I'm back everyone with a new chapter, and with responses to reviews! But...as I look through them, some of them made me laugh because they were all pretty much the same reaction while some were different. So without further ado I will respond in kind.
Yes. Wodime is in Lunar Witch. Did you really think Morgan, the Fairy Knights and Woodose were the only ones to be given a second chance in this Lostworld?
haziqsaffari2: Artemis feels a connection to Hakuno due to the girl's origins. It's like discovering lost kin and not wanting to lose them again.
Misaka Phenex: Yeah, that is a problem. But a parody react fic holds its own promise as well.
Engineer4Ever: Yes, Primo is the strongest Level 1 Elf in existence.
dragon slayer of death 98: Yes, Apollo Familia is done for.
No Fanfic No Life: Never watched Ultimate Muscle so that was by complete coincidence when I wrote it.
ultima-owner: Yes and no.
Not a Meme: I love referencing other works as shout-outs since they're my favorite ones to read.
anon: Ah, I see you're a Fan of Culture.
"Radiant stars traveling the obsidian night sky." Primo chanted, the stars in the eclipse sky lighting up in response to her spell. Hakuno had taken notice of them first since she felt the sudden overwhelming flow of mana coming from the sky and looked up. This also caused both Ryu and the group of Apollo's adventurers to look up as well.
"Listen to my innocent prayers and guide these descending lights." Countless patterns in the sky created a giant magical circle which Hakuno instantly identified as magic circuits. Their quality and quantity was without equal with the promise of overwhelming mana behind it. She knew her own magecraft was stronger in the Age of Gods, but this magecraft Primo had apparently learned was one of the oldest ones that the Regalia has deciphered to her.
"Come, tears of the stars!" Primo commanded, holding her Oaken Staff high as seven bright stars, the Seven Sisters, Pleiades shined brighter than the sun itself as seven massive beams of light fell, splitting and doubling in numbers each second, they fell until it was a countless number of shooting stars.
"Smite the sinners with righteous fury!" she swung down her staff, aiming it at her target that suddenly realized this was no ordinary elf child as the archers tried to notch and fire arrows at her. But it was too late. Being distracted in awe of Primo's spell, the speed the barrage of lights was faster than they had anticipated when it fell on their heads in a devastating shower of destruction.
"Lumine Pleiades!"
Nothing was left after that. The group that Primo blasted were wiped out of existence as Apollo wailed at the sudden loss of his children, as he felt their connection to him no longer there.
The whole world was stunned. The gods themselves were stunned. Even Hakuno was stunned by this development as Primo singlehandedly wiped out a team of Apollo's familia members with a single spell. Lumine Pleiades, Primo's only offensive spell she got from the Falna was augmented from this magecraft from Chaldea. Astromancy, the power of the stars and planets in the heavens above. How fitting for one's spell named with the seven stars be empowered by the Age of God's influence and the magecraft of Chaldea.
The very lights of the stars themselves descended like torrent of lasers as the entire area shook. If Primo's Boundary Field was to say anything, she apparently learned from this Chaldean Mage. It also alerted her of a person from Pan-Human History was here, for magic is a rare and sought-after trait in adventurers by the gods growing their Familia.
She made a note to find this mage so they could have a talk. On the other hand, Hakuno was alarmed that Primo just killed people just like that. She had mixed feelings about it, for children should be having fun and enjoying life, but seeing Primo killing others made her sad at the sight. Said elf child was panting, the haze of anger in her eyes dying out before blinking and realizing what she had done. She saw the destruction of her spell had wrought and saw no bodies from where her spell landed as the truth descended upon her.
The elf child dropped her staff in shocked horror before Hakuno pulled her close and hugged her, whispering that everything was alright, and she too carried the guilt of killing people before. The elf child was crying as Hakuno comforted her daughter with everything she knew from her own experiences. Many elves, even Riveria felt sad for the child's loss of innocence, wanting the young one to at least be older before doing such a dark deed like that.
"Primo…" Ryu spoke up after being silent for so long, getting the younger elf's attention. "Your sin is not terrible compared to the ones I committed in the past in the name of 'justice'." She said as the Boundary Field had lifted and the wind blew across the field. "The lives I took within a week alone paled whatever you had done here…I stained my very soul black with vengeance of my own familia's destruction and ghosts of my past haunting me to this day."
Primo's eyes widened as the older elf looked at her softly, so softly her stoic expression wasn't even visible behind her hood. "I had no one to hug me, to comfort me for my loss, to even share my pain and guilt. You however, having a loving mother, a goddess that cares for you, and a family-your familia there to help guide you from out of the darkness. Remember that."
