Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Weird

Second day in Phoenix. The sun began to come signifying the morning returned and at the same time told that the day had passed.

The light shone from the window slit and gave off its warmth.

Laila woke up from her dream. The dream was an illusion that made her calm for a moment, yet she could not forget her sense of loss.

"..."

He got up and glanced at the various corners of the room. He can't find Kuro anywhere.

He had experienced this a lot, but he still wondered where Kuro had gone.

He decided to look for her. He came out of the room and traced the mansion that now belonged to him.

"Ugh..."

Even though the house belonged to him, yet somehow he was irritated.

The first-class items he saw in the house were not much different at first glance from what was in his house (now still), but when considering who Kuro always looks like and not the type who thinks about money, all this seems like a frightening illusion.

(Well... Where should I go now?)

He glanced to the right and to the left. He had just stayed and had not had time to go around and find out anything in the house. He realized looking for Kuro alone was not the right choice.

He finally chose to the left. While searching, he hoped as well as memorizing the house that he would probably stay in for his entire life..

One by one the rooms were opened. Although large, but he was surprised because almost all the rooms were not locked. Most of the houses contain empty rooms that have the same design and style. The sports room, play area, lounge room and even he saw a room that resembled a small bar inside the house.

"...Damnit. This house has it all. Normal, even weird."

Laila even found a large room containing a toilet. He would not be surprised if he found a room with something strange again.

Laila's adventures continue. He kept opening every room to find out what was in the house. And after quite a while, he finally realized something strange.

(Why can't I find a waitress in this house?)

He remembered seeing many servants working in the house, but he did not see any of them.

While thinking about that, he opened the door and looked at the contents inside.

Laila's eyes immediately widened because what she saw was not something strange, but extraordinary. Throughout the eyes he saw were only hundreds of shelves filled with books. Yep. That room is a library.

And after listening well, he realized that the room was noisy unlike the library in general.

"Kuro, are you here?"

He screamed as he moved his feet to search. If the room was noisy, then it was most likely that Kuro was in that place.

Even though he was screaming not loud enough, he was sure that his voice would be heard all over the corner. In other words if Kuro existed, then he would hear a reply.

"....Yep. Laila, can you come here?"

After hearing the reply, he stepped his feet towards the source of the voice. But even so, he still listened to the other sounds from various corners of the room. In other words, there was not only Kuro in the room.

"Kuro, where are you?"

"I'm here!!"

The sound is getting clearer. He was close, but after he arrived, all he saw was a collection of books scattered on the floor.

"Kuros?"

"I'm above you."

He looked up and found Kuro.

"..what are you doing there?"

If people usually see someone looking for a book on a high shelf using a ladder, then what Kuro does is to walk vertically like an insect attached to a tree. And that's not all he did, I don't know why Kuro did it while reading the book he took.

Kuro showed an unhappy face. After that he jumped up and landed right in front of Laila.

Taking that chance, Kuro takes their allotment of friendly kisses in the morning. This was what they used to do, so Laila was not surprised anymore if Kuro kissed her.

"Can you not squeeze my chest every time we kiss? It makes you look like a pervert."

But Kuro just laughed a little.

"I'd be happy to call you a pervert as long as you can do nasty things with you."

"That might sound cool, but don't say it in public. You must know that's embarrassing. By the way, what are you doing here?"

Before replying, Kuro let out a heavy sigh as if giving a bad sign.

"I remember something, so I find out."

"...Does this have anything to do with Lic?"

Kuro nodded. He sat down and leaned his body on the shelf. Laila sat down beside him.

"Yes that's it. In this case we can't do a real search, so I think it's time we took a different angle to deal with this."

Laila picked up one of the books and looked at the contents. At that moment he knew what Kuro was looking for.

"Maybe you're looking for what magic ritual requires Lic as one of the conditions?"

If searching haphazardly was so difficult, then they only needed to change their point of view. If I were a criminal with the spirit of the Holy Maiden, what would I do? This method is simple, but this is a difficult way because they still do not know who their enemy is.

"...Well. unfortunately of the many books about magic that are here, but so far I still have not found it. I think we should look for it in a more complete place than here."

