Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is purely a fanfic for enjoyment.

Cross-over from various games, books, anime, manga, and movies.

The familiar characters you see here belong to their respected authors and owners.

"Speech"

Time*

Arc 2 - Chapter 5

The next day*

It took the entire night to reach Hime's summer resort, and I must say the place is very nice, and the lake next to the building is lovely as well. People could swim or do any water activities without problems when they get bored inside. Well, other than for those that can't swim at all and/or have a fear of the deep water.

Even Riza is with us, where Hiro and Flandre are cleaning the floor. Something I wasn't tasked to do since this wasn't part of my job description.

"Hey, Hime." Riza spoke up as she looked out the windows to see the lake from a distance.

"What?" Hime replied as she didn't stop reading the book, something to pass the time.

"What is this place?" Riza calmly asks Hime.

"It's my summer resort; why you ask?" Hime placed her book down on the small table next to her. Right next to her cup of warm green tea, she had Flandre made for her before ordering her to do the cleaning with Hiro.

"What am I doing here with you?! I just came to your mansion to get the helmet I left behind!" Riza yelled in absolute rage at Hime, who clearly didn't seem to be bothered being screamed at.

"It's because you showed up just as we were leaving." Hime calmly responded to the angry hybrid female werewolf.

"What kind of reason is that?!" Riza yelled once more, causing Hime to let out a tired sigh.

"Be quiet." Hime reaches over to pick up her teacup to take a sip, "You're spoiling the atmosphere. Go play in the lake or something." With one hand free, Hime uses it to wave at Riza in a gesture for her to leave already.

This just trigger Riza instead, "Wh-What's with that attitude?! You are the one who dragged me here!"

"I did no such thing. I did not order you to follow me all the way here." Hime becomes annoyed with how she is being yelled at for no reason. "Flandre."

"Fuga?"

"There should be a jet ski in the marina, right?" Hime wanted to be sure just in case before putting this option onto the table.

"Fuga."

"So how about it? Want to ride the jet ski? It'll clear that hothead of yours." Hime smirked at the angry look on Riza's face.

"You... You're making fun of me, huh?!" Riza is this close to snapping but decides to take up this offer before she does something she will regret. Riza glanced over at Hiro before having her arms transformed and grabbing Hiro by the head. "You! You're coming with me!"

Watching Riza drag the confused Hiro out, leaving Hime, Flandre, and me behind.

"Well, I'm going to search the place for anything interesting worth taking as materials for me to use in my next project. If you need me, I'll be back tonight." I said to Hime, who just waved me off that she permitted me to leave.

An hour later*

Walking around without any destination in mind. I start going through my pockets and thinking if I should upgrade from pockets to something else to carry my Magical Items. After all, if I lose my pants at some point. I may end up going on a rampage just to release the build-up rage of losing all the Magical Items I created up to now.

So, I begin to think of what I should make to replace the hammerspace's anchors of my pockets with something else since I should have thought about this way sooner, even before I left the fantasy world. I'm actually lucky to survive up to now with my pockets intact.

While walking around the lake, I came up with many ideas but dropped almost all of them. Most of them are impossible to do in this world and the fantasy world via Book of the End. Yet, this didn't stop me as I continued to think more and more ideas until I had already walked far away from Hime's summer resort.

I shook my head and began heading back before I ended up getting lost. Then, I decided to try one of my workable ideas using the Book of the End and hope it works. If not, no matter, since I know not everything will go my way.

Of course, there is the idea of getting a third Stand. The Sticky Finger, where this Stand will solve my current problem, but I know that's impossible due to pushing my limit already with already having two Requirem Stands at that. Not just normal Stands.

A few hours later*

I let out a frustrated sigh as I finally got one of my ideas to work, where now my Fox Mask has been modified so many times, I have lost track, and it is the number one Magical Item I have that changed so much that I'm surprised the thing hasn't broken yet with all the changes I have done to it. Of course, among those many changes, I made the Fox Mask unbreakable and now always appears back to me no matter what. As long I just reach into something that could contain the Fox Mask.

Now, my Fox Mask is the anchor to the hammerspace I store all my things, where I just need to think and it will pop into existence. Same in reverse, but I just have to touch it physically. Got to love Spatial Manipulation and everything related to it.

Honestly, I should have done this on the second or third day in the fantasy world. Nevertheless, I now have a secure way to keep my stuff safe and easy to take out for me to use at any moment. Then again, I was too busy making other Magical Items and having sex with Darkness.

I blink as I watch the house sliding down the slope and heading straight into the lake.

