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Planting the Seeds
"I can't believe it." Motoyasu thought, staring at the blue haired angel.
To think that in this world, beautiful angels exist!
"Tell me Angel… What is your name?" Motoyasu Kitamura, the Spear Hero asks, holding Fitoria's hand. Like a fairy tail knight holding hands with the Princess.
"Fia…" She says in a monotone but elegant voice.
"Fia, it's a beautiful name."
"Thank you?" Fia says tilting her head. The action causes the Spear Hero's heart to melt.
Not only Fia is an angel with otherworldly beauty but she is also kuudere! Someone who would be impossible to meet back in his world, this world is the best! The only thing missing is an elegant dress, but what kind of dress would work? No matter, first things first, he must have her in his party!
"Lady Fia, I ask of you, please join my party." Motoyasu said with a deep mature voice. The voice that his party members admitted that they like very much. She would definitely join him-
"No thank you."
Eh?
"W-why not?"
Fia shakes her head. "Apologize but I am not interested in joining you."
"O-oh." Motoyasu clears his throat to recover from the rejection "Well you should know that I am the Spear Hero." Motoyasu says, twirling his weapon. Surely she would join his team now-
"I am sorry but even though you are a hero I am not interested in fighting alongside you." Fia turns around nodding. "I must go."
"I-I s-see…" Motoyasu says, frowning watching Fia's delicate and soft wings as she leaves. Perhaps later in the game she will be interested to join, considering that her level is unreadable, and she is not interested in fighting with him. She might be one of those companions that can be recruited late in the Game, she's not interested to join because she is too powerful and if she did join, she would one shot everything and girls should not do the hard work. He smiles. 'Ya, I just got to get stronger and next time Fia will join my party.'
Motoyasu smiles as he continues to watch Fia from a distance, until he sees her grabbing the hand of some other guy and walking together towards the royal carriage…
Misato feels the gaze of Motoyasu trying to bore into his head. The damn angel loving pervert has been doing that the moment he and Fitoria stepped out of Carriage and into the Castle. 'I knew we should have left the moment I saw that Spear…'
Doesn't help that other people, especially those shady nobles are staring at Fitoria too, he feels bad, the people staring are disturbing her so much that she and Ace have hardly eaten any food. When he asked why, they said.
"The people in this room makes Ace less hungry…"
"These people are bad company to eat with in this room…"
Misato sighs, they have a point, in the corner of his eyes he sees the nobles here are staring at him and his group. Considering that the King had them remain silent on the interference in the anime, it's possible that they know what is going to happen tonight. While he was against the idea of having Fitoria and Ace inside dealing with the toxic nobles…
"Did you not say that tonight you will expose our enemies lies? While everyone has come a long way, it would be foolish for me not to come with you, regardless of my wish of privacy."
She is right, tonight, he, the Hidden 5th Cardinal, will make his move against the evil factions of Melomarc. He's not a Cardinal Hero that the people know of, to them, he's some random mook that is meddling in things that he 'should not', a fool that they must be silenced 'for the good of all'. Naofumi had political reasons to not be beheaded meanwhile Misato has no political reason to be alive in the eyes of many…
Misato sighs and takes some breaths, calming his beating heart, he turns to Motoyasu, who is fortunately flirting with some woman, this is likely when Malty does her annoying scheme like Episode 4. Wait a second…
The Gun Hero narrows his eyes trying to find the distinctive red hair in the crowd of women.
Where
is
The bitch?
"Excuse me sir?"
Misato's eyes widen and he slowly turns his head towards the irritating voice he has ever heard in his life.
No…
"Sir?" Princess Malty Melomarc, the antagonist that caused his rage to boil throughout the anime, is standing in front of him…
This was not canon!
Fitoria nudges Misato, breaking his shock. He clears his throat "Yes, how may I help you?"
"Why yes, there is someone who wishes to speak with you. Would you please follow me?"
"May I ask who?" He asks, struggling to remain courteous.
Malty nods and leans towards the Gun Hero. It took all of his willpower to not sock her in the face.
"His majesty would like to speak with you." The Bitch whispers in his ear, almost seductively. Misato's hand clenches Fitoria's tightly, resisting to visibly shudder in disgust.
Misato nods. "Very well, however I request that Fia would have to stay with me, she is rather clingy…" Were it not for his accurate vision, something he gained in his experience as a long ranged fighter, he would have missed Malty's eye twitch and strained smile.
"I believe that would be no problem, come along~"
Misato's gaze meets Naofumi. His free hand 'taps' the screen, sending the message to the Shield Hero.
Naofumi's eyes move away, he looks back and he nods, He speaks to Raphtalia and they move closer to others. As Misato and Fitoria go to meet the King.
