GiftOfLove
From the Heart
This stopped being cute after Tiffania.
The Steep Path Ahead [Familiar of Zero AU]
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- The Old Dominion
Hmm, well to be fair he was caught in bed with two other women, in a less comical setting that would be cause major trouble for saito given saito's a minor noble who was caught in bed cheating while engaged to a great noble's daughter and worse he's a jumped up commoner who did so which would create pressure on Lousie's family tor retaliate and punish him even if they didn't want to do anything to him if the news of it got out.
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GiftOfLove
From the Heart
To be fair nothing. We're not talking about Karin's reaction. We're talking about Louise's.
Beating the shit out of someone stops being cute after the seventh misunderstanding. After awhile it becomes excessive.
- Pronouns
- she/her
Karin and Pierre are gigantic dickheads. Seriously wtf, this is not how you accurately evaluate someone's skill level. Might as well poison him at the dinner table if they want to see how well he defends against unbeatable opponents.
The knowledge that Derflinger was the one moving Saito while he was unconscious alleviates some of my suspicions about the runes forcing him to do things early on, presumably Derflinger jumped ship when Saito was used to assassinate Joseph... but if this is the true Derflinger why the hell hasn't he revealed himself till now? And there is no sign of his magic eating ability, which was present while he inhabited the assassination weapon. Derflinger appeared to be drawing the power to puppet Saito directly from the runes instead of from his own stored magic, and the puppeting cut off when the runes deactivated.
Huh, maybe the runes themselves are what generate Derflinger and he occasionally buds off into individual weapons.
We Are Legion... is it possible that Derflinger is like Saika from DRRR! and can be split between weapons? A composite identity of child-sword spirits would have reason to refer to itself as a legion. Or maybe he gets split personality disorder from inhabiting different weapons. This is vague.
The knowledge that Derflinger was the one moving Saito while he was unconscious alleviates some of my suspicions about the runes forcing him to do things early on, presumably Derflinger jumped ship when Saito was used to assassinate Joseph... but if this is the true Derflinger why the hell hasn't he revealed himself till now? And there is no sign of his magic eating ability, which was present while he inhabited the assassination weapon. Derflinger appeared to be drawing the power to puppet Saito directly from the runes instead of from his own stored magic, and the puppeting cut off when the runes deactivated.
Huh, maybe the runes themselves are what generate Derflinger and he occasionally buds off into individual weapons.
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- The Old Dominion
Yes though to be honest in a more serious setting if getting beaten was the only thing that happened after being caught like that was getting beaten he would be the luckiest man in the universe. In his situation being caught like that that would have been grounds for killing him on the spot or sentencing him burned at the stake for treason.
GiftOfLove
From the Heart
Maybe not this one.
- Location
- The Old Dominion
True, burning at the stake for treason was reserved for women, it was also a gender neutral punishment for witchcraft, blasphemy and heresy as well as things considered crimes against nature such as bestiality and sodomy. It was also a apparently punishment in some places for committing arson.
I'll be honest, I actually hoped he'd manage to kill at least one of the vampires, especially when he (or Derf, whatever) briefly got the upper hand.
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- she/her
Didn't feel like he gave a good showing at all.
1) Failed to defend against initial ambush strike; if they'd launched him into a wall instead of a window he would be unconscious or dead.
2) Upon recovering from the first strike chose to jump in the middle of a lake; he was a sitting duck in that environment and the entire fight went on hold while they waited for him to swim to shore.
3) Froze up at the sight of gore and let another attack hit him, which knocked him out.
4) Was promptly meatpuppeted by a spirit he didn't know about to greater effect than his own skills had allowed.
5) Enemy shrugs off lethal physical attacks and stands around monologuing about weakness to fire. Derflinger takes this as a cue to continue trying to stab the regenerating immortals instead of getting Saito out of there or acquiring fire. Derflinger, you fail this test too.
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I can understand that and its not like the vampires were using illusionary and other deceptive magic vampires are known for... though admittedly those magics are usually used to allow them to blend in and hunt their prey while avoiding drawing attention that would bring threats like mages not for fighting.
Chapter Ninety
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Chapter Ninety
Louise had been very understanding in the end. Yes, she had blown the room away. Yes, she had blown the chairs, and the walls, and most of the ceiling and the floor, but her explosions did not form deadly shrapnel unless she wanted to, and they didn't hurt unless she wanted that too. So, for the most part, Louise's punishment had amounted to pretty much destroying the bed and the furniture around the room.
"She's like Karin, only Karin does that with hurricanes," Daphne remarked from Saito's left side.
