Cursed soul
"What?! We've being put on defence!" Rin exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as everyone else have shock expressions on their faces.
"Yes, I'm afraid so. Whilst the other branches of the Sword of Logos will be dealing with Primitive Dragon, we and the other Magic Knight squads will be focusing on defence rather than attacking." Ryo explained, knowing that this is the reaction he will expect from the others.
"But why? The Clover Kingdom's our home." Noelle pointed out.
"Plus I'm royalty!" The silver hair girl thought, remembering what her brother said back when they headed towards the Royal Capital in order to deal with the elf invasion.
"Master Logos thought that it would be best if we let him and the other branches to be on the offence since they have more knowledge on the matter." Ryo explained, although telling half of the truth.
"Has anyone heard any stories about Primitive Dragon?" Noelle asked, attempting to find any sort of loophole whilst looking at the others.
"...Father may have told me stories about a destructive force that the Sword of Logos dealt with in the past…." Donna responded, titling her head to the side.
"..." Rin noticed a subtle change with Donna's tone of voice, in fact, the wielder of Hayate has noticed a change with the wielder of Ikazuchi every since her return her mission, something that occurred just a few minutes before Ryo returned from the captain's meeting.
"It could be that the guilt that Donna-chan has been hiding is starting to show." Rin thought, a sad expression appearing on her face.
"The only thing close is that a forbidding power sleeps within the Penyihir Mountain, something my master told me." Rintaro said, making Noelle sigh in disappointment.
"What about me?" Rin thought, the wielder of Hayate becoming depressed that Noelle didn't bother to look at her.
"Nice try." Ryo thought, inwardly smirking as he have a good idea has to what the silver hair girl is trying to do.
"Although…." Ryo began to say, knowing that he's taking a big risk with what he is going to say next.
"Miss Shindai voiced her concerns that Lord Kira may attempt to interfere with this plan." The wielder of Gekido explained, causing everyone to become confused.
"Why is that?" Secre asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Since the Magic Parliament has little trust within us, which basically includes how the Sword of Logos taking in charge of the situation, Lord Kira may take matters into his own hands, using family members of the Magic Parliament that are within the Magic Knights to perform his plan." Ryo explained, causing everyone to become tense.
"That's all we need, the Magic Parliament sticking their noises into Magic Knight affairs, especially such as a delicate matter like this." Tetsuo commented, referring to how Primitive Dragon can potentially lash out at the slightest mistake made by the Magic Knights.
"Y-yes. That's true." Ryo said, stuttering slightly since the wielder of Sezume has almost hit the mark with that statement.
Rin raised an eye-brow at Ryo's shift of behavior.
"Anyway. All of you should focus on training to prepare for defending the Clover Kingdom against Primitive Dragon." Ryo explained, making everyone nod their heads in response.
"Although we're most likely be the last line of defence." Ryo thought, becoming nervous at the prospect of fighting a rampaging Asta.
"Ryo." A voice spoke, causing the wielder of Gekido to look up and saw that Tetsuo is standing in front of him.
"Yes? Is there something he matter?" Ryo asked, becoming curious.
"There's something I need to discuss with you….in private." Tetsuo responded whilst glancing over his shoulder.
This cause Ryo to raise an eye-brow before leading the wielder of Sezume towards "his" office.
"So what do you want to talk about?" Ryo asked just as Tetsuo took a deep breath before speaking.
"I know that Asta is connected to Primitive Dragon." Tetsuo said, making Ryo to widen his eyes.
"HO/How do you know that?" Ryo asked, almost raising his voice.
"A few days ago, I received a letter from from the chief witch, asking if I can run an analysis on the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book." Tetsuo responded, causing Ryo to take in what the wielder of Sezume just said.
"You're saying the Primitive Dragon, in it's Wonder-Ride form, was delivered to you by Chief Olivia to run an analysis?" Ryo repeated, making Tetsuo nod his head.
"Not her personally, but yes." The wielder of Sezume responded, making a slight confuse look to appear on Ryo's face.
"Does that mean Asta still has faith in you?" The wielder asked in a hopeful tone of voice as his mind started to think of ideas.
"I don't know if it is that or just that I'm the closest the person who is capable of analyzing objects." Tetsuo responded, making Ryo feel slightly disappointed.
