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In the abandoned snow town no one pay visit, as claimed a sealed land, only the aurora rewards the silence here. The culture once nurtured by the volcano was long gone, the land is not permitted to enter by people except for the guardians. Yet the silence is disturbed by Shepherd’s team here, they stayed here for a day of peace, but no guarantee that the second day is the same as long as the guardian exists.
The engraved magical circle in somewhere shined in light blue, working normally to teleport people from Magiland to the sealed place. It doesn't make a large sound, so people in the house haven't found out.
The glowing glyph faded after the mission of teleporting, that is the place Lailah found the teleporting arte set and entered Magiland from there with Eleanor and Velvet.
2 people appeared around the abandoned town, accurately one daemon and one seraph, that is a rare combination, but they are standing together.
Now 2 rare guests visit the place.
"It is rare, you will come to find out the issue in person." the male daemon said.
"It is my instinct." The female seraph answered.
"Is that also the reason why you choose to call me in, Rose?" The daemon responded.
"Yes, my instinct tells me it will be something interesting." The seraph called Rose continued.
Daemon: "Then I will believe it, your instinct is always correct."
The city gate is then opened by the daemon, they entered the town.
“What did you observe, Rokurou?” The female seraph asked.
“There are traces of steps, multiple pairs, someone come, maybe a large group.....As I remembered, there should be a barrier to protect, they should not be easy to enter with getting lost in the surrounding.” Rokurou analyzed the observation.
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The seraph: “True, our silent land is invaded, let's see who are capable of such things.”
The battle daemon: “I wish they are strong.”
Just when they want to search the inn with lights up, some people come out from it. 2 humans, one with short brown hair shifted left, one with raven long black hair. The seraphim then come out following after them. They are apparently shocked when they find the two newcomers to the place.
"Oh? Isn't that Sorey?" Rose is surprised that the sudden guest to the land is actually the missing people.
"Rose?" Sorey is surprised to see another old friend reincarnated as a seraph.
"Are they someone you know? …...Oh, Velvet and Eleanor!" Rokurou is curious that Rose knows the people here, but then he is surprised by the presence of his long-lost old friend.
“Rokurou!?” Velvet and Eleanor exclaimed at the same time, sound as surprised as Rokurou did.
"So, they are the people you told me about." Rose chuckled since near all people here are old acquaintances.
"Right. And they are the people we need to find too….In a sealed place, no wonder no one finds a trace about them." Rokurou murmured.
"Are you talking about the request from Bienfu? Well, he is also here." Rose then noticed the normin there.
The normin with a cute hat slowly walks out and sees Rose and Rokurou standing before them.
"Rokurou, and President?!"
"Oh? Bienfu, I remembered you followed Ophelia, she is here too?"
"No, she wants to do something alone that takes a long time, so she kicked me out."
"Anyway, you found the lost people, guess this is a good result for you."
Meanwhile, Zaveid, Lailah, Alpha and Beta come out from the house later.
“Ay! Rose, rare that you come here in person.” Zaveid commented.
“President?” Beta is surprised like the other when she sees Rose.
“Beta, you know Rose too?” Sorey asked as he doesn’t expect it.
“Yeah, she is the guild president of a seraphic guild ally once I told you.” Beta answered.
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Then the conversation is disturbed by a laugh.
“Yo! Velvet, Never thought of seeing you again, it has been long. I am too excited that I want to fight you now!" Said while red light shining in his right eye and he has already taken out his weapons.
"Eh? Wait? Not again? It is not necessary!" Eleanor exclaimed, she doesn't want another fight like the last time she met Rokurou. It is not like the last time that Rokurou nearly forgot who was she and nearly forgot even his name, it is obvious he holds the memory in whole this time, yet he still claims a fight.
".....so you still fight all the time." Velvet murmured as she wonders the man before she is the same one she knew. Velvet didn't expect Rokurou to live such long. Apparently, he was still twisted in somewhere, not knowing the feeling of missing someone but express it in form of challenge, it is how he learned from his family.
"I should stop you, but I want to fight them too," Rose smirked.
"What? Why?" Alisha exclaimed.
"Even you are the assistant head, I won't take it easy. You enjoy the hot spring here earlier than me. Receive your punishment." Rose smiled, the meaning in the sentence is never the serious one, it seems not the main reason she claimed the fight at all.
“Wait, Rose!” Alisha is trying to understand.
“Nope! ” Looks like the fight is unavoidable, Rose already took out her weapons, they are the same type of weapons as Rokurou's one.
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“Now, What are you gonna do? You all may just come at once.” Rokurou provoked like his brother once did.
“You just want to fight, aren’t you? Very well, let's be the sports after the rest.” Velvet said, even when she knows it is not an easy case to fight him.
“Wait, we haven't formed the pact again right back then,” Eleanor stated.
“ Are you sure to form it again? It is not like I am a human with a pure heart, I can be tainted easily. I am not a good vessel, you know.” Velvet said.
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“I will only admit you as my pact former now anyway, I am not going to change after forming the pact once. If you don't want me to end up as a dragon, just try your best.” Eleanor insisted.
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“ That's sly.....Very well, we will form the pact again.” Velvet answered.
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“I am just learning from you.” Eleanor taunted while re-forming the pact.
Meanwhile on Rose's side, Rose teased Alisha for going here secretly.
“Alisha made no fault here.” Sorey stood out and trying to talk for Alisha.
"Very well, you are the one I actually want to fight. Sorey." Rose said.
"Eh?" Alisha now understands Rose is not really minding her to enjoy the hot spring here earlier than her.
"I have watched you two fought in the Lost Tower, it is a great fight, but it is not enough if you want to fight the Lord of Calamity at this age. " Rose talked to Sorey.
"Tartarus is the Lord of Calamity…." Sorey murmured.
"Now show me what you've got." Rose continued.
"Right, guys." Sorey turned and looked at his friends.
"Eleanor and I will fight Rokurou." Velvet said.
"Then I will fight with one partner too, Mikleo, will you?" Sorey said after considering the opponent is kind of a friend, then he doesn't want all his friends to go fight her.
“Sure.” Mikleo stood out with Sorey.
“I will fight with you too Sorey,” Alisha said and stood out too, she must fight as Rose's target must include her.
“Very well, now the punishment for Alisha to start off before us to have the hot spring,” Rose exclaimed.
“I say it is a misunderstanding! I came here to study the history of seraphim.” Alisha said when prepared to fight.
"Still, you enjoyed the hot spring."
"........."
"You agreed, heh heh."
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“What are you gonna do? Alpha, Beta?” Zaveid turned and asked 2 kids.
“Observe, interfere when something happens,” Alpha said.
“......Same here.” Beta agreed.
