"See? Tastes good right Ivy?" Meiling asked me.
"It does taste good but next time you ask it's probably better if the cook was standing next to me anticipating my answer!"
"Oh, heheheh! Sorry, couldn't help but be curious about your opinion!" Mystia giggled. "I guess I get that."
"So, that aside, what would you like to do?" Meiling asked
"Good question, what did Greg want to do?"
"Oh Greg? He just seeked out adventures, he's a very curious man. He even went to old hell for fun."
"The what?"
"That's a story for another day."
"Maybe, that's what's she's missing!" Mystia said suddenly flying above my head. "What am I missing exactly?"
"Adventure! Greg did nothing but adventure, and he got stronger just by going on them!" She explained.
"Mystia you are aware that Greg's adventures are dangerous and spent time in the hospital thrice after his adventures." Meiling countered.
"I have to find out who bound me to Gensokyo." I said in a serious tone catching Meiling and Mystia off guard.
"Ivy… we don't even know who bound you yet, we will figure it out and get you home I promise!" Meiling reassured."
"You're better already Greg?" A just awoken Alice asked me when she saw me eating breakfast at a fast pace.
"Hell yeah! Wonder how that could have happened!" I laughed.
Even with Alice's tiredness she still smiled.
"Good, never knew I was such a problem solver."
"You'd be surprised." I say back while further eating my breakfast.
"Couldn't make some for me?" Alice asked.
"You were asleep Alice, don't do me like that!"
"Anyhow I'll be off soon Alice, I actually promised I'd go do something cool with Flandre today."
"Oh? Such as?"
"I dunno, it's a secret she told me." I said as I finished my breakfast.
"Will you make it all by yourself?" I jokingly asked.
"I will survive!" Alice said with determination written on her tired face, and yawned yet after. I got up and patted Alice's head.
"Sleepyhead, probably still dreaming that we're still in bed right?"
"No, a nightmare of you leaving the bed!" Alice countered.
"Good point, anyhow I think Flan might be getting inpatient cya!"
"Okay? See you soon?" Alice shouted back.
Flandre was waiting nearby the Youkai mountain in a small grass field, impatiently tapping her foot up and down.
Back when I was held against my will in the hospital she wanted to show me something cool, but I couldn't do shit because Sakuya stopped me from going away. But now I've escaped I can!
"Flandre! Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
"Breg! Where have you been?! I've been waiting here for ten-thousand years!"
She said with an annoyed expression on her face while her wings where flapping, excitedly? "Flandre, are you exited?" I asked.
"No- I mean yes! I found a dungeon!"
"Hold on you found a what?!" I said shocked and exited flowing through my body and spirit.
"HAAAHAHAHHAAH, DUNGEON CRAWLING?"
"Yes, that exactly! Just as excited as me huh?" Flandre asked.
"It is built inside the Youkai mountain, but it's course doesn't lead to old hell, but an undiscovered area of the underground."
"How exiting indeed! What are we waiting for?"
"Nothing, let's enter!" The entrance appeared to be a cave; it has carvings on a rock next to it saying "Château sanglant" no idea what it meant but the language is familiar. As we both headed deeper inside the cave it got bigger, and eventually lead to a deep pit in a large open cave area.
The bottom was filled with water, and the water flowed to a dug tunnel leading to who knows where.
"Happen to have a boat at hand Breg?"
"Hold on I'll call Mr. Beast to spawn in a motorboat."
"Huh, he can deploy boats?" Flandre asked as a boat suddenly appeared on the water. "Yes, now aboard!" As we set sail without a sail and a motor instead we sailed through the tunnel and shortly after we reached another big clearing but this time a huge castle lit up by torches was visible.
"Woah that's huge!" Flandre said in astonishment.
"I agree, this could be an ancient castle! And it's still standing, underground! This is AMAZING!" I excitedly yell.
As the boat bumped the coast of stone we immediately rushed to the castles entrance, upon opening it we found out that it's not an abandoned castle.
Red carpet neatly placed going from hallway to hallway, candles in chandeliers lit up and paintings that aren't dusty.
This place looked so old!
"Woah! A full set of knight armor!" Flandre yelled as she observed it closely.
And then she tried putting it on.
"How does this work again?" She said while ripping the helmet off and trying to squeeze in the gap.
"Flan, you okay?" I ask.
"Mmmmhhuuffuuu!" She replied. She's now stuck with her head in the armor.
"Need help?" "Mmhhmmm!" "Alright hold on!" I approached the armor and I put it on the ground horizontally.
"Can you move out now?"
"Fffffffmmmhnnn!" She mustered while flapping her wings and flew up while still stuck with her head in the armor and with her lack of sight she collided against a wall making the armor set fall apart and eventually got her head out of the hole.
"Ahhh, never putting on armor again!" She angrily yelled.
She flew back to the ground and proceeded to kick the armor while yelling threats, but I heard something else next to Flandre's banter.
"You shouldn't be here!" A whisper said right in my ear.
