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You're kind of tempted to mention that Emilio might be heading over to Sir Gregory's place with Karel... though she still haven't actually agreed to it, Luciana's expectations might be the extra push that you'd need to actually make it happen.

...but then you decide not to press your luck. Karel's pretty much always kind of annoyed with you when you bug her about personal matters, and risking going past that level to outright anger is something that you'd rather not do.


>ask what luciana's been up to lately
>ask what marianne has planned for the rest of the day
>ask how things have been going over at gregory's place

>>35699169
>ask how things have been going over at gregory's place
>ask what luciana's been up to lately

>>35699169
>>ask what luciana's been up to lately
>>ask what marianne has planned for the rest of the day
>>ask how things have been going over at gregory's place
Ask all the things.

>>35699169
>ask how things have been going over at gregory's place
>ask what luciana's been up to lately

We should already know what Marianne wants to do today.

>>35699169
>ask what luciana's been up to lately
>ask how things have been going over at gregory's place

>>35699169
>ask what marianne has planned for the rest of the day
Might as well give the sick girl some attention, more so because she's mad at us about the picnic.
I wonder how many sweets it will take to bribe her to be happy to come.

>>35699525
Hmm... I wonder if we can grab some hard candies that function as lozenges.

>>35699612
I'm sure there would be some kind of candy that does that, we've had them for 3 thousand years on our world.

>writing

>wake up late
>PGQ is kind of late
My goodness, my bodyclock is in sync with this quest.

>>35699785
Read that as boycock, 8/10 would fap again.

>>35699985
>boycock
>boy
>cock
Isn't that distinction somewhat redundant?

>>35699998
You've never seen girls with cocks before?

>>35699998
No.
No, not here.

>>35699998
Well one might assume man cock

>>35700234
boycock, girlcock, mancock, horsecock, ladycock...

Please stop.

>>35700306
Sorry arch.
Lets get back on topic
Ur waifu a shit.

>>35700334
>Ur waifu a shit.
Over the line bro.

Has Reinhold ever been on a picnic before?

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"Hey Luciana," you say, noticing that it's kind of hard to turn to a girl who's leaning on you, "how're things going over at your uncle's place?" you ask.
"Er..." Luciana takes a sip of tea. "...I would say that it's 'peaceful,' but with Elena and Guillaume there, I'd be lying."
"I'd imagine so," Marianne nods.
"Rana too, now that I think of it," Luciana sighs. "She's taken to teasing Guillaume whenever she's not occupied with doing something else, and he doesn't exactly take such things well..."

You're almost afraid to ask what exactly said teasing entails.

>[1/?]

>>35700407
Hiding by the river from the boss's drunken rage, perhaps.

>>35700416
Rana's staking her claim early.
The boy shows potential but he still has much to learn.

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>>35700416

"Aside from that," Luciana continues, "it's been the usual. Elena's running doing with that rabbit of hers, Bernard's practicing his magic with Aunt Ariane, and Uncle Gregory's as grumpy as ever."
"Of course," Marianne replies.
"And what about you, Luciana?" you ask.
"Hm?"
"I'm curious as to what you've been up to," you reply.
"She's been busy learning from Ariane how to cook, I bet. Since you're a glutton."

Ouch.

>[2/?]

>>35700677
Over the line!
We must duel to restore our honor.

>>35700677
Come on Marie, how much of that giant cake did you eat by yourself? You're just as bad.

>>35700677
Please, we work off everything we eat. It's not gluttony, it's survival.

>>35700677
YOU! Are not one to talk about gluttony Oh great cake devourer.

>>35700677

"That just makes it more satisfying to cook for him," Luciana replies, sticking her tongue out at her friend. "Whatever I give him, he wolfs it right down."
"Umm, thanks... I guess," you reply, unsure whether or not to take that as a compliment.
"And I don't want to hear that from -you-," she points at Marianne. "How much of that massive cake that Reinhold got you last month did you finish off yourself?"

Mraianne looks away and starts blushing slightly.

"Th.. .that's different," she mumbles. "And I ate that over several days, I didn't gorge myself like he does."
"Suuure," Luciana teases.

>[3/?]

>>35700853
"At least that's one thing we have in common."

Do not say this.

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>>35700853
You got our back real good Luci.

>>35700853
>[4/4]

"Th... that's different," she mumbles. "And I ate that over several days, I didn't gorge myself like he does."
"Suuure," Luciana teases.

"Anyways," Luciana turns back to you, "Aside from cooking, I've been busy going through those grimoires that you got me."

A sick feeling grows inside you as you remember the results of that spell that she tried out on you.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to make -that- mistake again," Luciana says, noticing your unease.


>talk about something else
>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully

>>35700899
>>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully

>>35700853
I can just imagine Mari once she got that cake back to her room. Placing it on a chair in the center of the room and drawing the curtains closed. The princess paces back and forth before the cake, telling it what she's going to do to it, saying how nobody will come to rescue it.
She shows the cake her assortment of fine cutlery, slowly drawing the edge of a knife along pastelly frosting.
>"Does it hurt when I cut you?"

