Karin Valliere could not believe what she was seeing and hearing. She had come into the forest to ascertain that the queen was indeed safe, and had stumbled upon their group conversing with, and then utterly slaughtering, elves. It was impressive how Louise had killed them, but the information she had overheard was so important and powerful she knew that she would have to be very careful with it. If news the elves were losing their magic got out, it could prompt another holy crusade, and historically they had been bloody and ineffective things.

Of course, that information was second to the fact that a disgusting half-breed was claiming that they could use elven spirit magic, and the founders most holy void magic! The idea of such a thing was beyond horrifying, and the insinuation that she was supposedly somehow related to the queen was both an affront to the church and horrifying in its implications for the country.

The church would never allow a disgusting half-breed to hold the founders gift. And that was to say nothing of how much of a heretical thing a half-breed was on its own already.

Such a thing could not be allowed near her majesty, for it would both tarnish the church's view of her leadership, and her own being. Unfortunately however Karin was not so naïve as to believe she could simply step out and execute the half-breed. The queen herself would not understand unless she explained the situation at length, a length that she did not believe she would get with the way her supposed daughter was acting, and with how proficient she was with a spear.

"I must bide my time until I can properly do away with what is dangerous to Tristain," Karin muttered to herself as she started taking in deep breaths faster and faster until she was hyperventilating. Then, looking as if she had just been navigating the forest and not watching the situation unfold she drew her wand and came out from between the tree's into the area around the building, among the elven bodies and at such an angle that she could clearly see the orphans, the criminal Fouquet, and the halfbreed itself. " My queen are you- get away from her elf!" Karin then declared, feigning that he had just noticed the halfbreeds ears and pointing her wand at it.

"Wait, Captain, she is not an elf she is-" Henrietta began to say, Karin interrupting as she figured she would if she did not know what she now did.

"The ears are proof of it, now get away from it!" Karin said before glancing at the elven bodies. "Who killed these elves, why did you leave one alive?"

"I killed them, and she is alive because she is a half elf, the one who the elves were after," Louise said casually, her gaze strange.

"If she is a halfbreed then there is even more reason to keep away from that filth my queen," Karin stated, still pointing her wand at it while her eyes drifted. " Especially as that appears to be a wanted criminal as well."

"Captain, they are not our enemies, the elves were after them for a reason and we need to protect them," Henrietta said emphatically.

"They are a half-breed and a criminal; it is you who needs to be protected from them!" Kari said as she took a step forward, only to stop when a massive blast of energy rocked the whole forest and sent shockwaves throughout it, almost toppling her as it did cause Henrietta, as well as the half elf and the criminal to fall to the ground. " What was that?!"

"That would be the other fight I think," Louise said as another chain of explosions sounded out through the forest, sending more shockwaves of wind and leaves past them.

"Should we go help?" 5PB asked with a worried tone.

"Probably," Louise said as another explosion rang through the woods. Accompanied by the sound of breaking trees.

A second later the tree's at the edge of the area burst apart and a black shape bounced across the dirt twice before slamming into the orphanage walls and through it to the other side.

The young children all screamed in fear while Fouquet and Tiffania tried to protect them from splinters of wood and debris.

"What was that?!" Karin called out as she tried to move to interpose herself between the queen and where the object landed. Only to have Louise and 5Pb push past her without a word.

"Uni, you alright?" Louise asked as the black object groaned and rolled over, revealing a woman in tight and revealing clothing much like those that the one called Nepgear had worn in her duel, only black as night with wings of blue and some strange blocky lance in her hand.

"Ow. I'm, not fine. I did not expect to be thrown that far," Black sister said, her voice the same as Uni's.

"What hit you?" 5Pb asked as she somehow summoned a bottle of some kind out of thin air and handed it to Black sister, who nodded in thanks and drank down he contents, some of her scrapes and cuts disappearing in seconds. Was it some sort of healing potion?

"Rei did. Her HDD is stupidly powerful," Black sister said as she tried to stand up and cringed.

"Here," 5Pb said as she pulled out another bottle and handed it to her.

