>>31192589
YAY!

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Aw yeah.

>>31192636
>"You never took me for the matchmaking type, Gerhard," Marianne says.

Earlier and earlier.

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"I never took you for the matchmaking type, Gerhard," Marianne says.
"I'm really not," Gerhard shrugs. "But Miss Melanie was the first person in the castle who made anything resembling an effort to try and befriend me so I have a bit of a personal stake in her happiness."
"He may seem scary at first, but he's really just a big softy," Melanie says, hugging him one more time before making her way back to the couch.

Well that would explain why she's the only one who knew about his past...

"Breakfast will be here soon," Marianne says. "I wouldn't mind if you wanted to eat with us..."
"While I appreciate the offer, I should probably inform Miss Sylvie and the others of my safe return before they assume the worst," Gerhard says, bowing slightly before he starts back towards the door.
"Very well," she replies. "And I suppose that you'd like to eat breakfast with Nicolette," she says, turning to Melanie.

>[1/2]

>>31192676
Daily reminder that everyone is dragons.

>>31192676
>[2/2]

"A- actually," Melanie replies, "that would be nice. And I think that I may have offended Miss Sylvie and Miss Rana this morning so giving them some time away from me would probably be a good idea," she says, blushing slightly.

You're not sure what she might have done to make them mad at her, but knowing the way that she is first thing in the morning...


>anything to say to Gerhard before he leaves?

>>31192774

Mention that Sylvie is a bit mad and that he should be careful.

>tfw Rana get sidetracked the moment she becomes friend with Sylvie

>>31192774
"When we all get back castle and things settle down a bit, i do wish to learn learn from you that disappearing and reappearing skill you do so well."

>>31192826

I think Melanie can confirm that he's already on his way here.

>>31192774
Nah we're good. just let him go

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>>31192774

Not really.

Reinhold no think on empty stomach.

>>31192774
Can't think of anything so no

>>31192845
He still needs to get better so he can watch

>>31192774
Your a pretty cool guy.

>writing

So it's April Fools...

Are Princess Guard Quest and Bloodline Protector Quest's protagonists gonna switch places? I remember this idea being pitched a while ago.

>>31193101
The joke is that Archelon is gonna get us out of Marconetti right after breakfast, with no shenanigans involved.

Tell that wouldn't be unexpected.

>>31192774
No.

>Marianne
>Melanie
>Gerhard
>Reinhold

It's a good thing once in a while to be in a situation where you know there's no risk of fucking up.

>>31193299
don't you dare underestimate our stupidity
>grope the princess

>>31193299
Indeed, we should tresure this time. I am sure all hell will break loose when they get back home.

>>31193323
>make a joke about Melanie being homo for Marianna

>>31193136
Wouldn't it be more in the spirit of April Fools to make us think we are about to make it out without anything happening then something happens out of left field that leaves us stranded?

>>31193339
>joke
didn't royals have their servants dress them back in the day?

>>31193359
I don't think Marie is that haughty.

>>31193422
mari might not make any of her servants dress her, but if one volunteers that's another story

also arch, as much as i like talking about it, please don't actually have rein make a joke about this

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>>31193451
i think Arch is still tired from his exams.

>>31193359
>>31193422
>>31193451

Marianne once mentioned that she occasionally ask Melanie to help her when she has trouble reaching but outside of that she seems to handle herself.

Just as Gerhard opens the door to leave, a maid shows up with your breakfast. Naturally, she's scared quite a bit. After the usual apologies, Gerhard makes himself scarce and the three of you head to the table in order to eat.

It's nothing special, however- just some loaves of bread and an assortment of cheeses.

"We'll be on the road in a few hours, so try not to gorge yourself," Marianne says as she bites into a piece of bread. "I'd hate for you to end up with motion sickness in the carriage..."
"Eh?" Melanie gasps. "Mr. Reinhold, I didn't know that you weren't good with vehicles..."

WHY does she have to take that stupid joke seriously...

"She's just messing with me, Melanie," you reply.
"Oh- er, sorry..." Melanie mumbles, clearly embarrassed.

>[1/?]

>>31193348
Assuming it's completely resolved in the first post of the next thread with no fuss, that would indeed be quite the ruse. After all, April Fool's jokes should not persist past the day in question, that's just in bad taste.

>>31193487

This is Morning Mode Meido Melon. How can anything embarass her?

>>31193509
she's awake Melon by now. She fucked Nico until she was fully conscious

>>31193470
I had big grand plans for an April Fool's Day thing, but then I spent a good part of the day passed the hell out so they have been ruined.

Alas, what could have been...

>>31193549

AND NOW WE'LL NEVER KNOW

WHICH IS INFINITELY MORE FRUSTRATING

A JOKE, BUT NOT A JOKE

ARCHELON WINS AGAIN

>>31193549
Good thing April Fool's day is in 3 hours eh?

>>31193549
are you back to classes now? or are you on break for a bit?

>>31193549
GUYS CHECK HIS TWITTER! CHAPTER 1 OF THE VN TO BE RELEASE IN 3 HOURS!

>>31193509
She worked Morning Melon out of her system earlier. By the time she meets up with Marianne I think she's careful to be fully conscious.

>>31193584
It started 7 hours ago, here

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>>31193549

C'est la vie.

I hope it involved Niklaus.

