#I meant to write backflips and hit the wrong letter and fell in love with backflops so I kept it lol

[usodeshou]

yay, I just broke my 3ds xl! 😬 *does the world's worst breakdance* i've had it for 7 years and I drop it one (1) time right next to my carpet on solid ground and the inner display seems to be cracked because half of my screen is just gone *twirls* the upper screen is literally the most expensive part to have fixed *backflops* it's christmas and the end of the year so I will not be having that fixed now lol *spins like a very wobbly spinning top* i still have my old 3ds but you can't transfer shit back from the new 2ds/3ds line once you've transferred to it *air guitar imitation* the console at the price that i bought it for would've been only slightly more expensive than the repair but prices for it have more than quadrupled *giggling and kicking my feet as an ill-fitting coping mechanism* i don't have the money for any of this right now and i am frustrateeeed~~ *sings* 🙃

[anangelicday-mrwolf]

Wolfsbane : Noblesse Fanfic (post-ending)

(previous chapter)

Chapter 21 – Assaults

“Phew... Phew... Phew......”

“Is there anything that concerns you, my lord?”

Lunark finally opened her mouth, unable to endure Muzaka’s endless sighs.

“It’s nothing. It’s just that...”

Muzaka dropped his head in the middle of his monologue, staging grave sorrow.

“We had such a smart, talented, competent researcher to help us to great extent. But I’ve done nothing for him. And guess what? I call myself a lord.”

Lunark wanted to assure him that he has done more than enough by not making himself an unwanted guest in the lab, but she decided not to and tuned him out.

For the past 2 days, Yuhyung had been working jointly with Adne on the QuadraNet project in the werewolf realm, without any time to catch his breath, as if his life depended on it.

And today is the day he must return to Lukedonia.

“Once you escort him to the nobles, they will take him back to Korea. Is that right?”

“You are correct. But before that comes a more important step.”

“Aye. As soon as he reaches back to Lukedonia, we can finally warm up the engines for the QuadraNet.”

Both Muzaka’s and Lunark’s faces lit up with faint anticipation as he mentioned the initiation of the network they all had been waiting for.

“Boy, nobles are surely busy. And you are surely busier.”

Lunark merely bowed her head to a pregnant comment Muzaka offered.

“So lemme ask you one more time. Are you sure you wanna do this?”

“I am simply doing my best as the warrior of wolfkind.”

“But there’s really no need for you to escort him back to nobles, is there? I mean, you’re not the only warrior we have.”

“My greatest appreciations, but I am fine, my lord.”

Muzaka’s face was marred with a mixture of gratitude and ruefulness, until it was painted with a mischievous smile.

“Or do I smell something fishy here? Why are you so eager for this project?”

“...Beg your pardon?!”

“Is there a reason why you need to excel for this project? Like, is there someone you expect to marvel at you? Hmm?”

Muzaka stared at Lunark, sweating and violently shaking her head, like a niece playing pretend at her uncle’s prank.

“T-that is nonsense, my lord.”

Lunark felt her heart sink – no, drown to the abyss of nether region upon Muzaka’s teasing. She feared for a moment that Frankenstein’s name might be brought up.

She thus determined she must and will hide her feelings more meticulously, thoroughly.

It was for more than the fear of getting teased by her fellow werewolves upon having a crush on the blonde human. She knew none of the werewolves should know about this, due to a phenomenon she witnessed two days ago when Yuhyung made it to the werewolf lab.

As soon as Yuhyung made himself available on their land, werewolves buzzed in full interest in him.

So that’s him...?

My, that is the WEAKEST-looking organism I’ve ever seen.

It’d take less than a breath to wind him up on the other side of the planet. Hehe.

In the end, Garda and Lunark, having sensed Yuhyung’s nervous apprehension of the crowd, had to intervene and make them scatter away. Nonetheless, Lunark could see and hear werewolves gossiping and chatting about the very first human to be officially invited to their domain in werewolf history.

By the way, is it just me, or is he kind of cute? He keeps jumping whenever there’s someone around.

I second that.

I would have tried hitting on him, if only he weren’t human.

And then Lunark was held captive to the chatters from young werewolf girls.

Okay, so he’s human. What about it?

I’d thought we’ve aborted anti-human propaganda by now. Remember? We even got help from a human named... Frankenstein, was it? So what about him being human?

Don’t tell me you already forgot how our lord...

Right afterwards, every mouth was sealed tight, the atmosphere rendered frigid at once. They all knew what the last speaker was about to bring up – Muzaka fell in love with a human and gave birth to a half-blood, only to meet tragic end that can by no means be defined as a mere devastation. And now every werewolf alive has come to know of such heritage the returned lord harbors.

As a result, a new, invisible, yet undeniably-there taboo rose among werewolves: love with a human.

Not that anyone dared to acknowledge such taboo, with the throne reclaimed by Muzaka.

And they had another legitimate reason to keep this new taboo legitimate.

Besides, our lord officiated it himself. Getting drunk is fine, and getting broke is fine. But getting laid with a human is not okay.

He said we should rather break a pen that belongs to a certain Mr. Bad Boy and fling it in his face.

I wonder what that means, by the way.

Since love with a human is not strictly illegal, nobody would banish Lunark for her feelings. Nonetheless, she could not even imagine what everyone would be like once it is known that her heart has been stolen by a human.

‘There’s no way I want them to find out,’ Lunark thought.

However, at the same time, she wished she could make it official. She wished she could walk hand-in-hand with her knight, under everyone’s blessing.

‘What are you thinking, Lunark? You don’t even know whether he’ll reciprocate.’

