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Several explosions shook the area as Saji was pulled away by Merlin to avoid the jets of venom the snake heads had suddenly shot at them. He held the [Chaos Cannon] in one hand and still kept it pointed at the Hell Worm which now had two large steel spikes in its body with chains that were anchored into the ground.
"Tch... This is only going to be harder with you around Saji, go get help." Merlin muttered as he dropped Saji onto the ground, keeping his gun aimed on the Hell Worm as he declared "[Bomb Shot: Set]."
Holding the trigger down, a steady stream of orange magic bullets fired from the barrel, each shot exploding on contact with the Hell Worm's body. Saji started as he quickly pulled himself back to his feet, his [Absorption Line] on his wrist as he took a fortifying breathe before shooting a tongue-like line onto the monster's body.
Painful screeches echoed in the area as Merlin paused in launching his barrage, flicking his free hand forwards as he called "Earth Magic: Iron Rock Claw!"
The brown magic circle appeared under the monsters before large rock claw-like fingers erupted from the ground and gripped the main body, trapping it. Several tentacles bashed against the rock, the mantis claws appearing to have more luck then the snake heads.
"Fireball!" Saji called fire a blast of black flames at the Hell worm making it screech as some of it started to burn. Merlin taking careful aim before he muttered "[Freeze Shot]"
Firing from the [Chaos Cannon] was a icy blue bullet, striking one of the snake heads and freezing it all. The moment the snake head bashing against the rock finger it shattered into fragments leaving the tentacle useless. He moved to do the same to three others snake heads before taking aim at the main body as Tiamat spoke up [Looks like you have a good plan...]
'Yeah... most of the animals used for it prefer warmth so using Ice Magic should be its weakness.' Merlin thought before Saji spoke "If I ever meet the person who made this I'd tell them this is one ugly monster."
"Well, you've told them now. They can see and hear what's going on." Merlin explained while signalling to the small camera on the chimera, Saji paling at hearing that before looking askingly at the Magician.
"[Freeze Shot.]" Merlin fired another icy blue bullet and hit the camera, destroying it as it completely froze before he spoke "Use Ice Magic. It have more effect on it."
"Erm... I've never had any luck with Ice magic." Saji admitted sheepishly, Merlin sighing before he countered "Then just fire pure magic at the parts I freeze, it should cause more damage that way."
Saji nodded and the pair went to work, Merlin freezing parts of the Hell Worm while Saji shattered the areas and making acidic looking blood spurt out of its body. Beams of violet energy shot from the mantis like claws, Merlin quickly erecting several magic barriers to block the attacks before they continued.
"Lightning Lance!" Kanu's voice called as a bright yellow spear shot down from the sky, Merlin and Saji turning to see the violet haired young woman float down towards them with her devil wings out while the hell worm screeched as lightning coursed through its body.
"What is that?" Kanu asked with a disgusted look at the Hell Worm, Merlin continuing to fire [Freeze Shots] into its body as he answered as he shot a glare at Saji, "Something that would be dead by now if Saji had gone to get help."
"Geez~ you try and help a guy out and this is the thanks you get!" Saji snarked back with a glare to the Magician, Kanu looking amused as she created a new spear for her to use as she chipped in "Now boys, lets focus on the task at hand."
"Fine." Saji grumbled as Merlin fired off several more [Freeze Shots] before he threw his free hand forwards as he called "Ice Make: Tiger!"
Out of the blue magic circle that had appeared in front of Merlin came a large tiger made out of ice, the ice construct pounced at the Hell Worm as Saji blurted out "What the..?"
The ice tiger started to claw away at the Hell Worm, its remaining limbs attempting to pierce its body only for Saji and Merlin's magic attacks to destroy them. The Hell Worm gave a final pain filled screech before slumping dead as the ice tiger ripped out its claws before moving to trot towards Merlin before being dispelled.
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A group of cloaked figures sat at an ornate mahogany table, watching as Merlin, Kanu and Saji left the area that the Hell Worm had attacked them.
"It seems that your creation Gellert was inadequate to capture the boy." A elderly male voice at the head of the table, another of the cloaked figures snorting as a younger male voice retorted "Inadequate... It was a bloody useless thing and we have now failed as the boy is a Devil."
"Hold your tongue, Thomas. I do not see you even capable of capturing the boy yourself and him becoming a Devil was not something any of us could have predicted." Gellert snapped off, Thomas' red eyes glowering from under the hood as he was about to snarl something only to be interrupted the head "I will have no infighting here, both of you shall stand down now."
