The Tricksters Lionheart

by KingofSins

Demi-Servants. Humans witch there bound to Heroic Spirits. Through many died in the Atampt to create such a being there were 2 that survived the process. Now watch the Tale of the Wandering King and his Adventures through the Dungeon of Orario.

8. Chapter 7

So… it took a while but here is chapter 7. It was really not easy and I had to completely rewrite the chapter several times to be at least a little satisfied…

Mash-Potatoes1: Thank you, it was a good chapter

Answer: Thank you.

Wendel Santana: My fav chapter until now!

You did well to write this fight...

now when Richard appeared ...

my friend, my soul screamed in anticipation.

What will be the pairing?

Continue, pls!

Answer: Thank you, it was fun to write the chapter. As for the pairing… It is Leonard x Tiona only, no Harem.

solizangel103: Sorry if this question annoys you. I have previously stated whether Goetia will make a appearance which you answer that he will not as he is dead. But it is later confirm in the Lostbelt that he is indeed alive where he is subtlety reference as a mysterious stranger helping our protagonists in the Lostbelts. Then in the Greek Lostbelt he claims to the cast that he is Doctor Romani but the real Doctor Romani has green eyes not orange eyes which suggest that this "Doctor Romani" is Goetia in disguise. This is confirm when Koyanskaya confirms that the mysterious stranger is indeed Goetia who somehow revived and is on his way to stop the Alien God. So to state my question again, will Goetia remake a appearance here your story or will you make subtle references that he is in the story? And also will the Alien God also make a appearance?

Answer: Dont worry its not annoying in the slightest. As for Goetia… well I'm still waiting for the next Lostbelt in Fate GO NA but the Alien God will make an appearance and Goetia maybe… but if it does then not in its BEAST 1 Form.

T-B-R: Tiona is so cute

Answer: Yes she is.

DKsExecuter: TOP! Cant wait for the continuation

Answer: Thank you.

Gadget boy: That fight was truly epic. I really appreciate the build up and it really payed off once the fight finally ended.

Excited to see how things go and everything that will happen once canon finally starts.

Answer: Thank you and don't worry I have something planned.

Disclaimer: I don't own Danmachi or Fate

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Chapter 7

Twilight Manor Leonards Room

Leonard stirred as he slowly began to wake up. The sun was shining through the window and a light breeze let the curtains swing. All in all, it was a wonderful day. When the rays of the sun reached the Demi Servant's face, his eyelids fluttered, then suddenly they jumped open, only to be closed again with an annoyed groan.

"Damn it, close the curtains ... annoying sun." After his complaint to the large ball of flames in the sky, the young man crawled deeper under the covers, hoping to escape the light. Unfortunately, someone else had something to say about that.

"Gooood mooorning my little Lion!" Shouted the residential goddess, as she grabbed the Demi Servant shield against the evil sun and pulled it away with a strong jerk.

The blond boy hissed as he unsuccessfully tried to grab the blanket. "Why?" Moaned the boy.

Loki grinned as she hopped onto the bed. "You have been sleeping for a couple of days now." Taking his hand the red head pulled him up. "So it's high time to wake up sleepyhead."

Groaning, the Demi Servant sat up. "How long have i slept anyway?" He asked as he scratched his head. Everything was spinning to him, from the paintings on the wall, Loki as she sat on his bed, to the sky outside the window.

"Just three days." Answered the goddesses.

Leonard nearly fell back on the bed. "Three Days?!" Even after the events in Singularity F had he not slept that long, and he fought a corrupted version of the King of Knights in that blasted place.

The redhead nodded along with a serious face. "Yes you had us really worried there then you suddenly collapsed on us."

The awakaneard silence was broken as Leonards stomach began to make itself known.

The red goddesses stood up with a small smile on her face. "Well, we will talk later, for now let's get you something to eat." With that she strood out of the room, the Demi Servant following her.

"By the way…" Began Loki as she and her son walked down the corridors of Twilight Manor. "I have a task for you after you finish breakfast, you will do this before we talk about what happened in the fight and I update your status ok?" Informed the goddess of mischieves.

"Ok." Nodded Leonard as he followed his mother.

It was not all that easy for the young man, to keep up with the woman at the moment, the three days just laying on his bed hat made sure that is muscles feel cramped and he noticed it, especially as he had started to walk, his legs were the part that he strained the most in the fight and from the feeling he got from his legs, the consequences would not go away so fast this time around.

As the red haired goddesses pushed the double doors to the dining room open, the Demi Servant could already hear the chatter of his fellow Familia members. When he and the red deity walked through the door, the hall went silent in an instead, as if they had practiced it beforehand, all heads turned to you at the same time, then after a moment of silence they exploded in applause as they saw the young spiky headed adventurer and their goddess standing in the doorway.

