Discussing the threat

"How did things turn out like this?" Kris questioned as she, Olivia and Reika stood outside the captain's meeting room within the Magic Knights Headquarters.

Its been a few days since Fugoleon been contacted by Randall who revealed that a citizen of the town spotted him and the others fighting Saber, also known as the Mage who is capable of summoning Brave Dragon.

Due to this, plus Olivia reporting to Master Logos, a meeting has been arranged.

Kris is present to act as a guard for the chief witch.

"It can't be avoided since this is effecting the Clover Kingdom." Reika pointed out, making Kris make a disgruntle sound.

It at that moment that a servant appeared.

"The Magic Knights are ready." The servant said whilst bowing slightly.

"Well then, here we go." Olivia said, making the other two to nod their heads before heading into the captains meeting room where they are greeted by captains/vice-captain, Mereoleone, Owen, disguised as Julius, Marx and unexpectedly Damnatio.

"That man…." Kris thought, recognizing the judge.

"Thank you for coming, you three." Marx said before focusing his attention towards Olivia and Kris.

"I am Marx Francois. Due to the injuries that Sir Julius has received during the ordeal against the terrorist group known as the Eye Of The Midnight Sun, I will be relaying anything that Sir Julius wishes to say or ask." Marx explained, making Olivia nod her head.

"I am Olivia, the chief witch of clan of witches that lives in the Penyihir Mountains and this Kamen Rider Kris, the swords-woman of mirages, acting as my guard." Olivia explained, making Ryo perked up slightly, but Kris ignored the wielder of Gekido.

The chief witch then glanced towards Damnatio which Reika also copied.

"Due to nature of this meeting surrounding Saber's look-a-like, Lord Kira has decided to be present. He's has been briefed about previous events." Marx explained, a small twitch appearing on his face.

"I see." Reika said, yet feeling disgruntled.

"Julius" then whispered something into Marx's ear.

"Sir Julius asked if there is anything you want to mention before the meeting starts." Marx relayed "Julius's" question.

"Yes, there is something." Reika responded before placing a hand into a pocket.

"Master Logos wishes to take part." Reika explained, causing everyone to perk up, as she took out a large circular communication device and placed it on the table before switching it on.

After a few seconds, a screen illuminated out of the circular communication device, revealing Master Logos.

"So that's the main leader of the Sword of Logos." Everyone thought at the same time.

"Greeting, Magic Knights of the Clover Kingdom." Master Logos said as he sat on his throne.

"Why are you wearing a hood?" Yami asked in a blunt manner.

"Yami! Show some respect!" Charlotte hissed, becoming annoyed.

"Lets just say I'm keen on not revealing my face, for now." Master Logos responded in a simply tone of voice, making Yami blinked his eyes a few times before shrugging his shoulders.

This cause Charlotte to close her eyes whilst shaking her head slightly.

"Shall we get this meeting started, shall we." "Julius" said, through Marx.

"Indeed. Miss Olivia, shall you start." Master Logos prompted, making the chief witch to nod her head.

"After the Megid attacked the Penyihir Mountain and stole the pitch-black Grimoire, I personally took part in the retrieval of said Grimoire, along with being joined by Kris here and two others, but when we'd managed to locate the pitch-black Grimoire, Primitive Dragon has already been fully released from its pages. Primitive Dragon then decided to possess the nearest person." Olivia explained, starting to become slightly nervous.

"….Would this host won't just happened to be Asta Staria by any chance, based on the fact that the person that Fuegoleon, you and some others fought just happened to resemble his armor?" Nozel guessed, causing Olivia, Kris, Fuegoleon and Mereoleone to become tense.

"….." The chief witch became silent, basically letting everyone knew that the captain of the Silver Eagles is right.

"Do you mean that the Megids decided to gift the powers of the pitch-black Grimoire to that dragon-themed swordsman." Damnatio interjected, making a twitch appear on Olivia's face.