"Oh shit." I begin running towards the house and sliding the Fox Mask over my face to activate the Night-Vision Mode to see through the dark. Now, to help Hime out since I've already seen that not everything will go the way things should be in the manga.

For all I know, these mermen wouldn't hesitate to kill Hime for her blood before she could even reveal the truth about how her blood works.

With a quick burst of speed and the Fox Mask boosting my physical aspects. I had barely arrived when the house entered the lake. I quickly ran up the back of the house and landed on the roof.

"Hime." I called out when I saw her coming through the window on the roof.

"Daisuke. Good timing." Hime said to her servant, glad that Riza wouldn't be the only one to protect her while Flandre and Hiro are currently unavailable to protect her.

With a single thought and a flick of my wrist. I throw multiple blue Spell Shards, causing the water around the house to freeze. Now, that I prevent the house from sinking any further.

"Damn it! We can't stay here long!" Riza shouted as she prevented the mermen from coming through the window and noticed someone else on the roof other than Hime and herself. "Hey! You! You're one of Hime's servants, do something!"

I blankly stare at Riza before looking at Hime for what she wants.

"Stop them from capturing me." Hime order.

"As you wish, Ojou-sama." I replied.

Using Domain Control to produce a grayish bubble over to Riza before increasing its size to forcibly push the mermen back inside, allowing Riza to move away. Afterward, I create a block of ice over the window, stopping the mermen from using the window to come onto the roof.

"Quick question, do you wish for me to eliminate them? As in killing them." I remember that Hime had these mermen as her helpers in the later chapters. So if I get rid of them, Hime won't have any backups in the form of mermen to save her with numbers.

"Don't kill them. I have a feeling why they did all this." Hime knew that there was time to kill and when not to kill. Though, from this alone. She can say that this servant of her has killed before and enough to the point that he can kill without any hesitation and the only reason why he asked now. Hime can guess that her servant must have thought that these mermen could be of some use to her in the future, and she feels the same.

"Oh." I honestly thought Hime wanted to kill these mermen, but I guessed wrong, and Hime must be more of a forgiven person than I thought. Then again, with the type of Hime's personality and the entire manga. I should really expect this type of response from her. Also, this may be my answer to work on Motor-Skill Manipulation instead of Molecular Manipulation if Hime plans to make sure most of her enemy is taken down non-lethal. "Well, this will require a special tool then."

Thank goodness I made the Book of the End, because honestly, almost all my Magical Items are leaner towards the lethal sides. So that leaves me with limited options. Luckily, I have been working on my Domain Control often.

I slam my right palm on the wooden rooftop as I spread a large amount of grayish water-like across the entire rooftop and even the ice covering the size of the roof to keep the house floating in the cold lake.

Once the entire roof is covered and under the control of Domain Control, I push more mana into the Domain Control for me to use Telekinesis: Levitation and bring us up into the sky. Of course, I only lift the rooftop and a small amount of ice instead of the entire house and ice around it, and going any further in size would just drain me more of my mana.

"Okay, good news. I got us away for a bit." I move us uphill, where Hime's house used to be. "Bad news. I don't really have many non-lethal to deal with the mermen. So, I think it's better for us to escape from here." It's good that this doesn't take too much of my mana, nor did I have to move us for too long. Also, it looks like I made the right decision on taking the entire roof with me instead of just a small section that's enough for Riza, Hime, and me to stand on.

I can feel the mermen throwing something below the rooftop to bring us down. But, with the Domain Control. I made it, so the rooftop is almost unbreakable by strengthening the woods with Elemental Manipulation and Telekinetic Compression.

"That's fine. We got someone who could deal with the mermen without having to kill them." Hime knew how hard it is for people that have killed too much and will have a hard time not killing their targets. Nevertheless, Hime won't look down on her servant since no one is perfect, not even herself. "Isn't that why you follow, Riza?" Hime glance at Riza, who grunts and rub her hair in frustration. "Besides, I have an idea of how to deal with the mermen. Just land us somewhere open."

"Alright, you're the boss." I shrugged and lowered us somewhere further away, that's more open, but at the same time being as close to a flat surface as possible.

Once we landed, we got surrounded by mermen really fast. Well, this is what we get for not moving and just staying in one spot. So, seeing all these mermen put me on edge, and I'm this close to just saying screw everything. Summon either of my Requiem Stands to deal with these mermen or use Book of the End together with Domain Control. All good options, in my opinion, but I got faith in Hime that she knows what to do. After all, in the manga, Hime pretty much almost always knows the best course of action to take in critical situations.