"Oh, do you remember that time we played a prank on her and Pierre had to run from one side of the palace to the other to recover her lost lingerie, without her finding out?" Amethyst said with a giggle from Saito's right side.
"That was such a fun thing, we should try that again!" Daphne smiled as she nodded, even as a swordwand's tip was pointed an inch away from her face.
"L-Look here!" Louise snapped angrily. "I don't know who you think you are, but sleeping in the same bed as my fiance-that demands punishment! And how could not hear them slip in!? Saito, I've got words for you too!"
"Oh, I see," Daphne smiled with a devilish grin. "Perhaps she wanted to slip in the bed too~"
Louise's face turned an embarrassing shade of scarlet. "That's-So what? We sleep together all the time! I'm not seeing a problem with that!" she shook her head sharply. "Anyway! Who the hell are you!"
"That's simple," Amethyst said. "I'm Amethyst-"
"And I'm Daphne," Daphne added, before cheekily smiling together with her sister.
"And we're vampires under the service of your father, the Duke," they both said at the same time cheerfully.
"Ah, of course," Louise nodded. "My father had to-wait. Did you say vampires?"
Saito blinked. "But it's morning and you aren't burning," he pointed out quite helpfully.
"Silly boy, that's just folklore," Daphne giggled with a hand to cover her mouth. She then brought it down and smiled fully, showing her fangs. "See these? Fangs. Fangs mean vampires. Blood-sucking creatures of the night," she brought both hands up in a claw-like form. "Are you scared? You should be! We can wipe out whole villages!"
"Not that we do," Amethyst pointed out. "We're good vampires. Really good-you should ask the servants. Well, if they remember us and not their 'pleasant dreams' that is-"
"Amethyst! That's uncouth from a lady like yourself!" Daphne said with a mock-shocked tone.
Louise stared, and then shook her head, a hand through her hair. "Saito, look-you're the one who can withstand world-shaking revelations and not bat an eyelid, so you talk to them, while I'll just go-" she blinked. "Wait a minute! You two-this isn't the first time we meet, do we!? Saito! He dreamed about-"
"Yep," the duo giggled together. "And you should know that last night was pretty much a rematch," this time, only Amethyst spoke. "You shouldn't worry too much. We were just so tired after the fight we collapsed after healing him. See, we had to see if it was just a fluke or not," the girl shook her head, sighing and pushing her hair behind her shoulder.
"The fight?" Louise asked, "What fight?"
"I put everyone in the palace to sleep, so you didn't hear it," Daphne admitted easily. "Well, except Pierre and Karin, that is. Pierre wanted to know just how strong he was, and if he couldn't get serious with him, then a monster of the night attacking him would force him to do something! Amethyst battered him, but I was nearby ready to heal him if something really bad happened. But it didn't, though he fought better when he was unconscious than when he was awake. Perhaps he can't get serious if it's a cute girl fighting him?" Daphne tapped her chin, her eyes staring at the ceiling's holes in thought.
"So if he's unconscious, he fights better," Amethyst nodded. "He even cut my arm off! And stabbed me, talk about being harsh with a lady," she pouted. "But his blood is delicious, so I can forgive him for being rough."
"You!" Louise spluttered. "Saito, are you feeling all right?" she asked next, worriedly rushing over to check him. "I swear if you turned him into some sort of vile puppet-I'll never forgive you!"
"Oh no, course not," Daphne shook her head. "We would have needed to drink all of his blood, and then he would have been a puppet to our will," the vampire smiled lazily, "We are very kind masters however, fufufu~"
"I'll pass," Saito replied with a dry chuckle as Louise fretted over him to check for any lingering scars or wounds. "So it was all a test?"
"More of a way to understand how your power works," Amethyst admitted. "Still, if anyone ever attempts at Louise's life, perhaps the best solution would be to knock yourself out if they're a pretty girl."
Daphne nodded. "Or learn how to safely disarm an opponent, and give it your all in doing that. I think Pierre's hiring someone to teach you, so you should be set in the future. Oh, right," Daphne smiled softly as she stood up, "Do keep our existence a secret, please." Amethyst followed her sister's motions, and the two slipped out of the room quietly without making a single noise.
Louise grumbled as her arms clutched on firmly to Saito's head, tension leaving her frame as she groaned. "My parents deal with vampires. My husband-to-be is kind to everyone who gives him a sad look. Am I the only one in this family who's normal?" she blinked once, and then sighed, "Oh, right, silly me. I'm a Void user. A holy descendant of Brimir tasked by the Gods to reclaim the holy lands. Yes, of course, silly me thinking there was anyone normal around me when I'm the least normal of them all."
She clenched her hands, "Hey, Saito? Do you mind if I keep hugging you like this for a bit longer? I'm just...scared of what is to come."