"Uther is correct. I believe that we will have to observe his growth for now as becoming a Devil will have improved aspects of his abilities." A female voice cut through any other arguments before Uther spoke up "Elizabeth is correct in this manner, his powers have grown since the last attempt to capture him and until we learn the extent of the effect the devilification has on him we should not waste our resources."
With that the group nodded in agreement, some more angry then others as they departed.
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"Right..." Merlin started as he wandered in front of the two peerages he was part of. Reina and Sona sat on individual sofas with their [Queens] at their side. Saji and Kanu had explained what had happened and Sona held a hint of sadness over what had happened during the early morning.
"What the hell happened out there?" Reina snapped off, annoyed at having to wait as Merlin ordered his thoughts as he turned to face then.
"Alright... Well some of my 'family' weren't exactly happy with the descendant of Merlin wanting to travel. My parents were fine with it, said it would be good for me to grow in my own way especially with what the magical families of Britain were planning." Merlin started, Reina and Sona looking surprised before the latter asked "What were they planning?"
"They were planning to make me no better then a prize bull." Merlin answered in a disgusted tone, the others in the room exclaiming in shock at finding that out, "It was lucky my Kaa-san found my Tou-san when he travelled and even then he had to force his way into a tournament the magical families created to find her a strong husband to ensure a strong heir."
"That's barbaric..." Yukari blurted out, getting agreeing nods from the young women in the room before Merlin continued "The monster that showed up this morning was trying to capture me and bring me back to Britain. Also it means that now my extended family know I'm a Devil and probably won't care that I'm tainted due to my powers being enhanced by the [Evil Pieces]."
"We'll just have to be careful then. No one is going to take my [Bishop] from me. Aya I want you to keep a close watch on him" Reina spoke up as she crossed her arms under her bust as Aya chirped eagerly "Hai!"
"I don't need a bodyguard, Phenex-sama." Merlin retorted with an annoyed look, "I've fought my extended family's attempts before and won or escaped each time."
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Merlin mentally sighed as he sat in the Student Council room during lunch, noticing the interested eyes of Sona, Tsubaki, Reina and Yukari on him as he ran several diagnostic magic circles over his [Blade-wing Tonfa] to check over how they were doing.
"Seems like the reinforcements held together and they are even drawing off my mana to recharge themselves." Merlin spoke to himself, Reina deciding to speak up in curiosity "You created these, right? Would you be able to create other things?"
"Yeah, I created it. Used a jewel from [Chaos Cannon] to act as a focusing element for the [Dragon Slayer Magic] as at the heart, Dragon Slayers gain dragonic elements to their bodies." Merlin explained, giving more detail then was necessary to point out that the artificial Sacred Gear was linked to Tiamat's power.
"As for creating enchanted weapons for the others... I could do that but they wouldn't be artificial Sacred Gears like this." Merlin spoke as he dismissed the magic circles before letting the tonfa disperse in light as it went back to where it was stored as he added "It would take some time as well, partly due to talking to the others and designing the weapons and the other part layering the enchantments and adjusting them for the user to be able to use them easily."
Merlin trailed off as he sensed something faintly, moving to the windows to look out at the skyline as he muttered "She can't be here..."
The other devils in the room looked confused and surprised at what had caused the sudden change as Merlin asked "Did you sense that too, Tiamat?"
[Yeah... but that can't be right. I mean she died in that cave in, right Merlin.] Tiamat asked, Merlin nodded as he tried to find what had given off the faint familiar aura.
"Is everything alright, Merlin?" Sona asked warily, Merlin's eyes still scanning the skyline for a few moments before he replied "Yeah... I... I just thought I sensed someone who died when I was young."
"Who...?" Yukari asked concerned, Merlin shaking his head as he replied "Don't worry about it."
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'That was a close call.' A blue haired young woman thought as she appeared from a green magic circle inside a elegant looking hall, her chocolate brown eyes taking in the slightly worn look as she started to walk towards her [King's] office. Her eyes danced with mirth as she spotted two of her fellow devils walking away from the office with stoic looks, Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna.
"Hello girls." Nimueh greeted with a superior smirk, Wiess' hands clenching as she replied "Hello Nimueh-sama."
"Nimueh-sama." Blake added, her cat ears twitching as she looked warily at the fairy who continued walking regardless. Nimueh's smirk deepened as she continued walking, knowing that the pair of [Knights] didn't like her [King] but wouldn't try and go stray due to her own powers.
