The truth revealed
"Well! Thank you all for your efforts of stopping the Devils from encroaching onto the four Kingdoms and defeating Lucifero. The resistance force members are grateful for the additional aid of clearing the rubble of the Spade Kingdom castle." Julius said with a smile on his face.
As of right now, the captains are holding a meeting, yet Yami and William are in the infirmary, being examined by Owen to see what sort of effects that the Advent of Qliphoth have on their bodies, leading to Natch, much to his dissatisfaction, and Yuno being present.
"Did the Clover Kingdom got attacked in anyway whilst we were fighting the Dark Triad and Lucifero?" Nozel asked, becoming concerned.
"Similarly to the Giant Demon that the Dark Triad released to attack those at the Spade Kingdom's castle, a second Demon was released to the attack the Clover Kingdom." Julius responded, causing Nozel's eyes to widen.
"A second Demon?!" Rill exclaimed in a shock tone of voice.
"Yes. In the distance past, the Spade Kingdom was successful in sealing away two Demons, who possess great hatred towards each other. Dämmerung's family was one of the two families that overlooked the seals of the two Demons. The Dark Triad saw use in them for the invasion and decided to release them." Natch explained, making Rill nod his head slightly.
"What sort of damage was inflicted?" Fuegoleon asked, becoming concerned himself.
"The Royal Capital didn't received too much damage. The Demon was defeated by Asta, Yuri and those five dragons…..quite easily I might say." Julius explained, making Fuegoleon blinked his eyes before a small smile appeared on his face.
"That just proves how strong Asta's new form is." Ryo thought, a smirk appearing on his face as well.
"So now it's going back to regular Magic Knight duties." Jack said in a casual tone of voice.
"Hopefully, yes…." Julius responded in a positive tone of voice.
"But why do I feel that something, connecting with these events, is going to happen?" Julius thought, feeling troubled by this thought.
Throughout the invasion, Julius has been feeling strange, such has him somehow sensing that Lucifero has entered the human world.
"There's also the incident of my spell suddenly stopping. It went by too quickly. Was someone from the Spade Kingdom sneaked into the Royal Castle with the task of sabotaging us during our battle against the Demon?" Julius thought before quickly dismissing the thought.
"No. If that was the case, then they would has sabotage Asta and the others as well….." Julius thought again.
Whatever, the case, the feeling that someone else being present during the battle seemed to stick with the Wizard King for some reason.
Julius shook his head.
"Moving on. Time for the more exciting piece of news..." The Wizard King thought, a small smile appearing on his face.
"….." Noelle's eyes slowly blinked open.
"…...Erh….." The silver haired girl muttered in a dazed tone of voice as she slowly sat up and glanced around the room that she has been sleeping in.
"This is…...my room in the Silva estate….?" Noelle muttered as she recognized the structure of the room.
"What….happened to me…?" Noelle questioned herself as she attempted to remember previous events, but found her memories a bit hazed.
It took the silver haired girl a few seconds to remember the what has transpired.
"Erh! I don't want to think what Vanica and Megicula did to me!" Noelle thought, her body shivering.
"I hope that everyone is okay…." Noelle thought as fragments of the battle entered her head.
Even though the silver haired girl wasn't in control of her own actions, she can recall pieces of scenes of the battle.
"So what happened? Did we…..win?" Noelle questioned as she got out of the bed and walked over to the window that overlooks the Royal Capital from the Silva estate's position.
A small smile appeared on Noelle's face as she saw how near intact the capital and the surrounding is.
"If the Devils won, then the Clover Kingdom would have been reduced to rubble." Noelle thought as she stared down at the Royal Capital.
"I wonder how the others are? I hope that they haven't too injured." Noelle thought, starting to become worried.
It was then that a knock at the door is heard.
"Come in." Noelle said as she turned her attention towards the door just as it was opening, revealing a servant.
"Lady Silva? You're up upon your feet." The servant said, a slight surprise expression being present on her face.
"That seems pretty obvious." Noelle responded in a slight blank tone of voice.
This cause the servant to gain a slight uncomfortable expression on her face.
