I love Melt

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Irisviel: "He's.. What?"

She didn't even have a trace of emotion on her face as X looked to the ground.

Irisviel: "What do you mean he's gone? Where is my son?!"

X: "..."

Irisviel: "X-"

Sirzechs: "Kiara took him"

She looked at Sirzechs who's expression told the whole story.

Irisviel: "You have no idea where he is, right?"

Sirzechs: "I'm afraid not"

She looked to the sky as she tried to look for hope somewhere.

Azazel: "I'm not sure if we can be able to find him either"

She took a step back as she thought to herself.

X: "Irisviel-"

She activated her Dress of Heaven as a Greater Grail appeared in her hands.

X: "What are you going to-"

Irisviel: "I'm going to ask for help.. from the Grail itself"

She disappeared before anyone could stop her as they Mordred fires her Noble Phantasm at a park.

X: "Whatever you do Iri.. don't do something you'll regret later"

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"Why do you come to me?"

A voice reaches out to that which wishes for help.

"You know that the world is after him and they will exterminate that boy. So tell me, why do you come to me"

Irisviel: "I'm desperate. I want to see my child. I know what you're after but I can show you he'll change the world for the better"

"The world sees him as a threat because he is not one which belong there. He is a foreigner who's using force to take what does not belong to him. As so, my sister has used her power to send out a way to eliminate sed threat"

Irisviel: "But you haven't!! You did not send the Counter Force after Y/n. Is it because you don't see him as a threat to humanity?!"

".. I do not"

Irisviel: "Alaya, don't you see the big picture? If Y/n dies, so does the whole of humanity!!"

"And why are you so sure of this?"

Irisviel: "Gaia has no control of the beasts. She sent them out there to eliminate Y/n but they are doing more than that. They are killing off planets and life. You saw what Kama tried to do to Earth and the humans did you not?!"

"That does not answer my question. Why are you so sure that humanity will die out without that boy alive?"

Irisviel: "Because he inherited his father's title. Y/n is the Humanity's Overseer. No threat that wishes to exterminate all of life will be fulfilled as long as HE's there. MY BOY IS SPECIAL AND WILL LEAD HUMANITY TO A PROSPEROUS FUTURE!!"

".. You sound sure of that"

Irisviel: "I am.. Tiamat and Gilgamesh gave there lives to see that future come true"

"What exactly do you want from me?"

Irisviel: "The Counter Force"

"I cannot use my forces to go against my sister. How exactly-"

Irisviel: "I'm not asking you to kill Kiara. Just to find Y/n"

".. What about the beast? Should she kill my Counter Guardian, there's no telling what the outcome of this would bring"

Irisviel: "Is there anybody that can count as an exception? A guardian that isn't bound to your rules? One that can kill Kiara if she threatens or attempts to kill them without causing a civil war between you two?"

"There is one such entity"

Irisviel: "Who?"

"Astarte is neither a Counter Guardian nor a beast. She is bound by non of our rules as she exists as a Earth Mother
Goddess. She does not view herself as a threat to humanity despite saying she is their enemy nor does she pose a threat to the world"

Irisviel: "Astarte.. Anybody else?"

"There is one being that seems to oppose my sister's decision to execute your child. She though, chooses to not interfere"

Irisviel: "Who?"

"Archetype Earth. For some odd reason, she wishes to see the King of Kuoh live a long life. Perhaps she's interested in seeing just how his rule ends up?"

Irisviel: "Give her my thanks. I'll be off now, I have to look for Astarte"

"Word of advice, don't go using your powers to come looking for me or Gaia. Even as vessel for the Greater Grail, your powers could potentially cause an accident if used without much thought"

Irisviel: "I will watch myself then"

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Irisviel opens her eyes as she finds herself in Y/n's bed. She lays her head on the pillow as she could feel it still slightly warm from earlier in the day.

Irisviel: "Please.. Just be okay. Just until mother arrives. If Tiamat and Gilgamesh were still here, I'm sure they would of already been doing everything to retrieve him back.. I have to find Astarte"

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Back to the present

X sluggishly walked past every door until she reached the kitchen. She found the empty room and almost got back into her depression as a few memories of the group when they were all together would pop in and out from starring at certain areas.