"Thank you," Black sister replied as she drank it down and then stood up, devoid of any of her previous pain. "She's basically gone berserk and her attacks hit like being tackled by an ancient dragon. All of them."

"Then we better go help," Louise said as she turned to Henrietta. " We need to go help, you stay here, it'll be too dangerous if you follow."

"No, I'm going with you!" Henrietta declared, causing Louise to stand up and turn around to face her and Karin.

"What part of, stay here, and, it is too dangerous, do you not understand!" Louise yelled in annoyance. "These will not be those weak elves, but another Goddess, someone in HDD who is as powerful, if not more powerful, than us! If she decided to attack you, you will die!"

"No, because I will let no harm come to her," Karin said tone full of pride.

"Idiot, do you think you would have a chance either?" Loiuise said as she, much to Karin's surprise, suddenly went HDD and turned into Green Sister again. "Rei will be far stronger than that Killachine was. She would kill you as easily as someone squashes a fly, because that is all she would think of you!"

"Enough, I will not have you raising your voice at me girl!" Karin said, seriously annoyed. "You will do as you are told and-"

She was cut off when Green sister suddenly pulled launched one of her spears out of her gauntlets into her hand and then swung it at Karin, striking her in the head and sending her to the ground in an unconscious heap.

"Lady Valliere!" Henritta called out in surprise and worry before looking right at Green sister. " Why would you do that? To your own mother?!"

"I have already said that she is not my mother anymore," Green sister said seriously as her second spear came out of her brace and into her hand. "The one who was a weak daughter of a worthless woman who cares more about pride than being a parent is long gone. So stop assuming I will simply let her step all over me. Stay here,"

"but i-" Henrietta stopped when she found 5PB beside her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Please, just stay here where it is safe. I'm sure you want to talk with Miss Tiffania after all, right?"

"Yes, but i-"

"Look, just stat here," Black sister said as she walked past, making Henrietta suddenly realize that she and Green sister were already walking away, and as soon as they hit the tree's ran into them and disappeared.

She turned back to find that 5Pb had left her side and followed, leaving her alone with Fouquet, Tiffania, an unconscious Lady Valliere, and an army of orphans. " please, be safe."

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"Are you sure you're alright with that?" 5Pb asked as she, Black sister, and Green sister ran through the woods, following Black sister to where Nepgear and Bracve were still fighting Rei.

"Yes," Green sister said simply before adding to it a few seconds later. " seeing Anne was, nice, and while I may wish to see Cattaleya, that means seeing the rest of my past family. And I have seen enough of that bitch that was once my mother."

"Yeah I can see that," Black sister said with a smile as she looked back. "Honestly I can't imagine having to deal with someone like that all the time.

"Yes, and I am done dealing with her. How far?"

"We're almost there, just blitz right in to help!" Black sister declared right before the trio burst through the tree's into a clearing that was likely much smaller barely an hour before.

The clearing looked like a small battlefield of pure devastation. The grass was torn up or burned at random. Tree's had been torn u and broken apart by blade and brute force, while their stumps had been trampled and blown into pieces, leaving small craters of wood chips and splinters. Even the stones and rocks were marred with burns or had been blown into pieces.

And of course, the ones in the middle of it all looked the part as well. Nepgear was in her HDD and looked battered but unbroken. One of her wings looked like it had been crushed, while there were small cuts and scrapes across her suit and her sword was sparking ever so slightly near its handle.

Brave was in just as bad a condition with her shawl torn to shreds, the armour in pieces that were flaking off, and her swords tip being completely broken.

Luckily it seemed they had given as hard as they had gotten. She had s pair of horns and prominent wings, or had. Her suit was torn across her stomach, blood dripping down to one leg, while she also had numerous shallower cuts and scrapes across her legs and her arms. One of her horns was broken right in the middle, sparking angrily, and her wings we mostly torn into pieces only one of them untouched. Her weapon however, a pristine staff, was untouched and undamaged, as was the iron band around her waist that was glowing vibrantly red, clashing with her normal color scheme to the extreme.

