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Chapter 17: Truth Behind Yosette
(Issei)
"SAITO! I WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU, AND WHEN YOU CAME BACK, YOU BRING A GIRL!"
"Wait, Louise! Let me explain!"
Right now Louise-sama is chasing Sempai with what looked like a whip of some sort. She's really mad right now, but no one's really paying attention to that right now. What we were really interested in right now was the girl who was sitting right in front of us. She looked just like the Queen, except on glasses. Everyone seemed surprised after the girl was brought her here with thirteen other people. Louise-sama was happy to see that Sempai was back, but her mood changed after she seen that a girl was hiding behind him. She's been chasing him with a whip ever since. Now then, back to the girl.
[EXPLOSION!]
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Oh, looks Louise-sama got Sempai. She always does in the end. No matter how fast he runs, she gets him. It's being around her that makes me wonder in having a harem is really all that great, for about five seconds. Of course it's great! And I will have a harem someday! If fact, I'll become a Harem King! Just imagining it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
"Why do I get the feeling you thinking something perverted, you [Perverted Dragon]?"
Ga! Louise-sama! I didn't notice her at all! And what's that black thing behind her. Wait a minute… it's Sempai! She turned him into charcoal! I knew it! Void is scary! Louise-sama looks over at Asia.
"Can you heal this idiot for me?"
"Ok."
Asia walked over and healed Sempai. Once he was completely healed, he got up, thank Asia, and turned towards Louise-sama.
"Louise, please just listen to me. Tabitha's uncle, Duke Charlemagne, asked me for help. From what he said to me, it sounded like it was connected to Khaos Brigade, so I went with them. After we got there, this girl, Yosette, came running out of the woods. Fooling her were the people that Duke Charlemagne told me about, and they admitted to being part of Khaos Brigade. I couldn't tell who or what they were because of their robes, and they didn't even give me the name of their team. All they told me was that they weren't part of neither the [Hero Faction] nor the [Old Maou Faction]. They just said to call them the [Mystery Faction] for now."
"Why would they be chasing her?"
Louise-sama pointed at the girl, Yosette.
"They said that they wanted Void."
Void? As soon as he said that, we all looked over at Yosette. She looks down shyly. Sempai continues.
"I protected her because she's an innocent and I, for some reason, believed that she was, indeed a Void mage. And to prove it, she casted the [Explosion] spell."
This girl can cast the [Explosion] spell! She might be as dangerous as Louise-sama. But even if that's the cast, I just need to ask.
"So, who is she and why does she look like Gallia's Queen?"
Azazel-sensei puts his hand on his chin.
"Ise, that's a very good question. Tabatha, do you have anything to say?"
She looked up from her book and looked at Yosette.
"No, but maybe mother does."
Her mother, well, I guess that makes sense. So with a goal in mind, we march off towards the Queen's mother, with Yosette hiding behind Sempai.
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(Saito)
We were heading towards the garden, since that's where Tabatha said her mom was, when…
"Tabatha, there you ar… oh, Louise, Saito. It's been a while."
We turned and saw a very beautiful girl. She had dark skin, red hair, and a big chest. We knew who she was. After all, she is one of our friends, well, mine and Louise's that is. Issei and the other haven't met her yet.
"Kirche!"
And Louise was the first to greet her. Seeing that the others were confused, I decided to introduce them.
"Everyone, this is our friend form the Magic Academy, Kirche Augusta Frederica Von Anhalt Zerbst. She a [Square-Class] Fire mage from Germania. The Zerbst family is just as famous there as the La Vallière is here."
Rias made her greeting to Kirche and explained about themselves. Must say, Kirche is taking the whole 'We're devils from another world' thing quite nicely. It was Khaos Brigade and the Void Spirit that caught her attention. That, and Yosette, since she looks just like Tabitha. Anyways, she made her greeting and looked over at Yosette.
"So she's Gallia's new Void mage? Well, if that's true they Tabitha, maybe she's you twin or something? I mean, Void runs in the Royal lines of Tristain, Gallia, Romalia, and Albion."
