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Chapter 6 : Summons, Talks and Chaos.
- Shin –
Yesterday was really productive.
As I watch the two shining orbs in my palm, I can't help but let a smile appear on my lips at success of my first plan.
Now, the second part. I don't know how the summoned companions will react to me. They can be anything from a subservient to downright hostile for potentially kidnapping them from their worlds.
The Game is also being a bitc…..stubborn about this and not giving me any hints about it. Something about ruining the fun of it.
Morgiana. The only one that I know with that name is from Magi. The red head fanalis who kicks butts and is quite good at hand to hand combat.
Fanalis is something of a super powerful tribe in the Dark Continent. Basically that's the gist of it.
She can be a great asset to my peerage if I can get her to join me.
Second one is someone i don't know much anout. I have watched very few of Touhou Project. I know that Sakuya Izayoi is a human maid in Scarlet Devil Mansion under Remelia Scarlet. She can stop time and uses knives to fight.
Not much to go on about. I tried searching this world's internet for Touhou and Magi but got nothing. The Game has been thorough in messing with me this time.
I will still take my chance. If anything I can handle Morgiana, so summoning her first will be the smarter move. I have to make sure that I am ready for any retaliations though. Especially depending on what part of the anime she is from, she could be extremely dangerous.
Crushing the Companion Gen in my hand, I summon the first companion.
The glass pieces turn to dust before that dust turns into the form of a girl, something between 15 to 16 years old. Finally after a brief flash of light, a girl with beautiful red hair, and matching red eyes stands before me. She is wearing a white gown which is of extremely poor quality. So she was probably still a slave. Gives me something to work out with.
Morgiana
Level : 35
Rank : Veteran
Race : Fanalis
Affection : 0
Obedience : 40
She has high Obedience already although no Affection, not surprising as I have just met her. Let's see how this plays out.
"Are you the one who helped me?" she asks in a soft tone of voice.
"Help you? Can you please explain what you were doing before you got here? It would really help me piece out the situation properly." It really will. It is better to talk out with her since she is not showing any hostility right now. It will be much better if she stays like this but I won't take any chances.
She slowly nods at me before she starts to speak. "I was in the cages where Jamil keeps his slaves, praying that someone would help me out. It was then that I heard a voice inside my head. It offered me to leave the place to a better place if I serve someone he wants me to. Are you the one who saved me or the one he wanted me to serve?" wow, Game I didn't know you had that savior God complex in you.
Oh, please. If I wanted to 'save' her I wouldn't have handed her to a literal devil. And I am stronger than most gods in existence. Why would I need to have a complex over something so simple.
I am a gentleman devil, I will have you know.
Yeah, a gentle man indeed. You have been hard like a rock ever since she was summoned. I wonder how long it will take you to notice…nothing. I guess that will be my fun to wait and watch.
You are cooking something up aren't you?
Nope, I am not cooking anything.
Putting my conversation with Game on hold for a while, I turn my attention back to Morgiana again. "The one who saved you is a Friend….at least I think I can call him that since we are both kind of stuck together. I needed some help with an event in the future and wished for it. It seems our wishes connected us. Hello, my name is Shin Kageyami. You can call me Shin." I say putting my hand in front of her. She takes the hand without any hesitation in it.
"Now, we need to wait till I summon one more person to help me. After that I will explain to both of you about our current situation." I say to her as I prepare to summon the dangerous one.
Getting ready for any eventuality, I prepare myself as I crush the companion gem summoning Sakuya. The glass pieces turn to dust as they take the form of a young girl in her late teens. Sakuya Izayoi, has beautiful Grey hair arranged nicely with two braids coming down from between them on both sides of her face. She is in her French Maid uniform which has a shorter skirt than normal because of her fighting style. She has a stoic look on her face and doesn't look fazed by suddenly being summoned to a different world at all.
"Good Day Master. I hope summoning me wasn't too inconvenient for you. I look forward to doing my best to serve under you. Please take care of me as well." She says with a bow.
….WHAT?
Observe.
Sakuya Izayoi
Level : 45
Rank : Elite
Race : Human
Affection : 40
Obedience : 85
You said you weren't cooking anything Game.
I wasn't. This was already cooked.
…
Moving on.
"You look quite confused Master. Though it is obvious that you won't know about it since you will come to Gensokyo in the future. You had saved the lives of the members of the Scarlet Devil Mansion and in return I had offered my services to you. I was waiting for you to summon me. I hope to serve you to the best of my abilities." That's some high level time travel shit going on.
Everyday life of a Gamer. Get used to it.
"Uggh….Hi, I guess you already know me then. I am Shin Kageyami. You can call me Shin if you want"
"That is unacceptable Master. I cannot use your name. It is against the etiquette of a Maid to do such a thing." She cuts me in between. This is going to be a pain later. I just hope people don't think I am a pervert with shady fetishes….i mean I am, but I'd rather not broadcast it to the world.