A bit uncomfortable with all the attention he was getting Leonard moved to his seat beside Loki as fast as his stinging legs could carry him. Once he reached his chair and sat down, the Demi Servant looked around, most of the members of the Loki Familia were present, with only a few not being in the dining room. Through, to his surprise, the two Amazons they fought just days priore were also sitting at the table, with the long haired one stealing glances at the Captain of the Familia ever so often, the short haired one on the other hand was looking at him, and smiled with a red hue plastered onto her cheeks. As the breakfast progressed, the two amazons there threaded to the site of Leonard devouring what could only be described as a small mountain of food, jet through all the time he ate with incredible speed, he never lost his table manners, always looking like a well mannered aristocrat while doing so.

Loki one the other hand had a stained smile on her face at the amount of food that was vanishing, it was not that she had anything against her child's eating habits, she just dreaded the amount of Valis it would cost her should they go out and have dinner in a restaurant again. Clearing her throat, she nudged her blond son.

"I see you have already noticed the presence of your new comrades?" Asked the goddess as she pointed at the two dark skinned young women. "Good good." Nodded the red head to herself. "You will be giving them the tour through Twighlight Manor after breakfast is finished."

The Demi Servant nearly spat out his meal. "What? why?" Questioned the blond. "Could not Finn or Riveria do that?"

"Normally yes but they both have to come with me to the Guild to report that the Quest is completed." Answered Loki. "I would have normally done that by now, but well…" The goddess trailed off. Somebody had to make sure that the little amazon stays away from my little Lion. During the past three days, Loki and Riveria had on more than one occasion, stopped the short haired amazon from sneaking into Leonard's room and trying to squeeze herself as close as possible to him. It was just a reminder why exactly Loki did never bother to actively recruit members of the amazon race into her Familia. Once they had their side set on a male that they wanted, there was simply no end to it. At least it is a member of the same familia. Though the red headed deity. It was not uncommon for an amazon to leave a Familia for such reasons, and even if Loki was in favor of following one's own instincts and feelings, it was not in her interest to lose one of her children because of something like a lost battle, she allowed herself to be so selfish in that regard.

"Fine…" Murmeled the young man, not that thrilled with the idea of walking through the entire manor while his legs still had to fully heal.

The goddess smiled in victory. "Good good… There is just one more thing." Said Loki as she lifted her hand up in the air, only to bring it down directly on the head of her favorite son. "Stop breaking your stuff every time you fight!" Shouted the red woman at her child. "Do you know how much money it costs me to get you new armour or a sword nearly every month?!" She grabbed his shoulder and started shaking him. "Think of all the booze that i could buy from that!"

Gaining a deadpan look on his face the Demi Servant looked his mother directly in her now opened eyes. "What are you a child?" Came the cold reply.

It wasn't the first time and it wouldn't be the last time this conversation would take place. The other members of the Familia had seen this game several times, Leonard would destroy a piece of his equipment, Loki would give him a new one and then complain about the price if she had already used up her allowance for wine and other alcohol.

"Meany." Huffing, the red headed goddess turned away from her child.

*Bonk*

Both, Demi Servant, and Goddess held their heads as the green high Elf widrow her hands from their chopping position.

"Both of you act like children." Was Riveria's cold response. Normally she would let the mother and son duo have their fun, but now there were two new members present who were not yet familiar with the dynamics of the Familia, so in her eyes Loki shouldn't act like that, it would only undermine her credibility as the goddess of the Familia.

Leonard and Loki nodded in agreement with the high Elf's statement and stopped their banter, Leonard again focusing on his food and Loki on her drink.

"Good." Nodded the green haired woman, pleased to see that both had stopped, before turning to the two amazons in the room. "Tione, Tiona you both will be going with Leonard here to get the tour through the manor so stay until dinner is over understood?" Asket Riveria.

Both amazon looked up from their respective meals, and while Tiona was all too happy to be with the blond teenager, Tione was displeased with the choice.

"Should it not be the Captain, that shows new members around?" Questioned the long haired amazon, hoping that she would get the chance to spend time with the man that defeated her.

But the Elf Mage shocked her head. "Yes and no, while it would be good if Finn or another senior member could show you around, but we all simply are too busy at the moment so you will have to make doue with our Lion over there... that is still eating." Rivera had to sweetdrop at the last part of her answer, it was a bit embarrassing for her to mention Leonard when he was lost in his food, even if he always ate with sophisticated manners, the speed was in a class of its own, after only a few minutes, one could see the plates stacking up and now the Demi Servant had almost disappeared behind a wall of dishes.

