Chapter 7 The Princess's Plotting

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I do not own Touhou or the Familiar of Zero


When Kaguya heard princess, she knew that something something something something must be very wrong. "How do you know of my identity?" Kaguya asked with ice in her voice.

"Because I'm Sasha's blade!" Derf responded, and Kaguya narrowed her eyes.

"Why does Brimir's familiar have to do in this case?" Kaguya asked.

"Because Sasha is Sachain, you do remember her? Right? I know it was a long time ago, but should remember her?"

Kaguya started thinking back on her days. Okay, Sachain, Sachain, Sachain. Hmmmmmmmmm, it should be 6000 years, when Eiren. Lost. Her. Apprentice….

Kaguya slammed her hands on the table, shocking Derf. "Wait, you don't mean Sa-chan!"

"Yep, that same exact Sa-chan."

"You mean that instead of Sa-chan's experiment of going massively wrong one day, it was that Brimir summoned Sa-chan into Halkegania!"

That explains why Derf was a lunar sword! And how all the elves know Lunar Magic! Because the elves are the descendants of Sa-chan! Argh, stupid UNIVERSE!"

This was definitely messing with Kaguya's brain. So, who was Sa-chan again? Sa-chan was one of Eiren's apprentice (Kaguya just calls her Sa-chan instead of Sachain), and the main reason why Eiren stopped having apprentices after Sa-chan's experiment exploded and Sa-chan was never seen again.

Sa-chan was a girl with much common sense, but the more important part was…that Sa-chan was a girl with long ears. And of course, this led to all her descendants having long ears. How rather convenient. Elves also have long ears.

Sa-chan was a magic artifactor. In order words, she can create magic items. And one of these magical items was a talking Lunar Sword who won't just shut up! Guess where the Lunar Sword was now.

"It has to be you, eh."

"I still remember you attempts to get rid of me." Derf remarked dryly, and Kaguya simply smiled.

"How the hell did you survive getting chucked at the sun?"

"Because I'm a MAGICAL SWORD."

Kaguya was ticked off. "Right, before I find a way to sure-kill way to destroy you, I want to ask how you got to the weapon shop."

Derf snorted. "An elf accidentally dropping his sword on the battlefield, me being picked up an ordinary merchant, a lot of transits on the way, yeah, it was a long story that'll kill you. But that won't kill you. Now, Princess, let me ask you, why are you a Hourai doll?"

"Perceptive, aren't you?" Kaguya responded, "However, when I drank the Hourai elixir, I was no longer a princess. Banished from Lunar court."

"Why did you drink the Hourai elixir?" Derf asked.

Kaguya looked out of the window. "It's just that, maybe I was completely foolish back than. Maybe I was bored. But I knew something; I wanted to experience everything in my life, and the only way I could do that was to become immortal."

"….I see." Derf stated, "Do you ever regret being immortal?"

"Do I?" Kaguya turned around and faced Derf with one of her truly happy smiles, illuminated by the moon. "Does the moon ever regret not shining on the Earth? For I do not regret my decision."

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"And so, that is how the Familiar of Zero ended."

"Princess, are you a bit lunatic?" Derf said at the end of the lecture. Kaguya shook her head, smiling the whole time. It was rare that she managed to shock Derf, it was usually the other way around (through jump scares and random cursing).

"So you tell me that if you haven't appeared here as a familiar, I would have boy who would naturally had tendencies of drawing in large harems."

"Yes."

"You're not kidding."

"I'm not kidding."

"And is your plan currently to slaughter the whole of Albion's fleet and have everyone cowered in fright from your might?"

"Yes."

Derf sighed. "Alright, lay out your plans. In details please."

Kaguya smiled. "Alright, we don't want too much deviations from the plot until we reach Albion. Luckily, we have Mokou, so it was so much easier to fulfill Saito's roles in the story. First, I believe that we have to deal with Count Mott. After dealing with Count Mott via Mokou, than the whole incident regarding Fouquet comes into play. We'll have Miss Longueville act as a double agent, and we'll let her escape with the staff. Afterwards, Mokou and Louise would pose as commoners on a mission for the crown, and when finished, we will have the love potion incident, and than Princess Henrietta will ask about taking the secret letter back to Tristan.

"We do not let Wardes get any suspicion about our true powers, so during the trip we have to hide them. Me and Louise will be riding on the griffon with Wardes, just to make sure that Wardes doesn't really deviate from the plan as a whole. On the other hand, Mokou, Guiche, and Kirche should meet up with Tabitha and they all go to La Rochelle. At La Rochelle, Mokou, Guiche, Kirche, and Tabitha should stay behind, 'taking' down Fouquet's golem and fighting off the bandits. Tabitha should ferry them back to Albion, so no major difference.

"At Albion, we have to let the wedding happen. So, at the last minute, when Louise regained her conscious that should be when Wardes kill Wales. However, Mokou should stop Wardes from killing Wales, and we all escape back to Tristan. When Albion declare war on Tristan, we two immortals shall stop them at Tarbes and show our true powers to the whole world. Is that perfect, Derf?"

"A bit too complicated for my tastes, but I've seen Saichi carried out more complicated plans before. Let's do this! We'll see a lot of chaos on the way!"