Along the way, Malty complimented Misato for his bravery and how cool he was for helping the villagers, Misato took it with stride knowing that Malty is trying to butter him up. He has noted that Malty has not mentioned Naofumi's actions in the wave, perhaps she is trying to gauge what his thoughts are with the Shield Hero? Misato chose to keep his thoughts to himself.
Thankfully, she did not ask about his weapons and 'magical orb'. Perhaps she didn't get word about it yet, good. Fitoria remained silent trying her best to keep herself away from Malty's attention.
"Alright, here we are." Malty says with a smile, opening the door to the throne room
Misato is greeted at the sight of The King of Melomarc, one of the antagonists of Season 1. The King appeared to have extreme hate towards Naofumi for just having a Shield. In the anime when he spoke to Melty, the good child, there was a hint of the King having paranoia towards Naofumi, not wanting to lose his family. A sentiment that Misato now understands even more but regardless, his foolish actions were his own undoing. He now wished he got Reuben to tell him about the King's past so he knows what to say.
"Your highness, I have brought the honored guest and his p-little friend wanted to stay with him. I hope there will be no issues with that." Malty says bowing.
"No, that girl will be of no trouble, thank you Myne, you may return to the party." The King, uh what is his name again? Misato forgot, he blames Anime Naofumi for his childish decision to rename him to Trash.
Malty winks at Misato and walks out of the room. Misato turns to Fitoria, who was staring at the King. "Fia, can you wait at the corner please?" He asks, breaking her focus, as he pulls a book out of his bag. "Read this while you wait." Fitoria nods and walks over to the corner with the book, pretending to read.
"What is your name?" The King asks
The Hidden 5th Hero bows, remembering the lessons Van Reichnott taught him when speaking to nobles. "Your Highness, my name is Misato, I am honored to meet you in person."
"You may rise, I wish to speak with you on even grounds." Misato complies.
"I thank you and your party for defending Riyute village during the Second Wave." The King says, glancing at Fitoria.
"Thank you, my team and I were simply at the right place to fight the waves on Melomarc. However…"
"Yes, what is it?"
"I believe you should know that the Commander of the Royal Knights carelessly launched a large fire spell on the village, destroying their home and if we didn't evacuate the villagers, they would have been burned to death or severely injured. Including my team…" Misato says with heat in his words.
The King nods "I have heard from the knights in his platoon, the commander will be punished for his decision. I will see to that."
Misato raises his eyebrow, surprised by how… Competent the King appears to be. Not an angry moron he remembered in the Anime.
"Speaking of which, I have been told by the knights that you had wielded strange weapons that seem to make sounds of thunder and kill monsters in a near instant."
Misato's eyes widened, so that's what this meeting is about, more than just gauging his relationship with Naofumi but about his guns…
"Yes…"
The King's eyebrow moves up, sensing his tension. He nods "I'll get straight to the point. How much gold are those weapons worth?"
Misato winces, tensing his body. He sighs trying to relax. "Sorry your majesty but, they are not for sale."
"Not even for a hundred gold?" Misato shakes his head "May I ask why?" The King said, his tone suggesting that he is disappointed
"A good man entrusted me with these weapons and I have seen similar weapons be used for terrible things…"
"Like what?"
"Shooting an innocent family for not having the money they wanted…" Misato says, scowling at the memory of his murderers. His hand tightens into a fist, the eyes of the murderer, he will never forget that bastard.
"..."
To the Gun Hero's surprise he finds the King's hand on his shoulder, he looks back up and sees the King staring at him with… empathy?
The King nods "You're a long way from home aren't you?"
Misato nods "Ya." His voice sounded more frail than he intended. "It's no longer a place that I can return to now…" He says, turning his head away.
"I see… Very well, I will respect your decision, but be warned, there are many out there who would do anything to take those weapons so be wary of who to trust."
Misato nods. 'Where the fuck was this king in the anime?" He thought to himself. This guy seems so much more different than the one in the show.
"Uh I must ask you, do you trust the Church of the Three Heroes?"
The King nods "Yes I do."
Misato frowns, "While I am a foreigner to these lands, isn't the Queen supportive of the Demi-humans? Wouldn't such a group be against the Queen's wishes?"
The King frowns, shaking his head. "Pope Balmus and his Church played a large role in our victory against the Demi-humans." He says sternly.
Misato's eyes narrow. "Alright, well, you should know that the Shield Hero and his partner protected me and my team from the flames, his actions seem to contradict his rumors…"
"He raped an innocent woman."
"The victim is Myne right, the woman who brought me here?"
The King nods, frowning.
