NEW CHAPTER! the plot slowly but steadily pushes forward with some worldbuilding, still taking monster ideas some are really good, like the spore monster one!
Beta'd by Everpeach
"Math is such bullshit" I complained to Azazel as we played some videogames, or more like Azazel was schooling me.
"The human magic system is kind of awkward that is true," He said with a smirk, we were playing Ultra Street Fighter IV. I was trying to make something work with Dudley while Azazel was pulling some Daigo level shit with Evil Ryu.
A month had passed since I had 'arrived' a productive month indeed, but currently, I was just relaxing.
"Don't you have to, you know, manage a faction?" I asked with a raised eyebrow groaning once I dropped my combo Azazel coming with a vengeance winning the round.
"Nah, I dumped my work on Shemhazai and teleported here" I snorted at the comment, poor guy.
"How are the clothes, are the measurements right?" I looked at myself and smirked, clad in a snow-white suit jacket pants, and vest with a light blue dress shirt, I looked good.
"Yeah they are great" I got tired of sticking out like a sore thumb walking around on my priest get up and besides I needed clothes not like I took any from the Sigurd Institution, now not only do I blend in a little better but I look fresh as fuck.
"They better be they weren't cheap, I should put you to work soon before you drain me dry" he joked, I have been getting a lot of stuff seemingly for free but it was all part of my contract with Azazel.
"We both know that you are getting a great deal, I mean a top tier Longinus wielder working for you, even if only for two years would be more expensive than just this" The house is great and I appreciate it, but I won't act like Azazel saved me like he was some philanthropist if I was a normal human I wouldn't have gotten shit.
Azazel just shrugged finishing me off in the game while barely paying attention to it, making my right eyebrow twitch this was the fourth time I lost in a row.
"I am still putting you to work soon, your classes with Mittelt have been going well, you should be ready to start being an asset soon"
That was great news honestly, I have started getting a little antsy this month, I want to try my monsters out on the field, especially my most recent creations.
"I want a place on the Bounty Hunting Division if possible" I off-handily commented while picking Juri, Azazel picking Akuma in return.
"Oh? Any particular reason why?" Azazel said with a raised eyebrow and thin lips setting the stage to Random.
"I need to test my monsters in a real scenario, my training with Baraqiel has been great and my reflexes have improved by leaps and bounds, but it isn't a great scenario to see if my monsters are actually effective" All my monsters are equally weak to Baraqiel even if some of them could compete with High-class beings, my newest named monster especially.
Azazel sighs and pauses the game we were playing, I was losing anyway but it drew more of my attention.
"Look Felix, you are a nice enough kid and I have seen this last month you aren't completely stupid" Seriously said Azazel with a joking tone at the end.
"So you must know Kokabiel's reputation by now, I let him have control of the Bounty Hunting Division to keep him calm enough for diplomacy to get steadily more appreciated by the Fallen in general. But at the end of the day my brother is still himself" Azazel was looking firmly at me, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being read.
Of course I fucking knew what kind of guy Kokabiel was, I literally saw his harebrained scheme play out in another life, he is a fallen angel supremacist, like so many others around this faction.
Is the Grigori welcoming to humans? Kind of would be the best answer I could give, it is better than Heaven and the Devil faction for the same reason.
The Grigori respect freedom in a way the other two factions just don't, in the case of the devils it is obvious what I am talking about, the evil piece system is a chain to all humans turned by it not even considering the fact that you NEED to GIVE UP your humanity to ever amount to anything there.
The situation with Heaven is different yet somehow similar, Heaven, and by extension, The Church, are intrinsically linked to their strict moral codes, their dogma.
They are better than the devils in the sense that they are forced (in the case of angels) to act in a manner that would be widely considered, by your average human as good, but it is still a limitation to personal freedom.
Angels literally get kicked out of Heaven if they stray out of the preordained conduct rules.
That isn't to say I don't have a level of respect for some individuals from the faction, Vasco Strada and Dulio Gesualdo are just some human examples most angels are at the very least agreeable if perhaps sanctimonious.
The question then would be if I respect them so much why not join them instead of the Grigori?
The answer is simple, I don't want to.
I am a vain and greedy man, I know myself enough to be able to say that with no shame, I do not desire to follow a strict moral code, I do not crave for a humble existence, and I sure as fuck have no interest in being celibate.
