"Mich-Familiar... Did you have anything to do with the disaster in Antomiers?" Louise finally asks, sounding as if this question had been weighing heavily on her shoulders.
Michael shakes his head, "That's a stupid question... Of course not, why would I do something like that?" he scoffs.
"Perhaps you wished to assist the Reconquista against us as we were hunting you?" Henrietta asks.
Michael crooks a brow at this, "If you think that I might've been with the Reconquista, why did you come here with little to no protection?
The princess straightens her posture and lays a hand over Louise's, "I trust Louise' judgement concerning you. But despite what you think, we are far from powerless here. So I would ask you to not try anything untoward."
Louise smiles at her words but firms her expression as she turns towards Michael, "What did you want to talk about, Familiar?"
"I need to borrow something of yours. It's important, very important. Brimir's Prayer Book." he states, causing both girls to tense up.
"What would you need that for?" Henrietta asks with a frown, her hand lowering from the table and onto her lap, so that she could reach for her wand faster.
...
"Don't worry what I need it for, just know that I need it... I've helped Tristania out by dealing with some psycho's, so I think I'm at least due a favour..." he looks to Henrietta, "I helped rescue your boyfriend Prince Wales, if he wasn't such a douche bag I might still be over in Albion helping them... So help me here."
Henrietta shakes her head, "You won't see the book unless you tell us what you need it for. The founder's prayer book isn't just something we can hand out. It's a national treasure, enough to give Romalia reason to denounce us if we lose it. And I have heard nothing of you helping my kingdom, perhaps to you murdering Nobles is something to boast about, but for me, it is a loss of yet more resources we could use."
Michael taps the armrest of his chair in irritation, glancing over at Louise who just nods in affirmation with Henrietta. "Nicholas Grimpt wasn't a Noble."
Derflinger chuckles from the corner of the room where Michael had left him, "That guy was one sick puppy, partner!"
"Just stay out of this, Derflinger." Michael says while palming his face, looking at his guests, "Ignore the talking sword, he was cursed by an elf or something... As for Nicholas Grimpt, I don't know if he was around while you ruled the city, but he was a freak who tortured people on a whim. So, if you care at all about favours or paying someone who deserves it, you'll let me borrow that book!"
"No. Even if we gave it to you, there would be no point! Only a Void Mage can make use of it!" Louise proclaims, looking slightly smug.
"What if a Void Mage's familiar has a use for it?" Michael asks, causing Louise to go silent in thought. "Besides, you owe me for summoning me here! Can't you just let me borrow the book?"
Louise's face reddens, "I helped you escape the academy! You're the one who should owe me, Familiar!!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!" Michael continues to retort hotly, only for Henrietta to interject herself into the incredibly intelligent discussion.
"Enough! Both of you!" she looks to Michael, "We will not be handing the book over based on some perceived amount of favours, it is simply far too valuable to consider! So, unless you have something worth trading for it, this will be the end of the discussion!"
Michael scowls, "Alright, I've asked you nicely, but since you're going to be a bitch about it..." he stands, "Give me the fucking book or I'll knock your pretty fucking teeth out!"
His abrupt change to violence has both girls rapidly get to their feet, Louise looking suitably offended and angry at the disrespect to her friend and rightful ruler. "Familiar! You take that back right now, or I swear I will punish you!" she exclaims while pointing her wand at him, her hand actually trembling slightly as she does so.
"You can try, Louise, but I promise you'll not like the results." he retorts, preparing a Blink Strike.
*Crash!*
The door to the room slams open as Agnes charges in and points her musket straight at Michael's face, "I knew you couldn't be trusted, False-Familiar!"
"Pick me up, partner, I'll handle them!" Derflinger shouts from the side of the room, causing Agnes to turn her attention towards it, allowing him to Blink Strike behind her. He vanishes and appears behind her and grabs her musket, pulling it back and pulling it over her neck to hold her hostage.
"Give me the book and no one will get hurt!"
"You stupid, disloyal familiar! The prayer book is mine! I won't let you have it! Implode!" she exclaims, causing a wisp of smoke to shoot from her wand and begin crawling towards him as he holds Agnes hostage. He tries to step around it, but finds the smoke crawling over Agnes and onto him.
"What the fuck is this!?" he mutters, trying to shake it off, but by the look on Henrietta's face, something really bad was about to happen. He casts Counter Spell, but the magical barrier appears and disappears without any effect at all.
"Let go of her, Familiar, or I'll blow you up!" Louise threatens as she inches towards Henrietta who'd fallen over when Agnes had burst into the room.
Michael scowls at her, "Blow me up then, and take this bitch with me." he says, pulling Agnes closer to him.
Unfortunately, he wasn't aware of the complexity of the 'Implode spell', so, when the smoke crawls onto his arm and detonates. Michael is incredibly confused to find his entire arm disintegrating into itself and disappearing, exploding outwards a second later in a spray of gore that covers everyone in the room.
Indeed, had he not invested in Anti-Mage's magical immunity, his entire body would've gone the way of his left arm... A bloody smear on the floor, walls, and ceiling.
