Fire Emblem Protagonist 03

"I can't believe she kicked me out..." Had he not gained her trust at all!?

Priscilla went to talk with the noble in private, and took pretty much only Aldeberan with her. So now Heitor was in a place he knew nothing about, while scared that any rule breaking could get him killed!

Yae pat his back. "Don't sweat it, she pretty much always takes only Al to those." She scoffed. "I guess she has some special story with him. Poor newbie servants like us get nothing."

He raised an eyebrow. "You're a newbie?"

"Somewhat... Though not compared to you!" She looked to the door where Priscilla was having her meeting. "Al has been by her side ever since she got married to Lord Barielle though, so—."

"She's married!?" She wasn't his Caeda after all!

Thank God! Or Naga! Or the Divine Dragon Volcanica!

The maid shrugged. "Not anymore. Her husband died..." Oh. So maybe she was the Caeda...? How sad. "It's how she got her title as a baron, he had nobody else to pass it on, so she inherited it."

That sounded... complicated. "And everybody was just okay with a outsider taking the title? He had no brothers or anything?" That all seemed very strange to him.

"As I said, he had nobody to pass it on, so it naturally fell upon her." She tilted her head. "Some people were mad over it, but that quickly stopped once the lands began to grow rich. Some see that as Volcanica giving her the divine right."

That woman was way too lucky. There was nothing else he could say.

"Wow, that's..."

The maid grinned. "Just the tip of the iceberg. Did you know Lady Priscilla is known as the Bloody Bride...?"

His eye twitched. "Of course I don't! You know I just appeared here!" Aldeberan really screwed him over by introducing him...

Yae giggled. "My bad, I forgot." She definitely hadn't! "Anyways, she's known as the Bloody Bride, becaus she has gotten married tons of times in the past, and her husbanda have always kicked the bucket."

"Did she kill them...?" Also, shouldn't she be known as the Bloody Wife?

Yae shrugged. "I don't know, ask her. If you're brave enough for it."

"I don't think it's a matter of bravery, I think it's a matter of sanity." And he wasn't insane enough to try that.

Still... was this woman really the Caeda of this world? He couldn't think of any main Fire Emblem heroine like her. In fact, it felt more like he was hanging out with a villainous group. Someone who he was supposed to defeat and then give out a friendship speech afterwards.

The maid chuckled. "Fair enough." And silence enveloped them.

It was kind of comforting, strangely enough. He didn't trust Yae at all, but at least she wasn't like Priscilla, someone who acted like medieval Homelander. So for the first time he had appeared in this world, he felt as if he could truly relaxed.

And then the door of the meeting was opened. "Waste of mine precious time..." Priscilla left grumbling to herself.

While Aldeberan looked as awkward as one could be. What had happened there...?

Priscilla glared at the ninja maid. "Yae, we leave tomorrow. For now fetch me Schult, I'll go sleep with him to release some of mine stress." Wait a fucking minute!

"He's a kid, you prick!" He shouldn't have said it.

But the words left his mouth involuntarily, and not because of the Fire Emblem protagonist schtick either. The truth is that it was simply natural to intervene when a kid who's balls hadn't even dropped yet was about to get... get whatever she was going to do.

"Hoh?" But his outburst would have its consequences.

Priscilla was glaring at him with full on hatred.

At this point there was no point in backing down however. "You heard me! Don't even think about touching a hair of that kid's hair! You fucking pervert!" She really was a villain!

May all the Fire Emblem lords who did really stupid shit to stand-up to villainous nobles give him strength!

Priscilla grit her teeth. "Mutt..." He fell below dog again!? "It appears I have no need for a flea ridden canine after al—."

And then Al interjected. "Wait a second princess, I think there's been a misunderstanding here." There was!? "Just to make it clear, Priscilla isn't gonna have sex with the kid. They just sleep together like a big sister and a little brother." Ah.

Priscilla raised an eyebrow. "How would one even come to that conclusion?"

Heitor raised a hand. "I did. Sorry." In his defense, honestly that still sounded suspicious as hell.

Priscilla's glare returned to him. "Um? Could it be that mayhaps you are a pig and not a dog, since you have such a perverted imagination? A rare specimen indeed." And suddenly he had gained a title worse than all that came before.

Yae laughing didn't help matters either.

He could only bow. "I'm sorry Lady Priscilla, I jumped to foolish conclusions." Actually, he thought they were pretty understandable conclusions, but whatever.

She huffed. "See it that you don't do it again."

Aldeberan chuckled. "Look at that, you warmed up to him pretty fast, princess." Had she!?

Priscilla rolled her eyes. "Do not start something you will regret Al. I have told you I am stressed."

Heitor scratched his cheek. "Did that meeting with the noble go that bad?" He hadn't met the guy, and he didn't even know what the meeting was about, so he supposed he couldn't say anything about it.

Aldeberan looked at the door. "He's a pile of ashes, so you tell me, cousin."

