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The Maids Guide to Demon Hunting

With Leoniya gone, Katherine walked over to the now leaving Bernadette and wrapped her up in a hug. "Come on, Bernadette~ I gave you a real easy out. Can't you at least give me a little thank you?" Katherine was internally smirking as she stopped the poor girl from going off to where she wanted but that wasn't the Firbolg's problem. She deserved a small thank you, didn't she? She rubbed her cheek against the smaller girl's as she was being quite obnoxiously annoying about it.

Still, if Bernadette just said thanks that would be enough for Katherine to just stop. "Alternatively, I could just show you what got me tossed off the ship earlier first hand. It was a little fun. Not the thrown off the ship part, of course." She continued to tease. It wasn't an empty threat though. She would follow through quite happily.

Bible of Ichor: Septet for the Dead

While the girl questioned them once more, Akyasha grabbed the bat that had been bothering Giselle and brought it to herself. Then she spoke to the one that had brought her to the human girl. Quietly. "Go find the others and report to me their whereabouts later. No snacks."

Still such worries about beasts and evil things pretending to be gods. "My, you seem quite insistant on there being no gods or anything of the such, but I continue to draw strength from mine. For example." Akyasha tread forward and scooped the human girl into a princess carry.

If she and Giselle waited on her to waddle all the way back home it would take ages. Sure, they would be fine, but she'd likely die of old age! Well, probaly not. "I have no problem carrying a young girl such as yourself. Please do not fret, however. I merely plan on carrying you until we reach your home. Do enlighten us on how to reach it."

I Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game, But———?! (Now Accepting)

Serrica merely smiled somewhat entertained as Lilian spoke harshly to her. There was always something entertaining about her interactions with the girl. Few people truly troubled her and Lilian Meridan was no exception to that. "Nice to see you as well, Lady Meridan. Looking as beautiful as ever." She mentioned as the girl just stared her down. Perhaps she would feel unsettled with the daughter of His Majesty's chief advisor staring her down... But a merchant couldn't let such trifles bother them.

She went silent mostly as Lilian introduced herself to Anne. It didn't bother her a bit. So long as she didn't plan on trying to snatch her new recruit from under her like a bitch. Which is not what it seemed like. Rather, she seemed rather focused on her for some reason. She always seemed wary.

Perhaps it was because she was not exactly polite to the royalty? Well, she didn't have to nor did she particularly want to. He was fairly boring as far as it went but, realistically, she didn't really focus on that sort of thing in her few playthroughs.

As soon as introduction was over... It was back to being stared at. Serrica couldn't remember being particularly mean to Lilian or anything of the sort. In fact, she had started trying to be.... Somewhat nice. She has consistently invited her to tea parties. Or, tried. A good ally is the daughter of the king's advisor after all. Now, however...

"Well, I had come this far out originally to assist a girl that had been pushed aside and scraped her knee. There I met this cute little miss." Serrica mentioned, defending herself in a small way. "And I always have time to make small talk with the new students, Lady Meridan. It's always wonderful to meet the new faces we'll be seeing until we graduate." She added before staring Lilian back in the eye. "My, you know, Lady Meridan, you stare at me like that much longer and I'll wonder if you have a thing for me. I thought you had a thing for the Crown Prince." Serrica teased, taking a step closer.

"Well, you may find that my refined taste includes people with beautiful golden locks if you're curious." The Duke's daughter took one more step forward towards Lilian. She was curious if she hit the hammer on the nail, though she somewhat doubted she did. Likely, she was just always irritated with the way Serrica treated the Crown Prince.

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

The night went fairly smoothly for Luna. Other than a few instances of a certain elf woman drunkenly clinging to her at the least. The knightess had removed her weapon from her waist and shield from her arm but kept her armor on. It wasn't all too uncomfortable to sleep in but she wanted to be ready in case something happened. Sucaria had such an off look about her.

Not to much surprise, someone had woken her up because something had gone wrong... It just wasn't who she had expected. It was the cyclopian fomorian that Sarah had fought earlier and he mentioned that her maid needed help. "Maid... Sucaria needs help?" Luna said, half-sleepy still. As soon as the meaning of those words clicked into place in her mind, she hopped out of her rest to her feet and quickly gathered up her sword and shield. The instant lack of Sucaria's presence was more than enough for Luna to trust that much from this Fomorian. Though... Well, she was obviously skeptical of his words.

"What Elder Beast do you speak of?" Luna asked, taking note that her head was feeling perfectly fine by now. Sucaria's healing salve was doing great. "And where is Sucaria? The maid?" Luna continued to question before looking up and seeing the yellow lights at the top of the hill. "There?" She asked a last questioned as she secured her shield to her arm and her sword to her side. She was ready to get moving to help Sucaria from whatever Elder Beast was a threat. The thought that this may be a trap never left the back of her mind though.

The Maids Guide to Demon Hunting

Well, that girl and Lyssa were going to be taken care of. "What do you even mean by romance? It's nothing to do with romance." Katherine mentioned in response to Lucrecia doing her best to hold her hand back from delivering a blow. Luckily, Leoniya had came up and started speaking to them about the mission. Telling them that despite the loss of most of the forward team it was a job well done. She lost her chance, thankfully, to tease Lucrecia and her rear end.

Then, Bernadette appeared and mentioned that the comms were back up which was a good thing for the maid troops. Leoniya seemed excited to make Stroganoff to which Bernadette seemed to no exactly seem excited about. "Drowning in alcohol?" It's not like Katherine was too bothered by alcohol but drowning food in it...? Well, Polina and Lucrecia went off on their own thing. Lucrecia to get her wounds treated and Polina to clean up a bit. Katherine wasn't really sure what to do with herself. Perhaps she'd save Bernadette from her fate.