"Going to a new school is kind of scary," Saito admitted.
"Dork," Louise pouted. She wasn't meaning that, and Saito knew it.
Yet, as a once-student of a school in Japan, he could relate. He was also secretly happy he wouldn't have to follow lessons, or do homework.
"You know you'll be following classes with me, right?" Louise said dryly, "And help me with my homework-"
Saito groaned loudly, just as Louise giggled, with the full knowledge that the boy would do just that because she asked.
Saito would never say 'no' to her.
Well, technically he never said 'no' to a cute girl, but she'd break him out of that habit.
Or she'd just vaporize all the cute girls around him except for her.
That would work just as well, wouldn't it?
Louise had been very understanding in the end. Yes, she had blown the room away. Yes, she had blown the chairs, and the walls, and most of the ceiling and the floor, but her explosions did not form deadly shrapnel unless she wanted to, and they didn't hurt unless she wanted that too. So, for the most part, Louise's punishment had amounted to pretty much destroying the bed and the furniture around the room.
"She's like Karin, only Karin does that with hurricanes," Daphne remarked from Saito's left side.
"Oh, do you remember that time we played a prank on her and Pierre had to run from one side of the palace to the other to recover her lost lingerie, without her finding out?" Amethyst said with a giggle from Saito's right side.
"That was such a fun thing, we should try that again!" Daphne smiled as she nodded, even as a swordwand's tip was pointed an inch away from her face.
"L-Look here!" Louise snapped angrily. "I don't know who you think you are, but sleeping in the same bed as my fiance-that demands punishment! And how could not hear them slip in!? Saito, I've got words for you too!"
"Oh, I see," Daphne smiled with a devilish grin. "Perhaps she wanted to slip in the bed too~"
Louise's face turned an embarrassing shade of scarlet. "That's-So what? We sleep together all the time! I'm not seeing a problem with that!" she shook her head sharply. "Anyway! Who the hell are you!"
"That's simple," Amethyst said. "I'm Amethyst-"
"And I'm Daphne," Daphne added, before cheekily smiling together with her sister.
"And we're vampires under the service of your father, the Duke," they both said at the same time cheerfully.
"Ah, of course," Louise nodded. "My father had to-wait. Did you say vampires?"
Saito blinked. "But it's morning and you aren't burning," he pointed out quite helpfully.
"Silly boy, that's just folklore," Daphne giggled with a hand to cover her mouth. She then brought it down and smiled fully, showing her fangs. "See these? Fangs. Fangs mean vampires. Blood-sucking creatures of the night," she brought both hands up in a claw-like form. "Are you scared? You should be! We can wipe out whole villages!"
"Not that we do," Amethyst pointed out. "We're good vampires. Really good-you should ask the servants. Well, if they remember us and not their 'pleasant dreams' that is-"
"Amethyst! That's uncouth from a lady like yourself!" Daphne said with a mock-shocked tone.
Louise stared, and then shook her head, a hand through her hair. "Saito, look-you're the one who can withstand world-shaking revelations and not bat an eyelid, so you talk to them, while I'll just go-" she blinked. "Wait a minute! You two-this isn't the first time we meet, do we!? Saito! He dreamed about-"
"Yep," the duo giggled together. "And you should know that last night was pretty much a rematch," this time, only Amethyst spoke. "You shouldn't worry too much. We were just so tired after the fight we collapsed after healing him. See, we had to see if it was just a fluke or not," the girl shook her head, sighing and pushing her hair behind her shoulder.
"The fight?" Louise asked, "What fight?"
"I put everyone in the palace to sleep, so you didn't hear it," Daphne admitted easily. "Well, except Pierre and Karin, that is. Pierre wanted to know just how strong he was, and if he couldn't get serious with him, then a monster of the night attacking him would force him to do something! Amethyst battered him, but I was nearby ready to heal him if something really bad happened. But it didn't, though he fought better when he was unconscious than when he was awake. Perhaps he can't get serious if it's a cute girl fighting him?" Daphne tapped her chin, her eyes staring at the ceiling's holes in thought.
"So if he's unconscious, he fights better," Amethyst nodded. "He even cut my arm off! And stabbed me, talk about being harsh with a lady," she pouted. "But his blood is delicious, so I can forgive him for being rough."
"You!" Louise spluttered. "Saito, are you feeling all right?" she asked next, worriedly rushing over to check him. "I swear if you turned him into some sort of vile puppet-I'll never forgive you!"
