Ms. Longueville does some recon, and finds a shed that a suspicious person has been frequenting. None of the teachers want to challenge Fuuke, so it’s up to Saito, Louise, Kirche, and Tabitha (who has been elevated to the lowest rank of Knight, Chevalier Knight). On their trip their, Ms. Longueville explains how some nobles get their title stripped and become mercenaries or criminals… how odd for her to mention it.
As soon as the gang finds the Staff of Destruction at the shed, Fuuke’s golem appears. Saito’s rune activates, but the golem’s regeneration is too quick. However, his rune also lets him wield the Staff of Destruction, as it turns out to be a rocket launcher. After the victory, it’s revealed that Ms. Longueville == Fuuke. It’s the old Clarke Kent routine all over again, but Fuuke’s victory is foiled by the fact that the rocket launcher only holds a single shot. Later Osman tells about how a soldier came into their world and saved him from a dragon; unfortunately the soldier died, and so there’s no new leads for Saito. As a consolation, he gets to dance with a dolled-up Louise at the celebration dance.
Much as Ender predicted, Ms. Longueville turned out to be Fuuke. It wasn’t that big a surprise, of course, as anyone who has ever seen on of those date movies knows that all a girl needs to become really hot is some contacts and hair help. At least this explains the g-string in episode 1, as nothing messes up a burglary like panty lines. On an unrelated note, I can’t believe Saito gave Louise the pimp backhand to put her in her place!
I think it was funny that Tabitha was wearing a maternity dress to tackle that big hunk of meat. Also amusing was Louise’s attempt to use the Staff of Destruction.
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>>nothing messes up a burglary like panty lines.
LOL! Priceless. Strapless robbers next? XD
I don’t think that Saito’s mastery of rocket launcher had anything to do with the rune. I happen to know how to fire RPG-7, although it’s rather an accident. Saito might have been a military junky who saw many movies and read Jane’s in his previos life.
But the rune did glow before he fired it. Of course he seemed to know what he was doing prior to the rune-glow, so I not really sure.
>>It wasn’t that big a surprise, of course, as anyone who has ever seen one of those date movies knows that all a girl needs to become really hot is some contacts and hair help.
Ms. Longueville was hot before it was revealed that she was Fouquet, just like all the girls in those date movies. The only thing making her hotter as Fouquet than as Ms. Longueville is the evil smirk.
…Well, and the change in outfit. Cleavage or no cleavage, corset = hot.
…And also the fact that she apparently uses a “Reduce Cup Size” spell as part of her Ms. Longueville disguise.
I was in a hurry, so I didn’t think it through.
In Soviet Russia, every hightschooler had a basic education with military arms. When I was in 10th grade, our class was taken to shoot AKM and SKS a few times. However, we did NOT learn to fire RPG-7, PM, or any kind of crew-operated weapon (such as PK, or a mortar). I did that later, in college, for my officer course.
I have no idea what kind of military education Japanese kids receive. Anime shows them firing Type 64, so I assumed it was similar to my education. However, American kids undergo no military education of any kind, and for a good reason. It’s a volunteer army, so why waste resources if only 2% ever enlist.
Saito is 17 (I think), so he’s either in late high school, or early college. He can know some things, especially if he was a military otaku in the previous life (I think there was a character like that in FMP). Still, he seems to perform the arm drill very quickly and precisely, which suggests either training on real hardware (rather than reading glossy magazines), or the magic rune.
There may be a surefire way to know it yet. In the OP, they show an A6M flying in front of Tabitha’s dragon. If someone summons A6M from 1940s and Saito flies it, we may be sure that it’s magic. Even taking off in a 960hp taildragger is non-trivial, trust me. Even a combat sim on a PC is a little help. And starting that engine was a horrible chore.