Laila quickly found out what place Kuro was referring to.

"We have no choice but to go there?"

"What's wrong? Don't you want to go there?"

"Not so, ..just isn't that place special enough for us. When I remembered that, I remembered the three of them. I wonder what they're doing right now."

Aleca, Partners and Sella. They are Laila's best friends. Laila had not seen them for a long time, no wonder there was a longing in Laila's heart.

"Why don't you see them when? I also need to meet them to talk. There's a lot I want to ask you about before I see you."

Laila was not happy, but looked annoyed.

"Don't do that!"

"Why?"

"Do I have to give you a reason?"

Seeing Laila's gaze filled with murderous air, Kuro already knew it was useless to ask for answers.

"Here you go, how about we have breakfast first?" ask Laila. "Where's the kitchen? I'll make you a special breakfast."

"I'm so happy, but about breakfast you don't have to think about it."

"Eh?"

Kuro clapped his hands twice. In an instant the noisy sounds that sounded in various corners of the room instantly stopped. After a while, the voice was replaced by the sound of footsteps approaching from the corner.

It didn't take long for Laila to know who made the sound. The voice came from the dozens of beautiful maid-clothed girls surrounding them. Some of them were carrying large baskets of food.

No doubt they were all servants who worked in the house, but their faces were all prettier than a model so they could be said to be none of them resembled servants.

"Maybe it took you a long time to memorize them all, so just do it slowly. Uh, Laila?"

Suddenly Laila's gaze became empty. She's surprised. Very surprised.

"...Kuro, I think you really enjoyed being surrounded by beautiful girls, ....how do you explain all this to your future wife?"

"Well...."

Kuro finally realized that he had dug his own grave. A very deep hole.

In the end he had to explain a lot about the maid in the house before he could finally enjoy breakfast in peace. Breakfast with their waiter.

***

Meanwhile in the city of Areshia, Charlmilia enjoyed her breakfast with a gloomy face.

"I did decide to find out where Kuro and Laila were, but in the end doing it was harder than I thought."

He has contacted his acquaintances in various places. Of course he did not ask Kuro, but Kuro's other identity was known as Shiro or Akashi. That's because both identities are what Kuro uses when doing his job as a killer and a businessman.

But he did not find any news about Shiro or Akashi.

(If you remember, Akashi is famous, but he is also very busy. Although many want to meet him, but only a few people can meet him. ...Kuro is indeed amazing, certainly in another sense.)

Charlmilia again sighed deeply. It made many wonder what happened to him.

He felt the presence of someone approaching. No, two people. Both are Alva and Alvi.

They both carry something in their hands.

"Charl, good morning."

"...un.i.t.."

Despite Charlmilia's female identity, the two still call her by calling when Charlmilia is known as male. Maybe this is how they retaliate against Charlmilia or they're just a prank. No one knows what the two are thinking.

"For Alva, Alvi. Are you guys done running?.I'm really surprised you're still doing that."

Running with weights they always do regularly. This was not because of Kuro's orders, but they realized if they wanted to be strong, then they had to try hard. They also felt the results of the exercise.

"With a strong foundation, then we will easily learn various magic. Kuro once said that, so even though we were seen playing, we're serious about this."

Alvi nodded her head in agreement with Alva.

"I understand that. Not that I want to mock you or anything, I'm just amazed that you guys still do it. Now why don't you have breakfast?"

"Ah no. Thank you, we had breakfast. We're just here to give you something."

Charlmilia then glanced at the thing the two were carrying. It looks like an invitation.

Charlmilia accepted the invitation and read it. Both of his eyes widened as he read the contents.

"Oh, I completely forgot that Rosya would be sixteenth in a few days. Could it be that you got it too?"

"Yes that's it. We got it from the messenger who met us while running in the city. Since we're one school, the deliveryman left it to us."

"...we also brought an invitation to Laila, but she's not at school right now."

Alva and Alvi still look disappointed because Kuro left without saying goodbye to them. But that doesn't mean they don't understand why Kuro did it.

Charlmilia also felt the same way with both of them. That's why he's figuring out Kuro and Laila's whereabouts.

