Chapter 63: Serena Snape: Love of Magic - chapter 62
"Howdy , Roomies!"
Enid Sinclair, in all her colorful glory. Blonde hair with blue and pink highlights at the tips and bright blue eyes that looked around curiously. Her nails were a rainbow of colors and she was dressed in an oversized pink sweater and jeans.
"OH EM GEE! We have a mansion! It's beautiful! Although... it lacks some color! A little monotonous, but still amazing! I don't mean it's ugly, just that it's not my style. I have a room?! Can I decorate it however I want?! I have an excellent idea and I need lots of colors, it will look sensational! I can't wait!!"
She was a werewolf, I felt a pang of annoyance just thinking about it, but I squashed it immediately, she wasn't Lupin, and she never would be. Enid's gaze turned to us almost euphoric.
"Ah! I almost forgot! Enid Sinclair at your service! 18 year old werewolf and finally able to transform! And now with a pack! You guys! Nice to meet you!"
"A pleasure to meet you Miss Sinclair, I am Lucius Malfoy, this is my fiancée, Narcissa Black, her sister, Bellatrix Black, and Bellatrix's fiancée, our 'contractor', Serena Prince" Lucius stepped forward and introduced us all, Enid gasped.
"Harry Potter! Can you use magic? Can I use magic?!" Enid asked excitedly before stopping and clearing her throat "I mean, nice to meet you all, call me Enid!" Enid repeated again, finally taking a step forward.
"It's a pleasure to have Enid, as Lucius I'll introduce myself, I'm Serena, I'm-"
"My partner!" Enid interrupted and I stopped to look at her, Enid had a huge smile on her face.
"-I'm... you what?" I asked awkwardly.
"My partner! Wife! Girlfriend! Partner! Whatever you want to call it!" Enid said with a huge smile before looking me up and down appreciatively "and it looks like I won the lottery!" I shuddered slightly.
"Serena." And now I shuddered once again, but for a different reason, I looked at Bellatrix who had a murderous expression on her face.
"Ahem, Enid, it was nice meeting you, but we have things to do," Lucius said quickly.
"Let's talk later Enid, I want to make an appointment!" Narcissa said and both bastards ignored my pleading look and quickly left the room, leaving me with only a cheerful Enid and a murderous Bellatrix.
"N-now, Bella, let's calm down." I said carefully with a nervous smile.
"Oh, you're Serena's wife too! Nice to meet you sis! I always wanted a sister! I've only ever had brothers, like, a lot of brothers, and they were all idiots!" Enid added as she walked over to Bellatrix. Enid was much shorter than Bellatrix, by almost 6 inches, and definitely shorter than me by over 8, yet she stood her ground by Bellatrix's side and even hugged her side. Bellatrix looked surprised. "Don't worry, I won't take her from you! You got here first so you have priority, I'll join you when you're both comfortable! My wolf can wait!" Enid said confidently as she pulled away from her. Bellatrix wrinkled her nose.
"You seem… awfully accommodating." Bellatrix said slowly, Enid hummed.
" Mmm , it might be something they did to me at The Company, I know they messed with my head, but I don't know how much, I only have basic information about it" Enid said happily as if she didn't care what she was digging to say, Bellatrix opened her eyes slightly and looked at me incredulously.
"Is this how I would end up if you had sealed me without the contract?" Bellatrix hissed and I grimaced.
"No... really? Maybe... I don't know" I said honestly, Bellatrix just growled and looked at a smiling Enid, her murderous expression noticeably diminished.
"Can you change her from companion to family?" Bellatrix asked.
"What?! I... I did something to upset them??" Enid asked, her voice sounding completely defeated.
"Oh, no, no, no. It's not you," I said quickly, trying to calm Enid down. I made a face. "It's just that... we've only been together for a short time and we're used to monogamy and not... this whole harem thing." I tried, but Bellatrix kept boring her gaze into my head.
"Oh… I, it's okay, I can wait, really." Enid said quickly, almost pleadingly. I looked at Bellatrix, she didn't look pleased, in any way.
"We'll talk about this later," she said simply, my stomach dropped, I really didn't want to be a part of that conversation. I sighed tiredly.
"So, Enid, would you like a tour of the mansion? We'll be away for a while soon, but it never hurts to show you what your home is now," I said simply, Enid smiled widely.