"If your hiding the identity of the host of this dragon, then you might as well be aiding the dragon-themed swordsman, meaning that you're in league with the Megids." Damnatio said in a serious tone of voice.

"Why yo-!" Kris said as she place a hand on Shinkiro, which is "sheathed" in one of the Wonder-Ride holders.

"Kris." Master Logos said in a commanding tone of voice, stopping the swords-woman of mirages.

"I know that you aren't fully connected to the Sword of Logos, but I think it would be best if we keep the atmosphere calm as much as possible." Master Logos explained, a small smile appearing on the part of the face that isn't hidden by the hood.

"…." Kris didn't say anything as she took her hand away from the handle of Shinkiro.

"Lord Kira. I think it would polite if you don't start to state accusations. That isn't the main topic of this meeting." "Julius" spoke, through Marx again.

"….." Damnatio became quiet whilst realizing that Kris is the one responsible of aiding in Asta's escape back at the trail, but didn't say anything.

"Apart from you two, the other two that you mentioned, and Sir Vermillion, who else knew about the boy being Primitive Dragon's host before this meeting?" Kaizer asked as he turned his attention back to Olivia.

"Just Mereoleone. She moved Asta after "his" rampage." Olivia responded, making the Vermillion hair woman perk up slightly as everyone glanced towards her.

"I was in the area when Primitive Dragon was released, beating the living daylights out two Megid Generals before releasing its hold on Asta." Mereoleone explained was crossing her arms.

"And you didn't contacted anyone?" Master Logos asked, becoming curious.

"Nope. I want to know what was happened before doing anything, although it was at that moment that S/Kris appeared." Mereoleone explained, almost saying Kris's real name.

"….And then blackmailing you into being silent." Kris added, making everyone widen their eyes, minus Fuegoleon, whilst Mereoleone glared at the swords-woman of mirages.

"Really? You, getting blackmailed?" Yami asked in a tone of disbelief.

"Shut it Yami, that got nothing to do with you." Mereoleone responded as she felt that Kris is smirking underneath her helmet.

"So how should we deal with Primitive Dragon before it becomes too much of a threat?" Nozel asked, deciding to move the subject.

"…..Do you think that you have the rights to deal with Primitive Dragon?" Master Logos asked, causing everyone to stare at the supreme leader of the Sword of Logos with widened eyes.

"What are you talking about?! It's the duty of the Magic Knights to protect the Clover Kingdom against threats!" Damnatio demanded, glaring at Master Logos.

"How should I explain this. Not only you decided to paint the current wielder of Rekka as a criminal, but you also managed to force his fellow squad mates to turn their backs on him." Master Logos began to explain, which cause Ryo to flinch.

"Therefore, Asta Staria most likely believe that you managed to persuade the rest of the Magic Knight squads to search for him." Master Logos further explained, making the Magic Knight captains/vice-captain to become confuse.

"I don't see how this is connected to Primitive Dragon?" William asked, raising an arm.

"Within that Wonder-Ride book dwells a sorrowful soul. That sorrow is something no one may ever fully comprehend. And because none will ever sympathize with it, it continues to destroy all." Master Logos explained, causing the atmosphere in the meeting room to become tense.

"Since Primitive Dragon has bonded with Asta due his negative emotions, the two souls are overlapping, resulting in Primitive Dragon to act among the boy's emotions, thus attacking any and all Magic Knights that come across his path." Master Logos explained before tilting his head to the side.

"I'm actually starting to wonder about the Clover Kingdom's future in regards to the ruling powers. There is the Magic Knights, who prioritize with the safety of the Kingdom, and there's the Magic Parliament, whose method of personal opinion to judge the accuse causes discomfort amongst it's citizens." Master Logos explained, causing Damnatio to become angry.

"Are you saying that the threat of Primitive Dragon is the Magic Parliament's doing?!" Damnatio demanded in an angry tone of voice.

