Following new blessings, V was invited to live with Hakuno, which he accepted and told her about his plans. He wrote to Dimitri and Mercedes to thank them for various kindnesses from the party and included them in his plans. He checked in to make sure Connie actually made it home. He shared his thoughts on his discussion with Temperance to Vergil, and got some bribery money from Dante. He recruited Lightning, Haein, and talked with Syrlya. He found the new 'encrypted' network to be suspect, and would rather not recruit from it, but he did talk to Haein again about his suspicions regarding Temperance. Met Loki. The 'family' made plans for the house in Basir. V attended the audience, and took a look for more recruits afterwards.
โ Drums of War Part 1 TL / Part 2 TL: V made preparations with Clary. On the Temple grounds he discussed ominous dreams with Squall, but went home to the house outside the forest to help Hakuno with supplies before going scouting. On patrol, they encountered and drove off Star spies Izuku and Loki, as well as finding Connie passed out. Woops. V turned a batch of villagers over to Mercedes to take deeper into neutral territory. He then helped to ward their village with Dante on watch. He taught the ice rune to whoever needed it.
Then the battle was on. V went to look for a mount, but came away with a kelpie who wanted to fight with him, but not be ridden. V had little time to train with the kelpie (or introduce it to Hakuno) and also help those in need of preparation before they all went into battle together. V & Co specifically fought with Stars members Dimitri, Billy, and Bigby. He declined to fight with Loki because he was tired and on Day 5, when he had no reserves left, Grell tried to corner him. V ran for his life and Constantin teleported him out of that sticky situation. Thank god. Alive but exhausted and beaten up, V fainted on the road to Jarl's Keep, but Lightning was there to scrape him back up. Finally, he let Hakuno and Clary he'd be home as soon as he could. He just has a few questions to ask questions about books while he's getting patched up at the Keep.
โ TDM: V went with Louis and Zero to take care of the nokken. With it sorted, he took a tour around the bay with Shay, and before he could make it home talked to Sypha about magic. Saw Nero again.
โ JANUARY: