In the 150 year's worth of memories, Shiro saw many things which changed the present him.
Before, he would've already killed this young girl in front of him without any hesitation due to her attempting to kill him. But now, he'll just let her go without doing so once he'd learned that everything's a misunderstanding.
Still, he's not the type to let go of any formerly hostile enemies of his. That's why he thought of the punishment that he could admonish to her...
Until he recalled one of Fenrir's memories.
Turns out, he has a daughter named "Mana"; the previous S-ranked grimoire that he got from before belonged to her. There's a single reason as to why he named her as such. In contrast to his self that symbolized death and destruction, "Mana" means "Life". Therefore, he wanted for his daughter of his to live a different life than him.
As for the punishment, he recalled Fenrir spanking her butt back when she did something mischievous as a child. Since Homura is considered as one, he decided on it.
[Space Constraint (9th-circle)]!
[Mental Destabilization (9th-circle)]!
[Mind Lock (9th-circle)]!
After casting three 9th-circle magic with more than 85% of his reserves, Shiro successfully stunned her. From the fight before, he realized that she has to "Send out" her thoughts whenever he feels the disarray in time; her shield also changed right after he sensed it. That's why he thought that if he prevented her from contacting that power, she won't be able to use her [Time Stop].
In fact, Homura is strong, to the point that her Physique reached thousands. If not for him using more than 60% of what he'd used for [Space Constraint], this will fail. Together with the latter two that restricted her mind, he restrained her perfectly.
Taking off his sunglasses, he said, "This is a punishment, jou-chan."
"..!"
While she couldn't speak, her eyes went wide in surprise. Just as Homura is about to use her final trump card, the said punishment descended.
Clap-!
A slightly loud thunderclap resounded in the rooftop—a result of Shiro spanking her. There are no other intentions in his eyes, however, as what it revealed is similar to a parent punishing their child for doing something wrong.
"...Kuh."
Homura stared at his clear orange pupils with resentment, only to be surprised by his said intent. Since she endured pain worse than this, she only let out a faint whimper.
After ten or so "strikes", Shiro undid the restrictions placed upon her.
As expected, he felt the dissonance in time once more before he saw Homura in front of the rusty metal door. A tinge of red could be seen from her cheeks, showing her embarrassment from being "punished" in such a way. A couple of tear drops fell in the edge of her eyes whilst staring at him with anger and indignation.
Still, she knew that she's the one in the wrong this time, thus she chose to leave silently.
"At least she matured well enough..." He murmured.
Judging from her soul's age, which is 25, 12 years older than her physical self, it left him with two possibilities: Either she's older than she looks or she somehow... regressed back in time.
Beep-!
[Investigation—Akemi Homura: 28/50]
When Shiro arrived at this train of thought, the Investigation's progress went up once more. Though, it became more evident that it's harder to make it rise unless it aimed at the core of the problem.
'Just what had she gone through for the mission to assign this...'
While he's deep in thought, he used [Space Jump] to appear right in front of the labyrinth's entrance. It has a shape of a flower while emitting an ominous aura from within.
Without hesitation, he stepped inside.
"The same thing, then."
His surroundings is similar to the one that he let go yesterday. It's theme revolved around flowers, or garden to be exact. A thick evil aura surrounded him, before a set of German Runes manifested in front of him.
{Bekampfe schadliche Insekten!}
(Fight the Evil Insects!)
Suddenly, four grotesque butterflies appeared not far away from him. They look more like eldritch-like jellyfishes with six eyes and a mustache in it...
More and more came from below the bridge in front of him, swarming him with numbers.
Though, he stood still and focused more on casting magic in his [Cosmic Destroyer] in his right. Shiro further imbued it with [Hell Flames Ignition] before shooting it off.
BANG-!
The physical bullet passed through this swarm easily, forming a trail of white flames in its wake. Then, a huge hole is pierced from them as the flames had spread more in their combined swarm.
Without a sound, they silently died.
[+10,000 Soul Points]
[+12,000 Soul Points]
[+4,000...]
Beep-!
As they died, a window appeared in his sights that came from his system.
[Official Quest initiated!]
["Changing Destinies, Rewriting the World" is now active.]
[Official Quest: Defeat the Witch: Gertrud]
Details: A former human turned abomination, the Witch Gertrud had existed for years while using the abandoned apartment as its base. To prevent the further spread of mental contamination, it must be defeated.