To Beta, being neutral is the most reasonable option, since she doesn't have a deep relationship with both. She is in a guild that having an ally relationship with President Rose, and they are friends. Sorey and Velvet helped them once. She doesn't have a reason to help either side.
“ Understand. Sorey, are you really fine to fight them with only Mikleo and Alisha?" Zaveid asked he knew both Rose and Rokurou are pretty strong.
"I will be fine." Sorey smiled as if he is not really fighting enemies. He felt no hostility from Rose and Rokurou.
'Then, I will be the same as Beta. Fight hard, you guys.” Zaveid said while knowing Rose will not do something unacceptable. Same for Lailah and Mikleo, since they know Seraph Rose in this era.
Velvet, Eleanor, Sorey, Mikleo and Alisha answered with a nod. Meanwhile, Edna steps forward and apparently joins the fight.
"You are the Yasha my brother mentioned," Edna stated.
"Yeah."
"Velvet, I fight with you.” Edna then said.
“I am fine with that, but why?”
“Because I want to examine the daemon befriended with my brother.”
“I see. You are just like your brother then.”
“What do you mean?”
“That’s how we met Eizen, he examined our strength with a fight.”
“Sounds not a nice way to meet, but I am sure he examined not only strength in the fight.”
“Anyway, try your best to stand until you get all the information you want. I am sure that a Yasha with thousand years of battle experience is strong.” Velvet is saying the sentence in a pretty cold way, yet her eyes are not telling the same, since her eyes full of worry at the same time.
“........Then you are an idiot who wants to fight an elite Yasha with only two people.” Edna teased.
Lailah only gave a wry smile when the situation becomes this way.
“If anything happened, I will be in help too,” Lailah said while knowing Rose will not truly do something harmful to Sorey, she knows it is a trial of strength. For now, she will be the parent watching her children on the sports day.
“Let's begin.” Rose dashed to Alisha at the moment she said and she just gives a continuous slash to Alisha. The attack is fast and from various directions to dazzle the eyes. Alisha is spinning her lance to defend the attacks from all sides in front of her.
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“Twin flow!” Mikleo shot Rose from far away to distract her, but the attack is quickly cut into two halves by wind blade.
Meanwhile, Sorey takes the chance to break the combo of Rose after she divided Mikleo's attack. It is hard to slash repeatedly in the same direction with a single hand, so Rose must turn and use another hand to move her another dagger to hold Sorey's attack.
Her daggers now formed cross to hold Sorey's blade and bounded Sorey's blade away by moving them in parallel to the daggers respectively. Sparks sparked between three blades and making sharp sound for the friction between blades.
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Rose then jumps backward and said: “ Still so strong after all those years, Sorey.”
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“Thanks.” Sorey smiled while keeping his attack on Rose.
Before Sorey gets close enough to make another physical attack, Rose swings her daggers and draws wind blades to attack, Sorey can't get closer to Rose and he can't use his eyes properly in such wind. Slowly his body is hurting by the thin sharp wind blades.
While Rose is concentrated on sending wind blades to Sorey, the other sides remain defenseless. With a silent nod, Mikleo and Alisha get a consensus to attack different sides.
When Rose noticed the shadow under deepen in color, Alisha already appeared above her by making a spin jump and strikes her lance. Rose immediately holds the attack by her another dragger when sensing the attack by battle instinct, Rose can only slightly push aside Alisha's lance and let the attacking track be driven away, the attack still hurt her slightly at her arm. However, she can't defend herself from the ice scissors from below by Mikleo. “Tch.”
“HA!”
With a battle cry, Sorey rushed towards Rose and drew his sword and slash his sword upward and drive a whirlwind, throwing Rose into the air then giving a downward kick to her. Once Rose down to the ground, she defends herself immediately to hold the attacks from Sorey and Alisha, waiting for a moment to encounter.
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Rose uses her encountering attack but Sorey and Alisha both jump backward. From the moment Rose is still defending, she didn't receive any attacks from Mikleo, Rose feels strange towards that, but it is too late because she cannot defend the attack now. At the moment Sorey and Alisha jump away, she sees Mikleo just casts a seraphic arte and she can't stop her momentum when she is acting to encounter Sorey and Alisha. Seems Alisha and Sorey worked together to block Rose's sight from Mikleo and create the chance for him.
Mikleo summoned twelve ice blades while creating ice hills from the ground, all shoot towards Rose, and Rose can't defend or dodge it but to receive the attack directly. The attack makes an ice fog around the area and fading gradually, Rose is still standing, smiles confidently.
A strong wind field extends and presents on the battlefield with the center of Rose, this prevents Mikleo to approach Sorey. Chains shot out from the ground, Alisha and Sorey both chained by the chains.
“ You are not gonna escape.” Rose smiled and approach the two.
“Sorey, that's the punch for you leaving me behind and go fight and slumber alone!”
Sorey can't say a word to this but helplessly gives a wry smile and receives the punch.
“Alisha, you met Sorey before me, receive my anger!”
“I say it is not---Eh? That's the reason?”
Before noticed the reasons, these two are thrown into the air by Rose's tornado and then hit on the ground.
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“Ah, that's an ease of mind.” Rose smiled after giving her 'punch' to the two.
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“Let's see if you are weaker after all these years.” Rokurou smiled.
“Well, I am only a human. You may be disappointed.” Velvet smirks.
“Say this till now, huh? At any time, you are always a human to me, I won't hold back.”
“Well, troublesome. Stills, I can't move forward without defeating you! So I will fight.” Velvet prepared to fight.
“These two really always like this, battle maniac and violent.” Eleanor sighed.
“A fight between idiots, I see,” Edna taunted while sent a strong step to the earth, a sharp rock raises from the earth, aiming Rokurou. Rokurou noticed the movement of earth and jumped to dodge the attack.
“You are not fighting alone, Velvet,” Eleanor said and joined the fight. Catching the chance that Rokurou is in the air, Eleanor sends numerous strikes to Rokurou.
Rokurou received strikes and steps on one of the strike and jump backward, but just a moment, he noticed that Velvet has come behind him.
“Binding Frost!” Velvet ejects her gauntlet-blade, charged at Rokurou with the ice covered the blade, strike-slides and quickly slides back, leaving the icy mist trail in the air.
After received a strike, Rokurou turned his body, landed with a light touch on the ground and leaps into air again. He conjured two fire towers by opening his arm and flip backward.
“Form Eight!”
The pure heat burns Velvet, she can only keep her distance to avoid the further burning effect.
As soon as Velvet stays back, giant stones burst out from the ground, hitting Rokurou into midair. A series of rock flying towards Rokurou.
Tracking the sources of flying rocks, Velvet sees Edna is sitting on her umbrella and ordering the rocks to shoot Rokurou. Then she raises a finger pointing upwards, mysterious energy accumulates to form a ball. It is covered in the color of the night. As Edna swings her arm and pointing the finger towards Rokurou, the energy is shot out.
