The calm before the storm
"So how did the mission went, Sebastian?" Helga asked, becoming curious.
As of right now, the wielder of Aerkurufuyu has returned to the make-shift camp that the two have set up within the Heart Kingdom.
"It went well, we've managed to liberate the town and rescue the citizens." Sebastian explained, causing a smile to appear on Jane's face.
"That's good to hear….." Helga began to say, but Sebastian remained where he stood, knowing that his wife isn't finished yet.
"…..But did you managed to work with someone?" Helga asked with a "smile" on her face asked, staring straight at Sebastian.
"I…..worked along side the wielder of Argent-Couronne." Sebastian responded, making Helga nod her head slightly.
"As a team?" Jane asked, causing the wielder of Aerkurufuyu to freeze slightly.
"We…..mainly fought separately." Sebastian responded in a slight strained tone of voice.
This cause Helga to sigh slightly.
"It must be due to that fighting style of yours. That girl sure is picky." Helga muttered with a slight frown on her face before refocusing her attention back onto her husband.
"Please continue to work with others. I want you to break out of your shell after all." Helga explained, making Siegfried hum slightly.
It was at that moment that the two adults sensed a presence, causing the two of them to turn towards the source of the Mana and saw a small amount of black hair poking out from behind the trees.
"What are you doing here, Secre?" Sebastian asked, causing the Sword of Logos sealing Mage to flitch slightly before revealing herself.
"Sorry for following you, but I just wanted to make sure that you're doing okay." Secre responded, causing Sebastian to gain a blank expression on his face whilst Helga giggled slightly.
"Thanks for the concern, Secre, but I'm capable of watching my back." Helga said before walking into the tent towards a potable set of draws and took out a pair of daggers.
This cause Secre to blink her eyes slightly.
"Oh….right..."The Sword of Logos sealing Mage said in a slight stunned tone of voice.
"Do you want some tea or something?" Helga offered, causing Secre to nod her head.
"Yes, thank you." Secre before following Helga and Sebastian.
Before long, the three of them are sitting at a table.
"So, what do you use the tent for?" Secre asked, becoming curious.
"Well….it's pretty much been our home for the last few years." Helga responded, causing Secre to blink her eyes.
"Is it due to the current affairs of the Spade Kingdom?" Secre asked, tilting her head side slightly.
"Yes. As you can see with my amount of Mana, I'm from a low-tier, making me a target for the Spade Kingdom's defence force and their...experiments." Helga explained whilst shuddering and Sebastian became tense.
"So you two have been moving about the place to avoid you getting captured...?" Secre guessed, causing Jane to nod her head slightly.
"Another reason is Sebastian being in the possession of a Holy Sword, something that Dark Triad have an interest of collecting." Helga explained, making Secre nod her head slightly, remembering situation revolving around the Devil Believers.
"There was a time that I did got captured by the defence force and was about to be taken to a facility, but I was rescued by Sebastian and have been staying him with until we eventually got married." Helga said, causing a surprise expression to appear on Secre who glanced towards Sebastian who nodded his head in confirmation.
"So how did you two know Alyssa?" The Sword of Logos sealing Mage asked, remembering being told that it was the merchant who suggested that Sebastian should allied with them.
"It was roughly around the time when we encounter Cupiditas for the first time, the Megid having been acting under the radar so to speak. Sebastian fought him until Alyssa appeared and aided him. After the battle, we discovered that our supplies are getting low. So Alyssa decided to help us with giving us supplies whenever it is possible." Helga explained, causing Secre to nod her head slightly before a thought appeared in her head.
"Why didn't you go and live in Wonder World? I'm sure that Alyssa would have used "Gate Book" to transport the both of you to Wonder World where the two of you can live in peace." Secre asked, causing a small frown to appear on Helga's face.
"I…..don't know really. I suppose that I can't just simply leave my home country, despite the current condition within the Spade Kingdom." Helga explained with a slight far away expression on her face.
"And how did you felt about that?" Secre asked, glancing towards Sebastian.
"I supposed that I was worried for her safety…." Sebastian responded, tilting his head to the side slightly.
The response cause Helga to raise an eye-brow.
"You "suppose"? You certainly know how to say the right words." Helga commented before starting to pout slightly, causing the wielder of Aerkurufuyu to freeze whilst gaining a slight uncomfortable expression on his face.
"So how come did you possess Aerkurufuyu?" Secre asked, deciding to move the conversation before Jane could say or do anything else.