X: "We were all so happy until that day"

She went and grabbed some chicken that Siduri had brought earlier as she digged in after not eating for a few days.

She was halfway done with the box until she heard something fall from the room up ahead. She quickly races over to it as she found Amagi and Siduri pacing through some reforms with a armored Lady next to them.

Amagi: "We need to do everything to stabilize that wall. If it falls, it will crush everything nearby and potentially cause harm to the rest of it"

Siduri: "Then what about reinforcing it with pillars underneath here, here, and here. We can work on them while the wall isn't rebuilt"

Brynhildr: "If you need some help, I'm sure Lord Odin wouldn't mind aiding in the effort with some Valkyries"

X walked in as the rest hadn't noticed her presence.

Amagi: "We can work with this"

X: "Everything going well?"

Siduri: "Oh, hey there X!! Didn't see you come in"

X: "You all looked really busy"

Brynhildr: "Hello there. You must be Arthur? I'm Brynhildr, a valkyrie chief under the Asgardian Pantheon. A pleasure to finally meet you. I wish it were under better circumstances though"

X: "As do I. Regardless, it's nice to meet you as well"

The two shake hands as X looks at the plans.

X: "Did one of the walls take more damage than we thought?"

Amagi: "Not just that. Given how much firepower was used, it somewhat destroyed the land itself and its tilting the wall a bit"

Siduri: "We're working to fix it so it doesn't cause problems later down the line when we could of worked on it now"

X: "Leave it to the smartest of the group to tackle this problem?"

Amagi: "Thanks, but even then, this is out of my expertise"

Siduri: "Same here. My usefulness comes from finances and paperwork organizing, not construction"

Amagi: "Tactics in battle are my strong suit"

Brynhildr: "I joined to give another opinion if needed"

X: "I'll leave it to you 3 then-"

A man walked in with a message for the group as X let herself out.

X: "I'm gonna go check up on Eucliwood"

She left the room before listening in and walk off to check on the L/n Queen. Before arriving to her room though, she stopped at Mordred's room who was close by.

X: "Mordred?"

She knocked on the door as it slowly opened on its own.

X: "I'm coming in"

She stepped foot inside the dark room to see it a mess. The curtains were pulled down but the blinds, still up kept the room in darkness. The cabinets and decoratives were smashed or on the floor which X had to carefully maneuver through.

X: "Hey"

She saw a depressed Mordred sitting on the bed with her head hanging low.

X: "Can I sit?

Mordred nodded as the other knight took a seat next to her.

X: "We'll find him"

Mordred: "When? We've been looking for days. Kaga and Akagi went with Serafall, Irisviel went elsewhere on her own, Oda is MIA since losing her shit, Ahri went away for a bit to find something to look for and Rossweisse went back to Asgard to talk with Odin regarding how to find him.. We haven't even gotten a clue on how to find master"

X: "I thought since the two of us had a connection to his mana, we would be able to track him that way but it's impossible. Unless he summons us with a command spell, I don't know how we'll find him but I have confidence we will"

She nudged Mordred a little to try and lift her spirit up while Mordred didn't seem to change at all.

Mordred: "I really want to see him again"

X: "We will, I promise that"

Mordred leaned her head on X's shoulder as they both hear footsteps rushing towards the room before bursting in.

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Sona arrived after taking a relatively short nap and was immediately stopped by a man in a Asgardian uniform.

Guard: "Who is there?"

Sona: "My name is Sona Sitri, I am an ally of the L/n household and sister of Serafall Leviathan. Y/n's current wife"

Guard: "I see. Please, allow me to escort you in and announce you to the group"

Sona: "That's fine"

The two walked in as another guard took his place.