"Apologies. But Sir Nozel believed that you would still be in bed." The servant explained and a scowl appeared on Noelle's face.
"Is Brother in?" Noelle asked in a deadly calm tone of voice.
"Y-yes. In fact, a-all three of you elder siblings are here as well as Sir Fuegoleon and Lady Mereoleone." The servant responded, becoming a bit startled expression on her face.
The mention of the two Vermillions caused Noelle to become surprise.
"Sir Fuegoleon and Lady Mereoleone are here?" Noelle thought, not expecting this piece of news.
"Are any members of the Kira family present?" Noelle questioned, causing a small questioning expression to appear on the servant's face.
"As far I'm aware of, no." The servant responded, making Noelle nod her head.
"Figures as much." Noelle thought, seeing how detached the Kira family is to the other two royal families.
"Shall I take you to them?" The servant asked whilst having the thought that Noelle may want some more time to rest.
"Yes. There's are things I want to discuss with them, especially my older brother." Noelle responded, a small dark smile appearing on her face.
"Maybe I shouldn't have said anything…." The servant thought, starting to become scared at Noelle's smile.
Eventually, the servant lead Noelle down the corridors of the Silva estate.
"Its been a while since I walked down these corridors." Noelle thought as she took small glances around.
Even though the silver-haired girl has been present within the Silva estate during the elf invasion, she and Nozel were in a hurry to deal with the threat.
Before long, the two have arrived at a door where the servant knocked.
"Enter." A voice said, causing the servant to open door slightly and entered the room.
"Your younger sister is outside, Sir Nozel." Noelle heard the servant say and the silver-haired girl could sense the surprise within the room.
"She is? Bring her in." Nozel's voice responded, making the servant bow.
"Yes, Sir." The servant said before retreating out of the room.
"You may enter." The servant said, causing Noelle to nod her head before entering the living room of the Silva estate where the other three members of the Silva family and two members of the Vermillion family are present.
"You may leave now. And make sure that nobody enters the room." Nozel said, causing the servant to bow her head, yet possess a questioning expression on her face before leaving the room and closed the door.
Silence filled the room for a few seconds before Fuegoleon spoke.
"How are you feeling, Noelle? You've gone through…..quite an experience….." Fuegoleon asked whilst attempting to find the right words to say.
"….." Noelle became silent as her attention is fixed solely on Nozel.
"….Noelle?" Mereoleone asked, starting to become concerned.
Instead on answering, Noelle started to walk towards Nozel.
As the silver haired girl approached the captain of the Silver Eagles, the others sensed something building up.
"N-Noelle?! W-what are you planning?!" Solid asked, starting to become alarmed, but only met with silence just as Noelle stopped in front of Nozel who possess a tense/calm expression on his face, seemingly knowing what is going to happen.
"You learned the truth from them, didn't you?" Nozel asked, causing Noelle to nod her in response…..before slapping her older brother with hand covered in a deep concentration of Mana-Skin.
Jaws widened in shock just as Nozel crashed onto the ground, a deep-red handprint appearing on his cheek.
"Why did you do that, Noelle?! Brother is still recovering from his fight against the war!" Nebra exclaimed in a shock tone of voice as she regained her voice.
"I don't care, plus he deserved even more than just a slap." Noelle said in an emotionless tone of voice as she glanced at her sister, causing Nebra's skin to pale.
"Okay. Would you mind explaining what is going on? I think this is a lot more than you finally snapping, Noelle." Fuegoleon stated, him always having the feeling that Noelle will finally snap from the abuse and cold shoulder that she always been receiving from her older siblings.
"It's…...connected to our mother, something I haven't told you all." Nozel responded as he slowly got back onto his feet.
"What does Lady Acier have to do with this?" Mereoleone asked, becoming very confused, something that is shared with the others.
"The truth is…..Noelle isn't the one responsible for Mother's death." Nozel responded, causing the room to become silent.
"What are you talking about? Mother died of childbirth…...right?" Solid said, but became unsure due to the expression on Nozel's face.
"That was simply a coincidence and bad timing." Nozel responded, causing Solid to blink his eyes in confusion.
