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Chương 155: New Challenger!

A few more days pass while Michael and his group were making preparation to move. He himself was continuing his training with his Spirits while Ralf was busy elsewhere, and he spent a good portion of his time helping Tiffania with her magic, specifically, meditation and magical control that he'd learnt from Rhasta.

Michael wanted to leave as soon as they were ready as it was impossible to tell if Derflinger would still be in Tristain when they finally arrived. He'd made too many changes to cannon, so anything could happen, from the shop owner simply moving shop to safer lands, to a random collector buying Derflinger out of interest of its particular 'uniqueness'.

Before they leave however, they do one more round around Yumar to buy as many supplies, clothes, and backup weapons they might need, storing it all in his inventory, which was proving its utility every time they travelled.

With that said and done, they hop atop Ralf's dragon familiar and start flying South West, towards the country of Tristain. It was a bit awkward flying through Germania's air space since the country was on the edge of war, but Ralf had mapped out a route that'd go around most settlements and guarded areas.

Still, that didn't mean they were unlucky at some points, being spotted by Germanian patrols who shouted at them to come down and report their identities, which they ignored of course.

Everything was going perfectly well... Until it wasn't. A couple miles away from Tristain's border, the group noticed a shadow in the distance, and once it got closer, Michael was finally able to identify just what it was... A blue dragon.

"Er, guys? We've got company." Michael mutters, wondering why the approaching beast looked familiar.

Ralf shrugs, "Yes, we see it... What I don't see is whether it's an enemy or not." he replies, not wanting to jump to a conclusion and create enemies out of nothing.

Unfortunately, despite Ralf's best intentions with slowing down their speed and waiting for the other rider to approach, things rarely turned out for the best. The blue dragon matched their speed as it flew next to them, allowing their short blue-haired rider to look over each of them with an analytic edge.

"Tabitha?" Michael mutters, surprised to see her so far from the magic academy. "What're you doing here?" he loudly asks over the heavy winds of flight.

She doesn't say anything however, instead just revealing her staff and making a small chant before flicking it at the group.

"Shit!" Ralf exclaims as he forces his dragon to suddenly descend, noticing the hostility from Tabitha. This turns out to be a wise decision as a barrage of visible air blades punch through their previous location, something that'd undoubtedly killed them all. And left any still alive falling to their doom.

"Tabitha! What the fuck!?" Michael exclaims as he tightens his grip on Ralf's dragon, making sure Tiffania wasn't at risk of falling off either.

The blue-haired girl still doesn't reply however, her dragon proves to be the faster flier as it easily manoeuvres above, around, and blow Ralf's dragon with ridiculous speeds. Again, she goes to cast another spell but Ralf has his dragon perform a barrel roll and descend even further, Tiffania casting Ash Wall to prevent their enemy from following.

Tabitha just easily blows the ash wall apart with some torrid wind however, continuing her pursuit like a demon-possessed. Michael throws down a couple of Smoke Screens that temporarily silence Tabitha as she tries to go through them, giving the group some reprieve, but it's only temporary.

Now that he wasn't forced to dodge Tabitha's attacks, Ralf looks over his shoulder and casts a dozen small homing fireballs that follow the girl like heat-seeking missiles. This gets her off of their tail for a moment, but Tabitha's dragonflies up before turning mid-air and breathing fire at the spells, easily destroying them.

"Who is this girl!? She's stronger than most of the Albion Dragon Knights!" Ralf exclaims, shocked that this girl was so powerful at such an age.

"She's from the Tristain academy! Look, just land somewhere, I'll see if I can talk some sense into her..." he shouts, knowing that while he did have some leverage, he'd need to convince the girl that he was worth trusting.

Tiffania nods, "I think we should! Maybe this is all a misunderstanding...?"

Ralf grumbles under his breath, "Whatever, we'll see how well that goes in a minute."

With that, the group start descending towards the nearest sand dune, landing upon it as Michael jumps off and runs towards the approaching Tabitha with his arms raised in surrender. "Hold on a second!"

...

Michael chews his lip while hoping that Tabitha would be willing to talk, grimacing slightly as the girl and her dragon flies just above him before circling around, hovering nearby within speaking distance.

"What?" the girl asks in the same emotionless drawl he remembered from both the anime and the magic academy. All the while keeping her staff trained on him.

"Why are you attacking us!? We've done nothing to you as far as I know!?" he retorts, wanting to know how and why she was pursuing them. He knew she was essentially a suicide soldier under the control of the King of Gallia, which might be a reason since Sheffield wanted him dead too... But then again, she might just be trying to avenge Guiche as well, as unlikely as that was.

Tabitha just shakes her head, "Orders."

Michael squints at the fact that he had the King of Gallia's attention, but smiles anyway since it was as expected. "Your uncle, the King of Gallia, I suppose?" he casually says, causing her eyes to widen slightly at the revelation of such knowledge.

"H-how?" she asks, shocked that he'd know such secretive information. Not only that she'd been ordered by him, but that he was also her uncle, something no one but a select few should know since she changed her identity.


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Chương 156: Pressured Persuasion

"H-how?"

