The Middle of the Road

by MH

Rind must protect an ordinary human noticed by the wrong people. The mission is so easy it’s an insult, but events complicate matters. Her charge’s 9to5 life has just gotten interesting, and no wish was necessary! Please review. Email is welcome.

1. Ah! My Disclaimer!

Disclaimer. Part 1.

Most characters within were created by Kosuke Fujishima.

Disclaimer. Part 2.

My OC is something of a Marty Stu or whatever you prefer to call the male equivalent of a Mary Sue. I created him before I knew such a categorization existed and am not going to make extensive changes just because some characteristics apply. The story was born from an "author self-insertion" idea, but it is my hope that I modified it to not be so blatant. Keep in mind, even if I made my protagonist a carbon copy of me, it is pure speculation as to how "I" would behave when confronted with the events in this story.

Part 2a.

This is a sort of a trial run anyway. If there are overwhelmingly negative reviews, I'll desist. Otherwise I'll keep posting chapters when I am able to properly divide up extant material. As it is, the opener is a bit long.

Disclaimer. Part 3.

There are spoilers in this story so avert thine eyes if you have trouble forgetting details that may or may not be important to you when at last you've seen all there is to see of the manga and anime. Specifically, if you do not know who Rind, Hild, or Welsper are, and don't want to find out from me, turn away now. I know I'm limiting my audience, but it is helpful to have read as far as the chapter in which a certain cat does something to get rid of white spots in its fur. This is in Volume 29 somewhere. But the beginning of Volume 27 is good enough (chapter 171 to be precise). If you ignore my advice and read anyway, rest assured I'll do everything I can to make sure you're not horribly lost.