Chapter 2
Two weeks later…
The light came in from the window kissing the two teens in the same bed. The male tried to cover his eyes only to find he couldn't move his arm. The small female that was in the bed was wrapped around his arm and was sleeping contently, for the past two weeks her normal nightmare she didn't have once since sleeping next to her human familiar. The first night they slept together he was nervous, but then when she was starting to have the nightmare, he calmed her down. She still wouldn't speak to him about it. She groaned as the light became too annoying.
"Time to get up…" He looked to Tabitha sleepily.
"...don't want to…" She buried her face into his chest.
"...We both have classes, and I'm still a little slow…" He said gently to her.
"...ok…" She unwillingly let him go as she got up, her lacy green short night gown leaving nothing to the imagination.
He got up as well, taking off his warm sleep pants and putting on his jeans, white undershirt and his blue sweatshirt. Lastly he put a rusted sword on his back. When she was dressed in the normal school uniform for the girls, she nodded to him and they both left the room.
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{Flashback: Sword}
The shopkeeper looked and seen a blue haired short girl with a slightly taller black haired boy. He looked them over and decided on the spot he wouldn't try to scam them, the girl looked too smart.
"Greetings and salutations, welcome to my establishment, and what can I help you with?" The elder shopkeeper looked to the girl.
"I need a sword and some armor that won't weigh him down." She looked at him expressionlessly.
"I have just what you need!" He pulled from the barrel a great looking rapier. Saito shook his head no. "It is the size for you…" The shopkeeper looked confused.
When Saito started to dig in the barrels he picked up an old rusted blade.
"How much for this one?" He looked to the shopkeeper.
"Bargain sword...20 gold."
"Armor." Tabitha looked to the shopkeep.
"All I have is leather...you might want to try the magic shop and see if they have anything…" The shopkeep accepted the 25 gold.
When they entered the magic shop the aged woman smiled at them.
"Welcome, welcome...how may I help you?" She looked to the two teens.
"Armor...for him." Tabitha looked to her as she pointed to Saito.
"I'm afraid I don't have any armor pieces, but I do have rings that can increase his speed...would you like one of those?" She pointed over to her showcase of magic rings.
"That will do." She noticed him blush as he looked at the rings.
"Pick which one you like, they all have the same enchantment on them…" The old woman noticed the blush on the boy. She got closer to Tabitha and smiled. "You've got yourself quite a catch...good thing you're getting him a ring...how about yourself?" The old woman whispered close to Tabitha and couldn't help but notice her slight blush.
Tabitha nodded and the old woman went behind the counter and pulled out two gold rings.
"The ring of speed is 150 gold...I'll throw these in to sweeten the deal." She winked at Tabitha.
"...O-of course…" She paid the old woman and left the shop...with a gold ring on her finger, and a gold ring on Saito's finger as well as a bronze ring on his other hand. They walked back to where Sylphid was at and rode back to the academy.
{End of Flashback}
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As they were walking around the campus, Saito looked and saw some of the first and second year boys harassing a young maid. She had black hair and eyes, but something looked vaguely familiar. When a boy tried to take off her apron, Saito rushed him. The young mage was surprised as his fellows.
"That's ENOUGH!" Saito pulled his sword and having it at the ready position.
"How dare you even touch me! Do you even know who my father is?" The young noble was getting up off the ground.
"I don't care who your father is, if he saw you behaving this way, he would beat your ass for disrespecting the staff." Saito moved angrily.
"...I second that." Tabitha stood next to her familiar and readied her staff.
"You harm either of these women, and your ass is mine." To punctuate the situation, Sylphid landed right behind the group.
One of the boys launched a small fire spell, it was blocked by Saito's sword. What happened next nearly floored everyone.
"H-huh...what? What year is it?" The voice from the sword sounded groggy like just waking up from a nap or a deep sleep.
"Th-the sword just...talked…" One of the young nobles stuttered in fear.
"What of it?" The sword sounded cranky.
"...I knew there was something special about this blade." Saito looked to the sword.
"...Run away." The frosty glare coming from Tabitha could create an ice age. The young nobles ran off, some looking angrily back.
"We need to have a talk…" Saito looked to the maid.
"Yes, we do." Tabitha looked to all of them.
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The maid looked to the mage and then to the swordsman. 'Is he from her homeland?' The blue and white tunic was definitely not the same as the purple ones worn by the soldiers and knights of Tristain. As they walked, she noticed that they were heading to Osmand's office. 'L-looks like I might be let go today...' When they arrived there, the greened haired secretary wasn't there and Osmand was looking out the window.
"Excuse me, sir?" Saito looked at the startled old man.
"Y-yes, what can I do for you?" He looked and saw the rough appearance of the maid in tow.
