Chapter 4
Hart woke up early as usual and started his daily morning routine of doing exercises around the school but something was off. He couldn't find Siesta anywhere: the wash area, courtyard and the fountain as well. He couldn't find her anywhere and that's when he got the idea to check the kitchen staff and ask what happened.
"What seems to be the problem?" he asked in his usual tone.
"I-i-its Siesta... she was taken by that bastard!" the head chef raged.
"And who is this bastard?" he asked.
"Count Mott, Royal Messenger to the Palace. He comes here every now and then to do business with the Headmaster but today he went too far, he took Siesta to be his personal maid like the rest of the girls he took; she'll never be the same if she does." The chef stated as if a poisoned dagger stabbed him right in the heart.
Hart was silent when he heard this and started thinking of what to do because he considered Siesta as a "friend" and normally this was restricted to his Commisars in the Death Korps because it would slow their duties down. Siesta, however, was an exception since she was the only that understood him even thought he seemed to be this heartless and terrible person that showed no emotion and killed anyone who crossed his way, child or adult alike.
He waited outside the classroom until Louise came out.
"Familliar! Why are you here? I thought you were at the courtyard practicing?" she asked him.
"I've got some important matters to attend to, it might seem to be as important to you but it is important to me." He said to her.
"Well? What is it then? Spit it out, Hart!" she asked him rather tersely.
"Siesta, the maid? She was taken by a certain noble and I want to get her back." He said bluntly to Louise who jumped.
"Get her back? That's impossible! Once a noble gets what he or she wants, it's almost impossible to get it or her back!" she screamed in response.
"I don't care about no pompous bastard who thinks he can stop me, for they know not who I am." He responded rather coldly.
"Fine! If you want to die for simple maid, fine with me! And why do you want to get her back anyways!" She insulted him with shouts.
"Because I consider her my friend, and as far as I know she's the only one except you since you are my master." He said straight and bluntly to Louise.
Louise was dumbfounded by Hart's statement because as far as she knows is that the man in front of him, who has said to have battled for so long that most of his emotions had been erased from seeing so much violence, trying to get a simple commoner maid that was easily replaceable and wanted her back. Louise knew by now that to expect the unexpected from her familiar.
Louise sighed and rubbed her temples before folding her arms with a resigned expression.
"Fine. You win, we'll go get Siesta back from the Count. Honestly, I don't really like Count Mott since he exploits the fact that he's a noble. Also, with him being the Royal Messenger of the Court, it's going to be difficult to get Siesta back." She groaned at the fact.
"I don't care if I have to kill him, I loathe self - privileged scum who only know how to manipulate people for their own personal benefit." He said more coldly than ever.
Louise mentally cursed herself for getting involved is something like this, but this about Siesta and she also took a liking for the kind maid. In the corner behind them, Montmorency, Guiche, Tabitha and Kirche listened closely the two's conversation.
"Heard that Tabitha? Little Louise is going to rescue a maid."
"Yes."
"Should we go in and help?"
"Not recommended"
"Come on Tabitha me must help Ze-, I mean Louise to rescue that maid."
"You're only joining in Guiche because that maid has a bigger bust than me right!"
"Hush, we might get -"
"Exposed?" Hart asked the four students who jumped in surprise when they saw the man behind them. Louise walked up and gasped in surprise when she saw the four teens on the ground.
"If you four wanted to join, you could have just asked me. So are all of you joining?" Hart asked the 4 and they just nodded.
"Very well then, we leave today." Hart said and left the five to ponder on what to bring and what to expect.
20 Minutes Later
All of them met at the courtyard, the five teens with 6 carrying horses. The 6th one was meant for Hart who was in the process of replacing his Bolter Pistol's magazine with a fresh one. After getting on their horses, they went on full speed to the village of Tarbes which was the home town of Siesta and the village where Mott resided.
The time they spent going there was mostly silent since there wasn't that much to talk about so they didn't bother saying anything. Hart didn't help in the matter he was silent as always. Not to mention that he looked even more intimidating usual. All the while, Hart's mind was racing on what could be happening to Siesta right now. He thought that she might have already been ravaged by Mott but besides that he focused on getting her back.
They spent about 5 hours getting there and it was already dusk when they arrived at Tarbes before spotting a nearby inn and went in. Inside it was as noisy as for any other inn in the world, a bunch of people drinking, laughing and drinking some more was in sight as usual so the six went for the nearest table and sat down.
"Well, we're here. Now what do we do?" Guiche asked
"We asked the people were the Count lives and then we go there and get things over with." Hart responded nonchalantly.
Before anyone of them could continue they overheard two commoners talking about the count.
"You saw the count and his new girl? Must've been lucky to get one like her."
"And with a chest that big? I would die just to play with those."
Hart mentally hissed at both men, irked by their perversion.
"If they were in the universe I lived in, they wouldn't have a second to live with that attitude." he thought.
After a few minutes he stood up, much to the surprise of the group, they all looked at him except for Tabitha.
"May I inquire from you two gents the location of Count Mott's estate?" he asked them, his imposing figure cowing the two.
"H-He lives in the center of town." One of the men said nervously.
"Thank you." The Commisar said, walking back to the table.
"Let's go." he said to all five.
"Can't we just rest for a while?" Guiche asked, his suggestion shot down when Hart looked at him.
