Dimensionist
Grandmaster of Apologism, Keeper of the Faith
- Location
- Bangalore, India
What was Siesta's reasoning, anyway? From what I'm reading, it seems like she thought either Luis or Saito would take advantage of her or something.
The Steep Path Ahead [Familiar of Zero AU]
- Thread starter shadenight123
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Well, a mixture of that. It's one thing to help someone in the heat of the moment, but when you realize that you helped someone who's got a search warrant on their heads, it might make more sense to hand her over in order to drop the heat on your back. And since Siesta doesn't have read mind as an ability, when two adventurers head into the woods to 'talk' away from her, what is a poor maid to think? Maybe they want to discuss something that she isn't meant to know! Which means it must be something bad!
And she had just barely escaped from the men of Count Mott, and didn't know Luise was actually a 'nun-in-training' or Saito a good boy. So better to run away with the horse and leave the two adventurers behind. She didn't steal anything, so they'd have no reason to pursue her. And if she got back home just a tiny bit sooner, then it would be for the best.
I'm actually hoping that Saito and Luise end up together in this story.
1. Because I actually like this Luise who I personnally believe is a lot better then the canon one.
And
2. Because we all know that Luise is going to continue to pretend to be a man and people are going to continue to think Luise is a man. So any relationship that develops with Saito is going to be misinterpreted constantly.
1. Because I actually like this Luise who I personnally believe is a lot better then the canon one.
And
2. Because we all know that Luise is going to continue to pretend to be a man and people are going to continue to think Luise is a man. So any relationship that develops with Saito is going to be misinterpreted constantly.
Didn't she steal their horse?
Well yeah, but the three of them stole it an hour before that.
There are an infinite possible pairings that are better (including for Saito) than violent-cockblocking-prude Luise.
FTFY.
And believe me, Saito will agree once he has a couple weeks with infected teeth to change his mind:lol
FTFY.
And believe me, Saito will agree once he has a couple weeks with infected teeth to change his mind:lol
She won't wait that long, and then Saito will be more pissed at having missing teeth. So there!
RazorSmile
ROB Used To Be A Knife Missile
Re: Saito's teeth - I thought they had water mages for this sort of thing.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
- Location
- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
Chapter Twenty-Seven
With two horses, the trip to the capital city of Tristain proved to be quite quick. It still took them a few days, but since Siesta didn't leave them, they managed to eat warm food during the time they spent outside. If only the maid hadn't taken it as the norm to sleep while hugging Saito in an effort to stay warm during the long nights, much to the boy's delight and to Luise's frustration, then it would have been a pleasant trip even.
They diverted from the main road though, just so they could avoid the Count's men in the rare chance they managed to recover their horses and continue their pursuit.
Saito whistled at the sight of the walls of Tristain. "Well, that's nothing like Germania's capital, but it's a good start, I guess," Luise said offhandedly, standing seated in front of Saito upon the horse, letting the boy get used to the reins. Admittedly, she had come to appreciate not having to walk, but that form of leisure was soon to come to an end.
"Let's leave the horses outside the city," Luise said. "Wouldn't want the gate guards to detain us because of them."
Descending from the horses, the trio made their way forward and reached the gates after a short hour of walk. The moment they passed through with little trouble -thanks to their Adventurers' badges all things said- the bustling streets welcomed them.
"Follow me," Siesta said, taking to a side alley. "I know the way to my uncle's inn. He'll repay you for what you did."
"He better know a good barber," Luise grumbled. It took a few detours, mostly because Siesta didn't want to be seen out in the open, but when they finally reached the inn in question, Luise halted nearly instantaneously at the sight of the insignia.
"Luise?" Saito asked, puzzled.
"The Charming Fairies inn," Luise said. He looked at Siesta. "It's a whorehouse, isn't it?"
"What? No!" Siesta said hotly, "It's not! My uncle's a nice man, and he'd never do something as improper as that." As she opened the door and stepped inside, scantily clad girls came to welcome them with bright cheers and a lot of skin in good view.
Saito was in heaven.
Luise growled. "This isn't a whorehouse," she said gruffly, "If this isn't a place of sin and perdition, then why are they dressed like this!?"
"Oh, no touching allowed," one of the waitresses said with a cheer. "You don't have to worry, sir," she added. "We take manners of faith very seriously. We have priests who come by regularly after all!" as she giggled that, Luise nearly choked on her spit.
