Chapter 6
Two weeks later…
She awoke next to her husband in her bed at the academy, the sunlight waking them up. She brought her nude form from underneath the covers and slowly shook him awake. Siesta walked in with a hot breakfast for both of them and she nodded.
"Good morning. How was your rest?"
"Eventful." Tabitha smiled at him and he just knew how satisfied she was.
"I heard a rumor going around about the new lord here." Siesta giggled.
"Which is?" He looked at her with tired eyes.
"Well they say he is romancing all the ladies here...but I find that impossible." The maid in blue giggled at his stupefied expression.
"If he was doing that, he would have no time for anything...now if he had just one other lady on the side, she would have to be approved by his...wife…" If the sword could grin, he would've.
"There is one person I wouldn't mind, but he has to make the move." She looked slyly at him. She felt his annoyance, but chalked it up to just walking up.
"Yummy!" A blue haired girl with a slightly large bust was also in the room in a beautiful blue and white dress. She had green eyes that was filled with glee.
"Sylphid...Hurry and eat, you need to be with the other familiars before their masters wake up." He felt the need from her to keep Sylphids human form a secret.
"But how come he gets to class with you?" The female humanoid drake pouted.
"He's my husband. But he does spend time with you by feeding you...do you not enjoy that?" She looked at her questioningly.
"I enjoy it...but Onee-sama…" She was acting like a little kid.
"There are plenty of people that would love to experiment on you." Saito slowly got dressed into his normal clothes with a new addition. On his sweatshirt the de Orleans crest was sewn on with a gold border.
"I know…" She pouted but he patted her head gently.
"I promise an extra helping today." That made her smile immediately.
"Remember you have sword practice today." His wife looked at him.
"Agnes is a great teacher, but I can't help but think why she is harder on me than the rest of her class…" He looked confused.
"It could be she wants to to be able to win." Siesta looked thoughtful.
"Maybe…" He left the room for his normal morning exercises.
Sylphid jumped out the window and turned into her drake form. That left Tabitha and Siesta, the former was dressed and the latter was cleaning up what was left of breakfast.
"Please have lunch ready for us at the usual time...have you made any progress?" She looked over to her.
"No...he loves you very much...I guess he'll never use me in that way…" The maid looked sad.
"Then we'll all have to have a talk." Tabitha looked confused.
"I guess…"
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She was running through the forest, small cuts on her ash grey skin, her blood red eyes filled with fear as she leaped off of a small cliff and used what little of her energy to slow her descent. 'I've got to get him to help!' She then saw the academy up ahead and used the last of her energy to mist herself onto the grounds. She was out cold when the transport was complete.
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Saito blocked with his wooden sword, but he saw a feral smile play on his opponents face. She swung again and hit harder jarring his bones. What happened next completely surprised both of them. Kage landed on him.
"Hey!...hey are you ok?" He then noticed how banged up she was.
"If she is here…" Agnes started.
"You know whats going on...spill." He looked at his swordsmanship teacher as he carried the unconscious female familiar.
"I can't say...its classified." She looked at him annoyed.
"Fine...I'll get it from her when she gets up. One way or another I'll get the info." He started to walk off with his cargo.
"...Princess Henrietta sent them to retrieve something, which means something happened to Louise." Agnes felt she could trust him.
"Thanks...that then means she needs help to get her back or to complete the mission." He was going up the stairs to their room.
"Keep an eye on her, I'll get my wife." He left the room as Agnes just sat there.
"S-Saito…" Kage cringed in pain.
"He's coming." She knew better than to take her hand.
"Whats the situation." A small voice startled Agnes.
"Your secret is safer here than most places." Saito looked to Agnes.
"Princess Henrietta sent Louise and Kage with the captain of the griffon riders, Wardes, to retrieve a letter. Kage is now badly injured, my guess is by light or lightning based attacks." Agnes looked to Kage.
"We'll help you. Where did they go?" Tabitha looked to them.
"La Rochelle." Kage slowly got up.
"Well we have something they don't have...speed." Saito smiled to Siesta.
"The Robe of the Dragon!" She smiled.
"You mean…"
"Yup...she's cocked, locked, and ready to rock...I always wanted to say that…" He smiled.
"It is faster than horse." Tabitha looked thoughtful.