Melon will walk past her room hours later, hearing the Princess sobbing apologies, not seeing her body messily painted in icing and jam.

>>35700899
>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully

>>35700899
>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully
Lets do the time skip again
I can't really think of anything else worth discussing, so lets not bother the sick grill anymore.

>>35700899
>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully
sip sip sip

>>35700899
>enjoy the rest of teatime peacefully

>>35700899
>talk about something else
ask if she found anything cool in those books that aren't traumatizing

>>35700899
"So Ariane's the one who introduced you to grimoires, right? I'm wondering, did she ever go on adventures with the King or with Volker and Adrien? Gregory knew them, so..."

>>35700899
>>35700943 here.
actually, let's keep talking about grimoires and her spell discoveries

So freaking distracted tonight...

>writing

>>35701031
What's bugging you?

>>35701037
Bugs of sand.

>>35701057
>Bugs of Sand.
How horrible.

>>35701128
I don't get it.

wait has this been two hundered and six threads long or season two episode six?

"You find anything in those books that -isn't- traumatizing?" you ask.
""Lots of things," Luciana sighs. "And I've apologized so many times about doing that to you, I wish you would stop bringing it up..."
"Stop bringing what up?" Marianne asks.

That's right, you never told her about that.

"I was stupid enough to agree to let her test a spell out on me," you reply. "I ended up blind, deaf and unable to move until she released it and I ended up with nightmares for like a week afterwards."
"..." Marianne glares at Luciana.
"W- what, I didn't know it would happen!" Luciana shouts.


>[1/?]

>>35701245
Two hundred and six threads.

Going by word count, this quest is longer than War and Peace.

>>35701245
The former.

>>35701259
When it's finally over, fix it up and send it to a publisher. Significantly worse shit has been printed.

>>35701250
i'm sure she knew perfectly what would happen

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>>35701259
>Going by word count, this quest is longer than War and Peace.
Woah, impressive.

>>35701272
Let's see if we can start a small war with the Duel scene.

>>35701259
I... I never realized that.

>>35701272
But the VN, son.

>>35701295
>But the VN

Really need to know how much that's gonna cost.

>>35701259
When it's finished it'll end up long than The Story of the Vivian Girls.

>>35701295
>But the VN, son.
Touch it up a bit, it's mostly all written out, so it shouldn't slow down the release too much. 2017-2018 VN still obtainable.

>>35701250
>We only THOUGHT we were blind, deaf, and unable to move

>>35701250
What DID she think would happen?

>>35701309
But now we've pretty much only got Luciana's end. It'll also need Marianne, Karel, Nicolette, Melanie, Rana, Sylvie, Citrine?

>>35701329
>spoiler
She's already with Marius when we first meet her and Arch is netorarephobic,

>>35701250

"The last time I need is for my bodyguard to be rendered a nervous wreck because he decided to indulge his girlfriend's magic hobby..." Marianne sighs.
"C'mon..." Luciana groans. "I apologized so many times and then I made a cake for him and cooked an extra special dinner and-"
"It's okay, I already forgave you," you reply. "I'm not about to volunteer for that again, but I'm not holding a grudge against you or anything."

It's fun to see Luciana lose her nerve, but you also feel guilty almost immediately afterwards... part of you is worried that you're losing your edge.


>[2/?]

>>35701329
wrong name in the spoiler.
should be Raquel
as a secret bad end

>>35701343
>>35701329
>not Spinelle

>>35701343
>implying that it wouldn't be the best end

>>35701272
Hell, worse has gotten published, become a series that accounted for 1/4 the books sold for a few years, and made into a series of movies that were so bad, the last one had to write its own better ending before being forced to show the real one.

>>35701351
I thought Marianne's peaches were the best end.

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>>35701343
>bad end
>implying

>>35701336
>part of you is worried that you're losing your edge.
We haven't had an edge since, like, thread 10. Don't even kid yourself reinhold.

>>35701335
But just imagine how it would turn out. Reinhold and Citrine letting their imagined brotherly and sisterly bonds grow into something more...
And the only paintings Marius can produce after that are horrifying depictions of Reinhold. This leads into a steep decline in his popularity and eventual impoverished death.

>>35701351
Based Lolicon Turtle

>>35701381
What the hell is wrong with you

>>35701381
They're not even blood related, what's the point?!?

>>35701372
>Reinhold wants to be hardcore, but the girls won't let him

>>35701381
Those two were hit hard by the Westermarck effect.

>>35701372
Can he restock his edge by visiting Spinelle?
That'd make anyone edgier.

