Hello! Welcome back! A bit late... I would have posted this sooner, but my father came to visit... On news, I finally got Artoria on F/GO! I was so happy since she was the very reason I started playing it. It's pretty much a dream come true.
So anyway, let get to some reviews. Since this is the Side-Story, I'll only reply to reviews that involve it, other replies will have to wait till Chapter 25
UA1991: Issei can sure try, whether he succeeds or not is a different story
ptl: Yes there will be DxD characters here too, though you'll only see one for the time being, and for a very good reason.
I think that's all... could have missed some since it been so long...
To the chapter!
"Speaking."
"Thinking."
"Servant Speaking."
"Ughh..."
God, with is with this splitting headache... Did I get a drunk or something...?
And why does it feel like there some sort of weight on my back...?
I place a hand on my forehead as I wake up. Rubbing it a bit...
What happened... I was... falling I think? Fell somewhere, but where...? Crashing landing sort to say. Then...
Right... I heard someone call out to me... and then...
The pain suddenly spikes as I remember...
Right... A small... mini-me I think...?
"I am glad to see that you are fine." I heard saber say."That blow looked to be quite painful"
"Aside from this headache, I'm none worse for wear," I told her.
"Well, for now, I think you should deal with the problem at hand." Saber said.
Wait, what problem?
"Oh, finally, got to say. I was kind of getting bored of just watching you for a while." A voice that I was unfamiliar with let out.
"Eh...?" I could only say, finally opening my eyes. Only to meet to see the face of mini-me, far too close to my face for comfort.
"..." I stare at her for a moment, quickly realizing this isn't the same person who I very briefly spoke to after my rather rough landing. I mean, sure she has the same face and looks. but her skin looks to be tanned compared to mini-me before.
"... Uhh... could you back off, please? You're invading my personal space." I say to her.
The girl then just puffs up her cheeks slightly before pulling away.
"Darn, and here I thought I could get some sort of funny reaction from you. Illya tends to give them," she said, certainly disappointed with my lack of a response.
...Illya...? I guess I made some sort of face on hearing the name, judging from how she just suddenly raised an eyebrow for no reason.
"Right..." I slowly let out as I sit up on the bed. The Headache still very much intact.
... Why am I talking so casually to this girl? I don't even know her...
"A shame." The tanned mini-me said, shrugging. "That said... Who are you?"
"... It's rude to ask for someone's name before giving yours you know?" I told her,
"Oh, so your one of those kinds of people huh?" she quickly responses. Though she doesn't seem to care that much. "Perhaps your name is... Illya?"
"No." I flat out told her. "Was that the girl from before?" I ask.
"Oh wow, for once, someone saw the difference between us." The tan girl replies, sounding both a bit happy and disappointed. "Well, before I answer anything else. I think it's best I get a name at least."
"We-" I didn't get to finish.
"And before you say anything, remember that out of the kindness of our hearts, we took you in our place." The young girl said, smirking slightly.
Dam... She's got me there. Not fully sure if it was the kindness out of her heart. But I do own her a favor. Especially since...
... Wait... what was I doing before I suddenly crashed landed here...?
"Saber, please remind me, what happened before I fell from the sky?" I ask it.
"... I am sorry but my memory is hazy." Saber told me, a tinge of disappointment in her voice. "The only thing I remember is that involves some sort of Witch."
A witch?
"...My name is Isaiviel von Einzbern." I finally answer is. "Is it me or does the air feel heavy?"
"...Einzbern?" The girl asks me, now looking more confused than ever.
"Did I shudder?" I said back at her. You lend in a bit as she takes a closer look at me. "Again, personal space. I'm getting tired of people invading it."
"... You certainly look like an Einzbern" she finally said, lending back, it doesn't seem to answer whatever questions that are going threw that head of hers. "But I don't know anyone who goes by the name of Isaiviel."
... She seems to be relaxed, but I wasn't a fool. My training for Saber and Yuuto had made me often focus on the smaller details. I can see how her movements are slightly stiff, and while it is hard to notice, the way her arms and legs are positioned indicates that she is more than ready to fight back if I were to just suddenly try to attack her.
Eh, well, I can't blame her for being careful.
"Well, I've never met another Einzbern before," I said, shrugging at the thought. "So it's not that surprising."
The made a bit of a face, no doubt confused about my response.
"... You pretty calm all things considering." She said. Slightly weirded out about how I'm taking this.
"With all the crazy stuff that's already happened to me. This is pretty normal." I honestly said. "Though I'm still not fully aware of what's going on. By the way, I never got a name."
She went from 'relaxed' to eyeing me a bit.
"...Chloe." She finally answered.
