Last time on The Prince of Light
Uryu visited the kinder center and learned more about the schatten Beriech. He also made new friends and showed them a game from the real world. Meanwhile, Greta recruited a new sternritter.
"As you saw from that game, Giselle, I am the strongest female sternritter," said Bambietta.
"Yeah, I agree, Bambi-Chan!" said Giselle.
Uryu and Greta sighed as they walked back to the silbern. Bambietta and Giselle had hit it off instantly after the game of tag ended. The little black-haired quincy was excited to have a "girl" in the group that was around her age.
"Giselle, from now on, you're going to be my subordinate," said Bambietta as she proudly walked ahead of the group.
Giselle looked at Bambietta with glee. She was happy to have a female friend. The poor girl never got to get out and talk to the other kids. "Alright, commander Bambi," said the new sternritter as she did a salute.
Bambietta smiled. "Finally, someone who knows their place," said the reishi-throwing sternritter. She then looked at Uryu. "Take lessons from her gemischt"
But Uryu just ignored her, pissing her off. The prince couldn't focus as he was distracted by the fact that he had training with that Driscoll guy.
"Hey Uryu, Are you okay?" asked Greta
The gemischt Quincy snapped out of his thoughts and looked at . "Oh, sorry, I'm just not looking forward to training tonight," said Uryu as he walked.
Greta sighed. She knew what Ywach was going to put this boy through, and it was going to be hell. "Look, Uryu, just be strong, alright, and you'll be fine," she said as she ruffled his hair.
The prince looked at her with a smile. "Ok"
Greta smiled. She loved his cute smile, but suddenly she stopped smiling and looked in front of her.
"Oi Uryu Ishida, come with me!'
Driscoll Berci had appeared in front of the group with a smile on his face.
"Him again," thought Bambietta as memories from yesterday flooded her mind. She was still upset at the fear she showed him yesterday.
"Hey, Bambi, who is that?" whispered Giselle
"Driscoll Berci sternritter, 'O' the overkill," responded Bambietta.
Uryu looked at the man and sighed. "Well, time to do this," he thought as he walked towards Driscoll. As the gemischt started to walk away, he was grabbed by Bambietta.
"Hey, don't get hurt, Ishida." she said with a blush.
The prince gave the girl a shocked look. Bambietta was being nice?!
"Because I'm going to beat your ass when I teach you how to use a sword, so come back alright," said Bambietta as she elbowed his ribs.
Never mind
Uryu rubbed his ribs as he got to where Driscoll was. "This way," said the sternritter as he turned around and walked away. The prince then sighed as he followed the man; he only hoped this experience wouldn't be terrible.
Greta then looked at Giselle and Bambietta. "Alright, girls, let's get going." She then looked towards Uryu and Driscoll and said, "Be careful, Uryu."
Kinder Center-Courtyard
Liltotto and Meninas were walking back into the building as "free time" was over.
"It can't believe we have to go inside for an extra lecture, right, Meni." Liltotto then noticed that Meninas was by the gate.
"Um, Meni, what are you doing?" asked the blonde-haired Quincy as she went towards her friend, but as she got closer, she noticed that Meninas was sighing, but not in a tired and depressed way but in a romantic way.
"Isn't he dreamy?"" said Meninas.
"W-What?"
"The Prince is so dreamy," said Meninas.
Flashback
"Your it, Meni," said Bambietta as she tagged Meninas. The pink-haired girl just stared blankly at her shoulder, where Bambietta had tagged her.
"The monster's been tagged to run!" yelled a Quincy kid.
Meninas frowned; she hated being called that. The pink-haired girl had always been made fun of for her size, which is why Liltotto and she are friends.
"Hey Meninas, you have to tag someone!" yelled Uryu
Meninas nodded as she started to run. Now she wasn't the fastest runner, and she couldn't use Hirenkyaku because the prince had said it wasn't allowed. She eventually saw James and ran straight at him, making him freak out. He would be an easy target due to his weight.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" yelled James as he ran away.
Meninas was getting closer and closer until she tripped on a rock that was on the ground. The pink-haired girl then fell to the ground, making an "oof" sound.
