KINO
"GO! DON'T LET her get away!"
"Damn she's fast."
"She moves like one of us."
"I got you now!"
"Shadow Dive!"
"Dammit! I forgot she knows archaic magic!"
"How does a child know that level of magic anyways?"
"There she is! Get after her!"
Everyone continues their pursuit of the child. That child is one: Riho Takashi.
"Hey Brittney, who do you think will win?"
"Nyow that's easy Lucy, it's Riho all the way. Meow."
Lucy is wearing training gear of the island; leather cuirass, leather bracers, leather greaves, leather tassets, a leather battle skirt, and sandals. All of the pieces have a rich brown color with gold-colored accents.
A short sword meant for training is strapped to her back.
Brittney, however, is the outlier. Wearing her dark green bikini armor; leather bra, leather thong, leather gauntlets, a single ring belt, and thigh-high boots. She utilizes chakrams, one of which she's currently twirling on a finger.
"You really think Riho will make it across the finish line first?"
"Riho is a purr-etty ameowzing child."
"Hi Lucy. Hi Brittney." Riho suddenly pops out of Lucy's shadow as if summoned after her name was said three times.
"Good meowrning."
"Morning Riho."
"Got you now." An amazon had caught up to Riho while she was distracted. It's the Shield Maiden Freyja, and Oz's wife.
"Huh?! But I crossed the finish line."
"Actually Riho the line is right there."
Riho looks to where Lucy is pointing. The finish line was literally one step away.
"Well shit." Grumbles Riho, hanging her head.
"Them's the breaks, kid," said Freyja—ruffling her hair, "come, let's go grab…"
A flash of silver slices through the air. Freyja dodges the attack, pulls out her dadao sword from the small of her back, and readies herself for a follow up attack.
"Get your damn hands off my little sister!!"
Earlier
"Wow! So that's it. The Isle of Women."
"Would you mind painting a picture for me, Your Imperial Highness?"
"You would ask such a thing of me?"
"I don't see anyone else standing here." Retorted Izumi, with a smile.
Prince Jamison can only shake his head and smile. "Fine, you win. Even from here one can see beautiful lush green foliage, water so clear you can see the fish swimming just below the surface, pristine white sands."
"Sir, I say this with the utmost respect, but you're full of shit."
"Prove it."
"I have a skill known as "Echolocation" and it tells me that you and I are facing towards the open water. I may not be able to see things in color, but I'm positive there's no lush green foliage or pristine white sands in front of us—currently.
"So that's how you've been able to navigate your way around the ship."
"Did King put you up to this?"
"Who?" The Crown Prince replied, playing dumb.
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 34
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.86 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 90.71 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒆
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒚, 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑺𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝑻𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑨
𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒌 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑴𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑰𝒛𝒖𝒎𝒊
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 17
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.7 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 50 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑶𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 (𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅)
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 (𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓), 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑪
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒐 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓 𝒘/𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒖𝒆𝒅𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑱𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇, 1.5 𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈
The ship carrying Crown Prince Jamison, and the mercenary group Crimson Moon is anchored just off the shoreline of the Harmonia Empire, awaiting their escort.
One of the laws of the Harmonia Empire is that any male aboard a vessel needs to be escorted at all times.
Any nobles that visit regardless of title will obey without question and of course be treated accordingly. Failure to do so will be met with appropriate punishment.
Of course all visitors are given a list of rules in advance.
"Sir, is this your first time visiting? Asked Izumi.
"Yes it is."
"Would it be too forward of me to ask what your plan is?"
"Not at all. My plan is to strengthen our current alliance by improving trade, discuss new military strategy and tactics, trade information on various topics, and of course offer them an invitationto the Fight Festival Tournament."
While the Crown Prince and Izumi continue talking, Ryo, King, Kino, Dante and Yukino are on the opposite side of the ship facing the shore.