"Myne seem alright considering what she went through, and meeting her, she seems fine for a rape victim…"
The King smiles, puffing his chest. "She is a strong young woman."
Misato resists the urge to roll his eyes from the blind favoritism. "Is she the first rape victim you seen?"
The King frowns and sighs regretfully "No she is not…"
"Then surely you know that most would be adverse to touching another man regardless of how kind, considering how close she is to the Spear Hero."
"You dare accuse this poor lady of being a liar?" Trash says coldly, narrowing his eyes.
"Everything about what happens seems off. What was her level that day?"
"Her level was 15."
"Oh, so if she is such a strong woman, how the hell did a level 1 Hero with only a single point of damage overpower her and defile her huh? Seems strange."
"A Hero's stats are known for being stronger than average…"
Misato rolls his eyes. Bullshit, with his stats, he couldn't overpower a child that was level 10! "Okay what about the evidence?"
"A knight reported that they found lingerie."
"That's it?" Misato questions incredulously. "Did you even inspect the crime scene? For all you know, that knight just pulled it out from a store and said it was in the room!"
"You question the loyalty of my knights? They swore not to lie to me and the Queen!"
The Gun Hero was starting to lose his patience, barely resisting the urge to punch the King's face for his inability to see reason! This is more infuriating than the Heroes in the anime because at least they made sense if you think hard enough, considering their pasts! The King? NOPE! "Even if I did know his past, I seriously doubt it would make his present actions less stupid!"
"For fuck's sake! I'll get to the point, there is something that foolish woman, Myne, wishes to gain by lying to all of you, open your eyes damn it! Without the Shield Hero alongside the others, this world will be doomed! All because of that woman, so whatever scheme you cooked up tonight, I suggest you drop it so your family can be safe!"
"You imbecile! Protecting my family is EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING! Something you should understand!" Trash roars.
Misato looks down "I do, I really do…" He growls and looks back up to the King in defiance. "But at least I know I would be fighting people who were like my family's murderers, but you and Myne damned someone who had nothing to do with the war! In order for the world to be saved ALL the Heroes need to be strong Sword, Spear, Bow and SHIELD! Are you willing to risk everyone, including your family by crippling him when fighting the waves?
The King slams his staff on the floor "NO! WE DON'T NEED THAT DEMON! I will not allow that monster rise to power!"
Bang!
Misato and the King turn to Fitoria who slammed her book loudly, standing up. Glaring at the King.
"How could the Staff choose such a foolish person?"
Misato's eyes widened looking at the King's staff. Noticing a pale colored pink gem on the staff. The King is a Vassal Hero? How?
The knights guarding the room were stunned, staring at Fitoria for her bold statement.
The King glares back at her. "You dare…" He mutters with boiling rage.
"You highness! I apologize for interrupting but the Spear Hero has challenged the Shield Hero to a duel!" A guard yells entering the throne room.
The King's eyes widen and he takes a deep breath, seemingly calming himself, he turns to Misato with a smirk. "Tonight you will see that you have made a mistake siding with that fiend."
No, Trash, tonight you will see that you have made a mistake.
Misato and Fitoria were greeted with the sight of the knight trying to capture his teammates.
"Hey hands OFF!" Keel yells slamming the back of her head into the nose of a guard and kicks one knight in the balls. The knight falls over clutching his lower half, Keel then throws the knight over her shoulder.
"Get off of Big Sis!" Ace cries out running towards Rifana who is being overwhelmed by guards with higher levels. A knight grabs Ace, stopping his approach. "Let GO!" The royal filolial transforms, launching a Knight into a table.
The guests scream at the sight of a large Filolial in the room. Some knights drew their swords surrounding Ace.
"HEY, leave my party alone! They are NOT with the Shield Hero!" Misato yells at the guards.
"Leave those three, they are not Slaves of the Shield Hero." The King commands, and the guards cease their actions.
Now freed, Rifana notices her third friend is still tied up "Let Raphtalia go!" Rifana yells glaring at the knight holding her friend. More knights stood in her way, with their hands clasped on their swords.
Keel points at the King "Why do you have her tied up!?"
"Because she is a slave, forced to fight for the criminal. To think a Hero would be so low to use a Demi-Human as his slave! You are nothing but reprehensible!" The King says. " Naofumi Iwatani I hereby order you to accept Lord Motoyasu's challenge!"
"What are the win and loss conditions?" Misato asks
"If Lord Motoyasu wins, the young girl will be freed."
"If Naofumi wins?" Misato's eyes are narrowing.
"Then things remain as is!" Motoyasu answers.
