GREETINGS PEOPLE, I BRING YOU A SUPRISE TOPIC FOR THIS WEEK'S ENTRY OF COMPENDIUM OF WITCHES, AND IT IS THE RUNNER UP FROM PREVIOUS POLL, THE BACHELORS...it got so many votes it felt really bad to leave them out, so I decided to do it here.

Firs things first...what about the topics you suggested in the post I made? Well those will get polled this week so stay tuned!

Second...orginally I wanted to make so much more choices but, I ended up wrtiting so much for each entry, I decided to leave it, this one CERTANLY deserves a second entry, so let me know if you would like to see that.

WIthout further to explain..LET'S DIVE IN!

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Introduction: Some kind of Lover

We’ve talked about romance with Witches before, their dynamics, their many wonderful stories, but this time we want to focus a bit more on a certain group of people, the most notable lovers of Witches, those men whose love history with Witches achieved a legendary status, be that because of how tender it is, how much it moved people’s hearts, or because of the wonderful adventures they all shared together...we will be talking about the so called Bachelors, the most notable ones, whose love stories continue to enamor us even in the future.

Most of them are from the Great Wars era, but you will be provided with a considerable list of lovers, a brief summary of their stories and why do people remember that story, we must also clarify that we will be talking about love stories that were carried out until the end or until the Witch died, not about stories where the lover died, so as compelling and tender are stories like the one with Georgia and Flavius, Grete and Prince Golshan or Minna with her former fiancé Kurt are...we will not be covering those here.

So, without further delay, let’s explore these epic chronicles of love.

 

Historical Eras

Mul and Urash (Aproximately 3500 BC): The first Witch also deserved a first love of her life, and that would be none other than her adoptive sibling, Mul, according to the Tablets of Urash he was six years younger than her, the son of the holy man who took Urash after she lost her parents to a flood, raised her to become the woman she would end up becoming, when they were 20 and 14 Mul’s parents died leaving them to fend for themselves, roaming through the land together as a unity, joined by a bond that grew more and more into love, into a desire for Mul to grow stronger, he left for some time to train as a warrior...when he came back Urash noticed he had become a man….finally opened up to him, formalizing a romantic relationship and siring a young girl, their only daughter Lilith, he always remained at Urash’s side until the end where she battled The Father and killed him, and witnessed as she sacrificed her life to give her power to the world so Witches could be born all over the globe.

He continued living in memory of his beloved Urash and raised their daughter to become a savior just like her mother...and from them...the Lilith Lineage hails from, direct descendants of Urash.

Magnus Crispus Gaelus & Celinda Gladia Milanus (Ceridwyn) (4^th century): The greatest love story of the 4^th century and for many people the definite Soldier/Witch love story, he was a good friend and great ally of Georgia and her friends, they met at the end of the African journey when Celinda was sent to pick Georgia and the 36^th Legion up on ships, and during the second journey they got to bond closer giving in to their passion and marrying 2 years later, he eventually learned the truth about Celinda’s identity and immortality and despite that, knowing she’d outlive him...he remained at her side loving her like no man ever had...and when he passed, it left such a profound mark on Ceridwyn...she NEVER married again, she did have a couple of lovers...but no one could ever fill the hole Crispus left, even now on the year 4000...she still visits his grave every year (And when she was traveling during the Kardashev Program she took soil from around his grave and left one spoon of it in every planet she visited and colonized) and claims that she might live for eons...but there will always be one Crispus.

Oda Nobunaga and Mori Ranmaru (16^th century): The love that forged Fuso in the 16^th century, while officially this is not confirmed nor acknowledged by normal historians, we Witch historians and Space Mikos do know...for we keep all the Witch Lore and we can confirm these two had a very passionate relationship, ever since the lord of the Oda clan saw the young 10 years old lady in the Mori household and how uninterested she was in being a lady, he knew right there this would be the Witch to carry him forward and his dreams, it is not exactly know when did they became lovers, some say that very night, others until Oran turned 16...but we cannot be certain, but we know he held a burning passion for the Witch and she was utterly devoted and his, remaining at his side for his entire life and even siring him a couple of children, from which the lineage of Mami Inagaki and her granddaughter the Aquarian Witch Cristina Inagaki come from...when Nobunaga died Mori was never the same...but she still served the Fuso lands faithfully until her time came and she reunited with both her lord and her friend Zohra.