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑹𝒚𝒐 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 17
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.52 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 52 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑹𝒆𝒅
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒏
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 (𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓), 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑺𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑨
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔, 𝑹𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒘/ 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒈
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒆 𝒘/ 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑲𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒊
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 16
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.59 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 48 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 (𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓), 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒆
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑺𝑺
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘/ 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑳𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑾𝒓𝒂𝒑 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑩𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: Fists, Legs
𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑲𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝑬𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒔
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 19
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒊-𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 2.20 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 300 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒓 𝒘/ 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒂-𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 (𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓), 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑪
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑲𝒖𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒔
𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒔, 𝑻𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉
(Pet Bio)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝒀𝒖𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒐
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑺𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 30 𝒄𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 3.5 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅-𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕-𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓, 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑷𝒂𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌
(Pet Bio)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒓 𝑷𝒖𝒑
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 83 𝒄𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 13.7 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕, 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅
Ryo is peering through a looking glass.
King jokingly asks, "looking for your little sister?"
"Don't be absurd. I'm just checking for threats."
"Threats to who? Your little sister or His Majesty?" I asked, dog piling on.
Before Ryo can come back with a clever rejoinder he spots something that makes his blood boil. Turning to Kino.
"Can you have Yukino make an ice path to the shore from here?"
I can tell by the tone of his voice and the look in his eyes that he saw something that set him on edge. I looked to Yukino perched on the railing.
"Can you do it Yukino?"
Mrrrow!
With a swish of her tail a path of ice is created. She even made grooves for better traction.
Ryo vaults over the side of the ship and runs towards land.
"Um, what just happened?" Asked the Crown Prince, walking up to us.
"I think Ryo spotted his little sister and couldn't wait to see her, so he jumped overboard, and made a mad dash to reunite with her as soon as possible." Joked King.
𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑘! Jamison face-palms after hearing this.
"𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑟." Yukino relayed to me.
"You're half right, King."
"What makes you say that?"
"Yukino just informed me she saw a child being chased by others. So it's very likely that Ryo did in fact see his little sister, and being the obsessive big brother that he is, he went after her.
After all, us older siblings need to look out for our younger siblings.
"Wait, don't tell me you're actually Kiyo's big sister?"
"Got it one, Your Majesty. Kiyomaro is in fact my little brother."
Netherlands Empire
𝑊𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑜! 𝑆𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑓!
"Coming down with a cold Kiyo?" Leo asked him.
"Don't think so? Someone must be talking about me."
Back on the ship
"Seriously!? You're the older one?"
"Yes."
"B-but when we met… and how you act versus how your brother acts, and, and…"
Jamison is having a hard time processing this new information.
"Snap out of it." I say smacking him on the shoulder.
""Did you just hit the Crown Prince?!"" Shout King and Izumi, their jaws on the floor.
"Relax everyone. I've grown accustomed to Kino's eccentric behavior. However I trust she'll act accordingly around others outside of this group."
"Of course Your Imperial Highness." I replied, giving a slight bow.
"Now Kino, can you please go after Ryo and restrain him. Be rough if need be. "
"Understood. Yukino, Dante, let's go."
"Hang on." Jamison pulls out a dagger from inside his vest, "take this with you. It bears the Coat of Arms of the Britannia Empire. Present it if needed."
Accepting the dagger, I look at the coat of arms engraved on it. "Interesting. Is that a deer?"
"Stag actually. What's a deer?
"Same thing. But why a stag, an arrow, a boar, a fox, and a castle?"
"They each have a meaning. The stag on top is our crest. It means: Will not fight unless provoked."
"What if you are provoked?"
"That's where the boar comes in." Explained Jamison, "one who fights to the death."
"The arrow?"
"Ready for battle."
"In case you're provoked, you can fight to the death." I joked, getting a smile out of the man.
"The fox?"
"Wisdom and wit in his/her own defense."
"Castle?"
"Safety and protection."
Placing the dagger in my inventory. I scoop up Yukino, "catch me if you can Dante." I jump overboard, running along the same ice path Yukino created. Dante nipping at my heels.