"Incredible." Tiona had stars in her eyes as she watched the Demi Servant devour more food then she thought possible for a human.

Tione on the other hand. "I… I… I don't even know what to say to this."

Even if Riveria found the reaction of the short-haired amazon amusing, she could sympathize more with the long-haired one, it had not been easy for her to get used to the eating habits of the red-eyed boy, even if he had more table manners than a good chunk of the other Loki Familia members, it was always a spectacle to see how he managed to eat masses of food that would have made a normal person look like a balloon.

Finally having enough, the high Elf stood up from her seat and walked over to the young man.

"Are you ready soon?" She asked. "Or would you prefer to loot the whole pantry..."

Leonard stopped eating, blinked three times, and looked at the woman. "No thank you Riveria. I am full now."

The green-haired woman was again tempted to give herself a facepalm, sometimes Loki's little Lion, as she still insisted on calling him, was just as bad as the Sword Princess when it came to understanding sarcasm or the like. Especially when his thoughts were elsewhere.

"Could you now please give them the tour through the Manor?"

The Demi Servant nodded his head and stood up, turning to the two dark skinned young women to address them. "Please follow me and don't wander off… This house is just unreasonably big."

Tiona and Tione nodded and stood up from their respective chairs, whereby getting up in the case of the short-haired amazon was a mild understatement, she practically jumped into the air with an enthusiastic grin. Her older sister one the other hand, still had an air of disinterest and annoyance around her.

As they walked through Twilight Manor, the young man kept commenting on what they saw and what it was all about. During the march to the first stop of the tour, he mentally made a note of some of the paintings that he saw. Loki had probably seen that the Demi Servant threw away most of his works and decided to hang them up instead of leaving them in the trash, that Leonard would not even really notice was not even so unlikely, he spent most of the time in the dungeon and the "house" was big enough that he didn't even have to walk past them to get to his usual places.

As they walked through the house, Tiona became more and more restless, she hopped from one foot to the other, began to look wildly back and forth and turned away with a slightly flushed face every time the Demi Servant looked at her.

"So…" Begun the blonde young man. "What do you think of the Familia?"

"Don't know jet." Came the reply of Tione. "We haven't really spoken to many Members, and the goddess has still not given us her Falna."

The red-eyed boy stopped. "She has not given you her Falna?" That was a surprise given that Loki was not one to sit still then she could be done with something, in her opinion, "annoying" fast and not be bothered by it again.

Then again, Leonard knew that he and Ais had a somewhat special relationship with the goddess of trickery, even if it wasn't every time after a day in the dungeon, his and Ais status were updated much more often than that of the other members.

"And no one spoke to you in the Familia?" The Demi Servant just had to ask, if you were to ask someone outside what he thinks of the Loki Familia, 90% of the time it would lead to the fact that they would all be referred to as Free Spirited, the thought that not one of the other members had not tried to talk to the two amazons was just absurd.

"Well…" Began the short haired amazon. "It is not that they have not tried but my sister is a bit…"

Tione shot her sister an irritated glare. "We do not need to talk to these weaklings. I still can not understand how you could lose to this guy, he looks even weaker than some of the other members." The long haired amazon stated as she glared at the Demi Servant.

"Says the one that lost to a man that looks as if he should still go to elementary school." Murmeled the bond boy, not really liking the rudnes of the older amazon. Then again he had no room to talk, he himself never won against Finn or another of the executives.

"Let's just keep going." Said the young man as he resumed his walk down the corridor.

The trio walked in silent as they passed various places in Twilight Manor, such as the kitchen, baths and the library.

"Hey Leonard." The short haired amazon called out to the Demi Servant.

Turning around the blond boy had a questioned look on his face. "Yes?"

"How long will the tour last? I'm bored." Thinking quick, her face brightened as she had an idea. "I know tell me something about you. Like do you like heros?"

The question caught the blond boy off guard. He grew up with stories of legendary heros and had come to admire many of them, but after meeting them.

"I don't really know…" He said softly. "I like and admire them for their deeds and accomplishments but… But i don't really want to be one."

A side of him that he hadn't shown for a long time began to emerge, over his time in the Grand Order and his life in Chaldea, the Demi Servant had developed a certain distance from his childhood dream of being a hero. It's one thing to want it as a kind of toddler, but as he got older he started to see something in the stories, something that almost all legends had in common that he didn't want for himself and as a consequence he began to distance himself from this dream.

"Hmm?" The energetic amazon looked curious at her current object of affection.

"I just don't like the endings." Came the harsh answer of Leonard as he began to pick up a bit of speed in his walk.

An uncomfortable silence followed as the Demi Servant began to lead the two amazons to the garden and training area of the Manor.