"...We have a problem on the grounds." Tabitha looked to the Headmaster.
"What kind of problem?" Now he just looked confused.
"This maid…" Saito looked to her as if asking a question.
"Siesta…" She said in a small voice.
"...was being assaulted on these grounds...If I hadn't shown up when I did, she might've been raped." There was a fire in his eye that even impressed Tabitha.
"I see...did you get a good look at the ones that assaulted her?" The headmaster looked to Tabitha.
"Yes." With a wave of her staff, icy busts was made of all the attackers, down to the finest detail.
"I see...since she is apart of the staff, I can't do anything...but if she were apart of your staff...then I would have to do something." The old man looked to the young people.
Tabitha looked to the maid with a questioning air.
"Would you like to be our maid?" Saito looked to Siesta with a smile.
"...Yes, yes I would…" She looked down at her black uniform and it was torn in some places.
"Saito, take Sylphid into town with her and buy her a uniform in these colors. Spend no more than forty gold." She instructed the familiar.
"Yes ma'am, come on." He took hold of Siesta's hand and lead her out. Tabitha stayed behind with Osmand.
"How much was she getting paid a month?" She looked to Osmand.
"Twenty gold a month, which is the standard wage for a commoner in Tristain." The old man looked thoughtful.
"Thank you…" She turned to leave as Longueville returned.
"Longueville, please summon these students…" He pointed to the icy busts. "They have messed with the maid from the Orleans family." He smiled as she nodded.
"What did they do?" She looked at him.
"If it wasn't for that brave swordsman, they would've used her in certain ways." He said darkly.
"I see...I will get the immediately." She left the office. 'They were going to rape the girl?! At least they will get punished for it...I do feel sorry for the rest of the staff...'
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Tabitha looked down to the gold ring on her finger as she was walking to her next class. 'I felt how strongly he wanted to kill them...all for hurting a girl he doesn't know...is this what he felt when Guiche called me a liar?' She then saw Louise walking next to what appeared to be a woman of some sort. If it wasn't for the ash colored skin and the two tiny horns on her head, she would've been called attractive. The woman's blood red eyes met Tabitha's cool blue eyes.
"I see the dog isn't with you." Louise looked to Tabitha in a haughty manner.
"He is taking care of an errand." Tabitha started to walk past Louise.
"Oh, nice ring, are you gonna marry him?" Louise and her familiar smirked.
"...If I do, it will be out of love, not for standing." Tabitha kept on walking as she blushed.
Since Louise and her familiar didn't hear the last part, she shrugged her shoulders and left.
"Come on Kage…"{Kage no Honshitsu[影の本質](Essence of Shadow)} The ash grey woman followed her master, some runes on her stomach.
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Saito looked at the shopkeep and then to the prices. 'This is highway robbery...eighty gold for one outfit?!' He looked to the man again.
"Yes sir, you have many fine wares that nobles will buy, but my lady said that my budget was forty gold. This maid uniform looks to be worth about twenty gold. I want two of them. And you will sell them to me for twenty gold apiece." Saito looked seriously.
"And who is your lady?" The shopkeep had a snobby attitude.
"Lady Tabitha de Orleans." He looked hard at the man.
"...I see...no wonder…" The shopkeeper looked to the boy that wasn't backing down.
"As long as she models them for us, we have a deal." A woman came up from behind the man.
"Penny dear, what he is asking…" He was interrupted by the woman.
"...is a fine deal. What do you say young man?" Penny looked to him smiling.
"For how long?" He looked to the woman that was obviously in charge.
"Oh just half an hour will do." She smiled as she lead the maid to the back.
When the ladies were gone Saito looked to the man with pity.
"Does she do that all the time?"
"...It's only to those she feels is worthy...and she finds married couples or soon to be married couples worthy. How long have you been married?" The shopkeeper looked to him.
"M-Married.!? I'm not married...Just...just a swordsman for the de Orleans family…" He sputtered in shock.
"That's a special ring then...it keeps you in contact with the person that's wearing the other ring...those are quite rare, almost can't find them anymore…" The shocked shopkeeper looked at him.
'Tabitha, she is wearing the other ring...is that why I feel so calm?' Saito looked lost in thought.
"Why are they rare?" He looked to the shopkeeper.
"Nobles and their mistress's." The shopkeeper looked like he was spitting it out.
"The wives would feel the pleasure and know their husbands was having an affair…" Saito felt a little disgusted by the thought.
"It's nice though in one aspect...if your soon to be wife is in a bad mood, you know not to mess with her." The shopkeeper showed his left hand and it had a similar ring.
"Where did you get yours?" Saito looked to him.
"Passed down in the family. From one generation to the next...My daughter will get this set though...my son isn't worthy of it. Where did you get yours?" He looked to the young man.
