Life 4. Familiar, I Choose You!
Part 1
Did you know that after the Seven Sins attacked the United States, this country became almost abandoned? Well, I'm telling you right now, since that's the true.
We're currently on Jin's birthplace, Chicago. Why he lived on Detroit when we met him? Apparently because-
"I told you, I don't want to see my stupid dad."
-He fought with his father. If I remember correctly, it is because his father likes his older sister better than him.
"Come on, Jin. This is beyond ridiculous. Just apology to him and get us some Familiars."
Mint goes face-to-face with Jin, going straight to the point as usual. Well, not actually face-to-face, as they aren't of the same height… Mint is shorter.
By the way, the reason we're here is because we want to get our Familiars, something we couldn't do last time we came to this country. What I don't get is why we had to come here before the sun raised.
"Geez, chill down a little, fellas. Next time we go over yonder, at least show some cool."
If my "Jin's speech normal speech" translator works properly, he said we must calm down.
After walking for some time, we came to house with light turned on. Apparently, people still live here.
"My dad surely wasn't affected by Pride's spell, he lives surrounded by anti-magic walls."
Huh? Why Jin's father lives like that?
"Why his house is made with anti-magic walls?"
The Magician in our group, Ellice, asks that. She also wanted a Familiar, so we couldn't help but bringing her with us.
"He says Magicians are to Familiar Trainers like Jehovah's Witness are to Catholics."
I'm not Catholic myself, but I know Tenshi-kun, so I think I get the analogy.
Ram knocks the door, and a man comes out of it. He has white hair, so I think he's Jin's father.
"What do you wanna kids?"
Jin's fathers looks at us, slowly moving his gaze. Finally, he stops once he sees Jin.
"Oh, Jimmy, so you finally came back."
Jimmy? Who is Jimmy?
"Yeah, yeah, if you let us in I may apologize to you."
"Well, Jimmy, you and your friends can get in into this terrific place."
His speaking manners are almost as messy as Jin's… but, who's Jimmy?
Part 2
"Are you happy now, dad?"
Once we got into the house, Jin apologized for "being a douche". By the way, the house is full of dissected supernatural beings. There is even a Basilisk hanging on three different parts of the ceiling…
"Yes, I'm. In fact, can you introduce me your friends, Jimmy?"
"Sure, they're ordered by who I like better: Xie Xie, Ram Phenex, Rina Kushihashi, María Hernández, Ellice Valeribe, Rito Yuma, Haruka Sorami, Mint Borrow and Abraham Hawkthorn."
I'm not last! However, I believed I would be a little bit higher…
"You like those girls just because they're hot, do you?"
"Not in Xie and Ram's case, but yeah."
So I'm so low because I'm not hot?! Rina always says I'm hot! I rubbed her back with oil because I was hot!
… Jin is a guy. Now that I think in depth, if he believed I'm hot, I'll get away from him. Just for the record, I'm not homophobic; I just don't want to be anyone's seme, or even worse, their uke.
"Well, well. My name is Jeffrey Park, but you can call me Jeff; I think you already know my son, Jim Park."
Jim Park? Isn't he named Jin Lance? When I was thinking that, Ram looks at us.
"Jin's real name is Jim Park, and he's from the Park Family, the descendants of the legendary Familiar Master Satoshi."
So Jin isn't his real name, but Jim, and that's why his father calls him Jimmy. I already knew he was Satoshi's descendant since he explained me that when I asked him where did he get that [Fusion] technique from. However, what I don't get is why did he change his name?
"Why did you change it?"
Rina asks that. Seeing as she is the third person from this peerage Jin likes the most, one would think she knows it.
"Jin Lance just sounds better."
"I believed it was because you didn't want to be related to Liz as soon as someone heard your name?"
"Shut up, dad!"
Jin and his father don't seem to be on a stable relationship. But of course I need to ask.
"Liz is Jin's sister, right?"
"Yes, her full name is Elizabeth Park."
Yeah, she is who I believed she was. Elizabeth Park is a really famous Familiar Expert. It's said that she was able to turn many kinds of Dragons into her Familiars, even legendary ones. That's why she's called Dragon Tamer.