Issei looked at me, so I explained.
"Remember when we said that the Founder's descendent are the Royal lines of those countries?"
He nodded his head.
"Well, only his descendents can be Void mages. Louise is from the La Vallière, which origins can be traced back to one of Tristain's King's bastards. So the royal blood is in them. And Tiffa, she's the daughter of Albion's previous King's brother, so she has Royal blood as well. So thinking that Yosette is Tabatha's twin sister makes sense."
Everyone found this to be interesting, but I caught Azazel taking notes. From what I understand, he likes stuff like this and is always doing strange experiments. Better keep an eye on him. He might try something on Louise, Tiffa, or Yosette.
"Impossible."
We all looked at Tabatha. Did she just say impossible?
"What do you mean, Tabatha?"
Kirche asked the question I'm sure we're all thinking. She looked up at us.
"Gallian tradition. If there are twins, you kill one of them."
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What?
"WHAT KIND OF TRADITION IS THAT?! THAT'S MURDER!"
I couldn't help myself. It just seems so, wrong. I was going to say more, but Tabatha looked down. Well, I guess it's not her fault. So I patted her on the head.
"Tabitha, don't worry about it. You're not the one how made that tradition, so ignore it. Now then, let's go and see you mom. She might still have an idea who Yosette is?
She nodded and let the way.
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We were in the garden. Kirche decided to come with us because it looked interesting. So anyways, after looking for awhile, we finally found Tabitha's mom.
"Mom, I have a question. Do you know her?"
She pointed at Yosette. She didn't even do some small talk. Tabatha just got straight to the point. Tabatha's mom looked up and…
"Oh my God! Yosette! What are you doing here?"
Seems like she knows her. Seeing that she looks worried about Yosette being here, I decided to tell her what happened. After I finished, she looked down, and sighed. She then looked at Tabatha and had her sit down next to her. She even made Yosette sit down by her.
"Charlotte, I knew that this day would come, but I was hoping it would be under better circumstances."
She then looked at both Tabatha and Yosette in the eyes.
"Charlotte, this is Yosette, your twin sister."
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Did she say what I think she just said? Even Tabatha looks shocked. Her mom explained about how she couldn't bear to kill Yosette, so she hid her in a monetary near Fire Dragon Mountain. So she is Tabatha's sister. Well that explains why she looks just like her and how she can use Void. Azazel then walked over and examined my [Mjöðvitnir] runes.
"What are you doing?"
He ignored me and walked over to Yosette. He held up some sort of device and scanned her. He looked at the screen.
"What are you doing?"
"It's just as I thought."
He then looked at me.
"Remember what I told you about why Cattleya suddenly appeared?"
What? Why would he ask something like that?
"To replace the need of a master, but she has to do what I say. Why bring that up now?"
"I was wrong. Just like the time I gave you the [Lífþrasir] powers, you got a new master. Yosette her is you new master. So now you have three. As for why Cattleya's here, who knows. It's a big mystery now that only the Void Spirit could answer."
Neither Louise nor Tiffa seemed to like that. Well, I guess we should head towards Romalia now. you know, before things get even more strange.
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(Xena Serevare)
I was sitting on the outskirts of the city. It's kind of nice, not having to worry about people recognizing me as my stupid brother's little sister. It's annoying. I'm an eighteen year old girl, and the only reason people bothered with me is because of my brother. Don't get me wrong, I was crushed when I found out that he died, but hey, they're nothing I can do. So I live on my own, eating whatever I can. But it's kind of boring. Well, better get going. People are coming. So I took out the wand that my brother gave me as a gift and used the spell that I've learned right after he died.
[World Door!]
That's the end of the seventeenth chapter. Now everyone knows about Yosette's true identity. Also, now Saito has three masters to worry about. There wasn't much action in this chapter, mainly because I didn't find any space for it. But that aside, we now know about the fourth and final Void mage, Xena Serevare. She's going to be very important in the story, just like Yosette, Louise and Tiffa. Void mages assemble! Please read the next chapter. Crimson Dragon Emperor
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