"That's wrong, in sacred duels, the other opponent must have something of equal value." Misato says, glaring at the Spear Hero. "So I ask you Naofumi Iwatani, what will you win if you defeat the Spear Hero?"
Naofumi smirks. "If I win, I will be granted access to the Royal Armory, no one is allowed to move any of the weapons in there. Me and my teammate will each be allowed to take one weapon from it!"
"I will not accept such a condition." The King denies.
"Your 'highness' what kind of example are you telling these people? That you are unfair, no better than honorless scum?" The Gun Hero says, loudly insulting the King in front of the audience.
The King glares at Misato, who doesn't flinch at his gaze. "You…-
"The conditions are acceptable." Malty interrupts. "Not that Lord Motoyasu would lose." She says with a smirk.
Motoyasu mindlessly nods.
Trash closes his eyes and sighs "Very well."
Naofumi glares hatefully at Motoyasu. "I accept the challenge." He says with a firm nod.
"Where should we sit?" Keel asks, scanning the crowd who are taking seats.
Misato points at the other two heroes. "Over there."
Like the Anime, Ren and Itsuki were at the front, sitting. A perfect view to see Naofumi and Motoyasu fight.
"Pardon me." Misato says, pushing through a crowd. He pulls out a glass ball, holding it with some cloth. "Excuse me, Heroes." He says pushing himself in between Ren and Itsuki
"Huh, who are you, why are you here and what are you holding?" Ren asks and Itsuki nods, curious about the glass ball.
"My name is Misato, I am using this crystal ball to record the duel. This place has the best view of the Heroes fighting."
"Wouldn't the other side be better?" Itsuki asks.
"Yes but, I suspect there would be foul play here… I wish to catch them in the act and with the two of you here and my party, I have a better chance to not be disturbed by those opposed to the Shield Hero."
"He is a criminal though and has a slave, which is wrong. Why would you help him?" Itsuki asks incredulously.
"Two of my teammates are close friends to his slave, if there were any sign of abuse or mistreatment, he would have been too injured to even attend this party." The cold statement made the two heroes pause.
"But for all we know, Raphtalia might be forced to tell the truth, we were informed of how the Slave Seals function." Ren says.
Misato shakes his head, facing Ren "Slave seals don't brainwash them or turn them into mindless husks. It zaps them if they go against a verbal command." Ren blinks at the new information.
The Gun Hero turns to Itsuki. "And like I said my companions would know if Raphtalia is commanded to not speak the truth by how she behaves, when we questioned her experience with Naofumi, her smile was genuine, she wasn't anxious and she wholeheartedly believed in him. Those knights bound and gagged her before she spoke the truth, because they know she isn't mistreated…"
"And if she truly isn't mistreated or raped. Such a fact would be very telling about what went down when the Shield Hero supposedly committed that crime…"
Naofumi takes deep and slow breaths, trying to calm his heart. He looks up to see Misato standing next to Ren and Itsuki with that recording crystal ball in his hands. Keel, Rifana and Ace were waving at him. "Calm down… It's all part of the plan. I just got to do my part." He thought to himself as he waves back to Misato's teammates.
Before the waves, Misato took time to prepare him. The Gun Hero with his bayonet and Rifana took turns fighting him, training him to fight against a Spearman, to fight Motoyasu.
Naofumi was pissed when Misato told him about the Shield Vs Spear Duel, an event that would occur in the party after the waves. At first he did not want to go to the Castle but then Misato had an idea that seemed very appealing. He just has to kick that idiot's ass and brace himself against the bitch's scheme. Then Misato will come through on his part.
"BEGIN!" Trash roars.
Although he has to admit, seeing Raphtalia tied up and gagged like Misato predicted, and that he is supposed to take the loss on purpose from that bitch makes him angry. But…
Motoyasu points his spear at him, it transforms to a different form.
"I guess I'll take it out on this idiot!" Naofumi internally roars as Motoyasu attacks.
"Chaos Spear!"
The idiot attacks, the spearhead glowing as he moves rapidly, to most, such an attack would be overwhelming but… Compared to Misato and Rifana, this guy isn't fast. Having five strengthening methods really makes a difference between the level gap.
Naofumi blocks with two hands on the shield, he then slides past Motoyasu's attack and knees him in the crotch. The Spear Hero steps back holding his groin, the attack did no damage but from the look of that idiot's face, it made him uncomfortable.
Misato smirks unlike the anime, Naofumi managed to block the entire attack with no damage. Good thing he used two hands to block attacks like that, something Naofumi learned when they took time to fight each other before the waves. Since Motoyasu's stats are likely weaker than Naofumi, the skill didn't overwhelm him.
The Shield Hero has better chances at winning, were it not for a certain someone interfering… Misato glances at Malty who is biting her nail at the sight of Motoyasu losing the advantage.