"Well then, should we get going?"
"Yes, I think so. Jimmy, bring your friends, we're going hunting!"
Jeff runs upstairs… for some reason. Meanwhile, Jin-
"Huh, Liz is so annoying."
He appears to be annoyed because of her sister's fame. Talking about her sister, I haven't seen her yet.
"Where is your sister, Jin?"
"She's on Spain, last time I heard about her she was somewhere around Valencia."
"Oh, I wonder if she'll visit the cathedral on Barcelona."
As a Christian man, Haruka appears to be deeply interested on the topic of famous churches around the world. At least Tenshi-kun isn't like that.
Once Jeff comes back, he finally leads to where we would get our Familiars.
Part 3
"What is this place?"
"This is the best place to get Familiars on the country! Now, feast yourselves and get them!"
Well, according to Jeff, we're on a place humans normally wouldn't have access to. It is a forest with thick blue tress, so… you can guess this place is hidden pretty well.
I look around the place to see a good Familiar but… I don't want to get away from Jeff, I have no idea what is inside this forest and I won't risk myself.
"You're being overly scared, you know? You're a Devil, fighting against this things will be way easier than it was to me, I fought them as a human after all."
"I know I'm overacting, but I don't want to fight against a weird beast after what happened with John Smith."
"You're a fucking coward."
Jin is mean to me but remaining calm at the same time… that's new to him. He normally acts like a maniac when he's mean, yelling a lot and all that stuff.
"Done."
The one who arrives is Ham, who has... two Cerberus with him?!
"How did you get Cerberus so quickly?"
Even Jin is surprised! According to this book, Cerberus is a pretty hard to catch type of Familiars.
"When you have enough strength, anyone will obey you."
"And I helped in one way or another."
Mint's voice comes out of one of the Cerberus… I'm not going to ask.
"All right, I'll help you two to finish the contract, come by my side."
Ham and his Cerberus (+ Mint) go with Jeff to seal the deal. These two always manage to amaze me.
"I'll just sit down here and wait for the rest to come. Reading this book will be more interesting that going out."
"Just what the hell is wrong with you?"
As Jin insults me, I just continue reading this interesting book regarding Familiar.
Part 4
By the moment it was noon, the rest of the peerage had already appeared alongside their Familiars.
Haruka got a sea beast similar to the Leviathans described on the Bible. He said that if he was going to get a Familiar, it needed to be something that fitted his heresy.
María got that Mexican beast with a weird name that attacks goats. Apparently, those are harder to fine on this side of the frontier.
Rina was able to get, not only one, but many Oni. Her talent regarding the main mythologies of Japan is amazing.
Xie obtained a Phoenix, one of those immortal fire birds. Since she comes from Chine, it's no wonder she named her Phoenix Fenghuang.
Ellice, who didn't reveal she was a Magician to Jeff, caught a Unicorn. She said she has wanted one since she was just a little girl.
Despite all these Familiars sound amazing, Ram was the one to exceed all of us.
"It's impossible a beginner got that!"
Jin is dumbfounded because Ram brought a Baphomet. This Devil like creature is extremely hard to caught, in fact, Jin himself doesn't have one.
"This girl is truly amazing. I can see my Jimmy is on good hands with you."
"Thanks, Jeff."
Now that everyone got their Familiars, we can go back home!
"Ok, I'll be heading home-"
"Not so fast, Rito."
Ram and the rest of the peerage look at me with angry eyes. Why did I believe I would get out of this safe?
"You won't get out of here until you bring us a Dragon."
"But Dragons are the hardest to catch type of Familiars!"
"Exactly, is nice you understand."
As the rest of the peerage leave me alone, I got no choice but to find a Dragon.
In the end, it took me until evening to finally catch my Dragon Familiar: a Wyvern. Using Oryu's Dragon ki to attract Dragons wasn't exactly a good idea, because a swarm of Dragons attacked me.
On the bright side, if I ever meet Elizabeth, I'll have a topic to talk about with her!
"No, you won't meet her."
Jin, don't break dreams!