Maybe I am not being fair, I could probably criticize the Church for an entire day their practices sure let a lot to be desired (I am killing Valper Galilei eventually) but I could say the same about all factions.
I am not some naive idiot that thinks the Grigori is perfect cause they satiate my greed, I knew what I was getting into when I signed that contract.
I could go on a tirade about the Grigori's problems, but Azazel just stated an example.
"Yes I know what kind of man he is, I am not blind Azazel, but I still think the benefits of having access to both new monsters and supernatural races to test and imitate monsters from is worth any kind of work harassment he could give me" Kokabiel won't try to kill me, not now at least, he has his plans for Rias and Sona that I probably will have to help stop no way I am leaving the responsibility of stopping a conflict of biblical (hehe) proportions from erupting to Issei of all people.
If he didn't try anything against Vali, who is a violent half-devil, why would he try something against me? I am literally a military asset for The Grigori.
There is also the fact that my enchanting skills, a sizeable portion of my power budget, need materials, that I could obtain from whatever monster or idiot I am sent to hunt.
Azazel pinched the bridge of his nose at my statement, making me feel slightly unsure.
"Look Felix I should probably have explained this to you before now, but I figured your classes with Mittelt would eventually get to that point"
"I assume you have noticed the differences in how Vali and you are treated around HQ?" of course I did, people are constantly glaring at Vali, while I mostly go undisturbed.
"Because he is a devil right?" Like I said fallen supremacists are a problem inside the Grigori and they probably hate devils more than any other race.
"Well yes but it goes beyond that, you are aware that Vali is this generation's White Dragon Emperor right?" I think I have an idea of where this is going, still, I noded prompting Azazel to continue.
"And you know how Albion and Ddraig got sealed?"
"The two were fighting each other, and in their rampage got the three Biblical factions involved, right in the middle of the Great War, they attacked the leaders of the three factions I think and after a lot of fighting they got sealed into the two mid-tier Longinus by God" That is more or less what I remember from the anime.
"Okay that is all technically correct but some important information is missing, firstly despite it being a joined effort the factions didn't exactly fight together, of course, they didn't, it was happening in the middle of an all-out war. This meant that the factions more or less divided themselves the devils went against Ddraig and the angels against Albion, the Fallen were saddled with dividing themselves between the two" Calmly explained Azazel, getting my full attention this was new information there wasn't anything like in the source material from what I can remember.
"Why would the Fallen be the ones splitting up? I mean if I were in that position I would join up with Heaven and let the Devils fight Ddraig alone" The reason is simple, less chance (definitely not zero chance) of getting stabbed in the back by an angel in the middle of the fight.
"We didn't get to choose, Ddraig and Albion had been on a rampage unlike any seen before, their fighting was destroying everything around them they were two of the top ten strongest going all out, it just so happened that their rampage ended up hitting the Grigori the worst" How much damage could the two cause? I remember someone stating that Serafall could destroy Japan by herself, what could someone like Albion and Ddraig do? Destroy a continent maybe.
"The two idiots ended up fighting in the middle of a three-way battleground but they fought mainly near the fallen so our casualties were the worst out of the three" Makes sense that the casualties wouldn't be equally distributed why the hell would they be close to each other after all?
"That has caused animosity towards the wielders of the Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing over the centuries but it has mellowed out some overtime"
"No, the reason Vali is treated the way he does is related to whom Albion killed, there used to be another Cadre centuries ago, his name was Sealtiel the fifth archangel to fall from Heaven." Oh shit, that actually explains a lot.
"I see you get it now, all in all, things could be worse for Vali the first few Divine Dividing wielders were hunted like dogs Sealtiel was… well he was special even between the Cadre, he was happy despite being kicked out of Heaven he never lost his cheerful attitude which made him kind of a symbol of hope to a lot of fallen, his death hit a LOT of them really hard" I remember thinking of something like this when I first arrived here, supernatural races live a long time, and in turn so do their grudges, the possibility of certain gears being hated in certain factions due to their history with them is higher than I first thought.
"Vali hasn't had to deal with much more than being snubbed and some half-assed attempts at harassing, but I am sure you know how Vali deals with those" I snorted, I sure did, the other day some two-winged mook tried to start shit with Vali only to get folded like an omelet.