 

Great Wars Era.

Martin Burden and Minnie Bishop: The greatest Heroic Witch of the First Neuroi War, Martin Burden was a childhood friend of Minnie’s sister Louise Bishop...when Minnie was younger she attempted to glide but could not do it (Witches flying back then wasn’t the norm) and was helped by Louise who called in the deed in the form of a favor, dating her friend Martin...Minnie wasn’t sure at first but after the first dare, the two kids were smitten by each other...much to Martin’s parents annoyance but they could carry out their romance...until the War erupted.

Minnie was drafted for the war and Martin decided to become a photographer JUST to follow his beloved Minnie into the war, it wasn’t easy for someone so young nor could he see Minnie that often but the boy survived it all, even the disdain from Manfrida von Richthofen...The Red Baroness who only disliked Martin because she herself was in love with Minnie.

It was him being trapped in the middle of No Man’s land during the final assault and Manfrida’s sacrifice which made Minnie unleash all her power and achieve TRUE flight, saving her beloved and then destroying the Hive over Belgium ending the war. After the war they lived a comfortable and happy life, having two wonderful daughters, Wilma and Lynette, their love story is one of the highlights of hope and love remembered about the First Neuroi War...speaking of Lynne though…

 

Julius van Pelt and Lynette Bishop: Many would assume Lynne would end up married to Yoshika due to how close they were during the war, but destiny had other plans for the Britannian Witch in the shape of the slightly younger young boy Julius van Pelt from the Netherlands...a poor orphan struggling to survive after the war with his sister Rose, including stealing medicine...he was saved from arrest by Lynette stationed nearby alongside Perrine and Amelie, and ever since Lynne did everything to help Rose Julius was absolutely smitten by Lynne, even his misguided hatred for Witches was eventually eased by how much he liked Lynne and how much Perrine did to save Rose and since then he became completely devoted to both of them, to Perrine as a friend and to Lynne as an ardent lover, although true to her silly nature, Lynne took a WHILE to realize how deeply Julius was in love with her, but by the time she did she reciprocated his feelings with passion and devotion, immediately getting married when he became 16 and graduated from school, they lived an absolutely happy and VERY productive life as Lynne bore Julius 8 children…Tyler, Hansen, Polly, Margaret, Nestor, Albion, Celestine and Rose...it was Albion however who married one of Yoshika’s daughters Ichiya and from that union would come Rebecca and Yumemi.

Julius would always feel insecure about Lynne’s age...but he confessed that the moment he realized Lynne loved him as much as he did...it was all worth it, a bit silly because it wasn’t that much of an age gap but, it just serves to illustrate the earnest and lovely nature he had.

 

Josu Migeru and Yoshika Miyafuji: Now for a silly yet incredibly adventurous story, buckle up because this is the longest one, in 1944 Josu was a young fresh sailor recruit serving on the Akagi under Captain Sugita Junzaburo’s command, both Yoshika and Mio saved the Akagi when it traveled from Fuso to Britannia, as such the captain and the crew were incredibly thankful and big fans of Yoshika, but young Josu went farther than anyone and had the courage to write a very sentimental letter for Yoshika and sneaked into the Strike Witches’ base to give it to her personally, unfortunately Minna caught them and Yoshika was scolded by it due to the rule she applied of no Witches interacting with male personal, there was a problem however...Josu was NOT part of the Dover base...so technically he wasn’t under the rule, so the scolding he received from Minna was very controversial, his companions on the Akagi and captain Sugita thought so and encouraged him to hold on to those feelings for Yoshika in a rather touching communal support network.

He was among the survivors of the Warlock incident and Captain Sugita brought him to the Yamato with him, after the battle he met Yoshika properly and was able to deliver the letter without any pressure and the sweet moment even led to Yoshika kissing him, the moment was seen by Sugita who actually went as far as to make sure with the high command that Minna would NEVER be able to apply that stupid rule in the following bases the Strike Witches would use...when Minna found out about this she accepted it but she always held some light resentment to Josu...for exposing her Witches to having her hearts broken, fortunately her fears were proven unfounded.