Still not strong enough to knock out Rokurou, but it is enough to transfix him. Velvet is not gonna let the chance go away, she leaps forward and charges at Rokurou with her gauntlet-blade. Releases her mana while ejects her blade, so the strike is covered with flame.
Before the strike pierced Rokurou, he holds up his arm to make the daggers make a cross. In an extremely short moment, at the moment Velvet's blade has just slide on the daggers, Rokurou catches Velvet's weapon and throws her in the midair, end the arte with the final strike to Velvet.
Eleanor, Edna: "Velvet!"
The strike is powerful, just as Rokurou has said, he would not hold back. Velvet received the impact of the strike and is sent to fly backward in the midair. The flying trip is stopped by the wall of the house next to the abandoned inn, a huge concave formed on the wall. Velvet is rebounded and slid down the wall.
"Really don't plan to hold back." Velvet murmured as she wipes away the blood on her mouth corner. She tried to stand again but the pain on her back is too strong to be ignored. It is different from the time like the impact she received from Sorey's Lion howl in the time she is forced to fight Sorey. She hit on a tree that time, but this time she is hit on a brick wall, the impact strong enough to make a concave.
Finally, she helps herself up with the brick wall and managed to stand in a hunchback posture. Velvet grits her teeth and thinks: "( I can't really make a proper move even I can stand now.)"
Just a move is leading pain overflowing in the body.
Rokurou doesn't let a moment for the opponent to rest, soon he rashes towards Velvet, prepared to give another strike.
“That fighting style….You know you are just a human, right?” Edna rushes to stand in front of Velvet, summons stone monolith to be the shield to block the attack. Seeing Velvet fights in a bit berserk style, she is somehow being worried, a human body can’t sustain such violent movement, like to continue to move even injured.
“Sorry, that's the only fight style I learned, that's me. It doesn’t matter I am a human or daemon. If I can't do that, I can't defeat that guy.”
“......Very well.” Edna sighed, she knows Velvet stubborn like her brother somehow.
“It's not ended yet!” Rokurou shouted and cut the conversation between Edna and Velvet.
Bypassing Edna and her stone shield. Rokurou moved next to Velvet in an instant, too fast that Velvet can't react. He slashed his right-hand short sword to the left, then jump backward as he slashed another short sword on his right hand to the right, and Velvet can't even touch him. Although just a few hits from the draggers, numerous parts of Velvet just have the massive blood spurting out at the same time and she fell on the ground while losing the force to support herself.
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“You....are fast.” Velvet is trying to get up from the ground with everywhere full of wounds and blood. The pain on the back is far from the limit to endure.
“(He is surely not an easy opponent for me.)” Velvet remarked dryly in her mind, though she never thought him one to be taken down easily. Now all the more for her to ensure herself not to underestimate the one in front of her.
Rokurou then turned his body changed his target to Edna, Edna shield herself with the turning umbrella.
“.......” Velvet gave a dry smile as she wiped the blood off the corner of her mouth.
“...Life!” Since it is a seraphic arte that need a long time to cast, Eleanor cast the healing arte since the moment Velvet hit the wall. She casts the spell with the eyes cannot bear to see the wounds of Velvet. Soft green light surrounded Velvet and the covered area of wounds is reducing, slowly Velvet gains her strength again and the pain is relieved at the moment.
“Thanks!”
At the same time, Velvet just rushes and strikes her blade towards Rokurou, when Rokurou is trying to hold her blade, she also gives a low spin kick to stumble him.
"Your opponent is here."
"Oh?"
However, Rokurou managed to maintain his balance and planned to give other continuous slashes from jumping up. Just when Rokurou started to jump up after maintaining his center of gravity, Velvet targets at his inner thigh and slashes as she squatted down.
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Rokurou is shocked by that and he couldn't dodge immediately when jumping, his upward momentum only enlarged the wound caused by the slash. As the aorta located at the inner thigh just gets cut open, the blood spurting out from there massively.
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“That's a shock......I am excited.” Rokurou smile with his corners of mouth widen and raised, his right eye just shines with red light, obviously the sign of excitement. Clearly the wound didn't affect him negatively by his strength as a daemon.
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“That's your business,” Velvet didn't stop, she knows she will be killed if there is any moment of rest. She gives a slash diagonally with her right hand then links the combo with an upper spin kick to throw him in the air, also added a lower kick before Rokurou landed on the ground. Giving out her best at attacking as to defend herself by the continuous attack.
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Rokurou jumps backward continuously to dodge attacks once he landed and he tries to figure out the attacking tracks of Velvet. Then he holds a strike from Velvet by his draggers and breaks the attacking beat of Velvet, he throws Velvet into the air by his encountering skill of draggers and planned to strike Velvet.
That is the second time Velvet received such encountering attack, she has to find a way to handle it. The strike targeted at the heart of Velvet, if she can't dodge the attack, she will really die. However, it is unlikely to dodge it in the air, is there any other way to survive? She wondered. Her limes are the only parts that are allowed to move but that wouldn't cause a change in her moving track in the air............. But this is all she needed to encounter.
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Velvet moved her aluminium left arm before her heart to hold and catch the single upper strike from Rokurou and then she takes the opportunity to step on him and suppresses him on the ground with her whole body bending over his body, catching and fixing his wrists.
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This is not gonna be long, Rokurou has the greater strength than her in terms of both genders and species, she should finish this as soon as possible. She hammered Rokurou directly with her head to knock him out, and she succeeded.
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“defeated.......”Eleanor is surprised Velvet just defeated Rokurou.
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“(Horrible, I don't want to fight with this woman by any chance.)” That's the common comment from all the seraphim observed the fight.
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Eleanor immediately cast the healing arte, then goes into Velvet's body to let the pact complete. Velvet's body is accelerated to fall unconscious by both the tiredness and her reaction to the pact reforming to seraphim. Eleanor comes out from Velvet's body and prepares to lift her.
Edna sighed and help to lift Velvet’s body with Eleanor.
“Surprised me that Rokurou just goes in serious mode and still lose the fight. Hmm, could it be he still holds back in somehow? Nevermind.....” Rose murmured.
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“Well, I think we will introduce ourselves when all the members gain consciousness again. It may be too late to say after attacking you guys, we are not enemies. As Rokurou said we are finding both Sorey and Velvet. Bienfu, you may help me explain. ” Rose exclaimed with a carefree smile.
“..ok...” Bienfu answered with sweats dripping down his head.
“You just knocked down the one you needed..........Well, I kind of understand why.....” Mikleo mumbled.
“All of we tired, let's have tea time inside,” Lailah suggested.
