Life: 11
Camelot was different from what I expected, instead of large castles I was greeted with skyscrapers and more modern looking buildings, mayhaps it was wrong of me to assume that the place would look like a medieval fair but given how Camelot remains hidden from the rest of the world in part to magic barriers and other such things, I thought for certain they would've maintained the old architecture from the days of the original King Arthur. But I guess that just goes to show what I know. Right now I stood inside mansion that I've never been to before, with decorations of the Pendragon family crest I stood behind both my parents. Khazak was wearing a completely white suit while Lemrina was wearing a red dress, I on the other hand was forced into wearing a black suit with grey dress shirt. I found myself mostly ignoring everyone in favor of adjusting the tie that was slowly strangling me.
"It's good to have you join us today." An old man said entering the room with two children at his side.
One was a boy who appeared to be around my age with blonde hair and blue eyes that were covered by glasses. The other was a young girl with shoulder length blonde hair and much like the boy she too had blue eyes. Given where I am I'd say it's safe to assume that these two are Arthur and Le Fay Pendragon. Upon seeing me Lord Pendragon places a hand on the siblings shoulders.
"You must Barisol. We've heard quite a bit about you. It's an honor that you decided to come along I know my children have been wanting to meet you for some time now." As he spoke, I noticed that Arthur regarded me in formal manner meanwhile Le Fay had the biggest smile I've seen on anyone in a long time.
Looks like I know who my fan is.
"The pleasure is all mine." I speak in a polite tone giving a small bow of respect to the man and his family.
"Well now, while me and your parents are discussing our...arrangements how about my children give you a tour of the mansion." Lord Pendragon proposed and I gave a smile.
"I find that quite acceptable." I say and he nods at Arthur who also nods in response before turning to face me.
"Come along." His voice was even and calm.
I followed the two siblings as they led me around the manor, Arthur giving me fun facts about each room we entered and a few of the items inside, Le Fay looking as if she really wanted to say something but was too nervous to.
"Is there something wrong Le Fay?" I asked the girl and she waved her hands in the air.
"No, of course not. It's just…" She trailed off before giving a look to Arthur who made some sort of hand gesture that either meant go on or he was complaining about a rope being tied around his waist, I'm not sure why it was translated as two very different things but it was.
"I'm a big fan and it would mean the world to me if I could shake your hand." She said, a look on her face that showed her anxiousness for my answer.
"Alright." I smile as I hold out my hand which she happily takes.
"I must admit I was unaware that I did anything to be recognized let alone to yearn a fan such as yourself." I say rubbing the back of my head, Le Fay's eyes widen as if I had said the strangest thing ever.
"But you have!" She exclaimed.
"You saved your best friend from a monster the likes the world has never seen, defended an innocent nekomata from a group of five older devils by yourself, last year you saved a member of the Phenex clan after she was kidnapped, and your the protege of Ajuka Beelzebub. And those are only a few of the things you've done." Le Fay listes off.
"I guess." I once again rub the back of my head.
Were my accomplishments really that great? Sure I fought Mittens an existence that doesn't belong to this world a monster that I unleashed. I did defend Koneko but I already knew where she'd be via Instinct and fighting off the deviols was easy when you have life drain plus mana threads. As for Ravel...that entire event still irked me I was too careless and because of that both she and Koneko were captured worse of all it wouldn't have happened if I just didn't accept that quest in the first place. Really the only noteworthy thing is being Ajuka's protege something that I'm not entirely sure how I managed to make that happen. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself?
I think you haven't been hard enough!
"Uhm, there's another thing I wanted to ask." Le Fay said moving her foot in a circle.
"Yeah what's that?" I ask and she starts pressing her index finger together.
"I'd like to join your Peerage!" She blurted out.
"I'm really good at magic and I'm well versed in Black magic, White magic, Norse magic, Fairy magic, and teleportation circles. I even know a few forbidden spells. So what do you say?" She asks and I look to Arthur.
"Are you and your folks fine with this?" I question and he nods.
"There have been many discussions revolving around the topic, everyone's in agreement that she'd be safe with you plus she seems dead set on the idea." Arthur said.
"Alright, however I must warn you I'm out of Bishop pieces so you'll have to settle for being my Pawn, are you fine with that?" I ask the girl and she just beams at me.
"Of course!" With that I pull out a Pawn and place it inside of her chest.
(9/15)
Just six more huh?
