Out of a near infinity you've chosen me once again hello readers welcome back to those who are returning and greeting to the newcomers, quick note, My computer will hopefully being going into the shop this Monday so I'll likely be unable to upload that week at the least. When it gets back I'll hopefully be out of the damn writers block for this story (thank fucking time for backlogging) In other note sorry for the slightly late chap. Though I did say I wouldn't have a set schedule now didn't I? Now.. Revieeeewwwwssss
Whwsms: nice to see you again. I already answered your first question in DMs if I remember. As for the Index thing, Yeah I don't really like it either but I decided that I should allow it to be there as not to stray too far from Index's character, she'll grow of course but it'll take time. And thank you.
Fencer29: glad to see you frequenting, Yes, yes he would and I tried to portray it that way with him casually remarking on it. Yeah. Good point, her reaction there feels lack luster will try to remember to modify
Now let the tale of an infinity commence once more
Chapter 12
Friends and fey
It was not long before Index, Itsuwa, Othinus, Misaka, and Muireann learned that Touma
Would need to stay in the hospital for the rest of that day. Which was in itself surprisingly short, but according to the frog faced doctor. Due to some medical advancements he recently made after having started them all the way back during december when he went to the RV Aliester used as a hideout in egypt, they were able to learn to quickly repair tissue and severe injuries even faster than they were before. Instead of it likely taking a week for an injury like this to heal now It would only take at least a day, at most 2.
Index and the group decided to head to the place where the Amakusas were waiting along with the captive fey on the way Index turned to Othinus "hey Othinus, I've been wondering about something."
Othinus glanced at Index with her eye and said "depending on what It is I may or may not answer as there are some things I'd rather keep between me and that human" she then shifted her legs as she sat on Index's shoulder.
Index thought for a moment and then spoke quietly so Itsuwa, Misaka and Muireann wouldn't hear "When Gentle Annie saw you she asked if you were Woden, which is another name for Odin, so are you actually the original Odin?" Index looked at Othinus with a calm but nervous stare.
Othinus took a breath and sighed before putting her finger to her chin. "Yes I am technically the one who Inspired the myths of the one you know as Odin that Includes taking the form of an Old man. But i'd rather you keep this to ourselves. I will not trust anyone else with that knowledge." she then looked at Index with a stern gaze "I don't trust that many people and im only letting you know this because you'd have figured it out eventually. By telling you on my own terms I can make you promise not to tell anyone else."
Index nodded and said "I'm not sure how the anglican church would take that, To learn that an actual pagen god of myth is among them. Though If your Odin, does that make Sphinx Fenrir?" Index smugly smiled as she spoke
Othinus's eye twitched and she grabbed Index by the ear "That damn beast is not nor will he ever be my nephew! And he's a cat so he can't even use Fenrir based magic!" she hissed out at Index eliciting a giggle form the teasing nun.
They arrived at their destination and the Amakusas had gone on guard having seen Muireann before Itsuwa stepped forward. "It's okay, she's not a threat we ran into her at the hospital. She's the one who brought Kamijou-san there.
There were collective sighs from the Amakusas and Tatemiya put away his Flamberge and walked over to Muireann wrapping his shoulder around her smirking before saying "He got to your head and made your heart skip a beat didn't he?" Othinus smugly responded "More than just skip a beat she carved a binding spell onto herself for him." Muireann was now red in the face, her mouth flapping before she pulled out one of her dagger's and began smacking Tatemiya on the head with the pommel. "That, Is, Not, What, Happened!" she paused between words while smacking Tatemiya before putting down her dagger breathing heavily. "I made a mistake, was fooled by some bastard and decided to make up for it. Yes he's my kind of guy and, maybe he caused me to feel a bit attracted to him. But I'm not just gonna throw myself on him. A month of dating at least!" she then took a breath and put the dagger away as she looked at her fellow fey who were staring at the spectacle with confusion and shock.
Index saw Misaka's eye twitch at Muireann's outburst and felt her heart squeeze for some reason when Muireann mentioned dating. But she decided to ignore those odd feelings for the time being and focus on gaining info from the fey so she walked over to the Grindylows and Gentle Annie Muireann followed close behind.
The eldest sibling Grindylow Thames Jena glared at Muireann and said "Traitor! Why do you side with those who sought to kill us?"
Muireann rolled her eyes before sitting down in front of her. "Because I learned that they had no such intentions, and that we were all lied to. You know that too don't you, you know because you're alive now. If they intended to kill us why would you be alive now. I fought the Imagine Breaker, Kamijou Touma and you know what he did when his life was on the line and he had the perfect shot to kill me with that hand of his?" Muireann stared Thames Jena directly in the eyes.
