Chapter 16: The Truth
By Sereg
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
-Albus Dumbledore
"All right, I'm here Nodoka-chan." Kazumi said as she walked up to the young librarian. "What was it that you wanted to see me about?"
"W-well, I'd l-like to h-hire you, Asakura-san." Nodoka stuttered without looking up.
"Really?" Kazumi asked with widened eyes. "What do you want me to do?"
"I n-need you to t-take pictures of Eva-chan interacting w-with Amalthea-chan and s-send them to Ku:nel Sanders-san." Nodoka replied.
"I see…" Kazumi said, raising an eyebrow, "And what do you intend to do about payment?"
At that moment, back in her cabin, Eva was enjoying a break from Amalthea. She finally got round to opening her new book and began to read with a smile. Her plan was finally progressing again. She allowed herself an evil laugh. She had to celebrate after all.
The individual in the body of Konoemon looked out of the window and smiled. Two more people whom he needed to deal with standing and talking alone. Perhaps he should take this opportunity. He couldn't have enemy mind-readers or spy satellites around him after all. Still, he had many preparations to do. He pressed a button hidden underneath the desk and a bookshelf slid along the wall, revealing a staircase leading downwards. He walked down the stairs, allowing the shelf to close behind him and entered a room full of various equipment that appeared to be monitoring the school and arcane books.
In the centre of the room, in the middle of a magic circle, strapped to a gurney and gagged, lay a young Chinese man in a lab coat over a Chao Bao Zi uniform. "Hmmmmffl!" cried the man. Konoemon raised an eyebrow and undid the gag. There was no one else to hear him anyway. "I…need a smoke!" gasped the man.
"Can't help you with that." grinned Konoemon. "You're going on a detox! After all, I'll need my body healthy for when I'm reunited with my beloved!"
"Why have you done this to me!" gasped the man.
"Oh, you were just unfortunate enough to bare witness to my arrival." Konoemon said. "I can't have anyone know that I'm here and what I'm planning. That's why I had to get rid of that snoop of a pony as well. Besides, I needed a body to get around, even if I only used yours long enough to get this one."
"What do you want?" asked Chamo-in-the man's body.
"I just want my wife to return to me." Konoemon said picking up a blu-ray disc. Ridiculously primitive technology. How did his wife cope with it? But he needed something that current computers would accept to broadcast his edited footage of his wife admitting to being a mage and her plans to reveal magic to the world.
"I will sever all her ties here and chase her back into my arms. Do you know how much it hurts to not be man enough for your wife? Then not even managing to think of a way to kill your competition without her finding out? For her to leave you to go on a long term project only to whisper the name of a woman while she sleeps after her return? And then for her to go back again, despite her previous failure? 'I'm sorry dear, but you learning cooking and advanced physics for me wasn't good enough. Nor were your attempts to become a better mage. But it's okay, as a member of the royal family, I'm allowed multiple spouses.' Do you understand what it's like to experience those sentiments from your wife!"
"No." admitted Chamo.
"But I shall turn this school into a living Hell where she can no longer depend on those she loves and make it so that unless she returns to me, she'll end up as an ermine!" continued Konoemon. "Freeing the Slimes was merely the first step. Soon this place will be crawling with threats. I simply have to get rid of some possible interferences. Pity that I can't take out Springfield too. But, I think that I'd like another advantage. A trump card if you will."
He adjusted the straps so that the man's mouth was forced closed. "Plus, I've always wondered what my wife feels when I kiss her." He planted Konoemon's lips onto his own and a purple glow filled the room before a card popped into existence. He picked up the card and pulled a Cassiopeia and another pactio card out of his pocket. The other pactio card had "Tao Lingshen" written on the back and he put it with his newly formed one, placing everything back into his pocket. He then picked up a cupcake and took a bite.
Clearly, he wasn't yet at his wife's level of being able to make something delicious using any starting ingredient. He needed to visit the Chao Bao Zi. He missed her food and he'd probably get to look at the competition. No way was some girl born in twentieth century Earth going to take his beloved from him so that they could have a little robot family together! Yes, the robots and his competition were very high on his list of people that he needed to get rid of. But first, the mind-reader. She should have trouble with some robots of his own. And his wife didn't even know this design. All the better for him. If she found out, all his plans would be ruined.
A/N: We don't often do author's notes for this fic, but I'd like to announce that Out of Control now has a TVTropes page and if you add to it, it'll make us feel better, especially as we don't get a lot of reviews.
Also, a quick guide:
Konoemon is in Chamo's body which is tied up in his desk drawer.
Chao's husband is in Konoemon's body.
Chamo is in Chao's husband's body which is strapped to a gurney in a secret room.