"Okay, if that's what you want. Let me explain our current situation to you both. We are in a different world, so I would like the two of you to keep your knowledge about your worlds to yourself. Morgiana, you can tell others that you were captured and kept by an underground fighting ring to fight against other people and beasts since you were young. I saved you from there and you joined me. The illegal ring was somewhere in the mid-east countries and you were not told where exactly you were. I will have someone teach you the ways and general knowledge of this world." I need to prepare a convincing background for the two of them which cannot be tracked back to anyone else. A slip up might give others an inkling about my abilities. This is going to be difficult.
"Sakuya, you were living in the outskirts of Romania serving under a Vampire Mistress, who is not in this world anymore. Not a lie, so don't worry about it. I took you in after I met you, again not a lie. I will have someone update the two of you in the general knowledge and other stuff of this world. After that we will train to work as a team. But first I need to make the two of you my peerage members."
"I am currently a devil. No, not the bad kind who eats souls and stuff. Just from the race of devils. This world has many other races. Devils are a part of them. There was a Great War between Angels, Devils and Fallen Angels and by the end of it, devils lost a great number among them. To increase their numbers once again one of the 4 Devil Kings invented Evil Pieces. They are used to change any races except Gods and Buddhas into a devil. They gain the powers and long life of a devil and in return they serve their masters until they are high enough rank to get their own Evil Pieces." taking a deep breath, I look at them and give them some time to collect and accept the information they were given.
Morgiana looks a little tensed but Sakuya looks like she accepted it as a part of the job. Did the future me inform her about all of these facts? Good for me I guess. Less work for me.
"As I already explained Morgiana, Devils are just a different race of people, just like the Fanalis. They have higher strength and magic compared to normal humans. Please don't let what you knew from your world affect you. if you are reluctant to change then I can promise you that I will find a way to change you back in the future." I assure her to the best of my abilities.
Some light returns to her eyes at this. "No, I will serve you as I have promised. It was just a lot to accept at once. Please forgive me for hesitating."
"There is nothing to forgive. Anyone would be nervous if they find out something like this. I understand your hesitation on this matter perfectly."
Before turning them to devils though, I have something to do. I take out one of the shining orbs from before. "This is an artifact that contains the power of a very strong dragon. It can greatly increase your strength if you master its use. Morgiana, you don't have a weapon so I would like you to have it." So saying I shoved the crystal in Morgiana's chest….Soft.
+20 Affection with Morgiana (20/100) for giving her an important item
+20 Obedience with Morgiana (60/100) for trusting her with such an important item.
"How dare you rip me off from my rightful host and use me as a tool." shouts a rough draconic voice from a gauntlet that appears on Morgiana's Hand.
Wow, that was fast.
"Hello, to you too Draaig. Why are you so upset?" I ask casually. Yup, I was already prepared for such a conversation from the very start.
"Why am I upset? You took me away from my rightful host and killed him in the process and gave me to this girl like a tool to be used. Tell me one reason why I shouldn't just tear you into two right now." roars the gauntlet, which kinda looks funny when you think about it for a moment.
"Okay, let's start with the explanations. First reason why you won't tear me into two is because you can't. Being sealed kinda does that to people." I reply casually.
-10 Reputation with Draaig (-10/100) for the low blow on his state.
What, he deserved that. Tear me into two, have you seen the guts of the idiot.
"As for why I did that, it's simple because I wanted to have your power to help me. Isn't that what dragons do? Do what they want and don't give a fuck about what others think." Yup, this guy is going to entertain me a whole lot.
"Why should I lend you my power? You can do whatever you want and I will do whatever I want. I won't actively help you and wait for the first chance to screw you over that I could get." Oh, still have some fight left. Good at least he is talking to me. The point of getting him mad was so that he won't stop talking and cut off the connection. I am not into Neglect Play. I don't roll that way.
"Good thing you asked. Well for one if you lend me your power I can assure you that this time around you will be the one that wins your fight against Albion. The current host of Albion is the strongest one to ever exist. If you miss this opportunity, then you might never find the chance to get back to him again." I stop for a while as I give him a moment to grasp the information.
"Second, if you help me out, I will find a way to change the Boosted Gear to an independent avatar type of sacred gear. You will be able to move around on your own at the very list. You could fly circles around Albion's wielder while he is stuck in the wings of the Divine Dividing. How does that sound?" Yup, tempting a bored Dragon with his petty rivalry.
"How do I believe that you even have power like that? For all I know, you could be spewing out lies to get my help and back out from your words when you are done with your work." he is an easy one. Of course he had to show some resistance, it is a matter of pride after all. One couldn't just toy with the red dragon emperor even if he is sealed inside a gauntlet. Petty pride.
"You can see the memories of your current host and talk to me after that. I will talk with my other subordinate till then." That should give him some idea about my means. If he overestimates it, my luck if he underestimates it, I will just have to put him in line.