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"Velvet wakes," Edna announced in the room and observed the situation.
“Yo! You wake.” Rokurou laughed once seeing Velvet awakes.
“Yes...... You really plan to kill me, do you?” Velvet asked.
“Well, sorry I get excited to see you are still that strong.”
“Next time you will see.” Velvet stated dryly.
“Great! I look forward to it!” Rokurou smiled and Velvet just gives a sigh for such a response.
“You two are too cheerful when you just awaken......” Eleanor commented.
“Eleanor! I finally come to see you!”
“I am always here.” Eleanor rolled her eyes.
“It is something to say after the fight of recognition. Thank you for saving me! This time we should eat Yosakura-amitsu together!”
“What?! You two still not eat it?!” Velvet exclaimed.
“Well....you better do it this time!”
“Definitely.”
“Instead of making the promise again, just eat it already!” Velvet suggested when rolled her eyes.
“Agreed, though I really want to agree.....”
“I suppose it should be easy to buy one around?” Velvet asked.
“From what I know about the world, nope, it appeared only around my hometown,” Rokurou said.
“Your hometown.....You should bring all of us there one day.” Eleanor suggested.
“Don't you want to go with Rokurou by only two of you?” Velvet asked.
“Why.......why would you suggest something like this!!?” Eleanor responded shyly.
“Well, it appeared this is the case.” Velvet smiled.
Meanwhile, in Sorey's side.
“Urge......Rose? That's a hard one from you.” Sorey awoke while still feeling the pain from Rose's attack.
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“.....hmm.......I don't want to explain anymore....” Sorey saw Alisha frustrated there.
“Finally awake~So let's hear all the things out.” Rose chuckled.
“Not even an apology......Why do I not surprised......” Alisha sighed.
“Rose, you should hit lightly next time,” Mikleo suggested.
“Well, well, sorry for that, and that's the only time I will beat you up!” Rose sighed.
“Yeah, it is no way that we will let you make such kind of decision again, Sorey,” Mikleo said.
“Of course, I won't.” Sorey smiled.
“Anyway, it is great to see you again, Sorey,” Rose said.
“Me too, Rose. Hmm, should I expect you are the same person as the Rose I know?” Sorey asked while remembering how Alisha stated about herself.
“Yes. I suppose......well, don't make things complicated. I am myself, that's all.” Rose answered.
“Hump, okay.” Sorey laughed. He knows he can't expect that they are the same for all the years passed and the way of existence changed, somehow he feels the different identity from seraph Rose, she also has something prioritized to protect despite not the assassin guild and not the whole world either.
“I still think my true name as your squire was negligent,” Rose complained.
“But it is true. You just say it yourself.” Sorey answered Rose, Alisha and Mikleo laughed for this.
“Well...I go checking on Velvet and Rokurou.” Rose can't find the right word and she decides to leave.
“Hey, Rokurou, Velvet, all awaken? Let's gather! Gather!” Rose summoned all members here and told them about their aim and identity.
As all the humans and seraphim gathered in the living room in the abandoned inn, Rose announced and explained all the things. First of all, Rose is actually the guild president of the seraphim guild, Alisha is the sub-leader and Rokurou is one of the members too, Beta has mentioned the guild once while aiding Sorey to escape. Seraphim and pact formers are mainly the members in the guild, and they have close contact with underworld dark guild for information exchange to keep in touch with the world while hiding from the world at the same time.
Aware of the seraphim decrease in amount, the seraphim guild tend to search and gather more seraphim together to protect. Meanwhile, they were informed that the Mayvin is attacked by a mysterious enemy, they assume he is the same person who is responsible for the seraphim capture. It is not a wise decision to act in a rush to respond, but they discovered the right person to fight with them.
They have observed the action of Sorey and Velvet for sometime before they lost trace and they wish to seek help from Sorey for the mysterious enemy they are now facing. That is also the reason they agree to aid Bienfu to find Sorey and Velvet. Just after the Scarlet Night Sorey and Velvet lost trace, they are collecting the information of them while keeping the seraphim in search, regularly contact the ‘landlords’ to ensure the safety of lands. As soon as they receive the information from Beta's guild 'Wild Wolf', they carry out the operation with their ally guilds to rescue Sorey. It is a pretty harsh situation to retreat safely in the operation so they didn't have the spare energy to trace Sorey and they didn't know where Sorey goes until now. Despite losing a certain amount of seraphim, the successful result of the operation is still good news to the majority of the members.
The unknown threat to the seraphim leads high awareness to the initiated record of the portal to the surrounding area of their base, once they found the initiation of their portal of Melrchio to Magiland, they started the investigation with cautions and came to Melrchio to check out who invaded their secret hide-out. They take this seriously that the guild president - Rose even comes to check out in person. Surprisingly they got Sorey and Velvet here, this is good news that it is not the enemy entered the area.
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“But you mentioned that it is a guild of seraphim and pact former, why is Rokurou in too? He is a daemon.........hellion.”
“It's a long story, I think you better ask Rokurou.”
“Ok, there is a fight, so I join.”
“Detail please!”
Rokurou sighed: “That's a really long one but first of all, you shall have my thanks, Eleanor.”
“Me?”
“I shall start to explain it from the time I just awake.....”
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Rokurrou POV
“....urgh...”
“Looks like the daemon finally rose from its grave.” I see a normin stood next to my face, said with an elegant tone with a sigh.
“I didn't ...die?”
The last moment I remembered that I fell unconscious in front of the Lord of Calamity in the Era without Shepherd, I was too weak to escape, not to mention to kill him. My eyes slowly closed when I thought I would just die out on the battlefield, it is always an honor to the warrior to be killed by another strong warrior and died on the battlefield. It is the death I expected someday, that's the only path for a daemon lives for fights.
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Now the familiar image of the normin fell in my eyes with the wooden ceiling, I can't really relate what is happened myself. Hell is the only place for a daemon to go after death, but here is far too different from the image of hell from my mind.
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“Where am I?” I wanted to sit up but I feel my body muscles be stiff and inflexible at the moment I tried to move, now the pain comes to me.
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“Here is the inn in Melrchio, you slept for a long time.”
“What?!”
“When Eleanor brought you here, you nearly died, but she tried her best to heal to keep you living. It is not the most effective arte that it took years to recover wounds gradually but thanks to the girl, you are living.”
“So the Lord of Calamity is defeated.......”
“With Eizen turned into a dragon as the results I heard.”
“I see.......Then where is Eleanor? And why are you here.”
“One question at once. I have no idea about your first question as she said she had an important mission from Maotelus. To your second question, she begged me so hard to look after you before she left.”
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“Thank you! How can I pay back?”
“It is unnecessary. Just I have plenty of time for this as a seraph.”
“Seraph?”
