Section E, Chapter 17: Iron Knight York (Lucina)
It seems that this gift was chosen after Curator Leo and the others heard about Lucina's situation.
"I thought I could only give money!" Lucina was so excited that she jumped around the room wearing the blue bracelet with a mysterious magical texture, "Great! I can summon York and Rafipol!"
She was referring to York the Iron Knight and Rafi Pole the Black Flame Gargoyle.
York (Guardian Type), like the Stone Demon Guladan (Combat Type) and the Water Spirit Nashatia (Companion Type), are Lucina's three favorite demons besides Dango, and they all signed a lifetime contract.
They are the only ones who have always accompanied Lucina's daily life, and have maintained their calling almost all the time. Naturally, the magic required to maintain the summoning of the first two is definitely not as negligible as that of the companion type.
Of course, Dango Minia is a pet-type demon who has been summoned almost all the time. This doesn't need to be said.
Generally speaking, even the most powerful summoner can only summon two regular emerals and one companion (female, e.g. Tia) or cooperative (male, e.g. Bolso) emerger for a long time, just like Lucina, with a low mana cost that can be offset by mana regeneration. Pet type and support type are not included, and several can be maintained at the same time.
Rafipol, on the other hand, was a powerful demon given to her by Lucina's adoptive father, Manus Navi. This Black Flame Gargoyle is a combat type demon, and Lucina only summons him when he is fighting or needs high-altitude reconnaissance.
In her excitement, the summoning ceremony soon began. And Rafipol and York also appeared smoothly. What followed was a touching reunion.
Lucina was relieved to learn from Rafipol that her father was still in good health. And York chose to remain silent for the time being, but he could also see that he was very happy because of the rare reunion. But when asked where he was during this time, York, as usual, avoided the topic.
Just looking at the dark silver armor, Lusa couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if York's body, not his soul, was inside.
As a child, she played hide and seek with York. It's Lusha who wins every time.
After all, York is wearing heavy armor, and the secrecy is too poor. And he made Lusha's traces too obvious.
"The more you don't tell me, the more I want to hear it!" Of course, Lucina was a little anxious because of York's usual mystique: "It's been a long time since we've seen each other, I want to know where you've gone!"
"Just to walk around. York's tone was tight, and he didn't reveal that he had been with Lucina's imprisoned mother, Ethel: "There's nothing to talk about, it's boring." ā
"Cut...... In the past five years, you must have been to some interesting place! You don't want to say anything at all? ā
So, then, York couldn't stand the master's questioning, and casually said a lot of things that he knew were fake when he heard them. Surprisingly, Lucina didn't hear it and generally listened to it with relish.
After the "......" finally calmed his master, York stood silently and began to stare at Lucina's frost. And the frost spirit, which had been quiet since the beginning, also floated quietly, as if watching him in the same way.
The Ice Orb held on the Frostbone's four-clawed claw base slowly rotated, slightly emitting cold air. Ethel's former staff met York, who had been fighting side by side for a long time. I don't know how I feel now.
"By the way, I haven't introduced you yet! This is my new staff, Frostspirit. Gleefully grabbing Frost, Lucina showed it to York, "Come, you get to know each other." ā
"It's just a staff. However, York didn't show much interest, and pretended to look at it very plainly: "Ice attribute, it's very suitable for you, Miss." ā
"That's it, Frost and I are a perfect match! I can control the Ice Orb on it. The more she talked, the more energetic Lucina almost danced: "I'll tell you, I can't afford to buy a staff in the past few years! Some time ago, I had some money, and the academy sold it to me at a discount!"
Sister, when you talk about such a humiliating experience, how do you look like a winner in life...... Lusa, who was sitting in the arms of the water spirit Tia and holding Minia, looked at all this and felt a little helpless.
As for the dango, it looks like she's already asleep.
Due to the constant consumption of mana to maintain Rafipol's non-resident demon summoning, Lucina had to say goodbye to him and countersummon him, even though the bracelet could reduce the mana cost. After that, she introduced Arnusen, Loelle and other people present one by one, and began to talk to York about the escape experience of the past few years and the many troubles encountered in the Permafrost Land, just as she had summoned Guladan and Tia last time.
"It always feels like you're in trouble here. Wherever you go, there will be people who will trap you. Loelle listened attentively and took notes, and was the first to sigh.
It seems to be true...... Lutha was stunned for a moment, thinking that what she had said made sense.
"And it seems like you're finding a lot of trouble yourself. Honestly stay all the time, and it seems that all kinds of things will not happen. Loelle added in a whisper.
It makes sense...... Lusha was surprised to find that this seemed to be the case. The elf's words were surprisingly convincing.
However, Lucina was in a hurry, and she didn't know if she agreed with this idea, but she still felt that it was too shameless and hurriedly shouted and retorted: "This ...... How can we say that! If we don't do a lot of things, we may cause even more casualties!"
"IāI'm just saying that. Loelle was stunned and whispered, "I didn't say you shouldn't help......"
"That's it!" Lucina was ready to continue with renewed confidence, but York felt that at the master's pace, she would not finish for half a day, so she asked her to only focus on the main points. So she thought about it for a while, and roughly finished the recent events at a very fast pace, so brief that Lusa was confused, and Loelle held the notebook, and was extremely dazed as to how to write it down.
"How's it going?" Lucina said in a rather regretful tone, "There have been so many battles, and neither you nor Tia have been involved...... If you had been there, the battle would not have been so difficult. ā
"It seems that master, you are a waste without us. York habitually complained about Lucina's words. However, the next words are quite serious: "With me, no one can get close to you." ā
"Wow, really?!" At this time, Bingwei, who had been watching the play with a lollipop, cried out in surprise at this time: "By the way, Lucina! What kind of demon is this guy?"