"Luis, don't make a scene," Saito said in a whisper, smiling warmly as a peculiarly busty waitress came closer to them, eyeing Siesta first.
"Siesta?" the woman said, "Is that you?"
"Oh, Jessica!" Siesta exclaimed back, hurrying to hug her. "Is uncle Scarron in the kitchens?" she added in a hurried whisper. "My friends and I need to talk to him urgently."
"Since when are we her friends? More like her unwilling partners," Luise grumbled.
"Weren't you and I the same at the start?" Saito retorted offhandedly, his gaze drifting to this particular tight, or that very nice looking corset, or even to those bountiful mounts that-Luise's foot mistakenly fell on his left foot and as weight was applied, the boy hissed in pain. "C-Come on-let me watch at least!"
"No," Luise said with a huff. "If I wanted a horny dog for a friend, I would have waited for the wolves to near me back in Germania. Move now, can't you see Siesta's gesturing at us? Stop blocking the inn's entrance." With that said, the masked girl walked forward with her most manly of walks, growling ever so slightly whenever a 'waitress' neared her too much.
Saito instead simply smiled, happy with the place he had ended up in. This was like one of those 'soap-lands' where adults went to drain their stress away with relaxing baths. He didn't see anything bad with it -and if priests visited this place, then they couldn't be blasphemous now, could they?
"Oh my! My poor little niece!" and suddenly, Saito's brain stopped working.
A man, a muscular, chest-hair covered man with big full lips and dark hair and eyes stepped out from the kitchen while sashaying his hips. Luise emitted a small scream, and his behind Saito abruptly. "P-Protect me from that thing!" she ordered fearfully as the 'man' walked forward with a full smile.
"Oh, my little dear!" as the man proceeded to hug Siesta and spin her around a bit, the girl simply returned the hug with a giggle. "Your father was so worried about you! Are you all right now? And who are your friends?" as the man turned towards Saito and Luise, Luise made a small strangled cry and clutched tighter to Saito's clothes. "I am Scarron! You can call me 'Mi Mademoiselle'! Any friend of Siesta is a friend of mine!"
"I'm Saito, sir," Saito said as politely as he could. "And this is Luis, we're adventurers. We saw your niece was being harassed," he added in a whisper, "So we came to her rescue."
"My!" Scarron said, a hand to his cheek as he shook his head in disbelief. "Such noble souls!" he neared faster than the Gryphon ever had, and engulfed Saito in a hug that ended only when one wet sloppy kiss was planted on the boy's cheek. "Thank you for saving my niece, noble adventurer!"
As he dropped Saito on the floor, where the boy stood dazed and paralyzed from sheer horror, Luise remained without protection from suffering the same fate, if not for the mask she wore.
"Listen here," Luise said, both hands raised in front of her. "I have a wand and I am not afraid of using it. Keep your thanks to my partner-"
"H-Hey!" Saito whined.
"Shut it," Luise snapped curtly. "Look, not to sound too crass about it, but my partner had his teeth broken in by one of the guys who was after your niece while we saved her. She said you knew of a good barber to fix his problem-"
"Oh, oh of course!" Scarron said. "Siesta dear, you go upstairs and freshen up a bit. Jessica, be kind enough to watch over your cousin, all right?" as the feminine dressed man finished giving orders to the two girls, they both walked upstairs leaving the trio by the counter of the inn.
"Marybeth! Marybeth my little darling fairy, be a dear and hop over to Derevan's shop. Tell him to come with his tools." Scarron winked at Saito as the 'fairy' in question grabbed a cloak from a hanger near the door and walked out the inn. "He's got angel hands that man. He does it all. Hair, teeth, blood, I had an infection once and after five minutes he was done already! Really-would you like some liquid courage in your veins?"
"What." Saito blinked.
"Don't worry," Luise said as kindly as she could, pulling her wand out. "I'll knock him out so he won't feel a thing."
"What."
"Can't let the teeth rot and all of that," Luise said with a knowing nod. "And maybe he can repair them, you never know-like, hopefully?"
Saito sat at the counter with a half-defeated look. "My teeth stopped hurting a couple of days ago-" as he tried to weasel out, Luise took the seat next to him -and Scarron manned the counter, apparently the one thing every innkeeper did even if they were dressed in female clothes.
"Don't worry Saito," Luise said. "I had a few teeth pulled out too, and it doesn't hurt that much," she added. "You just need to find something strong to hold on to, and they give you this funny tasting medicine to drink before that makes you see things all woozy. Really, it's quite a trip."