"Oh no, course not," Daphne shook her head. "We would have needed to drink all of his blood, and then he would have been a puppet to our will," the vampire smiled lazily, "We are very kind masters however, fufufu~"
"I'll pass," Saito replied with a dry chuckle as Louise fretted over him to check for any lingering scars or wounds. "So it was all a test?"
"More of a way to understand how your power works," Amethyst admitted. "Still, if anyone ever attempts at Louise's life, perhaps the best solution would be to knock yourself out if they're a pretty girl."
Daphne nodded. "Or learn how to safely disarm an opponent, and give it your all in doing that. I think Pierre's hiring someone to teach you, so you should be set in the future. Oh, right," Daphne smiled softly as she stood up, "Do keep our existence a secret, please." Amethyst followed her sister's motions, and the two slipped out of the room quietly without making a single noise.
Louise grumbled as her arms clutched on firmly to Saito's head, tension leaving her frame as she groaned. "My parents deal with vampires. My husband-to-be is kind to everyone who gives him a sad look. Am I the only one in this family who's normal?" she blinked once, and then sighed, "Oh, right, silly me. I'm a Void user. A holy descendant of Brimir tasked by the Gods to reclaim the holy lands. Yes, of course, silly me thinking there was anyone normal around me when I'm the least normal of them all."
She clenched her hands, "Hey, Saito? Do you mind if I keep hugging you like this for a bit longer? I'm just...scared of what is to come."
"Going to a new school is kind of scary," Saito admitted.
"Dork," Louise pouted. She wasn't meaning that, and Saito knew it.
Yet, as a once-student of a school in Japan, he could relate. He was also secretly happy he wouldn't have to follow lessons, or do homework.
"You know you'll be following classes with me, right?" Louise said dryly, "And help me with my homework-"
Saito groaned loudly, just as Louise giggled, with the full knowledge that the boy would do just that because she asked.
Saito would never say 'no' to her.
Well, technically he never said 'no' to a cute girl, but she'd break him out of that habit.
Or she'd just vaporize all the cute girls around him except for her.
That would work just as well, wouldn't it?
Dimensionist
Grandmaster of Apologism, Keeper of the Faith
- Location
- Bangalore, India
Getting reminded of another pink-haired girl with this line.
Oh well - at least she's not blowing up Saito if cute girls talk/flirt with him. Progress!
- Location
- Poland
Which one? I don't know any pink haired girls like that.
Back to the Academy. I wonder if they will make it all the way there without being encountering one sort of mortal danger or another?
I hope that the Saito-Kirche relationship is different from canon. I can tolerate these sporadic harem-tease moments, but having Louise destroy a building every time Kirche was in a scene would become rather tedious. Besides, Kirche is a flirt, not stupid. Going after a noble woman's fiance should be over the line, even if said noble woman and her fiance are still teenagers.
I hope that the Saito-Kirche relationship is different from canon. I can tolerate these sporadic harem-tease moments, but having Louise destroy a building every time Kirche was in a scene would become rather tedious. Besides, Kirche is a flirt, not stupid. Going after a noble woman's fiance should be over the line, even if said noble woman and her fiance are still teenagers.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Probably this one
That's Yuuno Gasai. She's great, for certain definitions of great.
Dimensionist
Grandmaster of Apologism, Keeper of the Faith
- Location
- Bangalore, India
You, ah, do know how the Valliere-Zerbst feud even started, right?
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Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
how could you not
I quite like those vamp twins. Can't find a wiki entry on them, though...
- Location
- Germany
wasn't that the one anime with a multi-verse and didn't she destroy Earth in one ?
Wobulator
Within 1 AU of you!
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- Mars
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- She/Her
Pretty sure they're OCs.
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- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
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- she/her
I find Saito's non-reaction to everything that happens to him a hundred times more irritating than any generic harem slapstick. Why exactly should I care when horrible shit that happens to this guy if he isn't affected by it? He doesn't care enough to try and prevent it from happening again, he rarely learns new tricks or tactics from his fights, and most of his fight scenes can be summed up as "and then his Gandalfr runes let him do something stupid fast enough he avoided serious injury".
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- They/Them
Specifically, the definition of 'great' that means 'best waifu ever'.Probably this one
That's Yuuno Gasai. She's great, for certain definitions of great.
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- The Old Dominion
Probably this one
That's Yuuno Gasai. She's great, for certain definitions of great.
Lucy aka Kaede from Elfen Lied also had pink hair though explosions were the least of worries with her...
- Location
- Uruguay
He might be getting his shit together so fast because of the runes, though. A shield must be stalwart after all. Besides, Saito is definitely getting stronger with each fight, and he's had some solid victories of his own. He's not going to get pushed around in every battle, it's just he's been hitting people way over his weight class or he's been ambushed almost every time.