Three free pulls?
Noa hummed in thought.
Also, the Achievement [Knight of the Ice Princess]. This meant that Lavinia really was someone who was relatively important to the plot.
So maybe he really did do some good by taking her in his crew, even if there was only two people.
Who knows? Maybe they'll be the next Luffy and Zoro.
But it didn't really matter if she was important to the plot anyways, he would have taken her in regardless. Unless of course, she declined. Consent is key.
Get it? Consent is Key. Let me repeat it one more time. Consent is Key.
Noa glanced at Lavinia, who was trying to take a nap on the hard floor, changing positions.
"Oi, if you're uncomfortable, you can just lay on my lap."
Lavinia perked up. "Really?" Noa gestured towards his lap, patting it. Since it was magically enhanced because he got the skill Furthest Earth, the chances of the blood flow cutting off were slim if not nonexistent.
He didn't want a lap pillow from a child either. Rather be the giver than the receiver. That sounded wrong.
Lavinia scuttled over to Noa's thigh, resting her head on it, suddenly self conscious. "I'm not heavy, am I?"
"You're like a tungsten brick." Noa said with a flat voice. It didn't seem to be funny, seeing as Lavinia glared at him before huffing and looking in the other direction. "Heh, children."
"We're the same age, Noa." Lavinia retorted, seemingly more comfortable with him. It was surprising how fast one could get attached to a stranger they just met. She would need lessons regarding stranger danger later.
"Nah, I'd win."
"...What does that even mean?"
"You'll know when you're older."
"...Damn it." Lavinia mumbled.
"Language!"
Lavinia turned her head to glare at Noa. He raised his hands in surrender. "My bad homeboy... Also, what year is it?"
"...1993. Though it's kind of weird that you don't know..."
Noa blinked. 1993? Damn, if this was Fate/Zero he could be prepping for the Fourth Holy Grail War right now. Also, didn't canon start in like the late 2000s?
Well he was 9 years old so he still had a decent amount of time to get some bread and move to Japan, the land of Xenophobes, shitty Tourists, and Anime.
"Is that so~" Noa drawled. "Mhm..." Lavinia's voice became more feint, her consciousness ebbing away. Noa waited for a few more minutes experimenting how detailed he could get with his Wind of Niflheim ability.
When Lavinia's breathing became more constant, Noa mulled over the 3 Free Pulls he got.
What, you thought he was going to do something to a child? Go to hell.
He was a chronic gambler, not a criminal.
Should he wait until midnight struck so he could pull all 6 in a row, or just do the 3 pulls now and do the rest when he woke up?
His gambling urges were influencing his body. He needed to pull, now. He was already getting withdrawal symptoms. Just kidding.
But Noa was the type to immediately pull once he had the resources, so...
He clasped his hands together, closing his eyes in prayer.
"My dear goddess Ereshkigal. I don't care if it's useless or if it's food. Just please don't make it painful. Pull...!"
[Stat Point (Medium) - +1 Luck]
Noa hummed. That wasn't bad. Even though Luck was the stat he least needed to upgrade, it was still a decent stat. Some luck was better luck than no luck. Look at Lancer from Fate/Stay Night, bro died in vain every single time.
"Pull...!"
[Craft Essence - Summer's Corruption Set]
Noa reacted quickly, grabbing the tray of food and random items before it could slip.
The food items were, surprise! Meant for summer. A cone of Ice Cream, a Soda, and a Parfait. To the side was a beach floatie and a sun umbrella.
Noa paused. Damn it. Why was it a summer set...!
He put the items in his inventory other than the already inflated floatie ring, he put it behind his back as a cushion against the wall. He'll probably just hand the food to Lavinia when she wakes up. He'd need to find some toothbrushes though with all the sweets he was feeding her.
Well at least Ereshkigal was listening to his requests. So far, nothing that cause him any pain, and while the food didn't match the season at all, it was still food nonetheless.
"Truly my goddess..." Noa mumbled.
"Pull...!
[Craft Essence - Vestiges of Year 1999]
A green, two pronged spear appeared in the air, and Noa grasped it.
"I got a spear from a Craft Essence...?"
Noa was confused. He wasn't going to complain though. At least he finally had a usable weapon that wasn't a summer toy. It looked and felt pretty solid to him.
"So where's it from?"
[Cu Chulainn (Prototype) - Origin: Ulster Cycle]
Finally, a name that he was familiar with. "Did this Lancer die as well...?" He joked. But this didn't seem like the Noble Phantasm that he had. Wasn't his Noble Phantasm Gae Bolg? The hell is this barf colored spear supposed to be?
[A makeshift weapon originating from Fate/Prototype, as his master sealed away his Noble Phantasm because it's aesthetics were ugly]
The fuck? His homeboy Lancer got nerfed cause of his master! Unlucky man... It's that E Rank luck.
A/N: (Ironically, Prototype Cu has D Rank Luck)
Thankfully he had B Rank Luck.
