armageddon knight gaiden: project moon

Part 12: urban plague (part 1)

I spent the next few days dealing with suppressions. Of course it was mostly familiar faces from x-394 standing by hod and netzach. But of course. A couple of people from that world came as well. After suppressing laetitia. The screen showed up showing a sad guy getting rocks thrown at him. He returned to his house.

"Why? Why am I being treated like this? I just wanted to help. That didn't mean to use me as a scapegoat. The experiment going wrong is not my fault...now i'm hated for something i didn't even do..." the guy said as he began to cry in his pillow. He soon found the invitation under his pillow. "The library...anywhere is better than here." the guy said as he got the pen.

"A scapegoat?" angela asked.

"It means to have a sucker you can pin your crime on. Though considering what we saw. Clearly that poor guy got a pretty serious crime pinned on him." roland said.

"That's just not fair...to have your life ruined so some pathetic wretch can save his own face." i said. With anger in my voice. I came to greet the guy.

"Welcome to the library can i have your name?" i asked.

"Z-z-zack. Zack kurayami." zack said.

"Right. My name is jon karakuer tenshi. And i saw that you got the invitation. Normally you would be put through an ordeal to overcome to get books. But we're here to give you a job offer. And don't worry. We believe you when you said it wasn't your fault. Your job is simple. Fight the guests that come here for the books. You get free board. A paycheck. And a cute girl to follow." i said.

"Well...beggars can't be choosers. I'll take it." zack said.

"Alright. Welcome to the floor of literature team zack." i said.

After that. We dealt with the abnormalities on the floor of art. And after defeating alriune. The screen showed up. Though at first i was confused it was black for a bit until i heard a voice.

"Varissa! Varissa! Wake up bounty hunter! Wake up or i'll call the guard! I don't wanna have to drag you out over all this puke!" someone yelled. And we finally got a clear picture. A red haired woman wearing chainmail with a longsword on her back got up. She was in a lobby of a hotel. One that was covered in vomit. Clearly she partied a little hard last night.

"Ugh...feel like shit. Sorry about the mess." she said before handing some money to the guy. "That should handle the clean up duty." varissa said as she left. And then outside she looked into her wallet. And saw only a few dollars was there. "Damn...I'm almost broke. As glad as i am that we're no longer living under the boot of a tyrant...doesn't change the fact that theirs considerably less bounties...which means i either have to join the guard or get a boring 9 to 5 just so i don't go broke...lame." varissa said. A flash in an alleyway appeared varissa investigated and found an envelope on the ground...

"The library huh?...eh, got nothing better to do. Might as well see how this goes." varissa said as she got a pen and signed.

"Great...another alcoholic idiot. Who would give someone like that a sword and chainmail?" angela asked baffled.

"Who would give any of the lowlifes we've seen weapons. Nobody gave her anything. She most likely bought that gear." i said.

"The place she lives in sounds peaceful. Where bounty hunters are struggling to find a criminal to hunt down." angelica said.

"Maybe we can find a way to go there....any place is better than the city." roland said. I went to greet our new hire.

"Greeting's varissa." i said.

"An knight of the tenshi clan? Not what i was expecting to find here. So where's this trial i have to overcome to grab some books?" varissa asked.

"Normally that would be the case. But yours is special. You're not a guest. You're a recruit. As a bounty hunter that means you have skills in fighting and we could use that. In exchange for handling the guests. You'll get a free room and paid handsomely for every guest to deal with. Not to mention all the alcohol you could want on your floor, The floor of art. Run by netzach." i said.