"Oh." I smiled a bit, well at least she willing to tell me that much. "That's a really pretty name,"
"Thanks," Chloe said waving her hand a slightly, being nonchalant about it. "Isaiviel isn't a bad name either."
It wasn't, it was the name my father gave me after all. Frankly, I think it sounds cute too.
"By the way, where am I?" I ask her.
"My house," she told me... I just look at her, giving her a rather bored expression.
"...How about the city?" I reclarify myself.
"Fuyuki" Chloe told her.
Fuyuki...? Wait wait wait...! Wasn't that the city that...
"Saber...?" I quietly ask her, sounding more than a bit worried.
"... Fuyuki was where the 4th holy grail war took place." Saber said.
"...But that's impossible, right? Fuyuki shouldn't exist in my world." I said, my mind trying to process what's going on.
"It does not" I heard Saber said. "If this young lady is correct, then that means this is not your world."
...
... Just... Just take a breath and think... Another world... another world... Still... not the craziest thing to have happened to me...
Chloe raises an eyebrow.
"You look like you've just seen a ghost." She admits.
I guess I wasn't hiding it very well...
"It's... fine, just a problem I'll have to deal with later," I told her, getting out of the bed. Still, It's true, it's something that should be saved for later. As it's... well, not something I feel like thinking about.
Rather not have a panic attack so soon. The bed was also a bit too small for me.
"Mmmm." Chloe let out, "I guess, I don't really feel like prying. For now anyway."
Oh geez, thanks.
Chloe then stares at my face for a bit, inspecting it a bit more... differently than before. Like there was a weird look in her eyes.
"Have you ever been kissed before?" She then asks out of nothing where.
"... No?" I hesitantly answer... taking a small step back. For some reason, I don't feel that safe around her anymore...
... Why do I feel scared of a girl who doesn't even look past 12?
Chloe mutters to herself a bit, before having this... evil little grin.
"Nothing Nothing, I was just curious.~" She said, acting as if she didn't know why I suddenly felt threatened.
"Why are you so scared, Master? She is but a child. No threat to us." Saber wondered.
"You don't get it, Saber. I feel like if I let my eyes off this girl, I'll lose something very important!" I told her.
"I suppose I do not. You are still quite strange at times Master"
Your one to talk Saber!
"Is she awake yet?" I hear another voice ask, the same voice I heard before getting knocked out.
And so the mini-me comes walking in, holding a bag with her. and... Some rod floating by her.
"I wanna see the older Illya!" Said rod shouts...
"Ruby!" The mini-me or well, the person who I'm pretty sure is Illya tires to stop the rod from coming over, but it was just too fast for her to respond.
"So how you get here? What are you doing? Did you admit your feeling to onee-san yet? I bet so, did it going anywhere?" The strange rod rapid-fire question towards me. Most of them I couldn't understand due to her going too fast.
And I'm kinda glad I don't because some of those sounded awfully...
"Ok ok ok! Stop!" I quickly yell. "I have no clue what you're talking about, so would you kindly shut up?!"
"Ohh, she's got spunk! I like that!" The Rod said.
"R-Ruby!" Illya quickly said, grabbing the now named Ruby and shaking it violently. "Stop it! You asking so many embarrassing questions!"
"Please don't tell me that the rod is always like this," I said towards Chloe.
"Sure, but I would be lying if I said otherwise." Said person chips, not caring about it.
Great...
"S-Sorry!" Illya quickly apologizes to me. Bowing her head repeatedly. "Ruby just don't know when to shut up, please just ignore it!"
"It's... fine. I was just taken aback." I told her. Looking at her.
... So this is my supposed older sister? She looks... young. Really young. Too young to be my older sister.
"Uhh, how can my master look at me so lowly." Ruby cried As if she was hurt by her words. But by the looks of Illya, it seems like she's faking it.
"So you're Illya?" I ask, crouching to her height.
"How did you-"
"Chloe told me. Or well, she kinda told me." I told her with a smile. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Isaiviel, Isaiviel von Einzbern, but my friends call me Isai."
"So your not Illya huh..." Ruby seems.. a bit sad. "And here I was hoping to meet another me!"
...The heck is the rod talking about.
"...You have come across a strange world Master," Saber couldn't help but say.
Tell me about it.
"Chloe..." Illya mutters. "Uh, actually, my name is Illyasviel, only my friends call me Illya."
"Right right. well, You were the one who helped me before right?" I ask, to which she nods. "Well, then my thanks are too you!"
"Oh... Y-Your welcome! I'm always here if you need help!" Illya quickly said. Ha... That's kinda cute.
"Then I'll make sure to ask if I need help," I told her.