While Noa was grateful that he got a useful weapon, with his lack of skills, as in martial ability, it was just a cool looking poking stick.
Welp, there was still time until morning happened, so Noa leaned back on the beach floater.
Maybe the summer Craft Essence had some use after all...
Before going to bed, Noa froze the door shut, preventing any possible intruders. Noa had originally worried about dispelling the ice, but it seemed that after the ice absorbed the Ambient Mana stuck in it, it automatically dispelled unless Noa set a timer, in which they would absorb the surrounding Mana instead.
Thank God both Noa and Lavinia had a natural resistance towards the cold.
What a random first day...
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"Hey! Noa!"
He could feel a poking on his face. Waving his hand around to ward off Lavinia's hand, he slowly opened his eyes, squinting, before fully opening his eyes.
"What?" He groggily responded, looking around confused.
"Well, I originally wanted to ask where you got that beach floatie, but someone knocked on the door earlier!"
Hmm? Now that was something.
"Do you know who it is? Did you open the door?" Fully awake, Noa got up quickly, putting the beach floatie back in the inventory.
"No, the door was frozen shut." She shook her head, blinking at the sudden disappearance of the beach floatie.
"Did they try to enter?"
"Uh..." Lavinia hummed as if trying to remember, "They asked if I could open the door, and I tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge, so I told them that I would ask you instead! Then they said they would return in 30 minutes!"
"...Are you stupid?" Noa looked at Lavinia dumbfounded, "Why are you opening doors for people you don't even know?" Lavinia had the decency to be embarrassed about it. "It was cause I just woke up cause of the knocking! You know?"
Noa sighed into his hands like a tired dad.
"Did they have any distinguishable sounds, like their gender and stuff?"
"Well, since I could only hear through the wall, I only know it sounds like an old woman..." Lavinia closed her eyes as if rewinding her memories, "But she sounded kind!"
Noa sighed into his hands again.
An old woman in the middle of the woods with a shit ton of snow surrounding them from all sides?
Noa would bet his left nut that she was probably a part of the supernatural. But the problem was if she was a good person or not. Either way he wouldn't be joining. He didn't want to be tied down to anything.
Lavinia was different. She was a part of his crew.
"Lavinia, have you ever heard of the saying, be weary of the women, children, and the elderly?" Noa got in an explaining pose.
"Uh... No?" Lavinia tilted her head in innocence.
"Well, in areas where it doesn't make any sense for them to be there, it's good to be weary of them. Noa massaged his temples. "Look. We're in the middle of the literally nowhere with snow surrounding us, and you're saying an old woman walked all the way here?"
Lavinia froze. She could feel her face heating up from her previous thoughts of her being kind.
"I'm not blaming you, since you didn't really have anyone to teach you this, but just remember the saying." Lavinia nodded. At least Noa gave her a good excuse for her ignorance.
"She's probably a part of the supernatural. And seeing as she didn't break in, she probably wants to leave a good impression. This leads to two possibilities." Noa thought out loud, so Lavinia could glean from his knowledge. "Either she's actually kind, or she wants us for something."
"Just making sure, Lavinia. Does her voice sound familiar?" Lavinia shook her head.
"That means she probably isn't a relative, and if you haven't met her, than it's probably the latter."
"...Oh."
"You just discovered that you had a Sacred Gear just yesterday, right? But you've been telling that you've seen the Doll to people you've met, so it probably got around." Noa assumed.
"But we can't rule out her actually being nice. Maybe we can get some free money from her." Noa hummed in thought.
"So... are we opening the door?"
Noa nodded. After all, with his Furthest Earth skill, unless the enemy could continuously teleport while fighting, than it was impossible to catch up to him.
So if the enemy did use force, he could just carry Lavinia and dip.
Or if she was weak enough, he could just spam the Wind of Niflheim. He looked at the description yesterday, and saw that the temperature could reach temperatures near absolute zero.
Also, he had 3 more Free Pulls, so he could get some useful skills from there as well.
"She's coming back probably in ten minutes, so we just have to wait."
"...Is there a chance we're going to fight?"
Noa nodded. "But don't worry if you can't materialize your Sacred Gear. We can just run away. I'm fast." Lavinia wanted to help, but so far only Noa and herself could see the Doll.
"I think I know how to activate a Sacred Gear, but since we don't have time we'll do it after this passes." Noa said, as if reading Lavinia's mind.
Lavinia nodded. She could finally be of help and prove her relatives wrong.
Now was the opportunity. He just had to pray to Ereshkigal that he would get something to boost his general capabilities.
[A day has passed. +3 Free Pulls]
Noa clasped his hands.
Lavinia looked confused.
He pointedly looked at her.
"Follow my lead. I get stronger with luck. Trust." While Lavinia looked skeptical, if Noa got stronger it was better for the both of them.
"Now repeat after me." Lavinia nodded. "My Lovely Goddess Ereshkigal. Please gimme something good."
Lavinia paused. What did he just say? She blinked in confusion. "You heard what I said." Noa interrupted her thoughts, his face flat with seriousness..