"I originated from a different country with my family consisting with me, my father, mother and older brother. However, due to a plague that effected the entire country, all three of them died, leading to me to be under the care of the previous wielder of Aerkurufuyu, who just happened to be a friend of my fathers. The two of us travelled the world whilst being taught swordsmanship and strengthening my magic, but eventually he fell in battle due to a powerful Megid, leading to him passing Aerkurufuyu onto me, becoming the new Gram. I eventually ended up in the Spade Kingdom and started to stay there, gaining my Grimoire and later on meeting Helga." Sebastian explained, causing Secre to become silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"You….must have seen a lot of interesting things whilst on your travels." Secre said, deciding to go for the more simply option.
"Yes, I certainly did." Sebastian responded whilst nodding his head slightly.
"Have you ever been discovered by the Sword off Logos due to you being in possession of Aerkurufuyu?" Secre asked, becoming curious.
"Me and my master did ran into a few Magic Knights from the Sword of Logos a couple of times, but my master preferred to work alone, something that I eventually picked up." Sebastian explained, making Secre nod her head slightly.
"Which is something that I have been attempting to change, especially now that your teaming up to go to war." Helga said, giving Siegfried a look.
"….." The wielder of Aerkurufuyu didn't say anything whilst avoiding eye-contact.
It was at that moment that a roar can be heard from a distance away.
"What was that?!" Helga exclaimed in a shock tone of voice just as Sebastian quickly stood up whilst grabbing Aerkurufuyu.
"That direction…...don't tell me…." Secre thought, one of her eyes twitching slightly.
"Charmy! Snap out of it!" Espada shouted as she and Kenzan stared up at a massive sheep.
Currently, the two Holy Sword wielders are in an area in the Heart Kingdom known as Pollenflume Forest where Charmy has been mostly residing in during the final phase of the training period…...eventually leading her to gain wight due to the food that she's consuming.
The consumption of a massive amounts of food does tend lead to problems, which is the main reason as to why the swords-woman of lighting and the swords-woman of the wind are in the area, preventing the giant sheep, belonging to Charmy's magic, from making it's way to a nearby village.
"Nah! Nobody's stopping me from my meals, otherwise they will get rammed to death by my sheep!" Charmy responded from the top of her sheep.
"What sort of logic is that?! Has your brain become short-circuited due to the Heart Kingdom's food!?" Kenzan shouted as she stared up at the sheep's head, attempting to see the Black Bull cotton Mage.
It was at that moment that the giant cotton-made sheep raised a fist before throwing it downwards, attempting to strike the two Holy Swords wielders.
Luckily, Espada and Kenzan managed to dodge the attack before the swords-woman of lighting summoned her golden carpet whilst the swords-woman of the wind activated her. "Wind Ninja: Sky Walk" spell.
"Let's cut this sheep to pieces." Kenzan muttered as she got the twin blades of Hayate at the ready before dashing forwards.
"Wind Magic+Mana-Method: Wind Ninja's Crescent Slash!" Kenzan announced, causing wind to gather around the twin blades of Hayate which is joined by runes.
"Lighting Creation Magic+Mana-Method: Lighting Genie's Lamp Buster." Espada announced, creating her lamp-shaped weapon which has runes stamped all of over.
The two Holy Sword wielders throw their attacks towards the cotton-made sheep.
Whilst the two attacks managed to deal damage to the cotton-made sheep, more cotton appeared, fixing it's "wounds".
"Tch. Charmy seems to have mastered Mana-Method through Sir Potrof." Espada thought with slight annoyance, referring to a Spirit Guardian like Gahja.
"Why don't you go and electrocute Charmy directly." Kenzan suggested, causing Espada to snap her head towards the swords-woman of the winds.
"You want me to do what?!" The swords-woman of lighting shouted in a shock tone of voice.
"What? She's right in the open. Just electrocute Charmy and then this will be all over." The swords-woman of the winds explained in a calm tone of voice, causing Espada to sweat-drop.
It was at that moment that the cotton-made sheep throw a punch towards the two Holy Sword wielders and successfully striking them with Kenzan slamming into Espada.
"Gah!" The two Holy Sword wielders exclaimed just as the swords-woman of lighting attempted to regain her balance whilst keeping a firm grip on Kenzan.
"T-thanks." the swords-woman of the winds said in a dazed tone of voice.
"Where is Leopold when you need him. He will be excellent for this." Espada thought, thinking how Leopold's fire magic will be effective in this situation.
"Painting Magic: Passion Filled Ice Invasion!" A voice announced and ice started to spread across the cotton-made sheep's body, trapping it.
"Huh?/La?"Espada, Kenzan and Charmy said at the same time, becoming confused.