"Brave, you alright?" Black sister asked instantly. Notifying both their allies, and Rei, to their presence.

"We are, doing adequately," Brave said as she raised her blade in preparation to strike.

"Ye, but Rei isn't getting any weaker no matter what we do, she just gets angrier!" Purple sister declared as she shot at Rei, the shots being dodged or knocked aside by her staff.

"And why shouldn't I be angry? I have every reason to be angry that bitch faced Goddesses like you still exist!" Rei screamed with a maniacal cackle as she spun her staff about and then pointed its large end towards purple sister, meter wide beam of dark bluish purple energy firing out at her like a battering ram.

She flew to the side to avoid it, but the small tip of one wing that was hit simply ceased to exist, as if it had been melted off.

"That's it, I'm ending this!" Green sister exclaimed as she burst forward and rushed right into Rei's face, Spears flashing forward only to be blocked by Rei's staff.

"Weak!" Rei screamed as she blocked the strike and then swung her staff like a baseball bat, right into Green sister's side, sending her flying sideways. " Too weak! You are all far too weak! To think you even considered the idea that you had a chance, it is so laughable I might start weeping salty tears for your foolishness!"

"Who speaks like that?" Green sister asked as she leapt up to her feet and cracked her neck before lunging forward and swinging her spears in wide arcs. Rei blocked them, but had to move her staff to far greater lengths to do so, allowing Black sister to get a clean shot right in her backside, forming a large burned section that make her let out a gasp.

"Whore!" Rei yelled as she turned and let loose a chaotic shotgun blast of energy blasts, forcing Black sister to jump back and cover her face from the shots and debris.

"Shut up already!" Green sister yelled as she thrust her spears right at the metal belt around her waist. Only for her blades to simply bounce off of it without leaving a mark. " what!?"

"that thing, it doesn't seem to take damage," Purple sister commented as she unleashed more shots upon Rei.

"I think that is the thing the elves were controlling her with!" Green sister called out as she leapt backwards to dodge a strike of Rei's staff, only for a blue blade of light to protrude from it and send her onto her back. " Ow, I am thankful I am more armoured."

"It won't save you, or anyone else!" Rei screamed as she began slashing with the blade atop her staff, tearing up the ground around her.

"It matters not what struck that belt. Lasers, blades, magic, all of these did nothing to it," Brave stated seriously. "It seems to make her barely notice her pain and have enhances stamina as well."

"then how are we supposed to beat her?" Black sister asked in annoyance as she ran to the side to dodge some shots while firing her rifle to little effect.

"There has to be a-" Green sister stopped as realization struck her in an instant. " Lyrica, That metal plate that the elven leader was carrying, Go break it!" She yelled as she spun and looked to 5PB who was buffing everyone from a safer distance of the edge of the tree line.

"Oh, right, I'll try to be quick!" 5PB called back as she understood what Green sister was mentioning, running off into the trees and disappearing.

"What?" Purple sister asked in confusion.

"Just keep fighting. The elf I fought had a rune that allowed them to give orders to Rei. I'm hoping that if it is broken their control on her will be lost. We just need to hold on," Green sister explained before she dodged a strike and threw a spear at Rei, it being deflected by her staff into the ground. " Implosion!"

"Huh, are you going to explode or-" Rei was cut off as the spear beside her exploded with a bang, damaging her armour even further and staggering her a bit. "Oh, now you've done it you disgusting bugs!"

"So we just hold out until 5PB ends this, okay, I can do this. We can do this!" Purple sister sad to hype herself up.

"No you can't!" Rei screamed as she began fighting with even more ferocity.

"We can! Just wait; we'll free you from that control!"

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5PB ran through the woods retracing her previous steps and checking her map to make sure she was going the right way. As soon as Green sister had said the words she understood what she needed to do, and the quicker she got back to that elf's corpse the sooner she could break that metal plate thing.

It probably didn't matter how she broke it, but if it did she had lots of options. Beating it out of shape with her guitar, cutting it in half with magic, she could even obliterate it with sound waves if it came down to it. Though that would likely be the best option to make sure its effects were gone.

