To The Tune Of The Music Box ~A Moment Of Rest For Mithra~ // Mithra SSR Card Story
CHAPTER 1
(Manor hallway)
Mithra: "<Arthim>"
(Zzziup!)
Akira: "Wh-Whoa?!"
Mithra: "Oh, hello, Master Sage."
Akira: "Hi, and welcome back. Where were you just now?"
Mithra: "The North. I had a craving for some beast meat but was left rather disappointed. I was looking for something nice and chewy but found nothing that satisfied me."
Akira: "I'm sorry to hear that…? But now that you're back, I've got something to ask you."
Mithra: "Let's hear it."
Akira: "So, since your birthday's coming up, I want to invite you to "The Music Box Of Serenity"! It's this tiny box Rustica lent me. It connects to another dimension that's supposed to help wizards relax and ease their mind."
Mithra: "Serenity, you say… I feel like Bradley told me about something with a similar name…"
Akira: "Well, what do you think? I think it's the perfect place to spend your birthday and unwind."
Rutile: "Ah, there you are!"
Akira: "Hey, Rutile, what's the matter?"
Rutile: "Mitile and I are about to head over to the South together with Dr Figaro and Mister Leno! Just thought I'd let you know. There's been a spike in the deer population at the foot of the mountains, so we ought to check it out."
Mithra: "Mmm… Deer… Lucky you."
Rutile & Akira: "Huh?"
Mithra: "I'm going with you."
Akira: "…Are you going there to help?"
Mithra: "Yes. I'll capture a few large ones and have Nero prepare them for me."
Rutile: "I remember you like deer saute, don't you? We'll be feasting tonight! I suppose that is one way to help, though. I'll go and inform Dr Figa–"
Mithra: "There won't be a need for that. I can take us there right away."
Rutile: "Wah!"
Mithra: "<Arthim>"
(Zzziup!)
Grabbing ahold of Rutile by the hood of his coat, Mithra calls forth a door. In a hurry, I yell after them.
Akira: "B-Be careful out there! I'll tell Figaro and the others!"
Rutile: "Thank you, Master Sage! See you later!"
Mithra: "Will ten be enough…?"
Mumbling to himself, Mithra crosses the threshold with Rutile in tow and disappears through the door.
Akira: ("Never change, Mithra…")
CHAPTER 2
(Manor Courtyard)
Akira: "Dinner was great last night. To be honest, I feel like I've eaten enough for a month ahead… (Still, yesterday was as busy as ever, and I couldn't properly invite Mithra. I'll make sure to do that if I see him today…)"
(Rumbling & crashing)
Akira: "…What the…?!"
Mithra: "<Arthim>"
(Poof!)
All of a sudden, a heap of bricks flies over my head, scattering everywhere. Having deflected them, Mithra descends in front of me, his red locks swaying with the wind. He casually turns around and looks back at me.
Mithra: "Don't you have anything better to do than idle around here? You almost got yourself squashed."
Akira: "S-Sorry, I saw the wall crumbling down and kind of… froze in place."
Mithra: "You have Oz to blame for that."
Akira: "Huh? Why?"
Mithra: "I bumped into him in the hallway just now and got the itch to attack him… But right as I was about to strike, he drove me through the wall. What an absolute barbarian."
Akira: "I don't want to say this, but you kind of had it coming--"
Mithra: "Care to repeat that?"
Akira: "Nope, never mind! Thank you for saving me just now. …Ah, M-Mithra! Your arm's bleeding!"
Mithra: "…Ah. One of the bricks must've grazed me."
Akira: "Quick, we have to stop it! Here, use my jacket to wrap the wound…"
Mithra: "That won't be necessary. "
Akira: "…The stains are slowly disappearing…! Is the wound properly closed, too?"
Mithra: "Of course. When will you finally understand that we're not as fragile as you humans?"
Akira: "Ahaha, sorry, I can't help it."
Mithra: "Honestly, the nerve of that guy. The way he flicked me as if I'm a pesky flea or something… One day, I'm going to defeat him for sure, and then I'll be the strongest wizard in the world."