Josu continued serving under Sugita through the rest of the war often meeting Yoshika to kiss and have mini dates, he was even present during the final assault in Berlin where he and the Captain moved the Yamato ship right into the Wolf’s storm breaking its defense, shattering the ship but making a break so Yoshika, Lynne, Sadako and Georgette could go inside, the Yamato was split and it seem he and Sugita died...BUT THEY SURVIVED...as they fell to the floor they were saved from crashing by none other than Hikari and Eila respectively who arrived just in time with a JEEP.

When Yoshika found out Josu had survived she immediately took him as her boyfriend, no questions asked, he even accompanied Yoshika, Sanya and Princess Agnes in their journey looking for Sanya’s parents and Doctor Miyafuji, hoping the doctor would give him his blessing to marry Yoshika, which of course he did...they married in 1950...and lived a very happy life.

They had three children, Kyoko, Sandor and Ichiya...who married Albion Bishop and together they had the sisters Rebecca and Yumemi...carrying on the love stories of their grandmothers...as a fun fact by the way, Sandor Miyafuji met Minna’s only daughter Margot, got her pregnant and married her...which must have been quite the spectacle to witness when Minna found out...we can only speculate what went on, but they lived a happy life so it probably wasn’t THAT BAD….and they did sire an Aquarian Witch, Sanspirela Wilcke.

 

Keisuke Hijikata and Mio Sakamoto: Not as much of a glamorous story as Josu with Yoshika but certainly one of loyal devotion, Hijikata met Mio when he was a fresh recruit in the Fuso navy in 1937 right as Mio began her Witch career alongside Tetsuko and Junko...he would be fond of Mio’s endless energy and courage, so Junko encouraged him to talk to Mio, who in return would “kidnap him” and take him on flies around the base which terrified the poor fella, but it made them develop a bond of trust and reliance that did nothing but grow with time.

When Mio became a Squadron leader she took Hijikata with her to serve as his personal assistant, although because of Minna’s rule...he had to be kept off the Dover base which was actually the first time he would spend so far away from Mio, which he described as a sad period, fortunately after Gallia was freed they reunited and he would not be away from Mio anymore.

When the war ended and Mio could FINALLY chill, it is said she told him: “So...are we gonna do it or what? It’s been too long already, I hope you’re ready” and he was, he knew Mio very well and had the ring ready...they married in 1947 in a fantastic wedding.

They had 4 children, all of them male save for the third one, Mamori Sakamoto who sired the two sisters, Josephine and Wanda Sakamoto, both Aquarian Witches…. Mio and Hijikata lived a peaceful and happy life, although he does admit Mio took a while to adjust to peace...but she eventually did.

 

Valerian Stroganov and Edytha Rossman: Valerian Stroganov was a tall man, at 1.90 meters tall….despite being the child of the head of the Stroganov family during the Second Neuroi War, Jekaterina Stroganov...and despite being ONLY 13 years old, he was a towering handsome giant for his young age, he came on behalf of his powerful influential family, to help on the fight against the reincarnated Attila the Hun in which the Brave Witches were involved, among them of course Edytha who was 20 at the time. From the first moment he became interested in the older but tiny little Witch, at the time Edytha was having issues with how close Waltrud was getting to Hikari and it bothered her as Edytha deep down inside had feelings for Waltrud, so Valerian approached and asked if all was okay and stroke a friendly conversation with Edytha, even going as far as to call her adorable, to which Edytha took some offense but politely told him to abstain from such words with her, Valerian accepted although this did nothing but increase the level of interests he had for her.

During the battle at the Toota-Khem canyon, they battled Attila until Hikari was almost split in half by his Sword of Mars and they had to escape, fortunately Valerian Stroganov arrived with a BA-64 to ride them off the battle in a brutal chase escaping from Attila’s forces, while trying to keep Hikari alive, they were successful in making it to a hospital in Kyzyl and Hikari was saved, which made Waltrud realize how much he loved her, confessing it to the unconscious Hikari...which Edytha heard and it finally broke her...leaving to a nearby hill to just...gaze at the stars in sad self-reflection...where she was met by Valerian.

