Sorry about the long delay! I got a new job, participated in a fanficiton contestant truthfully got a bit lazy. Has an apology I made a little omake for you at the end hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Aelfgar reached the nearby forest quickly. He landed on the ground before turning back into his usual self. He closed his eyes and let his other senses take in the forest.
He could smell the usual musty smell of the earth, the water in the nearby lake, the different animals that lived in the forest and a slight smell of blood probably one of the unfortunate animals that had been caught by its predator. He could feel the damp moist earth of the forest ground underneath his bare feet. His left hand rested on the rough bark of one of the tree. His ears picked up the sounds of different birds chirping in the forest, the wind blowing through the leafs and the animals scurrying around in the bushes. He sighed happily. He was in his element. He slowly opened his eyes and started looking around the forest. It did not take long before he found what he was looking for. In a small clearing he found a mound leading into a cave. It wasn't very deep but it would do. He smiled, this would become his grove, his new sanctuary in this world. For now he didn't have the appropriate spell to turn this into his new home but he had enough to get started. He went back into the forest finding various seeds. His treasures in hand he went back to his cave. He carefully planted each to form a rough half-crescent shape on the ground with the cave in the center.
He examined his work before he exclaimed. "Alright this looks good enough!"
He raised his arms and started to utter a long slow chant. The ground around him started shaking has the seed suddenly started sprouting and growing before his very eyes. When they reached about five meters tall and about a meter in thickness he stopped chanting and looked around. The trees were close enough that a child could not go through but small animals like a squirrel could slip through. Satisfied he looked up. The branches of the tree made a rough roof over his head but he wouldn't trust it to keep the rain out.
"Ho well, I'll have to take care of that next time" He mumbled.
Turning around he went inside the small cave. He uttered another chant and this time the earth itself moved to comply with the druid's wish. Unfortunately he had not prepared enough magic to mold the cave into the shape he desired but it was enough to enlarge the cave three times over. He climbed back out of the cave
Suddenly a deer rushed into his sanctuary. He stopped the frightened animal with ease and soothed the beast petting it sides and whispering in its ears. He noticed an arrow sticking out of the deer's left side. He gently pulled it out and muttered a small chant healing the nasty wound. The animal licked Aelfgar's face in gratitude and he petted its forehead gently. He heard a rustle in a bush nearby and just then a giant dog like creature shot out. It had blue fur red eyes and bat like wing. The underside of its belly was a darker shade of blue and it had a brigth blue glowing rune on its chest. The creature growled before it charged straight at the deer. The panicked animal started running for its dear life. The moment it passed in front of the Haumain however it met a premature end as a scimitar seemed to magically appear in his hand before he cleaved it in half. He looked at the fallen beast and is nose wrinkled in disgust. This was definitively no natural creature. What was it doing here?
"I think I heard it going over there sir!" He heard an obliviously male voice call out.
"Very well, continue with the hunt!" A haughty voice said.
Aelfgar immediately disliked the sound of that voice. He didn't have much time before they would be upon him. He took out his black wooden shield leveling his blade towards the sound of the voices while letting his ears grow back to their original size. Might as well make use of the misunderstanding people had of him.
Suddenly two knights riding atop brown horses burst through the bushes. The moment they saw the Haumain they both froze eyes wide open staring at the 'elf' in front.
"Wha-wha what?" They said in unison. Aelfgar snickered at their antics until another man burst through the bushes.
"What is the matter with you tw-." He stopped when he saw the Haumain. Both the Haumain and the human stared at each other. The noble simply because the other looked like an elf and Aelfgar simply because of how ridiculous the man looked.
'The hell?' He though. 'What is that thing? Is it supposed to protect your neck from blades while looking fashionable or something? Cause if it is, its doing a really crappy job!'
While the two knights were wearing the usual armor the count was wearing a red cape, brown shoes, a blue shirt with a large red strip in the middle of it and golden trims. He had black baggy pants and white knee high socks. He had frills on his sleeves and his pants and he had a large neck ruff.
Aelfgar was the first to snap back to reality. Angrily he hissed "Who are you?"