Entering her [King's] office, Nimeuh gazed at the young man that sat behind the ornate wooden desk. He was a tall, lean person with charcoal grey hair that was spiked wildly atop of his head, framing dark gold eyes and wearing a Victorian black suit that seemed at odds with his youthful age.
"Albert-dono." Nimeuh greeted with a curtesy, Albert smiling as he greeted "Nimueh. How goes your surviellence for my potential wife candidates."
"I've found three highly potential she-devils for you, Albert-dono." Nimueh answered, clicking her fingers and making three files appear on the desk, "Rias Gremory, Sona Sitri and Reina Phenex."
"Hmm... Good work, Nimeuh." Albert spoke, picking up the files and starting to peruse them while Nimeuh stood nervously.
"So Gremory is out of town at the moment dealing with her engagement to the Phenex Clan... such a shame that such potential is stuck with a scummy guy." Albert mused, closing the file on Rias Gremory before moving onto the next one.
"Sona Sitri... It's such a shame that such a beauty would result in me having to deal with one of the Maou and... oh, your former boyfriend." Albert spoke with an interested tone, peering over the file to look at Nimueh.
"That leaves Reina Phenex." Albert mused, changing files to look over as he listed off "Older daughter of the Phenex Clan, arrogant, overconfident, your former boyfriend is serving under her as well...?"
"From what I gathered something happened that caused both pieces to be used at the same time. If my listening charms were right he's worth a nine [Pawns] and the fact they worked together is the only reason he's alive now." Nimeuh answered with a shrug. Albert arching an eyebrow in surprise at hearing that before turning his attention back to the file as he added "Plus with her brother preparing for the Rating Game she'll have less protection ready to save her when we strike."
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"We should tell them what he is going to do." Weiss fumed as she and Blake walked away from Albert's office, Blake nodding as she asked "How though? He's keeps us stuck here unless we have a mission for us or contract."
"We'll figure something out." Weiss spoke with a shrug as they headed back to their rooms for some more privacy.
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"Ojou-sama, you can't just go to Japan on your own. Your magic circle would be noticeable by those there and what if she senses you or if he attacks you before you can explain?" Gator asked concerned as she watched her blue haired mistress prepare for her journey.
"You have seen like I, Gator, that she has been skulking around Emrys' hometown. He will not act like you expect either, you have watched the pools for as long as I have. The Devils won't notice my magic circle either as I intend to perform the quick jump in my spirte form."
"I know Ojou-sama but..." Gator tried to rebuke as the bluenette put up her hand as she spoke "I'm leaving you in charge of the vision pools, Gator... I want you to send word immediately to me if anything happens or she reappears in Kuoh Town." She looked at the newly fixed white staff that had cracks still noticeable down its shaft, picking it up in both hands to look over it closely and ensure that her enchanters had did their best job to repair the magical focus.
"We do not need Emrys finding out that she survived, Gator, as long as we can help it." She added softly, Gator nodding in agreement as she replied with a bow "Of course, Viviane-sama."
Gator may not liked the ida of her mistress being in danger and especially as it had to do with Viviane's twin sister's actions towards Emrys or Merlin has he called himself nowadays. Viviane picked her own staff up, its crystal appearance looking to be sculpted by by masters and topped by a crystal blue rose which was blooming.
"Emrys will need his staff as well... for what challenges may come." Viviane spoke as she activated her magic circle under her feet with a single tap of her staff.
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Merlin sighed as he glanced between Aya and Tsubasa when he entered the Student Council room after class, wondering why the pair was glaring at each other until he cleared his throat.
"Hello Merlin-kun." Tsubasa spoke nervously, Kanu and Kazehana both sharing an amused smirk as Aya greeted "Hey Merlin-kun."
"Ready to go?" Both girls asked, glaring at each other for a moment as Merlin mentally sighed as Tiamat amusingly commented [Well looks like Lucy has some rivals.]
'Not funny Tiamat.' Merlin countered mentally before he spoke up "Yeah as long as neither Kaichou or Phenex-sama has anything I need to do."
Glancing to his two masters who seemed to share a glance before Sona spoke "No... There's nothing else going on today."
With that the trio said their goodbyes before exiting the room, the girls walking on either side of him as they chatted about what they were going to be doing now. Merlin paused as he felt a small amount of magic above him before a familiar female voice spoke in his mind "Emrys, I wish to return the foci which belongs to you..."
Merlin stopped as he looked around, wondering where the telepath was to be able to speak with him as she continuing speaking "... Please come to the roof of your school."
