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"That would be a lovely gesture Emma. I'd certainly appreciate it."

"Perhaps over a cup of tea, we could discuss these. I understand you're a scholar of magic, and the discipline has been something of an interest of mine for a while."

L19

"Hm. My mistake then for assuming. When I was younger, I had always had it in my mind that you had been so well travelled. I may or may not have thought of you as some dashing adventurer-scholar, right out of some book."
"Well, I had always been told that a full knowledge of the world involves as much travel as it does reading. Of course, my family has always been concerned with travel, being merchants, so naturally they'd instil that lesson in me. Still, there's quite a lot of knowledge Manoran seems to miss out, outside."

"Not much room for books aboard a ship, I'm afraid. They tend to get very quickly ruined, unless you're very careful."

"Yes, good, Keith. Get those nasty demons as far away from me as possible. This beautiful Goddess supports and blesses your efforts."

Asuna and Rosencrantz exchange keys and conduct no such lewd conduct as hand-holding. That would be utterly absurd.

And then Vlad plays Rosencrantz the song of his people.

Vlad Performs Rosencrantz!
Rosencrantz may move again!

Rosencrantz heads off to the treasure room to face his fate.

His fate being, of course, goodies in chests that seem to be, judging from the demonic aura emerging from them, the spiked, clawed shape of the chests and the hastily-scrawled "Property of Belphegor" across the lids, the property of the Demon Lord of Sloth.

"....the guys outside better be quick about beating those demon guys. I don't fancy explaining to one of the Demon Generals that I just decided to jack their stuff. I like my organs where they are."

~~Enemies' Turn~~
The last demon still standing, figuring he's cornered, decides to take the distracted-looking Succubus on with a cry of "Traitor!".

Minor Magus of Envy B initiates!
Hit Rate: 89 to hit
Hit: 99, miss!

Lilian retaliates!
Hit Rate: 91 to hit
Hit: 56, hit!
Critical: 2, crit!
Minor Magus of Envy B takes 42 damage!

Minor Magus of Envy B is defeated!

Which works about as well as you expect it to. Which is to say, not at all.

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"The fighting's stopped. Are our intruders dealt with yet?"
"No, actually. They're very much alive."
"What? This is Begnin! We have an army of demonic troops against some mere novices! How could you be this incompetent?"
"Several of them seem to have reduced most of our forces to a fine paste, sir. And it would seem they have a source of immensely powerful holy magic with them."
"Not possible. They're novices, not trained adventurers, so I doubt they have clerics capable of such powerful feats. Besides, it's not as if they have one of the Goddesses with them. She would look far more dignified."
"I would recommend running, sir."
"Nonsense! We can hold it ourselves. The incompetents who fell before were getting in the way. We'll get rid of these fools now and continue our search for Belphegor later! They can't have gotten far anyway."
"..   ."
_{"...and I had thought working for the Demon Lord would be a tad more....glamourous....than searching for one of them and being accosted by some beginners."}

XP: 36/100

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