>>31193584

I think he means he planned something big but now he won't have the time nor the energy to do it.

>>31193549
It's still April 1st in some part of the world for another 27 hours or something like that! You've got an entire extra day!

>>31193723
That I do.

>>31193723

By the time of the next thread it won't be anymore.

Are you suggesting that he-

>>31193729

Erm... I don't know what to think anymore.

>>31193487
>[2/2]

"So, umm..." Marianne says, fidgeting, "...are you going to be quitting your job as a maid now?"
"Wh- why would I ever do that!?" Melanie exclaims, staring at the PRincess as if she'd just said something insane.
"You and Nicolette are together now, so I was wondering if you'll be moving into her parents' house now that umm..."
"It- it's not like we can get married or anything!" she says, her face now completely flushed. "And I haven't made any plans to move in with her or anything, I was hoping that things would just continue as they were for now at the very least."

Upon hearing Melanie say that, Marianne breathes a long sigh of relief.

"That's good," the Princess says. "I was worried after you made your announcement, but I suppose that I had no reason to be."
"Ehehe... regardless of what I decide to do in the future, I'll never leave you alone, Princess!" Melanie replies with a warm smile.


>talk as you eat?

>>31193753
Ask how Sylvie is doing

>>31193753
Play an april fool's day joke on them!

>>31193753
>"It- it's not like we can get married or anything!"

"Unless SOMEONE make it legal..."

Serious mode: Maybe talk about Takamaru? Mention that Luciana is very close to him but that he has his own family too.

>>31193794
It's like autumn in-universe.

>>31193753
i can't think of anything at the moment.

>>31193753
>"It- it's not like we can get married or anything!"

If that's just a legal thing, our dear Princess could change that once she's our dear Queenie, right?

>>31193744
>By the time of the next thread it won't be anymore.

Actually, he usually starts before midnight US Central, so a thread tomorrow would still technically have begun on April 1 in several timezones.

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>>31193753

Don't talk with your mouth full.

That being said, I'm down with >>31193794 if the joke is really good and not something like "Well, I'm quitting soon. You know, gotta move in with Luciana and all."

>>31193809
I wonder if this world setting has holidays like we have?

>>31193753
ask melon if she can see through that sneaking around gerhard does and if she's getting trained in said sneaking around to be a battle maid. after all you can't be a real maid without also being a ninja

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>>31193753
>Ha ha, turns out Takamaru died in surgery
>JUST KIDDING

>>31193827

I don't think there's a single human culture without holidays.

It's like, universal.

>>31193815
>>31193809
oh god yes. if homosexual marriages are illegal feel free to mention that mari could probably fix that

>>31193809
>>31193815
considering how long lived The king will likely to be, the Maido might be a old maid before Marianne get to the throne.

>>31193851
um jehovas witnesses

>>31193873
all the more reason to get gerhard to train her as a ninja. get ninja magic to slow her aging

>>31193873

Thierri wants to GTFO and go back to adventuring as soon as Marianne is in age of queening around.

>>31193877

I said humans.

>>31193889
my mistake

>>31193815
That's the beauty (or horrible downside, if the monarch is a dickbutt) of a monarchy, the ruler can do whatever the flying fuck they want as long as the scales of power are weighted in their favor, which they seem to be in Granache.

>>31193889
>Thierri wants to GTFO and go back to adventuring as soon as Marianne is in age of queening around.
oh god i can see that being the end of the mari route. thierri shows up to the combination wedding-crowning in full adventuring gear, and leaves us in charge of everything the moment the party ends

>>31193815
ugh i hope not

>writing

>>31193918

Reinhold wouldn't be shit from marrying Marianne. She'll be the ruler.

>>31193925
Why?

>>31193889
Thierri, the only sane king.

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So with Gerhard getting more screen time recently I wanted to do a Butler Butler Meido pic but sadly don't quite have the time at the moment, so here's a simple Arnaud for now. Hope you enjoy.

>>31193918
[the desire for Arch to complete his VN intensifies]

>>31193934
Well yeah, but since she hates fighting and all that she'd probably hand military matters and shit over to her conveniently ex-military prince consort.

>>31193937
You do not want to pursue that discussion. It'll only end with Archelon having to call over the janitor.

>>31193942
>eye looks like a full moon

>>31193934
Vice admiral of spaghetti
>>31193942
Interedasting

>>31193934
i may have said that wrong, when i said "us" i meant the rein-mari pair. mari's queen, rein's prince-consort or whatever, and aquaman's just waving good luck from the back of a lindwurm he's wrestling

>>31193937
>>31193962
This

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>>31193942
NICE JOB!

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>>31193942

THE WOLF IS AT YOUR DOOR

I'm working on a PGQ picture as well, which I hope to be posted sometime soon. I'm gonna try to work up some designs that are close to the pictures Arch posts, because I'd like to see what I could conjure up while making it as close as possible. (I drew this one in some thread, but I'll admit it's straight up the picture Arch posts).

That being said, I'm glad Arch posted eye colors last thread.

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And one without the background since I'm rubbish at them.

>>31194012
Agreed, that will help in the future. Battle axe princess is best princess.

>>31194008
Thanks!