"W-what?" It sounded ridiculous, but Al had said with such certainty that Heitor ended up stuttering.

Priscilla grinned. "That fool showed a bit too much attitude for one as lowly as him. So I used mine sword to deliver upon him a quick and painless death. Better than he deserved, honestly."

Heitor's jaw hit the floor.

Priscilla walked away with Aldeberan following him, as if she hadn't just entered the house of a noble, killed him, and then planned to spend the night in his abode. This was just being a average, this was... He didn't even have words for a person that crazy!

"S-she can't expect to get away with this, right?" He didn't know much about this kingdom, but that had to get her arrested! Or executed! Or something! Anything!

The ninja maid giggled. "Of course she does. The world works on her favor, remember?"



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Heitor had considered running away. After all, surely a vengeful family member or a servant would decide to shank him and his little traveling party as revenge. However... people seemed to simply not care?

Had Priscilla not told them? Surely people would notice that the noble never left the meeting room? Was this the world working in her favor once again?

That sounded stupid as hell... but this was a fantasy world... but his cheat didn't tell him about her having a luck ability... but he did have a luck stat, and other people didn't have visible stats...

It was all way too overwhelming. Which is why he had his made to a balcony where he could be alone take a breather.

He looked to the sky, it was filled with stars he didn't recognize. "What a pain." This was not the isekai adventure he had expected.

Although... he had to take something he had once said back. It was not the worst isekai. While Priscilla was a callous bitch who seemingly got away with everything, at least she was honest with her intentions. There would be no dark betrayal to subvert expectations.

He took a deep breath. "And I have my system too. It's not a bad cheat at al—."

You have triggered a Support Event.

And it seemed like his alone time was over. Just great.

Aldeberan of all people walked into the balcony. "Yo cousin, how are you holding up?"

He raised an eyebrow. "How do you think, traitor?" He would never forgive a man who betrayed a fellow Earthling! Aldeberan was no cousin of his, he was just a mean gladiator dude!

Aldeberan scratched his neck. "Not good, I'm guessing." He relaxed his body against the balcony's fence. "I would get used to this level of bloodshed quickly if I was you. This world ain't a kind one."

Heitor too leaned against the fence. "I've put that together by now..." Silence descended upon them.

Should he try to lead the conversation? This was apparently a Support Event. And while he had no intentions of befriend Al, he did want the support of the most amount of people as he could afford. Connections were invaluable.

Al looked down, and finally spoke up. "No, you haven't. The treatment you've been getting is way too lucky. The thing about luck though, is that it eventually shifts to the other side."

He pointed at himself. "Take it from the guy who was born in cozy Japan, appeared in another world, became a gladiator and lost most of his memories, and then met a kind woman willing to take him in."

Was he seriously calling Priscilla kind...?

Well, he supposed hanging around her was kind compared to what Al had apparently gone through. "I'm sorry you had to go through that." And he meant it.

He continued. "So, is this some super dark world where people die like cattle every day? Did we get brought to Berserk?" It didn't seem that bad...

But it was definitely among the darker Fire Emblem entries if Priscilla of all people was meant to be the heroine.

He shook his head. "Nah, there's plenty of light to see... The problem is that foreign stars like us attract trouble like you wouldn't believe, we are unlucky." He sighed. "It's why following a star like Priscilla is good for us... Her good luck negates our shitty one."

Heitor grinned. "A minus and a plus makes a minus. Are you sure this idea of yours is good, Aldeberan? Maybe you will attract trouble to Priscilla."

The man shuddered. "Don't even joke about that. The princess getting even a slimmer of my fortune would stop me from being able to sleep at night." What a simp!

He hummed. "But hey... two minuses make a plus." He pat Heitor's back. "A reason for us to stay together cousin."

Heitor pouted. "I already told you to stop calling me cousin."

"And I heard you the first time, cousin." And after that, he left, leaving the boy alone once more.

Support Event over. Aldeberan's C-Rank Support Achieved!

Well, wasn't that something. He didn't feel any closer to Aldeberan though... Was the Support thing purely mechanical? Would he now get some sort of boost when fighting by Aldeberan's side? It had to have some value...

"I guess I did learn something about him..." A man who had a unlucky start.

It was only natural that he got attached to Priscilla. If someone experienced enough awful things, their standards would drop and even an awful bitch could come off as a savior.

It still didn't justify Aldeberan dropping him into Priscilla's lap as he had done though!



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A yawn escaped his mouth. "I'm about to have the worst sleep known to man." But it's not like he could do anything about it.

The stress of maybe getting stabbed by a servant while he slept would not leave his body. So he just knew he would wake up many times during the night. At least he hoped the room assigned to him would be a comfortable one...

But as he walked through the mansion halls, he began hearing something strange...

"Moaning?" Was somebody throwing ass right now!? Couldn't they read the room!? Well, everybody in the mansion looked so calm that maybe he was the one who couldn't read the room.