"Welcome to my family Le Fay Pendragon. I'm Barisol, Barisol Sallos let's be great friends." I give the standard introduction.
"I'm Le Fay Pendragon, I'd love to be your friend and I'm happy to join your family." She said happily.
Now I have to wonder if my parents were aware of this… Oh who am I kidding of course they knew. Chances are they're discussing Le Fay's living arrangements rather if she'll be staying with us or continue to stay here.
Yup, I was right. As it turns out Lord Pendragon was an easier man to convince as Le Fay would now be living here in the Sallos estate along with the majority of my Peerage. Speaking of which…
"Mom!" A white blur tackled me to the ground.
"Hey there Jack." I say to the silver eyed heroic spirit that was currently hugging me for dear life.
I returned the hug and gestured for Le Fay to come over.
"Jack this is Le Fay Pendragon, she'll be joining us from here on out. Le Fay this is Jack, she's a fellow Pawn." I introduce the two and Le Fay of course being the cheery girl she is smiles and waves at Jack, who in turn greets her as well.
"Hi!" The white haired Pawn beamed.
"Hello there." Le Fay says bending her knees to be at eye level with both me and Jack.
"Its very nice to meet you." She said offering a hand to shake with.
Jack looked at the appendage and then look at me as if asking what to do.
"Take her hand and shake it, like this." I demonstrate for her and her eyes lit up in understanding.
Before long the two were shaking hands and becoming quick friends. I smiled at the interaction between the two, but had to put that on hold when a magic circle appeared next to my ear.
"So how did the meeting go?" I heard Ravel ask from the other end.
"It went well, obtained a new Pawn." I informed.
"Again? Didn't you just obtain two yesterday?" She asked and I shrugged only to realize that she couldn't see the shrug.
"Let me guess you just shrugged didn't you?" She asked over the circle and I gave a brief laugh.
"You know me so well." I say before giving her instructions.
"Could you gather everyone into the study, I'd like to introduce our newest member of the family." I requested.
"I'm already on it, I'll meet you there." Ravel informs and I just give a quick smile.
"Alright see you there." I say before ending the...call? I guess I could call it that.
"Who was that mom?" Jack asks and I ruffle her silk like hair.
"That was Ravel, we're all meeting in the study to introduce Le Fay to everyone else." I say and Jack gets up from me allowing me to stand.
"Just follow me you two." I tell them and they both nod in agreement.
Once inside the study I was greeted to see that indeed everyone was inside. Koneko and Ravel where standing next to each other talking about something I couldn't really hear, Sairaorg, Leo, and Regulus seemed to be playing a game of cards with Leo looking over his shoulder at a panting Fenrir. As for KIller Queen the stand was waiting in the corner of the room overlooking everything like a guardian devil all while striking a glorious Jojo-esque pose.
"Leo, you should be nice and greet Fen, you're going to give the poor guy a complex." I say and Leo just looks at me as if I'm crazy.
"He won't get a complex!" He denies and I stare down at him.
Eventually he starts to fidget in place before ultimately relenting. He walks up to the wolf and hesitantly pats him on the head.
"Hey, Fen, how are you doing boy?" He asks worry clear in his voice before Fenrir knocks him down and starts licking his face.
Leo reacts immediately by jumping up and starts wiping his face and tongue.
"Ew, his tongue went into my mouth!" Leo complained making everyone else in the room laugh at his misfortune.
"So, who's the new girl?" Regulus asks and I smile before putting a shoulder on Le Fay.
"This is Le Fay Pendragon, starting today she's my newest Pawn." I say and everyone has their differing reactions.
Sairaorg nods at her in semi-polite manner welcoming her onboard. Regulus follows his masters lead but does a full bow instead. Koneko looks at Le Fay with her usual deadpan expression, although I distinctly hear her say, "Another one?" in what I assume to be annoyance. Ravel gives a polite and proper curtsey but does eye the girl up and down as if assessing her. Leo was still too busy with wiping his face clean although he did wave slightly in her general direction. Fenrir nuzzled his head in her head, already taking a liking to the girl. Finally Killer Queen eyed the girl briefly before taking on a different pose that reminded me of Saturday Night Fevor.
I cleared my throat as to get ready to introduce her to everyone.
"Alright these are my Rooks Sairaorg Bael and Koneko Toujou." I say gesturing to the two of them.
"Good to have you join our little group."
"Hi…"
They said respectively.