"The truth is…...Mother was cursed by the Supreme-ranking Devil Megicula." Nozel said, causing the room to become silent once again.
"The same Devil that Vanica Zagratis of the Dark Triad hosted." Fuegoleon stated, causing Nozel to nod his head.
"Yes. When Mother was resting after giving birth to Noelle, she was approached by Vanica and two of them fought with the outcome being Mother getting cursed." Nozel explained, causing mostly everyone to become stunned.
"But…...why?" Nebra asked, becoming confused.
"Vanica choose to fight Mother because she wanted to test out her Devil powers, she haven made a contract with Megicula some time prior." Noelle responded this time, something that cause Nozel to blink his eyes whilst attempting to recall Vanica's motive for attacking Acier 16 years ago.
"…...Why…..." Mereoleone muttered, her anger growing more and more throughout the explanation.
"If you knew about the true reason behind Lady Acier's death, then why didn't you said ANYTHING!" Mereoleone roared in anger, fire dancing around her.
"I….couldn't…." Nozel muttered in a small tone of voice.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN "I couldn't"!? NOELLE SUFFERED 16 YEARS Of MENTAL ABUSE FROM PRATICALLY EVERYONE!" Mereoleone shouted in anger as she glared at Nozel.
"When Mother got cursed, a secondary effect was added, one that insured silence." Nozel responded, causing Mereoleone's anger to halt slightly, expecting a very good response.
"The second effect is that if I attempted to speak the truth of Mother's death, then not only me, but anyone listening will suffer the same fate as Mother. A slow and painful death. It was until after Megicula's death that the curse was lifted." Nozel explained and Mereoleone was about to speak again, but was stopped by Fuegoleon.
"But why did you not told a slightly altered story, one that didn't involved Megicula and that Acier just fought Vanica?" The captain of the Crimson Lions asked, causing a small frown to appear on Nozel's face.
"I was too distraught with the condition that Mother was in that I couldn't speak, along with trying to find a means of lifting the curse on Mother's body." Nozel said, making Fuegoleon nod his head slightly, remembering how Nozel's mental heath seemed to deteriorate following Acier's gradual death.
"But even if I told the an altered story, the Upper-Class would still point the blame towards Noelle, saying that if Mother wasn't pregnant in the first place, or have given birth to Noelle earlier, then she should had the strength of getting out of the battle without receiving any sort of damage. Or including me in the blame game if they were told that me and Noelle were held hostage by Vanica." Nozel explained, the last part caused everyone to become wide eyed.
"You two…...were held hostage?" Nebra asked, causing Nozel to nod his head.
"Yes. Me, with an infant Noelle in my arms, were observing the battle close and Vanica discovered us. She was on the verge of killing us before Mother took action, managing to land a critical hit on Vanica, saving our lives. But..." Nozel began to say, but his voice trailed off.
"But Megicula took the opportunity to curse Lady Acier and then told Vanica to retreat or something?" Fuegoleon guessed, making Nozel to nod his head in response.
Fuegoleon then shook his head.
"Didn't people had the thought that giving birth multiple times would cause a strain on a human body, especially one that undergoes combat within close periods of time?" Fuegoleon muttered in annoyance.
"Since Lady Acier was a powerful Magic Knight, the Upper-Class believed that nothing could hinder her battle performance." Mereoleone pointed out, making Fuegoleon nod his head.
"So….what happens now?" Nebra asked, causing Nozel to look at her.
"What do you mean? If your talking about telling the truth about Mother's death to everyone, then it's far too late." Nozel explained, causing Nebra to nod her head sadly.
"Noelle-!" Nozel began to say, but stop when Noelle's hand, the one that she used to slap Nozel in the first place, twitched slightly, causing the captain of the Silva Eagles to flinch slightly.
"I think that you should probably head back to your squad. Everyone there will be wondering about your condition." Nozel said, causing Noelle to stare at him for a few seconds before nodding her head.
"Has Brother/Nozel became scared of Noelle?!" Everyone thought as they took note of Nozel's reaction.