"Good, Naofumi, keep it up, it will turn into our favor real soon…"
The fight continues similarly in the anime but Naofumi's health has barely moved, while Motoyasu has a good amount gone, impressive for a man with only a single point in his attack stat. With the idiot trapped in the Shield Prison, he looks at Malty, who is quietly chanting her spell. He makes sure the crystal ball sees her in the arena. "Heroes, look at Myne." Misato says, hopefully getting Ren and Itsuki's attention towards Malty.
The Shield Prison ends, Naofumi prepares to throw the balloon but then Malty launches the wind spell, pushing Naofumi a good few meters. Misato winces at the hit, he assumed that unlike the anime, the spell would be more subtle but it wasn't, the King definitely pulled a lot of favors to hide her interference.
Motoyasu with his brain dead logic, he pushes Naofumi back and prepares to use Lightning Spear.
Misato smirks, "Checkmate."
"Light-"
He stops recording and holds the crystal ball with his arm, and with his free hand he removes his gun from underneath his jacket.
"ning-"
He raises a gray colored revolver at Motoyasu and mutters.
"Deadeye."
He marks his target and fires. The bullet hits the tip of the spear, causing the lightning attack to go wide, missing Naofumi, nearly hitting the audience.
"You have a gun?!" Itsuki yells surprised.
"Now!" Misato yells, leaping off the seats, landing right between Naofumi and Motoyasu. Rifana, Keel, Ace and Fitoria followed, acting as a wall between the two heroes.
"What is the meaning of this!" The King roars. "How dare you interfere!"
"Ya! What the hell are you doing?!" Motoyasu yells.
Misato glares back. "I can say the same to her!" He yells pointing at Malty. "Myne Sophia, you interfered with this duel using a wind spell to push Naofumi!"
"Myne?" Motoyasu questions.
"You must've imagined it." Myne says with a perfect poker face, walking towards the group.
"Imagined it eh?" Misato mutters with a smirk. He lifts up the crystal ball. "How's this for imagination?!" He yells, using the crystal ball to project an image of Myne clearly using wind magic hitting Naofumi on the back.
"As for the audience, the King most likely ordered them to keep silent on such an obvious sabotage." Misato counters replaying in focus of Myne casting the spell.
"Clearly you changed the image to make me look like I'm using magic!" Myne yells.
"You scoundrel, to dare frame Myne for interfering in a sacred duel." The King says with contempt in his voice.
"Actually…" A voice echoes in the arena. Everyone in the room turned their heads to the source.
A woman with a fan in front of her mouth stood from the seats. "I daresay that is false your majesty, even the most prodigious magician cannot alter the images within a few minutes, not without making the changes look so obvious." She proclaims. Misato smirks at the 'noble lady' recognizing her voice and her speaking quirk. Which means the Queen got his message.
Ren appears behind Misato, facing the King from the stands. "If that's the case, then I'm disappointed to see that the King would debase a sacred duel and continue to try to deny such clear evidence."
"Even without it, we saw what you did Myne. The King may have silenced the audience but he will not silence us." Itsuki adds in.
"What are you guys talking about? Myne didn't do anything!" Motoyasu in a typical dense fashion jumps to her defense.
"Motoyasu, you lost, Naofumi was launched a few meters from that wind spell, surely you realize how odd it looked when he suddenly stopped attacking?" Ren says and points at the recording. "There's actual proof that Myne used magic on Naofumi."
"No, he edited the video to look like that, and Naofumi probably tripped himself or…"
"Stop acting so foolish, Spear Hero, that woman interfered and is a liar." Fitoria interrupts, finally making Motoyasu shut his mouth from the shock of being told off by her.
Misato points at Malty with a smirk "Admit it, you interfered therefore victory goes to Naofumi." The bitch glares, grinding her teeth. He turns to the King who came down with an entourage of knights. "Now about the part of the deal if Naofumi wins?" He says smugly.
The King scowls and turns to the knight holding Raphtalia captive. "Tch, release the slave." He mutters.
"What?" The knight, guarding Raphtalia, says.
"I said release the SLAVE!" The King yells.
The knight nervously nods, untying the poor girl. Raphtalia runs to Naofumi, hugging him.
"Naofumi, are you alright?!" She asks, checking for wounds.
"I'm alright." Naofumi says, trying to reassure her.
"Hate to break this up but… Since we are all here we might as well continue." Misato says. "Naofumi, order Raphtalia to speak the TRUTH!" He yells out loud snapping his fingers, making his words clear to the audience.
"Raphtalia, by the power of the slave seal, I order you to speak only the truth!" Naofumi roars.
