Interlude 14: Duel Uproar

Plot
Wend and Elise go to see Cardinal Hohenheim to complain about Ogas Rinnenheim and that they had to purify mansion. Elise is especially upset that Wend had to learn Holy Magic from her and risk using it for the first time against actual spirits. Cardinal Hohenheim deflects her anger by telling her she got to teach her loving husband and purify with him. This caused her to quite down, but Cardinal Hohenheim still had Ogas apologize to both of them. Later when Wend is at his new mansion Duke Romanus Albert von Hertha dana shows up with some of his retainers and challenges Wend to a duel for Elise's hand. As Duke Romanus throws the challenge glove at Wend he avoids it and declines the challenge. The group tells Wend they will come back the next day to get his answer. After Wend talks to Elise he decides to accept the challenge and finds out the Duke Romanus had pestered her and Cardinal Hohenheim to let her become his 24 wife. Cardinal Hohenheim would not do this to Elise and plus the Duke was already over 40 years old when Elise was just 10-12 years old. The day of the duel the Dukes proxy turned out to be a Wyren that had been outfitted with mithril armour. Wend put up a barrier when the Wyren attacked and when it couldn't reach Wend it went after the Duke and his party. Wend protected them also and before it got out of hand Burkhart told Wend to kill the Wyren. After killing the Wyren, Armstrong orders the Duke and his followers arrested for bringing a Demon beast into the Capitol. Armstrong revealed that King Helmut had already made a declaration that if Wend killed the Duke he would be pardoned. At the end the Duke, his family and the main retainers that helped him were all striped of their peerages.

Characters
Wendelin von Benno Baumeister

Elise Katharina von Hohenheim

Louise Yorande Aorelia Oufelbeik

Iina Suzane Hirenbrant

Erwin von Arnim

Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong

Burkhart Ringstat

Duke Romanus Albert von Hertha dana

Baron Diethardt von Balschmied

Baron Balschmitt

Cardinal Hohenheim

Locations
Stadtburg