"Hold yourself, Leoniya. I needed to speak to Bernadette a minute if you wanted to head down first. I'll come help out as soon as we're done talking." Katherine mentioned, walking up to the pair and trying to stop Leoniya from dragging the poor girl down. "It'll just be a minute." She would add, trying to give a sneaky wink to Bernadette.

Bible of Ichor: Septet for the Dead

Akyasha spoke back to the gorebat that had asked if it could eat the human ignoring said human's blade with nary a care. "No." She commanded back before turning her attention back to the blacksmith girl and Giselle. After Giselle was done, Akyasha knew what she was implying. How frustrating, trying to encroach when Akyasha already had her sights set on her.

"As for me, please call me Akyasha and I am no 'fake' holy woman. I am fully devoted to my Goddess, though perhaps she is one foreign to you. She is benevolent to her children." Well, no more was needed said than that. "As for what I am doing here... Supplies I suppose? And also to see if more would follow my faith, of course, though that is hard to ask in the best of times forget these current ones." To the both of them there, it was obvious which of the two reasons Akyasha really thought she was here for. Of course, to an outsider, Akyasha did sound like she belong to a religious cult... To her fellow vampires as well.

"And can you put the blade down? If I wanted to harm you, I could have done it long ago." If Julene had seen her fight, it was quite obvious a blade as such meant nothing to the cleric. "Instead, how do you fair? Do you need me to carry you into town?" Akyasha asked, wanting to make sure the human girl were in great shape. "My Goddess has instilled within me great strength." Akyasha mentioned, a good portion of her issues healing up. If it were some broken portions of her body, she could fight through it.

I Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game, But———?! (Now Accepting)

"Anne Marielle? Hmm... Well, can't say I'm familiar with your house, truth be told. Well, that much can change Lady Anne." Serrica said, smiling a small bit. "You should come join my tea parties and other such affairs. I can assure you that it can only help your family out to be acquainted with the Duchy. Well, our Duchy. Not the other not as important one." Serrica mentioned with some small disdain in her voice.

The daughter of the duke seemed to clear her thoughts rather quickly before shaking her head and turning toward Anne again, "Well, hiring you aside, you are a new student this year, correct?" She asked but didn't give time for a response. "Of course you are. Well, if you need help with anything let me know. I'd be willing to help since I think of it as an investment in human potential." The merchant added, not hiding her reasons at all. There was no need to hide it, after all. She had let her intentions be known clear as day. "Regardless of all that however, let me say that it is a pleasure to meet you." She said, offering her hand for a handshake.

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

"Well, Sucaria, I don't want to set traveling again without proper rest. What say we spend the night here with the elves and set out at first light?" Luna asked her maid. As much as she would prefer to set the maid's mind at ease, while she healed from these wounds, she didn't quite want to set out with no rest. "If it makes you feel better, you can stay close tonight in case something happens." With that, Luna had made up her mind and the two would head back to Sarah and the elves.

"Would you all mind if we rested here with you all for the night before heading out then? I think I could join in on the storytelling bit though I think I might need to hold off on the drink." Luna mentioned, wanting to stay fully sober to put Sucaria at ease. Luna grinned a small bit, "I have plenty of my own to tell, though I don't know how they'll compare to your own." It was almost as much a challenge as it was an admittance.

The Maids Guide to Demon Hunting

Katherine looked to Lyssa with a sly smile. "Well, what a shame I don't have something cold and sweet to give you." Her brows furrowed though, at being called a kitty cat. "I am not one such 'kitty cat' and it's shameful of you to call me as such." Katherine mentioned as if it were common knowledge that one should not call a firbolg a cat. She was about to add something else before the little girl, named Akantha, introduced herself and then Viatrix cam up on deck where everyone else seemed insistant that Akantha and Lyssa get a check-up with the nurse.

"Yes, I agree with the sentiment. Both of you should get an immediate check-up. That said I probably should probably make a visit some time after we return." Katherine mentioned before turning toward the accented girl that tried to scold her. "Now, dear Lucrecia, it's all about being discerning about who you do things to. Though being tossed overboard was a miscalculation on my part, truthfully. Or do you try to warn me because you're jealous I've not done anything to you?" The catgirl maid teased as her dolls in the back were managing to finish up whatever first aid they needed to do.

Bible of Ichor: Septet for the Dead

Akyasha stepped aside as Julene loosed her bolt at the wall, helping open up a hole big enough for the human get pulled through. Giselle made sure the human was going to make it out of the fire so Akyasha scooped up her Gorebat with one hand. A small bit of consideration of the situation and all the dangerous entities nearby, Akyasha decided it was best to keep her axe at the ready as they reeled back from the burning house. Once at a safe distance, Giselle examined the human's condition. She'd life fine enough. "If I'm a crazy woman, what's that say about the girl that did that?" The cleric teased, pointing at the house.

After she relaxed her body a small bit, she remembered that she had just been beaten and bruised and all the aches hit her once more. Her axe dropped from her hand and disappeared into a mist before it even hit the ground. "Well, you're not the only one not feeling at peak performance, miss." Akyasha groaned as she thought about every little bit that was broken or something of the sort. "Speaking of, I am appreciative of your timely intervention, Giselle. I don't think I could have taken that blast directly." Akyasha mentioned with a smile, "But yes, let's head to the village." Akyasha would be able to set her broken bones and heal once they got a moment to rest.