"Motoyasu." Misato says getting the Spear Hero's attention. "You better open your ears." He turns to Raphtalia. "Alright well, let's get this point across, why is Naofumi a good person?"
"Before I met Naofumi, I was owned by the cruelest person I met, he whipped me, tried to break my mind wanting to hear my screams, every night I heard him do the same to other children and saw the glee in his eyes when they screamed."
"That's why I was trying to free you." Motoyasu says.
"If I were under the cruel owner I would have accepted it but Naofumi is nothing like him, in fact he treats me better than any slave owner, he treats me as a living being that can think, breath and bleed like any other human."
This response made Motoyasu pause. But it had no effect on Myne, who had different plans. "You should be thankful you animal-kya!" Myne yells before falling right on her forehead, knocking her unconscious.
"Myne!" Motoyasu cries out running to her side. He lifts her head, a small stream of blood pours out on her forehead.
"Malty! Quickly get her to the infirmary!" The King yells. Two maids wrapped her head with bandages, they picked her up on a stretcher and carried her out of the arena. Motoyasu moves to follow them but a maid stood in his path.
"Do not worry, Spear Hero, she will be taken care of, please do not disturb her rest, it has been an eventful night." She says.
Motoyasu sighs. "Okay then…"
"Make sure she is alright." The King says. The maid bows and walks out of the arena.
"How did she fall?" Motoyasu mutters. "The stone floors weren't damaged from where she tripped."
Fitoria lets out a gentle sneeze, she rubs her nose and turns to look at the two women carrying the horrid woman away. After just listening to that red haired woman lie and scheme, the feelings of joy she sensed from her at the sight of the Spear Hero attacking the Shield.
Using subtle wind spells to make the woman trip and knock her unconscious was perhaps the most satisfying thing she had ever done. Perhaps more than killing dragons.
"Now if I heard things right, you called her Malty, as in… Princess Malty?!" Misato says in a manner that Mister Forrest would call, 'extra' or 'overdramatic'.
"What?" The Bow Hero mutters.
"Her appearance does match the painting in the castle…" The Sword Hero ponders.
The King scoffs. "Yes, Myne Sophia's real name is Malty Melromarc, my daughter." Fitoria's eyes narrow, so the horrid girl is the offspring of the foolish hero, it makes sense.
The Shield Hero's eyes narrow "So it was a damn setup! You purposely had those adventurers not join my party so she would make me trust her and then frame me of rape!" He accuses.
"NO, she trusted you! You betrayed that trust by defiling my daughter!"
Fitoria frowns at the denial, how could this man not see how horrible his offspring is? Even she wouldn't ignore bad behavior from a Filolial in her flock. How can this man be the Staff Hero, a Vassal Hero like her?
"Like I mentioned before, it's odd how clingy she was to Motoyasu considering what apparently happened to her." Misato.
"You dare say she is a liar?" The Foolish Staff Hero questions.
"Well, I'm certainly not calling her truthful…" the Gun Hero's voice trails off of Fitoria's mind as she feels a large amount of rage and disgust towards him and the Shield Hero. She turns her head to the seats, and sees a spectacled old man with a large white and gold colored hat, wearing white and red robes. He is a mere bug compared to her but he can be dangerous for the Heroes without her aid.
"SILENCE, I refuse to bring up what had happened to my daughter that night! EVERYONE LEAVE! The Duel is over! I…I-I officially declare, The Sp-sh-sh-shield Hero as the winner, he will get his reward tomorrow morning!" The King roars.
"Tonight!" Misato yells.
"Fine! Tonight it will happen! Now go!" The King yelled and everyone on the seats started to leave to avoid the King's fury.
Misato shrugs, walking over to Spear Hero. "What do you want…" he says glaring at the Gun Hero.
"Do you get why Raphtalia wants to stay with Naofumi?"
The Spear Hero's eyes widened. "Kind of… But after what he did to Myne."
"Ya but she mentioned that Naofumi hasn't done that and she whole heartily believes he wouldn't do that, even with the Slave Seal. Myne is way too clingy, rape victims would fear any type of close contact with people."
The Spear Hero looks at Misato with a conflicted expression "I…"
"Look, everyone has a bad side, that includes women, Malty is not what she seems, it's so obvious but you ignored her contempt toward Raphtalia when you were in that church, Raphtalia told me about it. From what I hear, people like Malty aren't worth that loyalty, you need to wake up and realize it… "
"I refuse to abandon a good girl like her." The Spear Hero says firmly. Fitoria frowns wondering why in the world would the Spear choose such an idiot as its wielder?
"Then by doing so, you abandon those who actually are good and are in need of help, by sticking yourself to Malty."