"Ah, yes," Scarron nodded as he pulled out a clean glass and a dark amber colored liquid from a bottle hidden below the counter. "This will start you off nicely. Trust me, I have seen men scared of their shadows face off mighty dragons with enough of this in their veins."
Saito blinked. "Really?"
Scarron laughed loudly as he poured a full glass of the stuff. "Sure, pretty adventurer-sure!"
Saito shuddered briefly, but after grabbing the glass, he drank it in its entirety much to Luise's deflated expression. He was out like a light a few seconds later, his head hitting the counter at surprising speed.
"Always works," Scarron said with a wink towards Luise. "Herbal Whiskey, strong stuff, even stronger than the normal thing. We give this to the patrons with grabby hands to knock them out politely," he whispered to her in a confidential tone. "Now let's bring him upstairs and wait for Derevan. He'll deal with him in no time. Do you wish to stay close to your friend?"
"Course," Luise said. "We have a letter to deliver, but we can do that together."
"Ah," Scarron said, with a twinkle in his eyes. "Such a pity he's already taken then. He really was cute," as Scarron sighed, Luise did not utter another word.
She had just saved Saito from a very horrible fate, especially when she helped Scarron bring him upstairs, rather than leaving it only to the man himself.
The man known as Derevan was, true to Scarron's words, a professional. He also had a long debt with the owner of the Charming Fairies' Inn, so he did the job without asking for pay -only for a bit of his debt removed and a few drinks afterwards. Luise remained impassive as the man worked on Saito's teeth, humming a small song as he finished and rinsed them off with a small wet cloth.
"There. They should be sensitive for a while, but he's a lucky fellow. I just had to pull one out, and he won't notice a difference."
With a nod, Luise stretched and yawned, waiting for the man to be out of the room before dropping down like a heavy weight on the side of the comfortable looking bed. It really was a comfortable looking bed -she hoped the price for the room was cheap. She wouldn't dislike sleeping in such a place for the night -even if it was a poorly hidden brothel, because she would eat her mask if 'horrible perverted stuff' didn't happen in the rooms nearby.
She was thus surprised when no sound came from said rooms, and even more so when it appeared pretty clear that it was just a normal inn barring the strange clothes the waitresses wore.
As she clutched a pillow and hugged it tightly, resting her head against it, her eyes gazed at Saito's sleeping face, with his mouth wide open as he snored peacefully the 'liquid courage' away.
Her own gaze softened at the sight of how defenseless he looked.
They were safe now, and they could rest.
They'd head to church the next day, and then meet up with the Cardinal when he found it suitable. They'd deliver the letter, and then-then they'd be off on their great adventure.
She wasn't scared about that though.
Luise was anything but scared. She was excited.
There was an all new world out there, and she was going to visit it all together with Saito.
Before becoming a nun, what more could she wish for?
Maybe to find the family she never knew of.
With two horses, the trip to the capital city of Tristain proved to be quite quick. It still took them a few days, but since Siesta didn't leave them, they managed to eat warm food during the time they spent outside. If only the maid hadn't taken it as the norm to sleep while hugging Saito in an effort to stay warm during the long nights, much to the boy's delight and to Luise's frustration, then it would have been a pleasant trip even.
They diverted from the main road though, just so they could avoid the Count's men in the rare chance they managed to recover their horses and continue their pursuit.
Saito whistled at the sight of the walls of Tristain. "Well, that's nothing like Germania's capital, but it's a good start, I guess," Luise said offhandedly, standing seated in front of Saito upon the horse, letting the boy get used to the reins. Admittedly, she had come to appreciate not having to walk, but that form of leisure was soon to come to an end.
"Let's leave the horses outside the city," Luise said. "Wouldn't want the gate guards to detain us because of them."
Descending from the horses, the trio made their way forward and reached the gates after a short hour of walk. The moment they passed through with little trouble -thanks to their Adventurers' badges all things said- the bustling streets welcomed them.
"Follow me," Siesta said, taking to a side alley. "I know the way to my uncle's inn. He'll repay you for what you did."
"He better know a good barber," Luise grumbled. It took a few detours, mostly because Siesta didn't want to be seen out in the open, but when they finally reached the inn in question, Luise halted nearly instantaneously at the sight of the insignia.
"Luise?" Saito asked, puzzled.
"The Charming Fairies inn," Luise said. He looked at Siesta. "It's a whorehouse, isn't it?"