"I'm-I'm I am count Mott." The noble answered still shaken from the sudden encounter.
"Why were you hunting that poor beast?" The Haumain asked still angry.
The count blinked a few times not believing what he had just heard. "Answer me!" The Haumain shouted angrily.
"For fun!" The noble answered in panic.
"For fun?" Aelfgar asked in a monotone.
"Yes you know the chase, the run the thrill of the hun-"
"Get out."
"What?"
"GET OUT! AND DON'T EVER COME BACK!" The Haumain shouted with anger. "These woods are my turf now. If you ever come back I'll rip you to pieces."
"How dare you!" The count shouted, momentarily forgetting his fear towards elf because of his blind rage. "I am Mott the Wave! I am a messenger to the Queen herse-" He abruptly stopped as his eyes bulged upon seeing what the Haumain had done. Where once stood an already impressive looking man now stood a giant earth elemental. The elemental was vaguely humanoid. The creature was made entirely of earth, it had two legs and arms that looked like giant clubs and had sharp rock jutting out everywhere and it had no face to speak of. Aelfgar turned his stone 'head' to look at the count.
"Get out" He said in a voice that sounded more like boulders hitting each other then anything else. Mott didn't need to be told twice. He immediately turned around and made his horse run for dear life his bodyguard in tow. When they were out of view Aelfgar turned back to his original form. He sighed. He would have let him go if he had told him he was hunting for his servants or himself but he had the nerve to say it was for fun! The Haumain took a deep breath to calm himself. He turned back to his grove and back to his original form (minus the ears) and looked at the ground. He remembered that he had something important to do before he left. Drawing his scimitar he started carving runes on the ground.
Louise awoke to find that her familiar was gone. She was wrapped up in his shirt but he was nowhere to be found. She sighed. She was getting used to him disappearing all the time even though it pissed her off. Just then the red haired vixen known has Kirche came by.
"Ho, Louise what are you doing sleeping on the ground? Has the school finally decided to kick you out for the numerous explosion you have caused?" She said laughing haughtily.
"Of course not! I am going to be a great mage! The school sees my potential! They would not dare turn me away! I am more surprised to see that they let a germanian noble in such a prestigious school. Perhaps the Germanian nobles were tired of your meager attempts at bedding everything male and decided to send you here so they would not have to deal with you! I am sure they had to pay a fortune for them to accept you. I wonder if the school's headmaster regret his decision?" She said smirking.
Kirche scowled at the small mage but quickly regained her composure. She had an objective after all. She laughed "Some mage you are! If you really are a mage then where is your familiar? After all familiars are supposed to stay by their master's side at all times." This time she was the one smirking.
"H-he-he is just on a walk! He should be back soon after all I have his shirt!" She said waving the pelt around to emphasize her point.
"My! Louise I did not know you were so forward!" The big breasted woman laughed.
Louise blushed furiously turning a shade of red that would make a tomato jealous. "You-you-your wrong!" She stuttered. "This is just to keep me warm! We did not do anything! Why would I do anything with that that DOG!" She screamed.
Kirche just turned around laughing. Secretly however she was scowling. She had hoped to use Louise to know where the pinkette's familiar had gone off to. She wanted to make him her's, the sooner the better. Louise was wondering the same. Where was her familiar. Again. After all it was sunset.
Aelfgar had just finished carving the runes on the ground. He looked up to see the beauty of the setting sun, smiling at the display of colors as the suns ray it lake making the water sparkle and shattering into small rainbows while the clouds had turned to pink just like Louise's hair.
"Louise!" He exclaimed realizing that it was very late. She was going to murder him! Quickly, he packed everything. He couldn't finish the ritual anyway since he needed some ingredients he didn't have on hands right now. Once more he turned into an eagle and flew towards the academy.
Louise, with no other options, had decided to go to her room to await her familiar's return and to start a bit of studying. After all, with her lack of magic she couldn't let her grades drop no matter what.
Aelfgar arrived in a few minutes. He landed on the school grounds before turning back to his humanoid form. He started walking towards Louise's before he spotted Siesta the maid.