"So Donna is now dead." Finsternis thought as she stood within the graveyard underneath Avalon.
"This means that those futures will happen..." Finsternis thought, recalling future scenes that don't feature the swords-woman of lighting.
"Don't worry, Donna. I'll make sure that your desired future becomes true..." The wielder of Kurayami muttered as she grip the sword of darkness tightly, causing the golden blade to become covered in purple Mana...whilst Finsternis's eyes glowed red underneath her hood.
"Back at last! It seems like ages since I last been here." Noelle thought as she stared at the headquarters of the Sword of Logos, she having stepped through a spacial portal made by Cob.
"I wonder how the others are doing?" Noelle wondered before the silver haired girl approached the door and opened it.
"Now then…..where are the others?" Noelle wondered as she glanced around.
"Some may be in the common room." Noelle thought before starting to make her way towards the common room.
When the silver haired girl reached the common room, she saw someone sitting on a chair reading a book.
"Hm? I thought that you would be training within Liberation now." Noelle spoke, causing Rintaro to yelp in surprise before looking up at who spoke and his eyes widened.
The yelp caused Noelle to smirk slightly.
"N-Noelle?! When did you woke up?" Rintaro asked as he began to calm down.
"I woke up a few hours ago." Noelle responded, causing Rintaro to nod his head slightly before a frown appeared on his face.
"How are you feeling? You've been through a lot." Rintaro asked, a concerned expression appearing on his face.
"From being violated Vanica and Megicula, not the best. But I'm feeling better now." Noelle responded just as the sound of footsteps can be heard, causing the two water magic users to turn towards the door just as Rin and Secre appeared through the door-way.
"What's going o-Noelle?!" Secre exclaimed, her eyes widening.
"Your awake!" Rin exclaimed before lunging towards the silver haired girl and tackling her into a hug.
"Gha!" Noelle said in a shock tone of voice as she got hug by the wielder of Hayate.
"Get off her, Rin! She may still be recovering!" Rintaro shouted as he step forwards and grab Noelle and Rin before the two of them could potentially fall onto the ground.
"Sorry!" Rin said just as she released Noelle.
"Did you arrived back by yourself?" Rintaro asked as he release the two female Magic Knights and stepping back.
"Yes. I travelled back here through a spacial portal" Noelle responded, causing Rintaro to blink his eyes.
"Do you think that's okay?" The wielder of Nagare asked, becoming concerned whilst expecting that someone would have accompany Noelle.
"Well…..I suppose it'd better than the alternative." Noelle responded, saying the last part with a scowl on her face.
This caused the other three Sword of Logos Magic Knights to glance at each other, becoming concerned with Noelle's expression.
It was at that moment that more footsteps can be heard, causing the four to turn towards the door again just as Tetsuo and Ryo appeared through the door.
"What's going on here?! I can't-?!" Tetsuo said, his disgruntled expression, probably due to the loud noise, disappearing and became surprise.
"Welcome back, Noelle. How are you feeling?" Ryo asked, becoming concerned whilst having a small smile on his face.
"I feeling better now." Noelle responded, but a concerned expression appeared on Tetsuo's face whilst humming slightly.
"I think it would be best if we run some tests on you, just to make sure you aren't suffering from any side effects of being possessed by Demonic Mana." Tetsuo said, causing Noelle to blink her eyes.
"But…..I'm feeling okay…" The silver haired girl said, but her voice died as the concerned expression on Tetsuo's face didn't budge.
"The Demonic Mana that you have been contaminated with belonged to a Supreme-Ranking Devil. Even though Megicula has been slain and your body been purified with the powers of Nagare, which has been enhanced by Rintaro's Saint Stage Rekka, Kurayami and Saikou, I think that it would be best if we run some tests to make sure that your body is in perfect condition." Tetsuo explained, making Noelle slowly nod her head.
"I'd thought that Mr Owen would have had a proper examination over my body before I was transferred to the Silva estate…..!" Noelle thought before realizing something.
"Where's Donna?" Noelle asked, causing the others to become quiet.
"...Donna...about her..." Ryo began to say, but his voice died in his throat whilst starting to become awkward.
