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Non Serviam Chapter 14

A/N: This is a backpost of a chapter that I was missing

Chapter 14: Take Me to Church

“She only eats when you’re here,” Rias said.

I frowned. “Only?”

“Mmhm.” Rias sighed, idly flicking through a copy of The Art of War that Mittelt had thrown at her the other day. “Can you believe that Mittelt said that this book was ‘written for idiot nobles playing at war, just like you’? I feel attacked.”

I waited for her to continue about Asia, but instead she c...

Non Serviam Epilogue 2: The Girl Who Killed a God

A/N: When the people cried out for a reaction chapter, I delivered

Epilogue 2: The Girl Who Killed a God

“You should be careful, Rias.”

She blinked, looking over at her big brother. Right now, he was definitely Sirzech Lucifer instead of Sirzech-niichan. It was a side of him Rias rarely saw. He was even seated behind his massive oak desk in his study. The blinds were open, revealing the sprawling Gremory estate beyond.

“What do you mean?” she asked.

“Having a servant s...

Finish that Fanfic Superb Delegate Poll

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Non Serviam Epilogue 1: To Rule in Hell

Epilogue 1: To Rule in Hell

She awoke slowly, as if the waking world did not wish to intrude upon her dreamless sleep.

A softness surrounded her: soft light, streaming in through softly tinted glass, soft cushions, beneath her head, soft birdsong pulling gently at the edge of her awareness. And a face, sharp and hard, but with soft, dark eyes, like pools of water beneath shadowed boughs.

Asia smiled. “Is this…Heaven?”

Taylor’s face flattened. “I—” She swallowed once. Asia tilted her head...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Hairy Situations

Not even Sandy Claws could keep the press of the world at bay.

The next morning after I celebrated “Generic Winter Holiday” with Penny’s new friends, I found Yang leaning against the wall of our borrowed dorm in Beacon academy. The dorms themselves filled an entire wing of Beacon’s sweeping campus, with windows looking over the sculpted grounds on one side, and the Emerald Forest on the other.

Yang Xiao-Long, blonde, bright, and beautiful was the last person from team RWB...

Non Serviam: Chapter 24

Chapter 24: The Book of Revelations

The world stood upon the edge of a blade.

A spear rested above my face, half covering my eyes and promising death the next time I tried to move. Beyond that, Asia bargained for my life with a smirking Diodora. The buildings reached up towards the sky, completing a frame of glass and steel, and the air tasted thick with iron.

I trembled, shards of metal in my gut digging into exposed flesh. I’d been greedy, trying to save my last bit of energy until I knew Diodora’s at...

Among Three Travelers 2

Chapter 2

“Lovely.” I picked up the small bouquet. “Freshly cut?”

“O-oh!” The stall keeper jolted. “Lady Bonanus! A-and Lord Alatus! It’s an honor.”

I smiled. “Please, do not trouble yourself on our account.” As much as I grumbled about not being a people person, I’d been in this world for thousands of years now. If I didn’t know how to calm the mortals of Liyue Harbor, I’d never get anything done. “The flowers?”

“Yes! My son goes out and collects them every day.” S...

inSPYrd Chapter 1

A/N: Still working on the next chapter of Non Serviam, here's a little pallet cleanser

Chapter 1: It Starts With a Bang

I smashed the glass case with a rock and the alarms started to blare.

“Stupid spy movie alarms.” I hit the case again. “Red spinning lights, sirens, what are you even for?”

The alarms didn’t answer.

For my part, I brushed away the rest of the glass to finally get at prospective power up number 42. Yep, you heard that right, audience. It took Taylor Hebert les...

Non Serviam: Chapter 23

Chapter 23: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

The wind rushed through Asia’s hair.

She pressed her face into Mittelt’s neck, entire body clenched tight. Her legs dangled in the air beneath her, flailing uselessly as Mittelt carried her away from Taylor. She couldn’t even find the strength to ask where they were going, or why they had fled.

If God had wanted humans to fly, he would have made them with wings.

“Tch.” Mittelt shifted, causing Asia to stiffen. “Whatever jammer they’re using, ...

Non Serviam: Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Judgement Day

In truth, I grew complacent.

“È un piascè conoscerti,” Mittelt said. A pleasure to meet you.

I furrowed my brow and gave the response I’d been taught my best try: “Ey un pyasher conoshertee, ahn—anche. Mio nom ey Taylor”

“Ah, no!” Mittelt threw up her hands. “Sembra ghe di sia ingoiata la lingua!”

It turned out that Devils could also ‘forget’ how to speak every language. Just another trick you could manage with a bit of focus. After le...

Non Serviam: Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Make Disciples of All Nations

Akeno was weird after our spar.

“There.” I tucked the finished braid behind Asia’s ear. “How does that look?”

Asia turned towards the mirror, twisting back and forth to look at her new school uniform. She’d been excited to go to school, any apprehension wiped away by the knowledge that I’d be there as her translator. That hadn’t stopped her from ‘demanding’ I braid her hair.

