
"I lost with satisfaction?" Nazareth laughed out loud.
"You—" Catlyn stammered and stuttered. Not expecting her cold brother to burst into laughter.
The brothers met on the balcony of the tower of the City of Light Cultural Hall after the one-on-one fight, while the others gathered at the inn reserved exclusively for the participants and their guardians.
"I'm glad you've changed" Nazareth said, patting his sister on the shoulder.
"You changed!" Catlyn glared at him with her eyebrows interlocked.
"You too!" timpal Nazareth's.
Catlyn gave a short sigh. He hates to admit it. But Nazareth is right. Ever since he lost to Evelyn, he had indeed changed. And he didn't realize it. "Is that good?" he asked grimly.
"Of course!" Nazareth had a serious face again. "Growing in defeat is a good thing."
Catlyn was immediately bowed. Some more! thought. Why did he consider growing up in defeat so important? He is invincible!
As if he could read Catlyn's mind, Nazareth suddenly said, "It's a big mistake to think I've never lost."
Catlyn spontaneously looked up at her brother.
"I've never lost to anyone, but don't forget I lost to myself!" nazareth continued with a bitter expression. "My protector has a mutation defect, and I'm forced to live my life as someone else. Excommunicated, underestimated. I've been a loser for the last ten years."
Catlyn bowed back and gulped. The look on his face was no less bitter.
"It's over now!" Nazareth added. "I'm not afraid to lose again!"
Catlyn frowned. Not afraid to lose again? thought. That's her!
Catlyn raised her face and smiled. "I understand!"
Nazareth let out a short sigh and smiled faintly. Then she pulled Catlyn into her arms and kissed the top of her head.
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The Hall of Eminence of the Order of Angelos, Neraida…
"How is he doing?" The queen asked anxiously as the royal medicine expert stepped out of Lady Chaterine's room.
"There's nothing to worry about, Your Majesty!" The royal medicine expert bowed to the queen. "Just in shock" he said. "Now we are all human!"
The Queen immediately burst into Lady Chaterine's room, greeted by the shocked gazes of Lady Madeleine and Nadine Katz.
"Your Majesty!" the two women bowed.
The queen rushed towards Lady Chaterine, then sat down on the edge of her bed.
The officer's widow sat leaning against the head of the bed. His face looks pale. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty," he said in a weak whisper. "I'm really troublesome."
"Oh, I'd faint if I were you, too" The Queen took Lady Chaterine's hand and patted the back of her hand.
Lady Chaterine bowed with a grim look. "My husband died because Apollo's blood was flowing in his body" he sighed bitterly. "So did his father." he glanced at his brother-in-law. "His brother.." he added in a soft voice. "Nephew…"
Lady Madeleine smothered her mouth trembling. Then start crying. Nadine hugged her mother while crying as well.
The queen bowed leaning her body towards Lady Chaterine. "Your daughter is better than all of them!" whispers reassured.
"After all she is just a little girl," hissed Lady Chaterine. "And. her patron fairy..."
"The truth is he made it into the top four!" hatch the queen.
Lady Chaterine blinked, then was stunned at a loss for words.
"The World of Spiritual Masters is different from the arena of the tournament" whispered Lady Chaterine after a long silence.
"I understand your concern," the Queen pulled Lady Chaterine into her arms. "But he's with the Prince now" he whispered calmly. "The Son of Light!" he added in a sharp whisper.
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Hall of Light Order Angelos…
The golden carriage escorted by the elite Knight Order of Angelos had just reached the grounds of the Hall of Light when Migi Vox suddenly shrunk into a toddler doll. Then he got out of the train.
"Hey—Vox!" Xenephon flinched and looked out the train window. "Where are you going?"
Now the puppet had already run far enough, jumping over the shoulders and heads of the knights escorting their luxurious carriage. Fast-forward and fly back to the Cultural Hall.
"What was that?" the guards shouted in surprise.
"Little monster fairies only!" respond to their comrades indifferently.
After the one-on-one battle round, the magnifiers moved to the Hall of Light, the place where they should be.
But Vox can't seem to stand the lingering of being a man.
Reaching the Cultural Hall, Migi Vox darted to the inn where Evelyn and her friends would stay with their guardians.
Nazareth and his sister had just come down from the tower when the doll had already reached their inn.
Upon entering the living room, Migi Vox lunged towards Evelyn and landed on the chest of the girl.
Evelyn screamed in surprise.
Making everyone turn at Evelyn.
The guardians groaned at the same time.
Migi Vox crept around Evelyn's neck looking up and grinning.
"The fox!" Evelyn screeched happily.
Evelyn's friends spontaneously scatter towards them and sheath Migi Vox with their childish jokes.
"For a long time no see, Young man!" seductive Altair tickles Migi Vox's waist with her index finger. "You're getting good-looking!"
Migi Vox snorted as she elbowed Altair's hand and tightened her embrace around Evelyn's neck.
"Good costume!" lady Die's comments are pitched.
Migi Vox still wore the clothes of the Order's Chief Angelos, complete with fairy crowns on both temples, as well as a golden robe over his armor coat. Migi Vox looks like a golden doll.
"Why are you dressed like the Head of the Order of Angelos?" xena asked with a plain expression.
Lady Die groaned again as she twirled her eyeballs. "Truly insensitive" he grumbled.
Arsen Heart and Salazar Lotz just chuckled while shaking their heads.
"Do you still want to fight over food with us?" xena asked as she tilted her head from behind Evelyn. "I miss fighting over food with you!"
"And I miss fighting Evelyn with you!" Cleon chimed in which automatically responded to Migi Vox's death kick.
Cleon bounced and fell to the floor laughing out loud.
"Vox... at least let us hold you for a second!" Electra held out her hands towards Migi Vox from Evelyn's side, like she was persuading a toddler to hold her.
Migi Vox snorted as he turned his face away. Then he slipped his face in Evelyn's shoulder.
Evelyn laughed as she rubbed the doll's back.
Simultaneously, the double door of the inn crackled open. Nazareth stepped into the room with Catlyn Thunder.
The whole room is in unison bent.
Migi Vox raised his face and looked back, then smirked.
"The fox?" Nazareth frowned.
Catlyn blinked and gulped. That doll! thought surprised.
"Can't you be the guy for a minute?" gerutu Nazareth's.
The four guardians chuckled in response.
Xena looked at Nazareth with a frown in confusion.
Migi Vox darted towards Nazareth and landed on his chest, then tilted his head, looked at Catlyn and grinned back.
The doll's grin always made Catlyn feel uncomfortable. He tries to distract her from Migi Vox, then gets closer to Evelyn. "I want to thank you" she said a little clumsy. It was the first time he had been polite to someone his age.
"It's nothing" Evelyn boasted her smile was no less clumsy.
Evelyn's friends exchanged glances with their guardians, then glanced towards Nazareth.
The man was busy mending Migi Vox's appearance.