Winner said:
[X] Use your family's magecraft to steal ownership of the familiar so he doesn't send it after you a third time. Send it to die since you don't need it.
- [X] Before you do, look into its memories to see what he told this thing to do.
"You're all welcome btw, see you in the war."
You're done with this. He's likely immature, sure, but ultimately the best way to grow up is to face the consequences of your bad decisions, and this was a particularly bad one for him. Plus, this is something you need to practice more, it will potentially be useful to you when the war kicks off.
You hold your free hand over the duck's head and slowly charge mana through you and it. You imagine the energy from your circuits taking the form of several links chained together, wrapping around the familiar, binding it into a contact that cancels all others. This is your family magic, a fraction of the amazing feats committed by the King of Magic in order to send the demons to build his temple.
It eventually is bound, you begin to pull it's spiritual core to you. Making it truly an extension of you just as it snaps its bond with its previous master fully, the only resistance it has to you pulled away. Something more powerful could fight you, but this is child's play.
You open your eyes to see your familiar turn to look into them. You have a very good idea of what to do with it. You cast a simple spell and look into the creature's mind, time to see what this kid was thinking, or at least told this thing. You eventually see all of the recent memories play out for you.
Seren sat in the corner, messing around with a smartphone. You briefly wonder why a mage would carry such a thing, did she not care about her reputation?
"He said Astoria?" She asks her friend. He nods and she continues, "first result is a city in the western part of the states. But seriously though, promise me this is only your curiosity, not a legit desire to fight in a death tournament."
"Seren."
"Yes?"
"It's the Holy Grail. Why wouldn't I want to see it myself."
"It's a fake, and we'll die."
"One of those things doesn't matter, the other is impossible since we're both so strong!"
"I'm not gonna talk you out of this, am I?"
"Nope." He gave her the largest grin, as if he just accomplished something others would think was impossible. In a sense though, he was trying to do just that.
"You, Gareth, are going to die out there. I'm going to have to risk my life just to lower your chances of dying am I?"
He let loose an exaggerated fist pump, "yes! We're gonna be unstoppable together."
Seren sighed as she stood up and walked out of the room, "you're gonna need more info if we're really going to do this."
He pointed to you as she exited, "Lucille! Jeffery is running away so I'm going to send you out to spy on him during his meeting! I need you to also try to get some info in his place."
You laugh internally, not just at the fact that all his familiars have names, but because he told it what to do when he controlled all its functions anyway.
So that was it. You realize he has no idea what he's in for and run straight back to El-Melloi's room. Upon getting there, however, you see it completely deserted. He likely ran off when you stole his familiar.
Speaking of which, you turn to it, it's neck was still in your hand. You considered killing it before looking in its mind, but you're suddenly reminded that you can make use of it to perform a summoning ritual, so you set it down and will it to follow you for the time being. You make sure you have everything you were given and begin contemplate what to do next.
[ ] You have time, study a bit of magecraft. Memorize or adapt a spell for combat use, just in case.
[ ] You should try to find Gareth, or Seren, but preferably both. Talk them out of the war no matter how badly it may go.
[ ] You're tired. Just get home and get some rest. You will be traveling tomorrow so you only have tonight to relax before you potentially die.
[ ] Write-in
