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Still watching this one. One of the few series where the Magnificent Bastard is the main character of a romance, and yet somehow it still works.
Edgar's main flaw, it seems, is that he drinks whatever people offer him. Before, it got him drugged, and this time it gets him poisoned. Lydia knows only one way to help him: her erstwhile fae stalker, Kelpie, has the magical ability to purify liquids and purge poisons. Of course, he wants something in return, especially since he hates Edgar. She agrees to go live with him in the fairy kingdom if he helps...but not to marry him. For that, she still demands the moon. The /real/ moon, not the magic ring that's been floating around.
After healing Edgar, Lydia disappears before he can get back on his feet. Needless to say, the Blue Knight Earl is NOT PLEASED. Especially when her father sadly confirms that he's not going to do anything to save her; as far as Professor Carlton knows, Lydia made the choice of her own free will.
Screw that, says Edgar, but in more refined terms. He's going to get his fairy doctor back! So, he sets out to manipulate damn near everyone to do so. First, he attempts to bribe the fairy cat for a portal to the other world: Nico also hates him (and has cheerfully advocated that Lydia either escape or kill him at various times), so that crashes and burns. Not to worry! Edgar /always/ has a plan. Enter the Fairy Queen's retainers; sure, they'll take him to the fairy world, but only as the fulfillment of his 'ancestor's' vow to marry the Queen. And he'll need to 'exchange vows' with that ring as proof of his promise. The ring, of course, is on the finger of his poisoner (who is now technically engaged to Kelpie, not that Kelpie /wants/ him).
Since Edgar knows where Paul lives, he COULD get the ring the simple way. But, no, this is Edgar, who was Moist von Lipwig in another life. He never does anything easy when he can do it big, instead. So, enter the Evil Lodge Meeting where his enemies have gathered. And enter Edgar, with magic sword and Combat Butler Raven at his side. He proceeds to shock, awe, and ultimately sway his enemies either to his side (Paul, who was already feeling guilty), or at least to sitting quietly and watching the show, before vanishing in a sparkle of fairy dust with the moon ring to 'marry the Faerie Queen'. There's also something here about someone called The Prince; apparently he is one bad dude, and Edgar used to serve him as a white slave. This is /why/ these guys are his enemies; they're convinced that he's still under orders. One of the best lines to describe Edgar is said here by the leader of the lodge as the Earl vanishes: "An imitation that shines brighter than the real thing."
Checking in on Lydia, we find that Kelpie is not the greatest host in the world. His idea of 'a human living comfortably' by his lake is...well, pine needles. Maybe he intends to do better later, but for right now, he feels this is sufficient to mate with his fairy doctor. Lydia's supersonic slap persuades him otherwise; Kelpie, for all his evil, carnivorous fairy ways, takes this better than one might expect. He's mostly just hurt and shocked: he'd heard that human women were less violent than female kelpies! There's a noise in the bushes, and he stalks off to protect his territory, leaving Lydia to ponder her fate. And hallucinate about Edgar calling her...
Oh, wait. Of /course/ he had no intention of marrying the Queen, and has escaped from the fairy retainers to find Lydia. She tries to explain to him that you can't break a promise made to a fairy, but he's found a loophole (of course). Neither of them can marry a fairy, if they've already been promised to marry each other, right? She's not /really/ going to make him marry the fairy queen, when she's already saved his life once AND he's put himself in this position just to save her, right? Besides, a promise made between two humans isn't binding; they can dissolve the engagement whenever they wish...(and Edgar wonders why Lydia has such trouble taking his feelings seriously, when he says stuff like this). Finally, reluctantly, she agrees, and puts on the moon ring just as both the retainers and Kelpie find them.
Fairies being flighty sorts, all of the fae take their defeat in stride: one of the retainers tells them to 'have a son real soon', which makes Edgar gleeful. Kelpie simply says that he'll wait; twenty or thirty years isn't that long for him. Nico opens a portal, and back they go to the real world.
...where, of course, Edgar has NO INTENTION of canceling the engagement. End score- Edgar: 1, Everyone Else: 0.