Suddenly, a group of Quincy kids came towards the pink-haired Quincy. "Did anyone else feel an earthquake when she hit the ground?" said one of the kids as the group started to laugh.
Meninas looked at the ground in sadness, but she also felt embarrassment. She knew this would get around the kinder center. Even though Meninas was the third-best in her age group at basic Quincy abilities, it still didn't stop the teasing.
"Hey, that's not funny!" yelled Uryu, and he ran towards the group.
Meninas's eyes widened. No one besides Liltotto defended her, so this was a shock.
Uryu got in front of her and offered his hand. "Here, are you okay?"
Meninas's face was red as she grabbed his hand, nearly crushing Uryu's hand.
"Wow, she has a grip on her," thought Uryu as he brought her up from the ground. He then looked at the group of quincy. "You should feel ashamed of yourselves for making fun of our own. We shouldn't bring each other down; we should prop each other up," preached the prince.
More and more Quincy gathered around the prince as he spoke. Hell, even some of the soldiers came to see what he was talking about.
Meninas was infatuated with the prince's words, as they reminded her of something she had read in a fairy tale book. "He's so romantic," she thought.
Just then, Bambietta walked up and said, "What is this dork talking about now?"
"I don't know, but I've never seen anyone here gather a crowd like he has," said Liltotto as she walked up to Bambietta and Meninas. The chubby, blonde-haired Quincy had to admit that Uryu made things interesting.
"It looks like your boyfriend is good at drawing a crowd," said Liltotto as she got out a bag of chips and munched on them.
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" yelled Bambietta
"Sure, he isn't," said Liltotto.
"SHUT UP FATASS!" yelled the reishi throwing Quincy.
As the two fought. Meninas could feel her heart beating a million beats per second as she heard Uryu's speech. The pink-haired quincy was in love.
Flashback end
"He's so romantic," said Meninas as she giggled, held her cheeks, and looked out the gate.
Liltotto looked at her friend in shock; she had never seen Meninas so expressive. Usually, the girl was quiet and never talked that much. Liltotto then grabbed Meninas by the arm and dragged her towards the kinder center. "Come on, Meni, we have to get inside," she said as she struggled to get her to the steps that led into the building.
Suddenly, a soldat appeared using hirenkyaku. "Ms. Mcallon, congratulations you have been chosen to be an assistant for Lord Pepe."
Meninas and Liltotto could only stare in shock. Usually, being an assistant to a sternritter was an honor, but one problem was that Pepe Waccabrada was one of the worst sternritters to serve under, especially if you're a woman.
"Pack your bags, young lady, we will be leaving soon."
Liltotto could feel her heart shatter. Her friend was leaving, and she was alone again. The chubby quincy looked at her friend; she could see Meninas shaking. The pink haired Quincy knew what happens when Pepe Waccabrada chooses you to be an assistant.
"Meni, I'm sorry," said Liltotto as she hugged her friend. The blonde haired Quincy held in tears, as this would probably be the last time she would see her friend.
"Lill, I don't want to go," said Meninas as tears flowed down her face.
"I don't want you to go either," thought Liltotto. She hated that she couldn't say it, though.
Just then, the soldat interrupted. "Young lady, I don't have all day."
Meninas broke the hug and looked at her friend. "Thank you for being an amazing friend." She then turned towards the stairs and started to walk.
Those words hit Liltotto's heart. What would she do without Meni? She could only watch her friend prepare to go to hell.
Driscolll and Uryu-near the center of Wandenreich city
It didn't take long for Uryu to find out the Driscoll was a psychopath, as the man constantly bragged about how many people he's killed today. He had learned that Driscoll was the "Henker" (executioner) and was the primary person besides Jugram to carry out punishment.
"WOOOOOWEEEE, isn't it a great day, Prince Ishida?!" yelled Driscoll. Now it may seem like the sternritter was excited, but that was not the case; in fact, he was pissed that he had to waste his time training some gemischt brat. He hated the fact that the new sternritter recruits were all kids, and he especially hated that a gemischt was Ywach's successor. Driscoll Berci was what you would call a blood purist, in fact, a lot of the sternritters were.