"...The magic shop owner…" He looked surprised.
"...She must've thought you two were a couple...and given them to you. Her family died from a Germanian raid...she was the only survivor. The other thing about these rings is that when its bound to a person, its bound till one of the couple dies. That's why its a marriage ring." He smiled as the boy blushed.
When Siesta walked out of the changing room in the new blue maids uniform. Saito nodded in appreciation.
"Here you go, Siesta, I'll be back with some lunch." He paid the shopkeeper before left the shop and went to a small eatery.
"Ok, I'll wait here for you." She told him as he left.
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Tabitha was sitting in class next to her only friend, Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst. The dark skinned red haired beauty with a nice bust looked over to her friend.
"Where is he?"
"Out on an errand." Tabitha took some notes from what the instructor was teaching.
"Did he get you that ring?" She pointed to the gold ring on Tabitha's finger.
"...No…" Tabitha started to look annoyed.
"Well then, do you mind if I spend some time with him?" The flirtatious girl looked over to the small one.
"Yes." The tone of Tabitha's voice signaled that Saito was her's.
"Fine, then I'll leave him be…" Kirche smiled down to her small friend. 'Go Tabitha! I'll support you in this, it's time for you to do something like this...' Kirche smiled as she faced forward. 'She deserves to smile...'
"...as you can see here, the water and air elements can mix in such a way that they can be used either to save a mans life…" He drank the water. "To harming a man." The water turned to swords of ice that cut into the stone floor. "Who would like to give this a try?"
Only one hand was raised...It was Louise. "Anyone else…?" The instructor looked and no other hands was raised. "Louise...give it a shot…" He backed away as everyone else did, Tabitha left the room taking Kirche with her.
Louise spoke the words of power...and an explosion happened. Outside the classroom Tabitha closed her book as a feeling of hunger overwhelmed her.
"Hungry…" Tabitha started walking to the kitchens.
"I could go for a light snack as well…" Kirche followed the small blue haired girl.
When they got to the kitchens, the cook was more than pleased to help them, after all he had a few new noble helpers in there.
"Please, sit, for the ones that helped Siesta, anything we can do to help!" The chef had a happy smile on his face as well as the other cooks and maids. The cook got a plate of food for the bluenette and the redhead.
"C'mon eat, eat, eat!" The chef sat down next to them.
"Was what he did that special?" Kirche looked to the chef.
"Yes...you see some of the nobles seem to think this place is a brothel, have you noticed all the fresh faces here?" He pointed to a few of the new maids.
"...no...But then again I don't really notice the servants here." The redhead looked to the chef confused.
"Exactly...most of the nobles think it is their birthright to push us commoners around...since if we say 'no' we can be thrown off their land, our wives and children then starve to death...or worse, if the girl is pretty enough, can be made into a mistress by a noble by force...if he asks for her by name." The chef looked a little annoyed.
"This is good." Tabitha looked to the chef and smiled.
"It always is, but its the first time a noble has complimented my cooking...thank you Lady Tabitha." The chef bowed his head.
"So the commoners...are nothing more than property in some of the nobles minds?" Kirche looked shocked.
"...Yes...and thanks to you lady Tabitha, you have saved Siesta again. Count Mott, the Queens Advisor asked for Siesta by name...when the headmaster said that she was no longer in his service he was angry, of course your name was brought up...so expect a summons to meet with him. He really wants that maid." The chef gave her the warning.
"...He shall not have her." Tabitha nodded, thanking the chef.
"He must want something more than the maid…" Kirche looked thoughtful.
"I'll ask around, I'll have an answer by nightfall." The chef smiled and then shooed the noble teens out of the kitchens.
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A/n: Character info time!
Kage no Honshitsu[影の本質](Essence of Shadow)
Type: Demon
Abilities:
-Mist: The ability to turn herself and others to mist and appear anywhere in a 200 mile radius.
-Shadowblade: A blade of hard shadow that ignores armor.
-Shadowbomb: Darkness explodes in a 12 ft. radius damaging everything.
-Leach: Feeds on the magic and life force of another being. Must do this once a month or else she'll turn on her master.
-Wingless flight: self explanitory.
-Shadowblast: A cone shaped blast that damages anything in the cone. It has a range of 30 ft.
Element: Void
Hight: 5'4"
Weight: 90 lb.s
Alignment:
-D&D: Neutral Good [I do not own]
-Other systems: Unprincapled.
True Name: Kage Ibu [影イブ]
Racial Hatred: Any being of light.
Thanks for reading, I'm fully enjoying writing this fic, and thanks for the reviews, I hope i'm not going too fast with it, if I am, is it ok? Please read and review...and what do you guys think of the new Void familiar? Ja ne...
