded, the girl was capable of knocking out several people without even sweating.
"Is this the older sister?"
"This is bad, the ones in front look tough but the older one must be even more crazy..."
Such commentaries flew by and Okita only smiled, but her eyes were not laughing.
"Ruriko, didn't I tell you to wait for the signal?" Okita asked.
"...ah." Ruriko, the girl who was still staring at her cleavage, raised her head and widened her eyes in realization.
Facepalming, Okita sighed.
Thinking that they were all letting their guard down, some brave fairies who considered this an opening and tried to attack the sisters, but without much effort, they were taken down where they could even see the two moving.
"Forget it, we will not ask nicely from now on. Hit first, hit twice then hit trice, after you can ask. That is his motto." Okita nodded to herself.
"...I thought his motto was 'punch both cheeks with the same strength to practice equality..." Ushiwakamaru was about to unsheathe her blade.
"We are not killing them..." Okita said.
Pouting, Ushiwakamaru still obeyed.
The fairies tried to defend themselves, but in the first place, none of them were combatants. It took no more than a few seconds to let them unconscious.
"...for the record, I am the big sister." Okita grumbled.
Looking at the unconscious fairies, Ushiwakamaru looked slightly regretful.
"Is something wrong?" Okita asked.
"Back then, you would bring the heads of enemy generals to your lord as proof of loyalty and to show your skills, but... I cannot take their heads as spoils of the battle..." Ushiwakamaru sighed downheartedly.
"We can give him these." Ruriko, who was looking around the carriage, spoke.
Dragging a bag that was spilling gold coins, Ruriko gave her companions a peace sign.
"Treasure get!" Ruriko said.
Looking at each other, Okita and Ushiwakamaru reached an understanding.
" "What is mine is mine, and what is yours is also mine." " Ushiwakamaru and Okita both nodded. " "Stealing from a thief is not a crime, just karma." "
Tilting her head, Ruriko was unsure what her companions were thinking, in her mind, the money should go to Nora so she could eat more tasty things.
"Gaoooooo."
A loud voice interrupted everyone. Ushiwakamaru and Okita stopped looting- legally taking away illegal and dangerous products.
"We should hasten the process." Okita furrowed her eyebrows.
Nodding at that, Ushiwakamaru looked around before opening her mouth.
"Shiranui." Ushiwakamaru softly called.
With that said, a voluptuous woman emerged in kneeled position before Ushiwakamaru after her call.
"...I trust you know what to do." Ushiwakamaru muttered.
Muttering something her breath, Shiranui summoned more women dressed in tight body suits like her along with a teenage girl.
"Yukikaze, gather them all in one place. Our master will decide their fates once they all have been gathered. Leave Rinko the interrogation, none of them will escape."
After saying this, the women began picking up the unconscious fairies.
"Are they new people...?" Okita asked.
Not recalling having met the particular group, Okita could not accept people like these were hidden until now.
"Our master saved them about two months ago. Until now, they have been in our hidden village, but today is their first mission after all this time so it is no strange you never saw them." Ushiwakamaru muttered.
At the words, Hidden Village, Okita got a vague idea of what kind of individual they were.
Amidst everyone working hard, Ruriko continued to check each of the unconscious ones' pockets and take any valuables into a bag with a dollar sign.
Author's Notes
Hello there, late posting author here.
Well, can't say this one is on me. Work is quite hard so writing becomes difficult to do.
Let's talk about this chapter.
There are some characters that only appeared slightly before such as Miyako (Taihou from Azur Lane), Shinkaku (Also known as Shenhe from Genshin), Nur (Mona from Genshin), Eira, Hilda (Adm Graf Spee from Azur Lane) and made an appearance again. Rossweisse does not need an introduction again, does she?. There are characters that did cameo before such as Okita (Okita from FGO), Okita Alter (Majin Okita from FGO), Ushiwakamaru (Ushi from FGO), Miko (Yae Miko from Genshin), Kiyohime (Kiyopon from FGO) and Terra (Kingprotea from FGO).
I also added a character from FGO, my beloved maiden of Orleans, Jeanne. In my opinion, she is Jeanne. The one from Highschool DXD was never to my liking.
Anyways, I could be missing people since these notes were done in a rush.
I, however, have used names of some characters I did not describe and I wonder if you managed to guess who they are. For now, they are appearing in cameos.
Oh, on another note. I have been working on a couple of smuts. The way I wrote them will be interesting and will be the base for developments in the future. I am planning to post them in a separate novel and this one as well. That way, the other novel perhaps might get more views.
Anyways, enjoy the chapter and leave question or inquiries below in comments.