"Siesta!" He called to her relieved he wouldn't have to find his way in the building by himself.
She jumped a bit before she turned around. When she saw Aelfgar she broke into a warm smile. "Aelfgar! How are you?" She asked.
"Not sure. I'll have to answer after I see Louise." He said sheepishly.
"Ho my! What did you do?" She asked him panic in her eyes.
"Well you see I kind of ditched her to go play in the woods. I though I would be back before she would wake up but I kind of got caught up in what I was doing and well here I am." He answered.
The young maid chuckled. "Well its not as bad has I though. Well shall we go?" She said taking a basket of dirty clothes in her hands
Aelfgar blinked a few times. "Go? Go where?" He asked.
"Well to Miss Valliere's room obviously. I doubt you would have come to me if you were in such hurry without a good reason." She answered smiling.
He scratched the back of his head with a look of shame on his face. "Haha, I guess you got me there. Yeah I kind of need you to guide me through the tower."
She smiled. "Well then lets go."
"Thank you Siesta you are a true friend." He said with a big smile on his face.
"Here we are." Said the maid. "Just go up these stairs and the third door on the left will be miss."
"Thank you Siesta! You're a real life saver!" He exclaimed.
She blushed a bit before shaking it off. Smiling she made a curt bow before telling Aelfgar that if he needed anything else he shouldn't hesitate to ask her.
"I will!" He said before he started climbing up the stairs. When he reached the top of the stairs he saw a pair of emerald green eyes staring at him. Flame the giant red lizard charged towards the Haumain the moment he spotted him. When it neared him it stood on its two rear legs to try and slam him to the ground. Aelfgar reacted with inhuman speed and grabbed its throat and using the momentum of the beast he slammed it to the ground on its back. He drew out is scimitar and stabbed the ground right besides the lizard's throat.
"Why did you attack me?" The Haumain growled out.
Flame squeaked out an answer.
"Kirche wants to see me?" He asked getting up and putting his sword away. "You could have just told me! You didn't need to attack me I could have killed you!" He exclaimed. "Well then lead the way." He said waving to the corridor.
The lizard wearily got back to its feet before it walked to Kirche's room. He didn't want this dangerous man near his master but unfortunately he couldn't disobey is master's command. He opened the door that led to the red haired woman's living quarter and went to curl up in a ball on the haystack his master had provided him with. Time for a nap. As soon as Aelfgar got to the room he spotted Kirche standing in the middle wearing revealing lingerie. You could practically see through the fabric. This kind of dress would have made anybody with at least some modesty blush furiously. In this case it just made Aelfgar wonder why she was dressed like that instead of just being naked. The room itself was pretty similar to Louise's own. It had a large double bed in the far left corner and her familiar sleep right at the foot of the bed. On the right side of the bed there was a huge window and along the right wall was a desk with a big round mirror and finally a large dresser besides it.
"You wanted to see me Kirche?" He asked
"Why yes. Darling!" She answered. She snapped her fingers and several candles lit up by themselves.
Aelfgar winced when the light hit is eyes. He looked at Kirche who was doing several pose to try to arouse the man in front of her. It didn't work. The Haumain simply wondered why she kept squirming like that.
"Yeah? Can I help you?" He asked confused.
She stopped making pose before she approached and pressed her huge breast to his arms. "Ho darling its so cute when you play hard to get! You are making me burn with passion!" She said giving him a lusty smile. Indeed she was a little warm.
"Yeah so what is it you want?" He asked still oblivious to the not-so-subtle flirting.
She frowned a bit but quickly regained her composure. "Its just that when I saw you fighting Guiche today Kirche The Fever could not help but become a burning fire!" She declared grandly.
"Ha! It all make sense now!" He thought. "The warm skin, the small amount of clothes, the candles and why she called me here." He nodded to himself before picking her up bridal style.
"Ho! You are so bold darling!" She giggled. He gently laid her down on her bed and started rummaging through his pouch. "What are you doing dar-" But before she could finish she suddenly found herself with a bottle shoved down her throat. Aelfgar forcibly made her drink the liquid contained within the small vial. Whatever it was it was the single worst thing Kirche had ever tasted. The liquid had a viscous quality and smelled like the deepest part of a swamp. As soon as he let go of the bottle she started coughing madly. She was about to start yelling at him when she felt her consciousness slipping away.
