(Test) DropoutxDream/A real MC/The real MC

[Noone0]

A story based off the peerage I made in Dynastylights' thread: Highschool DxD CYOA

Link: The Link

This test is in preparation for the story that I'll drop soon. I had finished reading all 25 volumes of DxD a couple days ago. Once I finish reading Shin, Slashdog, and ExE, I'll post.

Just thought I'd give it a shot since it seems pretty fun. I vow to write 100,000 words before dropping it.

Also, did anyone like the little joke in the potential titles?

The/A real MC -> A real Miracle Child/Main Character

Get it?

...I'll help myself out the door.

 

[Noone0]

After conquering the Dream, Cardinal's newly obtained Great One form combines with his Nephilim flesh, turning him into a transcendent amalgamation of the two. Accompanying him are his two new little sisters and the doll. Heavily traumatized by his time in the Dream, Cardinal breaks up with his girlfriend and focuses on improving his healing magic. During this period, he meets ??? and takes them under his wing as an apprentice.

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A terrible barebones outline:

Two months before the story begins, ??? finishes scrying for someone who could help with her affliction and finds Cardinal, who is known as Saint Cardinal because he heals people for free in a seemingly run-down building that people call the chapel. Desperate to end their pain, they convince their King to allow them to seek his aid after evaluating him. After a month of observation by the peerage, they enact their plan: some enroll in his school, others observe him around town or while healing people in his "chapel," and ??? acts as a cat.

To their dismay, one day he undergoes a sudden change, drops out of school, and becomes extremely reclusive. This causes ??? to disregard the plan and beg for his help.

The story begins in Fourth Heaven, or Eden's Garden. Cardinal, with his pet Cappy the Capybara, finishes picking fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. This fruit is Cardinal's favorite and the reason his sisters have adapted so quickly to the modern world. After collecting all the fruit, he waves at a gobsmacked Gabriel, gives her a kiss on the cheek, and departs. (I know the fruit hasn't produced any fruit since the Great War, and that Rizevim has the only preserved fruit. There's a reason for this.)

While his mother is sad that he won't allow her to sell the literally heavenly Tree of Knowledge pie, she respects his wishes and bakes a pie from the fruit for the family to enjoy whenever he brings it.

After all this, he heads to "The Chapel," his man cave, to give a slice to his friends and apprentice, an out-of-their-element cambion who has been healing people as they traveled the world. He took them under his wing after seeing they were homeless and unfamiliar with the city. They agreed and did their best to help him develop his healing magic in return. Now, they help him heal the injured and homeless whenever the chapel is "open."

This story follows a young man named Cardinal Law, a Nephilim (human-angel hybrid) who has endured a harrowing adventure. Even a year later, he is still grappling with the aftermath of his ordeal. One day, Cardinal is approached by ???, the pawn of ??? who, defying their king's wishes, reveals that their group has been watching him for some time.

They explain that after observing him, they concluded that pleading earnestly and offering compensation would yield the best results. They are also extremely desperate and want to be rid of their pain.

After questioning ??? about their affliction and examining them, Cardinal admits he is currently unable to break the curse. However, he can alleviate their pain and diminish the effects, allowing them to live more normally. Although he lacks a complete magical education, he believes he could eventually develop a spell to break the curse if they are willing to return for further help.

He eases their symptoms using Reversal: Restoration, gives them his contact information, and rather brusquely sends them on their way to tend to his next patient. They are bewildered by the contrast between his gruff demeanor and his kindness.

When they return to their king, ??? understandably upset, but understands the situation. Still, they are unwilling to allow a rogue exorcist/priest near their beloved bishop without supervision. As a result, they insist on arranging an appointment with Cardinal.

When everyone meets up, the King comes clean about the entire situation.

At this, Cardinal reveals that he had been aware he was being watched the whole time and mentions he had dropped out of high school right then, when they enacted their plan, just to piss them off, causing their knight to attack him. He handles it easily, and when they ask why an ex-priest or exorcist is so willing to heal a devil, he tells them he doesn't care about species and that he's just a regular guy who is good at healing magic.

??? and their peerage know he's full of shit.

This is the start of the end of the world, I guess?

Ideas:

• ??? mentions a prestigious all-girls school in Japan. While Cardinal doesn't particularly care, his mother believes this is an excellent opportunity for the sisters and decides to enroll them at Kuoh Academy in Japan…
• Castrating the Red Dragon Emperor?
• Obviously, the masquerade will be broken.
• The devils with king pieces actually found a way to develop weaker king pieces and distributed them to their allies and servants. Ajuka. Your plan was to wait thousands of years to get them back? Smartest devil my ass.
• Great War restarted?
• Blood Ministration. The Old Blood. Vampires. What's gonna happen?
• Is Kaori the biological mother/father???
• Should I add the death womb paintings?!
• Cardinal's Goals (Guys Literally Only Want One Thing and It's Fucking Disgusting): Destroy/Consume a black hole, time travel, go to Heaven when he dies, create standardized healing magic/spells, other dude stuff.