Who knew that Vali watched wrestling?
"That is mainly due to his status as my unofficial charge, the old fallen will probably not treat him better any time soon though"
"What are you talking about Azazel you are part of the old fallen you fucking grandpa" I joke trying to lighten up the mood.
"Oh you brat! I will show you old!" I was startled as he unpaused the game getting right into kicking my ass.
How the fuck is he so good!?
Looking at his hands my eyes widen as I witness them blurring at high speeds on his controller his supernatural speed allowing him to play like a fucking TAS.
"Hey, that's cheating!"
"All I hear are excuses kid, you need to get your shit together!" As I try to defend myself in-game I smile, the mood was getting somber and emotional conversations weren't my forte.
Azazel and I played videogames for a couple of hours changing games every once in a while, I showed him my Fallout New Vegas build (A gunslinger of course) he told me some in-game secrets I didn't know about, apparently, he had funded a lot of games and game developers over the years.
"Wait is that thing inspired by New Vegas Geckos?" he said pointing at one of my monsters that was relaxing in one of the couches.
"Oh that is my dog" I calmly said, the bipedal lizard blinked once its forked tongue ran through its mouth looking at Azazel before slumping down again.
They are an experiment, my monsters dissipate after spending a lot of power, they can't stay shooting lasers or fighting forever, this monster was designed to not do anything strenuous just lay there and relax I want to see if not fighting or using their powers at all make my monsters last longer.
They have been here for a week at this point, so the results are interesting to say the least.
Could I make a small army of monsters and just have them not move before an important battle? I think so I would have to know where I would fight beforehand and it would take some time but is definitely possible.
"Shit Shemhazai is calling" Azazel winced as the man's name appeared on his phone screen.
"Well Felix it has been fun, but a man can only avoid work for so long, I will help you with human magic tomorrow or the day after tomorrow," he said with slight dread in his tone.
Shemhazai probably wasn't happy at all.
"Also don't worry too much about what we talked about I have a plan, that should satisfy you, it even involves your vampire girlfriend!" Wait what?
"Well bye" and with a cheeky wave Azazel disappeared in a flash of light.
"Oh, that son of a bitch!" I have been stalked by Moka for three weeks at this point, getting introduced by one of the fandoms spliced into this world that way had not been fun.
The main girl of Rosario + Vampire Moka is supposed to actually be two people Outer and Inner Moka, one kind and annoying and quite hot the other mean proud and also quite hot.
I say supposedly cause I have yet to see Outer Moka appear, only the silver-haired variant. I haven't even seen her rosary, I was confused at first but my classes with Mittelt helped me understand.
Outer Moka doesn't exist, simply cause the rosary magic doesn't exist, Dracula apparently was sealed in Tartarus, and Youkai Academy uses barrier magic to keep itself outside of human view, with The Grigori recently managing a deal for improving them to create some factional connections.
They are still in Japan, they actually fit pretty well with the other youkai factions in there.
The West and East Youkai factions have a deal with the leaders of Youkai academy the Dark Lords (dumb ass name) the academy is designed to teach monsters to coexist with humans to help them deal with their more monstrous tendencies.
The deal is simple, any young youkai from each faction that wants to interact with humans can enroll in Youkai Academy or in extreme cases be forced to enroll.
This is all interesting but honestly not my biggest concern, my biggest concern is that I now have four suspects.
The drawback means that one of the leaders of this youkai faction will try to make me take a dirt nap, Touhou Fuhai, Akasha Bloodriver, Tenmei Mikogami, and maybe Issa Shuzen.
They are all Ultimate-class threats and I am already making profiles for each of them, racial weaknesses, and such.
All this makes the fact that Moka has been stalking me quite awkward, there is literally a 50% chance one of her parents will try to kill me, the choice of getting close to her to have an advantage over her parents is there I think, but I would rather not resort to that kind of behavior unless absolutely necessary.
Not that I actually know how she feels about me, the girl has just been following me around, I sometimes see her during my spars with Baraqiel (Lasted a whole 2 minutes last time) and she just stares at me, it actually unnerves me a little, maybe I should create an anti-vampire monster.
At least now I know one of the two fandoms inserted into this damm world.
I already investigated the entirety of Japan for factions and didn't find any new faction that I recognized previously, will have to start looking at factions worldwide now.