"Did he just drug me?" Were her last coherent though.
Aelfgar nodded with satisfaction. Sleep was the best medicine when you had a fever. His special home-brew would insure she would be back on her feet tomorrow or the day after in the worst case. He undressed her and tuck her into bed. He blew out several of the candles that were lying about and replaced them with his own special candles. They were made with a special blend of herbs and spices to help heal small sickness and make a person more energetic. Satisfied with his work he was about to leave when he heard.
"KIRCHE!" A deep baritone voice exclaimed. The Haumain turned around to see a broad shouldered and tall man floating at the window. He had dark hair and brown eyes. He wore the usual academy uniform but had the purple cloak of a third year student.
"I'm sorry." Aelfgar answered. "But she is sick and needs her rest, I'd like to ask you to leave." He said.
"Sick? She looked fine to me this afternoon." The man shot back.
"Who knows? Maybe she got sick because of the dinner either way it doesn't change the fact that she needs to rest."
"Then I shall stay by her side until she recovers!" He announced puffing his chest with pride.
"Do you have any knowledge in healing methods?" He asked, curious.
"No but my love shall carry her through her sickness."
"Then I shall ask you once again to leave. What she needs most right now his rest."
"I shall stay by her side commoner! My love for her shall not be denied!"
"Leave. Now." The Haumain said looking straight at the young man.
"How dare you filthy commoner order me around! You are the one that should be gone and leave me with my love!" He shouted at him his face flushed red with anger.
At this point Aelfgar wasn't listening anymore. All he registered is that the man had insulted him, treated him like dirt and most importantly he was disturbing his patient! Instead of answering the noble prick he chanted a small spell and his left flames became engulfed in flames.
"Wha-" Was all he had time to say before the fire left the Haumain's hand and crashed in the noble's chest sending him spiraling down from the third floor.
Satisfied he turned around to go back out when. "KIRCHE!" Came in another voice. He turned around and this time it was a tall slim man with blond hair and green eyes.
He sighed before telling the man. "I'm sorry. She is sick could you come back tomorrow?"
"Of course not! I must stay with my lady until her recovery!" He answered thinking himself the real gentleman.
"No. Get out!" Aelfgar said, slightly angry with these nobles and their sense of honor.
"WHAT! How dare you lowly commoner give a noble like any orders! You are the one that should leave and be grateful that I do not punish you for your insolence!" The noble answered. If looks could kill, Aelfgar would probably be twitching on the ground breathing his last.
Aelfgar managed to growl out through his gritted teeth. "Ok that's it! One way ticket to the ground coming right up!" His hand burst into flames once more before he hurled it at the blond sending him spiraling down to join his fellow noble on the harsh unforgiving floor.
He turned around once more only to hear "KIRCHE!" But this time it wasn't one voice but three that he heard. A tick mark appeared on his forehead. He whirled around to glare at the newcomers with no intention of being polite this time. The three were first year judging by their brown cape. They were pushing and shoving each other trying to be in front and the first to penetrate the room.
"She. Is. Sick! Now, GET OUT!" He shouted.
For a moment they were stunned to be talked this way by a commoner nobody. As soon as they got their voice back they all shouted at the same time. "WHAT! HOW DARE A LOWLY-" At this point the Haumain wasn't listening instead he was chanting a short spell and while they were shouting at him a lighting bolt came from the sky and struck the poor fools. Like their predecessor they went spiraling to the ground.
Grumbling he went to the door of the room. He was about to open it when it suddenly slammed open. The door hit him right in the face. He held is injured nose turning his back to the door when he heard. "KIRCHE!"
He turned around with a murderous glare that immediately softened up once he realized it was Louise, not one of the woman's lover. "I'm sorry Louise but she is sick. You'll have to come back later tomorrow."
"Sick? How can she be sick? And if she is sick why are you here?" She asked.