Contrary to his better judgment, he actually began walking towards the sound. Maybe his problem wasn't bad luck, maybe he was just too stupid for his own good, and was about to receive the fate of a cat.

And the place he arrived by following the moaning was...

"Priscilla's room?" Seriously?

She was a grown ass woman, so there was nothing wrong with it, but she had fucking killed a man for not obeying her orders today. Could she not act horny!? And he was supposed to be the perverted pig—.

Wait...

She wouldn't...

She wasn't fucking the kid inside of that room right? Yeah, she wouldn't. Besides, what kind of kid could make a woman moan like she was getting the best dick of her life!? It would only happen if she was the greatest shotacon in existence.

...!

"Priscilla!" His leg blurred as he kicked the door wide open. No kid was gonna be raped on his watch!

For the first time in his life he saw Priscilla disheveled.

Not because she was taking mad kid dick and traumatizing Schult for life, but because she clearly had been sleeping, and was just woken up by her dumb dog getting ideas of heroism. She was even clothed! Wow!

He was going to be killed.

For a moment Priscilla scanned the room, confused and probably still kind of dreaming. Eventually however, her eyes settled on him, and the confused gaze became a mighty glare that could kill a lesser man.

You have triggered a Support Event.

"Pig, explain. Now." Ah.

Ah...! "I... Um... First of all, this is not an assassination attempt. I just wanna make that very clear." What he wanted to be made clear is why she didn't have any bodyguards with her!

Where the hell was Aldeberan!? Or Yae...!? Or anybody...!?

Priscilla squinted her eyes. "I did not think it was. Stupid flea ridden pig you may be, but you are far too terrified of me to try your luck. However, that just brings us to the beginning. Pig, explain. Now."

He gulped. "I... heard you moaning...." And thought she was raping a kid, so he just had to intervene and cut her down where she stood. Yeah, telling her that would definitely go well!

Her eye twitched. "I was... moaning? And that brought you here? Could it be that you are somehow worse than a pig? A being who immediately goes towards anything that might be lustful, as if a moth to a flame?"

Could she stop trying to end his dignity for one second. "No... I thought you were being attacked! So I intervened!" He nodded to himself. "Yeah, I couldn't let you die!"

She didn't seem to buy his excuse at all. "Oh? You ran to my room to protect me? Is that what you claim?"

He grimaced. "I mean, you are my employer... I think. If you die I lose my job. If I have a job."

Surprisingly enough, that seemed to calm her down. "At least you are honest." He wasn't being honest though!

She just believed him due to the low opinion she had of him. Was that a good thing, or a bad thing?

Probably a good thing. "Okay then... sorry for the door." Would she move to another room now? "I'm surprised you didn't have any bodyguards around though, is that really wise?"

Priscilla grit her teeth. "Trust me, I'm as surprised as you. Al must have gone off gallivanting or something of that nature. He shall be punished for it."

"We just had a talk in the balcony, so I can confirm he was being lazy!" Finally, he could have his revenge! "But... about the kid, weren't you gonna sleep with him?"

Since this is what had started this whole conflict in the first place, he couldn't help, but be curious about it.

She sighed. "I did sleep with him. He must have woken up and gone off to do something. The work of a servant is one that rarely gives one a break, even a child. But it is far too important to be ignored."

She actually acknowledged that things other than her were important!? Had she become somewhat sane?

Apparently not, because she started yapping about things that he really didn't care about. "It is a shame however. As... embarassing as it is to admit, I can... sometimes get nightmares when he is not sleeping with me."

Pathetic. "I see." Also, why was she admitting this to him!? Was the prideful Priscilla's guard down because of her sleepy state!?

Though at least that answered what the moaning was about, he was starting to think she just had had a lewd dream. Wait a damn minute, what kind of Edelgard type situation had he stumbled upon!?

Priscilla frowned. "Honestly, why couldn't you be a cute little puppy instead of a disgusting pig? Then perhaps I could have slept with you as well."

He muttered under his breath. "Die, shotacon."

"What did you say? I did not quite hear it." Good!

"I asked what the nightmares were about." He paled a bit in nervousness. "If you don't mind answering of course." He was genuinely curious. If she was the main heroine, as twisted as she was, then it had to be important to the plot.

Priscilla closed her eyes. "They were about..." And then she scowled. "They were nothing, just remembrances of a corpse." Wasn't that ominous.

She pointed at him. "Now leave! Today I shall forgive this transgression, but do not believe you will receive such an amazing blessing again!"

Since he was a smart man, he backed off. "You got it." In the end he learned nothing and befriended nothing, but at least he got to see something hot!

Priscilla was super hot. Girls with messy hair were super hot. Therefore Priscilla with messy hair was super duper hot.

Could it be that he was actually a bit of a pervert after all?

Support Event over. Priscilla's C-Rank Support Achieved!