"M-My Lovely Goddess Ereshkigal... Please give Noa something good..." Her face felt hot.
Noa nodded in satisfaction.
"Pull...!" He whispered.
[Noble Phantasm - Doomsday Come - EX Rank]
A/N: (I'm not even joking this came up. Letter D, Number 26)
Noa paused. He looked at the Noble Phantasm, his eyes widened.
"H-Holy EX Rank...! Lavinia! You really are my lucky charm!" Noa picked up Lavinia and spun her around, causing her to squealed in surprise. "Eek! L-Let me down!" She cried out.
Noa couldn't hear her over the sounds of victory. Who cared what the Noble Phantasm actually did? It was fucking EX Rank! It's immeasurable!
After a minute he set her down, causing her to stabilize herself. She gave Noa a glare, but he ignored it.
What's it do?
[The Noble Phantasm [Doomsday Come] Creates a Bounded Field with the user as it's origin point and creates a pseudo-Underworld, where the effect depends on the user's Impression]
So it's like a movable Reality Marble?
[In a sense, yes.]
DAMN! This was broken as hell! So if he believed that his Underworld was a world where his enemies were dead, than they would die?
[Yes. But it can't be that specific. It's not your outer thoughts that determines the effect, it's your inner thoughts.]
Well that made sense, what servant could even have this broken ass Noble Phantasm?
[The Pale Rider from Fate/strange Fake. Also known as the Horseman of Death or Pestilence.]
Woah what is happening in Fate/strange Fake for a Horseman of the Apocalypse to appear? But good for him, at this point there was literally nothing to fear. Absolutely nothing. The only possible downside is that it had the possibility of being indiscriminate except him, so he couldn't use it with Lavinia around.
Afterall, even he didn't know what he inwardly believed half the time.
But who cared about the backlash?
He had to keep riding this high.
"Pull."
[Craft Essence - Heroic Spirit Formal Dress: Marie Antoinette]
A black dress appeared his hands, causing both Noa and Lavinia to stop thinking.
"What the fuck is this?" Noa held the black fabric in his hands.
As it materialized in his hands, he didn't know what it looked like unless he held it out. As he held the shoulder straps and let it down, it revealed a long black dress on the sides and the front was a short skirt, with the shoulders revealed. While it was a good looking dress, it ultimately showed way too much skin for how small it was.
Not wanting to look like a pervert, he immediately put it in his inventory the moment he realized it was women's clothing.
He ignored Lavinia's reaction.
"It's random. I don't decide what I get so stop looking at me like that." Noa plainly said, not keeping eye contact as Lavinia was looking at him like he was scum.
Well... the scales have to balance out, so a dress he would never use was a good trade for a fucking EX Rank Noble Phantasm.
"Pull."
[Class Skill - Riding - D Rank]
"..."
"...Well at least I got my original class skill..."
Noa mused.
The higher rank versions of the Riding Skill allowed the user to know how to use any vehicle with expertise. Look at Saber with her motorcycle.
He didn't get much time to contemplate it, as it seemed the old woman came back, with no footstep sounds no less.
Welp. If he really needed to use his newfound Noble Phantasm, then he could dip with Lavinia, then come back and finish her off, and then go back to Lavinia.
*Knock* *Knock*
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A/N: While I don't like mc being broken so fast, I kind of nerfed? The Doomsday come, seeing as I don't know much other than it's example in fate strange fake.
Also, This chapter is uber short. It's still 2000 words though. Having motivation to make 5k word chapters is crazy work.
Powerstones, comments, and reviews would be appreciated.
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Current Status Page of Noa
[Noa]
[Vessel: Noah - Source: Old Testament]
[Parameters]
[Strength: 5.24 - Not even F]
[Endurance: 5.12 - Not even F]
[Agility: 15.12 - Not even F]
[Mana: 6.00 - Not even F]
[Luck: 81.58 - B-]
[NP: EX]
[Extra Skills]
- [Knowledge of Reinforcement Magecraft (Luvia Edelvelt) ]
[Class Skills]
- [Class Skill - Riding - D Rank]
[Personal Skills]
- [Jewel of the Earth - A Rank]
- [Furthest Earth (Kyokuchi) - A Rank]
- [Wind of Niflheim - B Rank]
[Noble Phantasm]
- [Those Who Make Me Lower My Head, Even Once, I Pray They All Die - E Rank]
- [Noble Phantasm - Doomsday Come - EX Rank]
Items
- [Craft Essence - Heroic Spirit Dream Portrait: Billy the Kid]
- [Craft Essence - Hippo-Chan] (Used)
- [Craft Essence - Balloon Scimitar]
- [Mystic Code - Rin's Pendant]
- [Craft Essence - Fate/Grand Carnival 2nd Season]
- [Craft Essence - Vestiges of Year 1999]
- [Craft Essence - Summer's Corruption Set]
- [Craft Essence - Heroic Spirit Formal Dress: Marie Antoinette]