Tione noticed the downtrodden expresion on Tionas face as they followed the red-eyed boy down the hall, balling her hands into fists she was about to punch the boy until he abruptly stopped at an apple three, the long haired amazon looked around and noticed that they had arrived at the garden.

With a huff, the Demi servant let himself drop down at the tree and used it as support for his back.

"Look, I'm sorry if I came off a bit rude with my answer…" Began Leonard, while looking at the short haired amazon. "It's nothing personal okay?" Upon seeing that the mood of the amazon took a positive turn, the blond boy made an offer. "I take it you like hero stories? Then how about I tell you one."

Tionas face lit up with a large and happy smile, moving nearly too fast to see her. The young amazon sat down next to Demi Servant and looked up at him with an eager glint in her eyes.

As he saw the young girl sitting next to him, Leonard had to fight down a blush, she was very beautiful and cute in his eyes, especially now as she looked like an eager puppy with her big eyes staring up at him.

Taking a deep breath the Demi Servant began to think which story he should tell her. The Story of the King of Knights was an opinion but he felt that now was not the time for that, the story of Richard was also out, less they become suspicious about his own powers. Difficult… Recalling the story he wanted to tell Ais, he smiled a little as he made his choice.

"Then I will tell you the Story of Siegfried the Dragonslayer." Announced the blond boy.

"The Legends begin to accumulate about a great German prince, born into a noble family in the Netherlands. These legends are depicted within the epic poem Song of the Nibelungs, describing this prince Siegfried as a hero of blessing and praise. While fighting on behalf of the Burgundian, the German Price grows up to embody the purest ideal of a hero, taking on the request of his people without question. As such he is loved by all, with men yearning to join him in Battle, and women seeking his affection. With every fibre of his being he lives up to such lofty expectations." Leonard looked to his right to see Tione as she also sat down under the tree.

"At one point he's contacted by the Nibelungs, an underground Tribe and asked to fairly distribute their treasure, in exchange for a cursed holy blade Balmung, which was formed from the Remains of the North blade Gram. Siegfried divides their treasure as asked, but the two kings of the Nibelungs find his verdict unfair and end up attacking him, Siegfried defends himself, slaying the kings, claiming both the treasure and Balmung as his own.

Among their treasure Siegfried gains possession of Tuncappa, a cloak of invisibility that grants him the strength of 12 men."

"Isn't this a bit much?" Asket the older of the sisters skeptical. "First a holy sword and treasures, and now an invisible cloak that makes him twelve times stronger?"

Leonard laughed lightly. "Who knows... " The former tensition had started to leave his body as he told the story. "But that makes it interesting no? To never know if the story is true or not."

"He takes on all kinds of requests, from avenging the fallen families of officials, to assisting Nobles bed beautiful Maidens. To fulfil these requests he ignores his own sense of self and his sense of morality, to that end he is seen as an impartial wish-granting machine. Of course this is a tremendous burden to bear, and to moderate his workload, he only answers the wishes of those who ask him. Sadly this means the people who need him most, the poor and destitute go unsaved. He realizes that by constantly answering the wishes of others he has lost sight of his own, without an ideal to follow, he continues doing his people's bidding."

"That's sad." Commented Tiona as she listens to the story. She hung on every word the Demi Servant said, it was a story that she did not know of till now and that exited her, but at the same time she began to feel a little uneasy where the story was heading.

"Siegfrieds most notable achievement comes from being asked to slay a horrific evil dragon, Fafnir, of all phantasmal Creatures the Dragon race is considered the most dangerous, sturdier than Castle walls, they breathe fire, ice, or poison, while wielding claws capable of rendering Steel. Regardless he accepts the task and enters the mountain cavern where the monster sleeps. He finds it resting atop a mound of Treasure, the Reingold, said to be so valuable that a single handful would guarantee welf for a lifetime. The gold fills the entire mountain, rendering a painfully claustrophobic, Fafnir melts into the distance Darkness, yet it's sheer aura is plenty intimidating, provoking images of Pitch Black scales, serpent eyes, toxic breath, and a fiery tongue. As Siegfried presses forward, he finds himself terrified, and yet his will remains strong. Soon enough his presence alerts the Dragon, and it opens wide its vicious maw. Fafnir has grown so strong, it no longer requires food for sustenance, instead the Beast torchures its prey, devouring solely for pleasure."

As Leonard paused to take a breath he noticed that Ais had joined them under the tree. As he looked at her questionable she tilted her head sideways, urging him to continue with the story.

