Kamala calmed down at last.


    Her heart, who had endured much, was finally at peace.


    The past, and the recent event had been weighting on her quite a lot.


    Orion quietly removed himself.


    ''I''m soaked.''


    He smile, feeling the large amount of tears Kamala let out on his chest.


    He walked to his wardrobe and took out another shirt and changed in front of her.


    "I''m sorry."


    She said, wiping her remaining tears.


    "You don''t have to apologize. I''m the one that said you could let it all out. It''s just not exacly comfortable for me when my shirt is all wet."


    He put another black shirt on, and returned to his seat.


    "I will keep that to myself. If you think those two are worth knowing, they explain it again to them. There are also things some people shouldn''t know, but I''ll let you choose."


    "Whatever you do, I won''t judge you."


    Kamala shook her head.


    "I will not speak of this again. I erased it from history for a reason. Even the Apostles do not know about what happens."


    "Lord Andila died fighting a corrupted and was never found. Not that her body would ever be found again, she burned with our house."


    Orion nodded.


    "This is fine too."


    ''I never expected humans to also live through such tragedies. Maybe we aren''t so much different when the corruption and the Apostles aren''t around.''


    Slowly, his views toward humans was changing.


    ''A world where all of us can live free from them, that''s what I have been working on, isn''t it, mom, dad?''


    ~


    Inside the bracelet.


    "Stop crying."


    Reon gently rubbed Orianne''s back, who was letting her emotions out after hearing Kamala''s story.


    "I... I never knew. I thought they were all monsters that looked down on us other factions, but!"


    She placed her face inside her hands.


    "No one needs to live through that. This is way too painful for one person to bear."


    She felt great compassion toward Kamala.


    Reon looked at the woman on the screen.


    "Yes, maybe we were too harsh on them to begin with."


    "The only humans we ever saw were the Apostles, and those that hunted fairies. We actually never talked with a single one of the most normal humans."


    Reon realized that the chasm between the humans and the other factions appeared because of a lack of interactions between them, and the hate Elliot had toward others.


    "If not for Elliot, maybe the world would have been a better place."


    He kept comforting his wife, until she gathered her emotions.


    "!"


    "Orianne?"


    She made a weird noise, between confusion and astonishment.


    ''He''s moving? Why?''


    Something inside her, the deepest secret that not even Reon knew, was stirring inside her soul.


    On the screen, Kamala''s face turned to shock and worries.


    They couldn''t see Orion''s face, but from the way he stood up, something seemed to have happened.


    "What''s happening? Why is she looking this distressed?"


    Reon and Orianne watched the screen attentively.


    Orion walked toward the window of his room, and opened it.


    At that moment, a scene no one would have ever expected was on screen.


    A pillar of flame flew straight to the end of the starry sky in the distance. It was coming from the training area.


    ''Fire. Now I understand.''


    Orianne placed her right hand on her heart, silencing whatever was causing her previous unease.


    "What do you think of this Reon?"


    She looked at him, waiting for an answer.


    As usual, Reon fell in deep thoughts, leaving her question unanswered for a minute.


    "Amelia had lost control of her fire, again. That''s the only explanation to such a large pillar of fire."


    "And if she hadn''t lost control over it, and it''s just her awakening?"


    "..."


    Reon stayed quiet, before answering.


    "Then she will one day either destroy this world, or be the strongest person behind Orion to have ever walked on Triazils."


    Shivers ran down both of their spines.


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    "She will never destroy the world unless Orion dies, which hopefully never happens."


    Orianne was right, unless the worst happened, she was under control.


    "Her fire seems to be as strong as yours."


    He commented on the raw feeling he had seeing it through the screen.


    "Fire was always the most powerful and uncontrollable element. The power you display when using fire is different from any other element."


    Orianne stood up from her chair and walked a few meters away.


    She closed her eyes, letting her magic flow inside her. Her features began to change.


    A tail, similar to a reptile grew on her back. It was a really long tail, around one meter, thick at the base, and thin at the end.


