Chapter 474: Scathach meets Mizuki
Clan Adsteia.
Arriving at the training area where her daughters were, she saw a woman who activated her memory.
Noticing her presence, the woman stopped training with her two daughters, and looked at her as if she had seen some kind of scary monster.
"SS-Scathach." The woman stuttered as she took two steps back.
"Mother!" Lacus and Pepper spoke at the same time as they ran to her and hugged her.
Scathach raises a curious eyebrow when seeing the same move she taught Lacus used by Pepper, a satisfied and gentle smile appears on her face as she understands what has happened:
"Hey, Girls. How are you?"
"We are well!" Pepper spoke for Lacus.
Lacus just hugged Scathach"s body, but it didn"t take as long as Pepper did.
After all, she was "adult", she didn"t want to act like a child.
"Good, good. Looks like Victor took good care of you guys."
"!!!" Both girls" bodies visibly shuddered, and flashbacks of their training/torture began to appear in the girls" minds.
"Fufufu, it looks like he really took care of you." Scathach smiled in satisfaction when she saw the state of the two girls.
She was glad Victor didn"t go easy on her daughters because they were…well, her daughters.
"Although I should have expected that, we both have more in common than it seems..." A small smile couldn"t help but appear on Scathach"s face, a loving smile that only lasted a few seconds, and then she turned hers attention to the woman who was trying to sneak out of the training ground.
"I don"t exist... I don"t exist... I"m invisible... Please ignore me..."
Suddenly Mizuki"s entire body s.h.i.+vered and she quickly turned her face away and saw Scathach looking at her.
"Hmm..." Scathach stared at Mizuki who was sweating like a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
"I know you from somewhere...?" She touches her chin, she was trying to remember Mizuki.
"N-No, this is our first time meeting!" She spoke with absolute confidence, not a trace of a lie could be felt or seen from her face, it was as if she had never really encountered Scathach before in her life!
Hearing Mizuki"s "N-No", she remembered a visit she had paid to the Vatican a year ago.
"Oh, I remember you now... I had your arm removed in the past."
gulp.
Mizuki swallowed hard.
"You were the general of the hunters who injured my daughter..."
Scathach"s eyes gleamed dangerously for a few seconds.
"E-Ex general... I am no longer related to them."
"...Oh?"
"Mother, don"t bully Mizuki!" Pepper defended Mizuki.
"…Hmm?" Scathach looks at his daughter.
"She"s Victor"s guest, you know? She is helping him with his hunting experience, and teaching him how to hunt vampires, werewolves, and all other beings of the night, she sleeps in her house, she also trains him in the ways of the Odachi, and the way hunters act. ."
"In a way, she is Victor"s master too." Pepper spoke with a smug snort.
"...." Mizuki was sweating cold now.
"Shut up, girl! I admire your attempt to help me, but this att.i.tude is just throwing me under the bus! Can"t you see Scathach"s gaze intensifying!?"
"Master, huh?... Master..."
"???" Question marks began to appear around Pepper as she saw her mother"s shaky state.
"Pepper... You... Your Innocence scares me sometimes." Lacus commented with a slight tremor in his body.
"Fueh?" Pepper looked at her sister like she was a confused chick.
"Hmm? Mother has arrived." A voice was heard around.
Everyone looked towards the voice, and saw Ophis and Nero together.
"...What did you call me, Kid?" Scathach looks at Nero with a neutral gaze.
"...Mother?" Nero replied innocently.
"Why...?"
"I mean, why not? Are you not my mother?" She questioned, Nero could smell all of her father"s scent on Scathach"s body, and knowing her father, she knows what that means.
Scathach is a "mother" too, as are the Maids, Ruby, Violet, Sasha, and Natas.h.i.+a.
After all, only these women had their father"s scent all over their bodies.
"H-Huh? I mean, you"re not wrong, but you"re not right either... Ugh, it"s complicated, okay?" For the first time in a long time, Scathach was without a word to return, and a little confused.
Actually... She was embarra.s.sed to admit, after all, Victor didn"t beat her, and she didn"t fight him either, meaning nothing happened.
...But it"s not like she doesn"t like Victor, she loves her foolish disciple but... He didn"t defeat her, but also she"s h.o.r.n.y and came here for a reason.
So Nero isn"t wrong, she"s a "Mother" too...
In the end, it"s just complicated...
"???" Question marks appeared around Nero and Ophis.
"Are you my mother or not?"
"Yes... But-."
"See, she"s a Mother, yay." Nero spoke as he threw a victory punch, it was as if she had solved a great riddle.
For Nero everyone who has her father"s scent all over her body is a "Mother", but she also knows that nothing is so simple, until these women confirm her words, they haven"t become a "mother".
"....." Scathach was speechless.
"...mine too?" Ophis asked as she pointed at herself.
"Maybe…? This is actually quite complicated, if she is my mother, Ruby who is her daughter is mine?"
"Mother?"
"Ugh, that"s not what I"m talking about."
"???" Question marks appeared around Ophis.
"W-Wait, Wait-Wait!" Pepper stuttered a lot.
"Hold the donkey"s b.a.l.l.s!" Lacus was faster, she appeared in front of Nero.
"Why are you calling our mother Mother!?"
"Eh...?" Nero looked at Lacus confused.
"That"s not obvious, isn"t it because she f-... Hmm, bonded with my father?" She organized her words at the end.
"...." The two sisters looked at their mother with a neutral gaze.
Scathach didn"t know how to react to her daughters" gaze, she didn"t want to say anything, or do anything, she just remained silent.
The two look back at Nero:
"I mean, Nero isn"t wrong, but... Right?"