Probably should have started with that but honestly, it is Japan of course I would search there.
"Now to continue working on my last project" in a motion that had grown quite practiced a figure started forming from my shadow, it was quite tall 8''2' approximately.
"Let's see how I can improve you, now"
(A week later) Grigori HQ
"That girl has been following you around a lot," Mittelt off-handedly said while looking down at her 3ds.
"Yeah, thanks for allowing me to hide here by the way" We were in one of the unused Grigori conference rooms. There are literally hundreds of these around the place, Mittelt apparently was avoiding working (again) and while she was resting here she spotted me sneaking around and pulled me inside.
Moka has been getting to Vali levels and trying to avoid both of them at the same time is getting ridiculously hard, Vali wants his rematch and Moka wants…
What the fuck does she want?...
huh, have I been avoiding her all this time without knowing that?
…
Woops.
"So I heard our classes are ending soon" came a surprisingly shy statement from Mittelt it wasn't like she was a blushing mess or anything just a slight undertone of sadness.
"Yup, Azazel will probably put me to work now that he feels I know enough about the political climate to move around a little without fucking up"
"I know you will miss me dearly but life is harsh like that darling" I joke getting her to scoff.
"Yeah right, now that I ain't being tasked to guide you around like a baby I can spend as much time as I want relaxing" She turned her face away from me and humphed.
Adorable.
"Come on Mittelt don't be such a tsundere, aren't you a little old for it?" I start poking her cheek with a smug grin.
"I am not a tsundere!" she shouted slapping my hand away, ha! that is exactly what a tsundere would say!
"And I am not old! Not all fallen are centuries-old you idiot"
"I'm 20, if you have a thing for old woman go to Kalawarned she is like 150 years old" Huh didn't expect that.
"W-What are you staring at?" said Mittelt as I looked her up and down.
"Nice" was all I said, relishing Mittelt's blush, I knew Mittelt didn't normally get a lot of compliments (from sitting with her and hearing Raynare and Kalwarner tease her) due to her 'childish' appearance.
I didn't see that, I like a mature woman with big breasts as much as anyone else, but variety is the spice of life and Mittelt was hot in her own way.
Things had mellowed out a lot between us recently, they had with most fallen that looked down on me.
I dressed in fallen fashion and spent some time with two of the most important members of the Grigori it has helped my image a lot, Azazel acts like he doesn't know the meaning of subtlety at times, he literally appeared in the middle of the food plaza saying he had some time to help me with my project (it was almost ready, the math was such a pain in the ass to figure out).
That was probably intentional now that I think about it, why the fuck would Azazel be in the food plaza? Azazel made a statement by coming directly to me making it clear that I had his support.
I should give Azazel a gift, maybe some tequila.
That combined with the fact that I have Annihilation Maker (The Grigori is a den of gossip it spread like wildfire) meant that I also have the potential to be powerful.
Turns out the only thing needed for the fallen to forget about their racism, was me dressing like them, seemingly being favored by their millennia-old leaders and potentially being powerful.
Just a little work *snort*
"Whatever you perv, get me the list of the pokemon natures again, I just caught a Fletchling, what does a sassy nature do?" Neither of us could remember the stupid thing so I had it open on one of my tabs.
"Hoho! plus special defense minus speed" Mittelt groaned as I showed her my phone screen.
"That is pretty bad, maybe I should just catch a new one" mumbled Mittelt before she suddenly grinned and look at me.
"On second thought, I just had a better idea, welcome to the team Felix, even if you are weak I will take care of you" she snickered as she gave the mon my name, my eyebrow twitched once, cheeky brat…
Great now I sound like Azazel.
I refuse to let her get a rise out of me so I put my headphones on and let the playlist I was listening to play.
We stayed there relaxing for almost half an hour before I remembered something.
"Hey Mittelt can I ask you a favor?" I say taking my headphones off.
"Depends on the favor" she then raises her eyebrow "also what the hell are you listening to?"
"20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip
21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip"
Playing so much New Vegas might have affected me.
"Don't worry about it, the favor is such a small thing you could do it in ten seconds" I tried to persuade, but it seemed to have the opposite effect Mittelt looking at me with suspicious eyes.
"Felix you are a nice guy, but I don't feel comfortable taking you on a date" she looked at me with extreme pity in her eyes like if I was some dumb puppy that couldn't stop hitting himself against a wall.
