Guys, is it Millianna or Milianna? I read both of them, and I'm not sure if it's one L or two. Eh... names. They kill me.
Forgotten Blood
"He's got WHAT?" Adamine screamed. Even though Adamine wasn't there in person, her voice howled louder than Natsu's fired up yelling from the diamond in Mira's hand.
From her projected state on the letter sent to Fairy Tail, Kagura calmly restated, "Your cousin washed ashore, and it seems that he has amnesia. We have him in Mermaid Heel's infirmary as we speak, but before I do anything with him, I need to know what you suggest."
In the diamond Adamine ran a hand through her caramel locks. Kagura was entranced by the diamond. Adamine Terra was both the Princess of Lancet and one of the most powerful dragon slayers currently known in Fiore. She was an adamantine dragon slayer and possessed a seemingly boundless amount of magical power. She had opened up a new standard on dragon slaying magic, and that was the manipulation of her element. Adamine could use diamonds as cameras and force the tectonic plates to bend to her will. Even though the latter almost always caused her to bleed from the nose and pass out, the fact that she possessed such an ability was an accomplishment in itself. Kagura respected the woman immensely.
Through the facets of the diamond, Kagura could see Adamine's teammates. Sure as Milianna had said, Adamine was with the Raijinshuu. Bickslow had his elbow on Adamine's head. Evergreen was eyeing Kagura expectantly. Freed awaited Adamine's suggestion.
The woman let out a pent up sigh. "Well, there's not much that I can do. If I get involved, it'll alert the kingdom. Normans all over Lancet would attempt to re-siege the castle, and mages would be back at square one. I'd bet coin that this is all Gatlin's doing." Her usually kind, playful eyes got hot and cold at the same time. Kagura could only imagine the emotions running through Adamine's body at the idea of her ex-arranged fiancé's hand in overthrowing equality.
"What about Exile? I know that Isaac appointed them to rule in his stead," Kagura mentioned, remembering the once criminals now nobles that ran Lancet.
Kagura had only briefly met them at Isaac's castle siege celebration, but they were powerful mages. While the only female member, Katja, had seemed to follow Isaac's every move at the soiree, she knew that the woman had a powerful ability with her Poison Body Magic. Kagura and Katja had gotten along quite well with one another.
Adamine tapped her fingertip on her plump bottom lip then a sudden idea flashed across her face. "Hollis is probably already on the seat for him. I have an idea, Kagura, and it will require your help." She paused, and when Kagura didn't interrupt, she continued, "I want Mermaid Heel to keep Isaac for me. I would like to assume that his amnesia is from a spell all Lancet foreigners are given when they're shipped somewhere else, so I'll contact Bickslow's sisters in Fiore. They can wake up his memories, but before they get there, I'll go back to Lancet to see what's going on. Try to find a suspect. I have people searching for Urian. He's gone off the grid ever since we landed back in Fiore. When he learns of this, I'm sure he'll help me with the search for the culprit. How does 500,000,000 jewel sound for keeping a king under lock and key?"
The Raijinshuu broke in before Kagura could reply. At the same time, they all cried, "You have 500,000,000 jewel just laying around!"
She stuck her tongue out at her comrades through the diamond in Mira's hands. "No! I don't, but Isaac's treasury does. Since I'm still the Princess of Lancet, I have access to it. It was something Isaac, Urian, and I decided. We all have power over the country. Uri and I just govern it without living there. It's our In-Case-Of-Emergency Vault. This is an emergency," she replied simply.
Under his breath Bickslow seemed to grumble, "And, you dug out that cave by the creek for a house. You could have just bought a mansion."
He was walloped upside the head. Adamine chimed, "Homemade things are much better than purchased ones. That's why you built all of that furniture for me. Remember?"
Even in the middle of this serious conversation, Adamine and Bickslow's affectionate glares somehow made the atmosphere light and flirtatious. Those two were pathetic, but it did cause Mira and Evergreen to swoon. Freed and Kagura just looked on blankly.
Clearing her throat to break the love spell, Kagura responded, "That's much more than the guild needs, but I will gladly accept your offer. While you're looking into Lancet, I'll discuss the matter with King Toma and Princess Hisui. Surely, they would know something."
Adamine's eyes jerked hastily from Bickslow's attention, and she inclined her head. The flirty scowl on her face had disappeared. Replacing it was a serious look of sheer determination. Now, that was the Adamine Terra that Kagura respected. The slayer was goofy, but she got all of her jobs done and done well.
"I'll prepare your money and be on my way to Lancet at once," Adamine mentioned. She hefted a leather backpack onto her shoulder then looked towards the black winged canine flying at her head. Adamine had a canine version of an Exceed. Its species was titled Hellhound. It was a creature made by Zeref himself. Looking at the Hellhound, Adamine wondered, "Ready for our first solo in forever, Black Pearl?"
Before Kagura could note what was going on between the canine and Adamine, the woman snapped the camera spell off her diamond. The picture faded out. Shimmering facets of diamond took the place of their faces. With a final waving goodbye from Mirajane, Kagura was left standing outside of Mermaid Heel.