>>35701336

"Back to Reinhold's actual question," Luciana says, turning up her nose to her coughing friend, "the grimoires that Reinhold got me had plenty of useful information even without that... mistake."
"Is that so," Marianne smirks.
"Yes, it is," she sticks her tongue out.

Luciana then goes on a long rant about the minutiae of shaping fire and how the grimoires helped her to have a better understanding of how to modify spells in order to give more control over her how they turn out, and then she shifts on a tangent about medical spells.

It looks like that was money well-spent.

Not that it was -your- money, but still.


>[3/?]

>>35701404
woah. Don't cut yourself on that edge.

>>35701463
I still can't figure out how Thierri wanted us to spend all that money.

Are the Princesses secretly crack addicts?

>>35701484
>Are the Princesses secretly crack addicts?
Don't be so fucking ridiculous.
They're blatant crack addicts.

>>35701484
Adventurer + Monarch = No concept of how normal people spend money

>>35701484
Go the the FANCIEST resturant and order ALL the food and ALL the drink. Enough to make a feast for the entire town.

>>35701484

All the cake.

All the dresses.

All the jewellery.

All the male escorts.

>>35701463
Is Luci going to show Mari how she make her lava snake jump through hoops or something?

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>>35701463

Eventually, the tea runs out and Luciana and Takamaru bid you farewell, leaning you and Marianne to go back to her classes. Next up is literature in the library, as the Princess was halfway through some book about the history of commerce that was boring her to tears.

You guess that even Marianne has subjects that she doesn't care to read about...

"I have etiquette lessons after this," Marianne tells you. "And then you're free to go chase after Luciana or whatever it is that you do in your free time," she says before coughing into her handkerchief.
"Uh, sure thing," you shrug.

>[4/5]

>>35701506
>All the male escorts.

They could never compare to Reinhold and his experience.

>>35701515
Mari could use the magic knowledge.

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>>35701484
I guess he wants us to crash the value of his coinage by spending everything he owns.

>>35701503

Actually... In medieval times it was expected that monarchs don't spend money like "normal folk."

Remember, there weren't banks back then (well there kind of were, but they didn't accrue interest because that's a sin.) So what exactly were you, the king of an entire kingdom, supposed to spend the fat cash your getting?

Jewelry, expensive animals, bigger and better homes, a little charity/philanthropy, the list is endless.

>>35701524
Wait, what time is it?

>>35701540
A little before noon.

>>35701524
>Takamaru
Totally a ninja.

>>35701548
So we've got the afternoon free? Or just a short pause?

>>35701562
Ths usual schedule is as follows:

wake up
free time
breakfast with marianne
gregory lecture
teatime
class
another class
dismissal

I've been wondering apart from talking to the princess and being her kinda friend, when have we ever done anything that couldn't be done by say a unit of professional bodyguards

>>35701610
A unit would be in the way and probably anoy her more.

>>35701610
A single guy is a lot less intrusive and probably cheaper, for one.

>>35701524
>[5/5]

A few pages into her book, you see Marianne starting to struggle to hold her head up. And it doesn't seem to be because the book is THAT boring, her face is kind of flushed and she's sweating...

"Marianne?" you call out.
"...hm?" The princess slowly turns to you. "What is it?"


>you need to get some rest
>never mind

>>35701610
bringing her a custom made cake, mending things up with her friends somewhat and touching her peaches

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest
Protect against ALL threats

>>35701631
>>you need to get some rest
Don't take any chances.

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest

>>35701631
>>you need to get some rest
This shit is getting bananas.

Or Leeks.

>>35701631
>>you need to get some rest

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest

Hey arch would this illness thing play out differently on Mari route?

>>35701627
well I figured that it would just be part of the royal guard

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>>35701631
>you need to get some rest
Someone is getting princess carried back to her room and tucked into bed.
We'll even read her a story about some cool history stuff.

>>35701650
Yes. We'd be the doting boyfriend, feeding her soup or whatnot from the bedside

>>35701650
Reinhold gets it too, obviously.

Also right now she's more vulnerable to attacks because she'd have more difficulty casting spells.

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest
time to princess carry her to her room

>>35701631
>>you need to get some rest

Also, this is supposed to be the final arc right?
I'm extra worried about Marie's sickness now.

>>35701631
>you need to get some rest.

>>35701676
>Reinhold gets it too, obviously
No, Reinhold would start with it and pass it to Mari and it's all his fault.

>>35701650
It plays out like Clannad.
I'm calling it now this problem she has was something that contributed to her mother's death.

>>35701681
It's not the Japanese cold, it can't be that bad.

>>35701681
What did her Mother die of?

>>35701707
Some illness.

But if Marianne was vulnerable to it people would be a lot more vigilant about her getting sick.

>>35701610
>>35701657
We're pretty sure that, given her becoming withdrawn in recent years, the king was actually more concerned with a way to improve her mental state than it was with deterring kidnappers or whatnot. Helps explain his attempting to introduce an unknown variable through the conceit of that tournament rather than just recruiting one of the easy options from within, since it's not like they weren't already rotating through the Royal Guard for bodyguards on a temporary basis.