All Primo could do was stare at Ryu Lion, the revelation the older elf was sharing to her had granted the young promising mage knowledge of things and perspectives to look over. If anything, this was a small comfort for Primo to know there were people out there that cared for her. But Ryu…
Sensing her daughter's intent, Hakuno released her hug and urged her daughter to do what needed to be done. With that, Primo hugged Ryu by the waist, startling the older elf as she didn't even try resisting physical contact like she did with most people (with few exceptions of course). "Ryu." Primo said, looking up at the older woman with tear-soaked eyes. "If you need someone to share the pain, to weep and understand…you can always come to me." She told her.
It made Ryu's eyes widen before softening in understanding. Ryu had lost her familia, and Primo lost her birth mother. While Ryu struggled in darkness, Primo found light. They were opposites in their outcomes, yet they shared the pain of losing their loved ones before. Her opposite that was lending an outstretched hand to her, just like the goddess Astraea had done in the past.
At Denatus, the numerous gods were conversing with themselves, alarmed at the display of such firepower that the Hestia Familia had and looked at the tiny goddess that was shocked by Primo's sudden boost in power. When she updated the child's Falna, it didn't display any information like that which meant like Hakuno, there were a few tricks the elf had learned that didn't rely on the Falna which also included headaches of potential surprises.
But this was also one thing the goddess had come to learn and accept. There are some things mortals can pull off that surprise even gods themselves, like learning of skills that don't rely on the Falna to provide. First was some of Hakuno's skills in making potions and casting spells, including "Lordless Camelot" not included in the Falna. The Falna itself was merely awakening hidden potential in the children of the lower world. It did not include the abilities and skills they acquired with their own hard work and efforts before and after acquiring the blessings of a deity.
Now Hestia called it, that thing with the stars and harnessing the vast magical energy of the heavens was taught to her by someone in Demeter's Familia. She didn't know who, but it also made a revelation that her fellow goddess had a hidden ace in her familia. But judging from the look in Demeter's eyes, there was no recognition of the 'magecraft' Primo had used, meaning that Demeter's child must have kept it hidden from their own goddess.
A scream break Hestia out of her thoughts when she saw Lili, disguising herself as Luan with her magic running from Morgan and Barghest in part of an act. It was a tactic to make the Apollo Familia realized they made one of the worst enemies by mistake and to rethink their life choices as 'Luan' retreated behind 'his' comrades.
"Do you really think I would let you get away with the insults to the Queen of Britain herself, pest?" Morgan demanded, her voice, so much like Hakuno's yet cold and ruthless like a winter blizzard. It also shows the connections the Hestia Familia had outside of Orario and served as a warning to anyone wanting to make an enemy of them.
"Queen of Britain?!"
"The Land of Fairies!"
"How did Apollo earn her ire?"
The gods were whispering amongst themselves as 'Luan' continued to run, not turning back as Morgan's magic blasted away any who stepped in her way as Barghest used the flat of her blade to knock out the adventurers. It was child's play to the two as Hestia had a little smirk on her face as Apollo began to freak out.
"Hestia! Why does the Queen of Britain have problems with me?!" Apollo demanded while Hestia merely folded her arms and did a head gesture to the Divine Mirror as 'Luan' was cornered again.
"Tell me vermin. Did you think insulting my daughter Hakuno would be without consequences?" Morgan demanded with disdain as the entire room went quiet.
The Holy Witch, Hakuno Kishinami. Daughter of the Queen of Britain.
Well…that was unexpected.
Now Apollo's face had paled greatly. His plans had backfired a few times before, but he was able to get away with it. But this, making an enemy of royalty with power to back it up was pushing back his own familia like they were mere goblins. Worst of all, it was from the royal family of Britain, where the fairies or spirits as they were often called lived there.
But things got worse with what Morgan said next.
"I kept tabs on everything involving my daughter, and your god had the audacity, planning on giving her to Aeshma as a breeding tool for his ambitions just for a mere boy. Sickening. Now…feel the fury of the Fae and all the might that comes with it!"
Everyone looked at Apollo with scorn, disdain of the deity's actions as a chorus of angry voices rang out in not just Orario, but everywhere else. It will be known that Apollo's reputation had fallen hard, and now hostilities towards the sun god had risen to new levels. He will not be welcomed anywhere on the lower world.
The tides were turning against him fast, and he was going to pay for the consequences dearly for it.