"Well you saw how I healed Guiche's injury in the courtyard. I'm a healer, so that's probably why her lizard came to get me."
"Really? Then what happened?" She asked still suspicious. She had noticed Kirche lying naked on her bed at this point and was pretty sure her familiar had just betrayed her with this red haired vixen. So he started from the point where the salamander had tried to grab him to the point where she met him. Louise was inclined to punish her familiar for his disrespect of the nobles at the window but she couldn't help but laugh at how badly Kirche's plan had backfired on her.
"Humm why are you laughing Louise?" The obviously confused Haumain asked.
"Its... Hihi ...Nothing... Haha lets-lets go to... Haha our room... hihi." She answered between her bouts of laughter.
"Ok, whatever lead the way." He said still confused.
"You are not going to leave in the middle of the nigh today are you?" She asked suddenly serious.
"As much as I like to sleep outside its better for me to be near in case something happens to Kirche."
Again the pink haired noble couldn't help but laugh while walking towards her room. They entered Louise's room. Aelfgar went straight to his hay pile. He sat down his back propped against the wall. Louise sat down on her bed. She held her chin in her hand thinking hard.
"Tell me, why do you hate to sleep on this so much? You told me its perfect for you." She asked the Haumain suppressing her anger.
"Ho it is! I just prefer to sleep outdoors. I feel more comfortable."
"Then where did you sleep last nigh?"
"In the garden."
"...What?" She asked in a monotone voice.
"The garden! You know the place with lots of tree and flowers."
"I know what a garden is!" She shouted obliviously annoyed. "I am just wondering why would anybody sleep there!"
"Well for one it smells nice, you're not locked up in a building and you can see the sun rise!" He said excited.
Louise was about to answer but she decided to drop it. She wanted to know more about her deranged familiar. "Where were you this afternoon."
"I was in the forest! I wanted to see the woods around here."
"What were you doing there?" She asked
He squirmed a bit. "Well its a surprise and its kind of not finished. Tell you what, when its done I'll bring you to it OK?" He said looking at her.
She sighed "Alright but you have to tell me where you got that armor and the rest of the things you were wearing." She said staring straight at his beautiful emerald eyes.
"Ok that's not hard, its all on me!" He answered with a smile.
"Where? I do not see anything remotely close to the size of the armor you were wearing." She said curious. Why would her familiar lie when all she had to do was look at him to know the truth.
Instead of answering he took one of his blue pouch. The pouch was quite normal looking. It had a leather strap to open and close it. It was blue and the size of Louise's head. He started rummaging through the bag with his hand. The pink noble couldn't help but stare st the bag. While Aelfgar was violently rummaging through the bag it didn't move in the slightest. It was like he wasn't even touching the inside of the bag. He mumbled what seemed like a curse before he plunged his entire arm in the bag. Louise's mouth hung wide open at the sight.
"HAHA!" Aelfgar suddenly cried out starling the noble out of her stupor only to be violently plunged into it again as the Haumain pulled out his entire red full plate armor from a bag that was way too small to contain such a huge armor.
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!" She screeched at the Haumain forgetting her ladylike manner under the shear shock of what he just did.
"Simple, its a bag of holding. I can store lots of stuff in here and none of it will weight anything nor will it bend or shift. Its really useful when you get all that junk in a dungeon. Giant golden statue? In the bag! " He explained.
Recovering from her shock she asked the Haumain. "What about the rest of your equipment? Is it in the bag?"
"Yep! This one the other blue one too." He said smiling.
"What about the orange one?" She said curious reaching for the big orange.
He quickly caught her wrist before she reached the bag. "Never put anything in this bag! Especially your hand! You'd lose it!"
She immediately stepped back and put her hand near her chest. "What do you mean?"
"This is my protection against thieves. It's a cursed item. In it there is a small creature that will eat anything thrown in the bag and if someone reaches in the bag it eats their hand." He said the smile gone from his face.
Louise shivered at the though of someone having their hand torn off by a small creature. "What about the rest of your material?" She asked warily.
The smile returned on Aelfgar's face as he happily showed her the rest of his stuff.
Warning! May contain spoilers!