Emmy, Igz, and Angel have joined the others on the deck.
"Sire, did Ryo just start a diplomatic incident?" Inquired Izumi.
"Wait?! What the hell did Ryo do?" Emmy asked, surprised by this news.
"Listen up everyone. There's a strong possibility Ryo saw something happening to his little sister. He jumped overboard and went ashore. I sent Kino after him." Explained Jamison. "Whether or not this will be a diplomatic incident will be up to Empress Rhea."
Angel shakes her head, "jackass," is all she says.
The others nod their heads in agreement.
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑬𝒎𝒎𝒚
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒊-𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 2.74 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 3,991 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒆
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒕
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑮𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 (𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓), 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑪
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑺𝒆𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒎 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒓 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 (𝑹𝑯)
𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒘/ 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒅𝒈𝒆 (𝑳𝑯)
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏-𝒌𝒊𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.45 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 37 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑨𝒛𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒘/ 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒘/ 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒆
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈
(𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒐)
𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑰𝒈𝒛
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 20
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒐𝒃𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 1.92 𝒎
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 91 𝒌𝒈
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚
𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔: 𝑶𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆
𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅: 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆
𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓: 𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒉-𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑱𝒐𝒃: 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔(𝒆𝒔): 𝑺𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓
𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌: 𝑪
𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑭𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉, 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑭𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘/ 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑭𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒘/ 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒓 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏: 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒚
Present
"Who the hell are you?"
"Where's your escort?"
More amazons have arrived and surrounded Ryo, their weapons at the ready.
"What were you doing to my little sister!"
"Wait big brother." Riho pulls on her brother's arm.
"Just stay back, Riho." He brushes her off.
"Ryo, would wait a second?" Again Riho grabs his arm.
Again Ryo brushes her off. "Who wants to die first?"
"Nightblossom, bind my stupid big brother with his own shadow!" Shouts Riho.
"Okie-dokie." Comes a cheerful reply.
A very small girl pops out of Riho's shadow. The girl is a fae.
"Shadow Binding!"
Ryo's shadow rises up, and wraps itself around him. He struggles to get free, only to fall flat on his face.
"Hahahahaha!!" Nightblossom hovers in front of Ryo's face, pointing and laughing historically.
"When I get loose I'm gonna cut your damn wings off." Growls Ryo.
Riho stands over her brother, hands on her hips, cheeks puffed out in annoyance. "You will not do anything to my familiar, big brother. If you do, I'll never speak to you again."
"Huh?!" Ryo stops struggling and stares up at his sister, confusion written all over his face. "You're what now?!"
"I'm glad I hung back. It was worth seeing you lose to a girl. Even better that the girl just so happens to be your little sister."
"And you are?" Freyja asked.
The other amazons now have their weapons pointed at Kino.
"Inventory." I pull out the dagger Crown Prince Jamison had just given me, flashing the crest.
"Names Kino Kurosaki. I, along with Dante and Yukino." I jester to my furry companions, "are here as escorts to Crown Prince Jamison. Oh, and our fearless leader there, is a part of the team as well."
"Wait, did you just Kurosaki?"
"I did."
"I'm Lucy and this is Brittney. I believe we met your brother Kiyomaro at the Warriors School."
"It's nice to meet you guys." I say.
"Brittney? Lucy? When did you guys get here?" Ryo had managed to roll over onto his back.
"We've been here the whole time." Replied Lucy.
"Ameowzing. After all this time your little sister complex still blinds you to your surroundings."
"Where's Matsuri? Eric said he was with you guys when you guys left the colosseum."
"Training over in the Lakonia Empire." Freyja answered. "They're a neighboring empire on the other side of the archipelago, and the opposite of us."
"Opposite? How?" I asked.
"It's all men. Hot, fit men, with bulging…" Lucy pauses, a distant look in her eyes.
Brittney purrs softly, her tail twitching, she too has a distant look in her eyes.