"Hey! I helped you!" Chloe quickly said. Right, she did...
"Oh, uh... thanks I guess." I simply said.
"Hey! Why are you nice to her and not me?!" Chloe said, slightly upset.
"Because something about you seems like... like... You'd take something very important away from me if I let my guard down around you." I told her.
"Still a Child." Saber said.
Shut up, Saber!
"...Your not wrong." Illya hesitantly says. Chloe in turn just puffs up her cheeks a bit. But doesn't any anything back.
Ehe, she looks cute when upset. Do I look like that when I'm upset? If that's the case I suddenly understand Keiichi-kun a lot more.
"So where you come to form?" Ruby throws herself back into the conversation.
Huh...
"Do I tell them the Truth?" I ask my Servant.
"If you wish. But personality, I would keep it to myself until I have a better grasp of the situation" Saber gave her two cents.
Hmm...
"... Kouh city. Not sure how I got here thought. Something about a Witch." I said. I'm not lying, I'm just withholding some information.
"... A Witch?" Illya asks, tilting her head.
"Yes, but the hit to my head did a thing or two to my memory," I explain, thinking a bit more on it. "So I'm not 100% sure about what I'm talking about. But at least it's a start."
"Oh-oh! We can help then!" Ruby let out. "Right before you appeared, I could sense something similar to kaleidoscope!
"Kaleidoscope...?" I questionably look at it. "I have no idea what that is."
"The Second magic," Chloe said.
Oh... Right... I think I've heard of that before.
"Saber?"
"I know of it due to the Grail, but I am not very knowledgable in magecraft or magic, so I would not be a very good source of information," Saber confirms.
Ok then...
"Is that so?" I ask Ruby.
"Yup! may not be the same thing, but it may be close enough where we can use the same logic," Ruby repeats.
... Should I?
"There help could be much needed." Saber said. "Though I do not trust the rod. And they are just children. It seems wrong to get their help."
"They do have some magical Rod... thing, so there likely more to them then meets the eye." I point out. "But you are right."
...
"I... Rather not get others involved if I don't have too. Especially those so young." I said, smiling faintly. "But, if I have any questions that need to be answered, I'll make sure to come here."
"Fine by me." Chloe simply said. "Less work for us."
"Wait wait, where would you go then?" Illya asks her.
"I have enough Yen to sleep in a hotel for a week or two," I said. Not thinking much about it. "Hopefully I won't be here for too long."
"Well, you could-" Illya waa going to say.
"If she doesn't want to stay, then don't bother. Where would she sleep anyways? The couch?" Chloe told her sister. "Besides, I'm more than sure this won't be the last time we'll meet."
I quirk an eyebrow, looking towards her.
"What makes you think that?" I ask her.
"Just a feeling, nothing big." She casually says. I just look at her for a moment.
"Well, I can't deny the possibility," I said
"Either way. Where's the exit? I think it's time that I have to go." I told them.
"Just let me check if Stella and Leysritt went to sleep first," Illya told me. I have no idea who they are, but whatever. I guess their maids or something.
Thought before Illya could reach the door, we all hear it swing open.
"Illya! I need you to come with me right no-" The voice came threw, only to pause o what she saw.
The new girl in question is wearing a red shirt and short black shirk. She also has long and black hair, tied into Twin tails.
And she was staring right at me
"... Hi?" I Said, not sure what else to say.
She keeps looking at me, then to Illya, then back to me and back to Illya.
"... Ughh... Just what the hell has been going on lately." She said, sounding exhausted all of the sudden.
*Starrrreee*
Ai is sitting down, blankly Stared at the Young girl, who in turn blankly stared back at the newcomer in the house. It was as if they were having a staring contest.
Miyu was her name. Miyu Edelfelt. Luvia said she adopted this girl as her sister some time ago. It seems a bit strange to Ai, but she wasn't going to question it, at least not yet.
Luvia also took Miyu somewhere private for a couple of minutes, Ai assumes it was to tell her something that Ai should not hear. And so here they are.
There were no words between the two, nor any tension. Nothing but the sweet sound of silence.
Ai would have enjoyed it if this also didn't feel incredibly awkward.
Ai didn't bother to treat her like a child. From a mere glance, she could tell her was very mature for her age. Possibly even more mature then Luvia or Rin.
Granted this was all just a first impression, so that could quickly change.
Speaking of Rin, She quickly left to felt someone else. Ai had no idea who, but she didn't care. As long as whoever they were, they could help.
"... I don't know what to do." Ai told Archer. She wasn't bad with kids, But Miyu wasn't just a kid.
"For once, I'm pretty much in the same boat."Archer Agrees. He was just as unsure as to his Master.