Breaking free of the tree's 5Pb made it back to the clearing with the orphanage. Tiffania and Fouquet looked to be calming down some of the children while others were gathering things for some reason, while Henrietta was tending to a now awake Lady Valliere who looked none too pleased.

"Its' not worth saying anything, just get it," 5Pb said to herself as she broke back into a run and rushed over to the elf's body, dropping to her knees and forcibly tuning it over, ignoring the blood now on her hands.

"Founder, you startled me miss 5PB," Henrietta said in shock. " what are you doing back, is the battle over?"

"No, Rei is powerful, and we realized that the elf had an object," 5PB began as she found the metal plate still hanging off the elf's belt, and yanked it off. "This, was controlling her, so I need to destroy it," 5Pb finished explaining as she stood up and tossed the plate on the ground a few feet away and unslung her guitar to start beating on it.

Only for a gust of wind to unbalance her from behind. "No, you will not."

5Pb turned to see Lady Valliere now standing beside a still kneeling Henrietta, her wand drawn and pointed at her. " I need to destroy this to help everyone fighting Rei."

"No, you will not destroy it," Karin declared as she took a step forward, wand still aimed at 5PB. " That is clearly a powerful magic relic. And while it may be of elven origin, it is still powerful if it is able to command entity able to create such powerful golems like the one from before. The church will be very interested in such an item if it means a way to strike back at the elves, and to Tristain it could mean a very important boost to our military power and increased respect and leniency from the church. Hand it over."

"What?" 5Pb couldn't help herself from saying as she looked at Karin in disbelief. "It controls someone against their will, and that person is still under its control. It needs to be destroyed so everyone can finish fighting her faster!"

"If she is such an opponent that you girls are having difficulty with her, then her service to Tristain would be even more desirable," Karin said stoically as she took another few steps toward 5PB. "You will hand that over to Tristain."

5Pb took a step away from Karin, and toward the metal plate that was still glowing vibrantly, gripping her guitar tighter. "I cannot do that, I need to help everyone, and it needs to be destroyed!"

"last warning girl. I am a captain of Tristain, and a member of its nobility. You have no right to refuse what I say right now. So hand it over."

"I . . .will not!" 5Pb stated as she turned and swung her guitar at the metal plate, only to be thrown backwards by a gale force blast of wind.

"Idiot girl, I told you that you have no choice in this," Karin said as she shook her head and began walking toward the metal plate.

"Captain Valliere, stop!" Queen Henrietta called out, stopping Karin right as she was barely a meter from the metal plate.

"My queen?"

"There is no reason to attack dignitaries from another nation who have been, and are still, astringing us in matters pertaining to the safety of our citizens!" Henrietta declared seriously as she stood up and looked right at Karin. "You will stand down immediately!"

"My queen, while I respect that you are considering these girls dignitaries, we still have no confirmation of their tales being truth, and that item could be a powerful boon to all of Tristain."

"It is a cursed item that is controlling someone against their will. I will not endorse slavery. Furthermore, it is related to a criminal from their land, so it is theirs to do with as they please!" Henrietta countered seriously, her gaze never shifting.

"My queen, I urge you to reconsider, it is not slavery if the one it is controlling is not a human. Think of all of Tristain. With war with Albion still a serious threat, we require all military assets that we can use. Do not let such a potentially powerful asset to slip through the countries fingers!"

"Captain Valliere. I have spoken. I expect my words to be followed," Henrietta said seriously. " You will not attack our allied dignitaries from the nations of their land of Gameldustry, and you will not take that plate. It is their property to do with as they please. Is that understood?"

Karin looked at Henrietta before allowing a slight, but very exasperated sigh leave her lips. " Very well then, if you wish to-"

SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Both Karin, Henrietta, as well as Tiffania, Fouquet and all of the children plug their ears, some even screaming at the horrendous noise that suddenly assaulted their senses. When it stopped the all looked up to see 5PB holding her guitar as if she had just strummed it. And the spot of grass where the metal plate had been lying looked as if it had been torn apart by a stampede of beasts ina perfect circle with small metal fragments all around and in it.