"It isn't that you idiot!" I shout I didn't even ask any girl out since arriving here and somehow I already have a rejection?
"Oh… then what is it? speak up! I can't read minds you know" she shook her head like her assumption was somehow my fault.
I am this close to slapping her.
"I need you to give me one of your feathers" I still needed it for my enchanting experiments, I have been busy with my monsters, and when I asked Azazel and Baraqiel both of them laughed their asses off and said no, not even explaining what was so funny.
Looking at Mittelt I was surprised at her reaction, her eyes were as wide as saucers, her entire face crimson, mouth slightly agape.
"Did I say something wrong? also close your mouth the mosquitoes around here are crazy" that seemed to jolt her out whatever that was.
"Absolutely not!" she shouted so loud that my ears hurt.
"Why not?" I questioned rubbing my head, what does a man gotta do to get some fallen wings around here?
"Why not!? We have known each other for less than a month you pervert!" she shrieked gritting her teeth.
Wait, pervert!? What the fuck did I do?
"Why the hell does that matter?"
Mittelt took a moment to digest my question, she stopped frowning as hard.
"Wait a damn minute you don't know what you are really asking for?" She said looking firmly at me.
"Well now I feel it is something I really should have known" *smack* came the meaty sound of Mittelt's palm hitting her forehead.
I was suddenly pulled down to her level, her eyes looked done with the world.
"Listen here you dumb fuck, in fallen culture you don't just ask a girl for one of her feathers" she was looking intently at me, it made me sweat a little she looked surprisingly intimidating right now.
"Why not! my revolvers are literally made with angel feathers!" I whisper back completely confused.
"Don't be so thick, the fallen have created their own culture over the millennia obviously certain different traditions have arisen since then" Oh that makes a lot of sense actually.
"When a man asks a fallen woman for one of her feathers what he is asking is for permission to court her!" said Mittelt now with a small blush.
I could feel myself paling as I remembered asking Azazel and Baraqiel, their reactions made so much sense now! The bastards didn't even bother to explain it to me!
Oh, they are going to suffer, I can hold a grudge like nobody's business I will find a way to get my revenge.
"What's up with that pale expression" Mittelt felt mad at seeing him pale for some reason. It had nothing to do with the fact that, that was her first time being asked a feather, nope not at all.
"I asked Azazel and Baraqiel for one of their feathers" I whisper, Mittelt looked at me with wide eyes.
It started with a small giggle, then it became a chuckle, soon Mittelt was actually cackling pointing at me as her eyes started watering.
"You dumbass! Oh my Felix I didn't know you played for the other team" she covered her mouth looking away from me, chuckles escaping her as she mocked me.
I could feel a vein on my forehead throbbing a small headache coming to me.
I pinched both of Mittelt's cheeks as the girl continued laughing.
"Listen here you little shit, I'm not into guys!"
"Sounds like something someone who is into guys would say" I am going to slap her.
Before I could do that though we were interrupted by someone loudly entering the room with a violent kick.
Poor door.
"Felix! I have found you at last" Standing dramatically pointing at me was Vali.
"Vali!" I say equally dramatically still holding the now struggling Mittelt "You have to back me up on this, do you know what asking for a fallen girl's feather means?" there is no way a meathead like him knows.
"Huh?" I knew it! "Of course I do, who doesn't?" What the actual fuck!
"Dunderhead" came out of Mittelt as she tried to get free, I glared holding her cheeks harder, sassy girl.
(POV: Vali Lucifer)
Vali looked at the pair with a raised eyebrow, trying to discern what was going on, that was the girl Felix hanged out with right Mittelt was it? or was that one Raynare?
It took him some time to comprehend but when he did his eyes widened.
The feather ritual, the position they were in ( Felix holding Mittelt's cheeks) the way they were staring at each other's eyes (actually glaring) it was obvious.
Felix had asked Mittelt for permission to court her! To be fair to Vali he was only 14 and not a social savant by any stretch of the imagination.
"I suppose I should congratulate you?" awkwardly said Vali scratching his cheek he wasn't exactly experienced when it came to this type of stuff.
"Huh!?" said Mittelt and Felix at the same time.
Before they could correct him another person entered the room.