"N-Nevermind, let's get to it then?" he said nervously.
With a nod, all of them walked until they saw a rather luxurious mansion, its windows glowing in the night.
"Hmph. Reminds of those pompous assholes back at Command." He said before approaching the gate.
"Halt! Commoner's aren't allowed inside the mansion of Count Mott!" One guard shouted at the group.
"I have some... personal business with the Count, he has something of mine and I would like to have it back." He said with a hint of charm.
"And just who are you?" the other guard asked.
"My name is Hart Schiffe and I would like to seek entrance." He said.
"No. I cannot allow someone who doesn't have offi-" He was cut off when a guard from the inside came and told him to let them in.
Both guards opened the gate and all of them proceeded to the mansion until they noticed that they were being escorted by a group of guards.
As they entered the mansion, they saw Count Mott was standing right in front of them.
"Who are you and why do you want to meet me?" he asked, rather full of himself.
"I came here to get back what is rightfully to the Academy, a maid named Siesta." He asked.
"Siesta? No, she is now my personal maid now. Begone and be thankful that you were able to see me from a person of your standing." Mott waved them off with his hands, motioning for the guards to remove them till Hart pushed forward.
"No, you hand Siesta over. Now." He said coldly to him.
Before Mott can retort, a bunch of girls came out of a door, Hart noted that they looked like they haven't eaten in weeks, wearing skimpy maid outfits and were wearing faces of terror and fear. But what shocked him the most, if he was able to be shocked, was that Siesta was in the group of girls.
"Ah Siesta, just in time. Why don't you tell your 'friend' over here that you belong to me now." He said while smirking which only served to infuriate Hart even more.
"I...I belong to Count Mott now a-an-and that I can't go back to the academy." Siesta said but deep inside, she felt really sick saying that.
"That's it then , so please go back to wherever you came fr-" Mott was cut short when he heard Hart taking out his Power Sabre out of its scabbard.
"If you want to die so badly then why didn't you just say so? Guards get rid of them for me." He said before going to the company of his maids that were comforting him out of fear that they would end up getting killed.
A guard with a spear rushed at him but before he was able to stab Hart, he deflected the blade of the spear and turned on his Power Sabre. It hummed to life as he brought it down on the helpless guardsman in a diagonal swing that cleaved off his head along with his left arm. The body slumped to the ground with blood spurting all over, some of it on his Greatcoat.
The rest of the guards, after seeing their comrade get chopped up like an animal, rushed to surround him in a circular way with their swords, spears and dogs.
"Surrender you dog! Before we kill you!" One of the guards said but before he could do anything else, his head exploded like a cherry. They looked at the man who blew another of one their comrade's face off to see that he was holding something very bulky and made out of metal, the barrel was hissing from the heat.
"Mortem ad haeretici (Death to the heretics)." Hart stated in a voice that chilled them to the core.
He wasted no time and started hacking and shooting the guards, the whole place filling with screams of terror and agony.
After the last guardsman fell, he kicked the body towards the rest of the mangled bodies of what had been Count Mott's guards.
Mott was horrified when he saw the bloodied figure that was standing over the pile of corpses. It then looked to him, a single white eye gazing hauntingly
"S-s-tand back! I warn you! I am a Triangle mage!" he shouted nervously.
He didn't listen and started walking towards the Count.
"So be it then! I am Count Mott also known as "Mott the Wind"!" He stated proudly before releasing a hail of ice spears at Hart who effortlessly dodged the barrage.
"Mortem haeretici immundo, impiis, et proditores. (Death to the heretics, to the unclean, to the wicked, and to the traitors)" He said, his voice deathly cold.
Mott fell to the ground on his knees.
"Please please! I beg of you to spare me! Want wealth, fame and fortune? I can give them it to you all just spare me please!" Mott pleaded for his life.
"Quit whining and die." He said before cutting his head off.
Mott's body slumped to the ground while his head rolled and stopped at Louise's feet.
Louise was in shock and felt her stomach turn upon seeing a decapitated head in front of her; Same went to the others except for Tabitha who was staring intently at Hart.
"You.. you killed him..." she said in a state of shock.
"He ordered his men to attack first and so did he. He deserved death." He said calmly to Louise.
"In my world, you kill to survive. Hesitation only leads to death." He said to her before proceeding to sheathe his weapons and walk to Siesta.
Siesta looked at the man in front of her that stood over her, covered in blood everywhere.
"You're dirty." She just said with a hint of bemusement.
"Anything for a friend, now you better get changed as well. You girls too." He said with a chuckle that seemed like a whisper.
Siesta looked at herself and covered her chest and her lower attire from the indecency of the clothing and rushed off to the changing room with the other girls following suit.
Hart crossed his arms and stood over the place. It was once a lavishly clean mansion turned into a bloodbath with bodies and organs streamed on the floor.
"Reminds me of Vraks." He mentally said to himself and sighed looking upwards.
"The Emperor protects."
Author's Note: Hey guy's, sorry for the long wait for this chapter because i had trouble in school and i now have summer starting this Tuesday =_='. Well i guess chapter 5 will be delayed and hopefully you guy's love this chapter because it took me a few months to convince my lazy ass to make chapter four. And every chapter i make will be beta read by my brother so credit to the edited words to him.