"No I am not, I care about good people!" The blonde argues.
"If you did care you would try to make Malty better on her attitude towards Demi-humans, or get slaves to free them from cruelty. But you don't…" Misato remarks, walking away.
The Gun Hero and Fitoria catch up to his party, along with Naofumi and Raphtalia. He grins at them, "Well done everyone. Now for Naofumi's reward…"
Misato was followed by his teammates and Naofumi's team. With the help of a 'servant' With a somewhat familiar voice.
"Do the guards know about the duel and that Naofumi won?"
"Yes but I daresay that we should make haste…" the 'servant' says.
Misato nods and turns to everyone "Well you heard the servant, let's pick up the pace." He says as he begins to speed walk.
The Gun and Shield group stood at the end of the hallway, behind the door was the vault to the Royal Armory. What stood in they're way other than the door was…
"That fiend is not allowed entry to the Royal Armory." Commander Asshole says giving Misato and Naofumi a smug look.
The two heroes looked at each other and back at the guard. What the hell is this coincidence? Misato rolls his eyes and pulls out the paper that the King signed with anger, irritation, hesitation and peer pressure from the Queen's shadows with notes from his wife.
"We got permission from the King, move aside." The group moved to enter the room but the four guards crossed their spears, they glared at the group.
"You must wait, I must see if this is legitimate." The commander says. As he reads, Misato mentally counts up to fifteen, which is too long to read a short permission slip. Considering his claims to be a noble he should know how to read. In other words, they are trying to buy time…
Misato's eyes narrow, he looks at Naofumi who looks back with a knowing gaze. He nods and the Shield Hero grins.
"Air Strike Shield!"
The green translucent shield appears from the side of the guards and pushes them into the wall.
The Commander coughs "You cannot do this!"
Misato picks up the paper on the ground and leans towards the pinned leader. "Nor can you waste our time with your petty schemes…" He says flicking his finger on the time waster's forehead.
"How dare you…" The commander growls, but the red mark on his forehead and being comically stuck with the guards lessens his intimidation.
As the group moves through the door, Keel, Rifana and Ace giggle. Raphtalia sighs, realizing that the other Hero is also crude. Fitoria looks at the struggling guards with a small frown. As for the 'Servant'.
"I daresay that was amusing." She comments.
They entered the room seeing a group of knights arguing. Half of the group had rosaries on their necks.
"Let us inside, there are weapons in there that must be moved to a more secured location!" One knight yells.
A female knight who stood in the middle and in front of the Armory shakes her head. "No, without permission from the Queen or King, I cannot allow you access!" She proclaims.
Misato sighs, just as he expected, they tried to move their weapons before they got inside, which explains the asshole's antics in the hallway.
"Ahem!" The arguing knights turn to the Gun Hero.
"We got permission for the Shield Hero and his party to enter the Armory, each person in the party may get a single weapon!"
The female knight takes it and reads, she gasps and turns to the others. "By the orders of the King, open the doors." She turns to the opposing knights. "Stand aside!"
The religious knight frowned, and his group stepped back.
Naofumi and Raphtalia enter the armory, Rifana and Keel move to follow but the Female knight steps in front of them.
"Apologies but since you are not part of the Shield Hero's party, you cannot enter. The paper specified the Hero and his companion, Raphtalia."
"Aw, alright…" Keel says as she and Rifana move back from the door. Misato shrugs, it was a good attempt to gain equipment.
Later Naofumi came out with a small shield to give to Erhard, because he already copied the shields inside the Armory just by touching them. Raphtalia had a magic sword, apparently it is easier to channel mana into it for different effects in combination with the blade. If it was a plain sword it would be more difficult.
With the reward secured in Naofumi's hands, the two parties went to bed.
Later in the night, a shadow enters the room silently, it moves towards Misato with their knife raised in one hand and a rosary on the other. His holiness requested him to remove the heretic for spreading blasphemy and to obtain his weapons from that heretical country, Faubley, and the crystal orb for the Church for the righteous path.
With barely contained glee he thrusts the short blade. The wielder feels a brush of wind blowing on his hood. Wait, aren't the windows closed? The Shadow thought as he saw a hand holding a knife flew up in front of him, no wait, that's his hand!
The Shadow tries to scream from the pain but small deceptively strong hands clasp his throat. He tried to use their remaining limb to break free by punching but his actions had no effect. The Shadow looked to see the young disgusting winged Demi girl, who stood by the heretic's side, strangling him. How could such an abomination look so young and be so strong?!
"Wow, his 'holiness' really doesn't like us huh?" The Heretic mutters, standing up lighting a candle. The red and black haired demi-boy wakes up frowning, and punches him in the gut.