"I heard your voice you weasel I don't know how you managed to avoid me for so long but I have finally caught you Fel-what is going on here?" Came the powerful and regal voice of Moka Akashiya, her tone turning deadpan as she saw the scene in front.
It was quite the scene after all.
" Felix asked Mittelt for one of her feathers" loudly 'whispered' Vali, honestly the 14-year-old didn't have any male friends his age so he was quite interested in this.
"Oh my, congratulations are in order then" it is was kind of early in their lives to do that kind of stuff in her opinion though.
"As if dumbass!" the supposed couple, shouted at the same time in perfect synch.
"Wow they are even completing each other's sentences!" said Vali in surprise, Moka now looking at him with some skepticism.
"Wait your romantic relationship with this girl aside" a vocal complaint came from the two "Felix! My name is Moka Akashiya and I challenge you to a one-on-one duel! to restore my vampire pride!"
The girl's comment reminded Vali of what he had come here for.
"Felix fight me!" Vali shouted pointing at him.
"Who in tarnation are you? besides, I challenged him first!" Moka questioned Vali with him raising an eyebrow.
"Do I know you? whatever I don't care about the answer" Vali didn't hesitate to turn around completely ignoring the random vampire girl, she looked kind of familiar though.
"I am glad to see you are already friends, maybe you two should fight each other instead of me" said Felix with a chuckle, both of them were about to tell him why that didn't make sense when they saw him.
"It was a genuine pleasure to speak to both of you, truly" He was currently crouching on top of a window's stool Mittelt was over his shoulders being held like a sack of potatoes, the tiny girl struggling kicking her legs and calling Felix names.
"But I am afraid I have other business to attend to, hasta la vista" and then he jumped out the window.
Both of them were stunned for a split second before they realized their target was trying to escape.
Vali didn't hesitate to get his iconic wings out jumping out of the window.
Moka was left in quite the awkward position since she couldn't fly, she could try to follow them on foot but that sounded extremely unlikely to work.
"Well shit" ended up cursing the vampire girl, some of Felix's crass language had rubbed off on her from watching him spar so much.
(POV: Mittelt)
"You empty-headed fuck we were on the 15th floor" shouted Mittelt as the two started to plummet to the ground.
"Then use your wings!" oh right, spreading her pair of wings she easily managed both of their weights with her supernatural strength.
"You can't run from me Felix! I will chace you to the ends of the earth!" Shouted Vali, his dragon wings making him glide directly at them.
"Sheesh what a dramatic kid" Mittelt nodded at Felix's comment, to be fair she had a weird goth phase when she was 14, so she wouldn't judge Vali too much.
Her eyes widened once she realized that Vali was chasing her!
She squeaked in fear flying faster, she wasn't sure where to go and she had to make sure to avoid other fallen, the faction being made mostly of flying races of course meant that they moved from building to building through the air.
Vali was practically a boogeyman for weak (which she was honest enough to admit she was) fallen, she still remembered how Vali did a piledriver on that guy from accounting, Dohnaseek was his name, it was brutal! The guy had started wearing a trenchcoat and fedora since then, the working theory was that the impact had scrambled his brain.
Not that the guy wasn't asking for it since he tried (emphasis on tried) to harass Vali while he ate, throwing his food to the floor like some dumb generic movie bully.
Mittelt honestly didn't understand why so many people disliked Vali, yeah he was a half-devil but there were other half-devils working with the Grigori that didn't get a fraction of the attention.
Whatever the reason, Mittelt's heart still started beating in fear as she heard the characteristic sound of Divine Dividing's wings, looking behind her she was treated to Vali's battle grin looking directly at her!
Monster! Demon! Evil Youkai! Damn Felix for putting her in this situation, she could see other fallen looking at them from the windows or while they flew by, one of them was even recording it on their phone!
"WOHOO! Flying is so much fun!" she was this close to throwing him down to the ground, he would probably survive it right?
"Felix! Just cause you asked Mittelt for a feather doesn't mean I won't fight you!" shouted Vali loudly, almost instantly Mittelt could hear the gossiping start and the photos started raining on them. S H I T.
Her face burned as some of the fallen started cheering and clapping, for the new 'couple' she was going to get revenge, Vali's power and reputation be dammed.
"Well that just happened" calmly said Felix looking at the people around them "Also duck" she managed to do as asked flying straight down, Vali flying past them for a second, of course he was faster than her.
