Deleted scene between chapters 24 and 25 - the household travel to Lukedonia to get their Rai back.


The Loyard Heir

"Okay," Tao said, eyes focused over the controls of the plane. "You know. The last time Takeo, M-21 and I were here. We didn't exactly get off a landed plane like normal people."

Uproar started from behind the pilots seat as everybody spoke at once, M-21 distinctively groaning above them all. "Just land in the sea," Takeo said. "We can get out when we're hovering low." He shrugged as M-21 stared at him. "What? Better than a 180 degree vertical fall out of the sky."

"Then how do we get off the island?" M-21 said without emotion.

"IIIII'm just kidding, man," Tao said, taking his eyes off the monitor to make a face at the rest of them. "Lukedonia's in sight already. We'll land in the forest or something. There's plenty of that. We'll find a clearing, I'm positive."

M-21 spun around, annoyed. "What about the beach?" he suggested urgently. "Don't make us walk through miles of bush to find a house in the middle of nowhere. And by us I mean me."

"There's…not enough beach for that, '21."

"Can we afford to lose this plane?" Takeo piped up slowly.

Suddenly, from the corner, Rael huffed loudly and crossed his arms. "What are you all? Idiots?"

Seira locked eyes with Rael for a brief moment. Rael dropped his arms, reassessing his attitude. "Ehem. The last time you lot were here it wasn't known that the Noblesse was the intruder. In which case, it wasn't an intrusion."

Takeo looked to M-21 and M-21 looked to Tao. None of them knew whether to take that as some sort of apology for the last time, or not. Regis narrowed his eyes at Rael, but he agreed. "What he's trying to convey is that we're welcome here — you guys included." His expression darkened, shoulders slumping. "…Lukedonia isn't a place that's supposed to make you feel like you need to land in the sea," he said quietly.

"Indeed." Seira got up from the back of the plane, walking straight down the aisle and seating herself in the copilot seat next to Tao. She put on a headset; Tao moved to fix the receiver for her. "We are going to land in my secondary courtyard."

"Your secondary what now?" Tao said to himself.

"Tao," Seira said, looking matter-of-factly at him. "I'm the Loyard Clan Leader."

Tao's brows shot up as he nodded. "Yeah. Yeah you are. Hm."

They flew over the large expanse of the Loyard estate, guided by Seira, until they landed on one of her courtyards.

"Alright!" Rael exclaimed boisterously, "Let's find the Noblesse. The Noblesse's mansion is located within the forest."


Notes

This idea was going to devolve into a huge redundant thing about Seira actually being a fully recognised Clan Leader with, like, an official guard and servants and advisors and people all clamouring to greet their beloved young Loyard heir. The trio (and co) get a huge welcome reception just for being Clan Leader Seira's Friends, totally the opposite of how the trio were treated the first time they stole away to Lukedonia in a plane's cargo hold. Completely plot-useless to Monster, you can see why this Extra Stuff got cut. But I love Seira and it would be fun to see how the Trio would be treated thanks for their Connections ™, since they pretty much live with the equivalent of Lukedonian royalty.