"What? No!" Siesta said hotly, "It's not! My uncle's a nice man, and he'd never do something as improper as that." As she opened the door and stepped inside, scantily clad girls came to welcome them with bright cheers and a lot of skin in good view.
Saito was in heaven.
Luise growled. "This isn't a whorehouse," she said gruffly, "If this isn't a place of sin and perdition, then why are they dressed like this!?"
"Oh, no touching allowed," one of the waitresses said with a cheer. "You don't have to worry, sir," she added. "We take manners of faith very seriously. We have priests who come by regularly after all!" as she giggled that, Luise nearly choked on her spit.
"Luis, don't make a scene," Saito said in a whisper, smiling warmly as a peculiarly busty waitress came closer to them, eyeing Siesta first.
"Siesta?" the woman said, "Is that you?"
"Oh, Jessica!" Siesta exclaimed back, hurrying to hug her. "Is uncle Scarron in the kitchens?" she added in a hurried whisper. "My friends and I need to talk to him urgently."
"Since when are we her friends? More like her unwilling partners," Luise grumbled.
"Weren't you and I the same at the start?" Saito retorted offhandedly, his gaze drifting to this particular tight, or that very nice looking corset, or even to those bountiful mounts that-Luise's foot mistakenly fell on his left foot and as weight was applied, the boy hissed in pain. "C-Come on-let me watch at least!"
"No," Luise said with a huff. "If I wanted a horny dog for a friend, I would have waited for the wolves to near me back in Germania. Move now, can't you see Siesta's gesturing at us? Stop blocking the inn's entrance." With that said, the masked girl walked forward with her most manly of walks, growling ever so slightly whenever a 'waitress' neared her too much.
Saito instead simply smiled, happy with the place he had ended up in. This was like one of those 'soap-lands' where adults went to drain their stress away with relaxing baths. He didn't see anything bad with it -and if priests visited this place, then they couldn't be blasphemous now, could they?
"Oh my! My poor little niece!" and suddenly, Saito's brain stopped working.
A man, a muscular, chest-hair covered man with big full lips and dark hair and eyes stepped out from the kitchen while sashaying his hips. Luise emitted a small scream, and his behind Saito abruptly. "P-Protect me from that thing!" she ordered fearfully as the 'man' walked forward with a full smile.
"Oh, my little dear!" as the man proceeded to hug Siesta and spin her around a bit, the girl simply returned the hug with a giggle. "Your father was so worried about you! Are you all right now? And who are your friends?" as the man turned towards Saito and Luise, Luise made a small strangled cry and clutched tighter to Saito's clothes. "I am Scarron! You can call me 'Mi Mademoiselle'! Any friend of Siesta is a friend of mine!"
"I'm Saito, sir," Saito said as politely as he could. "And this is Luis, we're adventurers. We saw your niece was being harassed," he added in a whisper, "So we came to her rescue."
"My!" Scarron said, a hand to his cheek as he shook his head in disbelief. "Such noble souls!" he neared faster than the Gryphon ever had, and engulfed Saito in a hug that ended only when one wet sloppy kiss was planted on the boy's cheek. "Thank you for saving my niece, noble adventurer!"
As he dropped Saito on the floor, where the boy stood dazed and paralyzed from sheer horror, Luise remained without protection from suffering the same fate, if not for the mask she wore.
"Listen here," Luise said, both hands raised in front of her. "I have a wand and I am not afraid of using it. Keep your thanks to my partner-"
"H-Hey!" Saito whined.
"Shut it," Luise snapped curtly. "Look, not to sound too crass about it, but my partner had his teeth broken in by one of the guys who was after your niece while we saved her. She said you knew of a good barber to fix his problem-"
"Oh, oh of course!" Scarron said. "Siesta dear, you go upstairs and freshen up a bit. Jessica, be kind enough to watch over your cousin, all right?" as the feminine dressed man finished giving orders to the two girls, they both walked upstairs leaving the trio by the counter of the inn.
"Marybeth! Marybeth my little darling fairy, be a dear and hop over to Derevan's shop. Tell him to come with his tools." Scarron winked at Saito as the 'fairy' in question grabbed a cloak from a hanger near the door and walked out the inn. "He's got angel hands that man. He does it all. Hair, teeth, blood, I had an infection once and after five minutes he was done already! Really-would you like some liquid courage in your veins?"
"What." Saito blinked.