"The evil pieces are based on the game of chess. Each piece has their special power. I am the King of the Peerage. There will be a queen, 2 bishops, 2 kinghts, 2 rooks and 8 pawns. Bishops get a boost in their magical powers when the change into devil, knights get a great boost in speed, rooks get a boost in their strength and defense and queen is the combination of these three pieces. Pawns are the most versatile piece because they can promote to any one of the other pieces except the King, when they meet certain conditions. This makes them able to adjust to any given situation. No piece is weak and each of them have a certain value. A pawn in general has a value of 1, bishop 3, knight 3, rook 5 and queen 9. There are however exceptions. Mutation Pieces are special anomalies in the Evil piece system. They can have any value inside them but generally higher than the normal value. A mutation pawn can have a value higher than queen. I hope you are all clear with this." I gave them the explanation to get the basic idea of what they can expect from their changes.
"I do have some thoughts about who should get which piece though I would like to hear your ideas. I have a bishop or a knight piece that might suit Sakuya and a mutated bishop or a mutated pawn piece that will suit Morgiana. Morgiana will take Draaig's piece too as they are counted as one."
After some thought, Sakuya answers "I would like the knight piece Master. The speed of the Knight would suit me much better. I do use magic but I think that the knight's attribute will suit me much better."
Good Decision. I wanted a healer for the second Bishop. Probably Asia, if I don't get anyone better than her.
I pick up one of my Knight pieces and push it lightly against Sakuya's chest. The rise in her magic is much more evident than Meredith's because she was already strong. 45 elite is level 180. She is currently the highest level in my peerage and probably the strongest if you consider her magic.
"She is really from a different world. But how, I thought that Great Red doesn't let anyone pass through the Dimensional Gap. How did you bring her here? And who was that voice that talked to her?"
"Wow, wow hold your horses Draaig. Yes she is from a different world, yes I summoned her. I have some powers that only I can use in this world. I would like it if you kept that to yourself. That should give you some idea that I might not be lying to you. currently I might not be able to fulfill your deal but very soon I will be able to change even the Boosted Gear according to my wishes." It is best that I can expect from him. If I had a way to just devour that power, I wouldn't be listening to his crap. Good for him, he agreed.
"How about it, you can see me training your host first. See the increase in her strength. It will give you a good idea about how your host can match up against Albion. Morgiana is Fanalis. They have extreme strength and speed, a perfect match for someone with your powers to boost." Almost about done. He already had no options in this matter. The sacred gear will make him give his powers to Morgiana. This way he gets to keep his pride and one up his rival. A win-win if you would call it one.
"Very well, I shall see how you two work. My decision will depend on the progress of my host. Just keep your end of the deal."
"Of course, My word is my bond." Damn I am loving this line already. I always felt Lucifer sounded awesome when he said this and I make it quite close to home with my British accent.
"Morgiana, which piece do you think you would like? Mutated rook or pawn."
"Mutated pawn, it can help my speed when I need it. Much better for me." She did think about it.
I repeat the same process with her. A mutated pawn used to reincarnate the current red dragon empress. Vali is so fucked. He just hasn't realized it yet.
A mutated pawn, a mutated bishop and a knight done. Should be enough. I don't have enough backup to survive bringing back Ingvild yet. A Leviathan descendant is not just someone I can keep under one, especially someone with a Longinus sacred gear. It will cause too much suspicion of people to focus on me.
I need to make my influence on the Devils greater before bringing her in. I could always shift her under my custody until then.
With decent training, the four of us can take down the chicken shit and his peerage easily, without revealing the full extent of our powers.
That is the most important part. If I wanted to, I could win the rating game easily myself. My Fire God Slayer has upgraded and is now at Expert rank, any flames of Master rank or below won't hurt me while I can beat the crap out of him.
But I am really stressing on hiding my strength. There will be people coming after me considering some of the talents that I am preparing to reveal. It is best that they know as little about me as possible.
This gives me an element of surprise when facing them and I need every advantage that I can get in this world. Tits and asses in the anime doesn't cover the dark shit that goes on in this world. Not even close to it.
"Let's go out and get something to eat before we get some clothes for Morgiana. You can borrow some Meredith until then. You two are about the same age. It might work for you too for then." I say before I leave the room and go to Meredith's room. I got a separate room for the two of us because I didn't want to reveal all of my powers to her at least until she has 75 Affection with me or 90+ Obedience.
Meredith was reading magazines in her room. She is a teen too. It is absolutely normal. Just because one can use magic doesn't mean they stop having hobbies. Stop judging please.
"Hey, Meredith. These two are my new peerage members. The one with red hair is Morgiana, my pawn and the one with gray is Sakuya, my knight. Please lend some clothes for them and teach them the basic knowledge of the world. They don't really much about it. Long story, I'll explain later. Also please tell Morgiana about sacred gears. She has the Boosted Gear." And with that I dum…..assign the work of explaining everything to another girl who would do it better. I am not running away mind you. I have other things to prepare.
This Rating Game is more than just the match to break Rias' engagement with the chicken. It is also my debut in the underworld. I have to make an impression on them, so that I am not forgotten easily. I have to make it so that no one can underestimate me even if they don't see my full strength. Sometimes strength is not everything in this world.
Off to my workshop for now.