“It is just how we malakim called ourselves now.”
“Right. I still want to pay back, it is Rangetsu family's traditional injunctions passed the generations!”
“Well, do as you like then, I would like to have a bodyguard and librarian.”
“Sure.”
From that time, I became Grimoire's servant t be her guard and to collect books for her. She didn't really pay her attention to my actions other than the ' responsibility' of a servant. My fail in the last battle told the fact that I am not strong enough, so I should train myself again to compensate for the time in a coma. Sometimes I still go fight hellions and collect weapons from them. I have even considered fighting the Shepherd to challenge their strength. However, it is the time Maotelus being tainted, the Shepherd would be the only hope to help Maotelus and I cannot help with this. I guess this will be the first time I try to endure rather than to go for my desire.
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“You are making here like an armory.” Grimoire sighed.
“The large part of here still a library.”
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Times passed fast with books and various famous weapons growing in amount. It will be the most peaceful time in my life since Grimore sets a barrier to prevent strangers to enter, there is barely a visitor to the place. And I am glad to hear that Maotelus is being purified by a Shepherd in the Era.
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One day, a Shepherd named Rose came here, not sure what method she used, it may be just like how we broke Abbey's barrier with 4 high-rank seraphim back then in the first time Velvet attack Artorius. The Shepherd is a strange one, she requested to give the place to her to create a tourist spot for business, I am not sure if this is the true reason. Unlike any Shepherd I knew, she didn't claim to purify me or see me as an enemy, but to state a fair trade. Well, as sometimes I can feel the line of sights, I suppose someone did observe me for that, maybe she just decides the action she takes after observed.
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However, Grimoire wanted to stay at the place and she wants the place to be silent and separated place as always, we refused the offer. As an exchange, Rose requested me to travel with her for a while, said it is always good to have more helpers, and she may also learn the Rangetsu style from me. Grimoire agreed for that, said it is time to have some battle for a Yasha and she hinted that I may try to collect the news about Eleanor.
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I even got some exciting battles while being with her, it is really been a long time since I last to have one, guess I should also thanks her. During the journey with Rose, I met a girl just like Eleanor, named Alisha, though there is a great difference like she is actually a queen.
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Even I got to know more about the situation of the world, I got no news about Eleanor. Hmm, at least I knew that Eizen is killed and I just visited his grave, saying some words to an old friend. I have been intoxicated in battles, now the first time I realize that all of my friends have gone. Still, I fight unaware of loss, nor aware of gain, just waiting for one's arrival who can defeat me. I have no regrets, this is the path of the Yaksha, the life of a battle maniac. Nevertheless, before being a Yasha, I am a man of Rangetsu, I shall repay all my debt to all the one who 'helped' me, and now I am already heavily in debt, Velvet, Eleanor, Grimoire, Rose......seems there will never be an end of repaying the kindness. After the short journey with Rose, I returned to Meirchio again.
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“Why are you attached to this place? You seems more like a man who wander all around the world just for battles.” Rose asked when she went with me to Meirchio in last.
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“I was once like that, stray to the extent that I forgot my name. Now I have to pay back to Grimoire, what's more, I am waiting for a person. She saved my life, and we had a promise.” I answered.
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“.......You are a faithful one....or just a single-minded idiot? Well, you may also do something when you are waiting. I will invite you again when I find something interesting again.”
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“Great! Thanks! I look forward to it!”
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Then another period of peace, I continued to be the librarian. The place remains silent and separated, but it is uncertain to keep in this state along the high speed of human development in civilization.
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Another day, 2 seraphim look like Rose and Alisha came and said they built a guild of seraphim and pact formers. They are capable to protect Meirchio to remain silent and also find opponents for me to fight, we agreed the offer. Now I am working for the guild as the payback for all the exciting battles.
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“I see....”
“So where is Grimoire? We are here for her.”
“In the basement, we noticed the crisis of seraphim in recent,so we suggest her to hide too. Now, plenty of the seraphim are hiding in our guild to protect themselves.”
“By the way, I heard that you guys planned to have the spa?”
“Yeah, we find a special bathhouse in a place, so I want to share it with my friends, would you like to come?”
“Great!”
“OK~!”
“Glad to have it.”
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“Why would I feel familiar......” Velvet wondered.
“Here it is, after entering the teleported arte.” Sorey introduced.
“Ho ho ho… Let's get in together, hot spring is a great way to boost the relationship.” Lailah suggested.
“Velvet.....would there be.....” Eleanor remembered something.
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“What?” Velvet asked.
“....Nothing.” Eleanor sighed.
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CAUTION: The following skit is only some fantasy inside Author's mind, so there are kind of shipping, kind of the edge of 18+ low joke(?) and Velvet's maiden mode, kind of OOC etc. that may look forced plot(nonsense comedy?), but I hope you may enjoy it.
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Exchange list:
Sorey—Edna
Mikleo—Velvet
Zaveid—Lailah
Rokurou—Eleanor
Bienfu—Rose(seraphim)
Laphicet (seraphic arte: imaginary body)—Alisha(seraphim)
Alpha—Beta
Below character : Body(soul)
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After a while, the body exchange start!
“The hot spring feels good.” It feels like their souls are flying out from their body, and it is true. Just after a while, they find their body exchange with each other.
“Sorey? Why are you here?” Velvet asked when she suppose she is in the female-only area, so Sorey is not supposed to be here. Once she asked, she has found her voice becomes a others voice, it is the voice from a boy.
It is a strange situation to hear Mikleo’s voice from a far side, Sorey remembers he sat with Mikleo, but he still answer the question.
“ What? Isn't that normal for me to be here.......eh?” Sorey answered.
In the first moment, Sorey thought it is Mikleo asking him, and it is normal for him to be with Mikleo in the bathroom. Soon, he noticed the abnormal things that his voice becomes Edna's voice and he is being in the female area now!
“My voice…eh?! The chest part gains weight.........oh? I become Velvet?!” Mikleo exclaimed once he realized the situation. Yeah, they are all having body exchanging experience.
“Ohoh, now I can see if that part of Meebo become adult~” Edna doesn’t forget to tease Mikleo even in such situation. They have not seen for a while, it is a good thing to test whether Mikleo act like an adult while he has chosen to grow up an adult form.
“Sorey...Nope, Edna, what are you thinking?!” Once hearing some suspicious contents are spoken by Sorey, Mikleo thinks of Edna and he must prevent the worst happens. Mikleo felt shy when he heard the sentence, he can’t help but to think in a bad way like Edna is peeking his body in the water. This cause him worrying his body in another side of the bathhouse.
“Ah, that's the youthfulness.” Lailah expressed her pure joy to see the farce begin, when she speaks, a mature male voice comes out from the mouth. With the darker skin color she sees herself, she is pretty sure she is exchanged with Zaveid, but she only thinks this is interesting.
