Then, her posture eased. “Valiant.” The beaked creature craned its neck slightly, then accepted the walnuts Louise placed in its huge hand. The contrast between her well-manicured nails and delicate digits and its ink-black, brutish hand was almost poetic. Slowly, the pinkette slipped her hand from the familiar’s. “Demonstrate.”
The familiar runes engraved on the creature’s exposed brain shone with a faint, sickly light. The beaked monster rose the arm with the walnuts into the air, and then closed its fist in an instant.
A crack resounded through the hall, and Guiche’s already pale face turned parchment-white.
Slowly, the familiar’s massive hand opened; from its palm slipped the ground remains of the walnuts. Nothing but dust was left of the sturdy things, such was its destructive grip. Then, silence. Guiche remained in his challenging pose, but the emotions dancing on his face, plain for all to see, spoke that he was reconsidering his ideas. “Well, Gramont? You seek to challenge me still?”
“...I… that’s… I would not be fighting your pagan golem, Zero!” And yet, he found in himself the last inklings of courage. Or maybe it was indignation at being so thoroughly humiliated in front of the student body. One did not have to be a wise man to guess why Louise chose to demonstrate on a pair of walnuts.
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Wow!!
I'm only reading the chapters of Randoms I know well.
But Louise with a Nomu and Siesta wint a quirk, wow!!
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Adam29 on Chapter 4 Fri 30 May 2025 06:07PM UTC
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