"There, it's destroyed," 5Pb said seriously as she took a few deep breaths and then seemed almost point her instrument directly at Karen as if to be threatening. "So, what next?"

"Excuse me?" Karin asked, confused about the question.

"Are you going to try to attack me again, or . . . . or do I need to show that I can keep up with the others?" 5Pb asked, stuttering a bit as she did.

Karin stared at her for a second in shock. "You, are challenging me?" She asked incredulously.

"No. I would like to not fight. But of you are going to attack me again, I won't hold back!" 5Pb declared seriously.

"You-"

"Captain Valliere!" Henrietta called out, her tone upset and her expression far from pleased. "The elven danger is past and Captain Milan can finish the operation on her own. You are to return to your family manor for hard earned rest."

Karin looked at Henrietta in shock. "My queen, it is still not safe here with the company in this area. Please allow me to escort you back to the capitol and-"

"Captain Valliere, I have given my orders," Henrietta said very seriously, interrupting, and making it clear that she was not going to allow any form of arguments.

"My queen I implore you reconsider, those around us are-"

"Are my cousin, her trusted sister, a grouping of children, and Louise's best friend," Henrietta interrupted. "I will be perfectly safe and have already discussed some matters with Tiffania while you were indisposed. Please depart for the day Captain." Karin looked like she was about to explode before she abruptly tuned and stomped off into the tree's. A second later Henrietta sighed and tuned to 5PB. " I am sorry, I could not react fast enough to stop her. What she believed to use that thing for was, shocking."

"That is a word for it," 5Pb said before an awkward silence fell between the two girls. Farer a few moments 5Pb managed to speak up as she turned away. "Well, I'm going back to everyone."

"Wait," Henrietta suddenly spoke up, stopping 5PB. "Can you, um. Tell them that we'll meet outside the forest and village?"

"Alright," 5PB said as she turned and ran off, leaving the clearing and heading back for where everyone else was, and finally allowing her heart to start calming down. She didn't stop moving until she came back to the ruined clearing, finding everyone alright, but exceedingly tired looking, and an unrecognized pale blue haired woman in an almost uniform like outfit lying on the ground sleeping with a big smile on her face. "Is that, her?"

Nepgear looking up from where she was leaning with her back against Uni and nodded. "Yes, that is Rei Ryghts."

"Whatever you did must have worked," Uni spoke up without looking up. "That metal belt cracked and blew apart; she looked around in surprise and then started screaming as if she was in pain. Then she turned back and just, fell asleep."

"She was, a very challenging foe. I can see why you claimed her as such," Brave commented idly as she breathed heavily and looked at her snapped in half blade with a slight scowl.

"Was it, hard to destroy?" Louise asked as she got up and looked to 5PB with a bit of worry on her face.

"It wasn't hard to destroy but, uh, Lady Valliere got in the way a bit," 5Pb nervously admitted.

That got everyone's attention, and after a few minutes the situation was explained, leading to the inevitable.

"DAMMIT why does she keep getting in the way!" Louise yelled in anger and annoyance.

"Yeah, she's uh, yeah," Uni spoke up, uncertain what to say in regards to Louise's past mother.

"Um, I'm sure she has good intentions though, right?" Nepgear ventured to say.

"Sure, for Halkeginia and the nobility," Louise scoffed. "I can only imagine what the church would do if they gained access to what is essentially a slave collar. Hell, anyone in Halkeginia having access to that would be terrible. Do you think she will be a problem again?"

"Um, I don't think so," 5Pb said with a shake of her head. "The Queen basically told her to go home I think. Oh, and she also asked me to say that she would wait for us outside the forest and village."

"She expects us to return then," Brave said in understanding as she stood up, and then glanced at the unconscious form of Rei. "What do we do with her?"

"Um, I'd like to take her with us," Nepgear spoke up as she got up and looked at the ground, seemingly knowing how everyone would react to her suggestion.

"That sounds crazy. That is literally the one who was, as much as I hate to admit it, beating us into the color of her armour," Uni said seriously.