Even at this moment, the boys don’t forget the investigating spirit.
“Why are our bodies exchanged?” Sorey asked.
“Ah. That's it. I forgot about the effect of this spa.” Velvet answered from another side in the room, she has just remembered the place.
“ So that's the matter, you forget it.” Eleanor understood the reason why Velvet shows no response before entering the place. It may be very lucky of her to exchange with Rokurou again, this must be fate.
“The spa is too relax that it is able to let your soul flying out from your body, that’s the reason.” Velvet continued to answer while rolled her eyes, the reason is not scientific at all.
“That means even for seraphim, we are just like humans, consisting with a body and a soul.” Mikleo said in ponder of the academic stuff.
“That’s why I said that a healthy soul is important, it is an important part of us.” Lailah repeated her enlightenment in the significant of relaxation.
“So should we leave…..I am pretty sure we can’t relax here.” Velvet prepared to leave again like the first time she came here. Yet she found her arm is fixed by someone.
“Let’s not leave that fast, it is interesting, isn’t it?” Edna pulled Velvet back when Velvet is trying to leave already. Velvet helplessly sits down then, she is pretty weak at Edna and she knows even she claimed to leave, the other people may not leave. Than maybe stay and take the bath here is the best option.
“ It feels nostalgic.” Maotelus claimed in Alisha’s voice.
It takes time for Velvet to recognize whose is talking, she suppose only her group discovered this bathhouse in the past, with the tenderness in the tone, she may guess it is a comment from Laphicet.
“...Yeah, it would be thousands of years ago for you. I remember in that time......” Velvet teased at Laphicet while remembering the cute reaction of him in that time.
” Nonono, please don't continue!!!! Velvet!!”
Maotelus immediately remember the long past memory once Velvet just starting to mention it. He was trying to be polite at that time, so he closed and covered his eyes the whole time in the bath, but Velvet just told him that she didn't cover her own eyes. It is a really embarrassing thing to talk it in person and face to face to him and he is not going to let her talk about this again! You know, he is an Empyrean and also a man!!
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“Oh Come on! You are making me curious!” Rose claimed that she wants to know about it more at that moment, and she is claiming with Bienfu’s annoying voice.
“It's nothing, just...” Velvet tried to hide her joy behind the tone while continue to tell.
Maotelus protested with full power: “ VELVET!!!!(> 口 <)”
Velvet smirked: “Fine fine, I will stop.”
“Tch, boring! You are gonna tell me then.” Rose commented, she is making Bienfu sound a bit bad-ass.
Maotelus protested: “ Not even by then!!”
Velvet laughed: “You hear?” She swings her left hand to express her helplessness in it.
Eleanor: “Rose is Bienfu now, so it is Bienfu inside Rose there! Excuse me, can someone lay Rose out there?”
How sarcastic, it doesn’t feel strange when Rose say lines with Bienfu body, and Eleanor realized this just now. She claimed to stop Bienfu in the other side immediately, she is well aware that Bienfu is a pervert.
Rose protested: “Why is that?! What are you guys planning to do to my body?!”
Bienfu cried: “ Yes, why is that?! I did nothing!! Bien~~!(QAQ)”
Alisha: “Hmm??”
Seems that the pure princess stays pure and she doesn't know the reason for such a suggestion.
Zaveid can't stop laughing after hearing the Bien-cry: " Hahaha, Rose is crying Bien! Ahaahahaha"
Yet, it is equally strange when Zaveid is laughing in his usual style with Lailah’s body.
" Hey! Stop crying like that with my voice there!" Rose protested when she heard her voice cried ‘Bien~~~’, this is too strange to her.
“Yo, even if you reincarnated into a seraph, your body is good to move.”
Rokurou doesn't read the air and he stands from the bath and trying on Eleanor's body. Or say, he is too smart that he chooses the best timing now to make the mess in messier situation. A nake woman stands up in the female side while there is actually filled with men, it is not surprising to have a dirty thought in mind.
Sorey and Mikleo exclaimed immediately when they see the scene: “Rokurou, quickly sit down please!”
“Well done! Rokurou! That's exactly the thing required in this spa!” Now, Zaveid chuckled, he completely gives up in maintaining any gentleman-image and expressed his honest view. That’s not even the problem, the point is, he is saying the line out with Lailah’s body.
Mikleo sighed: “Now Lailah is just like a perverted uncle.”
It is pretty like a very ‘Out of character’ Lailah presents in the bath in this moment.
Zaveid may peep in the female side with his wind and he doesn't have to do this now, he can just watch it directly, and Rokurou just shows him what he wants! Hearing such a comment, Mikleo just not get used to the Lailah that actually Zaveid inside. Lailah may be vagrant in some time by her oath and her pure maiden characteristic, but definitely not like a lecher.
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“...Now, someone beat these two idiots up!” Velvet commented while rolled her voice.
Eleanor: “Agreed! By the way, someone should beat Bienfu up!!”
Rose and Bienfu cried at the same time: “Again?! QAQ”
“....I understand your concern. Empyrean Maotelus, please protect the chastity and dignity of us female.” Alisha realized what is happening later, worrying her friend’s body getting hurt, she beg the empyrean to find a better way to stop the mess.
Maotelus said: “All we need is eye covered, and I will cover Bienfu's eyes.”
Now Maotelus is trying to increase the density of the fog inside the bath and he covered Rose-body's eyes for Alisha request.
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“I will not......” Velvet smirked.
Maotelus: “I knew, you don't need to emphasize it, Velvet!!”
And Maotelus will not forget to stop someone from bringing on the topic again.
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Now Velvet doesn’t notice Edna’s expression on Sorey’s face----we may say it is pure evil smirk.
“So you are saying you have no feel at all? Let me try if it is true.” Edna said as she stood up with the male body she got. Right, it is Sorey’s body, naked body. It is very typical to feel shy when seeing naked body of an opposite sex, typical but still interesting to see the reaction. Edna is very interested in Velvet’s reaction, since she always show indifferent expression, she would like to see more interesting reaction from Velvet. She expected even for Velvet, she can’t be completely indifferent in front of the nake body of a friend. Since Edna clearly understand, Velvet is a pure maiden deep down.
“Edna, what are you doing?! Don't stand up!” Velvet exclaimed while immediately turned away her head
Eleanor murmured: “Hmm....a strong deja vu....”
Eleanor thought of the first time they entered here and she stood up to express her disagreement and doubt to the male side, Velvet shouted at her not to stand up too. Guess Velvet is not completely fine either when she sees a male naked body in front of her, some parts of her are still a girl. She never dream of such things like naked bodies or sex either in the seal of Innominat, all she cares is her brother, so she doesn't have spare time and is inexperienced to such things.