"So much for you becoming Head Maid, though," Marianne says, shaking her head. "Nicolette is busy enough as it is, and I doubt that you'd want to end up as busy as Arnaud gets..."
"I was only suggested for that position because I'm liked by all of the castle's staff," Melanie replies. "It never interested me to begin with, I'm happy with where I am now."
"It's going to disappoint a lot of people whenever you formally decline, but I can't exactly blame you. It's a lot of work for very little reward, after all."
"Yes..." she nods. "Even Mr. Arnaud gets stressed out sometimes by all of the things that he's expected to take care of, and I can only imagine that it's a lot worse on him right now with all of us out of the country."

>[1/?]

>>31194232
NOW THE POSITION IS OURS

SLUT

>>31194232
i bet that she would have chosen to become Head Maid if we went full maido route. I guess we'll have to find out when the VN gets done.

>>31194232
[Cut away to Arnuad playing his first full game of golf in decades]

>>31194278

That reminds me. I wonder what position Reinhold is gonna end up with once he quits being Marianne's bodyguard.

He won't just be a glorified breeding mare, will he?

>>31194308
Mares are female horses, brah

>>31194308
Vice admiralty of spaghetti
We went over this already

I'm still holding out for crazy hermit mentor in the woods

>>31194308
You're kidding right? Lucy said she always wanted to go adventuring.

>>31194301
that may not even be an issue of time. he probably has days off, it's just that thierri likes to sneak out to have some fun with him, which always ends up with arnauds golf clubs being covered in the splattered brains of a minotaur

>>31194308
Sword for hire with an impressive resume.

>>31194335
>Implying Reinhold isn't the bitch of the relationship

>>31194335
we all know who the man in this relationship is
taka

Ok, so quick question here, how do you pronounce Arnaud's first and last name, along with Moniques last name? I want a definite consensus/answer from archelon so i can put these worries to rest.

>>31194401
http://translate.google.com/#fr/en/Guillaume%20Arnaud%0AMonique%20Gilbeault

Though Gilbeault might be pronounced "Guilbeault", with an hard "g".

>>31194232

"Oh yeah... it's only him and Sir Vincent back at the castle to take care of the important stuff right now, right?" you ask.
"More like it's Arnaud by himself," Marianne replies, shaking her head. "Sir Vincent isn't really... -suited- for administrative things, he was mainly left behind as a deterrent so that the country doesn't get invaded while we're here in Marconetti."

That sounds like a lot of pressure to put on just two people...

Somewhat bothered by this sudden gloominess, you wolf down another loaf of bread and decide to change the subject.

>[2/?]

>>31194515
TO TWOOO WUV

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>>31194515
>Vincent's face when invasion.

>>31194348
Thierri's clubs are clearly all axes.

>>31194549
Dat Gwowious Awwangement?

Marianne shakes her head a lot, and is a temperamental purple-eyed blonde.
Karel does and is, too.

See where I'm going with this?

It's a Prince and the Pauper situation begging to happen.

>>31194589
Princess and the Pauper you mean

Could be entertaining, but they would fool no one.

>>31194589
>More /u/boats
>Everyone's a lesbo
>Even Luciana
>Even Reinhold

MAKE IT STOP

>>31194589
They could probably get away with it if Karel wore a wig, they're pretty much the exact same size.

>>31194589
Which incidentally Gets Celestino the Granache marriage he wanted.

Well, as soon as Karel and Emilio stop being bitches and admit they like each other.

>>31194611
[Shenanigans Intensify]

>>31194611
If everyone gets bored one day we can have them swap roles for the day and see if anyone in the castle notices.

>>31194641
oh god
Karel dressed as Marianne while actually being nice to Emilio
MY MIND IS FULL OF SPAGHETTI

>>31194641

How could they notice? Karel is a boy!

>>31194679

>Marianne as Karel
>goes hang out with Emilio because why the fuck not
>"hey, he's not that bad when I'm not around"
>"still pathetic, tough"
>"Karel... I think I love you"
>the body is never found

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>>31194679
MAKE THIS HAPPEN ARCH!

>>31194679
OH LAWD, Karel going on a date with Emilio dressed as Marianne.

>>31194679
I can't think of any reason why the two of them would undergo the necessary training to accurately mimic one another around anyone who knows either of them.

But lack of logical reasoning has never stopped me before.

>>31194726
Bored teenagers, dude.

It can make even the wildest fantasies happen.

>>31194708
>Emilio dressed as Marianne

Bueno.

>>31194679
Interlewd?

>>31194726
"castle life is boring" sounds like a good enough reason

>>31194726
Especially when Marianne doesn't really want to spend any more time with Emilio. Karel might want to roleplay to help Emilio though. Like mock interviews.

>>31194781
That's not going to lead down any sort of roads neither of them want to go down, nope. Not at all.

>>31194781
The sheer novelty of the exercise might amuse her enough to try it.

No way in hell Luci would let her say no if she was in on it.

>>31194515

"So, umm, Melanie?" you say.
"Yes?"
"You and Gerhard are pretty close, so I was wondering... are you able to see through whatever he does to sneak around and pop up behind people?"
"I wish," Melanie replies. "I'm just used to it, I guess?"
"Aw, and here I was hoping that you had some kind of secret battle maid training," you laugh.
"Ehehe, I'm sorry to disappoint you..." she giggles. "Aside from the needle spell that Mr. Niklaus taught me in order to defend myself a bit, I'm just a normal maid."

You feel both relieved and saddened that Melanie isn't Gerhard's secret apprentice... so much for that.