"..." Noelle became confuse for a few seconds before her eyes widened.
"No, no, no, no...no..." The wielder of Argent-Couronne muttered, the colour fading from her skin.
"Donna...she was protecting Asta from Lucifero and...got punched in the stomach...pretty hard..." Tetsuo explained, scratching the back of his head.
Noelle's head dropped towards the ground and became silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"And what about Asta. Is...he okay?" Noelle asked whilst lifting her head, not wanting to imagine a second death.
"The last time I saw him was when we defeated Lucifero…." Tetsuo responded with a small frown on his face before glancing at the others, who nodded their heads in agreement.
"He must be with Sir Ekrixi and the others of his group." Secre suggested with thinking expression on her face.
"Do you think we may get to see him again? I mean, Asta seems back to his usual self." Rin questioned, starting to become worried.
"I highly doubt that "his usual self" is the right word to use." Rintaro thought, remembering the cold shoulder that he received from the wielder of Rekka after the battle against Vanica and Megicula.
It was then that a light cough is heard, causing everyone to turn towards the source of the cough and saw Fiona…..who possess an awkward expression on her face.
"Fiona? Is there something wrong?" Ryo asked, he and the others starting to become worried.
"There's someone…...in the meeting room." Fiona responded in an awkward tone of voice. This cause everyone to become on guard.
"What do you mean? Did they entered into the base without notifying their presence?" Tetsuo asked, a hand on his Grimoire.
"I'm not sure, but I think it's best if you speak to them." Fiona responded, causing everyone to glance at each other before nodding their heads and made their way towards the meeting room.
Once they entered the meeting room, their eyes widened when they saw who the person is.
"Hi." Asta greeted with calm aura surrounding him, yet Rin could sense a slight distance from his Ki.
"A-Asta? Whyyyyy…...are you greeting us in this manner?" Ryo asked, becoming confused, yet happy to see Asta so soon.
"I suppose to add bit more dramatic effect." Asta responded, causing Noelle to snort slightly, holding back one of her "Bakasta" comments.
"We were just talking about you and wondering when we might be able to meet you again." Rin said, attempting to break the ice.
"Rin!" Noelle hissed, causing a slight sheepish expression to appear on Rin's face.
"How are you feeling Noelle, from being controlled?" Asta asked, causing Noelle to jump slight as the swordsman of flame's attention is focused on her.
"I…..it wasn't a nice experience." Noelle responded, realizing that she was in the same position that Asta was in with the whole Primitive Dragon ordeal.
This cause Asta to nod his head slightly.
"Where are the others, or is it just you, Asta?" Ryo asked, starting to feel in edge for some reason.
"The others are here….but there's someone who want to speak to all of you first." Asta responded, causing everyone to perk up.
"Who?" Rin asked, starting to become curious.
"That would be me." A voice responded, causing everyone to turn their heads towards the source of the voice, from a second door that is set within the meeting room, and there eyes widened.
"Hello everyone. It's been a while." Sophia said with a small smile on her face.
And there we go, the truth of Acier's death is finally revealed to Nebra, Solid, Fuegoleon and Mereoleone, which also include Noelle slapping Nozel with a Mana-Skin clad hand. I hope everyone is okay with me including the "blaming-game" into the scene since that is what I would imagine happening amongst the upper-class. That wasn't the only thing that happened has Asta has appeared with the Clover Branch of the Sword of Logos and Sophia's reappearance into the story. So it would seem that Finsternis is planning something in response to Donna's death.
In episode 27 of Gavv:
1) Hanto decided to confront Kenzo where he acted casual at first before coldly telling Hanto how the both of them shared a common interest with the conflict against the Granute. Hanto quickly fled, yet fell unconscious due to pain, but was found by Shoma and Sachika who took him to Dente. Whilst there, the three spotted the Chocold Gochizo, but couldn't get any intel from it. Shoma decided to visit Kenzo and attempted to get information out him, but was knocked out by Bitter Gavv.