"I guess," responded Uryu as he walked beside the sternritter. The prince couldn't help but notice the lower ranked Quincy's snickering as he walked by them. "What are they laughing at?" thought Uryu, but his questions were soon answered by Driscoll's laughter.
"Oh, that's hilarious!" yelled Driscoll as he pointed at the big clock tower building.
When Uryu looked towards the building, he could see words painted red, and they said
"Uryu Ishida, a gemischt grandson of an old fool." and "Go Home, Gemischt Bastard."
Uryu froze upon seeing the building. It hurt. It really hurt the boy as he closed his fists together. Insulting him was one thing, but to bring his grandfather into this was just... awful. "Who would do something like this?" he said to himself.
"Alright, who's the genius who came up with that one?' said Driscoll as he recovered from his laughing fit.
The prince had a flash of anger as he glared at Driscoll. "It's not funny; Souken Ishida wasn't a fool," said Uryu.
"Kid, your grandfather thought soul reapers and Quincies could work together if that ain't foolish? I don't know what it is," said Driscoll as he shrugged.
"He wasn't a fool; he just wanted peace!" yelled the prince. Uryu was starting to get angry with the man; he already didn't like Driscoll because of what he did to Bambietta, but insulting his grandfather just made him hate Driscoll.
"Peace. Now that just sounds boring. That's just something weak people want because they want to live, just like your old geezer of a grandfather." said Driscoll.
"Shut up, he wasn't weak!" yelled Uryu.
"Didn't he die of basic ass hollows?" laughed Driscoll.
"He was an old man!" yelled the prince as his face got red with fury.
"Keep telling yourself that," said Driscoll as he walked off.
Uryu had never been this angry; he hated it here, but it would be wise to hold in his anger as Driscoll was way stronger than him.
"Where are we going?" asked the prince as he held in his anger.
Driscoll turned toward the boy. "Eeeh, oh, I have things to go do first, so we have to drop by the Gefängnis," said the sternritter as he turned the corner.
Uryu gave a look of confusion before saying, "Gefängnis?"
Driscoll sighed. "It means, Jail, geez kid, you need to learn German; didn't that old geezer teach you anything?"
Uryu growled at the man, but before he could say anything, a soldier appeared using hirenkyaku. "Lord Berci, the prisoners are ready for your judgment," he said as he bowed.
"Judgement? Is he going to kill these people?" thought the prince as he stared at the other two Quincy's in shock. His suspicions were correct as he saw Driscoll smile sadistically, like a boy who just got told he was getting ice cream.
"Woooweeee, this is about to be fun," said Driscoll. He then turned towards Uryu. "Come along, boy, I have work to do."
Gefängnis- Entrance
Uryu could feel the dark aura that the large building exuded, and the prince could hear the screams of the prisoners from outside. The doors were black with blue handles, and the wandenreich symbol was on both sides of the door.
As Uryu and Driscoll approached the black doors, they were greeted by a soldat who bowed. "Prince Ishida and Lord Berci, we've been waiting for your arrival."
"Whatever, just let us in; I don't have all day," said Driscoll as he pushed the soldat to the ground and opened the doors.
When the doors opened, Uryu had to cover his nose, as this place reeked of blood and vomit. The place was so dirty that you couldn't see the white floor; instead, it looked like a black floor. As Uryu walked into the building, he could see all the cells with the prisoners in them. They looked like they hadn't been fed in days and had reishi sealing cuffs to prevent them from using Quincy abilities. As the prince walked through the long cell block, he noticed a kid in a cell with his back turned. He had long, black hair.
"Um, excuse me, sir," said Uryu as he looked at the soldier who was near the cell.
The soldier was taken aback by the prince. "Prince Ishida, how may I help you?"
"That boy, what's he in here for?"
"Oh, well, you see, he was from the real world, but his parents refused to join us, so they were killed, and he was brought here because he shot and killed a soldat."
Uryu didn't know what to say. Did the Wanderenreich really kill Quincy's that didn't join them?
Driscoll then walked up towards the cell. "Holy shit, the freak is still here!" he said, laughing.
Uryu could see the boy wince, like a tinge of anger had gone through him. "Hey, leave him alone," said Uryu.
"Oh, come on, prince, look, just look at him." Driscoll then banged on the bars. "Hey freak, look over here!" he yelled.