Behind Mithra's usually languid gaze rages a feverish fire. In this moment, he has the air of both a wild beast ready to go berserk and a passionate young man.
Akira: "(He's fantastic with words as always…) You know, I quite like that."
Mithra: "Like what?"
Akira: "Your unwavering will to become the strongest in the world and never giving up no matter what. Of course, I would appreciate it if you didn't get into fights with the others, but…"
Mithra: "Wouldn't that be the opposite of what you just described? I wouldn't be me if I gave up on settling my score with Oz."
Akira: "Yep, that's what makes you, you, and is charming in its own way…"
I found Mithra a bit intimidating the first time we met, but now, I can't look away from him.
As I was trying to figure out the best way to describe Mithra in my head, I call out to him.
Akira: "Mithra, shall we use the "Music Box Of Serenity"? Consider it my unique way of celebrating your birthday!"
CHAPTER 3
(Mithra's room)
It's Mithra's birthday today.
We've changed into the special outfits Chloe prepared for us, looking spick and span.
Akira: "Thank you so much for trusting me on this, Mithra!"
Mithra: "Well… It's better than spending the day idling around, I guess. Is this the so-called "Music Box Of Serenity"?"
Akira: "Yep! Are you all set for the teleportation?"
I place the tiny box on top of the table and close my eyes. I recall all of the unique characteristics that make Mithra who he is that I got to re-experience these past few days.
Akira: "…Take us somewhere fitted for Mithra, who's strong and always true to himself."
The box's lid flicks open, and the little doll of Mithra in the centre begins to spin round and round.
Music comes flowing in from somewhere, and soon, light fills the room…
(Inside the music box)
When we come to, the first thing we hear is a funky yet fickle and somewhat charming melody.
Mithra: "This does feel… oddly relaxing. And the music's quite nice, too."
Akira: "That's the purpose of this dimension. It composes a melody that's supposed to ease the visitor's mind, and, apparently, this is how it perceives you! I think it fits you perfectly. I've also prepared a few extra things…"
Mithra: "Alright, let's see it."
Mithra gives me a half-hearted nod and makes his way to where I was pointing.
Atop a table bathed in warm sunlight streaming through leaves, lays a feast made up of Mithra's favourite dishes, such as charcoal and deer saute.
Mithra: "Wow, you've really outdone yourself."
Akira: "What I respect about you is that you're always true to yourself and what you want. With that image of you in mind, I prepared this hoping that you'll spend the day doing what you do best. And first on the list is, of course, enjoying a hearty feast."
Mithra: "You're absolutely right. Nothing gets done on an empty stomach, after all. I'll gladly eat my way through this. Should I leave you a bite or two?"
Akira: "…What did you just say?"
Mithra: "Here, you can have some charcoal. It smells and looks delicious, doesn't it?"
Akira: "T-Thank you… It's okay though, you can have all of i-- Mmph?!"
Mithra stuffs a big piece of charcoal in my mouth while munching on a piece of his own.
Mithra: "Well?"
Akira: "…It's… good? Is this because we're inside the music box? …Oh, right. There's a super fluffy bed over there, so let me know whenever you want to lie down. If there's anything I can do for you in general, just say the word!"
Mithra: "…"
Akira: "What?"
Mithra: "…You're surprisingly gutsy. I can't tell if you're just being cheeky, but… You're the first person to willingly approach and chat with me so casually. You're even going out of your way to do things for me."
Akira: "(Is he…actually praising me…?)"
Mithra: "And I wouldn't know what to do if you were to die, so… keep it up. Whatever it is that you're doing."
After saying that, Mithra takes my hand in his. All of the charcoal is long gone.
Mithra: "By the way, can I attack anything in here?"
Akira: "W-Why would you want to do that?!"
Mithra: "I've stuffed myself full, so now I've got to stretch a little. Is there anything you don't mind me breaking? What about that big tree over there?"
Akira: "I-I would rather you didn't do that! Rustica let me borrow this, after all…"
An irrepressible flame flickers somewhere deep behind Mithra's eyes as he stares me down.