    Red scales began to grow on the back of her hands, covering her fists like a glove.


    Horns different from the usual record of demons appeared on her head. She had four horns too, which was quite something for a demon.


    Two small spiky horns above her ears, and two others, way bigger horns above them. These two horns curved following her head''s shape, while the tip stopped a twenty centimeters above her head.


    When she opened her eyes, she had a red sclera in both eyes, with reptile pupils.


    Compared to Reon, she didn''t showed signs of having wings. Even if she had, they were always more decorative than useful, as they couldn''t support the weight of an individual.


    Even Reon, with his six wings, isn''t able to fly. Because they were not physically linked to their skeleton, there was no way to move them.


    Her transformation done, she opened her scale covered hands. Fire covered her hands, before forming claws.


    "I really love that form."


    Reon was always in awe in front of his wife''s demonic form.


    "I know."


    She smiled warmly, before continuing to focus on her fire.


    "Let''s see. What Amelia raw strength right now should be around..."


    A tiny ball of condensed fire appeared between the claws, growing at a fast pace.


    "Here I think."


    She stopped when the ball was large enough. It was roughly the size of a boulder.


    "That much?"


    Reon showed a surprised expression.


    "Yes. This is definitely close to that."


    There was a catch though. As she explained earlier, the fire element is the most powerful element in the world, which means that a boulder sized ball of fire was a terrifying amount of power.


    If not used correctly, only self-destruction would be the result.


    "Well, she''s far from my level."


    Orianne lifted her hands above her head, and released all of her magic.


    "Here I go!"


    She forced everything inside the boulder sized ball of fire, not letting time for it to grow.


    Before anything could happen, she lightly pushed it upward, were it ascended with growing speed.


    The higher it flew, the bigger it got.


    "It''s been a long time since I''ve seen that other sun."


    A gigantic ball of fire as in the air, hundreds of meters above them.


    She snapped her fingers, erasing it from existence. She simply cut the magic feeding doing that.


    "I see though, she still is far from having mastered it."


    Reon nodded, understanding why Orianne displayed her power.


    "You said that she would destroy the world one day, but unless she gets to my level, that will not happen. She needs a bit more for that. I will agree on the fact that her base power is stronger than what I had to work with."


    She shrugged, remembering her past self.


    Her magic vanished, along with her faction features, before she sat back next to Reon.


    ''She is linked to th dragons too, so I understand now.''


    "Orion''s moving."


    Orianne looked at the screen, where Orion was giving orders to Kamala, while a portal was in front of him.


    "We have to keep watching."


    "Right."


    ~


    "You wait here! Be ready for anything."


    "I''m not coming?"


    "That''s way too dangerous right now. Until I know what happened, you stay safe."


    Orion was about to move to the training area where Amelia and Karteira were currently sparring at by portal.


    Kamala nodded, worried.


    The moment the portal linked to the other one, a wave of heat hit both of them.


    "Orion?!"


    "This might be worse than I thought."


    Orion walked to the other side without hesitation, leaving Kamala alone.


    On the other side, this was as expected.


    Amelia was at the center of the fire. Karteira was further away, looking at her with a worried face.


    She noticed Orion, and ran to him at full speed.


    "Karteira! What happened? I thought it was supposed to be simple training?"


    "I''m sorry, she wanted to improve her fire element, and this how it ended."


    "Explain."


    "Yes!"


    -


    Earlier.


    "You want to improve your control over the fire element?"


    Karteira asked Amelia while wiping sweat of her face.


    "I''ve been working on it for a few months already, but since I''ve been scared of it, I''ve been putting it on hold."


    "I''ve only began to accept it recently, and that made a huge difference."


    "It''s the only element that hasn''t improved. It is hard to control too, which is the problem."


    Amelia explained everything that was on her mind.


    "But until you can manifest it''s dagger form, you can''t really work on improving control over it?"


    "Exactly!"


    She showed excitement at the prospect of creating her last dagger.


    "So I was thinking of trying that today."