'What do you think?' Merlin asked his dragon partner, Tiamat frowning as she asked [Why would she have your staff? I thought it broke when she tried to kill you in that cave.]
'You're right, it did. I didn't see any need to bring it back as magical foci can rarely be fixed once broken from my knowledge but then I'm not a staff or wand maker.' Merlin replied, Tiamat nodding in understanding that her partner had gaps in his knowledge.
"What's wrong, Merlin-kun?" Aya asked with concern, Merlin frowning as he replied "Tiamat just reminded me that I forgot something back in class. I'll meet you both at the gate, alright?"
[You think it could be a trap?] Tiamat asked, guessing why Merlin was going to approach this person alone as he mentally replied 'It's possible... The brief surge of magic earlier shows that whoever came here wanted to stay off the radar of anyone aware of the supernatural.'
"Alright, I guess..." Tsubasa replied unsure, Aya frowning at him before nodding. As Merlin left, the two shared a look before both decided to discretely follow him, both surprised as Merlin made his way up to the roof instead of to his classroom.
Merlin's eyes widened in shock as he stepped out onto the roof to see Viviane, her wings hidden standing there. His instincts acting up as he re-quipped into his normal Magician's outfit as he spoke "You... can't be here..."
"I'm not her Emrys." Viviane spoke up calmingly, Merlin frowning at hearing his original name spoken before being surprised as Aya and Tsubasa rushed out to sand in between Merlin and the Fairy as the former asked "Who are you?"
Viviane silently sighed at not being able to meet with Merlin alone, keeping her gaze locked onto Merlin as she answered "I'm Viviane... Nimueh was my twin and I'm sorry for what she did to you."
Tsubasa and Aya glanced back at Merlin wondering what Viviane had meant as they waited for the reaction from the magician, who asked in a serious tone "Why do you have my staff...? It broke when I was young, Viviane...san."
"I wanted to make up for what she did to you and repairing it seemed like the best way, even if such a tool isn't needed very much at your current level." Viviane explained, holding out the white wooden foci towards Merlin for examination and proof. Merlin stepped forwards, Viviane suppressing a flinch as he flicked his fingers and had a dozen magic circles scanning the staff for any malicious magic on it.
"Nothing that seems harmful." Merlin muttered to himself as he rested a hand on the staff, feeling the familiar hum from it through his fingers as he looked over it once more and noticed the cracks that ran along its length.
"It wasn't possible to completely repair it but it will still take a lot to cause it to break again." Viviane explained, slightly smiling at realising that Merlin had relaxed, the young man nodding in understanding as he replied "Thank you, Viviane-san. Is this all you came to do?"
"Yes. I will take my leave now. I have other matters to attend to." Viviane answered, taking a step back before she tapped her staff against the floor and crafted a teleportation magic circle onto the ground underneath her as she bowed and spoke "Take care, Emrys, and if you ever have need of my assistance then just use your staff to contact me."
With that said, Viviane disappeared in the magic circle, teleporting away and leaving the two young women to turn their focus onto Merlin as he looked over his staff.
"Merlin-kun..." Aya started giving the young man a concerned look as he turned to face her, "What was that about?"
"When I was younger, Nimueh was a... friend. I later learned that she was only out to try and kill me after learning as much magic as she could from me. When she tried I defended myself and she ended up dying in a cave in." Merlin explained, sidestepping the whole aspect of Nimeuh being his girlfriend as the two looked at him in shock.
"I can't believe you were betrayed like that..." Aya spoke sadly, hugging Merlin's side as Tsubasa nodded in agreement before asking "Why'd she call you Emrys, Merlin-kun?"
"It's just a nickname I had when I was young." Merlin answered with a shrug as the trio headed down off the roof.
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Nimueh smirked as she stepped on the grounds of Kuoh Academy after school, late enough that only the Devils and a few lingering humans would be around to interfere with her mission. Albert had ordered her to capture Reina Phenex but had given her the leeway in regards to how she was going to do it.
She entered the Kendo Club where there was just a solitary form of Saeko Busujima who could act as bait, although she was already betting that Merlin or either of the [Kings] had sensed her the moment she had entered the grounds. Nimueh's gaze locked onto the violet haired young woman who was practising alone as she silently created a few traps for her targets, making sure they were invisible, before Saeko spoke "What are you doing here?"
Nimueh turned to face her with a smirk as she stepped forwards, retorting almost lazily "Oh, I was just looking at the mouse of my trap."