"Of course I want to! I'll follow you!" Enid said happily, I held out my arm to Bellatrix who immediately grabbed it, I began to walk along with Bellatrix, to my surprise, Enid stuck to my other side and grabbed my hand while intertwining our fingers. "This will be fantastic!" she exclaimed happily, I could see Bellatrix's eye twitch and darkness come out over the rest of her body, I gave her a pleading look and she gritted her teeth as she calmed down, or not but it seemed to stop her from jumping on Enid and sucking all her blood.
I sighed as I continued walking, we stopped at every important room we came across, it was in the workshop that Enid saw what I was working on when her usual smile turned into a slight grimace.
"Are you a pervert?" Enid asked as she wrinkled her nose as she looked at the dolls in the shapes of 2B and 2A in all their glory.
"I'm not!" I replied blushing, shaking off the feeling of deja vu .
"Yes it is," Bellatrix added unnecessarily, a mocking smile on her face.
"I mean, it's not bad, but, we won't have to wear that outfit, will we?" Enid asked cautiously, Bellatrix's gaze seemed to bore into my head.
"Of course not!" I squealed, blushing. "Clothes are Narcissa's job! She's the house seamstress!" I added quickly, Enid's eyes shining.
"I'm excited! I need a whole new wardrobe! I hope you like working with colors!" Enid exclaimed happily.
"I'm sure she will, let's continue with the tour." I sighed tiredly.
The rest of the tour of the mansion was boring, it was mostly Enid skipping through the halls and talking for longer than she needed to breathe, she wasn't even put off by Bellatrix's short answers and my little input, she just kept talking.
While it wasn't really annoying, I'd say I found the casual chat somewhat enjoyable, it reminded me of Narcissa when she got excited about Hogwarts gossip, only Enid could practically talk at length about anything.
Tikt *ke Insta accounts ! I can't live without them!" Enid added happily as she pulled out her phone. Wait…
" Umm , Enid… it's 2008." Enid's smile froze in place.
"S-sorry, you said 2018 right? Did I hear correctly?" Enid asked much louder than she should have, I made a face.
"No, 2008, I'm sure there are hardly any social networks besides Facebo k, and maybe MySp ce"
"No, no, no, no! Where are my apps?!" Enid shrieked as she slammed her phone down hard, her claws looking like they were about to come out. "Aha! Redd ty Twitt r exist in 2008!" Enid said with a triumphant smile.
"Yeah, no, I really don't recommend you go into the early days of Redd ty Twitt r" I said dryly, Enid shuddered and visibly deflated.
streaming services ?" Enid asked, turning even paler, I grimaced.
"If I recall correctly... Netfl x was launched in 2007? I think Spot fy doesn't exist yet "
"My k-dramas!" Enid cried before stopping once more. "My k-pop!" she squealed in anguish, she quickly used her phone once more, looking like she was about to cry. " Noooo !! This is a nightmare!" Enid whimpered like a beaten puppy. I sighed deeply and ran my hand over my face, we'll see what we can do.
"Give me your phone." I walked over to Enid, Enid gave me her phone anxiously looking at me hopefully. Yeah, don't look at me like that, I don't know if I can do anything.
Once I had the phone, I went into the internet settings and saw that I was connected to the Draconic Deus internet, I quickly connected it to The Company's multiversal internet , new options quickly started to appear. I entered the store, and immediately the applications that Enid was looking for appeared.
"YES!" Enid shouted in a victorious sound. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You're the best!" Enid said elatedly, she planted a hard kiss on my jaw, took her phone from my fingers, and ran off. I stood still for a few seconds before my gaze fell on Bellatrix, who was staring at me with half-lidded eyes. She had been silently watching everything.
I smiled nervously at her, she just turned around and walked away. I couldn't help but sigh tiredly. It's okay, I brought this on myself.
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I had temporarily gotten away from the whole Bellatrix and Enid problem and taken refuge inside the training room, I still had something to prove.
[You as Serena Snape has EMIYA ( Nasuverse )] [-80] [114]
Emiya's template, Archer's template, Alaya's Counter Guardian template, I had finally decided to buy it, I couldn't really find a bad reason why it wasn't a good idea.
Although there was the problem of the limited template, unfortunately, Unlimited Blade Works did not come with all the weapons that Emiya had accumulated throughout his long life as a Counter Guardian saving humanity, he could only choose 5 to start with, in addition to Kanshou and Bakuya that came by default.
If I wanted new weapons in my now new Reality Marble, I had to do it the old-fashioned way, go to the nasuverse and identify the Noble Phantasm myself. Or, the closest solution without needing to enter the bomb that is the nasuverse , buy the blueprints from other contractors. The prices were the same as buying Noble Phantasm, but downgraded one level, due to UBW's downgrade when copying NP.