"Yet for a single moment the Dragon hesitates taking caution at the side of Siegfried and his fearsome blade. The moment is enough for him to steel his resolve and charge into combat charge. Fafnir meets his charge with a soul crushing roar, soon the dragons flames light the darkness of the Cavern, while light can bring comfort, this maelstrom of heat meryl illuminates this hellish landscape, amidst the chaos Siegfried swings wildly, only to find that his strikes have no effect. As he rolls benieve Fafnir's swung tail, he realises that this fight is akin to a human swatting an annoying fly, a single hit is all it will take to bring Sigfrieds death. He hides this fear in his own shouting, to escape the flames he leads the dragon outside the cavern into an opening surrounded by waterfalls. Regardless he is still at a tremendous disadvantage as Fafnir's claws tear into his flesh. His vision clouded, he fails at another strike and is sent whirling through the air. Burned by flames, yet at that moment is Instinct to survive takes over he gains enough clarity to land a fatal strike on the dragon. Balumg rips the dragon open, causing the dragon's blood to wash over Siegfrieds body."

"So he killed the evil dragon all one his own?" Asket the excited younger amazon as she jumped up and began to hop from one foot to the other.

The red-eyed boy smiled at the amazon, her shining smile blinding him in a way that he could not discip.

"Yes he did." He answered, trying to hide the fact that the story is not yet over. He had cooled down over the cause of the tale and now wanted to end it there, not telling the amazon of the tragic end that would beval the dragonslayer.

Grunting, the Demi Servant stood up on his shaking legs. "Anyway, this is the garden of the Manor." He said, getting back on track with the tour. "Here you can just relax then you want, and future down there." He pointed to an empty spot, the grass there basically now non existent from all the spars and training he had done with Ais over the last one and a half years. "Is a training spot, if you want to train outside the dungeon or have a spar with another member."

Upon hearing that they were allowed to fight in the Manor the short haired amazon's smile got even bigger. "So we can have a rematch now?!" She shouted, excited at the idea of fighting the Demi Servant and hoping to see the golden light again.

"No." Leonard said, shaking his head. "I am still injured so no fighting for me."

The long haired amazon sneered at him. "So you will only fight then you are at full strength? Weakling." She commented coldly. Still not believing that the young man before her was able to defeat her sister.

The red-eyed boy just chuckled and scratched his cheek. "It's not that… I just don't want Riveria to lecture me again."

Ais nodded in agreement with the older blond. She was on the receiving end of Rivieras lectures more than once and could understand why her friend would not want to go through something like that anytime soon. The high Elf was not someone you wanted to make angry.

"Well we can see that we have a rematch when I fully recover. But for now to the last part of the tour."

And with that the red-eyed boy marched back into the Manor, being followed by the three girls.

"By the way Ais." Said the Demi Servant. "What are you doing here? I thought you would spend the day in the dungeon again."

The girl in question just stared at Leonard and answered only after a few seconds. "It brings more to go with you."

The blond boy simply nodded along with the answer he got, not really understanding her point, since even if it is true that it was more efficient if both were in the dungeon and worked together to kill monsters, that didn't change the fact that she could still have achieved something alone today. Oh well it is probably good that she took a day off. Thought Leonard

"So here we are at the end of the tour." Announced the blond boy as he stopped at the start of a long corridor. "Here are the rooms where all members are accommodated." A bit unsure he turned to the two amazons. "Say have you already been given a room? Or did you prefer both single rooms?"

"No." Echoed it from behind the four teenagers.

As they all tuned into the direction from we're the sound came from they saw Loki, Riveria and Finn walking towards them. Leonard noted that Tione seemed to gain a blush as she looked at their Captain. Is she into the little boy type?

"That is enough Leonard and thank you for showing them around, but we would like to talk to them a bit so we will take it from here on. Okay?" Asket the high Elf.

Nodding the Demi Servant looked at the two sisters. "Well it was fun, so see you at Dinner." And with that he waved them goodby and disappeared into his room.

As he flopped onto his bed the red-eyed boy noticed that Ais had followed him.

"What are you doing in my room?"

"Are you all right?" Questioned the blond girl as she sat down next to him.

Couch off guard, the Demi Servant was not sure how to describe his current state of mind.

"Yes…" He sighted. "I just have a lot on my mind at the moment."

It was true, his conversation with Richard was still on his mind and he didn't know what to make of it. On the one hand he was happy that he had spoken to him again and on the other hand he wondered why Richard didn't answer him again when he called for him. Ah this is all so confusing. Thought Leonard. He was brought out of his thoughts as he felt a hand petting his head, shifting a bit, he managed to look up to the girl that looked at him with her blank stare.

"There, there." She continued with her petting, not knowing that she was treating the boy more like a pet.

Still, Leonard appreciated the gesture. Allowing a soft smile to form on his lips, the Demi Servant let go of his worries and complaints and relaxed.