"Mouse?" Saeko asked with a frown, her hands tightening around the wooden practice sword before she charged forwards. Nimueh dodged the swift yet elegant slash before flicking her hand towards another practice sword and summoning it to her hand so she could block the next strike.
"Let's enjoy ourselves, little mouse." Nimeuh spoke with a sinister smirk at seeing the shock on Saeko's face at the blatant display of magic.
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Merlin had broke into a run the moment he had sensed magic on the school grounds. Reina and her peerage along with Sona and Tsubaki hurrying after him as he spoke to Tiamat 'That's definitely her! How did she survive the cave in?'
[Her aura is part demonic so someone had to have reincarnated her.] Tiamat answered, Merlin's eyes widening as he Re-quipped into his battle clothes for the fight that was going to happen.
"What's going on!?" Reina asked as she caught up with Merlin, Sona on his other side as he explained "Someone from my past has just arrived on the school grounds and tripped the intent wards."
"Those you placed around the school?" Sona asked, remembering how she'd asked Merlin to set up some more defensive protections on the school in case it was attacked. Merlin nodded, noticing Reina's confusion as he explained "The ward basically reads the intent of anyone who enters them and the moment they do something bad or plans to it signals to the controller or an item."
"Nimueh?" Aya asked concerned, getting confused looks from the others as Merlin nodded. The ginger haired junior took the time to quietly explain what she knew to the others as Merlin worked on activating the other wards he'd placed around the school grounds.
"How could she survive?" Kira asked, Madoka looking curious as Merlin answered "You've already seen means to revive the dead, Kira-san, Madoka-san."
"So she's a Devil now." Reina clarified, getting a nod from the magician as Sona added "It makes sense."
Merlin burst into the kendo hall, his eyes settling on where Nimueh had the wooden sword under Saeko's chin while her body was littered with shallow cuts, as he called out "Get away from her Nimueh!"
"Nice to see you came quickly, Emrys-kun, and you brought both of your masters. Good." Nimueh spoke amused, looking over to him as his hands twitched in preparation to defend himself and the others. Nimueh sweep her hand towards them, magic flaring as everyone aside from the fairy was frozen stiff.
"Like it?" Nimueh inquired with a sinister smirk, "This is ancient fey magic that my [King] has allows me to acquire tomes of."
"Who's your Master?" Sona asked sternly, Nimueh arching an eyebrow amused at the Sitri heiress as she walked towards them and replied "That would be telling, Princess. But don't worry I'm not here for you."
Nimueh came to a stop in front of Reina, a sinister smirk cresting her lips as she spoke "I'm here for you but first..."
The bluenette turned back to Saeko, the wooden sword glowing with a white light as the point sharped to a deadly edge. With a flick of her wrist she launched the sword into Saeko's gut making her cry in pain and collapse onto the ground.
"Now watch Emrys-kun as I take your master and an innocent while you are stuck there watching the latter." Nimueh spoke darkly, grabbing Reina's blouse collar before a pale blue magic circle whisked the pair away.
"We have to go save Reina-sama." Yukari spoke, trying to move at all but the spell stopping her as Kanu added "This spell..."
Merlin's face was a picture of concentration as he tried to build up enough magic to break the spell, growling at failing for the second time before Tiamat spoke aloud [Call Viviane, she'll be able to break this spell.]
"Alright. Let's hope she gets here quickly." Merlin replied, drawing the attention of the others as his white staff clattered to the floor before him.
"Viviane?" Sona asked, Merlin nodding as he focused on calling for help through his staff as he explained "She's Nimueh's twin sister and she's the one who returned my staff. It was destroyed when I was young after Nimueh attacked me when we were young."
Sona nodded in understanding, Merlin focusing on called for help which was soon answered as a powder blue magic circle appeared in front of them which Viviane stepped out of with a concerned look as she spoke shocked at the scene in front of her "Emrys-kun?"
With a click of her fingers the spell was ended, Merlin quickly grabbing his staff as he moved to set to work on healing Saeko as he explained "Nimeuh did this and took Reina back to the devil who revived her..."
Viviane frowned at hearing that, watching as the others devils were wary of her as she spoke "I shall help you track where her transportation circle leads to."
Merlin nodded his thanks as Sona watched between him and Viviane,the former's eyes focused on healing Saeko as a soothing green magic circle appeared around the wound. It was slowly releasing similar colour energy which was soaked up by Saeko's body as the wound gradually became smaller, only a few minutes passing.