" Fly left to right to some building, I have an idea" she was about to ask what that idea was when the sound of two light bullets flying through the air convinced her to just follow the order.
"Man shooting a moving target from a moving target is hard" Should he really be shooting his gun at all?
Suddenly Mittelt was able to see a strange light coming out of Felix, closer inspection showed that it was a magic circle, though instead of any crest she was barely able to recognize the numbers running through it.
"Don't look at it!" Mittelt reflexively closed her eyes, but she still felt some of the effects.
"Iluminatio" A powerful white light came from the crest blinding everyone around them.
"Move! Move! Move!" shouted Felix laughing his ass off while slapping her thighs.
She just flew, barely being able to see, her eyes squinting, wait a minute was that Raynare and Kalawarner's office?...
Good enough for her.
(POV: Felix)
Crushing through the window I thank the ambitious scientists in the Sigurd Institution for creating this body with denser bones and tougher skin that could have hurt a lot more.
"Hello Mittelt, Hello Felix" Looking up I was able to see both Kalawarner and Raynare, the latter was slowly sipping some coffee while the latter…
"Loving the look dear" I quickly say I am on the floor the two of them are sitting in chairs, Kalawarner is going commando under her miniskirt, life is great.
"Thanks darling, love the suit really brings out your eyes" easily complimented back Kalawarner with absolutely no shame.
"Ugh" came the ladylike sound from Mittelt as she tried to stand up, the fact that she fell on top of me meant that when she did so, she accidentally ended up sitting on my crotch.
"Did I fall on a rock?" she said oblivious to the fact that her hands were running all over my chest and abs, I think I heard someone taking a picture? … yup that is Raynare going crazy.
"Mittelt if you wanted that kind of relationship, you needed to just ask" I tease acting as if I was embarrassed, a hand on my cheek for extra effect.
That seemed to do it she finally shook off our… emergency landing, her eyes taking our position, her hands all over me, and her straddling my crotch.
…
"You know what? I don't feel embarrassed, I think I actually spent all my emotional energy in the last 15 minutes" said Mittelt with no expression.
"Glad to hear that! So I don't suppose that you have changed your mind about giving me one of your feathers?" It was either that or I would have to steal from someone and that sounds like a pain in the ass.
I would do it to improve my enchanting though, maybe piss off some male fallen, fight him and take one of his feathers in the middle of the fight?
"What's this about a feather I didn't know you two were so close," said Raynare with a raised eyebrow, Kalawarner giggling, the two had grown numb to my presence, it wasn't that they suddenly weren't fallen supremacist anymore, it was more due to the fact that I so often come to talk to them that they just stopped caring.
"It is for a project of mine, I didn't even know about that feather tradition of yours till today" I calmly explained, getting a snort from Raynare and a smile from Kalawarner.
"Oh just a project then? I suppose I can oblige them" Kalawarner said with a simple shrug "Also Mittelt I see you are still riding our friend like a cowboy" she continued with a joke.
"Wait really!?" Raynare shouted I was a little surprised as well to be fair.
"What of it Ray? not like I ever cared about those dumb traditions anyway, besides it isn't like I am doing it for free" she chuckled at the end Raynare looking at her with a frustrated expression, Mittelt had already jumped off my waist, a shame.
Also of course she wants something for it.
"And what would it be that you want?" I was on high alert, even as she uncrossed and crossed her legs I kept staring intently at her eyes, I could see that her lips turned down for a second.
I may be a pervert but I won't get led by the dick by anyone.
"That is simple, I want a date" I ignored the surprised exclamations from the other two, what the hell does this woman want?
How I wish I had picked some of those dumb OP social perks, but it is what it is.
"I choose the place" I calmly accepted, I tried to read her expression and was able to see that she was slightly miffed that she couldn't pick, how curious.
"Deal" she said calmly, displaying her wings and plucking one of the feathers without even a wince, they grow back obviously, there even exists the equivalent of hair products for feathers.
"Thank you" I say, my mind already focused on what I could do with it, what to create is the question.
"Just make sure to be well dressed and treat me well" I would have done that out of principle unless she got too annoying.
"Well, I should probably get the fuck out of here before Vali finds me" At soon as I said that the faint sound of Vali's wings started to be heard, causing me to take a running start the fuck away from there, making sure to pocket the feather.