So the original price of the NPs [ D – 5, C – 10, B – 20, A – 50, EX – 100] would end up being [D – 2, C – 5, B – 10, A – 20, EX – 50], in terms of power level, you had to capture someone of Sona Sitri's level to buy an EX rank NP for UBW, as opposed to having to capture someone of Sairaorg 's level , for its full version. Obviously, the weakened version had its issues, but for versatility? UBW was definitely the best weapon to adapt to any situation.
But putting that aside. I still had 5 NP inside my UBW, I could feel my Reality Marble inside me, and I saw the initial Noble Phantasms I had chosen.
Hrunting , one of Beowulf's magic swords, is able to sniff out the scent of blood and can deliver the most optimal slash with a single ordinary strike. Used by Emiya as a projectile, it becomes a magic bullet capable of reaching Mach 10 speed on the most direct path to its target and will continue to pursue it even if it is stopped, repelled, or avoided as long as the shooter keeps aiming at the target.
Rho Aias , the shield used by Aias the Great, the only shield capable of stopping the durindana of the great hero Hector, a bronze shield covered with seven layers of oxhide. Its existence was sublimated into a conceptual weapon that is said to be an absolute defense against any throwing weapon.
Rule Breaker, a weapon that materializes and embodies the divinity of the Witch of Betrayal, Medea. It is effectively non-existent in its capacity as a weapon, it would not be suitable even to kill a normal person. But it is the ultimate conceptual ritual tool better known as the ultimate anti-magic Noble Phantasm capable of dispelling and destroying any kind of sorcery.
Harpe , is a divine 'sword' from Greek mythology used by Perseus to kill the Gorgon Medusa. Its true strength is its Longevity Refraction trait, which is a divine ability that nullifies the 'eternal attribute' of immortals and inflicts wounds that cannot be restored by any method other than healing according to natural laws.
And finally, Excalibur, the strongest holy sword and symbol of King Arthur, better known as Artoria , in a world where there were demons who were weak to holy power, Excalibur truly shined. With those 5 Noble Phantasms I had covered most of the things I needed.
Excalibur, as a divine construct, would normally be impossible to replicate, and could only generate a 'paper mache' copy, but even if she could only wield Excalibur Image , a hollow, degraded version of it, it would still be an enormous firepower. Or perhaps she could find a way to get it closer to the real thing, in Fate Kaleid , Illya was able to project it at a high level, certainly her nature as a Lesser Grail must have had a lot to do with it, and this world had grails, 3 of them.
They may not be of the same nature as the grails, but they still existed, just like the parts of Excalibur, there were many factors to experiment with in order to recreate a copy of Excalibur close enough to the real thing if possible.
Plus, I could always buy another Noble Phantasm on the fly, I still had to create a doll sensitive enough for my NP to be able to use, but I had a few I wanted to buy, some really useful, some not so much but I really liked them.
But that would be later, first, I had to test the ones I had. That's why I was in the training room, I stood in the middle and took a deep breath.
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to Death,
Not known to Life.
Have with strong pain to create many weapons
But yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.
It felt wrong, so wrong, that wasn't me, I wasn't a sword, I wasn't a weapon, I would have to find a way to do that little chant of mine, because just reciting it made my hair stand on end and made me shudder in the worst way. But it worked, just as it should.
My magic was an ocean and could easily supply the cost of projecting a Reality Marble without any problem. The training room began to rapidly change the further my domain spread, and… what?
I could feel it for a few seconds, like my insides wanted to change the Reality Marble to adapt to me, but Emiya's inner world, Archer's, ended up winning. It was made up of a desolate vision, obscured by a thick fog formed by embers and shreds of black smog rising from the ground, produced by the forging of iron, and large mechanisms coming from afar that produced the swords stuck in the ground.
That meant I could make UBW mine, I could make it mine, I had unconsciously made it mine and it was fascinating, I had to work at it, at the chanting of how it was formed to make it completely mine. Still I reached out and one of the swords flew in my direction, Hrunting , I grabbed it between my fingers before I began to manipulate its shape and twist it, changing its form so that it resembled the projectile I remembered.
I drew an arc, and placed Hrunting on it, my body moved on its own, as if I had done it a thousand times, I let my magic fill the Noble Phantasm destabilizing it turning it into a Broken Phantasm, I released the rope. Hrunting turned into a red beam of light and shot off at high speed, I didn't have to worry about the destruction within my reality Marble, so I barely even flinched when it crashed into an obstacle and exploded.
I let a smile form on my face. I had a lot to prove.