There Edytha confessed to loving Waltrud and also confessed being responsible for Erica Hartmann transfer to another base...out of jealousy...which she felt horrified at her own actions, Valerian sat there and let her vent...later comforting her...after that opening of her feelings, she decided to let herself give into passion and kissed the boy...which resulted in them having sex on that hill under the stars and creating the first brick into their bond.

After the Attila incident was solved, the Brave Witches began their operation to march into Berlin and she was separated from Valerian, although they kept contact and after the war he came to visit her in Karlsland to bring his family’s help to rebuild Karlsland...they formalized their relationship and eventually he moved to live in Karlsland so he could marry Edytha once he became 16.

Edytha finally found some love in her life and could forgive herself for her petty actions in the past and eventually named Hikari her successor in the military academy...retiring to become a housewife in a comfortable life to bear Valerian 7 children, and from their lineage comes the only Stroganov Witch in the family, who became an Aquarian Witch...Makoto Stroganov.

 

Henri Philippe and Silvie Cariello: And to end this series of stories how about we cover thee Luminous Witches for a change? During the so called “Mata Hari Connection” Incident we can discuss in another entry, in short summary, The secret organization known as “The Priory of Saint-Claire” (Same one who Chris Keera belonged to) whose aim was to overthrown the Gallian Republic and bring the Old Regime back into power with an absolute monarchy at the time putting the heir of House Bourbon-Orleans at the time, a 9 years old boy named Henri Philippe on the throne.

During one of their visits in the Netherlands, the Luminous Witches rested while Jo and Silvie went out to the town in Amsterdam to meet with people and provide help, during this venture Silvie noticed someone dropped what turned to be a beautiful pearl necklace, which they took, to keep it safe Jo insisted Silvie put it on...the moment she did...a dozen of armed men appeared to capture Silvie who became paralyzed thanks to some poison in the collar, Jo tried to fight back but...these are the Luminous Witches so...she could only rip through three masked men before the others took Silvie away...quickly Jo went away to get help from Aira, Manaia and Grace.

Turns out the collar apparently belonged to Mata-Hari herself and this was all part of a plan by the Priory to perform a ritual with the collar, to reveal the location of a hidden treasure Mata-Hari herself collected from Gallia to fund their efforts against the government, they needed to have a Witch with royal blood to dance to unleash the magic, and Silvie was an easy target...so she was forced to dance the erotic dances Mata-Hari used to do, all while young Henri Philippe watched but then something the priory wasn’t expecting at all...happened….Henri Philippe in his childish innocence became irreversibly smitten by the beautiful Romagnan Witch, wanting to become friends with Silvie and stay near her, at first Silvie used this to her advantage to manipulate the boy into planning an escape route, but then in her words felt “absolutely horrible” for doing that once she realized how pure the boy’s affections were...instead she did something more daring...manipulate them BOTH ESCAPING, which the boy eagerly did, his title meant nothing to him...all he wanted was to kiss Silvie’s squishy bags.

The plan was executed, it almost failed but at the last minute in came Aira, Manaia and Grace on a JEEP to save them, they all got in, blew up the old hotel they used as based, a street chase ensued until the national guard of the Netherlands destroyed the last vehicles of the Priory.

Eventually Silvie gave Henri Philippe a ring (Which was actually her mother’s wedding ring) and made him a promise...asked him to keep this for her...and when she finished her travels across the world, she’d come back and she expected him to put it on her finger, the boy with a kiss eagerly accepted.

And so by 1947...Silvie returned...Henri eagerly waited for her in the Netherlands and put the ring on her finger...marrying on the spot, even if the boy was 12 at the time….it’s easier for the monarchy to get away with these things, besides he insisted quite a lot and well...he and Silvie were both from prestigious houses...so they did not have trouble achieving the marriage.

Their marriage was long, happy and very peaceful...not to mention very productive as they had 12 children together, eventually leading to their Aquarian Granddaughter, Cynthia Cariello.

In a fun twist however, when the Luminous Witch arrived in Madjapahit they actually found the REAL Mata-Hari who had survived and confirmed there was no treasure, but she gifted that pearl necklace for Silvie, currently it is owned and carried by Cynthia.