"Arrgh!" he groans as Agnes shakes herself free from his now single-handed grip, smashing the butt of her musket into his face as she turns around.
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Michael turns with Agnes' strike, managing to catch his stumbling feet and manoeuvring towards where Derflinger was positioned. He shakes his head and looks back over towards the trio who were all staring at the empty stump where his left arm used to be.
He himself glances at his wound, and grimaces as the pain finally hit him. He keeps his senses with the help of his pain resistance ability, but the utter agony is still present, even if he can ignore it somewhat.
"You blew my fuckin' arm off!" he shouts at Louise as he activates Dark Pact and Shadow Dance simultaneously, covering the whole room in black smoke. Louise, Henrietta, and Agnes cough and back up towards the corner as their vision is impaired, all readying themselves for another attack by Michael.
Dark Pact activates and Michael's shoulder explodes with pain as a new arm bursts out of the stump, it was almost as if you were observing the Salamanders tail regrowth ability in fast forward, except way more disgusting.
Fortunately, Michael was spared from the sight due to the Shadow Dance smoke covering the room, and once he recovers he grabs Derflinger and dashes towards the trio, intent to get some payback for having his arm blown off.
*Bang!*
Agnes fires her musket towards the sound of footsteps, but misses as Michael easily twists past it. His foot flies up and kicks the weapon clear out of her hands, his regrown arm coming around and striking her hard in the jaw, knocking her to the ground as he turns towards Henrietta and Louise.
"This would have gone fine if you'd just given me the book!" he growls as he lunges for Henrietta, intending to use her as a hostage. Unfortunately, she wasn't as defenceless as one might expect.
"Vile Torrent!" she exclaims, and water is rapidly sucked from the air around them and fired towards Michael's direction. The spiralling, stabbing, pressurized water strikes him in the chest, easily picking his body up and throwing him clear through the wooden wall and onto the street.
Michael rolls to a stop and gets to his feet, ignoring the many staring civilians as he peeks his head through the hole he'd been shot through. His Shadow Dance ends as he does this, and he's forced to turn his head to the side in order to avoid yet another musket ball that Agnes fires at him. "Surrender now!" he shouts as he Blink Strikes behind her, slamming the pommel of Derflinger into the back of her head, easily knocking her unconscious.
He then leaps backwards to avoid an Explosion spell fired by Louise, Blink Striking behind Princess Henrietta before smacking her wand away. To secure his hostage even further, he casts Shackles that wrap tightly around Henrietta's neck, slowly burning and electrocuting her as they hold her still. "Louise! Surrender or I'll kill your Princess! Try and cast that spell again and I'll kill both of you!" he growls as he tugs on the Shackle binding Henrietta.
Smoke steadily rises from the shackle around her neck, and the groans of pain almost immediately have Louise throwing down her wand. "Stop! Let her go! I'll..."
Henrietta pushes against the shackles while shaking her head, "Don't! He can't have it! We need it!" she says, knowing that the Prayer Book presented one avenue for Tristain to actually survive the coming conflict.
"You can't use it if you're dead, Princess." Michael grouses, glaring at Louise whose looking back and forth between them with an aggrieved expression plastered across her face.
"W-why are you doing any of this!? I thought-" she starts, looking as if she were about to start sobbing.
Michael scoffs, "You thought what? I was going to beg you to take me back as your familiar or something? That I wanted to talk to you about a pardon? That I gave a fuck what my 'master' thought?"
...
"No. I just want out of this shit world, and for that, I need the book. So give it to me, or I'll leave your Princess's bloated corpse on your doorstep in a month's time!" he states.
"Don't!" Henrietta rasps out as she struggles against her bindings.
"Y-you're a monster..." Louise says with a shuddering voice, confusion and hatred clear in her eyes. "I-I'll give you the book! J-just let the Princess go!"
Michael grins, pulling the Princess back and extending a hand, "The book for the Princess."
"I-I left the book in the palace! H-hand over the princess and I'll get it for you!..." Louise says, but Michael just shakes his head.
"No. You go grab it, I'll keep a hold of the Princess until you do... I'll leave another note with the palace guards, hopefully you get it... For the Princess' sake." he says, not wanting to wait around much longer as he could hear the sound of armoured boots arriving around the inn. Clearly, the commotion from him being shot through a wall had drawn some attention.
Michael knocks the princess out and retrieves some bed covers from his inventory before proceeding to wrap the unconscious girl in it. Afterwards, he hefts her over his shoulder and rushes to leave the place, "The book for the Princess, it's your choice, Louise!" he says as he exits, leaving Louise alone in the dilapidated inn room.
"Arrrgh!" she cries out in frustration, giving a nearby chair a kick as she frantically thinks about what to do... Her familiar had just kidnapped the princess and threatened to kill all of them, and now she has to hand over one of the most important Brimiric artifacts that is both essential for her own growth, and the safety of Tristain itself.
She ignores the pain now pulsing in her foot and wipes the unshed tears from her eyes, "Why is this happening to me..." she mutters, eventually going over to wake up Agnes whose still slumped against the floor.
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