"So what is the result of the analysis?" Ryo asked, hoping it is good news.
"After a few days of analyzing the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book, nothing." Tetsuo responded, making Ryo hum slightly.
"That's troublesome, it would have been good to get some information from the Wonder-Ride book itself…." Ryo said before a question enter his head.
"If the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book was in your possession, then how did Asta regained it?" Ryo asked, making Tetsuo to scratch the back of his head.
"After gaining the results of the analysis, I was beginning to write out a response, but "Primitive Dragon" began to glow and disappeared, possibly returning to Asta and took control during that battle." Tetsuo explained, making Ryo nod his head slightly.
"Did Master Logos said anything about Primitive Dragon?" Tetsuo asked, having the feeling that there would have been at least one Magic Knight would be curious about the nature of Primitive Dragon, not that he, or Ryo, are any wiser.
"Master Logos said that Primitive Dragon is a sorrowful soul that nobody can comprehend." Ryo explained, making Tetsuo blinked his eyes.
"A sorrowful soul? What's that supposed to mean?" Tetsuo asked, making Ryo shrug his shoulders.
"I have no idea, but the main factor of Primitive Dragon bonding with Asta is because of his negative emotions." Ryo explained, making Tetsuo blink his eyes as he realize something.
"So that's the main factor of receiving interference from Lord Kira." Tetsuo said, making Ryo nod his head.
"Yes. At the moment, or at least during the meeting, he isn't aware of the plan we made, but he will start to make plans soon when he finds out." Ryo said which cause a small frown to appear on Tetsuo's face.
"Even though he's technically responsible for making Asta the host of Primitive Dragon?" The wielder of Sezume asked, realizing that it was the Magic Parliament is the starting point of Asta's negative emotions.
This cause the wielder of Gekido to snort slightly.
"Master Logos actually voiced his opinion that the Magic Parliament and the Megids are working together to create the perfect vessel for Primitive Dragon." Ryo said, making Tetsuo widen his eyes.
"Really?! He said that?" Tetsuo asked in a stunned tone of voice.
"Yes, Master Logos voiced his opinion." Ryo responded, causing Tetsuo to realize that the supreme leader of the Sword of Logos used the same method that the Magic Parliament use to judge criminals.
"Captain Nozel and Captain Fuegoleon have the best chance of keeping a close eye on Lord Kira, but that is risky if he catches on." Ryo explained, making Tetsuo nod his head.
"So what's happening with the witches, are they trying to separate Primitive Dragon from Asta?" Tetsuo asked, making Ryo gain a thinking expression on his face.
"I hope that what they're planning, at least they can find Asta that is." Ryo responded, causing a confuse expression to appear on Tetsuo's face.
"And another win for me." Bahadur said with a smirk on his face.
As of right now, those that are guarding Asta are playing a card game….although the wielder of Endless Dash seemed to have knack for gaining an endless streak.
"How the hell are you getting so many wins!" Utama demanded in an angry tone of voice.
"Heh. I guess that I'm just that good." Bahadur responded with a smirk on his face.
This cause Utama to make angry noises just as Kecil took a hold of her sister's shirt.
"Please don't go into a tantrum, sister." Kecil said as she kept a firm grip on Utama's shirt as she looked like to be on the verge of lunging towards the wielder of Endless Dash.
"Does she does this often?" Yuri asked, noticing how quick Kecil moved.
"Utama…..may have the habit of going into a tantrum when angered." Kecil user responded with a small smile on her face.
"I do not!" Utama said as she glanced at Kecil who gave her a blank expression in response.
"…..Erk." Utama managed to say before sitting back down.
"You seemed to good at playing yourself, Mr Yuri. You took an interest of playing card games?" Bahadur asked, glancing towards the "wielder" of Saikou.
"Yes. My friend and I played card games when we meet up….and sometimes with Blanc." Yuri added, glancing towards the white-feathered bird that is sitting beside him on the table.
"Really? You can play cards?" the wielder of Endless Dash asked, causing Blanc gain a look of annoyance to appear on her face before starting to peck Bahadur.
"H-hey! I was only asking!" Bahadur exclaimed as he attempted to bat the white-feathered bird away from him, but failing.
It was at that moment that a pained groan can be heard, causing everyone to stop.
With the ash-white haired teen, he's currently curled on a make-shift bed.