"Don't worry," Luise said as kindly as she could, pulling her wand out. "I'll knock him out so he won't feel a thing."
"What."
"Can't let the teeth rot and all of that," Luise said with a knowing nod. "And maybe he can repair them, you never know-like, hopefully?"
Saito sat at the counter with a half-defeated look. "My teeth stopped hurting a couple of days ago-" as he tried to weasel out, Luise took the seat next to him -and Scarron manned the counter, apparently the one thing every innkeeper did even if they were dressed in female clothes.
"Don't worry Saito," Luise said. "I had a few teeth pulled out too, and it doesn't hurt that much," she added. "You just need to find something strong to hold on to, and they give you this funny tasting medicine to drink before that makes you see things all woozy. Really, it's quite a trip."
"Ah, yes," Scarron nodded as he pulled out a clean glass and a dark amber colored liquid from a bottle hidden below the counter. "This will start you off nicely. Trust me, I have seen men scared of their shadows face off mighty dragons with enough of this in their veins."
Saito blinked. "Really?"
Scarron laughed loudly as he poured a full glass of the stuff. "Sure, pretty adventurer-sure!"
Saito shuddered briefly, but after grabbing the glass, he drank it in its entirety much to Luise's deflated expression. He was out like a light a few seconds later, his head hitting the counter at surprising speed.
"Always works," Scarron said with a wink towards Luise. "Herbal Whiskey, strong stuff, even stronger than the normal thing. We give this to the patrons with grabby hands to knock them out politely," he whispered to her in a confidential tone. "Now let's bring him upstairs and wait for Derevan. He'll deal with him in no time. Do you wish to stay close to your friend?"
"Course," Luise said. "We have a letter to deliver, but we can do that together."
"Ah," Scarron said, with a twinkle in his eyes. "Such a pity he's already taken then. He really was cute," as Scarron sighed, Luise did not utter another word.
She had just saved Saito from a very horrible fate, especially when she helped Scarron bring him upstairs, rather than leaving it only to the man himself.
The man known as Derevan was, true to Scarron's words, a professional. He also had a long debt with the owner of the Charming Fairies' Inn, so he did the job without asking for pay -only for a bit of his debt removed and a few drinks afterwards. Luise remained impassive as the man worked on Saito's teeth, humming a small song as he finished and rinsed them off with a small wet cloth.
"There. They should be sensitive for a while, but he's a lucky fellow. I just had to pull one out, and he won't notice a difference."
With a nod, Luise stretched and yawned, waiting for the man to be out of the room before dropping down like a heavy weight on the side of the comfortable looking bed. It really was a comfortable looking bed -she hoped the price for the room was cheap. She wouldn't dislike sleeping in such a place for the night -even if it was a poorly hidden brothel, because she would eat her mask if 'horrible perverted stuff' didn't happen in the rooms nearby.
She was thus surprised when no sound came from said rooms, and even more so when it appeared pretty clear that it was just a normal inn barring the strange clothes the waitresses wore.
As she clutched a pillow and hugged it tightly, resting her head against it, her eyes gazed at Saito's sleeping face, with his mouth wide open as he snored peacefully the 'liquid courage' away.
Her own gaze softened at the sight of how defenseless he looked.
They were safe now, and they could rest.
They'd head to church the next day, and then meet up with the Cardinal when he found it suitable. They'd deliver the letter, and then-then they'd be off on their great adventure.
She wasn't scared about that though.
Luise was anything but scared. She was excited.
There was an all new world out there, and she was going to visit it all together with Saito.
Before becoming a nun, what more could she wish for?
Maybe to find the family she never knew of.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
This can only go well.
Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
said. She looked at Siesta.
A Christmas update? How nice of you, Shade!
Since this is an AU, I can see Henrierra falling for "Luis" The Gallant Male Adventurer.
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- she/her
Cue "Luis" throwing fuel on the yaoi fires by using Saito as a meatshield again.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Huh. So this Louise takes after her mother, then? Accidentally seducing princesses and sleeping with vampire sisters?
I suppose I should have seen it, what with the adventuring dressed as a man.
I get the feeling that Louise is going to avoid all of those situations by placing Saito between said problems and herself. Hell she's already instinctively using Saito as a meat shield in both combat and social situations.
So it seems to me that she's going to get the reputation as an attractive man who isn't interested in the fairer sex, thereby removing any possible chance of Saito fulfilling his dream. After all why would any whore want to get in between the beautiful and forbidden romance of Sir Luis and Sir Saito the adventuring couple?