"Well…..the trail that the boy went through was completely bias, having member's personal opinion being the ruling element rather than Asta providing any sort of case to prove his innocence. If Asta was the criminal, then he wouldn't be feeling negative emotions. The only emotion that Asta will be feeling is frustration that his supposed facade is discovered, something that Primitive Dragon will unlikely act on. I wouldn't be surprised if you and the Megid are secretly working together into creating the perfect vessel for Primitive Dragon to host." Master Logos explained, causing everyone in the meeting room to become shock.

"H-how dare you assume that I, royalty, would be working with a group of people who are a threat of the Clover Kingdom!" Damnatio demanded in an angry tone of voice.

"During the ordeal against the Eye Of The Midnight Sun, there was a lot of backstabbing amongst the Magic Knights, such as the former captain of the Purple Orca and some others, so I wouldn't be surprise again if you decided to continue with that trend." Master Logos explained, making Damnatio growl.

"If you want to prove me wrong, then why don't you show me some solid evidence." Master Logos added, a smirk appearing on his face.

Damnatio's hand was twitching on his Grimoire, although knowing that he couldn't attack the supreme leader of the Sword of Logos who isn't even in the room.

The judge closed his eyes and took a deep breath in the attempt to calm himself.

"I need to take my leave before I get more insulted." Damnatio said before leaving the room, but not before giving Master Logos, Reika, Olivia, Kris and, even Ryo, an angry glare.

Silence descended around the room for a few seconds before Ryo spoke.

"Master Logos Sir…...do you think that was a wise thing to say? We're not exactly popular with the upper-class when it comes to trust in the first place..…" The wielder of Gekido asked in a nervous tone of voice.

"I just simply stated by own opinion on the matter. Plus, it more like the Clover Kingdom's royalty have forgotten the trust that the founder had towards us." Master Logos responded, causing everyone in the room to become confuse whilst Fuegoleon and Nozel glanced at each other.

"I say he deserved it." Mereoleone said whilst shrugging her shoulders.

"Thank you." Master Logos said in a happy tone of voice.

"Master Logos!" Reika said in a shock tone of voice.

"Julius" Then whispered something into Marx's ear.

"Sir Julius wants to know about Asta's location?" Marx relayed "Julius's" question.

This cause everyone to turn their attention towards Olivia…..who started to gain a sheepish smile on her face.

"Miss Olivia?" William asked, he and the others starting to become worried.

"I….don't know where he is." Olivia admitted in a sheepish tone of voice.

"What do you mean? Has he been kidnapped by the Megid?!" Fuegoleon asked in a tone of disbelief.

"No! It just that…...the people who aided in the search of the pitch-black Grimoire where concerned that you people may try to get Asta's location out of us, so they, plus members of my clan of witches, decided to move Asta to a different location….." Olivia explained whist scratching the side of her cheek.

"When did you found this out?" Nozel asked, starting to become concerned.

"This morning when I went to check that his room is still intact." Olivia responded, although Nozel became confuse.

"Have you been checking on Asta every morning?" Kris asked with a raised eye-brow.

"Of course, what happens if Primitive Dragon took control over Asta's body and wreck the room." Olivia explained in a confident tone of voice.

"..…" Kris became silent.

"What?! Say something!" Olivia said, becoming slightly nervous.

"Should I be concerned about Asta's safety from you?" Kris questioned, causing a shock expression to appear on Olivia's face.

"O-of course not!" Olivia responded in a shock tone of voice.

The others in the room stared at the two with perplexed expressions on their faces.

"Hehehehe. It looks like that Asta has become popular during his time away." Dorothy said with a smile on her face whilst a twitch appeared in Charlotte's face.

"So what's our next step? Like what you said, Master Logos, the boy believes that the Magic Parliament have managed to influence the Magic Knights into turning him in if they found him, thus causing triggering another takeover from Primitive Dragon." William asked, causing "Julius" to frown before whispering something into Marx's ear.

"Are you sure?" Marx asked, making "Julius" nod his head.

"Sir Julius suggested to hand over this situation to the Sword of Logos." Marx said, causing everyone in the room to become stare at the "Wizard King" with surprise expressions on their faces.