"Uwah…" Loki fidgeted at the sight of Morgan's brutality. She saw the resemblance to Hakuno's own fighting style with magic and instantly realized that Morgan was the superior of the two, especially given since the woman is the girl's mother. Part of her wondered just how strong the queen was because she knew that there were no gods nor any Familia in Britain. With how spirits blessed mortals and gained might that rivaled the Falna prior to the gods descending.
Several people winced at one particular attack rendered a limb clean off for one of Apollo's adventurers as said God cried out in horror of his children suffering. He had nothing but himself to blame for this.
*Hestia Camp-Night*
The campfire was in a blaze as Hakuno held her metallic hand out to it, her eyes focused on the flames in distant memory as Bell sat beside her. He tried to perceive what was hidden behind those eyes as her expression was a blank. It was as if Hakuno had become a life size doll right there at the moment and it unnerved the boy a bit.
"H-Hakuno?" Bell asked nervously. Hakuno blinked, as if snapped out of a trance and carefully turned her gaze towards Bell with curious eyes. It was cute with that expression she had but he had to focus on what he wanted to ask.
"Where did you come from exacty? I-I mean, what was Britain like?" Bell asked he stammered out as Hakuno blinked at the question and looked back at the flames with an unreadable expression.
"I wasn't born in Britain, but in the island nation of the Far East before moving to the moon as a new home." She answered. It caused everyone in the Hestia Familia group to pause from what they were doing to look at her as if she grew a second head.
"The…moon?" Ais had spoken up, tilting her head in confusion before Morgan stepped in.
"Her body suffered a terrible illness with no cure at the time due to her environment at the time and was sent to the moon to rest." Morgan explained as Haruhime bumped a fist into her palm in understanding.
"Ah! The first verse of the Familia Myth!" she recalled as Morgan looked to the Renard curiously. "Oh, I'm sorry Your Majesty, I'm the Chronicler of the Hestia Familia's tales and exploits per Hakuno-sama's assignment in the Familia. I wrote it akin to a fairy tale, and Bell-sama has done his best to help write is as well." Haruhime explained before Morgan turned her gaze towards Bell and stared.
"W-Well, it was just to help out in telling our story for future generations-!" he started to explain before blinking when Morgan was up in his face, causing the boy's cheeks to burn cherry red at how close she was.
"…Hm, for a minute I could have sworn you reminded me of my husband." She mentioned off-handedly, causing Bell to sputter before Hakuno winced at another vision appearing.
She saw it, Bell had summoned a version of Morgan as a Servant and then Bell became the Witch Queen's husband. With all the adorkable interactions between the two. For some reason, she found it cute and was already shipping it for those two in that side of the Multiverse.
But then it made her realize her own current predicament with Bell of this world. The boy has feelings for her and Ais. Plus, she never gave him a proper answer to that confession because of Gilgamesh's intrusion to the conversation.
"Wow! A fairy tale involving mom? Can I read it!?" Primo asked, excitement in her eyes as they were practically glowing at the idea of reading it.
Hakuno's cheeks turned red at that, feeling embarrassed of being akin to a fairytale character.
"That actually sounds interesting. I'd like to listen in on this tale as well." Morgan spoke up, sending a teasing smile to Hakuno.
"Well, I guess I can learn more about my new Captain since I just converted." Welf added in while rubbing his chin in thought.
"I want to know a bit more about Hakuno." Ais stated with intense interest and Hakuno felt her cheeks grow even warmer.
Ryu didn't say anything but her eyes gleamed with curiosity.
"Don't worry, I'm using my Arcanum so everyone can hear Hakuno's tale in our Familia Myth!" Hestia announced cheerfully.
Doom had come to Hakuno Kishinami as her face was now bright red. She did not like this kind of attention at times and both Morgan and Hestia were profiting from embarrassing her like this. For a moment with heightened hearing, she could have sworn to have heard Gilgamesh laughing at her predicament.
─But it didn't end there. Someone dropped gasoline into the flames.
"Don't forget the adorable kohai BB-chan~! Allow me to use the memories of everyone in the Hestia Familia to project the story in exact detail with audio!" came the voice of BB out of nowhere.
"Maybe it would be a good idea to help Chaldea confirm a Cosmos Denial right now." Hakuno thought as she felt exposed on so many levels of wrong, she didn't even know where to begin.
With that, Haruhime had the tome out and began reciting the first verse of the story. "Upon a moonlit night, a witch descends from the stars." She began.
Hakuno buried her face inside her hands, she felt so exposed right now she wanted to crawl under a rock and die. Everyone around the world is going to hear about her now and she will never live it down.
[Next Time: Among Us (Pretender)]