Episode 34: The Knighting of Shichimi

(original version)

Narrator: That same night...
Hibiscus: ...and so, tonight, we welcome you, Shichimi, as our youngest Knight of Ah.
Coriander: Still no trace of Pepper?
Saffron: Not yet. She'd better hurry, or she'll miss Shichimi's speech.
Shichimi: Thank you. I'd like to...

Sound: ZiooOOOOO; ZiooOOOOO
Pepper: Incoming! Watch out! WATCH OUT!!!
Sound: CRASH!
Pepper: Whoops!; Is everyone OK? Nothing broken?
Shichimi: Pepper!
Pepper: Hello Shichimi! Sorry for the dramatic entrance and for being late! I've been running all day, but that's a long story.

Hibiscus: Is she one of your guests?
Shichimi: Yes. She is my friend Pepper. Everything is fine.
Pepper: Carrot, are you OK? Sorry about the landing, I haven’t mastered it yet while using hyperspeed.; And again sorry to everyone for the trouble, and as for how I’m dressed...
Shichimi: tee hee
Wasabi: Shichimi, this young witch who has arrived, is she really a friend of yours?

Shichimi: Yes, your highness. Her name is Pepper, of the School of Chaosah.
Wasabi: Her presence here pollutes the sacred nature of our school. Get her out of my sight, immediately.
Shichimi: But... Master Wasabi...
Wasabi: But what? Would you prefer to be banished from our school?
Shichimi: !!!

Shichimi: Sorry Pepper, but you need to leave. Now.
Pepper: Huh? Hey hey hey, wait a minute! I'm sure there's a misunderstanding.
Shichimi: Please Pepper, don't make this difficult.
Pepper: Hey! You there, on the throne. If you have a problem with me, come down and tell me yourself!
Wasabi: Tsss...; Shichimi, you have ten seconds... nine... eight... seven...
Shichimi: ENOUGH, PEPPER! GO AWAY!!!
Sound: SHRRIiii!

Pepper: CURSUS CANCELLARE MAXIMUS!!!
Sound: SHKLAK!
Pepper: Ouch!
Sound: PAF!!
Shichimi: Even your best cancellation spell has no effect on me!; Give up, Pepper, and go away! Stop making me hurt you!
Pepper: Oh, my cancellation spell worked just fine, but you weren't the target.
Shichimi: Huh? What do you mean?!
Sound: Pshh... Pshh...

Shichimi: ?!!
Pepper: She was the target! I just canceled her Glamour Spell which keeps her looking young.; I noticed this spell as soon as I got here. So, I gave you a small token of what you deserve for making Shichimi fight me!
Wasabi: INSOLENCE! How dare you, and in front of my whole school!
Pepper: Consider yourself lucky! If I had all of my Rea, I wouldn't have stopped there.

Sound: DRZOW!!
Wasabi: I see. You have reached the level of your predecessors much sooner than I anticipated... This accelerates my plans, but that is good news.
Pepper: Your plans? So you were just testing me, and this had nothing to do with my being late? You really are twisted!
Wasabi: tee... hee.; WHAT ARE YOU ALL STARING AT?! I WAS JUST ATTACKED, AND YOU DO NOTHING BUT STAND THERE?! GET HER!!!; I WANT HER ALIVE!; GET HER!!!
Pepper: Shichimi, we'll have to talk about this later!; I’m sorry, Carrot, but we'll have to take off at hyperspeed again. Hold on tight!
Sound: Tap!; Tap!; ZiiooOO!!

Credits: March 31, 2021 Art & scenario: David Revoy. Beta readers: Arlo James Barnes, Carotte, Craig Maloney, Efrat b, GunChleoc, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Martin Disch, Nicolas Artance, Parnikkapore, Valvin. English version (original version) Proofreading: Arlo James Barnes, Carotte, Craig Maloney, GunChleoc, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Martin Disch. Special thanks: to Nartance for exploring the Wasabi character in his fan-fiction novels. The way he imagined her had a big impact on the way I depicted her in this episode. Based on the universe of Hereva Creator: David Revoy. Lead maintainer: Craig Maloney. Writers: Craig Maloney, Nartance, Scribblemaniac, Valvin. Correctors: Willem Sonke, Moini, Hali, CGand, Alex Gryson. Software: Krita 4.4.1, Inkscape 1.0.2 on Kubuntu Linux 20.04. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. www.peppercarrot.com
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