Michael shrugs, "That's not all I know either... I know about how you're being blackmailed by him, how he tries to poison you but poisoned your mother instead. I know the missions he sends you on are meant to kill you, wiping out any remaining heirs to the throne. And I know that sending you on this mission was an attempt to kill you as well." he explains, causing Tabitha to go more and more still the more here revealed.

He continues, "I mean, just look at it objectively. I've done nothing to harm Gallia's interests, not even stepped foot into the country! Yet the King of Gallia sends you to kill me? After I've shown that I'm strong enough to evade capture from not just one country, but two? Cutting my way through anyone stupid enough to try and stop me while I'm at it?... He sent you to die, Tabitha." he explain, crossing his arms and locking eyes with her.

...

She looks down and nods, but refocuses and glares back, "I know. There is no way out, for either of us." she announces, while preparing yet another attack. Only for Michael to interrupt her again, "Wait! I can help you!"

...

"Help... Me?" she mutters as if seeing how the words taste on her tongue.

He nods, "Yeah! This world might not have a cure for your mother, but... What about others worlds!?" he asks, causing Ralf and Tiffania behind him to look at each other with questioning looks, both of them shuffling uncomfortably as they too try to comprehend where Michael was going with this.

His words don't seem to provide any relief to Tabitha however, the girl scrunching her brows after a moment, "You lie."

Michael quickly shakes his head, however, "No!... I have the means to travel to other worlds. Well, not me... But Tiffania here does, as a Void Mage!" he proclaims, unsure if this was the right decision, but going ahead with it regardless. Tabitha was a powerful mage, and a fiercely loyal ally if he could sway her.

His words shock not only Tabitha, but Ralf as well, the man glancing at Tiffania's reaction to see if Michael's words held any truth. She just slowly nods, however, lowering her hood to reveal her ears to Tabitha, "I'm a Void Mage... Sorry for hiding it from you, Ralf."

Ralf immediately drops to a knee and lowers his head, a Void Mage was an object of worship in the Brimir faith, as it was like literally having a child of God in front of you. He'd noticed the peculiarities with Tiffania's magic when he'd been training her, but her words just now only cemented it for him... After all, Tiffania had yet to actually lie to him. "Y-your grace..."

Michael gestures behind him at Tiffania, "Once we recovered Brimir's prayer book, we'll be able to leave this world, leave all these shitty Noble behind, leave your uncle behind. We'll take your mother somewhere that he can't find her, and find a world that can heal her! I swear it!" he exclaims as seriously as he can, knowing that he'd have to kill Tabitha if she refused to work with them... Such knowledge couldn't be allowed to get out after all.

...

Tabitha pats her dragon on the back, causing it to lower itself to the ground and allowing her to hop off of it. She lands on the sand and slowly walks towards him, coming face to face... Or at least, face to chest, due to her small height as she looks up at him into his eyes, holding out her pinky. "Promise. Promise you are telling the truth." she quietly says, more demanding than anything else.

Michael smiles, remembering his sister as he locks his pinky around hers, it'd been a long time since he'd made a pinky promise... He didn't even know such a thing existed in this world. "I promise, we will help you and your mother." he says, shaking their entwined fingers up and down as if giving a handshake. "Now, shall we start this again?... I'm Michael, nice to meet you."

...

Tabitha stares at their entwined pinkies for a moment before looking back up at him, blinking some moisture from her eyes. "Ta-... Charlotte de Gallia. Nice to meet you."

*Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap...*

Tiffania starts clapping at the rather emotional scene but slowly stops as everyone turns to look at her. "Erm, sorry...? I'm just so happy everything worked out... Don't worry Miss Charlotte! We'll help your mother no matter what!"

Charlotte nods, walking over and bowing deeply to Tiffania, "Thank you... Name?"

Tiffania gives a bright smile and presents a hand "I'm Tiffania, it's nice to meet you Charlotte!"

Charlotte shakes the hand but finds her gaze drawn towards Tiffania's ears, the girl looking back and forth between the two protruding bodily extensions. "Elf?" she questions, sounding more curious than hostile.

"Ah-..." Tiffania pauses, having expected a negative reaction, but quickly picks herself back up upon not receiving insults or contemptuous looks. "My mother was an elf, my father was a noble of Albion..." she smiles sheepishly, "I'm actually the next heir to Albion after Prine Wales." she admits, "I guess that makes us the same, if what Michael said was true?"

The sides of Charlotte's mouth upturn into a slight smile, "We are..." she starts, but shakes her head when she begins comparing their heights and breast sizes, "Somewhat..."

Ralf gets up after 'paying his respects' and walks over to Michael, "You spoke of retrieving a sword, but do you have any idea as to where this 'Prayer book' might be?" he asks.

Michael crosses his arms, "Why? You planning on sticking around now?" he jokingly remarks but goes quiet when Ralf nods.

"Of course. Tiffania is too important to leave alone, her status as a Void Mage makes her a gift from Brimir himself... If she wasn't half-elf, she may have been able to rally armies to her on her status alone... Still, you and I will need to speak concerning your knowledge of 'otherworlds', if such a thing is possible."


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