Eizen is right, Velvet still has a long way to experience her human life. Both the brother and sister in the earth seraphim family, are showing something still unknown to Velvet as a human, with different intentions though.
“Looks like the mirrored version from the male bath.” Rose taunted when Sorey and Mikleo reacted the same way when Rokurou stood up.
“Oh? Are you shy? Didn't that you just say......” Edna continue to tease Velvet when she sees the reaction. She taunted with mighty tone in Sorey's voice while approaching Velvet.
“E.........Eh.......” Velvet mumbled in Mikleo’s voice.
Now Velvet is trying to think of the right word and right face while hiding herself from Edna who stands up with Sorey's naked body in front of Velvet, though there is nowhere to hide in the bathouse.
Eleanor: “.........Never thought of such a different development in the same situation.”
Alisha: “ It's rare to see Sorey show his mightiness. Oh, sorry, it is Edna in it. The development just bringing up the tension!”
Rose: Can't say you are wrong, it is because of Edna, such impossible act for Sorey in normal time present! By the way, Velvet you are like a shy maiden.
Eleanor: “I feel no nonsense or uncomfortable feeling when Rose saying the line with Bienfu's body......”
Maotelus sighed silently in the corner : “...............Velvet showed no response to mine.”
Rokurou: “ Don't be disappointed, Laphicet! Why buy the cow when the milk is free? There are still many other women.”
Rose laughed: “Oh, I got it.”
Meanwhile, Edna continues to tease at Velvet, as they are inside the male's body, this makes the scene like some Boy's love moment in reality.
“What a cute noise, I haven't done anything yet~” Edna just said the sentence in Sorey’s mighty tone.
Edna moves forward to Velvet while Velvet moves backward and eventually hit the edge corner, she is caught in a dead-end. Edna places her hand on the bath edge and traps Velvet in the corner.
“Hmm.....eh.....” Velvet moaned in mumble in Mikleo’s voice.
Seeing Sorey's face in a very close distance, this makes Velvet somehow feel nervous and shy, so she shuts her eyes.
Mikleo: “Well.........Velvet is surprisingly.......It is strange that I hear my voice and Sorey's voice go such way.”
Sorey tried to help Velvet: “......What should I say.......hearing others using my voice......Edna, you should stop making fun of Velvet.”
Edna smirked: “Hmm~So you want to be teased then, Sorey?”
Sorey: “NO!”
Lailah watching the whole scene and laughed in Zaveid’s body: “That's youthfulness.”
It is extremely strange to see Zaveid smile like a maiden, so all female in the male side exclaimed: “It is terrifying to see Zaveid smile that kindly!”
Zaveid whined in Lailah’s voice: “That's hurt, buddy.”
Surely it is another strange thing to hear such a sentence shouted in Lailah’s voice.
Velvet asks while trying to open one of her eyes to look at Edna in Sorey’s body: “......E..dna? What are you trying to do?”
Edna wondered for a while then changed his(her) face into a scheming smile: “........Something is missing.......”
“......You are blushing, Meebo~” Edna taunted Mikleo and Velvet at the same time by just reporting Velvet’s expression to Mikleo
“......!!Ed...Edna!!!” Mikleo protested in Velvet’s voice.
Edna: “That's is it, it would be more appropriate if your voice go cuter.”
“Oh, then I have gotten an idea, Edna!” The scene is very interesting that even Lailah is interested in the prank.
Edna: “What is it?”
Lailah and Edna then whisper to each other.
“hehehe~” Edna laughed in a deep tone with Sorey’s voice at last, which make both Mikleo and Velvet have a bad feeling. Both of them chilled by the scheming laugh, both hearing such laugh from Sorey and imagining Edna’s intention are horrible enough to give them a chill.
“What's the matter, Mikleo? You don't look good.” Sorey concerned his friend. Comparing to how Edna is using Sorey’s body, Sorey is just being himself and the tone is very comforting. It is very strange to hear ‘Edna’ comforting him while she is actually planning to tease him at the same time.
Zaveid: “ Now I can see such expression of Velvet, even if I don’t get the nude, it’s worth it.”
Rose smirked: “Oh Zaveid, you still play such evil plan.”
Rokurou: “Right, never show her weak side, she is such person, so I will continue to repay.”
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Velvet listened and try to move her attention away from Edna, spoke: “ I suppose I have relied on you guys in some time, and there is nothing need to repay now, isn't it?”
Rokurou: “Nope, Your grace for me is that I can't finish repay it with my life, so I swear to use my life to repay it.”
Velvet: “I didn't ask for it.”
Rokurou: “You don't need to ask, that's my will.”
Velvet: “..............”
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Maotelus laughed while remember the last time he saw Velvet in despair: “It is indeed a fresh experience to see such panic face, somehow it is more relax.”
Alisha: “If the Empyrean say such word to such face, then it must be a great thing!”
Eleanor remembered the Velvet in despair too and she agreed with it: “Indeed, I understand, I hope that she will be panic in such way in after.” “ (May it not be the despair of the loss of important things.)” Eleanor wished in her heart.
Velvet exclaimed: “Wh...Why?! I thought you are in my side!?”
Eleanor smiled without a doubt: “I am, and I think Edna does a good thing this time, you should be honest to yourself.”
Velvet: “Huh??? What is that supposed to mean?'
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Okay, obviously Eleanor got Maiden effect from Lailah too, automatically shipping someone together and Velvet will never get it since she is an idiot in this aspect.
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Edna is dissatisfied that she is ignored, she decided to take another action to play a prank on both Mikleo and Velvet. She described the scene to Mikleo to make him imagine it: “Meebo, your body are trapped in the corner by Sorey's body.”
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Mikleo blushed with Velvet’s body when he imagined the scene in his mind and he expressed his opinion in panic Velvet's voice: “Wha...What??!...What are you doing, Edna!?”
Zavied commented at Velvet's blushing by Mikleo: “What are you blushing for, man? Though I enjoy to see such expression from Velvet.”
Edna: “Sorey, look, that's how Velvet's look when she is trapped in corner by you~”
Such a line leads Velvet to feel shyer when Edna just tells Sorey about her reaction.
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Sorey commented as normal: “Hmm?...It is cute.”
“....E....Edna....you are too close....” Velvet protest weakly with Mikleo’s voice.
Velvet tried to widen the gap between Edna and her so she can still take a breath
Mikleo felt shy too when he heard his voice go such way, and he can't blame Velvet, instead, he expressed his disagreement with Edna: “E...Edna! I am not holding back if you continue!”
Edna smirked: “Oh? So what are you going to do?”
Mikleo: “The same thing as you did.”
