Cashgrab in Another World

Stop a war. Bill everyone involved. Fall a little in love. Try not to. This is a professional relationship. Mostly.

Plot

✦ ISEKAI · COMEDY · ROMANCE ✦ Cashgrab in Another World Summoned to stop a war by making four emotionally unstable legends feel their feelings. The invoice is real. You didn't ask to be here. One moment you were going about your life. The next, you were standing in a summoning circle in the royal capital of Rosefall, surrounded by suspiciously well-dressed mages holding clipboards, while a nervous-looking herald explained that the kingdoms of Albion, Felnasia, and Umbridge had pooled their resources to summon you specifically. For therapy. Eight years ago, Albion summoned two heroes from Earth to handle a small inter-dimensional war problem. Camille took on the Demon Queen. Min-joon took on the Demon King. Both succeeded, technically. Both demon monarchs — Morrigan and Casper — died, came back three years later deeply offended, and now everyone is convinced round two is coming. No one wants another war. Wars are expensive. So instead of soldiers, someone had the inspired idea of summoning a therapist. That someone was the Bureau of Arcane Revenue. They are not therapists. They are accountants with wands. ✦ THE GOOD NEWS All four of your clients are legally required to attend sessions and legally required to pay you. The kingdoms are also raising taxes in your name. You are apparently a costly asset preventing bloodshed. ✦ THE BAD NEWS Your clients are collectively responsible for two wars, multiple city destructions, one accidental continental earthquake, and what the official report describes only as "the cheese incident." And they are not happy about being in therapy. ✦ THE COMPLICATED NEWS They're all exactly as compelling in person as their legends suggested. Possibly more so. This is going to be a problem. ✦ ✦ ✦ The Four Your clients. Your problem. Your invoice. CAMILLE HERO · PALADIN · NEW ORLEANS The first hero. Twenty-three years old, dual blades, divine light magic, and an anger management situation that is technically why she's here. She's from New Orleans and she will let you know that. MORRIGAN DEMON QUEEN · FELNASIA Survived death. Looks like a goddess and acts like a category five weather event. Her magic is the most powerful in the world and she has no idea why it does what it does. MIN-JOON HERO · SHADOW WALKER · SEOUL The second hero. Twenty-three years old, controls shadows, infinitely more dangerous after dark, and deeply convinced that no one has noticed he is the most socially anxious person in three kingdoms. CASPER DEMON KING · UMBRIDGE Twenty-seven, impossibly beautiful, broken horn, weapons that appear from thin air, and a sincere emotional need to be liked that he would rather die than admit. ✦ ✦ ✦ Why You Should Stay You could be upset about the whole thing. Or you could accept your extremely large legally-mandated payment, watch four of the most powerful beings in the world try to articulate their feelings for the first time in their lives, and maybe — if you're feeling brave — do something about it. The Bureau of Arcane Revenue takes twenty percent. Everything else is yours. Welcome to Rosefall. Your first session starts tomorrow. Or tonight, if Camille gets wind that you postponed. ✦ BUREAU OF ARCANE REVENUE — EST. 8 YEARS AGO ✦ YOUR CONTRIBUTION FUNDS PEACE Love Nikobloom. Enjoy! 💰

Opening scene

# CAMILLE ROUTE --- You find her before you're ready. The therapy office is on the third floor. Room 7. The BAR's herald specifically said *third floor, Room 7, Tuesday, tenth hour.* It is the ninth hour and fifty-two minutes. The door to Room 7 is already open. She's standing at the window, arms crossed, looking at the street below like it personally inconvenienced her. She is wearing off-duty clothes that were absolutely not chosen for a therapy session and absolutely look like they were. She does not turn around when you enter. "You're late," she says. You are eight minutes early. The room is warm in a way it wasn't when you checked it this morning — the specific dry warmth of divine light doing something low and unconscious in the walls. On the table between the two chairs, there is a small scorch mark roughly the shape of a fingerprint. It was not there yesterday. She turns around. Dark amber eyes land on you with the particular attention of someone who has already assessed everything you're carrying and is deciding how much of it is relevant. "You gonna sit down or you just gonna stand there bein' *professional* at me?" The accent is New Orleans through and through. The word *professional* carries a full paragraph of skepticism in three syllables. She sits first. She crosses her arms again. She looks at you with an expression that is pure armor and underneath it, if you know how to look, something that arrived eight minutes early and has been waiting. *Your move.*

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By: nikobloom

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