"I still haven't been able to get the parachute to work...so I'll take Kage with me in the Zero. My dear if you want to follow on Sylphid, be my guest...and...could I get some money for an inn when I get there?" He looked nervously at her.
"Yes. Here is ninety gold. That should be enough for rooms for all of us. Leave with her immediately, we'll catch up." She turned and left the room.
"Follow me." He left the room with the ash grey woman. Siesta went after Tabitha.
"Why did you allow him to be alone with her?" Agnes listened intently.
"Because if he won't do anything with you, he certainly won't do anything with her. I trust him." She looked down as she got to the courtyard where sylphid was at.
"If you think your leaving without me, you're mistaken." The redhead bombshell walked from the shadows. The bluenette just nodded as sylphid walked to them.
"Sylphid, we need to follow Saito." The drake chirped and allowed everyone to board her.
"What's in that bag?" Siesta looked to Agnes.
"Saito's armor, he has been forgetting about it." She sounded annoyed.
"I see...at least he'll have the inn rooms ready for us when we get there." Kirche smiled.
"Lets go." Tabitha patted Sylphid and they took off.
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[Flashback: The Robe of the Dragon]
The small group looked at the hanger in awe and wonder. Mr. Colbert couldn't believe it. Tabitha felt his awe turn to sadness.
"No ones been able to read that…" Siesta looked to him wondering why he looked so sad.
"Navy ensign Sasaki Takeo, rests in another world,[海軍少尉佐々木武雄は、別の世界にかかっている] Its a grave." He felt her hand on his shoulder.
"What is this?" He heard Mr. Colbert from the inside.
He got up and walked in with Tabitha close behind. His awe was back.
"This can fly?" Siesta looked shocked.
"Yes…" He touched it and his runes glowed.
"And she's in good working order...all but the parachute...I'll fly her back to the academy so that we can get some work done on her." Then they all seen Sylphid transform into a girl, which floored everyone.
"I wanna ride!" Saito face-palmed and looked to her. He handed her his sweatshirt.
"At least your secret is out in a limited fashion...and I'll take you up on that as long as you come back and get everyone else when we get there. Ok?" He looked to the blue haired green eyed girl.
"Yes!"
He hit the gas gauge a couple of times. "I have barely enough fuel to make it. This is going to be one interesting ride…"
To everyone's amazement he starts the engine and takes off, leaving a smaller group there.
"I wonder how far he'll get?" Siesta looked up.
"At least he has a back up plan." Tabitha didn't look surprised about the transformation.
"How so?" Mr. Colbert looked confused.
"If he runs out of fuel, Sylphid will help him." Tabitha stated simply.
"I see…" He looked up.
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The fuel gauge finally read nothing...He looked to the girl in his arms and got an idea.
"Hey….we're gliding now...could you fly us down?" He ask nervously. "We're starting to crash…"
"OK!" She opened the cockpit and turned into her drake form and slowed the fighters decent to the dirt below.
"You...are a life saver." He hugged the drake. "Please...get the others." He waited there for the others to arrive.
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[End Flashback]
The room in the cockpit was...small. Kage looked to the pilot and blushed at the contact she was having. 'I wonder what he's thinking...' He laid off the throttle and started looking around.
"Are we close enough to use your...teleporting ability? Because I need to land now." He looked to her questioningly.
"I...I need some energy..." She looked sadly to him.
"How much before you knock someone out?"
"It's almost as soon as I take it..."
"Can you take it from anything?"
"Yes...why do you ask?" She looked confused.
"Free beef!" He landed the plain close to a treeline.
She then saw what he meant. A herd of cows was close by.
"I see..." She smiled at him. 'So considerate...'
"When you've had your fill, get us to the city." He smiled back.
She didn't have to be told twice. It was a cow and a half, and she patted her stomach.
"Let's go!" She held him from behind and misted to the port city of la Rochelle.
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With the storm incoming all ships were ordered by the Port Authority to stay anchored in port. Any that would break anchor would face heavy fines...if they survived. Wardes looked to Louise and smiled. 'It's almost too easy...with her familiar away...I can get her to come to our side...'
"Man am I beat...those winds were fierce."
"Good thing the rigging is enchanted...the way it was rattling it sounded like the storm was going to last a week, maybe two."
"The captain won't be pleased by this…"
"Its either pay the fine, which is basically the ship, or take a chance, wreck the ship and die."