Mithra: "You said you'd do anything I asked, remember?"
Seeing me break out in cold sweat, Mithra slightly relaxes his gaze.
He appears in a good mood, which tells me the celebration is a success.
Mithra: "Do your best to support me with everything you've got, Master Sage."
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The Party's Finale // Card Training Episode
(Hallway)
(Rumbling & crashing)
Akira: "W-What is it now?!"
Mithra: "There you are."
Akira: "Mithra…! What's so urgent that you have to tear my wall down?!"
Mithra: "Destroying a wall is easier than summoning the Door of Space. Anyway, come to my room already. I want to sleep now that the dance party's finally over."
Akira: "You mean the one we threw for your birthday yesterday? It was really fun, but I recall it broke off around nighttime…"
Mithra: "Well, the twins had other plans. They forced me to stay up with them, and they just kept going and going. At one point, I couldn't take it anymore and ended up blowing up the venue."
Akira: "I see… I'm surprised you stayed up that long, even if by force."
Mithra: "There was a lot of food left, and some of the dances included attacking and firing at each other as well, so it wasn't that boring."
Akira: "(How did I manage to sleep through all of that… I sure hope the lounge is intact…)"
Mithra: "Can't they behave and stay in that damn painting during the night at least? Their infliction is too forgiving. Soon enough, I was full and tired of watching those two prance around and randomly firing at Bradley and Owen… So now, I need you to hold my hand and put me to sleep. Come on, let's go."
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Home Voiceline
Mithra: "…Is there anything I want? Not really. If I want something I can take it by force and make it mine. …But since you're asking… I remember you telling me about those 'lullabies' from your world that put people to sleep. Sing one for me. At least on my birthday I want to have a good rest."
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[AKNK] Butler and Demon
List of butlers in akuneko and the demon with whom they're in contract. Included are information from main episodes (up to Ep. 3 "I can't believe anything") and event Captive Dolls.
Some notes before further reading:
🔹romanisation are taken from the Ars Goetia wiki page.
🔹the list is incomplete at the moment, either because of my mistake or the info simply hasn't not yet been released (filled in with 'unknown'). In case of the former, kindly inform me. [Additionally, there are some speculations on twitter about all the demons' name even though they haven't made an appearance yet in-game. This was made possible by finding the closest match between the butler's crest and the sigil of their allegedly corresponding demon]
🔹side effect is a rough translation of the word 代償/daishou (price) in game.
-First floor butlers-
Berrien
Demon's name: Belial/ベリアル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 6 pt. 14)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: to escape/avoid death
Side effect: (unknown)
Bastien
Demon's name: Orobas/オロバス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 14, appeared in picture that shows up in ep 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6)
Form: White fox
Power granted: an increase in weapon speed
Side effect: (unknown)
Lono
Demon's name: Ronove/ロノウェ (revealed in ep. 4 ch. 2 pt. 14)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: increases physical endurance (Lono survives a fall that'd kill him otherwise, but it doesn't exempt him from the pain)
Side effect: (unknown)
-Second floor butlers-
Haures
Demon's name: Flauros/フラウロス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 3 pt. 24)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: increases comrade's fighting skill
Side effect: (unknown)
Boschi
Demon's name: Zaebos/ザエボス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 5 pt 16)
Form: black leopard
Power granted: temporary increases the upper limit of phyisical ability
Side effect: consumes a large amount of energy
Fennesz
Demon's name: Phenex/フェネクス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 26)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: an ability to memorise everything just by reading it once
Side effect: (unknown)
Ammon
Demon's name: (unknown)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: (unknown)
Side effect: (unknown)
-Third floor butlers-
Lucas
Demon's name: Foras/フォラス (revealed in ep. 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6, then in details in ep. 3 ch. 5 part 20)
Form: white lion
Power granted: finding out someone's chance of survival when they're in the verge of death
Side effect: (unknown)
Lamli
Demon's name: (unknown)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: (unknown)
Side effect: (unknown)
Nac
Demon's name: (unknown)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: (unknown)
Side effect: (unknown)