"Asta...are you okay?" Yuri asked as a hand gingerly rested on his Grimoire.
Ever since, his, forceful, second transformation into his Primitive Dragon form, the wielder of Rekka has been in pain.
"The...chaotic...Mana. It's becoming...worse." Asta responded in a pained tone of voice.
This cause everyone to glance at each other worryingly.
"Is it just the chaotic Mana, Primitive Dragon isn't acting up or anything?" Kecil asked, becoming nervous.
"Just the...chaotic Mana...But...Primitive Dragon...has been...moving about..." Asta responded, causing a grim expression to appear on Kecil's faces.
"Mr Yuri...do you think that chaotic Mana is effective Asta's soul directly...?" Bahadur whispered to Yuri, not wanting to make the others worried.
"That could be a possibility..." Yuri responded, gaining a troubled expression on his face.
It was at that moment that Asta suddenly sat up.
This cause everyone to become alert.
"It's okay! It's okay!" Asta exclaimed, knowing what everyone is thinking.
"Don't make any suddenly movements like that!" Utama said in a mild-annoyed tone of voice as she lowered her weapon.
"Sorry. Primitive Dragon just "bolted" for some reason." Asta explained as he felt his heart beating faster than normal.
"...Hey, Asta." Kecil said as she notice something.
"Yes. What's wrong?" the ash-white hair teen asked, becoming curious.
Kecil leaned in closer, making everyone widen their eyes whilst Asta started to blush.
"Your right eye….it seems different….." Kecil responded, tilting her head slightly as she attempted to get a better lighting.
"H-huh?" Asta asked, starting to become confuse as his blush deepened at how close Kecil's face is to his own.
"What's going on here?" A voice asked in a firm tone of voice, causing everyone to look in the direction of the voice to see Olivia with an amused expression on her face, Ekrixi with a surprise expression on his face whilst Sayo, the person who spoke, has a suspicious expression on her face.
"L-lady Rubah! Chief Olivia! You're back!" Kecil exclaimed whilst jumping back quickly, making Utama snicker slightly as everyone got onto their feet.
"Yes we are. Why were you close to Asta's face?" Sayo asked, staring at Kecil.
"I-I noticed that s-something's different with Asta's right eye! I-I was attempting to get a better look." Kecil explained, stuttering slightly.
"Really?" Sayo asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Y-yes. Look." Kecil said as she move out of the way.
Becoming curious, Sayo took Kecil's place and looked at Asta's right eye.
After a few seconds, Sayo's eyes widened.
"Yes. I see what you mean…." Sayo muttered, sounding concerned.
"W-what's going on?" Asta asked, starting to become worried.
"Your right eye has changed colour." Sayo responded as she took out a mirror from somewhere and gave it to the ash-white hair teen and saw that his right eye has changed from green to cyan/purple.
"Is this….due to chaotic Mana?" Asta muttered as he stare at his right eye and was it his imagination, or is it starting to take on a different shape?
"So the chaotic Mana has a negative effect on those who wield it...or Primitive Dragon itself is altering your soul." Ekrixi commented, becoming slightly worried.
"What's going to happen to me…..?" Asta asked, starting to become worried as he glance towards the four witches.
"….." The Wonder World witches became silent.
"What?! Say something!" Asta exclaimed in his head, starting to panic.
"….What happened at the meeting, Chief Olivia?" Kecil asked, glancing towards the chief witch.
"That's not what I meant!" Asta shouted in his head.
Despite Asta's inward outburst, he and the others listened as Olivia told them what happened during the captain's meeting, becoming surprised that Master Logos himself decided to take part in the meeting.
"At least that's some good news, letting the witches deal with the removal of Primitive Dragon from Asta's body." Ekrixi commented, yet having a grim expression on his face.
"That's true, but we have to be careful with the numbers, this task will likely need a numerous people to help, but since Asta still can't return to Wonder World, we can't afford to draw attention from the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights, especially that judge." Olivia explained before quickly glancing towards Asta to see if any reaction has occurred.
Olivia and Sayo knew that even saying Damnatio's name may cause Primitive Dragon to lash out.
Asta gained an uncomfortable expression on his face as he felt the soul of Primitive Dragon "growling", but manage to keep calm.