If you hear a sound off in the distance that sounds distinctly like Saito shouting out in despair don't worry, that's normal.
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She's not really dressed as a man so much as her figure makes her look like a little boy.
I feel bad for Saito. He can't even think about getting any.
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
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She doesn't even need to, the people in this world are blind considering The Heavy Wind's canon outfit.
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- she/her
They're not blind, eyeglasses are just too expensive for most commoners
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
No, I'm pretty sure she's deliberately passing as a man at this point.
Her figure just makes it easier.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
- Location
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
When Saito woke up, the sun had died over the horizon to leave the place to a brilliant and starry night. One thing he found breath-taking was the night sky around these parts, so clear and crystal-like in quality that it seemed he was watching it through a high definition television, rather than his own eyes.
The twin moons, as foreign as they were, were also quite beautiful.
The masked figure sleeping by his side on the bed was creepy to be honest, but Luise had probably been tired from the trip and nervous for the manhunt, so she could be excused. Saito might have been a self-declared pervert, but he also was a gentleman at heart -or so he hoped.
It was as he was contemplating whether to remove Luise's mask or not to make the girl sleep more soundly that his mouth took that as the cue to awaken an whole new world of pain in his jaws.
With tears in his eyes, the boy clutched his mouth and carefully rolled out of the bed and on the floor, holding a clenched fist against the cool wooden surface as he kept his mouth as open as possible, wishing for the pain to subside.
It felt as if someone had rubbed garlic and vinegar on his gums.
No, it wasn't a feeling. Someone had truly rubbed garlic and vinegar on his gums. He was also missing a tooth, his tongue made sure he knew that. As much as he would have loved this to be a game where a quick heal to the Hit Points would have fixed his wounds, he knew better by then. They'd probably need money for costly reagents and a willing water mage.
So it was better to start looking for work.
When Luise woke up, Saito wasn't in the room. This bothered her, because considering the place of perdition they were in, it was highly probable the boy had gone skirt-chasing, or seeing how scantily dressed the 'fairies' were, 'knee-sock' chasing.
When she left the room half-grumbling about perverts and how not even a whip could fix their attitudes, she crossed paths with a truly despicable and annoying creature.
The wench.
"Ah, mister Luis, you woke up," Siesta said, a large basket filled with clean laundry in it within her arms. "Your partner is downstairs with my uncle," she added with a cheerful smile. "Thank you once more for saving me," she bowed her head -basket of laundry miraculously not falling down- and then stood back up straight as she continued down the hallway.
"Sure," Luise grumbled. "Stay safe now," she added as a parting word of advice. "As safe as anyone living in this place of sin can be," she mumbled to herself as she reached for the ground level, where there was no trace of Saito, but Scarron was behind the counter eagerly entertaining a few guests.
"Oh! The kind adventurer woke up! I was just narrating to these fellows how you valiantly fought off those dastardly brigands in an effort to bring my niece back home!" as Scarron smiled, Luise nodded stiffly.
"Sure," she said gruffly. "Where's my partner?"
"Oh, he's really a hardworking boy," Scarron said with a light giggle that was definitely wrong on his frame. "He's in the back with my daughter, Jessica."
"In the back," Luise said flatly, following Scarron's hand that pointed at the kitchen.
"You must rub them harder, Saito," Jessica exclaimed as Luise opened the door, and had Luise not possessed a pair of perfectly working eyes, she might have easily misunderstood, but thankfully, she did have eyes. So what she saw made her twitch her lips up in relief, and a smudge of amusement.
Saito was currently washing the dishes together with Jessica, and the girl was apparently a saint ordained with the wisdom of ages to keep her patience in check. As Luise drew near, she rolled her sleeves up.
"Let me help," Luise said gruffly. "I washed my fair share of plates at the orphanage."
"I'm not handing over my stack," Saito said quite pridefully, clearly determined to do his share of work or die trying.
"Very well," Jessica said with a huff, "I'll oversee things then," as she dried her hands off a towel, she watched with approval as Luise began to meticulously clean the dishes. "Uhm," she said after a short while, "Are you not going to remove your mask?"
"No," Luise said gruffly.
"Oh," Jessica said softly. "I'm sure it's not that bad, darling. Whatever happened-"
"Explosions," Luise said. "There's little of my face that's worth seeing."
"It's not that bad," Saito said offhandedly. "But he's pretty headstrong about showing his face to strangers."