After some more idle chatter, your hunger gets a hold of you and you end up devouring the rest of the food on your plate.

"I suggest that you get used to being around people with poor table manners," Marianne says, turning to her friend. "Nicolette's just as bad, if not worse."

>[3/?]

I'm sad that Reinhold has no female doppelganger to crossdress as.

It would be a relief from all the female attention.

>>31194838
>not super secret spymaster in the making.
I am crushed.

Good night all.

>>31194970
>>not super secret spymaster in the making.
yet

>>31194970
She is a very good liar.

>>31194970
Well if she WAS the super secret spymaster in training, she wouldn't TELL people that!

>>31194986
That's exactly what someone looking for a super secret spymaster in training would think, so of course she would say she was a super secret spymaster to throw them off her trail.

>>31194838
>[4/4]

With all of the food gone, the three of you get up from your seats while Melanie gathers the dishes together. Even when she's supposed to be off-duty, she's still a maid...

"Did you need any help getting your things out of your room, Princess?" Melanie asks.
"No, you don't have to worry yourself," Marianne replies. "And if it really comes to it, I can always have Reinhold here carry my bags out of the room."
"Hey, it's what I'm here for," you reply with a smirk.
"I guess I'll head back to see if Miss Sylvie needs any help with her things, then... it was nice having breakfast with the two of you!"

As Melanie makes her way towards the door, you take a look at your pocketwatch... from what the Princess said before, you have maybe an hour and a half before it's time to leave.


>stay in here and bug Marianne
>go out and bug someone else

>>31194970
Why would a super secret spymaster tell somebody that they are a super secret spymaster?

She's totally a ninja.

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>>31195079
>>stay in here and bug Marianne

Always.

>>31195079
>stay in here and bug Marianne

>>31195079
>stay in here and lewd Marianne

>>31195079
>stay in here and bug Marianne
Finish the book, or maybe just chat

>>31195079
>stay in here and bug Marianne

>>31195079
>maybe an hour and a half

My god it's gonna take forever. And we saw pretty much everyone who isn't Sylvie & co already.

And I don't think we really have much to discuss with Marianne, unless we bring Milien on the table for no good reasons.

I don't think she ever knows that we know what happened.

I guess it's time for reading.

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>>31195079
>>stay in here and bug Marianne
only if we can think of something to bug her with. and not the karel body swapping, we don't want to drop even the slightest hint he's a guy in this timeline.
otherwise go say a quick good bye to citrine and tell her to drop by the castle in granache when she gets back so that she can be protected by things like guards and vincent until things die down

>>31195144
So time to see Sylvie?

>>31195079
Read time skip, or flat out time skip.

>>31195079
>stay in here and bug Marianne

>>31195147
Sounds like an idea

>>31195079
>>go out and bug someone else
Bye grandma!

>>31195144
>>31195079
Pacing, Arch, Pacing.

>>31195147
Didn't she pretty much agreed to do that already?

>writing

So what is going to happen in an hour and an half?

Alsiradna comes down town and challenges Reinhold to a fistfight?
Melanie cheats on Nicolette with Rana?
Sylvie turns into a Revenge Elemental?
Marianne admits that she wants Thierri's D?
Something interesting happens to Reya?
Emilio is revealed to be a reverse trap too?

>>31195314
We forget about grandma.

OMG what happen to captcha?!

>>31195314
Everyone goes back to granache and has a nice time

>>31195332

Looks normal to me.

>>31195314
We sure as hell aren't getting out of this shit country

>>31195314
900+ year old dragon and earth elemental king attack caravan on the way back

i vote during the fight we yell at sylvie to tell us the incantation for boost, spam it like crazy, and then use the earth elemental king as a mace to kill the dragon with

>>31195351
>Reinhold dies a raped basket case
Worst fucking end ever, shut your mouth.

>>31195382
I think we need to use boost at some point int time too. Just because almost every time it is mentions someone tells us to not use it. Fuck them, I do what I want.

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>>31195382
>One person wants to die.
Welp, looks like we gotta do what he says guys!

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"You know," Matthias says as he drops a VERY heavy bag into my arms, "Mom's gonna lose it when she finds out what happened to us yesterday... and that you're not coming home."
"Don't remind me," I reply. I truly dislike upsetting her, and even the news of my knighting isn't going to make my sudden absence any easier on her. "Is this the last of your things?"
"Yeah," he nods. "Those're the souvenirs I bought for everyone so you better not drop it."
"As if I would," I sigh.

Even after everything that's happened in the past few days, Matthias -still- acts like I'm nothing better than a clumsy child. I know that this is just the way he is, but it's still extremely annoying.

>[1/?]

>>31195401
I command you to continue following this quest.

>>31195418
>Monique interlude The First
LIES

>>31195427
Nothing will stop me from showing those asshats what for.
Being concerned about safety, who do they think they are?

>>31195382
>>31195416
i honestly thought we were just supposed to throw out random stupid ideas that would never happen. just look at
>>31195314
and all the stupid shit in it
>Something interesting happens to Reya?

>>31195418
Monique, you're a faggot and the participants want the story to proceed, so please just go away.

- Setsuranka your haxy as fuck magic blade of godhood.

>>31195418
Write to mom, what ya doing?

>I actually thought we would be off Namek by the end of this thread
Oh boy, what a fool I was.