"Huh?" I look around in confusion only to see nothing, but for a mirror on the wall that is. I could have sworn I saw something else near me in the reflection of the mirror! "Breg? You okay? You look shooken up about something." Flandre asked concerned. "I saw something in the mirror for one split second, but it's gone now!" I explained. "Huh, this place is spooky!" She replied.
"Yeah, agreed a hole horror house perhaps!" I added.
Then we explored the rest of the castle like nothing ever happened.
Until we found the throne room.
"Woah" we both awed. It is a throne room like you'd see in a Harry Potter book because the room was lit up by flying candles, a red carpet leading to a golden throne with a red pillow to sit on.
There were more mirrors hung on each wall of the room, this is getting suspicious now. "Hey Breg look! A cool throne!" Flandre said excitedly as she ran towards the throne. But suddenly she disappeared into thin air.
"Ah! Flandre?!" I yelled as I look all around the room.
"I warned you." I hear a calm voice say from one of the mirrors.
Looking into the mirror I see a tall women long blonde hair and red eyes staring back at me from the mirror. There was nothing behind me, but in the mirror she stood exactly behind me.
"I haven't eaten properly in centuries; you'll be my first good meal in years!" She said as she revealed her fangs.
I jump out of the way we're she was about to strike but once again, there was no one behind me! "Resistance is futile human!" She said as she came out of the mirror and a black tentacle-like thing grew from her back and aimed and flung it at me, the tentacle came at me at such a surprising speed it hit and launched me through a wall. As I look at the attacker, I see her grow another long tentacle.
And suddenly it hit me, because multi-colored crystals grew from her tentacles.
"F-Flandre?!" "Incorrect human, my name is Valerie Landry, but you may know me as Bloody Mary" "HOLY SHIT YOURE FUCKING BLOODY MARY?! AAAHHHHH!" Note: I was (still am unfortunately) terrified of the Bloody Mary legend, I avoided mirrors for 4 months after I first heard of it when I was 7.
"W-w-wait! Are you fucking kidding me?" I shout out loud in disbelief of my luck.
"Ah, it seems my daughter has become impatient and is getting bored, I'll sent you to the dungeon!"
She said as she threw me inside a mirror with one of her tentacles.
Somehow I ended up going through the mirror and I ended up in a dungeon like she said.
It was a small room with stone walls, no windows or I and only one torch to light up the dungeon.
"At least she has a torch placed over here, in other dungeons there usually isn't anything to light up for light." I said to myself.
"Hold on a minute, why does Bloody Mary look a lot like Flandre?"
"Because she's our mother." An unexpected reply came from the darker side of the dungeon.
"Huh? Wait wait! Remilia?!" She revealed herself and I was correct, Remilia is in the dungeon with me.
"Hello Greg, I owe another explanation huh?" She confessed.
"Remilia, no offense, but your mother is fucking terrifying!" Remilia giggled.
"fufufu I know." "So Remilia Landry huh, Flandre Landry? It rolls of the tongue a bit too much!"
"A bit too much for my personal liking either, which is why we have our fathers last name." She agreed.
"Tell me, why are you in the dungeon? Aren't you supposed to be her precious?" I ask. Remilia sighed.
"Well it all began 500 years ago I made that stupid decision to make a deal with the devil since I wanted a mansion that we could live in.
Our mother wasn't present, actually she wasn't present for most of the time in our life because she was hired for fighting in a war and a couple more after.
But when she returned from a war one day, we were not in France anymore. Apparently she found out where we lived because course she did.
I presume she got sealed by Lucifer himself so that neither I nor Koakuma would know my mother was coming to free my little sister.
Now she probably thinks that I wanted my sister sealed to begin with, I have to talk to her!" I scratch my head.
"So how did you get here?" "I sensed her presence and when I entered the throne room she attacked suddenly and threw me into a dungeon without saying a word." Remilia said while revealing her wounds. they should be fatal, but luckily she's a vampire.
"Oh oh! Remilia! Are you okay?"
"I apIiate your concern, however I'm a vampire remembered."
"I know but still!" Remilia came closer to me.
"Greg, remember when I almost 'did the thing' back at the hospital? I need to confess that I am actually immune to crosses, silver and garlic." Her comment made me confused. "H-hold on, why?"
"I was messing around with you too like what you did as well but I felt your fear of me doing vampirism on you, so I didn't."
"R-Remilia?" I sweat.
"This time Greg, I need to do the thing, with your consent of course.
It will make me get to my normal form and increase my strength."
"W-w-wait! Please no!" I ran the corner of the room in fear"I said I wanted your consent idiot! Either I beat Bloody Mary up, or you will have to!" She said. "I uhh, thanks Remilia. But I think you know the lengths I would go for not getting sucked on!" I said.
"Even if I fear you mother it will be a nice lesson for me to face your fears!" I added. "Greg, was that really all you need to hear to be determined?" Remilia asked while being in disbelief of my sudden mood change.
"Remilia, I'm going to do your mother!" I say with a determined look on my face.