Jessica's lips twitched upwards. "I see, I see. Siesta did tell me of your...relation," she sighed. "A pity because I was thinking of thanking the brave adventurers that saved my little cousin, but-"
"I'm-" Saito began eagerly, only for Luise to stomp his feet hard and make him yelp, "Taken," he choked out a sob, hissing as he pushed another cleaned plate on the rack to dry.
"I know," Jessica sighed, a hand to her cheek. "Oh well, I'll leave you to the dishes." With that said, she walked out of the kitchen and back into the main hall.
"Why did you have to stop me?!" Saito hissed.
"Do you really need to ask?!" Luise retorted hotly. "You don't know where she's been!"
"She's not a wild animal!"
"And? Do you have any idea how many sicknesses are spread by bedding disreputable people? And health issues aside, aren't you planning on going back home? What if she ends up pregnant because of a one night tryst, what then? Are you going to take responsibility or leave her to fend off for herself? Do you know how many children are abandoned on the steps of the churches each year because two youngsters in love did not marry and yet did the raunchy stuff in the stables!? Think a bit before letting your underpants do the talking, Saito!" Luise sighed in disbelief, shaking her head. "Really-have a bit of decency."
An awkward silence stretched for a few seconds, before Saito spoke softly. "I'm sorry."
"Just don't do it again," Luise said firmly.
As they finished washing the dishes, and placing them on the rack to dry, Saito took a deep breath. This...this wasn't modern-day Japan. He kept forgetting it, and acting as if everything was fine.
It probably wasn't, not beyond the surface.
"Now don't act like a kicked dog," Luise grumbled as they stepped out of the kitchen. "You can have fun in other ways, I'm sure."
Saito nodded, and then stopped near the notice board that hung by the inn's wall, his eyes fixed on a particularly interesting notice. "Hey Luis," he said as he grabbed the notice. "Have you ever gone into a haunted mansion in the middle of the night?"
Luise froze.
Then she looked at the pay offered.
"There is always a first time, partner," Luise said gruffly, as a manly man who definitely wasn't afraid of ghosts would be.
The nun Luise was scared though.
The adventurer Luis wouldn't let something as pesky as the souls of the departed keep him from earning enough money to get a swordwand, or maybe fix Saito's teeth through a Water Mage.
But boy was it cold outside. She definitely wasn't shaking out of fear though.
That would be preposterous.
When Saito woke up, the sun had died over the horizon to leave the place to a brilliant and starry night. One thing he found breath-taking was the night sky around these parts, so clear and crystal-like in quality that it seemed he was watching it through a high definition television, rather than his own eyes.
The twin moons, as foreign as they were, were also quite beautiful.
The masked figure sleeping by his side on the bed was creepy to be honest, but Luise had probably been tired from the trip and nervous for the manhunt, so she could be excused. Saito might have been a self-declared pervert, but he also was a gentleman at heart -or so he hoped.
It was as he was contemplating whether to remove Luise's mask or not to make the girl sleep more soundly that his mouth took that as the cue to awaken an whole new world of pain in his jaws.
With tears in his eyes, the boy clutched his mouth and carefully rolled out of the bed and on the floor, holding a clenched fist against the cool wooden surface as he kept his mouth as open as possible, wishing for the pain to subside.
It felt as if someone had rubbed garlic and vinegar on his gums.
No, it wasn't a feeling. Someone had truly rubbed garlic and vinegar on his gums. He was also missing a tooth, his tongue made sure he knew that. As much as he would have loved this to be a game where a quick heal to the Hit Points would have fixed his wounds, he knew better by then. They'd probably need money for costly reagents and a willing water mage.
So it was better to start looking for work.
When Luise woke up, Saito wasn't in the room. This bothered her, because considering the place of perdition they were in, it was highly probable the boy had gone skirt-chasing, or seeing how scantily dressed the 'fairies' were, 'knee-sock' chasing.
When she left the room half-grumbling about perverts and how not even a whip could fix their attitudes, she crossed paths with a truly despicable and annoying creature.
The wench.
"Ah, mister Luis, you woke up," Siesta said, a large basket filled with clean laundry in it within her arms. "Your partner is downstairs with my uncle," she added with a cheerful smile. "Thank you once more for saving me," she bowed her head -basket of laundry miraculously not falling down- and then stood back up straight as she continued down the hallway.