Guard: "Pardon my rudeness earlier if it seemed that way Lady Sitri. Unfortunately, things have been really tense here with the threat of Hades attacking this place looming over all of us"

Sona: "It's okay. Things haven't been going easy on our side either. To think that Y/n did all that paperwork on his own is truly a feat too incredible to imagine"

Guard: "There are times I see him arrive at Asgard to help out as well. He's helped with improving the homes of many of our people, including my own family's. That is one of the reasons why I volunteered to return his kindness as well as all of us here"

Sona: "He's a wonderful man. I'm thankful that my sister took him as her man, even if it may be just in title"

Guard: "Please wait out here so that I may introduce you Lady Sitri"

Sona: "Alright"

As the man peeked in to see that it wasn't too important of a meeting, Sona noticed somebody walking in the hallways with a lost look in her face.

Sona: "Ophis?"

Ophis: "Oh, it's you, the Sitri girl"

Sona: "Is everything okay?"

Ophis: "Just.. Thinking about things"

Sona: "If I may ask, what-"

Guard: "Lady Sitri?"

She turned back to the guard who held the door open.

Ophis: "Go on, I'll tell you once you get out"

Sona: "Okay"

She bowed a little before stepping inside to see Amagi, Siduri and Brynhildr working on some plans.

Amagi: "Sona?"

Sona: "Hello there. Are you perhaps Brynhildr?"

Brynhildr: "Indeed. Sona Sitri I presume?"

Sona: "Yes, that's me"

Amagi: "What's going on? I didn't expect to see you here"

Sona: "I finished my half of the work. Azazel still has his half with some help to still work on, but again, his work"

She chuckled a little as the two L/n members sat down.

Sona: "I got word from Rias that she's been trying to reach you all but can't get to anybody"

Amagi: "Have they found him?!"

Sona: "Slow down. No, not yet unfortunately"

After shooting up from her seat, she falls back with a sigh.

Amagi: "What does she need from us?"

Sona: "She's been wanting to check up on you guys to see if you guys were doing well"

Amagi: "We still hurt but I can say that atleast most of us have carried on fairly well. We are doing our best to replace him in the meantime-"

The phone rings as Sona checks to see that it's from Rias.

Sona: "Hello?.. Yes, I'm here- Speaker?"

She takes the phone away from her ear as she puts it in the middle of the table.

Sona: "You're on speaker. In the room is myself, Amagi, Siduri and Lady Brynhildr"

Rias: "Hello to all of you. I've got some problems unfortunately that I have to bring up"

Amagi: "What is it"

Rias: "One of the factions that Y/n build a relationship with, the Shinto faction, have asked that we pass on a message to his peerage. They ask for help in Kyoto"

Siduri: "Help? But we-"

Rias: "They need your help from what I've gathered. The request comes straight from the one ontop, Amaterasu"

Amagi looked at the rest as she scratches her head to figure out what to do.

Amagi: "We can't just divide our remaining troops. The only ones here that are experienced combatants are myself, X and Mordred"

Sona: "Is Eucliwood okay?"

Amagi: "She locked herself inside her room since her magic has been going out of control a little. Ahri placed a few seals to make sure she can't hurt the outside world while she tries to keep it under control"

Rias: "I don't mind lending you some of my help but.. I'm taking care of things on my side. Issei and a few of my members are actually heading to Kyoto for a few days so you can meet up with them. I'm sure they can lend a hand"

Sona: "I wouldn't mind offering some of my own to help either"

Brynhildr: "I'm afraid I can't leave this place unless Odin asks me, but I can ask my sisters if they could join you. Of course, with Odin's blessing"

Amagi: "I guess.. I can send X and maybe borrow a few of you all.. That could possibly suffice"

Rias: "I'll pass on the message then"

Amagi: "Any idea what the cry for help is about?"

Rias: "No clue, all they asked me to do is to pass on the message for help. They said they'll meet you all there and tell you what it is that is happening"

Amagi: "Great. Thanks for the call Rias"

Rias: "No problem.. You all hang in there, we'll find him"

Amagi: "Thank you"

The phone hangs up as the 4 look at each other as they bring up another piece of paper.

Amagi: "I'll create the team. Anybody you guys can name so I can write it down?"