"Lucy?" Riho touches her arm.
"Muscles! Bulging muscles!"
"What about bulging muscles?" Riho asks innocently, causing Lucy's ears to turn red.
Freyja puts a hand on Riho's shoulder, "you'll find out when you're older."
"Not if I can help it." Protests Ryo from the ground.
"Everyone, if I could have your attention for a moment."
The women kneel before the speaker; Empress Rhea. "Crown Prince Jamison Arsenio of the Britannia Empire has arrived and is currently awaiting his escort to come ashore. So let us all go greet him accordingly."
After the ship's crew tie the dock lines to the cleats, its passengers disembark.
At the other end of the dock Empress Rhea and her entourage await the guest of honor.
She's joined by some of her personal guards, The Valkyries, some of the Shield Maidens, Freyja, Brittney, Lucy, Riho, Kino, and a now unbound Ryo.
Yukino and Dante are off playing with Nightblossom.
"Welcome Crown Prince Jamison Arsenio to the Harmonia Empire. It's an honor to have you here."
"The honor is all mine, Your Majesty." Jamison, along with the rest of Crimson Moon bow.
"Come, let's get you settled in."
"Before that, I'd like to apologize for Ryo's actions. I know he broke the law by coming ashore without an escort."
"True, he did break one of our laws."
"I thought my sister was in trouble when I saw her being chased."
"I was training with everyone. If you had bothered asking I could've told you, but did you? No you did not. You just had to swoop in like some white knight trying to save the helpless damsel like in those bedtime stories you used to read to me.
"Well guess what big brother I'm not some helpless damsel. I can take care of myself just fine without you. So you and your sister-complex can go take a long walk off a short cliff."
Riho begins to storm off, stops, turns around and adds, "oh and Empress Rhea is our great aunt. She wouldn't have let anything happen to me."
And with that bombshell dropped, Riho leaves.
"Heh-heh, like watching your mother at that age all over again." Rhea, briefly reminisces of days gone bye. "Now let me properly introduce myself. Ryo, I am your great aunt Rhea."
"Tell me about my mother, and why the hell you kidnapped my sister."
"Mind your tone, boy."
"Leave it be Freyja. Now Ryo, I have duties as empress to attend to first. I shall summon you later tonight."
"Thank you."
"You are most welcome. Emmy, it's nice to see you survived your injuries."
"It's all thanks to Manasa and Angel here." Emmy points to Angel.
"Angel, are you a healer by chance?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Would you mind assisting my healers in tomorrow's training? You'll be well compensated of course."
"I'd be happy to help. Is there anything in particular I should be prepared for?"
"Severe burns."
"Understood."
"Thank you. Oh, before I forget, Emmy, I took the liberty of having your house properly cleaned and aired out before your arrival. It is where you all will be staying during your visit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Emmy, why do you have a house here?" I asked.
"Yeah. I thought only women lived on this island." Comments King.
"Not that any of you would know because I don't advertise it, but I'm gay."
"Still doesn't really explain why you live here though." Said Igz.
"Back then it made the other residents of the Lakonia Empire uncomfortable. So Her Majesty was kind enough to allow me to live here."
"Don't tell me it's against the law or something."
"Unfurrow your brows, Kino. It's nothing that extreme. Like I said, that's how things were at the time. No one bats an eye nowadays. I've just lived here for so long that it's my home now."
"I think now is a good time for us all to head over to Emmy's place." Suggests the Crown Prince.
Everyone nods their heads in agreement.
****
On the opposite side of the Harmonia coast line
"I expected better security. Talk about a let down. I guess I'll wait till dark to make my move, but first things first; I need to get rid of these bodies. Dark Magic: Devouring Black Flame."
Black flames ignite and engulf the bodies. Burning everything away in a matter of seconds, bones and all.
Once satisfied the intruder dressed in black heads into the forest to hide out till nightfall.