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>>31195418

With the last of my brother's bags packed, I place the one that he just gave me on the cart that his other things are on and move it towards the door, maneuvering myself so that I can both pull it and open the door at the same time. With a grunt, I turn the knob and push the door open...

...and much to my surprise, there are several people waiting just outside the door.

"How kind of you, helping your brother with his things," Akemi says, holding the long sleeve of her kimono up to her face and uses it to cover her mouth as she laughs at me.
"Good morning," I reply, nodding to her as I finish pulling the cart out of the room. "You came to see my brother off, I take it?"
"Our stuff's already at our carriage, we're just waiting for Lisette and Giancarlo to finish up packing," Sadaharu replies. "So I figured that we'd bug you guys in the meantime," he says with a deep chuckle.

>[2/?]

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>>31195531

"Well it's nice to see you guys before I leave," Matthias says, following behind me while carefully holding a bag.

Knowing him, it probably has some fancy gift that he picked out for Michiko...

"You guys're heading for the port to the north, right?" Matthias asks.
"Yeah, we're taking a ship from there," Sadaharu replies. "And since Celestino asked us, we're going to be riding with the folks from Krassato up until then..."
"...and your brother's going to be escorting us along the way," Akemi says, finishing his sentence.
"Umm, are you sure that you can't come with us?" Masaharu tugs on my brother's shirt. "Our carriage has a lot of room..."
"Sorry, but my mother would have a heartattack if neither one of us came back home," Matthias replies as he rustles the Prince's hair. Maybe some other time."

>[3/?]

>>31195592
>assassins are fluffy tail blocking matthias
i tried to be understanding, tried to be unbiased towards these assassins, but now they have to die

>>31195618
they've already invited him, just give him a few days thinking about what he missed and he'll be packing in no time

>>31195618
more like Celestino fluffy tail blocked him

>>31195592

"Just consider it a standing offer then," Sadaharu says. "Whenever you're ready to visit us, just send us a letter and I'll have someone sent over here to pick you up if I can't come myself," he nods.
"I'm sure you'll love it," I say, patting him on the back. "And just think, you might even get knighted as well!"
"Umm, we don't really have knights..." Masaharu says. "But Dad says that it's good to make strong friends from all over, and we don't have too many of those!"
"I don't know if I could really be considered as a 'strong' ally," Matthias replies, laughing nervously.
"But you were able to back Mom up and protect us from those scary guys," he mumbles. "I wanna be like the Prince of Roussanne, he has lots of strong friends like dragons and Sealed Kings!"

Oh, so you weren't the first Sealed King that Sadaharu and his family have been in contact with? That would explain why they weren't horribly impressed when I revealed you, I suppose...

Not to say that you -aren't- impressive, because you are.

>[4/?]

>>31195734
fuk u moniqu, you aint gettin none o dis poosey

>>31195734

"What was his name?" Masaharu turns to his mother. "Anla..."
"Anrasorana," Akemi replies.

Wait, Anrasorana? THAT Anrasorana!?

"I- I'd heard that he had a new holder, but you say that you've actually met him before!?" I stammer, unable to hide my surprise.
"Yes, his new master was one of the Prince of Roussanne's travelling party when he came to visit us a few months ago," Sadaharu replies. "Surprised the hell out of me too..."

Wow, I can't even imagine...

"Anyways, that impressed upon our son just how important it is to have powerful friends," Akemi says. "And I suppose that he's decided that he wants -you- to be the first of his group of friends for when he becomes King someday!"
"I.. I'm really flattered that you even consider me to be on the same level as someone like that..." Matthias replies.

>[5/6]

>>31195802
I really hate those fucking swords

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>>31195802
I'm not sure if he's rubbing these fucking swords in our face or not, and it's honestly starting to piss me off.

>>31195802
>We need to make friends with Monique's sword, say hi to her when we can and ask Monique to tell us her responses while holding conversations without him
until she starts liking us and driving him mad "Monique, where's Reinhold?" "Why are you always so mean to Reinhold, he seems like such a sweetheart" "You know, MAYBE if you took more interest in other people like Reinhold you'd have more friends"

>>31195802
>[6/6]

"All the more reason that you should pay us a visit!" Sadaharu says, slapping my brother on the back. "You -are- a hero who helped to defend the royal family from a sudden attack, you know..."
"It's not like I wasn't scared out of my mind too," Matthias replies with that goofy smile he does when someone actually says something nice about him.
"Perhaps he'd be more inclined to visit if Akemi had a sister or something who you could set him up with..." I laugh.

And then I find myself once again on the receiving end of sibling violence. Matthias's kidney punches are one thing that I am not going to miss about life back in Granache...

>>31195894
We'll just have to ramp up our training so when next we fight a sealed king we can defeat it.

>>31195836
>>31195894
>>31195928
we need to find a nice Metal Sealed King to hang with
>You like swords? No way I like swords!
>Hmm, should we focus on hitting things with swords or magic? Both? Yeah both works
>Wanna help me with the Princess? Yeah, girls scare me too

>>31195941
But Aquaman says sealed kings are for punks.

I don't want to disappoint Aquaman.

After Melanie leaves the room, you decide that you might as well get things ready for when you leave. After moving Marianne's bags over by the door (with her permission, of course), you head over to your bedroom and do the same with your luggage as well.