If any of them had managed to start her off the road to Hermit Princess, I suspect Reinhold would've ended up staying an army grunt.

>>35701696
>>35701707
>nicklaus has a remedy
>but he needs us to go on an adventure in buttfuckistan to gather some ingredients
>he can't ask someone else because the king is trying to hide her illness to everyone

>>35701707
"Suspicious Circumstances"

>>35701681
If someone is seriously worried about the kingdoms reuniting it might be poison. Particularly if they know about her getting sick this time of year so no one would suspect until it was too late. Marconetti is getting a little too hot for them now.

>>35701730
Not sure how that second one ended up getting linked except for subconscious "yeah, I'm pretty sure this would be adorable, even if it ended up annoying her" impulses, I guess?

>>35701650
>Hey arch would this illness thing play out differently on Mari route?
Of course it would.

>writing

>>35701743
The people who are afraid of the kingdoms reuniting would have a lot more to fear if they managed to piss off Thierri and co that much.

Can you imagine what happen to that group of badasses if Thierri is as pissed as them and doesn't provide the voice of moderation?

>>35701783
You better not duck out on that fucking VN because I'm really invested now.

>>35701790
>I'm really invested now
Not monetarily, yet.

>>35701733
>>35701783
I need this VN and I will do whatever it takes to make sure it happens.

>>35701783
Damn I really wanna nurse her back to health

It would be cute

>>35701803
We still can~

>>35701743
>Llama cake was poisons
>the Wilhelms are the BBEG

>>35701799
>Not monetarily
Not him but I already have money set aside for the VN If it still happens Pls

>>35701787
They didn't really make any effort to avoid killing people from Granache during the original attempt.

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>>35701799
Oh, but we will.
We will.

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>>35701818
>implying it wasn't the baby who was poisoned

>>35701818
Maybe this is one of those things where she actually gave birth to the devil.

"it's pretty obvious that you're really not feeling well," you say to the Princess. "You need to get some rest."
"I..." Marianne coughs. "I'll be fine, you don't have to worry-"
"It's my -job- to worry," you say with a deadly serious expression. "I'm supposed to protect you from threats, remember? Sickness is as much a threat as anything else."

Your words seem to strike some kind of nerve, as Marianne suddenly looks extremely guilty on top of her already miserable state.

"I suppose Father would be worried sick if I was to faint in the middle of a lesson..." Marianne mutters under her breath.

>[1/?]

>>35701865
And only Chiara can stop him.

>>35701932
Lorentz II vs Chiara vs Reinhilda.

Battle of the century.

>>35701932
Truly this is the grand babyfight we have been building up to.

>>35701931
>misses out on the town outing
>catches Ebola
I know there was a month in between but from our point of view, Marianne can't seem to catch a break.

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>>35701931
Marianne a qt

Offer to read the book aloud while she rests.

>>35701972
Oh, that's good.

>>35701966
That's like exactly how Marianne's hair is supposed to be, too.

>>35701972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M739szX1oK0

>>35701931
>[2/2]

With a resigned sigh, Marianne closes her book and rises to her feet, wobbling a bit before steadying herself.

"Great," you say as you hop out of your chair. "You're actually listening to me."
"Well the last thing I want is to end up even sicker than I am because I needlessly pushed myself," Marianne replies.


>offer to princess carry
>don't push your luck

>>35702038
>offer to princess carry

>>35702038
............Why are you doing this to me arch

Fuck it
>offer to princess carry

>>35702038
>offer to princess carry
What else is the point of her even being sick?

>>35702038
>don't push your luck

Ruciana and kids onry.

>>35702038
>>offer to princess carry

>>35702038
Just be ready to grab her if she starts to waver.

>>35702038
>offer to princess carry
>offer to read to her
>offer to get her something easy to eat

>>35701995
That's why I saved it

>>35702038
Let her walk first. When she starts having real difficulties, then we can offer to carry her.

>>35702063

This. Be vigilant. And take that book with you in case she had problems sleeping.

>>35702038
You're a terrible person Arch, we want to princess carry her pretty bad but you make it so hard.
Let her walk, if she has any problems them princess carry her.
In the mean time offer to get her some nice warm soup and bread after we get her into bed, maybe we'll start reading a new book with her too.

>>35702038
>Princess carry - We do not need her permission to be maximum Reinhold.

>>35702038
offer to princess carry, insist on at least putting an arm around her for support when she refuses

>>35702038

>>35702063
>>35702072
This is the reasonable answer, certainly. Potentially anticlimactic, but definitely the right thing.

It will absolutely be a shame if she makes it all the way back unassisted, though. This sentiment makes me a bad bodyguard, I think.

>>35702105
A bad bodyguard, but a good friend.
And lets be real, Aquaman wouldn't have hired us if he wanted a great bodyguard for her instead of a new friend.

