And thus once again the story of our very own Don Quixote continues on… and potentially, Don Quixote might earn herself a new Party Member in this new Chapter!

MrSadLad: It'll certainly be interesting to see how long Myne / Malty can keep it up~ And for that question, I'm a Ruina nerd first, Limbus nerd second, so I'll be pulling a lot of combat page references and maybe even some Key page passives from Ruina if I can help it. ;D

50Blessings: Thank you again! Unfortunately, due to the nature of the world of Shield Hero it won't be likely for IDs to show up due to the nature of them being tied to Dante and his ability to pull from Mirror Worlds, but aspects of each one may manifest as the story progresses through… as for E.G.O though, you'll seeee~

Argorok: Thank you!

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Chapter 3: OF THE AMAZING MEETING OF DON QUIXOTE AND THE EQUALLY AS LOVELY RINO

Don Quixote was restless. She couldn't help it as she sat by the window looking out into the city. By now most of her comrades had gone to sleep, and now here she was waiting for the day to rise once more.

But it couldn't stand. Her comrades or not, she couldn't wait for day to rise! She needed to fight, she needed to deal out justice!

She put on some of her clothes, and jumped out the window, landing on the city streets as she looked out into the dark of the night… She could see clearest in the Night, and she felt more at ease now that the moon was shining at her behest. She let out a breath of relief before starting on her way down the streets. The slight hustle and bustle of the City streets even in the nighttime excited her as she walked down the streets. The buzz of activity, it was ripe for the call of Justice! She needed to advance and take this opportunity at once!

She didn't even bother hiding herself with the massive spear in her hands as she travelled into the depths of the city on the prowl for what might come out. The night wind rushed against her hair and the sound of her footsteps resounded with each step of righteous intent she made. The Knights on guard didn't bat her an eye as they saw her walking on her way, and many of the late night Citizens actually greeted her, or simply stayed away from her path.

It couldn't have been this quite, could it? There had to be villainy across this place somewhere. With so many Alleys and so many passages, there was bound to be somewhere she might discover that might have a bit of injustice she could combat… Would her comrades approve of this? Well, maybe, but she didn't need their permission for anything! Rocinante would guide her lance anyways.

She stepped out into the light as she walked down the stone streets, and turning a corner towards the Magical Market square, she was met with a terrible sight, truly!

A girl was being assaulted in the middle of the night, how terrible! Verily a Fixer wouldn't wait for inaction as she burst forwards with gusto. This was as clear as day as you could get!

The man ahead of her seemed surprised at her arrival, before stepping forwards, claiming he was in the right as he chastised the girl in front of her. The girl was still on her butt, with a cracked Crystal Ball under her feet… She simply wouldn't believe it, the evidence was right there! Heck, she'd even seen him raising his hand against her. This was as cut and dry as it could be!

Before he could raise an opposing voice, She raised her hand, and threw her glove into the man's face, raising her lance.

"Thou art a cur and a scumbag! To assault a woman and break her property, that is of the utmost indignities! Dost thou have no honor, no shame!

The man seemed almost outraged at first, as he stepped up to the short woman threateningly.

"Oy, is that a challenge lassy? This girly owes me a loda cash for breaking the ball I was gonna buy! I was just gonna take it form her, but now… well, she broke it, and I was gonna take my property… but you think just cause you got some fancy Spear replica, you think you can beat me and tell me what ta do?"

Before Don Quixote raised her lance, not having a bit of it. .

"This is mine own Lance, one that shall smite all Evil that comes into contact with it! And my glove, which has struck thine cheek, marks thou as an evil to smite! For to throw down thy gauntlet is a dignified and honorable declaration of intent to duel! That is what the Cinq code says as according to Fixer Weekly Number 7, and 'Tis an indispensable part of a duel's etiquette. Now, dost thou accept my request to duel thou in this maiden's honor, or will thou take the Cowards way out?"