"I know. But I don't actually know much about her. What she said before when I first met her in thee other dimension, and earlier . . . . she seems so sad and broken. And she's not supposed to be here either, so we should at least take her back with us!"

"I don't know, sounds like a bad idea to me," Uni said as she looked to Brave.

"I am inclined to agree with Uni that it sounds dangerous," Brave admitted. "However I also realize that leaving her here may not be the best option."

Uni scowled a bit then looked at Louise and 5PB, clearly expecting them to give their thoughts on the matter.

"Well, uh, we heard from the elves that we found that they did some pretty bad things to her. I'd feel bad if we didn't help her and see how okay she is when she wakes up," 5Pb said, before her expression grew ever so slightly darker for a moment. "And, considering how Lady Valliere spoke, I don't think letting her get caught by this lands nobility would be a good thing."

"I agree. She is too powerful to just leave her here, and I think we should at least listen to her story considering what she's been through at the hands of the elves," Louise said in agreement.

Uni let out an annoyed sigh. "Fine, but how exactly are we getting her out of this forest? Let alone back to Tarbes?"

"I shall carry her," Brave said as she got up, walked over, and picked up Rei princess style. "She is not that heavy, this should not be difficult."

"Unless she wakes up and panics, or squirms and impales you on that horn of hers," Uni muttered to thee side, loud enough to still be heard by everyone.

"Then let's go," Louise said, ignoring Uni's comment completely as she tuned to the tree's. "Hopefully www can use this to our advantage."

"You mean get a reward like guild work?" Uni asked with a smirk.

"No, if we take a reward, I think some of the nobility will start thinking they can pay us off to do things for them. If we can just get them to ignore us we can finish those quests and get back home. The sooner the better."

"I, think I agree," 5Pb said quietly before smiling a bit. "I want a proper shower."

"That is a sentiment I can get behind," Uni said with a sigh. "Let's get out of here."

Everyone nodded and began heading out of the forest, following their maps to make sure they did not get turned around. It took only a few minutes to escape the forests grip, and when they did they found a group of soldiers gathering nearby, as well a gaggle of children with Fouquet, Henrietta and Tiffania near them. Fouquet and Tiffania both had hats on their heads and were wearing cloaks, likely to protect their identities, and Agnes De Milan was very quickly approaching them and the queen.

In barely seconds it was clear that Agnes was becoming very animated about something, though about what could not be heard from a distance.

"So, should we like, go say hello or something?" Uni asked uncertainly.

"I don't want to even guess at what Agnes is complaining about, but we probably should as I don't think they have noticed us yet," Louise said grimly, prompting Nepgear to start walking over and prompting the others to follow her.

"Your majesty, I understand wishing to help these children, but we do not know if the orphanage in the capitol has the room for this many of them," Agnes said, sounding slightly exasperated as she did.

"I do realize that Agnes, I do. But we cannot leave them here when there is business with these two I have when we return."

"Your majesty, I also must advise against that. I understand why you sent the Duchess away, but I did see beneath that hat. I will not push you for your reasons, but one like that cannot be kept in the capitol. For your safety and theirs."

"Agnes, she is of the Westwood family, she's my cousin, would you suggest I simply forget about her!?"

"If that is what keeps you safe, then I my, but I know you would not," Agnes said with a sigh. "I am not saying forget about them, just that they cannot stay in the capitol."

"But, none of the nobility would even consider it because of her-" Henrietta stopped as she saw the Gameindustri group approach, her eyes locking onto them, then Rei for a moment. "Um Louise, I was wondering something, well, a few things,"

Louise let out a long drawn out and exasperated groan as she took a step forward and, much to Henrietta and Agnes's surprise and shock, placed both of her hands on Henrietta shoulders and looked her right in the eyes. "Let me guess, you want us to bring those two back to Tarbes for their safety, is that it?"

"Um, y-yes."

"I see, I assume you would of course deal with the nobility trying to manipulate us and allow us to move around in your own for a time, right? Oh, and of course, deal with the situation of the Citizens of Tarbes citizenship situation right?"