>>35702123

>wanting your friend to collapse rather than make it
>good friend

>>35702105
It probably isn't the best mindset for the position.
But we've always been more awkward, sexy, anime love interest than we are diving-in-front-of-bullets, hardened badass anyway.

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>>35702130
I wont hear anything bad being said about a position that leads to princess carrying you hear me.

>>35701966
Someone should give the clothes a blue color scheme but my editing fu is weak.

>>35702150
I think red is fine, if it was on her route and Rien bought her a red dress, she'd totally wear it.
After moaning about his poor taste of course.

>writing

>>35702038
>>offer to princess carry

>>35702150
did arch ever describe his outfit as blue or was it just from that one picture

>we princess carry
>Luciana comes back

We are already her sword and shield, what harm is adding "legs" to the list?

And in case she ever finds herself plagued by a particularly impenetrable pile of foodstuffs, we'll be glad to contribute our mouth to the siege effort as well.

If nothing else it would provide her a reprieve from our tendency to use our mouth for saying sincere-yet-groanworthy lines like the aforementioned.

>>35702222
soon we'll become her living suit or combat armor

>>35702217
Dreamselfy's blue.

>>35702217
It be blue.

>>35702136

>diving in front of bullets
we kind of are though

>>35702149
Sure, nothing wrong with wanting that, I'm just saying that seeking our own gratification of carrying princesses has little to do with 'friend' part.

>>35702217
Granache's uniforms have a blue color scheme, and Reinhold's was blue in both the cutout and the dreamselfy arch did.

Marianne's clothes have no official color besides the white one she wore at the party (I think).

>>35702231
You mean her Stand.

>>35702231
Hot.

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>>35702231

>>35702269
GATTAI DA

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"So as to keep from pushing yourself any more than you already have, how about I carry you upstairs?" you ask.
"W- wha!?" Completely taken aback by your suggestion, Marianne stares at you with a look of total disbelief before breaking into a coughing fit.

That was definitely not your intent...

"A- absolutely not!" the Princess stammers, her face bright red. "My legs are working just fine!"


>if you say so
>carry her anyways

>>35702285
>if you say so
We'll see...

>>35702285
>if you say so

>>35702285
>"You start wavering at all and I'm grabbing you."

>>35702285
>if you say so
But at the first sign of struggle
>carry her anyways

>>35702285
CARRY HER ANYWAY

>>35702285
>if you say so
but carry her anyway at the first misstep she makes

>>35702285
>if you say so...
EVER VIGILANT.

>>35702285
>If you say so

When she starts stumbling or whatever, then we'll carry her by force

aw shit man

I'm the guy who drew that MS paint picture of rein way back and I just started reading PGQ again and I think I accidentally lost the folder where I saved all my shitty drawings when I formatted my PC a while back.

It's not like there was anything amazing in there but I just went to find that original picture and it's gone along with every other dumb thing I've drawn in the years i've had this PC and now I'm really bummed out

How long until she call us "Mommy" by mistake?

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>>35702312
If you posted it in a thread, it'll be on the archives.
Or maybe it was this one?

>>35702331
yeah that's the one, thanks.

still missing everything that I didn't post on 4chan, though

>>35702298
Damn straight, we wont be denied our princess carried princess.

>>35702326
Less likely a mistake, as sarcasm.

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>>35702336
Sorry to hear it, I saved a Nico as well but I don't think have anything else you might have posted.

>>35702336
The obvious take-away from this is that you should just post EVERYTHING on 4chan!

this should not be the lesson. also rough luck, dude.

>>35702285
>>35702305
This

>writing

>>35702354
>>35702362

thanks. it's ok, I'll live, I was just kind of disappointed

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>>35702354
Posting this because it's beautiful.

hey arch, any chance you could put all the char portraits in an imgur gallery or something and stick them in the OP post for next time?

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>>35702150
A bit sloppy, but I gave it a shot.
Been a few years since last i used Photoshop.

>>35702426
Assuming that I can figure out that that newfangled imgur thing, sure.

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"If you say so," you reply, crossing your arms. "But if it looks like you're about to fall, I'm gonna do as I see fit."
"Ugh, whatever," Marianne grumbles. "Let's juts go already, dealing with you acting like this is affecting my health worse than any illness could."

That hurt.

"Hey Gerhard!" you call out. "You around!?"
"Eh?" Marianne stares at you. "Why are you..."

But before she can even finish her sentence, Gerhard appears behind you.

"Good after... er, I suppose it's not noon yet so I ought to say 'good morning' instead," Gerhard says. "Did you need something?"
"Marianne's sick so I'm taking her up to her room," you say to the butler. "Would you mind finding Melanie or Arnaud and telling them that for me? I dunno where they are at this time of the day."
"Alright, I'll do just that," he nods as he starts towards the door. "And I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well, Princess."
"So am I," Marianne sighs.