The man stammered out a response as he stood himself up, drawing a shortsword, before looking back at Don Quixote.

"That girly's got a lotta nerve taking from me! So If you're so insisten' on payin her debt to me, I'll entertain ya in a duel."

Don Quixote didn't hesitate once his declaration of a duel was settled as she planted her spear.

"Thusly, we shall engage! We fight until the other cannot fight or until one of us is dead! Those are the rules of engagement as decided by the Cinq Association! Allez!"

At the declaration to start, the two started immediately.

She thrust her spear forwards catching his sword flick at being caught off guard before swiftly moving in and clocking him in the chin.

The brute got up and cracked his chin before pulling back and attempting a few thrusts with his sword. While a few hit, Don followed up with a swipe from her Spear and made contact with his arms, and was satisfied to hear as he was staggered backwards… She waited as he picked himself up coughing and growling. Once he had recovered though, she followed up by thrusting forwards once again and pierced his arm and knee both with one final thrust. The battle was over just like that, though debatedly she had wasted much of her time on such a simple-minded thug as this one… Perhaps no better than a Rat, but if he was doing small bits of damage to her, she definitely needed to get stronger…

But she would not sit idly while injustices like this served to incapacitate the common folk… She hefted her spear back onto her shoulder and stepped towards the girl she had just saved from whatever form of entrapment the man had in store for her. The girl in question looked at her with stars in her eyes, as she smiled. Don Quixote took note that she was quite average, almost as tall as she was and yet just a bit taller… She wore a green witches hat with semi-red and brunette hair... she would shake her head and take Don Quixote's hand.

"That was awesome! Thanks for helping, You're an adventurer right?! My name's Rino… I've been trying to become an Adventurer, but I usually don't have enough funds to really get started, but I recently was able to get a Crystal Ball… Then this guy comes along saying that it was his first since he laid his eyes on it and was going to pay for it some time this week or whatever, but still to deal with him so quickly…"

Don quixote smiled, as she simply shook Rino's hand, and smiled.

"Dame Rino, tis a lovely name for a maiden as thou! My name is Don Quixote! A righteous Fixer of Justice!"

She pointed her lance to the Moon.

"I fight for a dream, a Dream that I will one day become the most valiant Fixer, the most just and most revered for I shall be a Fixer that fights truly and justly with all that a Fixer can muster!"

She smiled and started off, as Rino took in the words that Don Quixote just said…

I thank thee for your admiration, but I must not dally, for I am certain more in this City needs righting!"

Rino waved as Don Quixote took up her arms and left… but as she was about to round the corner, Rino paused as her thoughts came back to her…
Wait.

Did she just say her name… was the same name as that girl who was summoned to fight the Waves?! The strange yellow haired girl who acted much like a Knight in a Theatre play would?! No way, that was her just now?! Rino waved her hands trying to flag down Don Quixote but it was kinda late…

"Waiiiit!"

Leaving behind the poor sap who had just gotten his butt kicked by Don Quixote, and a sharp hiss form his mouth as he yelled out at the two girls chasing each other, and yet not.

"OY YOU TWO LASSES JUST GONNA LEAVE ME HERE?!"

Two Knights stepped forwards…

"On the contrary…"

Rino looked all around the city to no avail as Don Quixote went about patrolling the rest of the night away, passing by Knights and other Adventurers up that late before pulling back to the Inn the rest of her compatriots were staying at.

Don Quixote strolled back to the inn as day broke, and she saw her Adventuring compatriots slowly rising themselves from their beds and rest, as she smiled at them with a glorious passion at her victory that previous night.

"Good morrow! Hmhm, tis another bright day indeed! Shall we go on a merry stroll to the next Village?"

There were no complaints as Don Quixote smiled and raised her lance.

"Then we shall be off!"

It was then that Don Quixote was interrupted by that Rino girl once again. She came running down the street, as she huffed out a puff of breath, trying hard not to fall over.