"Sorry for arriving late you two." The same voice spoke, causing Espada and Kenzan to turn their heads towards the direction of the voice to see Rill flying towards them whilst riding on a harpy created through his magic.
"Captain Rill!" Espada and Kenzan said at the same time, causing a small smile to appear on Rill's face.
"Let's deal with this troublemaker, shall we?" Rill asked, causing the to Holy Sword wielders to nod their heads.
Before long, the three Magic Knights successfully managed to destroy the cotton-made sheep, much to the happiness of the once terrified citizens of the nearby area.
"It's not good to overeat, Charmy." Rill explained to the Black Bull cotton Mage who is currently tied up in vines, created through Rill's magic.
"Sorry….sometimes you just get that urge, you know?" Charmy responded, now having calmed down.
"Huh. You certainly have become strong, Captain Rill." Rin commented with a smile on her face.
"Hehehe. Thank you." The captain of the Aqua Deer responded with a sheepish smile on his face.
"You know, one of the drives of letting my creativity overflow is because of a certain person." Rill explained, causing the three female Magic Knights to become curious.
The captain of the Aqua Deer started to draw a painting in the air.
"When I was overtaken by an elf, I was saved by a goddess." Rill explained as he finished his painting, letting the female Magic Knights to stare at an image of the taller version of Charmy.
"What is Captain Rill talking about? Wasn't it Charmy who fought "him" in the Shadow Palace?" Donna thought as she raised an eye-brow whilst Rill started to gain a day-dream expression on his face.
It was that the wielder of Ikazuchi remembered something.
"Didn't Asta and Mimosa questioned Charmy about her being back to normal…..?" Donna thought, tilting her to the side slightly just a small idea appeared in her head.
"Could it be that something happened to Charmy that caused her appearance to change?" Donna thought, she always finding Charmy's Mana to be different, especially after the ordeal of the elf invasion.
The wielder of Ikazuchi glanced towards Charmy.
"…...What the heck are you?" Donna summarized her thinking.
"Oh? You three are leaving already?" Lolopechika asked as she stared at Donna, Kenzan and Finral.
"Yes. Captain Yami will be wondering where his wheels have went, especially now that he's attending a captain's meeting." Finral explained his reason.
"It's only just Vice-Captain Ryo and Mr Daishinji back at headquarters, so us two needed to reinforce the base." Donna explained hers and Rin's reason.
"That's because we lost at rock-paper-scissors with the others." Rin commented in a low tone of voice, but everyone heard her.
"Don't mention that." Donna said as she swatted Rin's arm.
"Owe…." Rin muttered with a pout on her face.
"Well, goodbye then. I hope that it will be a….."relaxed" situation when we'll meet again." Lolopechika said with a sheepish smile on her face.
"Thanks for the words of confidence." The three Magic Knights thought whilst sweat-dropping before Finral prepared to activate his spatial magic.
"You two won't mind if we go and fetch Captain Yami first? I want to spend as less amount of Mana as possible, especially where the Black Bull base is currently located." Finral asked, causing the two Sword of Logos Magic Knights to glance at each other before nodding their heads.
Finral opened a portal and the three walked through.
"Please be safe, you three." Lolopechika thought, starting to become worried for some reason.
"Man! Things sure are quite around here. I thought that a few Spade Kingdom Mages will at least appear once in a while, especially now that we're almost close to invading the Spade Kingdom." Vanessa commented with a slight annoyed expression on her face.
"Are you even able to fight, especially with the amount of drinking you've been doing." Gauche commented as he glanced up at the wooden statue of Marie that he has been carving.
"I haven't been drinking that much!" Vanessa responded with a frown on her face.
"….." Gauche became quite as he glanced towards the few empty bottles that are currently laying on the table.
"….Okay, I may had a few drinks already." Vanessa responded, pouting slightly.
"I-I hope the others get back, it's already scary being out here as it is!" Grey said with a scared expression on her face.
Currently, the base of the Black Bulls is located near the boarder of the Clover Kingdom.
"Just relax, Grey. If anything happens, then Henry will immediately wake up, transform the base and then smashed the enemy." Gauche explained in a calm tone of voice, making Grey nod her head slightly, although still scared.
"Now that I think about it, where are Magna and Zora? Those two have been gone for ages. Gordon isn't here either." Vanessa questioned with a small frown on her face.
"Those two certainly have been spending a lot of time together, the thug-faced duo. With Gordon, he's probably with that creepy family of his." Gauche commented before shuddering slightly.
Somewhere in the base, Henry's eyes suddenly snapped open.
"Heeeeey…..yooooou….guuuuys!" Henry's voice rang through the base, catching the other three Black Bull Magic Knight's attention.