The boy then turned around, revealing his two tongues that stuck out.
"Now look at that; he's got two tongues," said the sternritter as he started to laugh again.
Uryu felt bad seeing someone treated like this. He could see the boy was barely taken care of and fed, as he looked skinny.
"Knock it off, Driscoll; it's not funny."
Driscoll then stopped laughing. "Oh, will you lighten up? Did your grandfather turn you into a buzzkill too?"
"Can we just go so I can start my training?" said Uryu
"Fine," said Driscolll as he turned around.
Uryu watched him walk away, and once he was further away, he turned towards the boy. "I'm sorry about that."
"Thanksths," said the boy as he struggled to talk due to his disablity.
Uryu nodded as he turned around and walked away. The prince would talk to Ywach and make sure that boy left his cell.
30 minutes later
The two quincies walked down a long hall of cells until they got to a room with a stage. Uryu could see blood splattered on the walls. He could tell this was where executions took place. The prince could see two soldats posted by the doors that led to another hallway on the right side of the room.
"Oi, Ishida, stay over there," said Driscoll as he pointed to the area to his right. He then yelled, "Bring them out."
Suddenly, a soldat came into the room, dragging at what looked like a low-ranking Quincy. The soldier then gave Driscoll a stack of papers.
"Let's see, your name is Albrecht Bauer, and you were brought here because you attempted to assassinate the prince," said Driscoll as he looked at the paper.
Uryu stood there in shock. This man tried to kill him?!
Sudddenly, the soldat spoke up. "That's right, he was brought in by Lady Greystone."
Driscoll looked through the papers and made an "Hmm" sound before giving a sadistic smile. "Alright, well, the punishment for that is death," said the sternritter as he punched his fist together, forming a giant reishi arrow.
"Any last words?" he said while looking at the low-ranking Quincy.
As the man was about to speak, he was interrupted by the prince. "Wait, why did you try to kill me?" asked Uryu.
Low ranking Quincy just glared at him before saying, "Because your beneath us, gemishct basta."
The man didn't get to finish as Driscoll fired the arrow towards him, piercing his rib cage and killing him instantly.
Uryu could only stare in shock at the dead low-ranking quincy as he stuck to the wall, but his shock ended when he felt a rise in Driscoll spiritual pressure. "Did he just get stronger?" thought the prince.
"WOOOOWEEEEE!" yelled Driscoll as he felt a surge of power go through him. He then turned towards the soldier and said, "Bring in the next one!"
The soldier nodded before leaving the room to get a new prisoner, leaving Uryu and Driscoll alone.
"I'm guessing you felt the rise in my reiatsu," said Driscoll.
"Yeah, what was that?" said Uryu.
"That was my schrift 'the overkill' in action. Basically, whenever I kill something, I get stronger," explained Driscoll.
"T-That's an insane ability," said Uryu. The prince had never seen a power like this before, Just how powerful were these schrifts and would his be as powerful as this one as well.
"Yep, and that's why his Majesty assigned me to be the henker," said Driscoll. He could see Uryu's pale face, so he put on a sadistic smile. He wanted to scare the little bastard. "As I said before, Ishida, I love killing and hurting people, it's like every time I do it, I get a rush of dopamine."
Uryu could see the blood lust on Driscoll's face, and it disgusted him. He hated to admit it, but he had seen this face on Bambietta when she teased him and when she went to pick on that James kid. Why did everyone here have to be a psychopath? Wait a minute; he knew why, it's because of Ywach. He allowed those kids at the kinder center to be abused by those instructors; he allowed Quilge to hit Bambietta when she was on the ground crying. No wonder his grandfather left. These people grow up to be monsters.
Just then, the door opened, revealing the same soldier from earlier holding a servant. The woman looked scared as she saw the chair and the bloody, dead soldier that was still on the wall. The soldat placed the servant on the stage and gave Driscoll the stack of papers.
"So this says you denied an order from a sternritter," said Driscoll as he looked at the paper in front of him.
"Yeah, my lord, but you don't understand that Lord Pepe wanted me to do things to him; he wanted me to give up my body to him," pleaded the sevant.
