Stopping in her tracks, Sra walked back, stopping a foot away from Alta.


    Holding her re, Alta blinked to ease the tension between them, shing a grin.


    "Did I strike a delicate chord?" Alta urged in a whisper.


    Raising a brow at her words, Sra''s eyes glowed as her hair flew in all directions.


    Alta was temporarily distracted by the growing fire around her, looking around herself in confusion at the fire consuming the nearby bushes and trees.


    Closing her eyes, Sra let out a sigh of disappointment and shook her head after deactivating her ability.


    Alta furrowed her brows, taking two steps back to regroup her thoughts. To her shock, the garden was in its original state devoid of the fire.


    ''What the hell–''


    "Don''t mess with me to witness the oue of showing my true strength." Sra hissed with a creepy smile.


    Putting her hand out in a shake, she wiggled her brows.


    "Come on, let''s maintain our friendship as always." Sra gave an eye-shut smile.


    Alta''s sweat dropped, skeptical about banking on those words.


    As the realization began to sink in, a smile made its way to her lips. "You are one crazy Avira."


    "You are the first to say and live." Sra chuckled at the words and urged Alta to ept her shake.


    Taking the gesture, Alta held onto Sra''s hand, not willing to let go until she was through with her questions.


    Pulling on Sra''s hand so they were inching closer.


    She held a confused re at Sra. "You must be confused as to how I know about you hiding your true nature."


    "I couldn''t care less as much as you are powerful as a subus." Sra shrugged and withdrew her hand.


    Chuckling at how bold Sra was, Alta, nodded her head in understanding.


    "I made a good choice to keep that blue witch." Alta grinned proudly.


    Sra gave a re but responded. "I knew you had done that to rile me up for future battles."


    Raising her hands in a low surrender, Alta winked. "You two seemed close, it wouldn''t hurt to cut in and watch in the background."


    "You tried to kill us, what better way than to form a bond to tackle a bigger problem?!" Sra countered with a snarl.


    Alta giggled, exhrated by her mood swings. "You make it seem as though you couldn''t have done anything to stop my attack."


    Shaking her head, Sra clicked her tongue and whipped her hair to shake off the thought.


    "I don''t know how you''d take this, but I''d say I understand what you did back there–the weak don''t deserve mercy!"


    Alta let out a gasp in surprise, jumping and tackling Sra into a hug on the side.


    "Eeeeee!" She squealed in delight. "You did something wicked, didn''t you!"


    Internally facepalming, Sra pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head at how far gone Alta''s thoughts had wandered.


    Her hands awkwardly raised to avoid touching Alta who still clung to her waist in a tight hug.


    Feeling a squeeze, Sra pushed on Alta''s head a bit to be set free. "A subus shouldn''t be acting this way."


    "Do you speak from experience? Or else how would you know?" Alta dismissed her assumptions.


    "I enjoy thepany of those who share an equally evil spirit–I am a demoness after all." Alta rified.


    Sra continued to push on Alta''s head, targeting her wings instead. "Get the hell off me. Besides, I''m not evil, unlike you."


    Alta pouted and refused to give up, "that hurt my stone-cold heart."


    "You have a heart?!" Sra pretended to be shocked by the news with her sarcasticment.


    Not understanding the hidden meaning in the words, Alta responded, "if it''s that way, I wouldn''t derive the joy thates from letting our lord have his way between my legs."


    Rolling her eyes to thement, Sra gestured to be left alone–starting with the hold to her side.


    Alta pouted in protest, she needed to know what had changed her perspective. If she had the chance to exploit such a situation, there was a greater chance of Sra unleashing her true form.


    "You can tell me, I have experience." Alta urged.


    "Unlike you, I didn''t kill them, just a warning that has kept them in line."


    p!


    p!


    Sra nodded her head to the words, "if you wish not to speak on it, then I''d refrain..."


    Phew!


    Sra''s ted mood was cut short by Alta''s words. "For now."


    "Why did you follow me?"


    Another theory had struck in her thoughts, knowing her walk to the garden wasn''t merely coincidental.


    Alta inhaled and exhaled before speaking. "Because you were an easy target."


    ''Easy target.'' Those words yed on repeat for Sra as she let out a chuckle in disbelief.


    "Let''s change that." She offered her hand once more to Alta.


    Raising a brow at the gesture, "do you do this for every little thing?"


    "Just you," Sra responded.


    "What are we changing?" She continued, skeptical about the words and clenching her fists beside her.


    "Let''s take it out in the forest where we had met when in search of our lord." Sra offered, smiling with a twisted grin.


    Alta tilted her head in confusion, wondering how that would exin her early statement.<novelnext></novelnext>


    I would like to test your ability on a half-strength level." Sra challenged.


    "You could have just said that in the beginning." Alta deadpanned.


    Materializing into her bright yellow mmable Avira form, with broad wings once spread out, she dashed upwards and changed her course to the right.


    A gust of wind blew back Alta''s hair as she watched with excitement at Sra''s form.


    Before she could get carried away, she facepalmed as she snapped her fingers to open up a portal.


    "Impatient as ever." Alta clicked her tongue, letting out a sigh.


    ''You could have just waited it out so we took the easier route with my portal!'' She thought as she walked into it.


    *****


    15 minutester,


    Walking into the garden, Hisha had his hands in his pocket. Oblivious to the fact that the twodies had been present.


    With a frown on his face, he took a sniff of the air. ''Who the hell tried burning my garden?''


    [Nothing was burnt, host]


    ''But...''


    [That is merely the residue signature of an Avira transformation]


    ''Avira? Sra?!'' Hisha''s eyes darted around him in suspicion and slight confusion.


    He couldn''t ce his bet on what must have prompted her to transform as she had done and fly off and outside his citadel.


    [Mark Location activated]


    ''A tracker!'' Hisha joked as he watched the loading ellipses.


    [Name of harem you would want to locate?]


    ''HTC, don''t you y with me. You know who I''m trying to locate!'' Hisha rolled his eyes.


    [It''s protocol, host]


    As he stared at the screen, his stoic expression was slowly turning to that of worry.


    [The time you are wasting staring could be used to say the name of the harem in question]


    ''Sra Nyx.'' He reluctantlyplied.


    [Locating...]


    Hisha rapidly had his leg tap the stone pavement as he awaited the results.


    Ding!


    [Grassy in-7 miles away]


    Hisha was mind blown by the fact that HTC was acting as though it was his map with a hovering miniature diamond above a grassy in.


    Pointing at the gold and ck diamond, ''do those signify Sra and Alta?''


    [No, it''s just a way to beautify the grassy ins]


    A cross popping veins made its way to Hisha''s forehead. ''You sneaky system, I''m your host! Goddamnit!''


    [Prove it!]


    HTC put up a tongue-sticking-out emoji to mock him.


    Shaking off the thought of arguing with his system, he opened a portal.


    ''This better be worth my effort.''


    *****


    Grassy in,


    Boom!


    The ground shook from the impact of a massive fireball crashing into a mountain.


    "Haha, is that all you got, Avira?"


    "It''s Sra, demoness!" Sra snapped, wiping the sweat off her forehead.


    Shrugging to the words, Alta blew a raspberry, barring her nails and charging once more with her Sux outlining her body.


    Alta furrowed her brows when she felt a hand hold onto her wrist and that of Sra and fling them in opposite directions.


    Tumbling on the floor as a cloud of dust emerged, before picking up her momentum, Alta pushed off the ground and pped her wings.


    Sra had gotten to her feet, almost on the verge of raining profanities on Alta cheating with some strange intervention.


    Once the dust had settled, their mouths hung open at the figure that stood in between them.


    *****


    A/N


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