Chapter 8: Zoo Wee Momma!
I can get away.
I can run.
Right?
I'm scared and for good reason. I've been selected as a master for this year's Murder, Death, Kill.
Problem is that I only know one war that takes place in 1994. The Holy Grail war...
Yeah, that one. The one where 7 masters summon 7 servants and compete against each other to the death. When all of the servants are dead then the Holy Grail will use the energy from them to open a pathway to the Root.
Know how I said that true magic and ether kinda took a hike and never left the mountain. Well a magus true goal is to reach the Root and aquire true magic.
Let me give you a scenario, true magic took a hike up a big ass mountain with only shear cliff as a way up. Now for you to get true magic you gotta find a path to it, but the moment someone takes that path up the cliff, it's lost forever. So you can do what the Einzbern family has been attempting to do, use the Holy Grail 'which is a mystic code btw' to essentially take a helicopter to the top, bypassing the cliff. Only issue, this helicopter needs fuel. That's where the servants come into play.
Oh God... It's Fate history time, like a very brief version that pertains to us.
So we got two entities, Alaya and Gaia. Alaya is the collective conscious of humanity whilst Gaia is the world. Alaya likes humans, Gaia hates humans.
Well Alaya has a neat little place called the Throne of Heroes, it's a place beyond ours that connects to all points in history. This Throne is essentially the gathering place for dead heroes that Alaya created.
So the Einzbern family went, 'hey guys, you wanna get together to summon some of the most important people in human history and then sacrifice them for them all for our own gain. We can put the remaining energy in this cup and use it as a way to reach the Root. Sounds boring, hey, why not let them fight each other to the death. Sounds fun!'
Yeah, so we got 3 families in on this. The Einzbern, Tohsaka and Matou.
There are some rules in place like 'Don't summon godly servants or dark beings'.... To which in the last war the Einzben family summoned Angra Mainyu... Who then proceeded to commit die.
Anyway, the reason why I'm afraid is who and what is in this war. You got the three families, Giga Chad Gilgamesh, Artoria Pendragon and some other fucked up people... So no thank you. I'm just a small 4 year old little boy with 3 easy command seals for the taking...
Easy... Shit, something changed didn't it. If this was normal Fate I would just stay away and hide. But this is a combination of Fate and DxD. After thinking about how an Elite Catholic Hitsquad tracked down and killed that Stray, just for a Magus... Fuck!
In a normal war, even in the Fateverse the catholic church is in charge of supervising the Holy Grail war. With it now being apart of DxD the catholic church is a branch of the biblical Angel faction, you know, the one with God in it.
Alright... It's confirmed... I ain't participating, at all... Well.
(next day)
After a good night's rest and some food in the belly I searched through the items I got from the Magus. Mercury, check. Chalk, check. Small knife for my blood, check.
Aight. Mission summon a servant who can turn my life around is a go!
I did say that I wasn't participating, but I cant say no to a servant! I went to a cleared out corner of the cellar. In my previous life I drew alot of fanart, luckly people really wanted the servant summoning circle in a lot of their illustrations and covers.
With a slow methodical care I drew the circle from my memories, once done I poured mercury into the circle, slowly adding my energy to the mix. I watched as the circle completed itself, course this means that its time to summon a servant for myself, outloud.
I used the knife to cut my palm, my blood pooling in my hand.
"Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be, gyak"... So... I botched the summon... Badly, the moment I bit my tongue my hand automatically flew to my face to sooth the pain, and in the process I dropped all of my blood unto the circle...
It should be fine~... Right!?
A blinding red light pulsed off of the circle, the prana in the air ran rapid as the circle attempted to summon a servant.
All I could do is stand there and watch in anticipation as the circle continued to pulse before it exploded outward, dust and the moisture in the air getting blown away temporarily blinding me.
I coughed and waved my hand around in an air in an attempt to clear the space around me.
"I as of you, are you my master dechi"
As the air cleared I could make out the person who I summoned.
A small girl stood infront of me.
Red bobcut hair with orange highlights, a pony tail extending out from her head. Placed on her head is a small Japanese hat that resembles a bird. I looked down into her inhuman wine red eyes. A royal red cloak with white fur and yellow patterns with an over coat of feathers hung off her shoulders. I looked followed down to see her in a skirt... along with the most biggest fucking blade ever, it's length the same size as her. On her feet her height was increased with the help of some black metal stilt like sandals.
"I ask again, are you my master dechi"
Realizing what must be done I opened my mouth to respond.
"Yesh"
Her eyebrow twitched up in humor.
"Then allow me to introduce myself. Saber class servant Beni-Enma, here to serve dechi."
I smiled in happiness. I got HER! I quickly used the connection formed between us to view her parameters.
(pics)
☆☆☆☆☆
-Beni-Enma
Saber class
Lawful•Good
Strength: D
Agility: A++
Luck: B
Endurance: E
Mana: B
NP: B
-Skills
Eye of the Mind (False) A
Star Basket (Big) EX
Star Basket (Small) EX
-Passive Skills
Magic Resistance A
Independent Action A
Presence Concealment A
Inn Creation B
Ventriloquism EX
-Noble Phantasm
Judgment by the Ten Kings - Wicker Box's Fate
Anti-Unit A
Deals increased damage the more wicked and evil the target being is.
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With us connected I could feel her presence and the magic tether connecting us.
'Hello, it is a pleasure to meet you Beni-Enma'
I think being able to communicate through this bond is the best thing ever. I dont feel uncomfortable or nervous at all!!!
This thing has no real range to it, though it can be blocked though due to outside interference.
"It is my please as well to be of assistance dechi"
Now most people have never even heard of her before, so I'll explain in detail.
So, have you heard about the old Japanese story of how a sparrow had been nursed by an old man, then the wife got angry and cut out its tongue. Yeah its not that good, really it's a story about how doing things with kindness and being humble will reward you in the future whilst doing things with anger and jealousy will lead to a life of pain.
Now Fate wise, she is very interesting. Also one of the reasons I'm so excited about her. So she was human, then she died. In the underworld King Enma took an intrest in her and turned her into an Oni working under him. Over her extensive life she did a little bit of everything. When I say everything, I mean it. She tried everything out... It would actually be difficult to list out everything she did, just know that she has knowledge in all jobs that were available to her time in ancient Japan. But after all was said and done she stayed with cooking and became what is equivalent to the Gordon Ramsey of the Fateverse. She is so good that Emiya Shiro actually lost to her in cooking skills!
So let me summarize this.
Due to her being Japanese she gets a boost of strength while in country.
She is an Oni that could perhaps have some sway over the Yokai around.
She has knowledge in essentially everything and can cook.
With her skill she can turn a building into a tavern and get a status bonus from it, money as well. Her Star Basket (Big) skill can summon sparrow yokai that can change forms.
She is known as a perfect user of the sword drawing technique, her speed and accuracy making it possible for her to slice a single layer of skin off of somone, but she usually uses it to remove the tongues of dishonest people. Yep that's right, she dislikes people who are dishonest and has this motherly disappointment to those who are lazy. Now here's the kicker, the only way for her to be summoned is by a kid, yeah that's right. She is so motherly that she can only be summoned by a kid who she then imprints onto, she literally becomes a caring son-con.
'So, let me explain what's going on'
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