"What is she talking about, did someone hurt her?" thought Uryu.
"Oooooh, well, you broke a rule, so bye bye," said Driscoll as he punched his fist together, summoning an arrow and pointing an arrow.
"OH GOD, NO HAVE MERCY, MY LORD!" yelled the servant.
Uryu watched the woman scream for mercy and felt rage build up. Everyone here is a monster, a god damn monster, and he wasn't going to allow this woman to be killed for something as silly as not listening to a sternritter. The gemischt pulled out his sword.
"Ugh, will you just stay still? "I'm trying to aim at yo-AH SHIT!" yelled the sternritter. Driscoll looked towards his right leg to see a slash across it. "Did that little shit just slash at me?" thought the overkill. He looked up to see Uryu staring at him with rage.
"Let her go," he growled.
Driscoll could feel anger. How dare this little gemischt bastard cut him? He didn't care if he was the prince; no one disrespected him like this. "You little shit," growled Driscoll as he stepped towards the prince.
Uryu was scared of the man, as he was way stronger than him, but still, he wasn't going to back down to this asshole, unlike last time with his grandfather. He's not going to be scared.
"Why did you do that?" asked the angry sternritter.
"Because you were going to kill her."
"Yeah, because it's my job, she didn't follow a sternritter's command, and the rule for that is death." Said Driscoll
"That's ridiculose, all that for not following an order!yelled Uryu. The prince then looked at the servant. "Miss, you're free to go," said Uryu.
The servant woman looked at the prince with a thankful expression. Everyone talked about how bad the prince was but here is having such kindness. "Thank you, my prince," she said as she hugged him. She then turned around and started to walk away, but when she got to the door,
*VOOM*
It was like a flash just happened, as the servant was now nailed to the wall by a giant arrow.
"W-What?" thought Uryu.
But his thoughts were interrupted by Driscoll's laughter.
"HA HA HA HA DID YOU GUYS SEE THE LOOK ON HER FACE!" Yelled the sternritter as he looked at the two soldats posted by the door.
Uryu just looked at the hanging corpse; he could feel rage flowing through him. "Why the hell would you do that?"
Driscoll then started to calm down as he saw the prince's angry expression. "Oh, will you relax? It's not like she couldn't go back anyway; if Pepe found out she was roaming around, he would have killed her himself."
"It still doesn't matter, what you did wasn't right; how do you sleep at night?" said Uryu.
Driscoll then leaned in towards the prince. "Like a baby."
The prince was done with this man, he couldn't believe it, but he found someone worse than Quilge. "YOU FUCKING MONSTER!" yelled Uryu as he launched towards the man, but it didn't work as Driscoll kicked him away.
"That's what you get, you little shit for slicing my leg!" yelled the sternritter. He didn't care about the punishment for kicking the prince, as Ywach had given him permission to hit him if he got out of line.
As Uryu recovered, he could feel his nose bleed. He winced in pain as he touched it. This bastard had broken his nose. The prince then got up and looked at the older man. "You're a coward who picks on people weaker than you," said Uryu as he drew his sword.
Driscoll could see that the boy was ready for a fight. The sternritter then looked at the soldiers that were posted up in the room. "You weaklings, get out of here; I'm going to rough up his Majesty's successor."
The soldiers then bowed and left the room.
Driscoll was excited; he had the perfect excuse to beat up this little shit. The sternritter thought about how fun it would be to brag about this to the other sternritters. Meanwhile, Uryu was scared, but he wasn't going to back down from this monster; he had enough of this place. The young Quincy didn't care that he had nowhere to go; anywhere was better than here. He knew he couldn't beat Driscoll, so he figured he would cut his leg and run away.
Uryu started to run towards the man with his sword, but as he got closer, he used Hirenkyaku to appear behind him.
"God, you're so slow," said Driscoll as he turned around, grabbed the boy by the face, and slammed him to the ground.
Uryu felt like he suffered brain damage as he hit the ground. When he recovered, he saw that his glasses were broken, making his vision weak.
"OH MY GOD, IT MUST SUCK BEING WEAK!" yelled Driscoll as he kicked Uryu in the ribs.
"GAHHHH!" yelled the young Quincy as he felt his ribs.
