This Chapter is based on one of the OAV's for the series which also inspired this fanfic

Chapter 3

Game Plan Interrupted! A New Face for the Road

Its been a week since they met and they are now sitting at a table on the second floor of a three story tavern."Quit complaining Will" Ymir said as they enjoyed their meal, "It wasn't that bad besides now the armor doesn't stink which helps its value". The armor Will was wearing was a light plated with what was supposed to pass off as Dwarven steel (even though it wasn't really of the same quality) with matching gauntlets and boots while his helmet was a bit tight for his size. Will protested by saying "I thought that the problem of being put into indentured servitude to you was the problem but you went too far. You tied me to a tree by my limbs, and made me get a full-body wax from some random traveler. You would be complaining too if it was you who had to get especially from the pain that I felt for the next ten hours that came afterwards. And I still can't shake the idea that you were secretly watching the whole thing. Not too mention that you made me fight six thieves, four highwaymen, and a small clan of bandits in the last week, so when are we gonna get to Gainos or are you just taking the scenic route just to watch me work my ass off". Ymir needed a way to shift the conversation quickly so she asked, "Now that I think about it you never told me what Anne looked like".

Will's POV

I knew she was just trying to shift the conversation but she had a point; so I told her that Anne was a little girl that was just a few inches shorter than Ymir that looked around eight to twelve years in age, she shared the same features as I do now except for the shape of her head and it seems that she had dark hair instead of silver. After hearing that she decided to lecture me (feels embarrassing since she still looks like a little girl), "In other words, Anne is a majin. Now your transformation makes a bit more sense sense; by entering this world with her you somehow took on some of her physical attributions which means that she might have taken on some of yours" I was simply shocked by her explanation especially from what she told me about her past as we traveled so I asked her, "I doubt you learned stuff like that during the fifty years you spent in front of the family forge and smelter. This stuff had to have been more recent like the 30th Queen's Blade competition about a year ago and yes I did my research in the last town so no need to go into too much detail about all the candidates involved, just the one's that fit on how you learned about the majin".

She just gave me a slight chuckle as she told me, "Good then you know Aldra, she was the winner of the 28th and the 29th Queen's Blade; it turns out she was a majin along with her little sister, when she got separated from her a demon, Delmore, appeared to make a deal with Aldra so she could spend an eternity to look for her sister and the only way to do so is to have the authority which can only be given through winning the Queen's Blade. Apparently Delmore was the very person responsible for the girl's disappearance and was just using Aldra to further his own ends, but ironically he ended up falling for her in the end".

The very idea of a demon falling in love might as well be a joke to me but to be honest it reminded me of a weird story that my dad use to tell me when I was a kid about a human and a demon. It made sense that Aldra and Anne might have similar stories of how they were separated so I asked Ymir "So do you think Aldra may be Anne's older sister?"

She to a few seconds to re-evaluate what they discussed before she said to me "It's possible; Aldra got separated from her sister when she went to get some water from a nearby river and Anne ended up in your world after her sister went to get her some water. The problem here is that Aldra got separated from her sister over eight years ago, but it isn't the first time a situation like this happened so it's possible that its more than distance that has kept you two separate".

Before I could say anything else we heard someone near stairs yell, "That's a blasphemy towards God. I'll rightly burn you to death". That's when I saw something that might as well give me a nosebleed on the spot; for a nun her outfit was very revealing and with that miniskirt I couldn't help but yell in my head, "TELL ME IF THIS IS A JOKE I MEAN WHATS NEXT THEIR MEDITATION AND FORMS OF PRAYER ARE GONNA BE BASED ON KAMA SUTRA. BESIDES THAT I HOPE THEY ARE ALLOWED INTIMACY BECAUSE THE COORDINATES HAVE BEEN SET; 35-23-34 AND TIME TO …" unfortunately my train of thought was interrupted when Ymir-san decided to hit me in the head for the nosebleed (now I know why she gave me a helmet in that size). After my brain stopped rattling I noticed the woman somehow slipped, fell down the stairs, and got her ass stuck were everyone here can see it behind so I convinced Ymir into using this as a potential sales pitch while I help our friendly nun back on her feet. Especially since the idea of going up against one of the originally contestants of the last Queen's Blade is enough to scare any low-life thug.

The Next Day on the Road

We were about to leave town when Ymir decided to scorn me, "I can't believe you used me like that Will. And for what, some perky boobs and a firm ass that you still didn't get in the end". We continued arguing until the nun from last night caught up to us and asked us if we were heading to Gainos. We said yes and she decided that since we have the same destination she introduced herself as Sigui and we ended up with a new traveling companion on the way to the Queen's capital.

Will's POV Ends

Will asked, "Sigui, what's your reason to go to Gainos?" With enthusiasm she answered, "I am being made a High Inquisitor for the church, so I am heading to Gainos to make it official".

Ymir felt left out so she added, "His reason is to repay me for the gear he got from me. My reason is to see the Queen, with the fighting going on here it seemed like a good opportunity to open trade with the Dwarves as far as weapons and armor are of concern (Plus the world will see the might of Dwarven made arms on the battlefield)".

Something about that made Sigui act with joy that she plans to help the supply the Queen's army with the tools needed to punish heretics, which in this case is the Queen's enemy. That alone made Will thought, "Great she's a freakin die hard for the church, and there goes my weekend to boot. This also means I have to wear this helmet whenever she's around since the Church hates the majin with a passion" with a new companion in tow to Gainos Will feels a mixture of fear for his life if his identity as a majin is discovered by Sigui and anxious since now he knows a possible lead to Anne and help keep his promise to her.

Hollow: Ymir-san...

Ymir: Yes Hollow, did you decide to purchase the Dwarven made sword I offered.

Hollow: No. I wanted to as what was the real reason you decided to hit Will like that over the nosebleed?

Ymir: I don't need people who work for me to stare like that.

Hollow: People who work for you OR just Will?

Ymir: (turning light pink) Are you saying that I have a thing for that Ecchi.

Hollow: Then why did you give him the armor at half-price?

Ymir: (turning light red) Because I was tired and I needed someone to carry the bag of weapons for me and since he would've been killed on the spot if I didn't.

Hollow: So you thought of him as another business opportunity, another thing to be used for profit.

Ymir: HE IS NOT A THING!HE MAY BE A JACKASS SOMETIMES, A BAKA, AND HE MAY DRIVE ME CRAZY EVERYONE ONCE IN A WHILE FOR HIS INSANE APPETITE,BUT HE IS ALSO A KIND, CARING PERSON, WHO JUST CAN'T STAND TO SEE PEOPLE CRY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE IS NOT A THING!

Hollow: HA! I knew you liked him!

Ymir:(turning deep red) SHUT UP! (knocks Hollow out cold)

Hollow: ...

Sigui: It seems he's out for a while. So, Hope you all enjoyed this chapter of Where's Anne? Please leave you thoughts with us and say I swear; if you say anything of blasphamy towards God and I shall rightfully burn you at the stake as the heritics you are.

Will: I'll warn you if you have to run