I can't wait to learn to teleport, just the light flash spell I used was too complex to effectively use, math just isn't my forte.
I already have a plan for that though.
(Later that day, Creator's Cave)
I laughed like a maniac as I observed my finished creation it was magnificent!
At 9ft tall, my latest monster looked down on me as I smiled at it, I took inspiration from multiple sources, real and fictional.
The base of its body came from Fallout's Deathclaws, the proportions of its limbs, horns, claws, and tail were clearly inspired by the in-game creature.
A lot of it was different though, its skin wasn't leathery or scaly, it was insectoid by nature, a hard exoskeleton like all my monsters was pitch black and covered all his body.
Another notable difference was the fact that it had some white insectoid wings, from here came the other inspiration from Fallout, a Cazador was a mutated insect-like creature characterized for its speed and potent venom.
It would be disrespectful of my part not to add said venom but it didn't have a regular stinger, it would have been too awkward for its bipedal fighting style.
With a mental command, I admired it as it happened, from its knuckles came large stingers kind of like Wolverine it was enough to make me laugh again.
The venom was different than the one my snake had, of course, can't be too predictable after all, it was a mix of bulldog ant and blue-ringed octopus venom.
Hell even its head was insect-like, it had a head similar to an ant from its general shape to the mandibles
Still, there was one element of its design that made it truly great beyond even my high initial expectations.
It was their claws.
Unlike all my other monsters this one didn't have a circular white gem anywhere on its body, this should be impossible of course they all had it.
The beauty of it was that he DID have it, it just wasn't gem-shaped, instead of the normal black claws that they could have had, theirs were pure white, the appears resembling a priced jewel more than actual claws.
Experimenting I had found this secret, where I put the gem affected in which area the monster would hold the most power, for example after I learned this I tried making one of the horse monster's hooves out of the crystal, its speed doubled.
It had some downsides, they lost their ranged capabilities but the trade-off was worth it.
When it came to fights between fights of the models without the white and those with them? 100% victory chance for those with the improved claws, they not only had sharper and tougher claws but their physical stats improved all around the board.
I touched and inspected the claws ( being careful not to get any venom on me) admiring my work, I had been thinking of creating something like this for a while.
These monsters would be my ground soldiers (I would continue improving over time) when it came to creating multiple monsters at a time, a simple reality was that creating multiple copies of the same monster was easier, quicker, and just all-around more effective.
This doesn't mean that I won't have more specialized monsters far from it I plan to have a lot of those, but for generic good for most scenarios monster? This one was great!
"Now what to name you?" I have thought about this a lot recently, I won't name all my monsters, that just feels cheap in some weird way christen something or someone is to give it an identity to separate from the rest.
Therefore I decided to name only the monsters that marked advancements in my monster crafting skills.
Jeff of course was my first creation, Basil was my snake, my first time adding additional skills (venom glands) to a monster and now this one was probably one of the most important discoveries I will ever make about the gear.
So what should I name it? I looked at it, at each detail I had so painstakingly given it, mhm I look at its head, its mandibles releasing clicking sounds.
"I know I will name you Beru" one has to pay respect to the classic summoners after all, though I think Sung Jin-Woo was better classified as a necromancer, all the same, she (just decided it) now had a name.
"I hope you will do great things for me Beru" I say with a genuine smile on my face, even if there were probably better choices I am happy I ended up with this gear.
Hope you like the chapter! And the newest monster Beru! it is inspired by a monster of the same name from Solo Leveling though I clearly did some modifications.
Also to address some things just in case.
Kalawarner, Mittelt, and Raynare aren't suddenly fine with Felix being a human they still hold their beliefs they simply don't show them cause the situation isn't one where they can or want to, that will change next chapter where Felix will start really changing their minds.
Felix has a lot of projects and has a tendency to hyperfocus on one of them till he makes an important discovery or breakthrough, we see this when he spent an entire week creating all non-supernatural animals he could just to have a better base for more advanced monster creation.
Monster creation isn't something he can just improvise, at least not with good results he studies and investigates before creating, like an artist practicing different techniques and styles, he can't just create whatever he wants (like someone asked for a race that doesn't exist in DxD, he could at best create a cheap imitation)
Take that into account going forward