She took such small pride in any perceived act of selfishness that...

Non Serviam: Chapter 20

AN: This chapter was beta read by SheepDodger

Chapter 20: The Lightning and The Thunder [2]

“The fight shall continue until one side yields or would be unable to continue at my sole discretion,” Lady Grayfia Lucifuge said. “Are both parties ready to begin?”

Akeno nodded. “I am ready, Lady Grayfia.”

Akeno had her reasons for arranging this little spar, and not all of them personal. Were Akeno driven by mere hatred, she would have allowed Rias to take her aside and moderate ...

Non Serviam: Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Lightning and The Thunder [1]

“It’s so nice to have everyone over again!”

Akeno allowed herself a smile at her king’s exuberance. “Did you miss your ancestral seat so much, prez?”

“I love home.” Rias waved her hands. “But mostly it was the club room was getting a little cramped, don’t you think? I should have it expanded.”

That Girl laughed. “Just turn the whole building into your personal club house. No one else is using it.”

“Mou, Taylor.” Rias pou...

Non Serviam: Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Heard on High

“You know, boss…” Mittelt leaned against my arm. “I did intimate that you were a pansy, but this new fire of yours is…”

I held in a sigh.

The two of us sat on a slim bench topped with white faux marble. Asia was in the changing room, door closed. Letticia stood outside the hallway in the boutique, where she maintained a simple bit of hypnosis that convinced people that they didn’t need to see the clothes on themselves after all.

I hadn’t been worried about Mit...

Non Serviam: Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Your Guardian Angel

“I need your help,” I said.

Mittelt’s gaze tracked to my right, before a smirk broke across her face. “My help.”

At my side, Rias pouted audibly. “Mouu! Taylor!” She stomped a foot. “Just because I didn’t agree with you doesn’t mean I won’t help.”

“Of course,” I replied.

After Riser and Diodora had left, I’d immediately spoken with Rias. Diodora Astaroth and the nun at his back had twigged my intuition, but without evidence, ...

Non Serviam: Chapter 16

A/N: This chapter was beta read by ThatOneSunGod!
My usual beta is sick, but I wanted to get out a second chapter for this Generic Winter Holiday!

Chapter 16: Council of Demons

I didn’t recognize the new arrivals.

That only meant none of them were part of the Gremory household staff like Letty or the other maids. Rias, for her part, seemed surprised at the four demons in her club room, but not worried. I stepped to the side, putting my back to the wall as Kiba took a spot at Rias’s e...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 5

A/N: This chapter was Beta’s by Dai!

My usual beta is sick, so please wish them a swift recovery over the Generic Winter Holidays!

And yes, This Is Canon

Chapter Five: Happy Generic Winter Holiday

The next day, Penny and I were ambushed in the Beacon dorms.

I’d let my guard down, they came in on all sides, dressed in red and carrying—

I caught Ruby’s wrist, looking down at the wrapped box in surprise.

“Happy Generic Winter ...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 4

This chapter was commissioned by Everdusk

Chapter 4: Opens Minds

My metal arm bucked with each shot.

The gun was part of my prosthetic, and so it lacked a trigger. Instead, I gave a mental ‘pull’, which added its own complications to the process that I still had to work through.

I’d rarely gone to shooting ranges before I’d been shot in the head. Bees taught me most of what I needed to know about guns, and my Passenger corrected all the little flaws in my stance without me realizing. Now I was...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Brilliant Lights

Ozpin preferred boring Vytal festivals.

“And that is when Roman Torchwick and his unnamed accomplice absconded?” he asked.

In front of him, Taylor Steele nodded. “After that, the rest of…team RWBY, right? Returned to Beacon with me on the bullhead transport while the Atlas security forces secured the remains of the Paladin for transport.”

Unfortunately, this festival looked too interesting already.

Ozpin covered his disquiet with a sip of coffee from his mug...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 1

This is a backpost of the first chapter of Replaceable Parts.

Click here for chapter 2

Chapter 1: This Will Be the Day

I found her right after she stopped a truck with her bare hands.

"Sorry about that." I knocked on the driver's side door, metal clanking against metal. The older man inside looked ...

Replaceable Parts: Chapter 2

This chapter was commissioned by LazyMinx

Read the first chapter HERE

Chapter Two: The Dark Returns

Smoke on the horizon, almost fading into the sky as day turned to night. And here I was, with my adopted sister Penny and a trainee huntress from Beacon.

I flicked open my scroll and connected to my fi...

Chaos Theory: Chapter 20

A/N: Just trying to achieve that platonic ratio of middle school girls talking to high voltage mind power battles present in the original anime.

To catch up use this link I will be adding Chaos theory to my patreon collections so its easier to read here this week.

Chapter was commissioned by Bapping!

Chapter 20: Observer Effect<...