Mikleo stands up with Velvet’s naked body and moves toward Sorey. He is sure that Sorey will be shy to see naked body of the opposite sex, so Sorey will respond with those cute reaction in Edna’s voice too. He planned to let Edna hearing her voice in this way too, so Edna may stop her act.
Since Maotelus and Bienfu are closing their eyes, Rokurou is completely fine to naked woman, and Zaveid just want to see it, so nearly all the male in the female side didn't stop this.
“What are you doing, Mikleo?! Sit...sit down!” As Mikleo expected, Sorey protested in Edna’s voice.
“ Sorry, you are gonna help me this time, Sorey.” Mikleo is not planning to sit down.
Sorey: “I don't get what you mean?....Hmm...I see the.....Sor....Sorry!!! I have closed my eyes, don't be mad at me, Velvet!”
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“.........It is fine....I have seen yours too.” Velvet answered with Mikleo’s voice, she doesn't read the air but just say the sentence, maybe she doesn't realize how embarrassing it is. Or maybe she just give up and throw away her rationality.
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Sorey blushed and exclaimed in Edna’s voice: “Eh?.....!!!!!Velvet?!”
Velvet continued to say in Mikleo’s voice: “So.........I suppose it is fair that you see mine?”
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When the shyness reach the maximum, the rationality evaporated, as a result, Velvet said something even more embarrassing because she has no idea what she is talking about!
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Edna expressed her evil smile with Sorey’s voice: “Uh huh~~~~~”
Sorey keep blushing: “Even if you said that.........hmm.”
Eleanor: “Velvet.........”
Alisha: “Never thought Velvet you be so aggressive.....”
Rose thinks she should ready pop-corn for this and commented: “It’s really worth seeing.”
Lailah doesn't count how many time she said the line: “Oh, that's youthfulness.”
Rokurou also has some response as a man even when he is a battle maniac: “Velvet, you are making this.......intriguing.”
Zaveid taunted in Lailah’s voice: “Aww, Velvet are seducing a wolf openly~”
“???” Velvet has no idea about the comments.
Sorey: “.........I won't do such thing!”
Mikleo: “.........Oh! Just don't use my voice to say such misleading words!”
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Edna: “Ah, sounds like I find another toy other than Mikleo.”
Velvet: “I won't be your toy.”
Edna smirked: “Who know~? We will see~”
Maotelus: “It's fine. I will protect Velvet!”
Alisha: “Oh! That’s great love!”
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At such a moment, Velvet just says another sentence without reading the atmosphere, ruining the moment.
Velvet: “By the way, it is fine that you watch mine this time, Phi.”
Maotelus: “Velvet?!”
Rose laughed: “Now, I completely understand what is happened in the last time~”
Eleanor sighed: “Velvet, you shouldn't say this at this moment........”
Zavied gave a bold and unconstrained laugh with Lailah’s voice: “What a ruinous line! Hahaha!”
Rokurou: “By the way, Eleanor, it is our second time too. It is fine, right?”
Eleanor: “Don't make things misunderstanding! It is NOT fine! You should forget it when you get out from the bath!”
Rokurou: “Again? Don't go asking things we can't actually do.”
Eleanor: “I SAID FORGET IT! OR I WILL MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, PHYSICALLY.”
Rokurou: “Well, well, if you insist......but I will make you say it is fine in someday.”
Eleanor: “Wh....What??”
Rokurou: “Nothing~”
Rose: “ Uh-huh, when did you two start? I don't even know~”
Maotelus and Alisha: “ (Empyrean) bless you two.”
Eleanor blushed: “Why is that?!”
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Edna said in mighty tone with Sorey's voice: “........Right, you say it is fine for 'me' see yours, then I will see your’s all.”
Velvet blushed: “........eh........”
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Edna catches Velvet's shoulder with Sorey’s body and shorten the distance between Velvet and her, so near that Velvet can feel the air Sorey’s body just breathed out. Velvet sees Sorey's strong eyes gazed at her like a predator, now she can only see herself in Sorey's eyes.
For the first time that Velvet recognized that Sorey is a man despite it is Edna inside. She never recognized the male surrounding her as a matter when she is preoccupied with stuff like her sick little brother that she should take all the stuff on her and fight for the living herself, and when she then preoccupied with the vengeance that she seeks nothing more after it is achieved. Why bother when you have no future?
Now she finally starts to feel the difference, there is a future she will fight with her friends again, and she finally recognized Sorey is another independent individual, not just the shadow of her brother-in-law or her little brother. He is another one she trusts.
The warm air with mostly the carbon dioxide in it is taking out Velvet's oxygen in the air to breathe properly. Velvet breaths more frequently, trying to gasp for air, it may be because there is no enough air, or it may be because Velvet feels the shyness and nervousness again when Edna just use Sorey's body to perform such act. Of course, she knew they are two different people, they are too different, but when you see the face, your brain just related it to Sorey.
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Breath, gasp for more air, it is not enough, feels like the chest is pressed, inhale deeper, and more rapid, and then hyperventilation happened, Velvet loses her consciousness.
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Females on the male side: “She fainted.”
Edna: “Fainted, huh......Looks it is too exceeding this time.”
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The forgotten sibling, Beta, and Alpha don’t even react to the farce until it ends, someone just has to take care of the one fainted in the end. It is surely a farce, but it won't be meaningless to them, it is the proof of life, to live with their own will. It is a good moment they live, best and may it never change.
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A.N.
I even want to name it ‘let’s take another break’ XD, right, it is a chapter of settings. Before I go solve any of the stuff, I need more people to distribute the ‘work’.
This chapter may be a bit forced plot. I plan to let all the companion vs Rokurou and Rose at first, but then I don't know how to write it. It would be a great difference in strength if just 2 people need the whole team to confront. But basically, I am just being lazy, and the illustration of this chapter is also a direct trace from a comic.
The Rokurou part is like only stating the setting again, my bad for Rose and Alisha, they are not really the same person but their soul got reincarnated into Seraphim as they also offer their soul to Empyrean to boost resonance in human and make the reincarnation be possible to see Sorey again. The seraphim reincarnated gain the memory after living a certain time, to respect the human, they use the same name as their human-self. They carry the concern towards Sorey but not as deep as the concern when they were human.
By the way, you see Bienfu is forgotten again in Rokurou memory XD
Bienfu: “Bien~~~You are mean!!”
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I hope that the hot spring part is not awkward, that is the earliest part I wrote this chapter actually.
(If you read it when you are clearly aware of the body and soul separated, I believe it should be funny.) Somehow I am shipping Sorey and Velvet indirectly, but it may be too far to have some results, and I hope to make it not awkward.
???: Basically, you are gonna shipped it, aren't you?
Me: Right, because I am too stubborn.
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Now, finally, all companion groups to plan the next action they should take.
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