"Are you sure?" Charlotte asked, becoming concerned.

"Considering what William just said, this is pretty much our only option." Yami said with a deep thinking expression on his face.

"Is this suitable, Master Logos?" "Julius" said through Marx.

"….Yes. This is a suitable, the Sword of Logos will handle the threat of Primitive Dragon…..minus the Clover branch." Master Logos added, causing everyone to glance towards Ryo who has his attention on the table.

"What? I was expecting that we won't be taking part." The wielder of Gekido said, although feeling disappointed.

"Master Logos. May I make suggestion for the Wizard King?" Reika asked, causing everyone to become curious.

"Yes, you may." Master Logos responded, making the messenger of the Sword of Logos nod her head before turning her attention towards the "Wizard King".

"I believe that you should keep a close eye of Lord Kira. Despite your agreement of handing the situation to us, he will likely try to interfere in some way." Reika explained, causing everyone to become surprise.

"I suppose that makes sense. There are family members of the Magic Parliament that are within the Magic Knights, Damnatio will likely take control of the situation through them." Fuegoleon explained, making Nozel to nod his head in agreement.

"Even this idea has its own problems, tch." Jack muttered in slight annoyance.

"For now, I leave you, Chief Olivia, with the duty of attempting to remove the soul of Primitive Dragon from Asta." Master Logos explained, making Olivia nod her head, before turning his attention towards the Magic Knight captains/vice-captain/"Wizard King" and assistant.

"With the rest of you, I highly suggest if you keep the fact that Asta is the host of Primitive Dragon a secret. It may cause problems, for example his friends(?) persuading to take part in helping to free him." Master Logos suggested, causing Ryo to gain a frown on his face.

This is copied on a few other faces. "Julius" whispered something into Marx's ear.

"Sir Julius says he agrees, we prioritize defence in case Asta/Primitive Dragon goes on a rampage." Marx said, causing Master Logos to nod his head.

"Yes. I understand. Well then, that's all I have to say, farewell." Master Logos said before beginning to switch off the communication device.

"Master Logos." Ryo suddenly said whilst standing up.

"Hm? Is there something you wish to say?" Master Logos asked, his hand frozen.

"Do you have any leads about Captain Sophia's whereabouts?" The wielder of Gekido asked in a slight desperate tone of voice.

The supreme leader of the Sword of Logos became silent.

"…..No. The search for captain Sophia on our end has turned up with nothing." Master Logos responded, making a disappointed expression to on Ryo's face.

"You shouldn't fret about your missing captain at this point, your have more pressing matters to attend to." Master Logos explained, making the wielder of Gekido before another question appeared in his head.

"And what about Kurayami, Sir? We haven't come up with any results." Ryo asked, making Master Logos shake his head.

"Like with captain Sophia, we haven't found the sword of shadows. Is there anything else you want to ask?" Master Logos asked, causing Ryo to shake his head, becoming more disappointed.

"Just focus you efforts on protecting the Clover Kingdom from the threat known as Primitive Dragon." Master Logos explained before properly switching off the communication device.

"I suppose that I'll be making my leave." Reika said before saluting and leaving the meeting room.

Silence filled the room as everyone stare at Olivia and Kris who have an air of awkwardness around them.

"I'll suppose that you'll go and try to find Asta now?" Yami offered, a smirk being present.

"…..Yes. I suppose so." Olivia responded before starting to walk towards the door with Kris following behind.

However, the swords-woman of mirages stopped and glanced over her shoulder at Ryo and the wielder of Gekido can tell that she is giving him a cold look before moving again.

Silence filled the air for a few seconds before Yami spoke.

"It would seem that Kris hasn't forgiven you." The captain of the Black Bulls commented in a blank tone of voice.

"That's right, just put more salt on the wound." Jack muttered whilst scoffing slightly just as Charlotte rub her husband's back.