The sternritter kept kicking and kicking the young boy. "I DONT KNOW WHY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FUTURE EMPEROR; YOU ARE JUST A GEMISCHT BASTARD FROM A LINE OF RACE TRAITORS!" yelled Driscoll.
Uryu was now spitting up blood as Driscoll kept kicking him. Tears started falling from his eyes. He hated it here; he wanted his mother; he wanted his grandfather.
"YOURE JUST WEAKLING!"
"He's right, I am weak; I couldn't save you, grandfather." Uryu then looked at the corpse of the servant woman that still hung on the wall by the giant arrow. "I'm so sorry to give you hope of leaving this place alive. You should be the one that gets to live, not this monster," thought the prince.
"ARE YOU CRYING YOU LITTLE SHIT? That's so FUN-"
*Doom*
Driscoll looked down towards his chest to see his giant arrow pierced through it. "What the fuuuuck," he said as he fell to the ground next to Uryu.
The prince was weak, but he slowly turned his head to see Driscoll on the floor. A pool of blood was on the floor where he lay, and his eyes were open in shock. Uryu then slowly got up, wincing in pain as he felt his ribs were cracked. The arrow that was in Driscoll slowly started dimming and going out.
"What the hell happened?" said Uryu as he looked at the corpse.
"AHHHHHH!"
Then the prince snapped his attention towards the scream, only to see something he didn't expect. It was the servant woman, and she was fine, like nothing happened to her, but that was impossible; she was dead.
Suddenly, the soldiers came into the room. "Lord Berci is everything—OH MY GOD!" yelled one of the soldiers as he ran towards the corpse. The soldier then kneeled by the corpse and looked at his colleague.
"Tell Lord Ywach, Uryu Ishida has killed a sternritter."
Ywach's throne room
The Quincy king sat on his throne; he had just gotten news about one of his missing children in the real world. That child's name was Ichigo Kurosaki. The boy was an oddity, as he was a quincy, hollow, and soul-reaper hybrid. Once he had gotten this news, he was asked if they should send someone to retrieve the boy, but Ywach denied it as he thought the boy should unlock his soul-reaper powers before being brought here.
"You're majesty?"
Ywach looked to his right to see Jugram looking at him. "What is it, my other half?"
"If you don't mind me asking, what's special about the Ishida boy?" said Jugram.
"I see you also don't question my decision," said Ywach.
"Please forgive me, your majesty, but I'm merely asking a question."
Ywach narrowed his eyes. "There is a reason I assigned Berci to train Ishida today"
Jugram didn't know what Ywach meant by that but decided not to bother.
Ywach then sighed as he got up. It was almost nighttime, and he still had a ceremony to do. Sudddenly, the doors opened, revealing the soldat from the execution room. Now this was a big no-no, as not just anyone comes into the throne room, especially without permission.
"What are you doing here, soldier? No one summoned you," said Jugram as he held his sword.
The soldat immediately bowed. "Im sorry to barge into the throne room, your majesty, but an incident has occurred: Uryu Ishida has killed a Lord Berci."
Jugram's eyes widened. Uryu Ishida killed a sternritter?! That can't be right. The boy was nowhere near Driscoll's strength. While Jugram was shocked, Ywach wasn't, as he smirked.
"Tell me what happened" said the quincy king.
The soldat gulped before telling the king the whole situation.
Silbern- Spa Area
"Ahh, right there," said Giselle as a female servant brushed her hair. To say the girl's hair was messy would be an understatement, as it looked like it hadn't been taken care of in years. She had to admit that it felt good to be a sternritter. It honestly felt like she was queen as the spa workers fed her berries as they worked on her hair and finger nails.
"Damn Gewelle, have you or anyone ever brushed your hair before?" cringed Greta.
"Nope, the caretakers were all scared of me for some reason," shrugged the newest sternritter. She then looked around the room, as she didn't get a chance to look at it due to being immediately escorted to a spa chair. The creepy girl was amazed at the bright blue wallpaper, accompanied by crosses. There was also a fountain and a big vase full of flowers at the entrance that were probably taken from the real world. This place really was different from the kinder center.