Viviane on the other hand had several magic circles floating in front of her, each filled with fairy symbols and letters as they worked to fill in one large circle on the ground.
"Hey, this bit of paper was on the floor." Kira spoke, picking it up and handing to Yukari only to hear her gasp. Sona turned her attention onto Reina's [Queen] as she asked "What's wrong, Yukari?"
"Reina-sama has been taken by Albert Oriax. This is a note from a member of his peerage saying that they want to help stop him from forcing her to be his wife." Yukari answered drawing a scowl from Sona as she replied "With Rias away and both myself busy with Student Council duties I suppose he figured it was the best time for it."
"Kaichou, I'm done here." Merlin called as he finished with repairing Saeko's clothes as Yukari added "There's some co-ordinates on this paper as well."
"May I?" Merlin asked, briefly pointing his staff at Viviane's magic circle and creating some of his own to help before focusing on the paper "Hmm... You're right about co-ordinates..."
"They must be for a location in the Underworld." Viviane spoke, putting the coordinates into the magic circle she had created. The circle glowed softly as it was completed, Viviane turning to the Phenex group as she spoke "This will take you there... But I'm afraid I can't accompany you without risking a conflict starting between the Fey Faction and the Devils."
"That's understandable." Sona spoke moving to check on Saeko for a moment before speaking "I'll leave retrieving Reina to your group, Yukari. Good luck."
Yukari nodded as she signalled to the others as she spoke "Let's go."
Kanu, Kazehana, Aya, Merlin, Kira and Madoka joined her on the magic circle. Each of them taking a moment to ensure they were ready before Yukari nodded to Viviane as she spoke "Please send us after Reina-sama please."
"Of course." Viviane spoke, nodding at the group before adding "Good luck."
With that the magic circle shone brightly, transporting the group away to the Underworld.
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"You won't get away with this!" Reina shouted as Nimueh and Albert pushed her into a sparsely decorated bedroom. Nimueh closed the door behind her [King] who faced Reina with a smirk on his face as he retorted "What makes you think anyone is going to be able to come save you?"
Reina lashed out with a punch, her eyes widening as Albert caught her fist and her flames hadn't appeared either as Albert added "You're not the first to me taken by me..."
Albert's free hand backhanded Reina, sending her flying backwards as she cried out while he concluded "I'm prepared for any rebellious acts you may try Reina until your family agree to my terms, my future wife."
Reina stared in disbelief as shock settled in her mind, her flames hadn't appeared at all and the ache in her head hadn't disappeared like all pain did when her regeneration kicked in to repair her body. The very fact that Albert appeared to have some means to disable her powers frightened her more then she expected as she found herself wishing that her peerage would come to save her, if they could find wherever she had been taken to.
Albert smirked as he left the room, locking the door behind him so Reina couldn't escape the null room. He was already preparing mentally the letter to the Phenex family about what he wanted.
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Merlin and Reina's peerage appeared in what looked to be the outskirts of a lavish garden as the Magician looked around.
"Looks like we've arrived." Yukari spoke, readying her bow as she looked around before focusing on the large manor in front of them as Kazehana spoke up "Ufufu... looks like we'll have to search that home."
"Agreed." Kanu nodded in agreement as she created a spear with a flame pattern covering the curved red blade.
"We should hurry then." Kira spoke up, drawing her katana and letting a thin sheen of water cover it, Madoka doing the same but covering her sword in electricity.
A rustle of a nearby hedge caused the group to turn, Merlin activating the [Chaos Cannon] as he pointed it to the white haired girl, Weiss, that had appeared alongside the black haired girl, Blake.
"Wait!" Weiss blurted, throwing her arms in the air a pose of surrender which made the group pause as Blake added "We want to help get your [King] back. Albert has done this too many times and we've been unable to do anything about it."
"What?" Yukari spoke shocked even as Merlin clenched his free hand in anger.
"We can take you to where he'll have her put." Weiss spoke confidently, dropping her arms as Aya replied "Let's get going then."
Glances were directed to Yukari and Merlin who shared a look before nodding in agreement. The group following after the two swords-women as they hurried towards the large manor before him as Yukari directed "Stay together everyone and watch each other's backs."
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Author's Notes
Sorry for how long this update has been. Been having trouble focus on this while White Dragon of Justice has the majority of my attention before. Anyway, now the kidnapping of Reina is in full swing with some obvious additions. Can't think of much else to put here so will leave it to this for now, hope you enjoy it.