"Um, you mean keeping the nobility placated and allowing the people of Tarbes to live where they want?" Henrietta asked, her voice a little uncertain and jittery, finding the closeness of Louise's face to be unnerving. Especially with the tone she was using, and her expressing.

"Of course. You are not going to get everything you want just by asking nicely after all, and if we cannot do what we need to get back home, it will cause more problems further down the road for Tristain."

"Um, Louise, I feel like you are not listening to me when I said I had a favour to ask," Henrietta spoke up nervously. "I uh, feel like you're making this not a favour."

"It's not," Louise admitted simply. "We have objectives we are after, and cannot do them easily until the issue with the nobility trying to vilify us is done with. It you deal with it, then I'm sure the people of Tarbes would be willing to care for the two of them, and all these children for a while."

"You, are you daring to-" Agnes began before Henrietta lifted a hand.

"It's fine Agnes. She is being very blunt about it, but she is not being unfair," Henrietta said with a nod. "Alright. I should be able to convince the nobility to allow all of you to stay in tarbes, and I will convince them to not get in the way of them leaving if they want to."

"Thank you Anne, that will make things a lot easier for us," Louise said as she let go of Henrietta and took a step back.

"Um, I do have one question though," Henrietta said as she pointed at Rei, being carried by Brave. " who is that?"

"She is the one that report you got called a blue Demon. She's kind of like us, and it was her HDD form that was seen I would bet. We're taking her with us to, um; figure out her situation I suppose."

"Oh, I understand. She was from your land, so we have no right to impose in that respect."

"Thank you. It would be, hard to explain I think,"

"Yes well, I believe we both will need to talk at length sometime about the future, but for now I shall tell Tiffania and Mathilda of the plan," Henrietta said as she turned to move.

"Mathilda?"

"Ah, um, her real name, her other is an alias," Henrietta aid as she gestured towards Fouquet.

"Ah. That makes sense," Henrietta nodded and walked over to them, allowing Louise to turn around and heave a sigh. "Can you please stop me when I get like that? I feel like I've made things more difficult than it needed to be."

"No, it helps us a lot actually," Uni said with a smile, then a sigh. "You forgot about why we planned to come up here in the fort place, didn't you?"

"Um, . . . . . maybe?" Louise admitted meekly.

"Ugh, are we going back to that capitol or the village?"

"The village it sounded like," Nepgear suggested, allowing Louise to nod.

"Then let's get going. We're making progress, but I really do want to get home."

"I agree, maybe Histoire has made some progress too?" Nepgear said hopefully.

"Um, I feel like I was just ignored a bit," Louise muttered, causing 5PB to smile and snicker.

" Check your quests Louise,"

Louise did, and it made her smile a bit. "Oh, now I recall. This is a good thing. Hopefully things go smoother now."

Quests

· Discovery quest – find the two legacies living in the Tristanian Capitol. complete

Hear the two legacies decision.

· Discovery quest – find the legacy living in an orphanage in the Arden forest. complete

Figure out which child among the orphans is the Legacy.

· Discovery quest – find the legacy living in Londinium

· Political quest – Prove your good intentions to Tristania, it's Queen and Nobility – 60%

· Learning quest – Input all legacies information into the Terminal 43/89.

· Protection quest – Do not allow this terminal to be damaged. Do not allow it to fall into others hands.

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Authors note: alright, that quest is kind of done. Kind of. But we'll get to that later when things start going crazy.

Which will not be for a while, not because of its not in the plot, but because I am going to be taking a hiatus on this story for a couple reasons. 1 to help flesh out the upcoming stuff that I have been putting off. 2 to focus on my other story and finish it possibly, as it is getting close to its end. 3, to focus on only story to finish it faster so that when its one, I can focus on this a bit more as I have discovered that even 2 primary fics is hard to do when you are deep into them. Who would have figured?

So yeah a few month hiatus to finish up my other story so I can then focus on this one as my primary fic, and so I can maybe go back to some more causal writing at a later point as well.

Oh, and if Karin seems a bit off the reason will be shown later. It is intentional.

Hope you liked the chapter!