>>6054554You could imagine fumes coming out of the woman's head as her skin turns red and her mouth foams up, all hypothetically mind you, but the fact of the matter still stands. She is rather cross with you at the moment and you plan to exploit that, “Isn’t killing me the entire point of your job? Why else would you be here if not as an assassin?”
“Of course, I’m here to kill someone, why else? Arg! Fuck you! You weren’t even supposed to be here, dammit!”
“So you were here to kill Inquisitor Asher?”
“What do you fucking think?! Dumbass!”
“I think she’d have some trouble with that,” Marie quietly says to you. Given his unique ability, you’d have to agree.
“What was that?!” The woman on the floor snaps.
“Shut up!” Is Marie’s only response, which grants more cursing from the other Stranger. Now that you think about it just how many Strangers are there? Asher was totally lying earlier they have practically surrounded you for weeks! If Alyssa turns out to be one you’ll choke.
“Were you also this easy to torment in your first life?” You question making the Stranger riled up enough to try and rise to her feet and march over. Her attempt is dashed as she slips and again needs to rest on her shield.
“Go to Hell!”
“No, I believe I’ll stay right here,” You say as you hold out your right palm, “Though I believe that your experience might become a lot more hellish should you not comply,” As you say this a strange creature appears in your hand. Well, not exactly strange on the outside, it appears to simply be a rather large vermin. A cockroach specifically. But to those aware they’d perceive the intricate makeup of this summon, a “creature” that is nothing more than a shell comprised of an illusion with the pure essence of magic within. It is perceived as a disgusting creature but in reality, it is a veritable masterwork of magical skill. Your skill. Though you are loathed to admit the only way you can make the magic automaton look and behave like a true cockroach is due to the fact your scoundrel of a brother picks up the most peculiar of pastimes when he tries to “engrain himself with the peasantry,” a fool's errand in your opinion. Though you must admit he meets the strangest of people this way.
Oh! Where were you? That’s right, there’s currently a large cockroach crawling on the stranger's face as a few more try, and fail, to go under her armor. They resort to biting her but it doesn’t seem to have much of an effect other than pissing her off, “<span class="mu-s">What the Hell is wrong with you?!</span>”
Marie looks at you with a mix of disgust and odd respect? Asher’s resorted to trying to help Alyssa though you doubt either of them would care too much about this technique of yours. It was really helpful against noblewomen who truly ruffled your feathers at the academy, “Hey, are you even paying attention to me, asshole?! What the fuck, get them off!”