"I… finally… found you…."

Don tilted her head curiously, before RIno looked at her, stars in her eyes once again.

"Please let me join your party Miss Spear Heroine!"

It didn't take long after that for Don Quixote to add her to her main party list, consisting mostly of herself, Lesty and Elena with Myne as a surrogate member due to her being a VIP that Don Quixote was protecting.

The Party composition was looking quite strong, Don Quixote would say so herself.

She had little knowledge on what they truly excelled at with them not sharing much outside of what they wanted to, and she was fine with that, but she was also thrilled to find out at some point. Truly the powers of Fixers and their wide array of abilities knew no bounds! Even her fellow Hero esquires would be able to perform such amazing abilities… She held onto a sliver of hope that maybe the Shield Hero might be able to redeem himself, but perhaps not. A villain was a villain was it not? She couldn't make sense of why he would reduce himself to such a pitiful level though… A question for another time!

The day after her nightly duel marked the time that It had been a week since Don Quixote had been summoned to the Kingdom of Melromarc, and in that time, she'd justly and verily grown by quite a bit… though it seemed some of her compatriots were a bit upset that their "EXP curve" was slowing down as they fought off monsters in the area. Eventually it reached a point that they were getting only 2-3 Experience per monster killed, which was not… particularly good in the slightest for the rest of the girls in the party. Everyone had reached roughly level 16 to 17 by that point, and the numbers per experience gained were only increasing.

The only odd one out was Rino who was level 12 but that could easily just be attributed to her late arrival within the group. It seemed she was acclimating well to the group as they continued onwards into the day with a gusto to their steps. At a stop for lunch though, Myne raised a curious question as they ate the food that Don Quixote had packed for them.

"Miss Quixote, don't you think it's about time we moved on to newer, stronger areas in the Kingdom? I am positive that there's bound to be stronger monsters causing injustices, plus we've cleared out so many monsters in these parts… please, don't you think it'd be such an injustice to leave all those poor people out further in the Kingdom without our aide?"

Myne spoke truly though as they sat from their long way down the road. They hadn't strayed very far from the Capital's inner Cities, but now that they'd gotten stronger, perhaps justice needs to be doled elsewhere in the world.

Don Quixote smiled, as she raised her lance, and pointed it up skywards.

"Justly, thou speaks with such truth! As Fixers we must expand our borders and horizons! We cannot just stay here, we require hardship and more places need our Protection! Thusly, we shall move onwards!"

She shouted with such passion and overwhelming confidence as they moved on into the wilds of the world. Myne also smiled, as she patted Don Quixote on the back.

"Yes, we need to spread justice! It shouldn't be that hard of a job right girls?"

There were some nods of agreement, as Don Quixote stood up and the rest packed up what they had to get ready once more. As they did though, Don Quixote was met with a quickened pace, and was met with the friendly face of Rino as the two walked.

"So Miss Quixote, how did you get so strong? You handled that duel so well last night, and fought with such fierce and swift justice, it was amazing! I mean, I can usually only last a fight a little bit with support from my magic, but it's just so… hard, I struggle with maintaining focus, and I'm still such a low level compared to so many of my friends back home… One of them's even close to getting a Class Upgrade from what I heard!"

Don Quixote smiled, as she held her hand and simply explained as they continued walking.

"I am only where I am by holding dearly the values of the many great Fixers before me! As a Fixer of justice myself, I hold truly their ideals and what they preached! Listen well miss Rino! Ingrain these words into your being, for they are the ideals all Fixers hold dear!"

Rino seemed a lot more attentive than the others as Don Quixote prattled off again, this time though, Rino listened with sparkles in her eyes as Don Quixote recounted her tales.

"A Fixer must maintain a head clear of corruption, speech free of deceit, and conduct guided by clemency! Show courage in adventure, and bear pain in suffering! A true Fixer is honorable, just, and never backs down from Injustice no matter where it rears it's head! And last, but certainly not least, a Fixer pursues their dream no matter what, even if they should perish in the chase! A true Fixer fears not their own life, but instead for the lives of those who cannot fear! For that is the way of a Fixer!"