Thames gulped "He sacrificed himself?" she asked hesitantly
Muireann shook her head "No better, He made sure both of us would get out of it alive, put his own body on the line and even when adrenaline pumped through his body. Instead of using it to harm me, he used it to twist his body in a way that his hand would not come close to my face and that my daggers would not deal a fatal blow." she smiled calmly
Thames looked in shock and shook her head "Not possible people reveal their true natures when their lives are on the line, there's no way he could choose your life over his own. Even if he was going to survive unless..." she paused and glanced at her brothers Esca, Lincoln and Kelvin Jena "Unless that was his true nature to begin with"
At that moment a Dry laugh came from the final fey "Indeed It is my dear Thames, When he realized I was dying because of his fist the first reaction of his was horror at what he had done, and his first action was to save me" Gentle Annie the Black Annis spoke with a fond smile. "Ah If I wasn't so old I might have wanted to have a crack at him myself, Guess I'll have to leave that up to you youngins what do you say Muireann?"
Muireann coughed and glared at Gentle Annie with embarrassment. "I don't want to hear that from a child eating monster!" she shouted
Kelvin laughed and began to tease Muireann "Muireann Muireann, she sealed her heart, she sealed but the seal has broke!" his brothers soon joined in Esca and Lincon chanting along with him
"Her heart once sealed was broken, open by the very one she sought to hate, she fell heads over heels and cant get back up, Muireann Muireann fell for Kamijou!"
Muireann's face was completely red at that point and she had curled up in a ball holding her hands above her head. Seeing her friend and fellow fey completely ashamed by the teasing of her brothers Thames smacked each of them on the head before saying "How dare you tease her like that, nothing wrong with falling for someone. Though If the one who we thought was our enemy caused this kind of reaction from Muireann, I'd love to see if they can pull the same off with me" she grinned as Muireann looked at her desperately shaking her head before laughing "Hey he's gotta be that good if this is how you're behaving Muireann, you don't think i'm gonna let you take such a interesting lad for yourself so easily do you?"
It was at this point Misaka who up to that point was slowly sparking more and more. Lost it "Thats IT! Stop talking about that Idiot like a bunch of highschool girls ranting about their crush!" she launched a lightning spear at them but Gentle Annie the Black Annie pointed to Misaka and the spear was launched back at her. "HEY!" Gentle Annie Grinned and said "Oh dear girls, It looks like you got competition! Jealous that Muireann and Thames are honest with their feelings Railgun?" she smiled and laughed her creaky cackle causing Misaka to fall silent and go red.
Tatemiya cut in saying "As much fun as it is to watch you gals and your brothers tease each other, We are in need of info" the fey stopped their fun teasing and turned to Tatemiya
Muireann nodded and said "Yes, but promise me you won't hurt any more fey."
Index spoke up this time "Not if we don't have to, we will try our best to not harm any more of them. But if they attack innocent civilians we won't hesitate to stop them even if that means causing them injury."
Muireann sighed and said "that's good enough for me, what about you five?"
Gentle Annie shrugged and said "I was never really bothered so yes It's alright by me."
Thames narrowed her eyes "Normally I'd ask for more, but I trust you Muireann and now that I know that they are being misled I'd prefer they'd be stopped from causing any more harm they don't need to." her brothers nodded in agreement.
Muireann then turned to those surrounding them. Index put Othinus on the Ground as they all decided to sit down, Othinus walked over to Gentle Annie to see how she was doing after the spell they used to heal her. "I will answer as much as I can and tell you as much as I know, I assume you will do the same" she glanced at her fellow fey and they nodded. "Alright then, what do you want to know?"
Tatemiya spoke first "who's your leader?"
"Celt Eislyn, a Leanan Sidhe" Muireann responded
Index then spoke next "Why did Celt send you down this path?" she asked
Thames then spoke "She didn't, she believed the same lie we did."
"Then who did send you down this path?" asked Itsuwa confusion on her face
"Our informant likely" Gentle Annie answered
Misaka perked up upon hearing that "Informant? Wait, you mean the person who gathered intel for you is the one who lied to you?"
The fey nodded and Muireann responded "Yes though before you ask who they are, none of us know who they are. Only a few met them such as Aofie Aslinn and Celt Eislyn herself"
Index then crossed her arms and asked "how about the maiden? Who was she?"
"You mean Maeb Euna?" Said Lincon his eyes lighting up
"We Like Maeb!" continued Esca smiling
"Until she abandoned us, don't forget that" Kelvin spoke gloomily with his head hung down.
Thames tilted her head "we found her abandoned crying on the road side after her parents left her. She has nothing to do with our Informant" she shook her head.
Tatemiya then narrowed his eyes "Then why did she abandon you?"
Thames sighed "I'm not sure however It was odd, she was abandoned but whenever we asked about what happened she'd avoid the issue. We always thought it was too painful to recall, but maybe she was hiding something after all"
Index then asked a final question "well either way It doesn't matter at the moment so, who is it that Celt has made a bond with?"
Muireann's response was one Index wished she hadn't heard, but was one she knew made perfect sense. "Well the former Idol who went by Megoi Arisa of course."