-Basement butlers-
Miyaji
Demon's name: (unknown)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: increases speed/agility, possibly fighting prowess as well
Side effect: a change in physical appearance and general attitude (ch. 10 of event Captive Dolls), nightmares (Miyaji 1st Anniversary card story 「不器用な怒り」)
Flure
Demon's name: Furfur/フルフル (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 16)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: increases sense of aesthetic and artistic faculty
Side effect: (unknown)
Latto
Demon's name: Stolas/シトラス (revealed in ch. 9 of event Captive Dolls)
Form: (unknown)
Power granted: great hearing ability enhancement
Side effect: (unknown)
-Villa butlers-
Teddy
Demon's name: Forneus/フォルネウス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)
Form: white grizzly bear
Power granted: super strength
Side effect: intense hunger
Yuuhan
Demon's name: Marchosias/マルコシアス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)
Form: black she-wolf
Power granted: a temporary increase of fighting ability in line with the number of enemies defeated
Side effect: loss of consciousness
Hanamaru
Demon's name: Focalor/フォカロル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)
Form: a massive white horse akin to a griffin
Power granted: durability of weapon used in fighting (a blade that will remain unbroken no matter what)
Side effect: (unknown)
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◉‿◉ Nac angst you say? 🔪
A WORDLESS LETTER — ONESHOT
—A letter from a forgotten sender.
🍶— Nac Stein x reader
🎐 — The wind chime rings for you, receiver.
Logs from liqi: ayyyyyy finally had the motivation to write.
The silence was too deafening to bear as he wrote another letter, perhaps it was the morsel of hope you gave him or maybe it was the desperation of not accepting the truth, when it was staring at him so intensely.
His hands were shaky as he wrote the words, his perfectly neat handwriting turning into something unreadable as the scratching of the pen was heard throughout the room until the paper ripped due to the pressure that he was writing in.
He had the urge to scream in despair as he had failed you once again. Until he looked at the flowers left on a vase, they were always your favorite regardless of what season.
The man took a deep breath before reaching for another piece of parchment as he began to write again, every single minute a flower slowly shed it's petals and once he was satisfied, the flower no longer had any of its beautiful petals.
"Ah..." He murmured, taking out the now dead flower, and inspecting it. "The flowers have never felt so fatal before, master..." he muses to himself, all alone in the room, with an aching hole in his heart that could never be filled again.
Soon enough, the letter burned away into ash on his desk, leaving no damage whatsoever, almost like it was never there.
The letter had been received, and he hoped that you liked it as you roamed along with the stars, he smiled before throwing the dea flower into the fireplace to burn as he quietly left the room.
Ah, how beautiful would it be if he could bring you back alive. Too many experiments and many mistakes made, but he won't stop, he'll never stop, despite the others trying to change his mind, he wouldn't, he didn't dare to stop.
"Ah! Master, you look as radiant as ever!"
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— "two sides of the same coin."
In which Berrien splits into two, quite literally.
— "So light mode and dark mode, yeah?"
Sometimes, you wonder how you managed to get into this situation in the first place, everything was fine and dandy until this happened.
Standing in front of you were two Berriens, one with black hair and one with white hair with their signature pink streak.
Both give off very different auras, the one with black hair giving off a mysterious yet dark allure that normal Berrien had, the opposite giving off a gentle and serene one. Again, one that Berrien also had.
And now, it seemed like these two were fighting for your attention, while Lucas looks on, amused, as if he didn't cause this in the first place.
You looked on with a grimace on your face as you mouthed to Lucas to fix the situation or find a solution as soon as possible, to which he nods with albeit an amused grin before leaving, leaving you alone with the two Berriens once again.
Now, you were quite in a dilemma, you had work to do, and yet the two Berriens followed you like baby ducks.
You continued working while the two Berriens were at your side on the opposite side. One whispered words of encouragement while the other was poking fun at you, it was a very nice day to go back to your world.
But, until then, until Lucas finds a way to fix this mess, you'll just have to deal with two Berriens.
"You'll choose me, right, master?"
Liqi's logs: Y'all thought it was angst, huh?
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