"Miss Shindai voiced her concerns that the judge may, or will, likely attempt to interfere, so we need to keep a low profile." Olivia explained, making everyone nod their heads.
"And since the chaotic Mana is starting to effect Asta's body, we need to act fast, correct?" Yuri asked, making Olivia nod her head in response before turning her attention towards Kecil and Utama.
"You two will need to keep a sharp eye out for anyone that approaches, not just from the Megid, but from the Magic Knights as well. Whilst "Julius" said that he and the captains/vice-captain will make sure to keep Asta's identity as the host of Primitive Dragon a secret, but if it becomes known, then there will be a few Magic Knights who will likely attempt to seek Asta in the hopes of helping out, such as the Clover branch of the Sword of Logos, or interfere if the Magic Knights have been persuaded by Damnatio to help him.
Kecil and Utama nodded their heads in response.
It was at that moment a humming sound, causing mostly everyone to become tense whilst Yuri started to take a voiced communication device.
"Whose contacting you?" Sayo asked, becoming cautious.
"It's my friend, he must want to discuss something with me. Is it….okay if I have the conversation in private…." Yuri asked, knowing that the question will cause the others to become suspicious, which happened in the case of Olivia, Kecil and Utama.
"Is he the same person you got the "X-Swordsman" Wonder-Ride book from?" Sayo asked, making Yuri nod his head in response.
"Can this friend of his can be trusted?" Olivia asked, wanting a trusted opinion.
"….." Sayo became silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"I suppose so…." The wielder of Shinkiro responded, yet still having some doubt.
"I need to answer him." Yuri said before quickly standing up and disappearing.
"Hey!" Olivia called, yet her call fell on deaf ears.
"Should we go after him, Chief?" Kecil asked as she and Utama prepare to chase after the "wielder" of Saikou.
"No, let him be. We have important matters to attend to." Olivia responded, making everyone nod their heads.
"Master Logos. Why are you keen on allowing the wielder of Rekka to still "possess" the "Primitive Dragon" Wonder-Ride book?" Reika asked as she stood in front of Master Logos within his office.
"We can easily reverse the release of Primitive Dragon if you call Br-" Reika began to say, but was interrupted as Master Logos held up a hand.
"Relax, Reika. The forbidden powers of Primitive Dragon will aid the Sword of Logos in the long run. But for now, we have a part to play." Master Logos explained, causing Reika to nod her head, yet still having a concerned expression on her face.
"….." Liegel's eyes slowly blinked open.
"….." Liegel stared blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds before sitting up in the bed that he's been laying.
"What happened?" The Megid General thought, becoming confused before trying to think of previous events.
It only took a few seconds for Liegel to fully remember what happened to him.
"Saber! Damn him." Liegel muttered in an angry tone of voice before scrambling out of the bed and marching towards the door.
It didn't took him long before entering the room where Storious and Zoous.
"Finally awake, Lieg-" Storious began to say but was interrupted as Liegel ignored him as he walked to a table where Alter-Ride books lay.
The Megid General grabbed a handful of Alter-Ride book and started to absorb them into his body.
"I'm going to kill Saber." Liegel said before leaving the room.
"…..What just happened?" Zoous asked in a blank tone of voice, glancing towards Storious who has an equally blank expression on his face.
And there we go, Ryo telling everyone at the Clover branch about their role of how the Magic Knights are dealing with Primitive Dragon whilst being told by Tetsuo that he knows that Asta is the host of Primitive Dragon. With Asta himself, it seems he starting to suffer from some sort of side effects of using a Mana which is in a unstable state whilst Liegel has woken up and is geared for a rematch.
In Gotchard:
1) Greyon discussed the next step of "protecting the natural order" where Mr Minato responded with using Chemies to produce stronger Malgam. With everyone else, they are now wondering their next steps due their "expulsion" from the Alchemy Academy before getting attacked by the Moon Malgam with Rengu, Sabimaru and Rin getting captured whilst Gotchard received aid from Gotchard-Daybreak. When finding a means of a rescuing his friends, Gotchard-Daybreak showed Houtarou the Gotchard-Igniter which will grant him further power. However, Houtarou refused, saying that he wants to creates his own Gotchard-Igniter, but for him to do that, Gotchard-Daybreak explained that he needs to find the original form of the Gotchard-Igniter, a one-of-a kind treasure.