She raised her lance with a smile.

"FIxers before me like the great and durable Aegis of the Zwei Association! The refined and graceful Parris of the Cinq Association! The honorable Director Yujin of the Shi Association! The ironclad and stalwart Xiao of the Liu Association! Those great Fixers who hath come before me, and that I strive to be like every day!"

She turned to Rino with a smile, as the two walked on more.

"Shall I regale thee a tale of the Great Aegis, and how he stood firm against thousands of arrows one day to protect those behind him?! For it is a story of untold parallel and steadfast glory!"

They had finished yet another story, and Rino couldn't hold back her excitement. She didn't know the Spear Hero… or rather, Heroine, would be such a dedicated story teller and recounter of knowledge! Such fantastical and amazing things that were told in her stories… She couldn't even remember the last time she'd heard of such amazing Heroes… if the Spear Hero was from another world, what a wonderful place it must've been to have such amazing Heroes that risked life and limb not for glory or money, but simply to protect all those who came before them. Such value in the Hero she followed…

She'd definitely made the right choice. It didn't take long for her to want to try and match up with Don Quixote's own sense of justice when they met a Monster ahead of them. Well, multiple monsters in fact. From what Don Quixote noted, these things were called "Horriblins" terrible Orc like creatures that hung from the Caves tossing spittle and rocks at whatever passed by their dens. Apparently Don Quixote and the other girls had fought these things multiple times before, so maybe it was time for her to show her own potential!

She raised her staff, as she nodded to Don Quixote.

"Let me prove myself as a worthy Fixer, just like you Miss Quixote!"

Don herself seemed surprised at her action, and watched as she muttered to herself.

"By the power within me, I command the flames of the world, Fast Fireball!"

A fireball formed from her staff and shot forwards with a massive burst of energy. Don smiled as the Fireball struck truly as a Horriblin was staggered and fell from where it was.

"OHhhhhhh that was a perfectly WANDA-FUL strike to the Enemy, Rino! Forsooth, thine eyes see true!"

She ran forwards, a smile on Rino's face as the two started clearing out the Cave of Horriblins…

Before long, the remains were burnt to a crisp and Don Quixote was splitting apart the materials, before taking some time to set up a small campfire and letting them sit down for a camp once more…

Don Quixote hadn't felt this ecstatic since she'd first heard her first tale of Fixers from the letters she had gotten from the Lighthouse… or did she? Did she… hear them first from the LIghthouse?

Regardless, she had gifted another set of pins to her newest compatriot. A lot of duplicates in her Bag had gone unattended, so perchance a set of Pins from the Black Silence would do Miss Rino well!

She didn't know what Myne had done with her pin of the Blue Reverberation, but Lesty and Elena seemed alright with the pins as Elena had put her pin of the Ochre Temperance somewhere in her bag, and Lesty the Pin of the Vermillion Cross was hanging alongside her bag as well.

But regardless, they had their pins, and that was enough for Don Quixote to know they treasured such objects from her world so dearly!

She shuffled through her bag once more… before finding another letter? When had that gotten there? She hadn't written to any of her friends in a while… so maybe another reply from one who hadn't written to her? She opened the letter, finding that it was similar to what the previous letter had said… Her friends… truly were proud of her were they not? That she was truly a Fixer now, that she was truly making a difference… That was something that couldn't be taken away from her now.

Author's Notes: Hey all, I know it's hella late for an update and it's a bit more on the shorter side, but I've been really busy this past weekend so I didn't have as much time to write as I would've liked, that and I'm still getting back in my Groove with writing once again. I promise I'll make it up to you guys next chapter! It'll be a doozy for sure!

Please feel free to leave reviews and comments, I love reading each one. Later nerds~! ;P