Omake
Saito looked at the military base north of Tokyo.
"I'm I crazy? How the hell I'm I supposed to steal a freaking military plane?" He sighed "Well its not like I have a choice, if I don't steal a plane I can't get back and without a fully loaded plane there's no way we can beat that ancient dragon. Alright Louise wait for me! I will save you no matter what!."
He strengthened his resolve and moved towards the base.
"Men this is so boring!" Said Hiro a tall black haired Japanese man wearing the standard camouflage soldier uniform.
"Quit complaining, Its not like they could have asked a high ranking officer to do a petty job like keep watch over these stupid planes. No, its us grunt who get those kind of suckie job." Dave, a tall blond haired green eyed American, responded.
"I know, I know I just wish something would happen."
Just then they saw a boy wearing a blue parka walking down the plane's takeoff path. The two soldier looked at the boy with questions filling their eyes. What was such a young boy doing in their base.
"Humm hello." The boy said raising his hand uncertainly.
"What are you doing here, kid?" Said the Japanese military rather bluntly.
"Aw let the kid be you don't need to be so rude."
"Ho shut up and let the kid answer. So what are you doing?"
Saito was a little nervous but he responded nonetheless.
"Well you see ever since I was a kid I wanted to be part of the military and I came to visit the base and I couldn't help but notice but... Is that really a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor?" He asked his eyes sparkling with interest.
The American soldier couldn't help but smile. "You have good eyes kid, it is a F-22. Normally this type of plane wouldn't be allowed to leave America but we have a high ranking officer officer from America who came to try the plane and we had some target setup for the flight."
"You mean its fully loaded and everything!" The boy said excitedly.
"Of course! How else do you want to test this baby out?" He said proudly.
"Hum well its always been my dream to see the inside of one of these. Could you show it to me?"
Hiro told him "Sure go ahead here are the keys." before he threw a set of keys at Saito who awkwardly caught them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Dave cried out. "Why are you giving the keys to a random kid?"
"Well I'm bored and I just want to see that kid at the board doing those stupid pew-pew noise its always good for a laugh."
"That planes worth 350 million us dollars! What if he breaks something?"
"Well just get him out of there half an hour before the big guy comes and fix anything. Its not like its the first time we are fixing it or anything."
While the two were arguing back and forth Saito took the opportunity to sneak into the plane. Once in the plane his Gandarlf rune started glowing filling his mind with the necessary knowledge to use the plane to its full potential.
"I'm telling you Dave there's nothing this kid could do that we can't fix. What could possibly go wrong?"
Just then they heard the planes engines go off as the plane got ready and took off.
They stood for quite a while just staring at the empty space that once contained one of the worlds most powerful plane.
"Were screwed aren't we" Hiro finally managed to say. Just then they heard a voice in the far crying out.
"WHERE THE HELL IS MY PLANE?"
A few moments later.
"You mean to tell me you handed the key to one of our most prized possession to a kid who just happened to show up on base?" Said the commander in a voice full of repressed anger.
"Hum, yes sir?" Hiro responded in a rather small and shaky voice.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?"
"Hum we were bored?"
"You were BORED?"
"Were in trouble aren't we?" Dave asked.
"Ho you're more then in trouble. You're going to jail both of you!"
"Shit." They said at the same time.
A few months later in a military cell.
"Well we screwed up good" The former Japanese military said.
"We? You screwed up! Its all your fault were here!"
"Look I said I was sorry! Besides it could have been worse."
"How?" Dave deadpanned.
Just then they heard a low raspy voice.
"Hey boys." Said a huge bald man in a sad attempt at seduction. He was hairy and the worst part his he was wearing a skirt and a dirty shirt that clung to his huge hairy body. "Ready for your first?" He said in a voice that send shiver through both of their spine.
Dave turned towards Hiro and said "I hate you."
Well this is basically how I imagined things turned out. I mena come on how the hell did saito get a freaking plane at the end of season 4? A normal plane would have made more sense but he comes in flying in a fully loaded military plane. WTF?
Anyways hope you enjoyed this new chapter of our oblivious friend Aelfgar! Until next time!
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