Kaguya nodded. "Yes, we'll dominate Halkegenia. However, our success hinges on one key point – we do not show everyone that we're immortals or we are essentially the embodiments of fire and eternity."

The door kicked open, Kaguya spinning around quickly. Did her plans get discovered? Did someone eavesdrop? Who was it? And Kaguya quickly sighed. It was just Mokou.

"Kaguya, Siesta is being employment of a mistress. I'm going to talk to the count about renegotiating the contract." There was venom in her voice, alarming Kaguya.

Kaguya looked at Mokou, and raised her eyebrow. "If you do that, it'll be best if you negotiate with him–"

"BYE!" Mokou slammed the door close, and silence permitted the room.

"-peacefully." Kaguya was left speaking to the closed door.

There was another moment of silence. "Looks like your Plan A has been screwed to hell by a rampaging little girl. Got Plan B partner?" Derf asked dryly.

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"I. Hate. You. Mokou." Kaguya said, gritting her teeth with every word and clenching her hands. Another moment. And the laughter began.


Author's Notice

Another short chapter. Sorry for releasing so short chapters of Kaguya, making her more of the evil mastermind here. This next chapter will be a test run for Beta readers, so I'll most likely be able to upload it next Sunday.

There's nothing much to be said about this chapter. Oh yeah, in this world elves use lunar magic, in which all aspects are increased during the night, and they can operate magical weapons from the moon which are much much much stronger than the Halkegenia's. Since the elves are descended from Sachain, a magic artificer, they would have superior armor than the Halkegenia's, thus making them immortal in their eyes. However, due to their nature of being a craftsmen, they wish not to conquer the whole world and rather create better weapons.

Still calling for Beta readers on weekdays. Weekend I am trying new Beta tester, but still calling for Beta readers. If you want good quality chapters and early releases, try for Beta.

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And now, for comments.

Awemanae I do like twists in the story, so I hoped you like that. I hope you like even more the background of that twist in the story.

Yoshiki-909 Thank you for replying to my call for being my beta. I wish you also luck in trying to update your fanfiction; very good ideas of fanfiction.

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Here's an omake that I was inspired by my family and today's date. Have fun!


Omake: The Princess of the Moon

Kaguya looked out of the window in Louise's room. Today was special, today was when the two moons of Halkegenia became full moons. Oh, it was often to see full moons happen, because there are more than one moon. However, that night was when both these moons are full and illuminating the night in all its splendor, rivaling the brightiness of the sun.

All the main characters are hear, except for Mokou. Mokou was out and about, restless during the full moon. She hated the moon.

It was fine, after all. Faintly, in the background, there were some musicians playing their instruments. One of the songs they were playing was Kaguya's theme, "Flight in the Bamboo Forest, Lunatic Princess." How they got that hands on that song…was a story for another time.

The two full moons, one red, the other pale blue. Somehow, these unnatural colors of the moon made Kaguya relieved. For she hated the white moon. She hated the moon back in Gensokyo.

Back than, when she was still a naieve little princess, Kaguya believed that Earth was dirty, and that the moon was way superior to Earth. But when she drank that elixir, how everything changed that day. When Kaguya was banished to Earth, and met the bamboo cutters.

If Kaguya had never drank the elixir, she would have been a still spoiled princess stuck up in the moon. But on Earth? She may no longer be a princess, but she was free. She was free! She was free from everything!

And than, Kaguya realized that the moon didn't hold a candle compared to Earth. Earth allowed her to make her own actions, and do whatever she wanted. This resolve strengthened when the moon asked Kaguya to return because the moon wanted to forget the past.

At first, Kaguya refused just because she wanted to stay on Earth. Eiren helped Kaguya to escape to Gensokyo where there, Kaguya realized her second reason. The past can never be forgotten. It can be buried, it can be hidden, it can never see the light of day. But it would never be forgotten. That was when Kaguya met Mokou, a person still bounded by the chains of the past, seeking that the princess would pay for her action hundreds of years ago that Kaguya forgotten about.

Kaguya opened the window and breathed in the night air. As Derf said, Kaguya never regretted taking the Hourai elixir. Maybe just right after the banishment, but now? Now it was something that if presented to her again, she will do it again. Kaguya reached out to touch the moons, the moons that now revebrate in Kaguya's body. The energy the moon exhibited, Kaguya was absorbing it, basking in their brilliance.

"Kaguya, the bugs are flying in." Louise stated, and Kaguya turned around to see Louise. The moon's lights was still illuminating the dark room, and Kaguya was in the center of the brilliance. One could almost noticeably see that Kaguya's hair was rising slightly with the wind, and Kaguya's face was of like a sculpted beauty. To Louise, to Louise she saw a beauty that outrivals anyone in the whole world. A beauty that, that can't be described in earthly words. A Princess from a Moon.

Kaguya closed the windows, and smiled to Louise. "Alright." Kaguya said, the room no longer illuminated, "But it was pretty tonight. Always the Full Moons are beautiful to watch as they sail across the world."


HAPPY MIDAUTUMN FESTIVAL (AKA MOONCAKE FESTIVAL)

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