"Sure," Luise grumbled. "Stay safe now," she added as a parting word of advice. "As safe as anyone living in this place of sin can be," she mumbled to herself as she reached for the ground level, where there was no trace of Saito, but Scarron was behind the counter eagerly entertaining a few guests.
"Oh! The kind adventurer woke up! I was just narrating to these fellows how you valiantly fought off those dastardly brigands in an effort to bring my niece back home!" as Scarron smiled, Luise nodded stiffly.
"Sure," she said gruffly. "Where's my partner?"
"Oh, he's really a hardworking boy," Scarron said with a light giggle that was definitely wrong on his frame. "He's in the back with my daughter, Jessica."
"In the back," Luise said flatly, following Scarron's hand that pointed at the kitchen.
"You must rub them harder, Saito," Jessica exclaimed as Luise opened the door, and had Luise not possessed a pair of perfectly working eyes, she might have easily misunderstood, but thankfully, she did have eyes. So what she saw made her twitch her lips up in relief, and a smudge of amusement.
Saito was currently washing the dishes together with Jessica, and the girl was apparently a saint ordained with the wisdom of ages to keep her patience in check. As Luise drew near, she rolled her sleeves up.
"Let me help," Luise said gruffly. "I washed my fair share of plates at the orphanage."
"I'm not handing over my stack," Saito said quite pridefully, clearly determined to do his share of work or die trying.
"Very well," Jessica said with a huff, "I'll oversee things then," as she dried her hands off a towel, she watched with approval as Luise began to meticulously clean the dishes. "Uhm," she said after a short while, "Are you not going to remove your mask?"
"No," Luise said gruffly.
"Oh," Jessica said softly. "I'm sure it's not that bad, darling. Whatever happened-"
"Explosions," Luise said. "There's little of my face that's worth seeing."
"It's not that bad," Saito said offhandedly. "But he's pretty headstrong about showing his face to strangers."
Jessica's lips twitched upwards. "I see, I see. Siesta did tell me of your...relation," she sighed. "A pity because I was thinking of thanking the brave adventurers that saved my little cousin, but-"
"I'm-" Saito began eagerly, only for Luise to stomp his feet hard and make him yelp, "Taken," he choked out a sob, hissing as he pushed another cleaned plate on the rack to dry.
"I know," Jessica sighed, a hand to her cheek. "Oh well, I'll leave you to the dishes." With that said, she walked out of the kitchen and back into the main hall.
"Why did you have to stop me?!" Saito hissed.
"Do you really need to ask?!" Luise retorted hotly. "You don't know where she's been!"
"She's not a wild animal!"
"And? Do you have any idea how many sicknesses are spread by bedding disreputable people? And health issues aside, aren't you planning on going back home? What if she ends up pregnant because of a one night tryst, what then? Are you going to take responsibility or leave her to fend off for herself? Do you know how many children are abandoned on the steps of the churches each year because two youngsters in love did not marry and yet did the raunchy stuff in the stables!? Think a bit before letting your underpants do the talking, Saito!" Luise sighed in disbelief, shaking her head. "Really-have a bit of decency."
An awkward silence stretched for a few seconds, before Saito spoke softly. "I'm sorry."
"Just don't do it again," Luise said firmly.
As they finished washing the dishes, and placing them on the rack to dry, Saito took a deep breath. This...this wasn't modern-day Japan. He kept forgetting it, and acting as if everything was fine.
It probably wasn't, not beyond the surface.
"Now don't act like a kicked dog," Luise grumbled as they stepped out of the kitchen. "You can have fun in other ways, I'm sure."
Saito nodded, and then stopped near the notice board that hung by the inn's wall, his eyes fixed on a particularly interesting notice. "Hey Luis," he said as he grabbed the notice. "Have you ever gone into a haunted mansion in the middle of the night?"
Luise froze.
Then she looked at the pay offered.
"There is always a first time, partner," Luise said gruffly, as a manly man who definitely wasn't afraid of ghosts would be.
The nun Luise was scared though.
The adventurer Luis wouldn't let something as pesky as the souls of the departed keep him from earning enough money to get a swordwand, or maybe fix Saito's teeth through a Water Mage.
But boy was it cold outside. She definitely wasn't shaking out of fear though.
That would be preposterous.
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- Pronouns
- she/her
Heh heh... looks like the one suffering in this arc is Luise!
Arafell
Verified Cephalon
- Location
- Oregon
Either needs a number instead of 'a' or 'tooth' instead of 'teeth.'
Hope Derflinger shows up soon.