2) Using the power of the (7)Time-Lord Chemy Card, Houtarou traveled back in time where he encountered his past self, playing along side (1)Hopper-1 and (9)Steam-Liner, plus some other Chemy Cards, within the Orbourous Realm. Houtarou watched his younger self creating a replica of his/their father's goggles with him realizing that's the object he needs to collect. Whilst wondering how to get his hands on the goggles, (1)Hopper-1 sensed something, causing Houtarou and his younger self to investigate where they spotted Greyon and the Dark Sisters entering an abandoned building where the four of them discovered research on the Doors of Darkness where they are discovered by Fuga.
3) Greyon stated that he has already manipulated the memories of the higher-ups so that they believe that Fuga has taken the Chemy Cards and still-in-development Gotchard-Driver for his purpose, making him a traitor. Despite this Fuga decided to fight Greyon and the Dark Sisters, being aided by some level 10 Chemy Cards. The resulting battle caused a explosion to occur where Houtarou got injured protecting his younger self who then decided to give Houtarou the replica of their father's goggles. With Houtarou traveling back to the present, his younger self was approached by Fuga who went on to erase his memories.
4) When Houtarou returned to Gotchard-Daybreak, he explained that in five years time, Greyon will subjugate half of the world, bringing humanity and Chemies close to extinction. This motivated Houtarou further and was able to create his own Gotchard-Igniter before heading to where the Moon Malgam is waiting for him. Using his newly created Gotchard-Igniter, Houtarou transformed into Kamen Rider Fire Gotchard: Steam-Hopper and overpowered the Moon Malgam with insane speed and with the defeat of th Malgam, Gotchard-Daybreak congratulated Houtarou before mysteriously disappearing. Returning to the Ichinose Kitchen, the former students of the Alchemy Academy decided to form the Ichinose Kitchen Alliance and continue their Alchemy.
So Houtarou has gained a new form(s), Fire Gotchard, something that I see as on the same tier has his Super Gotchard form(s), so not a super-form. Gotchard-Daybreak's identity has finally been revealed, Houtarou Ichinose himself from a future point in time, five years from having evolved into Gotchard-Daybreak and a further five years to travel back in time using (7)Time-Lord's power with his Gotchard-Igniter originated from his father's actual goggles. I'm not sure if this is the last time we will see Gotchard-Daybreak, but since the present-day Houtarou gained his Gotchard-Igniter and transformed into Fire Gotchard instead Gotchard-Daybreak, I believe that it caused the original Gotchard-Daybreak to disappear.
Emiya-ed: It's going to be a while until Calibur 2nd revealed their identity.
worseman:
1) I think that Kris/Sayo will be the one that needs the most convincing due to her, seemingly, protective nature.
2) Yes, everyone will become stunned if Asta is successful in calming/turning Primitive Dragon's power into his own.
3) Yuno would be likely to have an easier time calming Primitive Dragon...unless the Magic Parliament decided to take control of the situation and him fighting Calibur 2nd, that would seem most likely.
4) Asta will be taking a different approach rather than fighting Primitive Dragon.
Brave Kid: Thank you.
Howard576:
1) Indeed, better to step out of the room rather than erupting into a rage, even though the insulter isn't "in" the room.
2) The Clover branch will be hesitating when it comes to fighting "Asta" again and focus on removing "Primitive Dragon"...whilst the skeletal dragon rages at them.
3) Since it was Greyon who manipulated everyone's memories into believing that Fuga is a traitor, I suppose it would makes sense for him to skillfully brainwash Mr Minato, plus the others of the Alchemy Association, into following his idea of shutting down the Alchemy Academy. Speaking of dolls, Greyon called the Dark Sisters "little dolls", this could be hinting that the Dark Sisters themselves are constructs that Greyon himself have created in the past. I suppose that the Level 10 Chemy Cards within the movie will most likely be in the possession of the Alchemy Association since they have more interest with the Level 10 cards than the lower levels.
itspowertime:
1) I wonder what would happen if the citizens found out that the Magic Parliament had a hand in the creation of Primitive Dragon's vessel, it would surely have an impact on the reputation of the house of Kira.
2) Hmm, I suppose that Sayo will eventually open up to the Clover branch once the whole Primitive Dragon ordeal has finished.