Lunark had to wrestle with her inner voice, until the time has come to take Yuhyung away.

“Thank you for everything. I don’t know how to repay you.”

“I-it’s nothing, really! I... I was honored to provide help.”

“Sure. Once the QuadraNet is alive, and once you make it back home, please send my regards to my pal.”

After sharing his good-bye with Muzaka, Adne, and the rest of the werewolf doctors and researchers, Yuhyung tagged Lunark towards the boundaries of werewolf realm. He had thought this trip would be peaceful, albeit brief.

How wrong he was, for this time he found himself two companions, excluding Lunark.

“I see no reason for you guys to escort us.”

“Escort my rear end.”

“We’re taking a walk before going on a patrol, that’s all.”

Kentas and Dorant very nonchalantly replied.

Lunark glanced at Yuhyung, for she feared the puny human would be suffering from pressure of being shepherded by two werewolf warriors. Her fear was proven authentic, his face about to blow up.

Pushing down a sigh, she looked around at her fellow warriors.

“We’ll take off from here. It can’t hurt to hurry, can it?”

She was addressing all three men, and they agreed with a nod.

Once Lunark and Yuhyung were gone, Kentas and Dorant began their usual patrol. It took less than 10 minutes for them to meet up where they first split up.

“All clear.”

“Same here.”

“Now let’s go back.”

“Contrary to my fear, our land can’t be quieter. And that’s a good thing.”

“You can say that again. I couldn’t ask for more if things are kept this wa...?”

Dorant flinched in the middle of his sentence. He heard something he should not possibly and cannot possibly hear at the moment – a whirring alarm that signals intruders at the boundaries of their land.

He realized he was not imagining things the moment he and Kenta leapt from where they stood, when with a bam the ground was shattered.

In midst of a hazy pillar of particles of dirt and earth that soared from where they were a second ago, Kentas and Dorant sharpened their eyes to locate the cause of this.

“What the...?”

Kentas moaned in dismay, while Dorant fastened his lips and glared at their target – or targets.

Before them were slender silhouettes of identical colors, details, and designs, as if they were born from the same mold. It was so very obvious they were a walking epitome of human biotechnology.

Had Lunark left a tad later, and had she beheld these four figures, she would have demonstrated a backflip with her eyes and immediately identified them as weapons created specially against heads of noble clans – the ones handcrafted by the 9th Elder and Ignes Kravei.

*****

Meanwhile, a rocky island near Lukedonia

He knew he should have visited sooner. Although he had been busy ever since his return to Lukedonia, he knew it was an excuse. Moreover, he could not find courage to pay a visit.

He could feel guilt sweeping over him as he stood, partially because he could not make his appearance before this one, and partially because the reason why he visited was not exactly for the sake of paying his proper respect.

“Razark... What am I supposed to do?”

His tone, voice, eyes – they were all plastered with despair.

His hair was still donned in the fashion reminiscent of Razark, just like he did for the night when Deneb Illiness invited Seira.

“I want to be like you... I’m trying to be like you. But I can’t.”

Rael shut his eyes tight as he lamented.

“The patriarchs found me today, and they... They told me... (Rael sighed as deeply as he could.) They told me to ask for Seira’s hand in marriage.”

Rael’s mind swung back to what had happened before he made his way to the rendezvous to pick up Yuhyung.

We hear that a handful of nobles are approaching Seira for her affection.

Deneb Illiness in particular is the most ardent pursuer.

And I see no reason why Kertia should fall behind.

Rael almost jumped out of his skin as he denied joining the pursuers.

He could still remember what he had yelled in Seira’s presence the last time they had met. More importantly, he had no intention of taking Seira’s side this way.

Why, you should be glad, sir.

You will finally get to make the girl yours.

He almost lost it when the patriarchs reprimanded him, but he could not bring himself to actually lose it. He was reminded of the days when he claimed Seira will be his.

Rather than accusing the patriarchs of bringing up such an atrocious idea, he was made immobile in order to curse his past self. By the time he broke free from his resentful reverie, patriarchs were already gone, demanding him to write a marital letter to Seira.

“I know the idea is hideous, not meant to be realized. But you know what...? The idea came up that if I do as they say, they might come to respect me a little.”

Rael minced his lips with his teeth, to the point of almost ripping them apart.

“I know. I’m such a despicable excuse of a noblekind.”

I don’t deserve to be your brother.

I don’t deserve the name of Kertia.

I never deserved to be the head of a clan.

However, Rael was not given the time to spill his self-derision, when he turned rigid as he conceived a murderous presence.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Three objects landed within his identifiable range, with a sound effect that no ordinary life form can dispense.

His instinct screaming at him that it is time for a battle, Rael wiped off in a flash the anguish that was rooted to the core of his facial muscles. He slipped his mask on before he turned his eyes to see how thick is the skin of intruders that dared to challenge him where his brother fell asleep. And his eyes bulked up to twice as their normal sizes.

“How can this be...?”

The colors were different, but the designs were unmistakable. He remembered them; they were the weapons created specially against heads of noble clans.

Ones that Ignes brought with her upon her first visit to Korea. Ones that he had fought himself.

(next chapter)

Yep - it’s time for some fights and dangers. After all, this is a Noblesse fic lol. However, the battle in next chapter will come with a tiny surprise unforeseen in the original webtoon. Find out what it’s like next week!

And one more thing - it’s revealed that Muzaka has come to harbor a very negative stance regarding relationship with human (in fact, he even said it himself that they should rather break Frankie’s pen and fling its pieces in his face lol). This will work as another influence on Lunark’s future relationship with Frankenstein, and I can’t wait to write about it!