She had to speak to her guild master. Sirenia would need to know that Mermaid Heel had just been presented with their first S Class Guardian job. Since Kagura had set up her message delivery magic to record the conversation, Sirenia would have the mission in written format. Thus, the job should get approve.
Kagura was just about to get headed to the upstairs office of her guild master when a high pitched screech came from the bar. Hastily, she turned her attention and bolted from Mermaid Heel's private phone booth.
Araña leaped back as soon as she saw bloody whiskey pouring out of Isaac's flask. The brownish-crimson substance splashed all across the wood bar and flowed over onto the travertine floors. Every time the red liquid dripped from the countertop, her gut tightened up inside.
Blood. What the hell was blood doing in a flask?
The thought that Isaac's pink lips let such a substance flow into his handsome body made the guy go from superhot to totally not.
When Kagura's body leaped into action with one hand on her sheathed blade, Araña couldn't even let a word muster up from her lips. She was still too shocked that what had smelt like corn whiskey was actually laced with… blood.
Her leader took one look at the blood on the counter and barked, "What happened in here?"
Araña couldn't do anything. She just pointed to the flask. She was stunned silent.
Carefully, Kagura approached the bar. She took in the sight of Isaac's leather wrapped flask pouring blood out into the sink, and it didn't even seem to deter her. Of course, it wouldn't. This was Kagura they were talking about. Nothing got Kagura riled up.
Trying to regain her composure, Araña forced herself to explain, "I don't know what the hell that man is into, but he has blood laced whiskey in his flask."
Kagura narrowed her brown eyes. The chocolaty orbs took in the flask one last time. Without even questioning it, Kagura reached into the sink and began to rinse the blood off before it could stain the leather. "Araña, that's crazy. I told you not to watch that new vampire series on lacrima TV before bed every night.
Araña couldn't believe her ears. She snapped, "The proof is right in front of you, Kagura. Don't think this is just because I like watching Type A on the Midian TV channel that I'm crazy. This guy is drinking blood. Obviously!"
Kagura gave her comrade an expression that read, "Please, come on."
Once the liquor and blood was washed off of Isaac's flask, Kagura dried it off. That water was going to ruin the leather, but at least it wouldn't be stained. Since Isaac was in her care, she could get him a new leather case. After that was done, she laid the towel on the counter and turned to Araña. "He was just attacked. It's likely that Isaac's blood wound up in the flask." She brought the flask to her nose and sniffed it. Sure enough, it smelt like salt water. "Smell this. It's even got ocean water in it. Isaac is not a vampire."
"I'm not saying he's a vampire. I know those aren't real, but maybe, he's one of those weird types that pretends to be a vampire. You know, the ones that hang out at goth clubs and wear capes," Araña tried to convince.
Kagura didn't look like she was budging. "This is delusional, Araña. You're usually much more levelheaded about things like these. I tell you. It's that new TV series you've been watching with Risley and Milianna."
The woman shook her dreads hard. "Believe what you want, Kagura, but there was too much blood in there for it to just be from his attack. King Isaac is a vampire cosplayer, and I'm going to prove it," she hissed quietly as women began to eavesdrop on the conversation. Isaac was a popular topic currently, and the women definitely wanted any info they could get.
"Do what you will, but I have to speak to Sirenia. I spoke with Adamine about this, and she offered us 500,000,000 jewel to take care of him while she hunted down who took out his ship." Kagura finished cleaning up the blood and liquor then took a step back towards the guild.
Once more, Araña was stunned silent. She breathed, "500,000,000 jewel. That… That could get us a whole other guild."
"Indeed. I told them it was too much since Isaac won't be a burden, but she insisted. Now, if you'll excuse me…"
Just as Kagura started up the stairs, Araña got a plan. Kagura may not have believed her, but she was going to prove that Isaac Grigori was indeed a vampire. Not even a vampire Cosplayer could handle drinking that much blood. Araña had never heard of vampires with angel wings, but they were supposed to be myths anyway. Who knew what they really looked like?
Maybe, instead of bat wings they had angel wings. Wait… Everyone thought he was an angel. A chill ran up Araña's spine as something frightening crossed through her head. What if Isaac wasn't a vampire? What if he was actually a fallen angel that had to drink blood or else he would get sent to Hell?
As Araña approached the infirmary with Isaac's freshly filled flask in her hand, she pondered that. Isaac was unnaturally handsome. He had this perfect pale skin. His skin also healed instantly from any cut. As soon as the dirt that had been in his wounds had gotten cleaned out, the girls had watched his skin actually mend itself back together. The only thing that didn't mend instantly was his giant pair of angel wings. Araña suspected it was just because they had yet to set the wings.
She was both frightened and excited. The girls in the guild just might be right. Mermaid Heel had its very first blood drinking fallen angel in its wake. Araña was going to prove it to everyone. Then, Kagura couldn't look at her like she was stupid. Thrilled by the prospect of proving her wise leader wrong for once, Araña shooed the girls trying to peek into the infirmary and let a sly grin creep up her face. This was going to be fun.
King Isaac had better remember next time not to forget about his blood.
Let the hijinks begin!