"Good point, its not worth your life."
'It's worth my life if I fail at this...I hope that bitch is dead...The Hikari no ora[Aura of Light{光のオーラ}] That was summoned was sure to finish her off...' Wardes looked to the two sailors drinking and chatting. 'Two weeks is too long...' He turned to find Louise gone and a note left in her place.
{If you want to see your noble whore again, you will meet us at midnight by the docks, alone and with six hundred gold. You will leave your wand and your griffon, if we see either, she dies.}
"Hikari." He said and a bright light flashed. There stood a girl with almost white hair, pale blue eyes, dressed in a simple plain white sundress. The dress showed off her small bust well.
"Is the shadow bitch dead?"
"She escaped, I couldn't follow onto the academy grounds." She said in a near emotionless monotone.
"Why didn't you report sooner?" He looked shocked.
"It will take her a week to recover."
"...For the love of Brimir…" He face-palmed 'Excellent assets, but for a light user, not the brightest one around...' "We have a more pressing matter...my fiance has been kidnapped and we need to get her back...but when I raise my left hand I want you to blind them...ok?" He looked at her as she nodded her head.
"Of course."
"I hope we can do this…" 'Please...please let this work...'
"Should I follow you?" He face palmed again.
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Saito walked into an inn and sat on a stool with Kage sitting next to him, very close to him. The Innkeeper looked to him and smiled.
"What can I do for you?"
"I'll need three rooms with two beds each."
"Thirty gold for the week, there's a storm coming in, so I'm giving a discount. It might last the week, maybe two." The innkeeper took the gold from him.
"Have any ships left at all?"
"Not for the past week, Port Authority has sealed the docks, except for sailors. But the smart ones are staying in town." He smiled at the young lad. "And yes the rooms here have a magic barrier preventing sound from escaping them...no matter how noisy it gets...understand?" He gave a wink as Kage heard every word.
"Thanks...I think…" He hid his appalled look.
"Since you have a beautiful woman on your arm, the first drink is on me."
"Just water."
"Same." She laid her left hand over his right one and signaled something was off. He nodded and she misted them to a room.
"Lemme guess, the price was a little too reasonable?" He looked at her.
"No...my master is here…" She looked down.
"Lets get her then."
"But…"
"But what?"
"But if she is with that Wardes guy...He didn't look too shocked to see that Hikari no ora…"
"Like he planned on ditching you...or worse, killing you." His expression darkened.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yes."
"Can I drain him dry?"
"As the three wise monkeys said, 'Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil.' He's working with Reconquista. Lets take him out." They both nodded in agreement. "You do that thing you do, and come back here with her, we then go to the others and let them in on the secret."
"Done." She was back in less than fifteen seconds with a roughed up Louise.
"What are you doing with her?" Louise looked pitifully angry still tied up.
"Right now, saving your ass, we could just give you back…" Kage chuckled at the remark.
"That is an option…" She looked to Louise thoughtfully.
"Alright...alright...please untie me…" She looked pleadingly at them.
"Kage...lets stick a gag in her and teleport out of here...to a different inn." He felt his wife getting closer to the city.
"Done."
"I'm your mas-" Louise went limp in Kage's hands.
"Took some to refuel you?"
"Just a light snack…"
"Lets find a safe place to stay tonight." He nodded to her and they misted out.
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A/n: Character info Time!
Hikari no ora[Aura of Light{光のオーラ}]
Type: Spirit
Abilities:
-Blinding Globe: A small globe of blinding light, it's like staring into the sun.
-Lightningblade: A blade of lightning that electrocutes anyone in armor.
-Wall of Light: A barrier that is unbreakable in daylight.
-Heal: Light healing of minor wounds.
-Wingless flight: self explanatory.
-Lightningblast: A cone shaped blast that damages anything minimally in the cone. It has a range of 40 ft.
Element: Wind
Hight: 4'11"
Weight: 70 lb.s
Alignment:
-D&D: Lawful Good [I do not own]
-Other systems: Principled
True Name: Hikari no kibo [光の希望]
Racial Hatred: Any being of darkness and earth.
This is what I came up with, I hope you all still like it, but this idea popped into my head so...read and review...and tell me what you think of Hikari. For this one I am not feeling the harem vibe.