"Don't worry… I will be back to normal in no time." He assured the golden-eyed girl. "Now let me think just a bit…" And with that he closed his eyes.

Leonard… you remember what i told you… The words echoed in his head again. Living legacy. Through the Demi Servant with a light smile. Heh… That smile soon turned into an amused and determined smirk. Well… a legacy should surpass the original right? Richard...

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Lokis Office

The Goddess of Mischief made a rare exception when she accompanied the two Amazons to her office with Finn and Riveria in tow, she sat on the chair behind the desk. A sight that the two senior members of the family only rarely saw and also a sign that she was not in the mood to joke.

"So…" Began Loki as she addressed the two dark skinned girls before her. "Do you have any idea what kind of trouble you got yourself in?" She asket, pulling out a sheet of paper. "Assault on a few non Adventures, multiple complaints of gods because you nearly or did maim one or more of their children, a good amount of property damage and so on and so forth."

The two amazons did not know what to say at the moment, even if, in the back of their minds, they were aware that all of the accusations made by the red-haired woman in front of them were true, to have it spoken out in front of them was still a different thing.

As the two sisters began to squirm under Loki's intense stare, Riveria chose to speak up, not liking what her goddess was doing.

"Enough Loki." Said the high elf. "Just tell them already what you want."

The goddess let out a sigh as she lost her intense stare and relaxed in her chair, tuning away from the high Elf she pouted and murmelet.

"But one of them hurt my little Lion." She stated as she began to talk to herself.

Finn could only sigh, at the behavior of the goddess of the Loki Familia. Even after all the years that he already knew her, it was still a, let's say special experience for him to see her behavior towards her favorites.

The two sisters didn't know what to think at the moment. For a moment the goddess in front of you was probably the most frightening creature you have ever seen and in the next moment she became a mother obsessed with her children and it looked like it wasn't necessarily an easy obsession. Especially when she started giggling like a little school girl.

Tione leaned over to her sister to whisper in her ear.

"Do you think it's too late to run?"

Just as the words were leaving the lips of the older amazon, Loki's stopped giggling, the room seemed to get darker and the shadows seemed to move unnaturally. The red-haired goddess slowly began to turn her head in the direction of the two dark-skinned girls, her golden eyes wide open, she gave her warning.

"Don't even think about it." Came the frosty voice of the redhead.

Then as if nothing had happened, the threatening atmosphere disappeared, the light went back to normal and the shadows stopped moving.

"It would be quite rude to leave after all the trouble my children went through to get you here."

Even if Loki said these words with a pleasant voice and a smile on her face, the thread behind them, should the two sisters not complied with the unspoken order was so blatantly obvious that one did not have to be a god to see through this lie.

With a nervous laugh Tiona sat back down on the couch.

"Good." Said the red haired goddess. "To come back to the points from just now, you both don't have to worry about it." Loki said. "Since you both will soon become members of my familia, that's my problem, not yours." With a sigh, she slammed her head on the table. "So much paperwork."

Finn used the moment there his goddess was again complaining about work to voice his own question.

"Well… Do you have any questions about the Familia?" Asket the blonde Palum.

Before the long haired amazon could even think about one her sister jumped up from her spot on the couch and began to fire question after question at the captain of the Loki Familia.

"Yes. How did the Lionheart beat me? Is he really Level 2? How could he get so strong from one instead to the next? What was this golden light?" Faster than Palum could Keep up with the young dark skinned girl running her mouth at a mile a minute.

Fortunately for Finn and Riveria, Loki had calmed down and listened to the questions.

"He beat you with stubbornness and luck, yes he is Level 2 at the moment, and for the last two, well you have to ask him yourself." Came Loki's answer, as she lifted herself up from her desk, if someone were to take a closer look, they would even see the red spot on her forehead where she had hit the table with her head. Stretching a bit, the goddess stoot up from her chair and walked in front of her desk.

"Well then let's get it over with, there is still a bottle of wine with my name waiting for me ... So go on, chop chop, down with the tops." Ordered Loki with a little giggle at the end, but all she received were blank stares from the other people in her office.

*SMACK*

*SMACK*

Two loud slaps resounded through the office, one from Riveria, who now cradled her hand with the other and had a pained expression on her face and one from Finn who had done an excellent facepalm.

"Aauh why?" Wailed the red-haired goddess as she held her head.

Still cradling her throbbing hand, the high elf could only let out a tried sigh.

"Because you sound like a lecherous old man Loki." Answered the green woman as she glared at the goddess with disapproval.

"Ok ok…" Said the red haired deity quickly as she saw the rising hand of the high elf. "Take out all the fun will ya." Pouting one last time in Riverias direction, Loki stopped rubbing her head and gained a serious expression on her face, her back striated and she seemed to give of an aura of outworldly authority.