>[1/?]

>>35702432
what about rein?

nice work

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>>35702426
Well there's already this.

Gonna have to include the Devil Child chick and the masked guy at some point, though.


>>35702432
Pretty great.

Though Reinhold also have a blue uniform.

>>35702432
Wow that's really good.

>>35702432
Looks good.

>>35702438
>you call out
This is still a library, you brutish swine!

>>35702438
Stumble. Stumble. Stumble. STUMBLE.

so

if luci and mari are both in danger and rein has to choose who to save, what happens?

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>>35702438


Once Gerhard vanishes again, you turn to the table...

"Want me to bring those to your room for you?" you ask. "I could like, read it to you or-"
"NO."

Complete rejection.

"And even if I -wasn't- adverse to the idea of you entering my room, that book is just..." Marianne coughs. "No. Just no."
"Alright," you shrug. "Let's get going then."
"Yes, let's."

And so, the two of you make your way out of the library and into the hallway, with you watching closely to make sure that Marianne couldn't end up falling over as the two of you walk.


>[2/?]

>>35702538
>inb4 fourth level reader

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>35702480
roll to grab her
1: you miss her
20: peaches

>>35702542
Well, Rein, it's the thought that counts.

>>35702542
>that book is just..." Marianne coughs. "No. Just no."
...oh my.

also it's 'averse'.

>>35702542
>that book is just...

what's she reading? is it a sappy romance novel?

>>35702572
No, it's just boring as shit and she's perfectly willing to take any excuse not to have to read it.

>>35702569
>>35702572
Isn't she talking about the book about the history of commerce?

>>35702542
Is this Rein's eye color? i thought it was something more greyish?

h-hey arch I don't want to ask too much but could you also add a physical description of rein to the character list

>>35702587
It ain't Avatar, eye color doesn't necessarily correspond to elemental affinity.

>>35702593
also his sword

>>35702600
I just seemed to remember Rein's eyes being described as grey somewhere.

>>35702542

Marianne looks kind of troubled as approach the stairwell, but she brushes that aside and starts up the stairs with you following a few steps behind her just in case.

"You still hanging in there?" you ask.
"Yes," Marianne replies, "I can manage this much on my ow-ACHOO!"

Already pushed to the point of exhaustion as it is, that sneeze is enough to cause Marianne's balance to crumble and send her falling back...

"Marianne!" you shout as you reach out with both arms, having been prepared for just such an occurrence.

>[3/?]

>>35702603
His sword is whatever he wants it to be, honey.

>>35702611
PRINCESS CARRY CONFIRMED

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>>35702611
>having been prepared for just such an occurrence
Yes, for the last 205 threads.

>>35702582
>>35702586
But being bored half to death is one of the classic ways to expedite resting!

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>>35702611

And with a surprised squeak and the sound of rustling fabric, Marianne lands right in your open arms.

"Gotcha," you say, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Th... thank you..." Marianne mumbles, the shock of this current situation being too much for her to start complaining like usual.

You'll never get used to just how light Marianne is... and the fact that she smells just like Luciana. But now isn't the time to enjoy carrying a pretty girl, for you are a Bodyguard! A bodyguard with a duty to carry out!

And also a girlfriend who would kill you if you were to enjoy this too much!


>[4/?]

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>>35702662
>>35702611
>blown over by a sneeze
What are princesses made out of, /tg/?

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>>35702662
And to commemorate this joyous occasion

>>35702672
Miracles.

>>35702674
Impeccable.

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>>35702662
>And also a girlfriend who would kill you if you were to enjoy this too much!

>>35702674
Perfect

>>35702672
Fairy dust, kitten giggles, and laughter, held together by the hopes and dreams of children.

>>35702672
Carbon. mostly.

>>35702662
>And also a girlfriend who would kill you if you were to enjoy this too much!

No, Reinhold, no, that's not how you spell 'torture'

>>35702678
>miracles are so fragile as to be toppled by something as insignificant as a sneeze
Jeez, turtle. Way to be a downer.

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>>35702692
You mean like diamonds?
That's pretty.

>>35702701
You imply that that wasn't the miracle at work.

>>35702662
>[5/5]

As such, you dutifully carry the Princess up the stairs and down the hall to her room, ignoring her protests to be allowed to walk on her own once you left the stairwell. It isn't until you reach the door that you finally put her back down.

"...and here we are," you say.
"You really didn't have to carry me all this way," Marianne mutters under her breath.
"Just doing my duty," you reply. "Now if you'd mind opening your door so I can-"
"No," she glares at you.
"Huh?"
"I'll be fine from here," she says. "So you can consider this an early dismissal."
"Yeah, but what if you-"
"I'm not about to faint, I can make it to my bed just fine," she sighs. "And Melanie should be here soon to see to me so it -really- won't be necessary."


>how do you respond?

