Of course, she's about to put on a show, albeit a private one. Remilia is always happy to give grandiose pronouncements for a good cause.

>Oh, this is getting me nowhere, Flandre grumbled to herself. Worse than
>that, it was starting to feel something like the bad old days, the way her
>damaged mind had occasionally just latched onto something stupid and chased it
>around in circles indefinitely. She wasn't going back there. Never again.
>

Poor Flandre, what-if speculation loops about emotional topics suck even at the best of times. Makes me just want to hug the girl.

>Sakuya expected Flandre to announce their discovery at breakfast, but when she
>didn't, the maid kept silent about it as well. If the young mistress didn't
>wish to make a point of it, after all, that was her business.
>

I guess Remilia's reaction to Flandre's impossible circumstances will happen at a date to be determined. Now I wonder how long it will take anyone without a measuring tape to notice.

>"Maybe we should have a breakfast contest sometime," said Flan. "Your waffles,
>Sakuya's crêpes, and Sis's pain perdu."
>

Resulting image: SDM as the setting for a special episode of Iron Chef complete with Flandre doing an impression of Chairman Kaga's infamous "Allez cuisine!" intro.

>Smiling, Sakuya settled into her taller lover's strong embrace and leaned her
>head back against Meiling's shoulder. "By an odd coincidence, you've Remilia's
>mother to thank for that."
>

The sequence that follows this is, as the current phrasing goes, full of feels. I'm glad for Sakuya's sake that she did understand Italian, since Remilia the Elder was clearly so well practiced at appearing to be cold and terrifying that she comes across as more frightening than her ancient vampire lord of a husband.

>"Hush, woman, I'm being gallant here."
>

One of those situations where I grumble about my lack of artistic talent, since I now have the image of Meiling delivering that line in traditional knightly armor carrying Sakuya in the most cliched princess dress imaginable. Funny thing, in my head full plate armor works really well on Meiling.

>"As you wish," said Sakuya, and, with a movement almost to quick to follow,
>she delivered. The throw was on target, the silvered dagger flickering across >the torchlit space and heading straight for Flandre.
>

Was this just a literary flourish, or are Sakuya's daggers actually coated in silver for application against entities that are vulnerable to that metal?

>"I want to see just how strong you are before I turn you loose on an
>unsuspecting world," she added, baring one side's fangs in a slightly smug
>half-grin.
>

Remilia is simply incapable of passing up an opportunity for this sort of thing, it's part of her charm. Also, apparently vampires can accomplish moefang in the proper circumstances.

>" So, to remedy this, I've prepared a bit of light reading for you."
>So saying, she placed the large journal she was carrying on the workbench and \
>slid it toward him. "This is the Mysterium Lamiarum."
>

I imagine the 'light reading' line being delivered with just a bit of sarcasm. Though I also picture the book being set down with an audible thud so I may just have watched too many cartoons in my life.

>"Please," said Remilia. "Read the book and then decide. Remember, on the night
>you proposed to me, when we agreed there should be no ambiguity? This will
>remove the last of my doubts..." She hesitated. "... Or confirm them. Either
>way, we both have to know."
>

And here we see that overthinking and worrying about matters they've already been explicitly told not to is a trait shared by both Scarlet sisters. Which is a common enough trait among the general population of people truthfully, but it does contrast a bit more with Remilia given her usual self confidence.

>"Do you have any idea how much I appreciate a partner who goes ahead and hands
>me her instruction manual?" he asked wryly, and Remilia couldn't help
>but laugh in spite of herself.
>

I'd say a lot of people would appreciate this if it were even possible, but most people don't actually read the instructions on enough things in life that RTFM is a commonly understood, if terse, response to obvious questions from newbies.

>Remilia jumped. "Uu~!" she squeaked, and then, fixing him with a blushing half-
>scowl, said unconvincingly, "If you were any other man you would lose that hand
>for such a liberty, sir."
>

And so Remilia can no longer claim to have never uttered that noise in her life, even if as a reader I'm still not sure what it'd sound like. Also at this point I suspect she sees it as tradition to playfully admonish G for his affectionate liberties. Much like with Flandre teasing her, if she ever didn't respond that way G might think she's come down with some sort of vampire flu.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "This Space For Rent."