Edgar's main flaw, it seems, is that he drinks whatever people offer him. Before, it got him drugged, and this time it gets him poisoned. Lydia knows only one way to help him: her erstwhile fae stalker, Kelpie, has the magical ability to purify liquids and purge poisons. Of course, he wants something in return, especially since he hates Edgar. She agrees to go live with him in the fairy kingdom if he helps...but not to marry him. For that, she still demands the moon. The /real/ moon, not the magic ring that's been floating around.
After healing Edgar, Lydia disappears before he can get back on his feet. Needless to say, the Blue Knight Earl is NOT PLEASED. Especially when her father sadly confirms that he's not going to do anything to save her; as far as Professor Carlton knows, Lydia made the choice of her own free will.
Screw that, says Edgar, but in more refined terms. He's going to get his fairy doctor back! So, he sets out to manipulate damn near everyone to do so. First, he attempts to bribe the fairy cat for a portal to the other world: Nico also hates him (and has cheerfully advocated that Lydia either escape or kill him at various times), so that crashes and burns. Not to worry! Edgar /always/ has a plan. Enter the Fairy Queen's retainers; sure, they'll take him to the fairy world, but only as the fulfillment of his 'ancestor's' vow to marry the Queen. And he'll need to 'exchange vows' with that ring as proof of his promise. The ring, of course, is on the finger of his poisoner (who is now technically engaged to Kelpie, not that Kelpie /wants/ him).
Since Edgar knows where Paul lives, he COULD get the ring the simple way. But, no, this is Edgar, who was Moist von Lipwig in another life. He never does anything easy when he can do it big, instead. So, enter the Evil Lodge Meeting where his enemies have gathered. And enter Edgar, with magic sword and Combat Butler Raven at his side. He proceeds to shock, awe, and ultimately sway his enemies either to his side (Paul, who was already feeling guilty), or at least to sitting quietly and watching the show, before vanishing in a sparkle of fairy dust with the moon ring to 'marry the Faerie Queen'. There's also something here about someone called The Prince; apparently he is one bad dude, and Edgar used to serve him as a white slave. This is /why/ these guys are his enemies; they're convinced that he's still under orders. One of the best lines to describe Edgar is said here by the leader of the lodge as the Earl vanishes: "An imitation that shines brighter than the real thing."
Checking in on Lydia, we find that Kelpie is not the greatest host in the world. His idea of 'a human living comfortably' by his lake is...well, pine needles. Maybe he intends to do better later, but for right now, he feels this is sufficient to mate with his fairy doctor. Lydia's supersonic slap persuades him otherwise; Kelpie, for all his evil, carnivorous fairy ways, takes this better than one might expect. He's mostly just hurt and shocked: he'd heard that human women were less violent than female kelpies! There's a noise in the bushes, and he stalks off to protect his territory, leaving Lydia to ponder her fate. And hallucinate about Edgar calling her...
Oh, wait. Of /course/ he had no intention of marrying the Queen, and has escaped from the fairy retainers to find Lydia. She tries to explain to him that you can't break a promise made to a fairy, but he's found a loophole (of course). Neither of them can marry a fairy, if they've already been promised to marry each other, right? She's not /really/ going to make him marry the fairy queen, when she's already saved his life once AND he's put himself in this position just to save her, right? Besides, a promise made between two humans isn't binding; they can dissolve the engagement whenever they wish...(and Edgar wonders why Lydia has such trouble taking his feelings seriously, when he says stuff like this). Finally, reluctantly, she agrees, and puts on the moon ring just as both the retainers and Kelpie find them.
Fairies being flighty sorts, all of the fae take their defeat in stride: one of the retainers tells them to 'have a son real soon', which makes Edgar gleeful. Kelpie simply says that he'll wait; twenty or thirty years isn't that long for him. Nico opens a portal, and back they go to the real world.
...where, of course, Edgar has NO INTENTION of canceling the engagement. End score- Edgar: 1, Everyone Else: 0.
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I have to admit, I'm still a little confused on how the Prince plays into the whole thing (and what the treason Edgar's father was convicted of was).
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Also, if you like uber competent Combat Butlers, I recomment the anime Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler). Also set in victorian England, equally pretty and fun, and here the butler is the main character. One Hell of a butler... www.animesuki.com has the torrents listed. :)
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And you're so right, Edgar is the "Magnificent Bastard". That fits him so much ! This series really is entertaining.