"G-Greg! That-" I punch a wall causing it to crack and break then went back to the throne room.
"U-u, what the hell?" Remilia mustered.
Flandre wanted to sit on the throne for one second but ended up in a dining room the other second.
"Huh?" But after a short moment of confusion she turned her attention to the table, filled with snails and fish to eat, along with seagrass.
Flandre observed the food in disgust.
Who the hell would eat this stuff? She thought to herself.
"I hate the food too, but it's the only thing we've got down here." Flandre immediately recognized her voice. "Mom?!" She turned and ran to Valerie and hugged her. "Ohohoh! Dear Flandre I've missed you so much!"
"Me too mom! Where have you been?"
"I was sealed here by lucifer. And am now! Hold on a minute, he broke free!"
"What? Who broke free?" Flandre asked but they fell on deaf ears because she flew away immediately.
"You do have courage human, I'll give you that!" Valerie stood in a attacking pose with an angry glare looking right at me, she already discovered I was approaching. Her wings regrew in her back.
Despite being identical, her wings were much longer than Flandre's and could be very dangerous getting hit by them.
"Stop this Valerie, we could talk this out! Remilia didn't-"
"YOU DARE TALK BACK?!" She snapped and summoned mirrors around the room. "I presume you know the power of Bloody Mary?"
"It's entering reflections isn't it?"
"Close, I can indeed enter reflections. If I hit you while I'm inside a reflection you still get hurt, but I the opposite isn't possible!"
"Then I dare you to attack me!" One of Valerie's wings entered a mirror and launched right at me but to her surprise mirror me grabbed the wing before it could hit me.
This made Valerie retract her wing in shock "What?!" She yelled in confusion, taking this opportunity I rush to her side where she wasn't looking and slammed her with my elbow that made her knock into a wall and I follow up with a punch to the gut.
"AH!" She yelled out in pain, and she truck back using a wing in the mirror to push me away.
Valerie summoned a red magic claymore and threw it at me making me move to the left to dodge it, but the claymore went into a mirror behind me and came straight back at mirror-me but I luckily dodged that attack as well.
"How is a mere human capable of this power?!" She shouted in anger.
"Don't say that now, you haven't seen this yet. Until Death!" The blue flames emitted from my right hand flew at a fast pace towards Valerie making her flee in a mirror, and exit via the one behind me and used both her wings to grab me.
"Nowhere to run now!"
"Haha lol no, Phase!" I dash through her, placing me behind her and did a little.
"Until death!" She couldn't avoid my attack in time but did try to avoid and went through another mirror and ended up back at the throne with a fatal wound.
"Let's stop fighting now! I'll break the seal of this place and you will talk it out with your daughters!" I advise.
"Like I would ever take a humans advice!" Valerie suddenly grew 2 extra pears of wings and grew more fangs and her eyes glowed red now.
"Finally, a good time to test my newest abilities!" I fly up in the air and wave at her then I flew out of the castle.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" She shouted angrily.
Outside the castle, the castle was dark, until multiple red magical projectiles rushed towards me at a great speed. "No matter where you go, ill catch up to you human!" Valerie threatened.
"I'd like to see you try! Shenanigans: Fortnite Balls!" 6 huge blue magical balls appeared out of nowhere and floated slowly towards Valerie making her attacks useless as the balls worked as a shield from her attacks.
"Interesting, one problem, however.
Vampirism: Magic Feast!" she used her crystals on her four wings to absorb the magic I dispelled at her. "Well shit, this is bad!"
"Vampirism: Craving Crystals!" Valerie's crystals disconnected from her wings and homed in on me at a very fast speed. No matter where I fly, the crystals follow.
I need to counter it with something else I can do! As the crystals got closer to me, they got closer to each other which gave me an idea.
"Shenanigans: I like trains." Suddenly a train ran over the crystals and destroyed them in the process.
"Well well, we can both only use one card left!" I say.
"Is that so? In that case, I'll use the strongest for last." Valerie said with a grin.
We death-glared each other for a small while until we both screamed our next incantations at the same time!
"Vampirism: DEAT-"
"Shenanigans: BAZIN-"
"STOP!"
We were interrupted by Flandre. "Stop, enough! Mom don't attack Greg, he saved me and helped out defeating Lucifer!" She explained.
"Lucifer is dead?" She asked with a confused look on her face.
"Told you we should have just talked it out, now come on let's get to the hospital!" I say with a smug smile on my face and flew out of the cave.
"That boy is a strange one, yet so strong!" Valerie admitted and flew to Flandre.
"Is Remilia really not at fault?" She asked.
"She didn't know ma, she is sorry for what she did and I forgave her. You should too!" Valerie thought about it, she eventually nodded.
"If you say so, It's just that you missed out on a lot of time in your life." She replied. "Hey the seal is broken! Cya at the hospital, we'll talk more there!" I shout at them. "Did he really just break the seal like that? I didn't even see anything!" Valerie asked confused.
"Heheh, get used to it!" Flandre laughed.