"Ah, damn it! I should never have come to see you." Riza shouted once she realized they were surrounded and yelled at Hime, who deadpans at Riza for thinking this was her fault.

"Ojou-sama. You better do something quick." I warn Hime enough that I'm about to take action if these mermen get closer.

"Surrender!" One of the mermen roared at us.

Just as one of the mermen is about to get physical with one of us. I've already reactivated Domain Control and formed a spear made out of compressed air, allowing everyone to see it due to how much air has been compressed into a spear, ready to be fired at one of these mermen. I've already tested it on trees, where it exploded along with other trees nearby, and I'm sure these mermen shouldn't have iron-like skin or something on the line not to be hurt by this compressed air spear I created.

I glare coldly at the mermen that spoken, waiting for it to speak up so I could use this compressed air spear at it. The thought of using the Book of the End is also an option with how many mermen there are. Something I did not like, and I won't bet my physical body is stronger against these mermen.

"Daisuke." Hime said calmly, "Put that away. After all, we can't have any problem occur."

I seriously wonder where Hime gets her confidence from, but I may as well believe in her like I already am. Of course, that doesn't mean I wasn't putting down my guard. In fact, I have Chariot Requiem partially summoned on my left arm. Just waiting for the moment something goes wrong, and I have a rapier ready to be used along with the speed and strength to back it up with Chariot Requiem boosting my body.

"Now, I'm sure your leader is among you. Let him come here to speak with me." Hime said to the mermen, who mumbled to each other until a small merman with a wooden cane walked out of the group in the front, but not too close or far away. "So, you're this group's leader?" Hime guessed this smaller one is the leader unless she guessed it wrong.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Hime-sama." The leader of mermen spoke in an aged voice that anyone could tell he is old. "We are a clan that lives in the human world, that has been forsaken and forgotten by the Kingdom! You, Hime-sama, have abused your authority! We have never sworn allegiance to the Kingdom!"

"Hmph. Why don't we skip past the speech and get to the truth?" Hime smirked at the leader of the mermen. "If you actually have a problem with the Kingdom. Then, I'll listen, but I should guess that the real reason you haven't tried your best is to kill my companions and me. Is that you're actually after my blood... Am I wrong?"

This shocked all the mermen before all, but the leader of the mermen fell onto their knees and placed their foreheads on the ground in respect for Hime's guessing correctly.

"A-Amazing, Hime-sama! Your insight is incredible!" The leader of the mermen shouted in excitement. "Hehe! You are truly something, Hime-sama. I'll get to the point then." The leader of the mermen raises his arms to the sky before roaring, "Our clan will live on forever! Your blood will grant us immortality! That is what we wanted!"

The other mermen started yelling in eagerness to become immortal. Just as the leader of the mermen said, they desire to become immortal, to live forever.

"Alright." Hime agreed simply without hesitation.

"Eh?! So easily!?" The leader of the mermen is shocked by how Hime agreed so fast and without thinking about it for even a few more seconds or so.

"So... Which one of you wants to die first?" Hime asks the mermen, smiling coldly at these fools for daring to go at her simply because they want to become immortal. If that's what they wanted, she won't stop them from obtaining it. But, this comes with a price. After all, nothing comes free in life, and her blood is the same. No matter how precious it is.

The mermen gasp in shock to hear what Hime just said.

"Yes, those who drink the royal family's blood become nearly immortal. But, only if they're dead first." Hime lost her smirk, replacing it with a bored expression. "I guess you didn't know? Just drinking my blood won't have any effect on the living. So decide... Which one of you will be the first? Or shall we do all of you at once, hmm?"

I notice Riza tensing up, but not rushing towards the leader of the mermen to be taken as a hostage. So, this is all on Hime right now.

"Come now. Decide, will you die to gain immortality? Are you ready to pledge eternal loyalty to me?" Hime calmly stares at the mermen with cold eyes.

"Nonsense! She's speaking lies!" A deep voice roared through the night sky, where the ground began to shake and from the lake. A giant merman rose from the lake twice the height of Hime's house before the mermen destroyed it. "You're all being tricked by this girl!" She's trying to make fools of us!" The giant merman reaches toward Hime, "I'll drink her blood and prove to you!"

I took a step forward as I have Chariot Requiem create a rapier for me and four blue Spell Shards in my right hand.

"STOP!" The leader of the mermen shouted, stopping the giant merman and also stopping me from taking action. "We've lost. Hime-sama. We do want to be immortal... But, we can't kill each other just for that."

I secretly sighed in relief that these mermen believe Hime's words, and only the giant merman has doubts.