"Hm. I think you should just give Laila's invitation to Otome's mom. I think it's better than giving it to their empty house."

"That's good advice, Charl. But given Otome's current condition, I don't think that's the right course of action."

"How about we give it to Electra's lady, Alva's sister?"

"Heh.. but do you dare to meet that creepy granny? Did you forget what happened when he got angry?"

"But we're giving him an invitation, we're not making a mistake, so I think we'll be fine if we see him."

The two nodded after making a decision together. At first glance they are similar to arguing, but this is just their way of determining the right course of action.

"Ah. you guys are.."

"Then we go first. Oh yeah, why don't we go back to the capital together?"

"...That's a good idea. We'll talk about it later."

Alva and Alvi turned around and finally left.

Meanwhile, Charlmilia continued to stare at the invitation in her hands.

The invitation was from Rosya Grafired. She was one of the daughters of the general just like her. Their relationship is arguably not familiar and only limited to knowing each other.

(Ah. troublesome. Why should I come to a party like this. I want to find Kuro as soon as possible. Did I not just come?)

But Charlmilia shook her head.

A feast between nobles and important people was not a feast aimed at having fun. Most parties aim to strengthen the relationship between nobles and at the same time also to know the good and bad sides of other nobles. All actions in the party will have an effect on social relations between nobles in the future and that means even though they do not like it, but not coming to the party is not the right action.

Charmilia sighed heavily.

"..i think I should come...." Charlmilia stood up and left her place. "I think I should hurry up and find Kuro's whereabouts.."

But how?

After thinking about the possibility of who knew, he finally felt like hitting himself with Byakko's Plasma Breath.

(Stupid, why didn't I realize it.)

Charlmilia quickens her pace and then follows Alva and Alvi to Electra.

****

"Hey Kuro, actually why did the situation turn out like this?"

Laila glanced at the surroundings with an astonished look.

The sight he saw was probably a sight he would not see in any noble house. They had breakfast together with all the waiters who had breakfast not far from them. Their breakfast was not at the dinner table, but sitting on the floor was like being in a garden.

One of the servants near them approached.

"I'm sorry for my discourtesy first, Miss Laila. I want to let you know that Mr. Kuro ordered us to act as usual as long as there are no guests in this house, well so as you can see, we won't be awkward eating together with Mr. Kuro."

Laila slightly understood the reason why the situation could be considered strange, but still she felt that there was something wrong with all the maids in the house. He could see from the expressions of all of them who were ashamed with flushed faces.

(I thought they were all in love with Kuro. Ha.. I can't believe this.).

He's jealous and angry. Although he was used to the presence of girls who liked Kuro, it was only the first time he had found dozens of girls who liked Kuro. Moreover, they were all their servants.

(......Uh. I can't believe this.)

"Laila, is there a problem..?" ask Kuro.

"..no, but my head is a little dizzy. But don't worry, I'm fine."

Laila then glanced at the previous maid.

"Thank you for telling me, ..err.."

"My name is Guila Drysta. I served as the servant leader of this house. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call me."

"Yes, there were 33 servants and we were all headed by Mr. Boris. Maybe you don't believe it, but we all have other skills besides being servants."

Laila could guess what Guila wanted to say next.

"Miss Laila, lord Kuro chose us to be servants in this house not because we are experts in household affairs, but because we all have fighting abilities that are on par with a Holy Knight. So, don't worry about your safety, we're ready to risk our lives for Miss Laila." continued Guila.

"....."

Laila was dumbfounded and slowly glanced at Kuro with a look full of disbelief.

"Oh. Don't ever think that I'm just picking waitresses because they're beautiful. They're so scary, maybe more than you'd imagine."

"....seriously?"

After having breakfast with a strange situation, Laila takes a bath and changes clothes. He went out to breathe fresh air in the morning.

When he saw the house of his parents that was quite close, he could only sigh a little. It was then that he found a large box lying at the door.

"What's this?"

Laila felt a strange. If there is a guest, he should know from the sound of the bell, but there is no sign of a guest coming to the house.

(Could I have to call Kuro?)

Laila undoes her intentions. He felt he didn't have to.

He then observed the large box from various angles. He then found a sign that it was a package intended for Kuro.

