Creation began on 01-05-19

Creation ended on 01-09-19

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Grimoire of Evangelion: Threatened

Licht was now something he hadn't been in quite some time after hearing that the lost House of Ikari had returned to the Clover Kingdom: He felt worried…and that he had good reason to be, too. For the brief time since he heard from one of his contacts from within the kingdom that four of the five remaining members of this ancient and powerful family had joined the Magic Knights, he was concerned with the fact that the youngest member had joined the Black Bull squad along with the eldest of the two daughters…and part of his acceptance was due to the fact that he had spoken to Rades Spirito, who surrendered to the Magic Knights after their conversation…and even surrendered his grimoire to the boy after hearing his honesty over how incredibly powerful he seemed to have been initially capable of such magic magic with only a single spell and that he should go after the Magic Knights that exiled him through more appropriate methods rather than attack the kingdom's people. It made Licht want to question whether Rades was somehow manipulated by some form of magic he knew nothing of…or if Rades had betrayed the Eye of the Midnight Sun because of the boy talking to him.

Even as he looked at another picture of Shinji, Licht couldn't help but feel…threatened by him, and neither one knew the other existed yet; there had been no indication that Rades had told the boy about him at all. But even if the boy didn't know anything about him, Licht believed Shinji would become an unexpected inconvenience if he were allowed to…advance.

"The Wizard King was so impressed that he gave the boy the rank of First Class Junior Magic Knight right after he chose his squad," his contact informed him, which made the leader of the rogue mages wonder if such a decision was a fluke or if this boy was something else altogether.

"Sally," he spoke to the female mage behind as he held up two pictures in front of her, "out of the two young men in these pictures, which one do you suspect to be the more dangerous of the two if we encountered them?"

Sally, the group's Gel Magic rogue mage, examined the two boys in the photos, Asta and Shinji Ikari, and found herself pointing to Shinji's photo.

"While both are interesting as specimens," she confessed to him, "the Ikari boy appears to be the more powerful of the two. With the revelation that Anti Magic serves as a negative to the positive of all other forms of magic, someone that can use all forms of magic is a greater threat to the Eye of the Midnight Sun…which, in turn, makes him and the rest of his family remarkable as specimens. Maybe even more so than the Anti Magic boy I've been hearing about."

This, however, made Licht more disturbed by the mere possibility that this Shinji Ikari would pose a threat to his goal if he were to become too strong to face at a later time, which meant that it was best to deal with him while he were still at that stage in his development where he was still coming into his magical potential. A pity, though, for he admired these Ikaris for their Infinity Affinity…and believed they were of such a high standing that they were loved by the mana of the world just as much as he and his people were; he believed that anyone that could wield multiple forms of magic and combine them in ways that weren't possible for others unless they had others to aid them and were cherished immensely by the mana.

"Then I'm making it your responsibility to remedy the situation regarding the boy and his aunt in the Black Bulls," he told her. "Take the Third Eye with you, if necessary. Whatever happens, make sure the boy can't become a threat to our goal."

"Understood," Sally responded, and then left to get the Third Eye before planning her move against the Black Bulls in order to remove the potential threat that was Shinji Ikari…while at the same time ensnaring Asta as a bonus.

-x-

"…Just because he talked to that lowly commoner that the Purple Orcas disposed of three years ago, the Wizard King gives that Ikari brat the ranking of First Class Junior Knight," Nebra uttered as she and Solid were angry over the decision to let Shinji join the Magic Knights and sharing this venting of emotions with Nozel. "Any one of us could've spoken to that outcast and gotten a rank increase in the process!"

"Except that we were just trying to apprehend him, not talk to him," Nozel told her as he sat in his room. "However, with the four of them relocated to two different squads, we may have an unexpected edge against House Ikari."

"Oh, really?" Solid questioned his big brother. "What would that be?"

"With her children and grandchild away, who do you it is that are keeping Rika Ikari company at that cozy house they rebuilt in the Forsaken Region?" Nozel informed his siblings, and all three got the same idea. "They're such an enclosed family due to what happened over fifteen-hundred years ago. Who's to say that their matriarch isn't likely to have…an unexpected accident while left alone? Accidents can happen…and most often will."

"If anyone were to ever suspect foul play," Nebra stated, but Nozel calmed her.

"Accidents can and will often happen," he reiterated, making it clear that nobody would suspect people of paying the eldest of the Ikaris an unsanctioned visit. "We're not the only ones that hated them for who they were."

"Anyone could be suspected of making a move against them at a point of vulnerability," Solid added; there had to be other houses and people that had a vendetta against House Ikari to the point that they were willing to bide their time until opportunity presented itself.

"We have to make sure we're not seen," Nebra reminded her brothers. "That old witch won't know who wanted her gone until after she's rejoined her ancestors."

-x-

She must've been the one responsible for Shinji's former bathing habit of not being able to relax during a soak in the tub; Rika, like her grandson, had some bad memories that snuck into the bath with her, reminding her that some events, places and people weren't at rest, even when they were at rest. It was after midnight, and she was unable to find any further reason to stay in the tub, in which the water had since gone lukewarm.

"I guess I can just curl up with a book until I fall asleep," she suggested to herself as she climbed out of the tub.

She picked up her grimoire that she laid atop a nearby stool in case she needed it and wrapped a towel around herself before vacating the bathroom.

"I wonder how those kids are doing in their squads, though," she wondered as she walked down the hall to her room.

-x-

"…Heh, looks like a small palace for the family that chose these outcasts over the nobility," said Nebra, disguised as a ghostly mist-monster as she, Solid and Nozel looked over at the home of House Ikari in Hage. "So simple, so plain, so dull. How can anyone consider living in a shack like that?"

"People that think less is better, perhaps," suggested Solid, disguised as a water-monster with tentacles. "How pathetic… There is no way that any real nobles would settle for less. More is always desired."

Even Nozel, disguised as a mercury-monster with drill-like arms and elegant fangs, was embarrassed just to look at this house.

"They're going to wish they had stayed away from the Clover Kingdom," he expressed. "Let's rid ourselves of at least one of these disgraces while leaving a reminder that their presence here is unwanted."

And with that, they made their way towards the house with the aim to leave it as ruins.

To be continued…

A/N: Sorry to leave you at a cliffhanger, but I gotta save my best for later. Also, I gotta watch the last of the Godzilla anime trilogy, hoping that it explains more than what it didn't on the Internet, so I'll likely be stonewalled for the whole day just to get to it. As a question, how many of you think that there should be a small talent show on here due to these talent shows we see on TV?