"Chief! Regardless of what you say, I'm not backing down!" The giant merman roared with rage at his leader for not trusting him but instead of a little girl.

"In the case, under the ancient law. Let's settle all of this with a duel." The leader of the merman looks at Hime, waiting to see who will face the giant merman.

I took a step forward, not caring if this is the moment Riza was supposed to fight instead.

"My name is Sato Daisuke! I accept the honor of serving as Hime-sama's representative and hereby challenge you to a duel!" I shout at the giant mermen with a rapier in my left hand and take a Fencing stance.

"WHAT?! A formal duel?! If we win, we get off scot-free! How lucky! HEHEHE! So this little boy is going to fight me?!" The giant mermen roared with absolute happiness.

I coldly stared at the giant mermen as I made the black rapier turn grayish under the effect of my Domain Control.

With a quick burst of speed, I appear from the left side of the giant merman, rotating my body into a position to deliver an uppercut slash while generating a tornado with the help of Domain Control.

The tornado shreds through the giant merman like nothing, causing blood to scatter everywhere, horrifying the mermen nearby. Luckily for the giant merman, I limited the size and power of the tornado as it died out in a matter of seconds before the small tornado ended the giant merman's life, or more like I wanted to save some Mana just in case.

Watching the giant merman falling face forward. I took this chance to jump on the giant merman's back and start running up to reach the head. Intending to kill, I have my rapier wrapped in wind spinning around it. To give me the rotation effect, I wanted to drill right through the back of the giant mermen's head. I'm not taking any chances if the rapier alone could pierce the scales of the mermen. Let alone this huge one.

A large amount of blood spurt into the night sky and the scream of the mermen covered the area.

The next day*

"You know, I wonder if I should have done my usual double tab." I said to both Hime and Riza, where the giant merman is still alive and was saved quickly enough after the duel. Who is currently on the ground, unconscious, and has a large amount of bandage all over his body. Almost making the giant mermen into a huge mummy.

"What is this double tab?" Riza asks me with interest.

"He cut the enemy's head off to make sure the enemy stays dead and not pretending to be dead." Hime replied to Riza's question, who looked at me with shock.

"Hey, there are many monsters that can survive many fatal wounds, that would easily kill many and shrug it off." I explain why I did this.

"Huh." Riza blinks her eyes at me before looking at the lake. "Hey, I have been wondering for a while now. Do you guys think Hiro is okay?"

"He's only been drowned for a night. He should be fine." Hime dismisses the concern Riza is bringing up.

"Hey, Hime..." Riza looks slightly nervous as she rubs her head, "I have a request to make..."

"My answer is yes." Hime didn't wait for Riza to say what her request was.

"Oi! I haven't said anything yet!" Riza quickly turned in Hime's direction and shouted in shock, as she could not believe this.

"Oh, that's because I already know what you're thinking. You don't have to say it." Hime said to Riza, clearly it was easy for her to know what Riza's request is going to be.

"Hey! Are you a mind reader or something?!" Riza shouted, "Forget it! I'm going to say it anyway!" Riza took a deep breath to calm down a bit. Putting her hands into her pockets as she looks back at the lake. "I've come to realize that your servant may have been the one that killed my brother, but you weren't his real enemy. The one who took me hostage and made my brother...!" Riza quickly took a few more deep breaths. "I know that the royal family is engaged in a struggle over the succession right now. So, the one who did it was probably one of your siblings." Riza punch the palm of her other hand as she grits her teeth. "I'm going to kill them! And for that..."

"You want to be with me, because if you do. Such an opportunity will present itself?" Hime asks with a hint of amusement for being used as bait.

"That's right! But..." Riza looks at Hime with wide eyes. "Are you really okay with that?! You don't seem to want to kill your siblings... Yet."

Hime walks up a bit closer to the lake before turning her head around to glance at Riza, "It's fine." Hime turns her head forward. "Riza, you're a warrior. You're only really alive when fighting, right?"

"I wonder..." Riza turns her head to the side. "I am a half-breed after all..."

"We've found it!" Someone shouted, causing Riza to have an extra set of ears pop out from the top of her head, which looked like it belonged to a wolf.

"Think they found Hiro?" I ask the girls while we begin walking towards where the mermen that have been pulling on a rope to drag something or someone out of the lake.

And before our sight is Flandre holding onto Hiro's legs, with Hiro having a big stomach from swallowing too much water.

"Huh, do you think he will leak out all the water inside his stomach if I poke a few holes?" I ask with a smirk, causing Riza to look at me with a wary look while Hime just rolls her eyes.

"Please... don't." Hiro manages to speak out his dying words before continuing to spat out more water.