Well I still feel a bit terrible, but it's not as bad now.
Anyways im going to let my Alucard have only one familiar for now, so he will unlock them over time, im thinking the familiar tickets will be placed in dungeons only he can find(which coincidentally will give Alucard more souls for his powers), but what you guys think?
Now enough talking, onto the chapter!
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We were walking down the stairs of my home, Asta telling me about sister lily and his siblings, forgetting about father orsi in the process.
I chuckled when he forgot about father orsi, even in my past life I chuckled whenever he forgot to mention him and seeing the old man cry because of it, 'at least he was a loving father.' I think to myself before shaking my head to forget about it.
"so tell me more about Yuno." I ask him as we head down another flight of stairs and pass a couple of open doors, one showing a different library, while the other two were living quarters, "I should look into hiring live in maids."
"You say something Alucard?" Asta asks noticing Alucard stopping for a moment and looking at one of the rooms, "oh, it's nothing." I tell him as I turn my head away from the empty room and we resume walking down the last flight of stairs.
"Oh right, please wait here Asta, I'm heading to my personal study to grab some stuff." I tell Asta as we made it to the foyer (the space in a home which connects the entrance to the living areas), "Right!" Asta responds, taking a seat at a nearby chair as I walk to the family portrait.
After inspecting the frame I notice on one of the bricks was alucard's infamous symbol etched into the stone, it was etched just enough to not be noticeable unless you really looked closely.
(Image here)
'Maybe I use my magic?' I think to myself as I put my thumb onto one of my canines and press down, after tasting copper I remove and place my bleeding thumb on the eye and let my blood flow onto the symbol, and after a few seconds my blood was absorbed into the stone.
*click* *creeak*
The door slowly opened and the torched along the wall light up with a Fwoosh sound, and I make my descent.
(In the original black clover fic, Alucard used the exact same symbol to open a hidden room underneath a waterfall, so I'm using that for the hidden areas of the estate, and maybe to other areas if possible-thelostswordsman)
As I walk down the stairs I notice the cobwebs on the ceiling and the layers on dust on the steps, "yeah I really need a maid." I say to myself as I make my way down to the bottom of the stairs and walk over to where I placed my weapons (in the coffin) and pull out Crissaegram.
"I need books on swordsmen techniques, and martial arts." I say to the bookshelf as it slowly switches out the books that were originally about manga to swordsmanship and martial arts.
"Okay so I want to make everyone way stronger than their original counterparts I know in the show, so I'll give Asta some martial arts skills to add to his repertoire, and maybe some sword styles to go with it, but the question is who to go with for Asta?" I mutter to myself as I look at the sword styles given, "eh I'll figure that out later, as for me, I think this sword style will do nicely for me." I say as I grab a string bound book and take a look at the title.
The path of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū - by Hiko Seijūrō XIII
(Where my Ruroni Kenshin fans at? Also is that a good starting swordstyle for Alucard to start with?)
After grabbing the book as well as swordsmanship basics, I head upstairs and notice the sentient sword and shield were following me, "it's alright, im just heading to the village, so head back to my room." I tell the two weapons as It pauses as if weighing its options before ultimately heading up the stairs and I walk towards Asta who was looking at the Crissaegram with stars in his eyes.
"So cool!! What type of blade is it?!" He asks enthusiastically as he looks at the craftsmanship.
(Crissaegram Image here)
As we walk out to the courtyard I slowly unsheathe half of it to show to Asta, as he takes in the look of the blade, "this is Crissaegram, it's been known in my family to
Make four slashes in one stroke, but it can also be called valmanway." I explain as I sheathe it again and we head down the path, and as I do I hear a voice in the distance, a woman's voice.
"Astaaaa!! Asta where are you?!"(????)
"It seems a lady is looking for you." I remark to Asta who looks oblivious for a second before freezing, and grabs wildflowers before sprinting down the path as I chuckle, "he really is fun to have around." I say as I begin jogging after him, keeping the same pace as him despite him sprinting and I see a woman in a nun's habit with another kid with black hair and golden yellow eyes, and even at this distance I can see his magic stone pendant, which was a gift from his father.
"Sister lily!!!" Asta shouts as he stops mere feet away from her and presents the wildflowers to her, "here, these are for the dinner table." He says to her as I stumble for a second, I was expecting him to propose again, not this.
"Where have you been?! We couldn't find you at your usual training spot, we almost thought you were taken by bandits to sell in the black market!!!" Sister lily says, anger and an almost motherly worry in her voice as she starts tearing up for a bit, much to a shaking Asta.
"I-im sorry for making you worry Sister Lily, I was exploring and fou-" he began but Sister lily wasn't having it, "for 10 whole hours?!! I don't want to hear it! When we get back to the church, you aren't allowed to leave the church for a week!" She says sternly, and honestly I felt bad for Asta, 'maybe I should say something.'
"Ahem. Apologies for interrupting, but Asta was with me." I say to the trio, which caught the attention of Sister lily and Yuno turn towards me as I begin explaining, "I was in the forest near my estate practicing my swordsmanship when he stumbled across me and we sat down and chatted about magic and we…kinda lost track of time." I tell her as I show her Crissaegram and the book I was carrying.
"And who might you be young man?" Sister lily asks with kind, yet wary tone of voice, as if eyeing me as a suspicious person near an elementary school, I could see wind magic coming off of Yuno, poised to attack me if I did anything.
"Oh where are my manners! Good evening to you, I am Alucard Tepes." I say to the two as Sister lily looks at my appearance, "you wouldn't happen to be a Noble, would you?" She asks me in worry, as if I was going to cut them down for existing.
"Well im more a fallen noble, after my mother passed away I inherited my family estate." I explain as she gasps before hugging me, "im sorry for your loss!" She says to me as I look over at Yuno and Asta who were watching, Asta with a hint of jealousy, and Yuno with his usual deadpan stare.
"It's quite alright, I asked Asta if he could show me around the village, so I could get some food." I tell her in my most convincing voice, and after a few seconds she lets go of me with a smile, "then would you like to join us for dinner?"
I pause for a moment as I see my mother from my past life align with Sister Lily, and with a singular tear falling down my face, I give her a smile, "I'd love to."
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Well folks I hope you enjoy this chapter.
But what swordstyle and martial art style would fit Asta? I was thinking of having Asta Learn saint Martha's Jacob's limb(fgo) as the martial art style, but I'll let you guys decide.
Also what martial art style should alucard learn?
But besides that I have to go to bed so I'll see you next time, peace😁✌️