Meanwhile, Greta looked at Giselle and was relieved that she had not done anything bad yet. "The caretaker at the kinder center said she was a nightmare, but she's been very well behaved," thought the oldest sternritter. She then looked to her right, towards the other chair, to see Bambietta sitting there quietly.
"Hey Bambi, are you alright?"
The question seemed to have snapped Bambietta out of her thoughts. "w-what? "
"I said, Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Greta then put on a smug grin. "Your concern is for the prince, aren't you?"
"WHAT, WHY WOULD I BE CONCERNED FOR THAT GEMISCHT DORK? "yelled Bambietta as her face was as red as a tomato.
"Because you love him," teased Greta.
Bambietta was starting to get angry, so much so that she was about to summon a ball of reishi, but before she could, Greta grabbed her arm. "Relax, young lady, you need to learn to take a joke," said the older sternritter as she let go of the young Quincy's arm.
"Well, you shouldn't talk bad about me then," pouted the explosive Quincy.
Greta sighed. "What's wrong with you, Bambi?"
Bambietta looked at the ground. "I have to go train with Quilge tomorrow."
Greta looked at her with sadness in her eyes. "I know you're scared."
"I'm not scared!" yelled Bambietta. She then noticed everyone looking at her. "What are you low-rank losers looking at? Get back to work!"
As the lower-ranked Quincy's got back to work, Greta put her hand on Bambietta's back to comfort her. "I know you are, hell, even the prince knows it too."
"Can we not talk about him? He's a wimp." Pouted Bambietta
Greta then brought Bambietta closer to her. "He's not a wimp; he's a kind boy who even offered to teach you Schneller Schrit."
Bambietta then got out of Greta's grip. "How do you know that?"
Greta then made a serious, but silly, face. "I know everything, Bambi."
Bambietta just looked at her in shock before shaking her head. "SHUT UP!"
Greta could only laugh at Bambietta's anger. She couldn't lie; it was fun making her angry, even though she could cause an explosion.
The sternritter then gave Bambietta a smile. "I'll talk to Quilge tomorrow and see if we can do something different, like a different teaching method."
"Really," said Bambietta.
"Yeah," said Greta as she rubbed Bambietta's back.
Suddenly, a spa worker came up to two sternritters. "Lady Greystone, she's ready," said the spa worker as she brought forth a newly styled Giselle.
"Wow," observed Greta.
Giselle's hair had been completely redone, as it was no longer messy. Instead, it was tied, making her hair stand up like an antenna.
"She looks kind of like a cockroach," thought Bambietta.
Just then, Greta asked a question. "Hey Gewelle, where did you get these new clothes from?"
Giselle's clothes were unique as they weren't a standard Wandenreich uniform. Her new outfit was more like a sweatshirt with sweatpants.
As Greta finished asking her question, a low-ranking Quincy tapped her shoulder. "We picked those out for her. You see, Lady Gewelle wanted to wear something similar to what Lady Basterbine was wearing, but as you can see, that's not possible due to her." She then looked to make sure Giselle couldn't hear "having certain parts."
"I see," said Greta.
"I have to say you look alright, Gigi," said Bambietta as she inspected Giselle's new outfit.
Giselle raised an eyebrow at the nickname her friend gave her. "Gigi?"
"Yeah, it's a nickname I gave you," said Bambietta.
The newest sternritter didn't know what to say; she had never been given a nickname. "Gigi, I like that name!" said Giselle as she hugged Bambietta.
"Um, Gigi, personal space," said Bambietta.
Greta then cleared her throat to get the attention of two little ones she had to watch over. "Alright, guys, let's go."
But as she turned around, Jugram appeared to have an urgent look. "Greystone, you need to come with me."
"Why?"
"Uryu Ishida has killed Driscoll Berci."
Everyone in the room, including the low-ranked Quincies,'s jaws dropped. "W-What?" said Greta.
Jugram sighed. "There was an incident where Driscoll used force on Ishida after he prevented an execution, and according to a soldat, they had left the room, and after a couple minutes, they came back, and Berci was dead, but the woman he killed was alive."
Greta, Bambietta, and Giselle were in shock. "Where is he?!" yelled Greta as she shook her head.