Objective: Apprehend the Witch Gertrud
Reward: 1M Soul Points, 1 Weapon Enhancement Card, 2 Random Spell Cards, 1 Item Upgrader (A)
Seeing this, his eyes glinted with an interested gaze before he smiled.
"Apprehend, huh? That's what I'm thinking too."
Tap-! Tap-!
Shiro walked slowly in the white bridge—in its background are flowers with mustaches moving strangely. He didn't hesitate to shoot off the holy rounds, burning them to death.
Prompts started stacking one by one, but he didn't care as he focused on going deeper to this labyrinth. Just as he'd expected, the Witch existed in its core layer.
Initiating another [Space Jump], he appeared on top of the labyrinth's core, free-falling a moment later.
Shiro didn't mind this as he activated [Charged Shot], [Elemental Compression], and [Overload]. Two seconds later, the damage multiplier had already reached 30-fold!
Tap-!
Landing softly on the ground, he focused on the silver gun in his hand. Meanwhile, the strange monster with a hybrid of gooey tree, flowers, and a butterfly wing summoned a black tentacle underground before entangling Mami with it.
Though, she remained calm under it until she saw Shiro on the ground.
"...Why are you here?" She asked in a calm tone.
At the same time, golden strings came from the ground, cutting off the tentacle and freeing her from its grasp.
Shiro didn't answer her, however, as he pointed the [Cosmic Destroyer] in the direction of the monster. While he waited for ten seconds, those strange butterflies and a couple of black tentacles came for them, but Mami fended it off with her projected muskets.
While curious, she silently watched him as she thought that he's preparing his finisher. Eliminating Witches came first from her priorities, thus she didn't care much about its incentives.
Once ten seconds had passed, a blinding white light illuminated the entire area as nine consecutive gunshots resounded. The moment the light died down, all they saw is the resplendent, holy, and pure white flames crackling in the ground...
*****
Fact #73: Mami's theme is titled "Credens Justitiam", meaning "Believe in Justice". It is a mix of Latin, Italian, Spanish, and many other language. It is played as a background music whenever Mami fights. This symbolized her belief as a Magical Girl. That is, to be someone who enacts justice and helps the others.
PS: Thinking of Emiya Shirou and these Magical Girls is interesting...
In the 150 year's worth of memories, Shiro saw many things which changed the present him.
Before, he would've already killed this young girl in front of him without any hesitation due to her attempting to kill him. But now, he'll just let her go without doing so once he'd learned that everything's a misunderstanding.
Still, he's not the type to let go of any formerly hostile enemies of his. That's why he thought of the punishment that he could admonish to her...
Until he recalled one of Fenrir's memories.
Turns out, he has a daughter named "Mana"; the previous S-ranked grimoire that he got from before belonged to her. There's a single reason as to why he named her as such. In contrast to his self that symbolized death and destruction, "Mana" means "Life". Therefore, he wanted for his daughter of his to live a different life than him.
As for the punishment, he recalled Fenrir spanking her butt back when she did something mischievous as a child. Since Homura is considered as one, he decided on it.
[Space Constraint (9th-circle)]!
[Mental Destabilization (9th-circle)]!
[Mind Lock (9th-circle)]!
After casting three 9th-circle magic with more than 85% of his reserves, Shiro successfully stunned her. From the fight before, he realized that she has to "Send out" her thoughts whenever he feels the disarray in time; her shield also changed right after he sensed it. That's why he thought that if he prevented her from contacting that power, she won't be able to use her [Time Stop].
In fact, Homura is strong, to the point that her Physique reached thousands. If not for him using more than 60% of what he'd used for [Space Constraint], this will fail. Together with the latter two that restricted her mind, he restrained her perfectly.
Taking off his sunglasses, he said, "This is a punishment, jou-chan."
"..!"
While she couldn't speak, her eyes went wide in surprise. Just as Homura is about to use her final trump card, the said punishment descended.
Clap-!
A slightly loud thunderclap resounded in the rooftop—a result of Shiro spanking her. There are no other intentions in his eyes, however, as what it revealed is similar to a parent punishing their child for doing something wrong.
"...Kuh."
Homura stared at his clear orange pupils with resentment, only to be surprised by his said intent. Since she endured pain worse than this, she only let out a faint whimper.
After ten or so "strikes", Shiro undid the restrictions placed upon her.