"And these are my Bishops, Ravel Phenex and Leo." I once again gesture to my fiance and the boy who was still complaining about the taste of Fenrir.
"Pleasure to meet your acquaintance."
"Yuck! Why does this only ever happen to me?"
Ravel said in response and Leo just kinda spoke.
"Lastly are your fellow Pawns, you've already met Jack and the others are Regulus, Fenrir and the one in the corner there is Killer Queen." I finish the introduction being sure to point to each one as I spoke.
"Let's be friends!"
"It's nice to have another comrade join us."
Jack and regulus said while Fenrir merely barked and Killer Queen just nodded its head to her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all!" Le Fay said bowing her head low before something dawned on her.
"Wait Fenrir? As in the Norse God Fenrir?" She asked excitedly at me.
"The very same." I responded.
"How did you do that? I thought Evil Pieces couldn't reincarnate gods." She asked and I gave an all knowing smirk.
"He got lucky." Leo spoke out before I could say anything.
"I did not get lucky." I say back.
"Oh yeah then please regale us with how you got Fenrir." Leo said sarcastically.
"It's simple, I'm the King of Monsters." I say and he facepalms.
"You do not and never will have that title." He groans at me.
"Are you sure about that? Because so far we have a giant wolf and lion, a ghost and whatever Killer Queen is." I pointed out and he just sighs.
"Okay how you managed to summon a spirit and then reincarnated it all by accident at that I still have no idea. What I do know is that both she and Killer Queen don't count as monsters." Leo said in exasperation.
"Well just you wait because one day I'll have a real monster join us." I say and Sairaorg's eyes widen in terror.
"You don't mean Mittens do you?" He asked and I nodded.
"I've thought long and hard about it, I definitely think he'd be a good addition...or she I don't really know Mittens' gender." My answer was met with Sairaorg grabbing me by the shoulders and shaking me.
"Why would you do that? That thing is a monster! It'll kill us all!" He yelled clearly in distress.
"Relax old friend, I have a fail safe to ensure that doesn't happen. You see I've been modifying one of my Evil Pieces so I can give out absolute commands, when I reincarnate him I'll give the command that he cannot harm or kill anyone in the Peerage or those that I haven't given him permission to." I say with a smirk but that doesn't seem to make him feel any better.
"Wait a minute! What is keeping you from modifying our Pieces like that or anyones for that matter?" Leo asked giving me the evil eye.
"Why would I? The only reason I'm doing it for Mittens is because he's a literal beast. I have no reason to do the same to any of you, besides I would've had to have made the modification before placing the piece inside of you I can't just modify one that's already been used.
"Sure…" Leo says still looking untrusting at me.
"Anyway, Le Fay if you have any questions for anyone please go ahead and ask away." I tell the blonde haired witch and she nods her head.
I have a feeling that everything is going to go just fine.
Mislar Berith had invited me over to his estate so we could talk. Apparently whatever it was he wanted to talk about was super important and needed to be done in person.
"I need your help." He said cutting to the chase.
"Okay I'll bite what is it?" I ask and he looks at me clearly feeling tense at the moment.
"There is a monster in my lands that no one seems to be able to deal with properly. I believe you've had a run in with the creature before." He says pulling out a photo of the beast.
"Hey its Mittens." I say in chipper tone that makes Mislar look at me in a strange way.
"Mittens? Is that what this creature is called?" He asks and I nod.
"Yup, named him myself." I say and Mislar clears his throat before asking his next question.
"And why exactly did you choose Mittens?" He raises an eyebrow and I just smirk.
"He looked like a Mittens to me." My answer was met with a chuckle from the Berith heir.
"Of course he did." He seemed to have rather like my answer as he was smiling when he spoke next.
"I don't really care what you do to Mittens so long as it's removed from my territory. Kill it, sell it or give it to Ajuka for study it doesn't matter as long as it's dealt with. I'm tired of dealing with reports of the damn thing eating up cattle or attacking devils that get too close to its nest, luckily no deaths have happened yet but there have been a few close calls." Mislar says in exasperation.
"Well consider it taken care of. I'll be sure to deal with it first thing tomorrow night. I would do it now but I have to let my Peerage know ahead of time and I'd like to get at least some training in before we go after it. I don't want anyone getting hurt." I say as I recall the last time me and Mittens faced off and how I almost died.
Had it not been for dad and Diehauser showing up when they did I wouldn't be here right now. Huh, speaking of Diehauser, it's been a while since I last saw him. Wonder how he's doing, maybe I should try to see him after this.