"He's being escorted to the silbern to speak with his majesty," said Jugram. He then looked at Giselle. "After that, we will commence with the schrift ceremony."
Bambietta had listened to the entire conversation in shock. "He killed Driscoll," thought the reishi, throwing Quincy.
The silbern-outside the throne room
Uryu and the servant woman were escorted outside the throne room. They sat in silence, waiting to be called by someone.
"What the hell happened in there? Did I really do that? But how?" thought the prince. If he did, then Uryu had just killed his first man. Wait a minute, would that mean he would be in trouble? He didn't want to admit but he was scared of what Ywach would do to him for killing a sternritter. Maybe he could still escape? No there are soldats everywhere, so it wouldn't work. Soon his thoughts would be stopped as they were interrupted by a yell down the hall.
"Uryu!" yelled Greta as she ran up to him. She saw the scars and bloody nose he had and immediately asked, "Look what that monster did to you," she said as she hugged the prince.
"I'm fine, Greta; it's just a broken nose." Uryu then winces as Greta hugged him, making the sternitter back off.
"Are your ribs broken?" said Greta as she lightly rubbed his ribs.
"I think there cracked but don't worry, I can still walk," explained Uryu.
The prince then looked past Greta to see Bambietta looking at him; he could have sworn he saw a look of concern.
"I see you're still alive," said Bambietta as she looked at the ground.
Uryu smiled. "Yeah, I guess I am." He then noticed Giselle wasn't anywhere to be seen. "where's Giselle?"
Greta quickly looked back to discover that she was indeed not there. "Where the hell did she go?" This wasn't good, as Greta was responsible for Giselle, and if word got out that she was missing, then Ywach would surely have her head. "Shit, I don't sense—wait a minute."
At that moment, a tall, black, long-haired man came around the corner. This man's name was As Nodt. He wore a long Wandenriech trench coat and a black mask that covered his face, but what got everyone's attention was what he was holding.
It was Giselle Gewelle. "Hello," she said as she waved at Greta.
"I think this belongs to you; I found him in my room," said As nodt as he handed Giselle to Greta.
"Giselle, don't run off like that again," said Greta as she put Giselle on the ground. She then looked back to where As Nodt was, but he was gone. "Creepy" she thought.
"What the hell?" said Greta.
Uryu then spoke up. "Who was that?"
"That was sternritter 'F' As Nodt," explained Greta.
Even though Uryu's vision wasn't the best due to his glasses being broken, he could still see how creepy As Nodt was. "Well he's-"
"Awesome," interrupted Giselle. She then looked at Bambietta, who was still offended by As Nodt's appearance. "Bambi-Chan, we have to go to As-Chan's room sometime!"
"I think I'm good, Gigi," said Bambietta.
Greta smiled as all the people she was responsible for were here. She then went to Uryu and asked "what happened?"
Bambietta and Giselle got close to hear Uryu's answer.
"I- I don't know Driscoll was kicking me on the ground and then all of a sudden he was dead" said the prince as he looked down at the ground. He then looked at Greta and asked "What if I did kill them, how could I live with myself after killing one of my own?"
"Ugh, will you stop being a wimp" scoffed Bambietta
Uryu then looked at her as he taken aback by her words.
"Look it was self defense and besides I doubt a weakling like you killed him, so stop being hard on yourself idiot" said Bambietta.
Uryu and Greta sweat dropped as this was weirdly nice for someone like Bambietta.
"Um, ok thanks" said Uryu.
"Yeah, that was kind of you" said Greta
Bambietta then blushed. "S-Shut up both of you!"
Suddenly, a soldat opened the door. "Prince Ishida, his majesty is ready for you."
To be continued
Authors Note:
Alright, I hope you enjoyed the new chapter. Yes, I made Uryu unconsciously use antithesis. Now, how he's able to do this will be explained in the next chapter, but basically, let's just say that him being by Ywach made some of his power come out. Anyway, Driscoll is dead, but who cares, right? Now, I got a review asking about if Uryu will interact the Karakura gang and yeah, he will when we get to that point. Also, I hope you guys like my worldbuilding, as Kubo hasn't really given us much about the schatten Beriech. The next chapter will be Ywach shattering Uryu's worldview.