Thought unlike Ai, Archer knew Luvia told Miyu to keep an eye on her.
Why said person to watch them was a 12-year-old Child was unknown to Archer. But he did know one thing. This girl was far more than she seems. It made Archer uneasy about her.
Though he didn't show it to Ai.
"...Do I try to talk to her?" Ai asks.
"If you want too," Archer replies.
"Ok, what do I talk about?" She asks again.
"I do not have all the answers, Master." Archer just told her.
"... You are useless Archer." Ai just said.
"... You look like someone I know." Miyu said, being the person to finally break the silence. Ai was quickly caught off-guard by this.
"O-Oh?" She let out. "Well, is that person a good one?"
She gives a slight nod.
"You look like you could be his sister," she adds.
Not what Ai was expecting, but she could work with this.
"Well, sorry to say but I'm an only child," Ai confirms.
"I see... Well, it's a pleasure to meet you anyways." Miyu politely told her.
Ai couldn't help but feel a bit warm into form this, she kinda reminds her of Isai when she was little... only far more mature and less bratty.
"You have such good manners at just a young age," Ai said, smiling as she can't help but feel impressed with her. "That's so rare to see in a child."
"... Thank you." Miyu replies.
Ai thinks a bit. wondering what else she could do or say.
"Are you Hungry? If Luvia allows it I could make you something. I'm a really good cook." Ai offered,
"... I don't want to be a bother." Miyu then said.
"Don't worry about this, I'm always happy to cook for others." Ai proudly admits. "I pretty much cook lunch for my best friend every day."
"Every day?" Miyu looks up at her.
"Everyday." Ai nods back.
"... You must really like her." Miyu said out loud.
"Well... in a way, she means the world to me," Ai told her before standing up and offering a hand to her. "Well come on, I could show you a thing or two as well if you like... You also have to show me to the kitchen."
Miyu doesn't say anything. All she does is smile slightly and nods, taking her hand.
"Don't worry man, just hang in there! We'll get you some help." Keiichi said in some panic, holding up a dealy pale Issei, who has a terrible fever and is breathly heavily. It honestly looks like he's going to drop dead at any moment.
"Yea, that's not happening buddy. He's chances are slim at best." Lancer gravely told him. Though it's clear he's not happy about it either.
"You don't know that!" Keiichi shouts at her Servant.
"But I do, this is my world, unlikes your planet, which is just a giant rock zooming across space. This one is very much alive." Lancer said. "Let's just say it doesn't take kindly to things like Issei"
"The hell does that mean?!" Keiichi protests. To which Lancer sighs.
"Look, think of it like this. You're human, sure, you come to form a different version of Earth, but at the very core of your being, your still human, so the world ignores you. Issei, on the other hand, is a Devil. A supernatural being, one that shouldn't exist in this world. Hell, the kind of Devil he is doesn't even match what they were back when they did exist here. The world tends to stuff out anomalies like that." Lancer explains.
"That isn't right!" Keiichi retorts.
"You think I like this too? It sucks I know, but that just how this world works." Lancer said. "If you could find a magi to act as an anchor for him, he can still live, but the odds of that are pretty low."
"Ugg..." Keiichi said. "The hell am I going to do...?"
"H-Hey! Is your friend alright?!" Keiichi could hear a young man yell, running toward, Turning towards him he see...
I guy who... looks kinda like Ai. Well if she somehow turned into a man... He's also carrying a bag of groceries.
But now isn't the time to be worrying about that!
"Y-yea, my friend here needs help! Badly!" Keiichi told him.
"Shit, yea he looks bad." The guy says looking over him. Thinking of what to do. The boy looks deadly Ill and the hospital is too far away from here. "Right! I'm staying at my friend's place, for now, it's the temple up on the mountain. It's not a long walk from here and I'm sure they wouldn't mind helping."
The young men go on the other side of Issei to help support him.
"The mountain huh? Well, it's better than nothing I suppose." Keiichi mutters. "Alright! Lead the way!"
And so they hurry to the temple, hoping they're not too late.
Well, it's an interesting stop point. Issei is... in a bit of a pickle. sadly tho, You're going have to wait a couple of normal chapters before we continue this story, but hopefully, the wait will be worth it!
On brighter news. Ai seems to get along well with Miyu, and time next we should get Ai's reaction to Illya and Chloe. How do you guys think she'll react?
Isai has met them though, and it's overall positive, though she doesn't want them to get involved. But it seems like that's not an option anymore.
So when will Chapter 25 be posted? I'm aiming for a week, but if I can't get that to happen, then the week after that for sure!
So that's all for now and I'll see you all then!