As expected, he felt the dissonance in time once more before he saw Homura in front of the rusty metal door. A tinge of red could be seen from her cheeks, showing her embarrassment from being "punished" in such a way. A couple of tear drops fell in the edge of her eyes whilst staring at him with anger and indignation.
Still, she knew that she's the one in the wrong this time, thus she chose to leave silently.
"At least she matured well enough..." He murmured.
Judging from her soul's age, which is 25, 12 years older than her physical self, it left him with two possibilities: Either she's older than she looks or she somehow... regressed back in time.
Beep-!
[Investigation—Akemi Homura: 28/50]
When Shiro arrived at this train of thought, the Investigation's progress went up once more. Though, it became more evident that it's harder to make it rise unless it aimed at the core of the problem.
'Just what had she gone through for the mission to assign this...'
While he's deep in thought, he used [Space Jump] to appear right in front of the labyrinth's entrance. It has a shape of a flower while emitting an ominous aura from within.
Without hesitation, he stepped inside.
"The same thing, then."
His surroundings is similar to the one that he let go yesterday. It's theme revolved around flowers, or garden to be exact. A thick evil aura surrounded him, before a set of German Runes manifested in front of him.
{Bekampfe schadliche Insekten!}
(Fight the Evil Insects!)
Suddenly, four grotesque butterflies appeared not far away from him. They look more like eldritch-like jellyfishes with six eyes and a mustache in it...
More and more came from below the bridge in front of him, swarming him with numbers.
Though, he stood still and focused more on casting magic in his [Cosmic Destroyer] in his right. Shiro further imbued it with [Hell Flames Ignition] before shooting it off.
BANG-!
The physical bullet passed through this swarm easily, forming a trail of white flames in its wake. Then, a huge hole is pierced from them as the flames had spread more in their combined swarm.
Without a sound, they silently died.
[+10,000 Soul Points]
[+12,000 Soul Points]
[+4,000...]
Beep-!
As they died, a window appeared in his sights that came from his system.
[Official Quest initiated!]
["Changing Destinies, Rewriting the World" is now active.]
[Official Quest: Defeat the Witch: Gertrud]
Details: A former human turned abomination, the Witch Gertrud had existed for years while using the abandoned apartment as its base. To prevent the further spread of mental contamination, it must be defeated.
Objective: Apprehend the Witch Gertrud
Reward: 1M Soul Points, 1 Weapon Enhancement Card, 2 Random Spell Cards, 1 Item Upgrader (A)
Seeing this, his eyes glinted with an interested gaze before he smiled.
"Apprehend, huh? That's what I'm thinking too."
Tap-! Tap-!
Shiro walked slowly in the white bridge—in its background are flowers with mustaches moving strangely. He didn't hesitate to shoot off the holy rounds, burning them to death.
Prompts started stacking one by one, but he didn't care as he focused on going deeper to this labyrinth. Just as he'd expected, the Witch existed in its core layer.
Initiating another [Space Jump], he appeared on top of the labyrinth's core, free-falling a moment later.
Shiro didn't mind this as he activated [Charged Shot], [Elemental Compression], and [Overload]. Two seconds later, the damage multiplier had already reached 30-fold!
Tap-!
Landing softly on the ground, he focused on the silver gun in his hand. Meanwhile, the strange monster with a hybrid of gooey tree, flowers, and a butterfly wing summoned a black tentacle underground before entangling Mami with it.
Though, she remained calm under it until she saw Shiro on the ground.
"...Why are you here?" She asked in a calm tone.
At the same time, golden strings came from the ground, cutting off the tentacle and freeing her from its grasp.
Shiro didn't answer her, however, as he pointed the [Cosmic Destroyer] in the direction of the monster. While he waited for ten seconds, those strange butterflies and a couple of black tentacles came for them, but Mami fended it off with her projected muskets.
While curious, she silently watched him as she thought that he's preparing his finisher. Eliminating Witches came first from her priorities, thus she didn't care much about its incentives.
Once ten seconds had passed, a blinding white light illuminated the entire area as nine consecutive gunshots resounded. The moment the light died down, all they saw is the resplendent, holy, and pure white flames crackling in the ground...
*****
Fact #73: Mami's theme is titled "Credens Justitiam", meaning "Believe in Justice". It is a mix of Latin, Italian, Spanish, and many other language. It is played as a background music whenever Mami fights. This symbolized her belief as a Magical Girl. That is, to be someone who enacts justice and helps the others.
PS: Thinking of Emiya Shirou and these Magical Girls is interesting...