"You know, I only said that as a joke," Marianne says, looking over at the neatly-stacked luggage. "Normally the servants handle things like that for us."
"Eh, it was something to do," you reply. "And now it's easier to do a last-minute check before we leave."
"If you say so..."


>talk to the marianne
>do something else

>>31195941
Nah fuck that, If we find one we throw that shit away

>>31195954
Why don't we just break it
>>31195951
>talk to the marianne

>>31195946
only if we rely solely on it to fight, Reinhold could use a friend he can relate to and what better then a talking sword

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>>31195928
>Implying we could ever fight on par with and win against someone who has extensive training and can utilize the effects of a Sealed King to even HALF the extent of it's capabilities.
Yeah...Sorry, but I agree with the other anon. It'd take at least half our life training to do that.

>>31195951
>Improve glacial pacing

>>31195958
that murder

>>31195928
yes, we shall become the next arnaud. sealed king has nothing on him. we just need to get reya to agree to triple boost to train with us

>>31195941
i thought that was the point of tinablade

>>31195946
I'm pretty sure Aquaman knows we're no punk.
The thing is that Moniqu relied on his weapon to beat someone with obviously more experience than him, that's why.

>>31195958
Even better
>>31195951
>talk to the marianne

>>31195951
>>31195951
>do something else
FUCKNG LEAVE!

>>31195951
>talk to Marianne
If she isn't busy reading

>>31195951
>Read until it is time to leave
Let's get some fluff and GET GOING

>>31195951
Finish the book, then discuss it with Marianne.

>>31195951
>>talk to the marianne
okay, my captcha is now an arm, a santa head, and a taco followed by an upside down shit, an upside down heart, and an upside down puppy

>>31195951
>GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT

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>>31195981
>>31195974
>>31195958
You fuckers are the reason we can't fucking leave this hellhole!

>>31196023
Calm down m8

>>31195951
>Leave this place, and never return

>>31196023
Hey i wanna leave just as much as you

>>31195960
Youre overestimating Sealed Kings.
They have power. They will ALWAYS try to power through fights. That can be fought around.
Numbers also work. Two skilled swordsmen with basic defensive spells can work together and flank and kill a Sealed King wielder imo.

Even Gregory said SK are overestimated.
Skill > power.

Even we would have gone differently into the duel if we knew Monique had a SK

>>31195951
>do something else

Oh I'm up for doing something else. Doing Marianne that is!

Yes I know that was shit.

What are we even gonna talk with Marianne?

Our last times alone we were already struggling trying to find a topic of conversation.

>>31196046
Turn your monitor off and think about the post you just made.

Arch, sometimes you can at least skip a few hours when there is nothing happening you know?

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>>31195951
I think it's about time we move this turtle along.

>>31195951
Read book and then GET OUT.

>>31196056

No. _

>writing

>>31196046
Shameful humor, go to the time-out corner and think about what you've done.

What's with all the posts about skipping ahead all of a sudden?
Did a number of people get fed up with the pacing all of a sudden or is it an ebin raid from /qtg/ or something

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>>31196064
This fucker gets it.

Rolled 2

>>31195951
Let's just go back to our room and jerk off until it's time to go.

Infinitely quicker and more productive than anything else we could do right now/

>>31196086
Ive been fed up with the pacing for ages.

People who are purely voting for talking are retards. If you wanna talk, write in. Arc cant keep making up themes.

>>31196086

I think that it's the mostly the fact that we're left to talk when we already did plenty of that, especially with the character in question

>>31196086
I just want to leave already

>>31196086
Have you been following this quest?

>>31196086
I sort of get where they're coming from, I doubt anything particularly plot-relevant or philosophically profound is going to happen between now and when we get in the carriage inb4 assassins attack, so if that's what people want then there isn't anything wrong with cutting to the chase. I enjoy the small-talk with Marie personally, but then again we can do that whenever inb4 she dies.

>>31196116
Yeah, earlier on people voted
>Talk with X say Y
But after a while it just turned into
>Talk with X
And it has been bothering me ever since.

>>31196132
Well, it would be one less person to talk with which means a faster quest.
Not that tragical, really.
/sarcasm

>>31196043
>against someone who has extensive training

Read dude, someone who knows how to fight.
We're not the biggest shit in the toilet by far, and we're always getting reminded of that every chance that there is. Fuck, i'm pretty sure our girlfriend could kick our ass, and that's a sad notion. Reinhold's not really a main character in my opinion anyway, at this point he's more of a background character in terms of standing, training, hell anything else really.

>>31196151
Such is the life of a bodyguard.

>>31196151
>i'm pretty sure our girlfriend could kick our ass
If she had a swordsman to tank for her. She casts big, not fast.

>>31196139
Especially because it means Arc just writing whatever dualogue for 2-4 posts without any incensive to move the plot forward. This is just interaction for the sake of interaction, not for the sake of quest..

>>31196139

Yeah. If we don't have suggestion nor an implicit conversation starter we can just shut up.

I mean, what haven't we discussed with Marianne already, besides That One Thing that happened to her?

>>31196151

Really, dude? You want us to have the exact same shitty argument again?

>>31196151
>i'm pretty sure our girlfriend could kick our ass
No she can't

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I did a couple of sketches and minor messing around. Mostly with trying to figure out Reinhold.