"Still... " She began, turning her gaze to the two sisters sitting on the couch, rooted in place from the powerful stare of the goddess of mischief and trickery. "It was not just meant as a joke… Take off your tops and turn your back to me so that i can give you my Falna."

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Leonards Room

Waking up from his little nap, the Demi Servant slowly opened his ruby-red eyes. Looking around the room, he noticed Ais walking around, inspecting his paintings and instruments that he had in his room. The instruments included a gitarre, a violin, a flute and a few others, nearly all were given to him by Loki so that he could spent his time in the manor in the goddesses words "relaxing" then in reality all she wanted was to laze around on his bed and drink while he played.

"Found something interesting?" Asket Leonard, as he slowly got up from his bed and sat in an upright position.

The sudden sound startelet the blond girl, and she jumped up a bit out of shock. Looking at the Demi Servant and his lazy, iff a bit tired smile, the girl inwardly smiled, it seemed the short nap did do some good to his mood after all.

"Do you feel better now?" Questioned the blond girl with a tilde of her head.

"Yes." Sighed the ruby eyed boy. "But back to my question. Did you find something interesting?"

Ais looked around the room again, while she knew the boy she saw as an older brother could paint and was rather talented in the art, given that Loki liked to decorate the manor with his work, she did not know that he also could play this many instruments.

"Can you play all of them?" She asked as she gestured to all the music instruments that stood, laid and hung in the Demi Servant room.

Leonard nodded. "Yep can play all of them… helps with boredom."

The spiky headed boy chose to demonstrate a little bit of his skill then it came to Art and picked up his guitare, soon the sound of a guitare being skillfully played could be heard outside the room.

"All Kinds of Talents is really helpful for things like this." Commented the Demi Servant as he played.

A few moments later he stopped playing. "Satisfied?" The red eyed boy asked Ais as she sat one the ground before his bed.

The blond girl shocked her head. "Can you play some more?"

Smiling lightly the blond boy thought for a moment what he should play. One of the good things about Chaldea was that even if it was positioned at the ass of the world, it still had an internet connection and the Demi Servant always liked to listen to music, unfortunately, unfortunately, there were not all musical instruments in this world that he play could, so he had to find a song that he could only play with the guitar.

Changing his grip on the instrument on his lap, he began.

"I'm a saint, and I'm a sinner

I'm a loser and a winner

Without faith and a believer

I am true and the deceiver

I'm a hero and a villain

I'm a myth, and I'm a legend

Without strength and a contender

I am real and the pretender"

It was a song that he liked.

"Take me as I am, or don't

'Cause I don't give a damn, no

Take me as I am, or don't

'Cause I don't give a damn, no"

In his own opinion it was a good description of his situation, of his life as a Demi Servant.

"I have my flaws

I make mistakes

But I'm myself

I'm not ashamed

That's who I am

That's who I am

That's who I am"

He was the holder of a Heroic Spirit, but that did not mean he was a Heroic Spirit himself.

"I have my doubts

I lose my strength

Sometimes I fall, but I don't break

That's who I am

That's who I am

That's who I am"

He had strength, speed and many other things that he gained after his bonding with Richard, but they were not his own.

"I'm a poet and a soldier

I am young and growing older

Without hope, but I'm a dreamer

I'm the cure, and I'm the fever

I am lost with a direction

I am failure and perfection

Without grace, but I am tired

Of walking life like it's a wire"

But that will change now.

"Take me as I am, or don't

'Cause I don't give a damn, no

Take me as I am, or don't

'Cause I don't give a damn, no"

He will surpass Richard.

"I have my flaws

I make mistakes

But I'm myself

I'm not ashamed

That's who I am

That's who I am

That's who I am"

He will become something that his new family will be proud of.

"I have my doubts

I lose my strength

Sometimes I fall, but I don't break

That's who I am

That's who I am

That's who I am"

The new goal was enough to calm his nerves, to have a new dream worth chasing.

"I don't want to be someone else

I don't ever want to lose this higher

Never gonna try to change myself,

When everybody's got their soul on sale

I don't want to be just a number

Never gonna try to change myself"

It did not matter how often he would lose or win, in the end he would achieve it.

"That's who I am

That's who I am

That's who I am"

At the end of the song, Leonard smiled and looked out of the window, gazing at the sun as she slowly began to fade and make room for the moon, the day was almost over.

Suddenly the door to his room was kicked open and a beaming Loki stormed in, already knowing what was going to happen next, Leonard braced himself, and as expected the goddess did not slow down, with one leap she jumped in the direction of her child and pulled him to the floor.

