[Third Person's PoV]
lissa looked at Tony shyly as she asked, "Why did you call a princess?"
"Because you're wearing a shiny blue dress and have blond hair. When soone ntions a princess, blond hair and a blue or pink dress co to mind."
"I see... so are you really quirkless?"
"I'm too great to have a quirk," Tony casually said.
lissa looked at Tony in confusion. "Huh?"
Tony just looked at lissa with a smile. "We were born with so many wonderful gifts that our bodies didn't have any more room for quirks."
lissa let out a chuckle hearing that. "That's the first ti I'm hearing that. Did you make that up?"
"Nope, it's just a scientifically proven fact," Tony said confidently.
"Huh? Where did you read that?"
"It's scientific research I did using myself as the base."
"You need more than one test subject to make a hypothesis like that," lissa chuckled again.
"See, you know about the scientific thod, which ans you're way smarter than people your age. Which also ans you're too smart for a quirk. That makes two for two," Tony said, patting his chest with pride.
Tony then held out his hand high for in a high five, "Here"
lissa only stared at Tony in confusion,
"You haven't seen a high five before?" Tony asked.
"I have I just don't know the reason" lissa said
"Isn't it obvious I'm welcoming you into our little quirkless club"
lissa giggled upon hearing that, Tony then motioned his hand, "Co on now, don't leave hanging"
lissa gave Tony the high five as Tony then nodded, "To being quirkless!"
lissa continued to laugh, "To being quirkless" she repeated
"Hey, Anthony–"
"Call Tony. Only strangers and people I don't really like have to call Anthony."
"Does that an we're friends?" lissa said with an excited expression.
"You're being way too excited, girly," Tony said.
lissa started pressing her index fingers together. "Sorry, I just haven't had a friend before."
"Woah..." was all Tony managed to say as he didn't know what else he was supposed to say.
"What did your parents an when they asked again? Do you usually beat up people?" lissa asked curiously.
"A bit. When I first started school, people quickly found out I was quirkless and started bullying . And , being the great person that I am, obviously fought back."
"But isn't that bad?" lissa asked.
Tony slowly turned to look at her. "You're kidding, right?"
lissa only looked at Tony in confusion. "Hurting people is sothing only villains do."
"Oh my god, you can't be serious," Tony asked. Seeing her confused expression, he sighed.
"So what, I'm just supposed to keep getting bullied and picked on my whole life?"
lissa shook her head. "You get an adult or soone older to help you out."
"You sweet, sweet, innocent child. Is that what you want your whole life to be? Having other people solve your problems for you?"
"No..." lissa muttered.
Tony nodded. "We are quirkless. This world is full of power, villains, and heroes. In order for our voices to be heard, we have to scream the loudest. In order for our actions to be recognized, we have to put in twice the effort. People bully us because they think we can't defend ourselves, because they think we'll amount to nothing. Do you know how we prove them wrong?"
lissa shook her head while looking at Tony with expectation.
"We fight back. We make them think twice about ssing with us." Tony then pointed up while lowering his glasses, looking at her. "We, who are at the bottom of the barrel, have to get our own hands dirty to reach the top. So there is nothing villainous about having to get your hands dirty and fighting against what you believe is injustice and what you believe is right."
lissa had a look of fascination while he heard clapping behind him. Tony's expression grew plain as he turned and looked towards Jarvis, who was clapping his hands with a proud look.
"That was an amazing speech, young master. Absolutely amazing. I've been moved to tears," Jarvis said, grabbing a handkerchief from his side pocket and wiping his tears.
lissa looked at Jarvis oddly and leaned in to ask, "Who is that?"
"My obnoxious butler who seems to have forgotten his place," Tony replied.
Jarvis knew Tony was only joking and just smiled. "Whatever do you an, young master? You know my place is always by your side, protecting you."
"Yeah, yeah, then protect in silence far away from ," Tony said, shooing him away.
Jarvis only chuckled. "So who's your little lady friend?" he asked, looking towards lissa.
lissa did a quick introduction, "Hello, I'm lissa Shield, pleased to et you."
"Ah, I see, you must be the host's daughter. Thank you for being friends with the young master," Jarvis said with a smile.
lissa only shyly nodded her head.
Jarvis then turned towards Tony, "Congrats, young master. Now you have another friend besides ."
"You really have no tact for a butler, Jarvis," Tony said, shaking his head before turning towards lissa. "Weren't you going to show around? Last ti you took to a place full of trash; please let the next place be more pleasant."
lissa smiled and nodded her head. "Co, I'll show you around so more," she said, grabbing his arm and dragging him along.
She started showing him the different rooms around the house. She also showed him her room, which was filled with gadgets and advanced books that looked too advanced for her age.
"What are you making?" Tony asked.
"Right now, I'm trying to make a pogo stick, but I'm having a bit of difficulty getting it to fit into a box form to make it easier to carry around."
"Have you thought about using collapse tech?"
"Collapse tech?"
"Collapse tech is a design concept that enables objects to transform into a more compact shape for easy storage and transport by using a series of interlocking segnts that can slide into each other or fold in an almost origami-like manner. This way, you can reduce it to a fraction of its operational size without compromising its functionality or strength."
"I see… that's really interesting. I haven't really thought about that," lissa nodded her head.
"You should co to my lab then; you'll see more amazing things," Tony said with a proud smirk.
"You have a lab!?" lissa asked, a little jealous.
"Sure do."
*CRASHHHHHH*
They all heard the sound of multiple windows breaking. Even the windows in lissa's room shattered as soone burst through them, wearing a black Kevlar mask. All of his fingers had so type of circular tal attached to them.
Tony put his body in front of lissa to shield her from the flying glass shards.
"Look who we have here, if it isn't the target!" the masked man smirked. He aid his fingers towards them, and they started to give off a red light as if charging.
Jarvis ran in front of Tony and lissa and kicked the man's hand upwards, causing red laser bullets to escape his fingers and hit the ceiling.
Jarvis got into a boxing stance and started punching the man in the stomach before punching him in the face, causing him to stagger back.
The man aid his fingers towards Jarvis and charged up an attack, but Jarvis, without hesitation, grabbed his hand and twisted it, dropping the man to the floor.
The man shot lasers from his other hand at Jarvis's foot, causing blood to escape. Jarvis winced before twisting the hand harder.
"Arghhhh!!" the man scread as he heard his arm crack. With his other hand, he punched Jarvis in the stomach and tried to shoot him there as well.
Jarvis tried to grab that hand too, but the man used the opportunity to escape from Jarvis's grasp.
He tried to step back, but Jarvis stepped on his foot with his bleeding one and held him in place, continuing to punch him in the face until blood painted the bottom half of the black mask red.
Jarvis then grabbed him when he tried to retaliate and flung him out the window. As he flew out, he was upside down with a scary expression in his eyes.
'If I'm going down, I'm taking all of them with ,' he thought before aiming all of his fingers towards Tony and lissa and shooting lasers that flew at rapid speed.
Jarvis, seeing this, jumped and covered their little bodies with his.
'Just like how I wanted it,' he thought as he fell to the floor.
Tony stared with widened eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing. Jarvis's body had multiple holes, with blood leaking from them.
Jarvis looked towards Tony with a smile as blood escaped his lips. "You're safe… I'm glad," he managed to say as he slid off their bodies and fell to the floor with blood pooling everywhere.
"..."
"Jarvis?" Tony asked, his hands shaking and his eyes still wide.
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