    "Is it alright to do that without Orion?"


    Karteira asked because she knew she wouldn''t be able to help much if something bad happened.


    "He will notice, don''t worry. Though, I''m sure something bad will happen."


    Amelia smiled.


    "It always happens with me, so it''s not surprising, right?"


    She was referring to the last time they trained together in the fairy realm.


    "Don''t go out of your way to make it a problem. What am I going to do if Orion really appears?"


    Karteira was stressed out right know.


    "Just say that it''s normal."


    Amelia walked away.


    "Stay far away, alright? I don''t know what will happen."


    As asked, she distanced herself.


    "Here goes nothing."


    Amelia fed magic to the fire element, manifesting a small fire in her hand.


    ''So far, nothing''s wrong.''


    She slowly fed more and more magic to the fire.


    ''Wait. Wait! WAIT!''


    She lost control over the amount she gave in an instant.


    ''Don''t eat that much!''


    She grabbed her hand, trying to resist the increase of power. She was making a pained expression.


    And then.


    *BOOM*


    The pillar of fire was created, with Amelia at the center.


    -


    "That moron! Why can''t she wait for me? It''s not the first time it happens!"


    Orion was quite angry.


    "She said that it was normal for her to lose control."


    Karteira tried to calm Orion, unsuccessfully.


    "Don''t give me that crap, you know how scared she is of her fire?"


    She nodded.


    "Then why did you let her..."


    He calmed down instantly.


    ''I''m getting angry at her for no reason. There is no one to blame here.''


    "Sorry, I lost control of my emotions."


    He placed a hand on her head, rubbing her hair.


    "No, I should have stopped her."


    "Don''t worry about that now. We just have to wait for her to finish, and if it turns worse, or she looks injured, I''ll jump in. That''s all."


    She felt weird, because she was expecting him to blame her, but he didn''t. He even apologized for getting angry.


    ''I like that about him.''


    ''Wait, no! It''s not the time for that!''


    They both looked at Amelia inside the raging fire.


    ~


    This time, Amelia was conscious. The Key was working at a steady pace to maintain everything, and it was working.


    She was currently inside her own mind, fighting against her most powerful element.


    ''It''s so hot!''


    Amelia felt everything clearly. Her body, her mind, her soul, everything was burning.


    The fire was engulfing all of her being.


    ''You''re way too powerful! Can I even master you?''


    She was lost in the see of fire. Everywhere she looked, there was only fire. A bright red fire.


    *Thump*


    When she looked in one direction, her heart thumped.


    ''Over here?''


    She walked in that direction, enduring the scorching heat.


    After walking for a long time, she stopped.


    ''That''s... it?''


    She crouched on the ground, looking at the small thing in front of her.


    A red flame, distinct from the surrounding fire, was swaying left and right.


    Amelia moved her hand toward it, and it let itself be taken by her.


    ''It''s not hot anymore.''


    She felt cooler than ever. Her body was now accustomed to the heat, or was it something else?


    ''What is this weird feeling?''


    She stared at the little flame, and blinked a few times.


    After the last blink, Orion and Karteira appeared in front of her, in the distance.


    Realizing the situation she was in, she tried to move, but couldn''t.


    ''I have to do something about you first, isn''t it?''


    All of the fire began to retract toward Amelia, to the watchers surprise.


    ''I see now, you also wanted a name.''


    "VESTA!"


    She screamed it''s name, and it reacted.


    The fire got sucked into her hand, forming a new dagger.


    Everything calmed down, with Amelia finally being freed from the pillar.


    ''Amelia... You jump a few walls.''


    Ego''s voice echoed in her head.


    ''What do you mean?''


    ''I''ll explain later. You''ll understand after talking with him.''


    Orion was completely shocked. His face was unbelievably tensed.


    "Orion?"


    She walked to him, and stopped in front of him.


    "Amelia? What happened to you?"


    "What do you mean?"


    Confused, she looked at Karteira.


    "You are on fire, Amelia."