>>35702721
"I wont enter your room if you don't want me to, but I'm staying here until Melanie assures me you'll be fine on your own."

>>35702721
Well, I'll just stand by your door then until she gets here... and make sure she doesn't need a hand getting settled.

>>35702721

>Aye aye, your highness.

>>35702740
>getting YOU settled
typo

>>35702721
Supporting this
>>35702735

>>35702721
"I'm going to wait by the door until you get there safely and yell at me to go away already because you were right and I was getting worried over nothing, just to be safe."

>>35702721
"Fine, But if you fall, I WILL come running."
>Even Reinhold knows how to do foreshadowing.

>>35702735
Seems fine to me, that way if we hear her falling over inside or anything we can try to rush through the door.

>>35702735
>>35702740
These work

>>35702761
...though "yell at me" is a bad plan with the particular kind of ill. So go with Melon-backup a la >>35702735 instead, I guess.

Now Reinhold will have to carry every girl so that no one get jealous.

Except Rana, she'll do the carrying.

>>35702790
And Sylvie.

>>35702790
>Implying dragongirl doesn't want to be carried by a strong handsome dragon

>>35702795
Literally WHO?

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>>35702790
I still regret us not princess carrying Nico after that spar match
Why do you all have to ruin my life?

>writing

>>35702809
Surely that will be on her route, right?

>>35702809
Surely we will get another chance to princess carry most of the girls
At least I hope we do, and if not there's always the VN

>>35702804
The girl we ditched Luciana for during the timeskip.

Also what are we doing next thread? Bugging Karel already?

>>35702819
>Surely we will get another chance to princess carry most of the girls
Depends how much suffering Arch has planned for this final chapter.

>>35702826
We could always hang with Sylvie or Nicolette? Maybe spar and learn some magic.

>>35702833
>Reinhold has to choose who he carries to safety

>>35702784
I do think that letting her have Melanie send us off does help her regain some of her lost(?) dignity surrounding our constant playing caregiver.

A little bit of "SEE, WHAT DID I TELL YOU. I'M FINE. GET OUTTA HERE, REINHOLD BUT ALSO THANKS I GUESS." to send us off would do her well, I think.

And it'd give her a meido to commiserate immediately with over our relentless worrying, which is definitely better than leaving her to wait around alone for a while feeling ill and bored.

>>35702847
Obviously we'll choose Karel.

>>35702852
Nah. If Marianne is an option Reinhold will uphold his duty as her bodyguard.

>>35702852
But Karel dying solves the issue of having to out his true gender so completely.

>>35702837
Opt to spend time study magic with Sylvie.
Arch has forgotten how to write her.

"I won't go in if you don't want me to," you say, "but I -am- going to be staying right here until Melanie can assure me that you'll be fine on your own," you say.
"Suit yourself," Marianne sighs as she opens the door to her room and slips inside.
"But if you change your mind, I'll have you know that I'm pretty good at tending to people when they're sick. Back when I was little, I always used to take care of Citrine when she came down with the flu and-"
"No. Thank. You."

SLAM

>[1/?]

>>35702861
Imagine how Emilio will feel if he discovers the truth then.

>>35702864
>I'll have you know that I'm pretty good at tending to people when they're sick.

Also, strangely enough, Spinelle and Reinhold always managed to get the flu at the same time.

>>35702864
I don't think Marianne is picking up the same kind of bugs Citrine was back in Cateno.
At least, I sincerely hope not.

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>>35702871
>Imagine how Emilio will feel if he discovers the truth then.
And then Reinhold tells him how she felt about him.

>>35702837
>Maybe spar and learn some magic
Or whatever.
We need more Nico and Sylvie.

>>35702897
>We need more Nico and Sylvie.
Yeah, we do.

>>35702883
arch said their are scrolls to prevent those kind of "bugs"

>>35702857
She's also the least inclined to fight people of her own accord, which is also a pretty good reason to prioritize sticking with her.

>>35702864
>Melanie brings Marianne a bowl of soup.
>"Is the kitchen staff short-handed today? This seems a little bit... off."
>"No... uh... Reinhold stormed the place and insisted he make you soup so you would feel better. It's cute and all, but I think he mostly just dumped a lot of turkey legs in the pot and let it go."
>"Why am I not surprised...
>...but I guess maybe it's not that bad."

>>35702183
It's happening!

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>>35702864
>[2/2]

While dwelling on your hurt feelings, you lean against he wall beside Marianne's door for the maybe three minutes that it take Melanie to run to her room.

"R- Reinhold, how is she!?" Melanie asks, struggling to catch her breath. "I told her that she should have just stayed in bed today, but she never listens..."
"Not horrible, but it's pretty clear that she's not feeling well," you reply. "I'm just glad that she actually agreed to this."
"Well thank you for pressing the matter," she sighs. "I know that the Princess can be every bit as stubborn as Nicolette about things like this, so it couldn't have been easy."