2) Hanto woke up, becoming shock with Dente's apperance, where he and Sachika learned that the use of the Chold Gochizo overstimulate the Granute organ, putting more strain on his heart. Hanto was contacted by Kenzo who informed him that he is "looking after" Shoma before telling him to meet at a location. Whilst Hanto headed off, Sachika decided to contact Laki where Dente requested that he come over.
3) Meanwhile, Hanto reached the location where he met Kenzo, who released Shoma before revealing his newly created Bake-Magnum, an upgraded version of the Valen-Buster, before using the Breacookie Gochizo to transform into Kamen Rider Bake. Bake then requested Shoma to fight him, easily overpowering him.
4) Bake then explained that for over twenty years, he has sacrificed over eight people for his research along with others that he used as bait. This cause Hanto to realize that Bake engineered the events of Shoji getting captured/snapped, with Nyelv's help. Hanto and Shoma/Gavv escaped and when Kenzo deactivated his armor, he saw his skin drying up, signifying a side-effect of using the Bake-Magnum. Elsewhere, Dente took Laki's Vrastum-gear and Gochizos in order to create new equipment for Hanto.
In episode 28 of Gavv:
1) Hanto visited Shoji's office where he had a mental break down before being found by Shoma, who lashed out at. Eventually, the two managed to talk, with Shoma buying two chocolate frappes. Meanwhile, a clone of Dark Shoma asked Kenzo about an ongoing research with him explaining that it's to create the strongest lifeform before being approached by Laki who then fought Bitter Gavv.
2) Managing to fled, Kenzo approached Hanto and attempt to persuade him into continuing to work with him, but Hanto refused, resulting in Bake fighting Shoma/Gavv whilst Hanto himself rode to Dente's place and took the complete replica of the Vrastrum-Gear and Gochizo. Hanto when back to the fight and attempted to transform with the Vrastrum-Gear, but discovered that the Gochizo is a blank.
3) Both he and Shoma then got beaten badly by Bake until a new Gochizo came out of Shoma Gavv(belt), the Frappeis Gochizo which comes in two parts along with being able to speak. Hanto then used the Frappeis Gochizo to transform into his Frappe Custom form which he manages to overwhelm Bake with before managing to defeat him. Back with Vram and Bitter Gavv, the fight took them into a room where all the Dark Shomas are created and Vram swiftly destroyed the tank where they are held. Whilst Shoma and Hanto fixed their friendship, Kenzo died from his wounds before Neylv appeared, commenting that he would take over his work.
And there we have, these two episodes put the spotlight onto Kenzo with his transformation into Kamen Rider Bake and some dark secrets he holds along side Valen getting his Frappe Custom power-up form. I'm a bit disappointed that Kenzo died so soon since the Bake-Magnum holds the risk of killing him with repeated use. With Neylv now in possession of Kenzo's research, what's going to happen with the Dark Shoma clones and the "ultimate lifeform" project that Kenzo has been working on?
So the name for the seventh Reiwa Kamen Rider has been revealed, Kamen Rider Zeztz. So far, not further information has been revealed, but some people have speculate that due to having three "Zs" in the name, the theme will involve dreams.
Please review and until next time.
howard576:
1) From the looks of things, the two sides are converging with Asta making his appearance within the Clover Branch.
2) Toei revealed the name for the next Rider series sooner than expected. For Gavv, it was in May when it was revealed.
parthd1510:
1) Sorry about that, but I hope that Captain Sophia's reappearance covers that.
2) Well...Donna's death seemed to have triggered something with Finsternis's actions.
3)...That's something you have to wait and see.
BrainWork27:
1) Yes, that would be something that Lucius would do. It will cause mental damage when everyone sees a Paladin-Donna as their enemy.
2) We don't know if Lucius has taken control over Damnatio yet.
3) At least the good news is that Captain Sophia has returned.
4)...I'll keep the idea in mind.
neostardustdragon101:
1) If you look it from another angle, Donna's death could cause Asta to become motivated to reconnect with the others.
2) Well, a certain someone may be able to create a scenario for those actions to happen...in a way.
3) I think that this chapter shows that Noelle is alive and finally releasing her anger on Nozel.