"What's up? Is something go-" Gauche began to say whilst making his way towards a window, but stop with what he saw.
"What the…..?!" Gauche muttered, his one visible eye widening.
The entire base of the Black Bulls is floating in the air.
"Its look likes that Yami Sukehiro is away. I guess I'll play with you...while I want for him to show up." Dante commented whilst himself floated in the air in front of the Black Bull's base.
"Rouge!" Vanessa shouted, summoning the red-threaded cat in front of her.
"Heeeeere weeee gooooo!" Henry said as he transformed the base into it's Raging Black Bull firm.
"That guy looks bad news. I guess that nobody needs to hold back!" Gauche commented just before he and Henry launched their attacks towards Dante.
Instead of moving, Date remained where he's floating
"Insolence. Gravity Magic: Presence Of The Demon King." Dante announced, causing the surrounding gravity to increase, crushing the trees and causing Gauche's and Raging Black Bull's attacks to slam into the ground.
"What a monster spell! It snapped all the surrounding trees in half!" Gauche exclaimed, starting to sweat.
"If it hasn't been for Rouge, it would have snapped us in half too." Vanessa commented as she and Grey started to sweat as well.
"Hehe. I see you've got someone who can manipulate natural laws. To think you'd have a tier-zero beside you, Yami Sukehiro…..I like it." Dante commented as a smile started to appear on his face, causing Vanessa to flinch as she could sense Dante staring right at her.
And there we have it, Secre learning about Sebastian's and Helga's background whilst Espada and Kenzan, later joined by Rill, dealt with a rampaging Charmy before Dante started to attack the Black Bulls.
In Gavv:
1) Whilst reciving newly captured humans from one of their workers, Shita and Jeehb ordered their agent to observe Shima/Gavv. Meanwhile, Shoma accidentally ripped a bag of sweets too hard, causing them to be sent flying and hitting someone, Yahiko...who then went on a give some food to him. Witnessing Shoma's strength, Yahiko took Shoma on a job. At the house, Yahiko and Shoma found that the person is missing and when investigating, Yahiko stole some money, something that Shoma didn't like.
2)With Hanto, he visted Haipare and asked Sachika and Shoma/Gavv, who people have started to call him "Kamen Rider", with her friend explaining how he saved her, causing Hanto to become confused. With Yahiko, he found a box of money within his van, causing him to become happy before getting captured by Granute Bon. Shoma, who has created the punchin-Gummy Gochizo, is informed about Yahiko's kidnapping and confront Granute Bon.
3)Hanto, who is pondering about Shoma/Gavv's about being a human, is informed by Sachika about Shoma/Gavv's battle where he observed Shoma/Gavv using his new Punchin-Gummy Gochizo to defeat Granute Bon, with the battle being observed by a Stomach Inc agent as well. After defeating Granute Bon, Hanto approuched Shoma/Gavv and asked about him being a human, but before Shoma/Gavv could answer, another person, Kenzo Suga, appeared who then asked if Shoma/Gavv is a Granute as well which lead to him and Hanto getting into an agrument.
So with the Dark Treats, Granutes are targeting humans with high positive emotions to create high quality sweets and from the sound of things, it would seem that Dark Treats have a spicy texture to them. With Shita and Jeehb discovering that Shoma/Gavv possess a red-Gavv, it won't take them long to realize that the possessor is Shoma who had escape Stomach Inc. With Kenzo, since he's a researcher into Granutes and stole the Chocodon and Chocodan Gochizos, it could be that he would build the Valenbuster.
Please review and until next time.
BrainWork27: Thanks for the idea.
evildragonlord101: Don't worry, I have the reunion all planned out.
howard576:
1) From the looks of things, it would seem that Asta's group are keeping a low profile until the invasion starts.
2) We probably have to wait until Shoma's background story is revealed such as why Shoma's mother wasn't immediatly turned into a Human Press/Dark Treat and then Shoma's birth with his father being a Granute. I'm not sure if the wolf-based Granute is Shoma's father, because I could see the Stomach family enliminating Shoma's father immediatly when they discovered Shoma's birth. I can imagine that Shoma/Gavv's form through the dark Gochizo will allow Stomach Inc to control him rather than a normal berserk form.
worseman:
1) Asta will show some distance towards the others for a while when he returned to the Magic Knights.
2) I like how dark colours are used when referring to the Granutes whilst using bright colours when referring to Shoma and the others. I also like how the main characters are singing the theme song. Within the show, the flashbacks that shows Shoma and his mother are done in grey, implying that the two of them in a "locked" area.