I based the design off of a design an anon drew for PGQ earlier, and I liked it a lot, but I remembered later that there was an OP image arch kept posting, so I tried doing the hair like that.

My plan is to try to cover some, or most of the characters. I might draw more Marianne or try to do Nicolette.

>>31196174
Naw man, remember that scroll that Gregory gave us? if she had any scrolls that would impede our movements/perception, we'd be fucked while we tried to figure out what was going on while she casts her big guns at us.

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>>31196190

>>31196203
You forgot the chin.

Also your art is adorable and I love it

>>31196203
Dude that's fucking adorable

>>31196203
Pretty cute.

>>31196151
SKs choose wielders based on character not on skill.
We are what, 17? 18? Who cares if we cant beat Vincent right now.

We would slap Lucis shit before she could get her good spells of, unless she is 200 meters away. In which case we can just cast tailwind and zoom next to her.
Nah. She would need a tank.

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>>31196203
first one's hair looks weird, use the second one.
Marie looks cute.
Also nico please.

>>31196203
Do you have an actual art page?

>>31196231
>Nah. She would need a tank.
>Inb4 Luci learned a "Summon Panzer" from her grimoire diving

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>>31196203
I always pictured Reinhold looking like Rudy from Bravesoul.

>>31196203
Digging the Reinhair on the right.

>>31196255
you know that panzer means armor right

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>>31196255
>wizard with an actual tank

>>31196263

Is that character supposed to be a male?

>>31196279
Dem tittays amirite.

>>31196263
Wow, look at the tits on her.

>>31196279
Yes. the proportions are just fucked up in that picture.

>>31196279
>Hourglass shape
>tits
I am not sure.

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>>31196255
Pfff, the Tank boss fight is cake. She'll have to do better than that.

>>31196274
Yes, it's also the abbreviated word commonly used for German tanks, derived from "Panzerkampfwagen", since that shit's a fucking mouthful to say.

Generally, if used in a primarily non-German speaking context, it is a general linguistic assumption that it refers to Tanks, and not armour specifically.

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>>31196263
>waist as thin as forearm.

>>31196233
>>31196271

Yeah, I like the second one more as well. It felt way more right than the first one.

>>31196254

Nope.

>>31196308
yes but seeing how this setting is medieval fantasy it would stand that it would mean armor and not tank

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>>31196301
How about this?

>>31196323
Okay, I get the feeling you're completely missing the point of the joke, here.

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>>31196323
see
>>31196277
that's 3 wizards and a tiger ii

>>31196323
>summoning panzerkampfwagen is just summoning a regular wagon covered in llama hides
>alternatively its a llama chariot

>>31196323
That's what you would think, but the wizard in question was clearly a time/dimension traveler. Imagine her surprise when she summons 25 tons of rolling steel death.

>>31196352
Tiger 1 E, actually.

Looks like a odd mishmash of an Early-production model with mid-production upgrades, since it has the larger ammo bin on the turret rear and the Early barrel-type cupola.

Are we seeing Agnes again or did we just gracefully take her sword and then fucked off without as much as saying goodbye?

>>31196372
And, oddly enough, has the late-production type hatch on the rear-right of the turret, right next to the Early-production extractor fan behind the gunner/loader's hatch.

Honestly it looks like the artist has taken references from multiple photos o the things and not realised they had notable differences. Bit disconcerting, really.

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>>31196430

This anon has a good point. We should definitely see her before we leave.

>>31196430
Isn't Citrine going to take the sword back to her?

Rolled 6

>>31196430
She lent us the sword until we could get ours fixed.

We're sending it back to her later y some indeterminate means.

>>31196469
no, we're going to have her come to granache to cheer up elena and get shipped with arnaud

>>31196430

The last time we saw her we acted like a retard and walked back alone. Then we were busy with the announcement, then everything went to hell, and now we're forbidden from leaving the castle while she's chilling in her house or most likely worrying if she has any clue about what's going on.

>>31196469

I... don't think so? She's just gonna tell her that we're with Luciana now and that she can come to Granache anytime. We're giving back the word only once we have a new one.

>>31196430
I'm sure she'll come to see us off. The castle has been on hyperlockdown ever since we got done slaughtering the assassins and we haven't had leave to go outside since the mastermind is still running around picking off the hunting parties in the city apparently.

Anyway, the plan was for us to keep her sword until we get ours fixed, she knows that, which means until we're back home and can do SCIENCE with Niklaus.

>>31196469
>>31196478

The point was Reinhold parted ways with her with a "leave me alone, I need to think"

also fuck you captcha

>>31196430
She's gonna come and visit us, so it's not gonna be that long before we see her again, and i'm sure she can understand the situation, we can't be leaving our ward alone and shit when we're on the job, while assassins are on the prowl.

>40 minutes

princess guard quest
where we discuss inconsistencies in tank model design in light novels

>>31196523
He uses the name Archelon for a reason.

>>31196524
Tanks are serious business.

Taking a seat adjacent from The Princess, you get nice and comfortable as you flip through the book that she lent you. Might as well spend the rest of your time here reading, after all...


The entire reason that Valikarias was in the valley where he first met Prosegana was because he was there to witness the last moments of his ancestor, the progenitor of the "karias" line. And though he had no love for any of his other descendents, he was close with Valikarias and so had decided that he would be the only one to witness his ascent to the stars.