"Very well I understand and respect your concern for your Peerage. I trust this endeavour in your more than capable hands." Mislar says and I smile.
"Of course, what are friends for after all." My statement was met with a smile from my fellow devil heir.
"I assure you that you will be well compensated for this task, you have my word." He said releasing a sigh of relief he must've been holding the entire time.
Quest Unlocked!
Dead By Dawn!
Years have passed since the Wendigo menace has been unleashed upon the lands! Now it is up to you to deal with it by any means necessary!
Objectives!
Dispose of the Wendigo threat!
Rewards!
50,000 EXP!
Increase reputation with Mislar Berith!
Two new Perk Points!
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Accept?
Y/N?
I accepted the quest without a second thought. Mittens here I come and this time it won't end like it did before.
AN: Holy crap you guys left a lot of reviews for me, thanks for that! And I do mean it. I honestly appreciate reviews the most since it lets me know what people like or don't like or what they would like to see. But before I get around to answering these reviews I'd just like to thank everyone who has read and liked my story.
Honestly I never expected it to get this popular. I always assumed I'd be bombarded with flames and people telling me what a shit writer I am. Sorry if I get a little real here for a moment but I started writing to help with my depression, I had just lost my mother at the time and then was diagnosed with cancer only to lose my job due to budget cuts that befell my department and I was recently kicked out of my apartment due to my roommate breaching our contract one too many times. Bottom line in a lot of ways this has been my outlet so seeing how many people have enjoyed this story is kinda surreal to me but in a good way. I am really thankful for that.
Anyway enough of that, onto answering the reviews.
FinalKingdomHearts: I hope this was long enough.
diego muoz agama: Thanks!
Remzal Von Enili: I won't fight you because I agree. She is easily in my top five servants of all time.
NotRob: You're right it would be a bad look...but it might be great for flexing on the other young devils.
Zetazero246: I'm so sorry, I like Mordred too but RNGesus had different things in mind.
Mathias gabriel dracula: Your vote has been added.
Lost Lucifer: Thanks I hope you like everything I have in store for the future.
Xx24: Well wait no longer here it is.
Guest: Thanks and your votes have been added.
Delsin 224: Like I said before, you don't have to wait any longer.
Yousef wick: I like those ideas I might just have to use some. Also I'm not against having Barisol complete that quest I just don't know if everyone or at least a vast majority of the readers would be comfortable with it. Otherwise I can always wait for Sirzechs to well...that's a spoiler.
Maxinonor: Well you were correct about that, the loli harem continues to grow in size and power, wonder how that'll end for old Barisol. I also like Semiramis but again this was a case of RNG, I literally just hit random page on the Fate/Grand Order wiki and whichever servant first came up I went with.
Shadic21: Well here it is, hope you enjoyed this part too.
The One True Demon Lord: There indeed is a pattern, I swear it wasn't intentional...maybe.
TheHiddenLettuce: Yeah it'll be hard to top Fenrir alright, unless there are enough vote for Ophis to join the Peerage that is or pull something completely bullshit in the gacha.
HitlerFriedChicken: Oh god that would've been broken, sadly you are wrong.
soufanehenry: You have no idea how weird it is for me to think that someone told you about my story. It's not in a bad way just that I never thought something like that would happen.
Akamiki-kun: I try my best to be. I also like the idea of madness.
The Last Kenpachi: Nope it was Jack. Good guesses though.
Crimson green flame: While I like Frankenstien that wasn't the case. Also I agree I absolutely love Nero, who knows maybe if I get another servant, after all there's a 50/50 chance of getting her either I do or don't, that's how I look at it at least.
Votes so far
Ten Votes: Grayfia
Seven votes: Xenovia, Ophis
Six votes: Le Fay, Serafall
Five Votes: Kuroka, Yasaka
Three votes: Jeanne, Sona
Two votes: Rossweisse, Gabriel, and Ingvild
One vote: Kuno,
These are the votes so far.
Here's a question I wanted to ask for a while now, since the random gacha hasn't gotten me nearly as many things to have fun with (both good and bad) I was wondering if you guys would like me to make it less random and more voted upon by the rest of you guys.
Anyway, I know I'm a day early but there's no way I'll be able to post tomorrow so Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you enjoyed my story and if you did be sure to leave me a review letting me know what you loved, what you hated or what was just meh.