"Hmmm. I thought I should call him, but-"

Currently Kuro was continuing his search with Guila and the other servants. Even though Kuro is with dozens of girls, he knows that Kuro will not be like them.

He only had to burn it if he did anything strange.

And though they promised to meet Laila's father, they didn't have to rush. Their homes are just opposite.

(Ughh... I don't want to bother them, but-hm?)

"I'm Kuro's girlfriend, so I don't think Kuro would mind me opening it."

Laila then destroys the magic guarding the package. Normally the magic in a package will not disappear if it does not reach the intended person, but in the package it is not a powerful magic so Laila can destroy it easily.

Laila then opened the lid.

"....."

As soon as he opened it, he closed it again.

He found the girl almost tela*jang tied with a red ribbon all over her body like a gift.

Laila rubbed her eyes because she felt like she had just seen an illusion.

"I'd better burn this package.."

Laila made a fireball in her hand. Although small, it emits a strong and dangerous mana pressure.

But before he could make a killing, the box opened itself and the figure of the girl jumped in fear.

".....ja-ja don't do that, Laila. I know I've gone too far, but you don't have to be that cruel."

That figure was none other than Yui.

"Oh. I deserve to see you like I've seen you. Yui, haven't seen each other in a long time."

Laila smiled. It was not a warm smile.

"..Su-have not met for a long time..."

"Yui, I know you like Kuro, but I didn't expect you to be a cheap woman...."

Yui instantly turned deathly pale and was shocked after hearing such a painful word, unfortunately she could not argue after what she had done.

"Hm.. I was really curious what Kuro would say when he found out you were like that?"

"alright then. I see, don't say such cruel things to your own future sister."

After Yui showed tears of regret, Laila only began to take her seriously.

"If you're sorry, put your clothes on. Aren't you ashamed?"

"..huh..."

"Hey, don't tell me you didn't notice?"

Then Yui ran towards one corner of the park. At first Laila thought it was the place where Yui put her clothes on, but she was wrong. Suddenly Rubya's figure appears with Yui's clothes placed in the grass. Using Rubya's wings to cover herself, Yui changed clothes in that place as well.

"...."

Laila didn't know what to say. She wanted to praise Yui, but she did not expect Yui to do so in the open garden.

After waiting for a few minutes, Yui finished getting dressed and arrived in front of Laila with a fit face.

"Sister Laila, I apologize once again for making you see the latest seduction I got after watching the movie. I'm glad you're okay."

"..errr... well, first of all why not enter first?"

Both are headed for the living room. Rubya stays out resting. Strangely though he had not called the waiter to make him a drink, a servant had already prepared some tea and some cakes.

Laila remembered that the servants in the house said that they had the ability equivalent to the Holy Knight who was an elite warrior in the empire, knowing a guest came a very easy thing for her.

But he still had a strange feeling about the out-of-place use of force.

The servant saluted before finally leaving the two in the living room.

"Thank you, Lilo."

"Eh?"

Unexpectedly, Yui knew the name of the maid.

The servant named Lilo smiled faintly with a mysterious and invisible aura again.

Now they are both right.

"You've memorized the whole name of the waiter here. I don't know why I wasn't so surprised to find out."

Laila drank the tea slowly. Yui just smiled a little.

"Hm... Did you lengthen your hair?"

"I'm surprised Laila noticed it."

"You said it like I didn't care about you, but it still makes me weird. While in the village I saw most of the girls there had short hair."

"It was meant to make it easy for us to fight. But when it comes to change, doesn't Laila change the most?"

Laila instantly knew what Yui meant.

"I know my chest is bigger, but please don't ever talk about my chest. Having a big chest is not a fun thing."

With a slight movement, both of Laila's chests bounced off like soft balls. It became a powerful additional weapon for Laila.

Yui's face flushed red as she looked at her chest that was still in growth. He lost heavily when discussing that sensitive topic.

"Ughh. I lost, but I never meant to talk about those two amazing chests. But I also want to know how you make them that big fast."

"Eh?"

"What I mean change is pressure mana, Laila-sister. Doesn't Laila know that your strength has increased more than when we last met?"

"........"