"...Yes..." Pepper confirmed.
"Right, what?" Nero thought.
A strange atmosphere descended on the girl group.
"Eh...? They won"t explain what this "Right?" Is that Morse code or something?"
"Hmm... She"s our mother too, but she"s also your mother, and my sister is your mother too, what are we to you?" Pepper spoke as if trying to solve a puzzle.
Another awkward silence fell around the girls who were thrown into this situation because of their supposed "guardians" relations.h.i.+p.
"...Ugh, this is getting more confusing the longer it goes..." Lacus complained.
"Agreed." Pepper and Nero spoke at the same time.
Pepper started to think more deeply.
If their mother is "something" of Victor, then she is what of Victor...?
"Daughter?" But Ruby, who is his sister, is Victor"s wife.
I mean, is she your sister-in-law too?
But here comes another problem and Nero? Ophis? The Maids?
...
"It"s better not to think too deeply about it, my head is hurting." Pepper felt her world spin a little.
"Hey, don"t run away." Hearing their mother"s voice all the girls looked at Scathach.
"Tsk." Mizuki clicked on her tongue, she thought Scathach had forgotten about her!
She didn"t like Scathach"s look at all, that look of danger, and to make matters worse, her master was gone! He doesn"t want to accept her call, obviously she was abandoned by him!
d.a.m.ned traitor!
[I"m sorry my disciple, but... She"s Scathach, my gray hairs aren"t ready for this shock of life, I"ll hide until she"s gone, Seeya.]
"Master!? Master, you coward come back here!" She internally roared, but not even a white hair was seen from the old man.
"So you were the one who taught him how to handle that Odachi..."
"Yes!?" Mizuki jumped like a cat that was caught off guard when he heard Scathach"s voice beside him.
Looking at the woman who was sizing her up.
She started to feel weird again, this time, she wasn"t having a bad feeling or afraid that something was going to happen, it was something more...
Hmm... Like a child being watched by his master?
... At least that"s what she felt.
Scathach surrounded the woman like prey, she was looking all over the woman"s body, her gaze containing no threat or intent to harm anyone.
Lacus and Pepper understood what that look was, it was the look their mother gave them when she was "a.s.sessing" them.
"I don"t know if that"s why Nero said that, but she"s not acting more hostile towards me." Mizuki didn"t really know how to interact with Scathach, the woman looked like a bipolar lion, one moment he was neutral, and another moment he wanted to eat her head.
"Hmm... Not bad, you have your base, it"s not at the level I like, but it"s still there."
"Girl, let"s fight a little."
"…Eh?" Mizuki suddenly felt as if she had gone deaf, she couldn"t believe what she heard.
Scathach creates an Ice Odachi with his power and throws it to Mizuki.
"W-Wait." Acting on instinct, Mizuki picks up Odachi and realizes how heavy Odachi was, but not that heavy, it was just the way she liked it.
"W-Who? How does she know about my ideal balance?"
"Don"t be too surprised, I"m a master of various weapons, knowing little things like that is easy."
"...How do you know what I thought?"
"She can read minds!? Now, that"s another level of Bulls.h.i.+t!"
"Fufufu, your face gives away everything I need to know, Girl."
Was Mizuki speechless, when she got so expressive to the point that her enemies know what she"s thinking? She wasn"t like that!
[Your time with Victor made you soften, which I don"t think is a bad thing, you needed some rest, and this trip was a good vacation for you.] She heard her master"s voice.
"Haven"t you left?"
[My daughter is going to be trained by the most terrifying Oni, I can"t miss that.] Abe-No-Seimei grabbed several popcorn, and sat on a comfortable sofa while watching on an 80-inch television with 8K resolution.
Veins started popping in Mizuki"s head, her master was rooting for her misfortune! d.a.m.n you!
...Wait, train?
"Now, on guard."
"E-Eh?" Mizuki unconsciously places the Odachi in front of her, and fends off Scathach"s attack.
"Don"t get idle thoughts in a fight, just focus on your enemy. Again." Scathach disappeared and appeared beside her.
Purposely, she attacked slowly so Mizuki could react.
Mizuki jumps back, and dodges Scathach"s attack.
"Use your enchantments." Scathach creates a small thorn and throws it in Mizuki"s direction.
Mizuki dodges again, and takes out a talisman from her thigh holster.
"Susanoo-." Before she could begin the incantation, Scathach appears in front of her, and attacks her face.
Slap!
"Too slow."
"Ugh." Mizuki felt her cheek burn a little, and then she jumped back to get away from Scathach.
"An experienced enemy will not wait for you to cast your enchantment."
Hearing Scathach"s words, she can"t help but remember when she was training with Victor.
"An experienced enemy will not wait for you to cast your enchantment, this is not a Shounen anime, you should think of creative ways to use your enchantments. Since the enchantment is mandatory for it to work, why not try to create a distraction?"
"And don"t go around screaming your f.u.c.king enchantment!"
"Is the same..." She couldn"t help but think: "Although Victor taught more."
Mizuki"s eyes become more serious, she holds her Odachi, and places the talisman around Odachi"s dagger.
She holds the Odachi, by the handle and throws it towards Scathach, at the same moment, she murmurs:
"Yami Arts…"
"... What a fool, throwing away your weapon." Scathach commented but didn"t stop looking at Mizuki, utilizing her footwork, she disappears and appears behind her.
"Nurarihyon."
Scathach kicks Victor in the back, but Mizuki"s image disappears, as if he didn"t exist.
"Oh?"
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Edited By: DaV0 2138, IsUnavailable
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