"That's for disturbing our sleep."
The Shadow tries to glare at the filth for striking him but another hand grabs the holy rosary! He struggles to grab it out of the wolf girl's hands.
"This is for your stupid church and his believers destroying our home and families." The wolf girl says crushing the rosary with her foot. Witnessing the sinful act, the Shadow struggles harder to escape and kill the monster for doing such a thing.
The blonde weasel girl smirks at the Shadow and spits on the broken rosary.
He tries to claw the little winged girl to escape so he kill that weasel for spitting on such a sacred symbol.
"I have nearly forgotten that such nonsensical humans exist." The girl holding them mutters in disgust, unaffected by the Shadow's attempts at clawing her skin.
"Say good night." The Heretic mutters, raising the end of their musket.
Misato yawns, he checks the pulse of the Church's Shadow, feeling a beat. "To think they would make their move so soon."
"Shouldn't we kill him?" Fitoria asks, releasing her hold of the pest.
Misato shakes his head "No, because I have a feeling a certain guest of ours has some use for this fanatic." He says opening the window to their room. "Come in, come in. I daresay you should make yourself at home." A Shadow with Melomarc's symbol on their clothing climbed inside the bedroom.
"I dare say, we should move with haste, there is not much time and there is much needed sleep for everyone."
"Nice to meet you, Lady Shadow, Dare Sayer of the Queen." The Gun Hero greets.
The Shadow ignores Misato's nickname and turns to Fitoria "I dare ask, Queen Fitoria, if you may create some barriers to prevent people from listening without messing with the Crystal Ball's connection." She says lifting up said object.
Fitoria nods, her hand glows blue and a light mist forms around the room.
"Thank you."
Rifana pokes the unconscious body with the end of her spear. "What about this guy?" She asks.
"This Shadow will be carefully interrogated." The Shadow says as a few more cloaked figures hopped through the window to grab the Church's Shadow.
"Is there anything on the Shadow that might prevent that from going well?" Misato asks.
"The Church's shadows have these seals that can kill them if they fail to come into contact with a specific person within the time limit."
The Gun Hero turns to Fitoria. "Can you break it?"
"I will try." Fitoria says and moves to the unconscious assassin.
"I would not recommend it, only the person who sealed it can. Anyone else attempting to remove it would only kill them immediately." The Queen's Shadow says. Fitoria stops her approach and steps back.
Misato sighs "Oh well…" As the Queen's Shadows move the assassin to a hidden location through the mist. "Go ahead." He says to the Shadow.
The Shadow nods, she taps the crystal ball and they are greeted with the sight of a purple haired woman with a similar face to a certain redhead.
"Greetings, I am Queen Mirellia Melomarc, it is finally time that we talked, Misato Morgan, if that is what you call yourself."
Thanks for reading and reaching the end of this chapter! Thanks for waiting, sorry if the chapter didn't really go anywhere interesting. I was a bit busy trying to expand my list of fanfics. Still writing, but this came out sooner.
Misato has discovered a few things about the King, because he doesn't actually know. Remember he mostly knows through the anime and some spoilers about the 3 Heroes, he wasn't interested in knowing the King's past until it was too late. I had fun writing Fitoria's POV of things and her own thoughts. Same with the Church Shadow's thoughts about Misato.
As for Queen Mirellia's shadows, they did his request which was to support his claims and points, the Noble lady's comment helped prove his evidence. Mirellia had messages for Naofumi's victory in the duel.
As for why they interfered unlike in the anime. It's thanks to Misato speaking, it gave the Queen time to coordinate her shadows to be there to help. My headcanon was that the Queen and her Shadow didn't know about the Shield Vs Shield plan.
As for people who were worried that the Church's Shadows got it, did you seriously think Fitoria would miss any enemy Shadow, who are most likely filled with contempt towards Demi-humans and allow them to grab the message?
For the people wanting Misato to explain that his fellow heroes were normal humans too, he will but it will be difficult to convince considering the standards and expectations that were set from previous heroes in history books. Especially when he set some of those standards himself with his own impressive feats.
As for more guns, well, let's just say there is more to Misato's arsenal than what is shown and for good reasons…
Next chapter, there will be much needed talk.
A question for you readers, if there was no Gun, what weapon would Misato Morgan been summoned to wield instead? Vassal Weapons included. Including the weapons from the world Glass, Kizuna, L'arc and Theresa come from. Consider Misato's personality traits that make him heroic and what the weapon is known for when choosing its wielder. For example, Bow is for Justice, Sword is willpower or pursuit of Power, Spear is Loyalty and Shield is for kindness.