Laila was dumbfounded and stopped sipping tea.

"Ah. I don't understand this. I think Brother Kuro knows this and doesn't tell you. But what's even stranger is that you don't realize your own power."

"Err. I know my skills have improved, but I think you're overreacting, Yui."

Laila continued to deny.

"I'm not overdoing it at all. The proof is that you can break the special seal in the box by force. Maybe you don't know, but that's the magic I've been preparing so that no one can open it but Kuro's brother."

"....you're too much."

Laila then gulped back down her tea gracefully like a princess.

Yui finally decided not to tell.

(Kak Kuro must have also realized the pent-up talent that Laila's sister has. If it's like this, chances are that Laila's sister can beat me easily. ..why don't I find out?)

Yui smiled faintly. An idea popped into his head.

"Oh yeah, where's Kuro's sister? I'm here to bring him what he wants?"

"Right now he was still in the library along with dozens of other servants. He must have enjoyed his time surrounded by beautiful girls."

An unhappy aura emanated from Laila.

"..By the way, what do you mean?"

Yui did not immediately answer and stood up.

"I'll show you. But I can't show it here. How about we go somewhere else."

"Where?"

Laila then follows Yui around the house. Laila is still not very memorized, but because the house was made for Yui and her father, it is no wonder if Yui better knows the house.

They arrive at the door, but Yui does not open it immediately and instead glances at the display in the form of an ornamental lamp. Yui held onto it and then turned the decorative lights so that it was as if it was broken.

Then the floor not far from them split and showed the stairs leading down. The light slowly lit up the stairs.

"Secret room. I'm not surprised at all."

He already suspected the existence of a secret room, but he did not know exactly where.

"It's not a secret room, it's a training ground."

"Huh?"

Yui unhesitatingly went down the stairs. Laila followed.

They then arrived at an all-white room that was almost the size of a football field. In various places full of scratches sharp objects. When viewed from the incision scale, it is likely produced by a wind incision.

If you look at the area of the house and the area of the room, it will definitely feel unnatural. But Laila knew in this world there were magic tools that had the ability to expand space or separate space into other dimensions.

Of course, if you ask about the price of the magic tool, Laila's parents can't afford it.

Laila finally really felt the power of money.

"Kuro did all this?"

Yui smiled slightly.

"....Not that Kuro can indeed use a wind sword, but his wind sword is different from a magic wind sword."

"Yui what mak- ?!"

Laila realized Yui was emitting tremendous mana pressure along with a powerful killing aura.

"...Yui?"

Yui smiled faintly.

"Sister Laila must have realized that the scar should not have been a normal incision. The incision was produced by.."

When she confronts him once more, Laila realizes what Yui wants to say next.

"..a claw..."

Yui smiled even more. At the same time the pressure is growing.

"Show me your composure, [Aquos]."

Water appeared around Yui, it slowly formed a form. It was Yui's magic beast miik, a cat with two tails.

"............"

Laila fell silent. He realizes that Yui wants to fight him.

"So apparently, I remember we haven't finished our fight, put [Scarflare] on fire."

Laila won't lose. He summoned his magic arm.

The aura of both filled the training ground. They can fight at any time.

Laila stared at the two daggers that Yui always carried. Since he was a Contractor type, it was only natural that Yui used a weapon. He remembers Yui can also use Ki like Kuro. By combining the ki, Yui's mana pressure will double.

(Kuro once said that Yui's abilities are rare. I was very curious about his power.)

I don't know why Laila was so excited.

He can't wait for Yui to pull the dagger out of the sheath, but Yui instead takes a small, crystal-like object out of her pocket.

"Crystal Box?"

It was just a magic item that had a function like a bag, but could only store one to two objects. Laila was curious about the thing that was taken out.

"Sister Laila, didn't I say I'd show it?"

"?"

That means it belongs to Kuro.

Yui activated it and the thing inside the Crystal Box appeared.

"..impossible, shouldn't there only be one white sword?"

Laila had no choice but to widen her eyes. The white sword that should have fused with Lic again appeared before his eyes. Not just one, but two.

The pure white katana sword without the slightest stain was now in both hands of Yui.

".....what really happened...?"