In another location, Sophia sat within an isolated room with a calm, yet sad, expression on her face.


Elsewhere, Kurayami "stood" within a forest of some kind, an eerie air surrounding it...until a hand grabbed the sword of darkness, causing a violent burst of Mana to be released.


And there we go, the meeting to discuss the threat of Primitive Dragon where Reika, Master Logos and Damnatio took part as well where Master Logos made comments about how the Magic Parliaments had a hand in the creating Asta into the host of Primitive Dragon. So it would seemed that someone has managed to gain possession of Kurayami.

In Gotchard:

1) Using the captured (4)Neminemoon Chemy Card, Geryon created a new type of Malgam before heading to the Alchemy Academy where he seem to know Mr Minato. Whilst doing an errand, Houtarou encounter the Moon Malgam attacking people and went ahead and fought it, yet was easily overpowered as the Malgam managed to capture the citizens, putting them to sleep. Gotchard-Daybreak then appeared and fought off the Moon Malgam, whilst giving it two options.

2) When the Moon Malgam escaped, Gotchard-Daybreak stated that Houtarou isn't capable of defeating the Malgam before giving a prediction where Houtarou will be involve with something terrible where he will loose faith in someone close to him before leaving. With Spanner and Kyoka, the two of them discussed about the past where Kyoka is keen on discovering what secrets Fuga has been keeping in order to prove that he isn't a traitor, which is linked to wanting Spanner to keep a close eye on Rin before commenting how Spanner needs to find something that "matches" with him if want to use the new Driver.

3) Houtarou encounter the others, who have bee attempting to locate the Moon Malgam from within the shadows, with Rin managing to locate the Malgam through the use of the (2)Burningnero Chemy Card. Houtarou battled the Moon Malgam, even managing to rescue the captured citizens, before a strayed attack headed towards the others, but were saved by the apperance of Gotchard-Daybreak. Gotchard continued to fight the Moon Malgam, managing to defeat the Malgam, but not fully destroy it. Gotchard-Daybreak explained that Houtarou he needs to change if he wants to become stronger before Houtarou and the others started to hear the sound the battle.

4) They arrived and witness Spanner fighting Mr Minato where he demanded that they hand over their alchemy rings and Chemy Cards. Mr Minato explained that due to the threats that the Level 10 Chemy Cards, the Alchemy Association concluded that the students are lacking in skill, thus decided to expel them/erase their memories and a new team will be formed, the team just so happened to be the Dark Sisters who are wearing the Alchemist Academy uniform. Mr Minato then transformed into Dread and fought Valvard, which lead to him and the others escaping.

Wow, this episode certainly taken a turn with a sudden betrayal of Mr Minato, although I believe that Geryon had a major hand in this, not the Alchemy Association, as the Dark Sister are wearing the Alchemist Acedemy uniform. Gotchard-Daybreak seems to be able to predict the future along with knowing Rin.

Please review and until next time.

Howard576:

1) Indeed, Primitive Dragon is more dangerous with him being able to wield Mana, yet in a chaotic manner.

2) That would be interesting if Fuga is Gotchard-Daybreak with him being able to create a second Gotchard-Driver and his version of Chemy Cards since he's a powerful alchemist, along with the possibility that he's connected with the creation of the Alchemis-Driver. A big hint is that Gotchard-Daybreak is familiar with Rin in some way.

3) If Legend does appear in the actual show, then it would likely be for a few episodes since he's from a parallel world and I can't see him having an impact on the story.

TheOkWriter:

1) I've made changes to the previous chapter so that Primitive Dragon acts more like his canon counter-part.

2) Well, I thought that it was a good cliff-hanger since Asta's attempt of keeping his presence hidden within the Clover Kingdom is getting threatened.

3) I don't think that that was the right scenario for Asta to be in his other forms before forcefully transforming into his Primitive Dragon form.

4) I have an idea about how Asta is able to calm Primitive Dragon, based on an idea that someone gave me a while back.

Brave Kid: Happy(late) New Years as well.