"Finally!" She cheered. Embracing her little Lion in a virced hug. "How was your day?" Asket the goddess, but before the Demi Servant could answer she started wailing. "My own was soo booooring. All this dumb talk at the guild." Accusingly, she pointed a finger at Riveria, who stood in the doorway. "And Riveria did not even let me drink before going to the guild."

This was a bit of an embarrassing situation for the blond boy. His mother crying on his shoulder over the, in her words "Injustice" of the guild and Riveria, Ais staring at him with her questioning gaze, Finn chuckling in the background, Riveria looking ready to snap at Loki and the amazon sister looking at him and the goddess as if they were something out of a zoo.

"And you even sang!" Loki let go of the red eyed boy and jumped onto Ais. "Thank you Aisy-pou! Do you know how long it takes me to make him sing? It's exhausting." As her hands began to wander up the body of the blond girl, Loki found a fist greeting her face with a swift strike.

Leonard just shook his head as Loki was just being herself. It was good to have her around in times that he felt down, her antics were always a sure way to make him smile.

"Why are you in my room mom?" Questioned the Demi Servant.

It was not uncommon for Loki to spend her time in his room, in her words it was "a very good hiding place from mama Riveria" but that was usually when the Lionheart and Sword Princess were in the dungeon, otherwise she only came into his room in the evening, to talk to him or just to fool around.

That seemed to snap the red haired goddess out of her drama play.

"We still need to update your status silly!" The goddess of trickery cheered, as she jumped up. "So out with all of you." She said, making shooting motions with her hands at the other people in the room.

A bit miffed with the dismissal, the people began to leave the room of the Demi Servant.

"And you." Loki said while pointing at her son. "Up on the bed and shirt off."

Following his mothers order, the blond boy laid down on the bed, face down and his back turned to the ceiling. He let out a quiet sound as the red haired goddess sat on his back, looking over the Falna that was proudly shown on the back.

Biting her finger, she let a few drops of blood fall on the symbol of a grinning jester with wide spread arms and crossed legs, as the blood hit the Falna, a light glow started to illuminate the room and the goddess began the process of updating the status of her child.

Name: Leonard Marisburo Animusphere (Richard I)

Alias: Lionheart

Familia: Loki

Level: 3

Strength: I0

Endurance: I0

Dexterity: I0

Agility: I0

Magic: I0

Development Abilities

Magic Resistance: F

Abnormal Resistance: H

Magic

Spell: Godspeed

Chant: I'm festinate, th're shoul not beest anyone who is't is festinate'r than me as i'm the fastest. With mine own speedeth, i shall leaveth ev'ryone in the dusteth.

Effekt: The longer the battle continues, the more the Agility and Dexterity stat increases.

Spell: Excalibur

Versions 1: Excalibur, Sword of Forever Distant Victory

Chant: The torrents of Life gather, from the stars of the inner sea to the four corners of paradise, oh warriors of past, present and future, your prayers shall be answered, your sacrifice will not be in vain. This is the miracle that was gained through our loyalty. Through this we will obtain victory. Excalibur.

Effekt: Allows the conceptual use of the Holy Sword with any weapon the user wields, the strength of the holy sword depends on the quality of the weapon it is used with.

Version 2: Excalibur, Sword of Promised Victory

Chant: Seal Thirteen──Decision start. Excalibur.

Effekt: Allows the use of the true Holy Sword of Victory, the more Restraints are lifted the more of its Power can be used, at least six Restraints must be lifted to use the Holy Sword.

Restrains: Bedivere: The enemy must be more powerful than oneself

Palamedes: The battle must be one-on-one

Lancelot: The enemy must not be an elemental

Mordred: The battle must be one against evil

Galahad: The battle must not involve personal gain

Gaheris: The battle must not be against Humanity

Gareth: The battle must not be inhumane

Agravain: The battle must be for truth

Kay: The battle must be to live

Percival: One's comrades-in-arms must be courageous

Merlin: The battle must not be against one pure of heart

Ector: The battle must be an honorable one

Arthur: The battle must be to defend humanity

Skill: All Kinds of Talents, fast learning curve.

Skill: Lionheart, The bravery not to fear anything turned into a Skill. It invokes fear and wariness into enemies and raises the morale of allies.

"WHAT?!"

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So that was chapter 7, i know its not my best work but better then nothing, the hardest part was like always the start, just sitting bevor a white screen is really not easy.

And i was a bit distracted with a few ideas for future FF´s.

What do you guys and gals think off a Danmachi/Overlord with the Black Scripture/Slane Theocracy as the focus. (No Nazarik nor Ainz.)

Or a Fate Zero with Leonard as an irregular Saber for Sakura?

Hope you enjoyed it and remember constructive criticism is always a good thing…