After thanking you again for your help, Melanie opens up the Princess's door and walks inside. A few minutes later, you get the okay from her to leave.


>go find someone to bother
>go somewhere outside the castle

>(further options will be given after the vote)

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>>35702915
See how Sylvie's doing.

>>35702915
>go find someone to bother
Sylvie, Nico, Karel, I'm fine with any of them. Arnaud is probably too busy to spar

>>35702915
>go find someone to bother
Let's go hang out with Arc and Mario, it's been awhile since we last saw them.

I wonder if she's just grouchy because ill or if her illness is actually something she wants to hide from us. What if it's not just a cold and actually has embarassing symptoms, or is actually a serious illness which affects her every year but she doesn't want to worry us

>>35702915
>the Princess can be every bit as stubborn as Nicolette
I can see Nico working herself until she collapses whenever she's ill.

>go find someone to bother

>>35702921
This

>>35702928
A whole 205 threads

>>35702887

And then Emilio will draft Reinhold onto a quest to recover bring her back to life.

INTO THE ABYSS AND BACK!

>>35702915
>go find someone to bother
kitchen staff?
what's that thing they cook in japan when someone has a cold already...

>>35702933
You're supposed to precise who you want to bother, though.

>>35702938
>PGQ was just the disc one
>disc two has us fight to rescue Karel who died for our sins

>>35702953
>You're supposed to precise who you want to bother, though.
I thought >(further options will be given after the vote) meant that we aren't supposed to be specific.

>>35702957
That's how I interpreted it as well

>>35702915
>>go somewhere outside the castle
solo adventure in town, we can get Marianne a get-well cake or something.

>>35702915
>go somewhere outside the castle
We'll probably run into somebody anyway, and then get lost because we don't understand the outside world.

That's it for tonight's thead, guys. Despite the slow start, things really picked up as the thread went along and it turned out pretty fun.

The next thread will be on Thursday night, and will most likely be the last Princess Guard thread that I do this week.


And now for questions if you had any.

>>35703019
Thanks for running.

How comfortable are the girls with the idea of Reinhold princess carrying them?

>>35703019
Is being Tsun a lifelong condition? How many threads until we can resolve the Karel situation? What IS the endgame of PGQ? A really fun picnic?

>>35703019
Whatever happened to Arc and Mario? Also, Thanks for running!

>>35703019
>and will most likely be the last Princess Guard thread that I do this week.
Does that mean False Dendrite returns this weekend?

Is Marianne actually anoyed with how Reinhold have been treating her this thread, or does she secretly appreciate it?

>>35703037
arc and mario are secretly traitor guards planning to assassinate mari

>>35703019
is Marianne really that light or are we just too strong for our own good?

>>35703019
>The next thread will be on Thursday night, and will most likely be the last Princess Guard thread that I do this week.
Nooooo, what will I do to fill my week?

>>35703019
>The next thread will be on Thursday night
Drat, I'm gonna miss it.
Thanks for the thread though. Plenty of discussion in this one.

>>35703019
Cheers.

Will you be doing a SoU thread any time soon?

Does the Marianne/Luciana perfume trouble the Reinhold?

>>35703019
Thanks arch

Would Mari be more receptive to princess carries if she and Rein were together?

Just a note to anyone who cares, I wasn't happy with the old Melanie picture so I made a new one. That's what I used in this thread.

>>35703032
>How comfortable are the girls with the idea of Reinhold princess carrying them?
Varying levels of embarassment from all parties except Luciana, who would relish such an eent, and Rana, who would laugh her ass off and then reverse the situation.

>>35703033
>Is being Tsun a lifelong condition?\
Yes. One is never cured of it, it can only hope to be contained.

>How many threads until we can resolve the Karel situation?
That's up to you.

>What IS the endgame of PGQ? A really fun picnic?
それは秘密です

>>35703037
>Whatever happened to Arc and Mario?
Back to gate duty.

>>35703040
>Does that mean False Dendrite returns this weekend?
Not the main quest, no.

>>35703047
>is Marianne really that light or are we just too strong for our own good?
Both.

>>35703054
>Will you be doing a SoU thread any time soon?
Maybe Saturday night, depending on IRL stuff.

>Does the Marianne/Luciana perfume trouble the Reinhold?
No, he thinks it smells nice.

>>35703067
>Would Mari be more receptive to princess carries if she and Rein were together?
She'd probably enjoy it, though she'd never actually admit to such a thing.


And now I sleep. Thanks for playing!
For further questioning:
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame/

>>35703095
You. You and your secrets. What do you have up that shell of yours?

>>35703095
>SoU
Is that another quest?

>>35703126
Song of Unison
False Dendrite side quest

>>35703126
Ah I realized it probably means Song of Union

>>35703126
Song of Unison, the False Dendrite spinoff about Joshua.

>>35700917
why is this making me horny?

>>35703519
Because you want to fuck the Princess/cake/both