With the revelation that Prosegana had also seen this ascent, not to mention that that sight was the impetus for everything that had transpired since, Valikarias felt a newfound responsibility towards Prosegana and swore that he would somehow repay the life debt that he now owed him.

>[1/?]

>>31196431
well this explanation may be a bit of an ass pull from me, but it may look patchwork because it is supposed to be that way. in setting weapons get transported from real world to fantasy land, and since only the nose of a fighter jet (forget which model) is one of the things in the giant armory vault by canon, then it isn't too much of a stretch to think they may have gotten a couple different half tanks and just frankensteined them together

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>>31196587
We /k/ now?

Rolled 6

>>31196587
While that's not unreasonable, I question exactly how the ZnT universe mages would have any clue whatsoever as to even where to put said parts, let alone a remotely correct method for assembling them.

They sure as hell don't have handheld welding tools -magical or not-, that's for sure.

>>31196608
Nah, but we do have a lot of historical RPérs/Wargamers/Reenactors here.

Feels weird reading about a dude doing all this crazy shit with his descendant a few meters away from you.

I have some stuff to finish up before I go to sleep and I need to be up early so I'm going to have to call it night here, guys.
And many thanks to the folks who drew those picture-type art things, it is appreciated.

Next thread will be Tuesday night. Dunno the time, i have a bunch of writing to do.

And thanks for playing!

>>31196661

Cheers.

We're heading down to the carriage straight away after the reading, right?

>>31196661
Thanks for running, it'll be great to get finally finish the book and get back to Granache

>>31196667
Pretty much, yeah.


I guess I'll answer some questions while I finish up this stuff should you guys have any. I have maybe 10-15 minutes to spare

>>31196615
more ass pulling
since the weapons/tank are all collected by the magic vatican, they had more than enough money, resources, and religious power to hire basically anyone they wanted they could have had the best of their best working on it for 50+ years to get it to a functioning (if only barely) state, which is somewhat supported in canon by them having to ditch the thing almost immediately after it's first fight due to maintenance issues

and for even further ass pulling a manual of some kind could have been inside one of the tank halves

and for handheld welding tools i'm pretty sure square ranked fire mages can achieve the same effect, even if they can't work at that rate for more than 10-20 minutes a day

>>31196674
Are we still on Namek?

>>31196661
Thanks for the run Arch. Good night.

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>>31196674

Only one person wanted to read before you started writing...Did you do that of your own choice, or did you just decide to not do either of the most voted choices?

>>31196678
Namek will explode in FIVE MINUTES!

>>31196661

Thanks OP, you a good one

>>31196686
to be fair none of the talk to mari votes gave any topics to discuss with her

>>31196695

So 20 more threads?

>>31196676
Except they've never done any of the shit you've seen in universe.

They've stored it and never done anything with any of it until generic Japanese protagonist shows up.

Pretty much everyone is a chronic moron.

Occam's razor dictates that the artist fucking up is the simplest and most plausible explanation, really.

>>31196707
hence why i said all that was an ass pull on my part

>>31196674

Can we at least get the carriage to stop by Eschenwald residence on our way out?

>>31196674

How old are Andreas and Gerhard? They feel significantly older than Reinhold at time but I'm not sure.
Do they any family or SO?

>>31196686
two people voted to read, three people voted to talk (with just >talk to marie) and there were a whole bunch of lets skip ahead and get fuck out. A good way to skip ahead to leaving is making MC read a book in the meanwhile. It is also more productive then just saying an hour passes.

>>31196203
You should draw Luci. So that you can then draw Luci und Panzer. Seriously though, that style is perfect for cutesy spoofs, I love it.

>>31196701
So that means that we should've left already? I mean, the only reason i can think of Arch making us read the book is that the fluff is a major part of the future plot, where we'll need to learn about Prosegana or some shit, which makes no sense because he said that we're never gonna make contact with any of the SKs unless they're brought to us, or we hear about them.

>>31196725
Andreas is middle aged. I am not sure about Gerhard but i think he is around thirty.

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>>31196661
>>31196674

Thanks for the thread, arch.

How much of the quest is left? I remember it being 50% earlier. How much potential stuff have we missed, especially significant or important events?

>>31196748
Well, since his pacing is slower than his namesake, it's going to be a while longer, but it has been confirmed to have a definite end.

>>31196678
Forever.

>>31196725
Gerhard is 28. He was raised by his mother, who was a barmaid who got knocked up by a dragon adventurer who happened to be passing through the area. That's why his name doesn't fit draconic naming schemes.

Andreas is 23. He has a mother and father but no significant others or anything of the sort.
And since I can't think of any place where this'll become relevant thanks to the way that the story has progressed, I might as well tell you now that he was kind f crushing on Luciana.

>>31196748
Maybe 70% at this point? I'm not quite sure.
And I apologize for my awful pacing.

>>31196848
Is the only end a bad end?far akeyasf

>>31196848
>crushing on Luciana
Did he have any chance?

>>31196848
>crushing on Luciana
That's interesting. Well, sorry for you Andy.

>>31196848
>>31196848
>he was kind f crushing on Luciana.
how bad?
puppy love? kiddie crush? like like? nay the lowly knight shall never have the princess?

>>31196848
>decent guy
>knight
>pretty much see her every day
>too shy to make his move

Damn. And people call Reinhold beta.